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It's official, we live in the climate change era. It's in the papers, it must be true.

Here's what I've discovered so far about global warming/climate change:

Your washing dries a lot faster outside

It doesn't really matter if your lawn isn't green and luscious

There's still a lot of people out there who think it's a surprise, the unseasonably hot weather

It's going to be a lot colder in the winter

And here's what I don't beleive in:

Buying electric fans (unless you have very small children)

Installing air conditioning

Saying "hot enough for you?" unironically to sweaty people you meet in the street

And here's what I do believe in:

Opening the window

Drinking a lot of water (not carbonated, and not fizzy drinks)

Wearing loose, light clothes

Carrying a (paper) fan

Just getting used to it

Moaning as little as possible

Some of these things are a hangover from my South East Asian experience. Some are common sense. I have a large, industrial type fan, from the 2003 heatwave, and I haven't got it out yet, this summer. I mean, if it gets really hot, I could, but I'd like to reserve it. It seems, somehow, counterintuitive to use more electricity (ie create more greenhouse gasses) to cool down when it's hot because we had a stonking great carbon footprint to start with. It's like a viscious circle. Do the damage, do more damage trying to fix the symptoms of the damage.

Of course, I'm not commuting, so I may have a slightly rose-tinted perspective. But still.