tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post2944161080429559190..comments2024-02-24T18:05:37.846+00:00Comments on Bristol Traffic: Oregon's proposed bicycle taxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-55223507593120992262009-03-10T13:46:00.000+00:002009-03-10T13:46:00.000+00:00If you've ever watched the Shining, it's the mount...If you've ever watched the Shining, it's the mountain behind the hotel in all the exterior shots. Good bike ride up to that hotel. It is a dormant volcano; some bits near the summit you have to avoid when climbing as the sulphur gas is poisonous. <BR/><BR/>Mount Saint Helens is about 30 miles to the west of Mt Adams -the left in that first photo. Showing that dormant does not mean extinctAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-56250591032753184842009-03-10T13:21:00.000+00:002009-03-10T13:21:00.000+00:00Nice to see a picture of Mt Hood - I'd wondered wh...Nice to see a picture of Mt Hood - I'd wondered what it looked like since I read Ursula Le Guin's 'The lathe of heaven' in which it has a cameo role.<BR/><BR/>That book was written in 1972 (?) and an interesting point is that it features a future world in which irreversible global warming has happened. Le Guin is even more specific about warming in 'the disposessed', also written in the early seventies.<BR/><BR/>Oh dear, I sound like a weird literary tree-hugger. What is the relevance to Bristol cars? Carbon emissions. We've known about this for a *long* time. The personal is the political. Prisoner's dilemma. Categorical Imperative. Et cetera et cetera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com