Greener Than Thou

[radegund]

I just cycled from work to Terenure in the pissing rain to get our weekly ration of organic vegetables, then home with leeks and kohlrabi leaves protruding comically from my panniers. Despite the feeling of unassailable virtue one gets from such an endeavour, I'm here to report that cycling in the wet is deeply unpleasant. Nevertheless, I'm smug about having resisted the temptation, on nearing home on the outward leg, to bolt for cover and get in the car.

Now, how many environmental-rapist points do I need to set against the eco-brownie points I get for saving the petrol, to account for my extravagance in taking a second shower today (with concomitant release into the drainage system of an extra squidge of bastard capitalist shower-gel) and consigning an extra set of clothes to the wash-basket?