'civil war with starvation and bombardment, is that what tomorrow holds in store for us?'

good morning (a grey morning but nonetheless).

horsemouth types this sat up in bed with a trusty cup of coffee by his side. 

last nigth horsemouth watched a little of two documentaries about jimi hendrix and read the goncourt journals. we are up to 1870, jules has just died and edmond is going on alone (initially just to catalogue his brother's death) but then the franco-prussian war happens, the first rising of the workers in paris and the siege.

'civil war with starvation and bombardment, is that what tomorrow holds in store for us?' (31/10/1870)

on new years eve  edmond visits the butchers (he is rich he can still afford meat), he looks at the butchered bits of the animals from the zoo on offer.(trunk of elephant etc.). he comes away with two larks. 

horsemouth has read his way back to the commune - from may 21st there are daily reports as it falls and bloody week opens. de goncourt (being a noble and a reactionary) is delighted by this

the coffee is nearly gone and is growing tepid. 

it is gas and electric time again in homestead

prices have essentially doubled (per kwh of energy, per day for the standing charge) and while they have started to come down again (and the power company have started to offer fixed rate deals again) they have a long way to go. horsemouth and co are using a lot less (and paying quite a bit more). on the plus side they still have the government money in reserve. 

yesterday a meeting of the decarbonisation consortium 

(the first one in a while. the first one since the bid was actually won).

there's a wide range of confidences and preparedness-es in the group. the government delay (plus the break in the meetings) has spooked the horses. a lot more hand holding  may need to be done to keep everybody onboard (to mix metaphors).

'delays are possibly not the end of the world.'

horsemouth expects there to be delays, horsemouth expects not to get all the money out of the government, he expects that we won't get all the works we want done (and then again the members in particular houses may not want all the works done).