I was turning my Volvo (yes) around in my driveway and consciously thought to myself, as I put the key in the ignition, "I'm going to live on the edge.
Yes, wealthy, industrialised countries must reduce their consumption; yes, nations around the world must reduce dependence on fossil fuels; yes, we must develop more effective, environmentally sustainable technologies, and yes, use energy more efficiently.
And yes, all around the country these days, most of the facts are encouraging.
There have been similar warnings from one of the big six power suppliers, SSE, plus renewable energy company, Infinis, in addition to Carney, the new governor of the Bank of England warning of the complications of a yes vote around the currency.
Welcome to the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues and Ideas, a conglomeration of about 200 events taking place in 75 theaters, galleries, concert halls and, yes, ferries around the city.
It remains a centerpiece of the repertory and has become a commodity, symbolically useful in the West as a call to international brotherhood and, yes, exportable around the world: the ode is now the European anthem, and the symphony has become a totem in Asia, especially Japan.
Still, something about the brilliant colors seems to make everything better, tourism officials say, increasing the numbers of people who attend harvest fairs, go to apple orchards or pumkin patches, build bonfires or celebrate Oktoberfest and, yes, drive around gasping at the dying leaves.
"It was a yes all the way around," he added.
"Maybe not to the same degree, but yes, the wheel goes around," said Peter Helie, vice president of William Pitt, Stamford realtors.
