Downtown Camper

When travelling with two kids, finding hotel rooms with four beds is not always the easiest. On our trip to Italy in the fall, Airbnb turned out to be the best option but for our one night in Stockholm, I was happy to find an affordable family room at Downtown Camper. Unfortunately, the winter-open pool with its views of Stockholm turned out to have a 16-year age limit but otherwise we had a great stay. Yesterday afternoon, I was even able to go for a quick treadmill run. Now on the high-speed train up to Umeå, I look forward to getting some grading done while the kids get some of their much sought after “screen time”.

Two days ago, The Guardian published a piece on ecomodernism which was much less hostile than I would have expected. Still, I was not surprised to find that the global equality dimension was just as missing as it always is in energy debates. After all, nuclear only becomes essential when one starts to think about what it would take for all of the world’s population to be able to live a modern life without dangerously destabilizing the climate or wreaking havoc with the biosphere.