Archive for November 16th, 2007

Eco-friendly, my backside

Grandad November 16th, 2007

Rant coming….

I am sick to the hind teeth of all this crap about Global Warming, being Environmentally Friendly and being Eco-Aware.

It’s all you hear about now.  It has become a politically correct bandwagon that reeks of smugness.

For example, I have seen items about "Eco friendly driving lessons"  For f*ck’s sake, what is that about?  If you want to be so eco-friendly, don’t drive.  I read a full spread in a magazine yesterday, telling me how to have an environmentally friendly Christmas.  They can f*ck off.  And advertisement isn’t an advertisement unless it is spouting about how it is more environmentally aware than its competitors.

I have had a bellyful.  

Why should I care, when the sky is full of jet aircraft.  Why should I care, when industry pumps millions of tons of pollution into the air?  Why should I care, when the real polluters don’t?

So.  Until the Big Boys get their act together, I’m converting my car to leaded petrol.  I’m going to burn all my rubbish [especially plastic] in my garden.  I’m going to hack down half a forest until I find the right Christmas tree for me.  I’m going to burn good old coal in my fireplace.  I’m going to drastically increase my consumption of beans, cabbage and onions to produce as much methane as possible.

Even if I manage all that, I doubt I’ll do as much damage in a year as a single flight by some Environment Minister going to some trivial meeting somewhere.

F*ck this.  I’m off to find myself an oil refinery.

oilfire

Net Visionary Awards

Grandad November 16th, 2007

I knew three people who were going to the awards last night.

Well, I had met one and corresponded with the other two.  And guess what?  They all won!!

I’m delighted that Denise Cox won as Best Blogger, because she is a business blogger, and that’s what the awards are all about.  And she is a very nice person too [but I don't know if that comes into the judging].

Alan Stapleton won too.  I met him the other night at the get-together.  He is completely insane but is an inspiration when it comes to business.  I would have given him an award anyway for the number of smilies he uses when he comments on this site.  

And of course the Grand Master himself - Damien Mulley.  That fellow just doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, but last night went some way towards rectifying that [I'm smarming here because he runs the Irish Blog Awards!!]. And I’m glad get didn’t shell out on the suit in vain.

If I had been on the judging panel, that’s the way I would have voted.  So I’m delighted.

And congratulations to everyone else too, even though I don’t know who you are.

But the moral of the story is….

If you want to be an award winner, you have to know Grandad.