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Grandad February 5th, 2008

Al Gore is one of the greatest hypocrites this planet has ever produced.  And I hate hypocrisy.

Because of him and his fucking “Inconvenient Truth” the world is going berserk. 

Scientists are still divided as to the cause of Global Warming.  There are still many eminent experts who say that the jury is still out. But this damned glory seeker is being cited as Gospel.

Suppose, just for a moment, that he is right.  Just suppose that mankind is affecting climate change.  Then what should the Chief Advocate be doing about it?  He should be leading by example.  He should be switching off his lights.  He should be refusing to fly [which they claim is one of the greatest causes of damage].  Instead of which, he is jetting non-stop around the world, lapping up the plaudits, and glorying in his eco-god status.  He has a 20 room house [and pool house] that consumed 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, which is more than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kilowatt-hours.

I lead a quiet life.  In the last two years, I have not flown.  I have driven a total of 6,600 kilometres.  Where possible, I use CFL bulbs [not because of the environment, but because they are cheaper to run, and last longer].  I produce very little waste and put out my bin about once a month.  But because of Gore, we have the likes of John Gormless of the Limp Side Salad Green Party getting on his eco-wagon and telling us how we are to lead our lives.  We aren’t allowed bonfires.  They are banning ordinary lightbulbs.  They are taxing fuel inefficient cars.  What next?  Are they going to ban matches because they are made of wood?  Are we going to be forced to become vegetarian because animals produce too much methane?

Because of Gore and Gormless, I am going to be forced to use CFL bulbs everywhere.  But some of the lights are only on for a very short time, for example when I enter the garage or a spare room. And CFL bulbs use more power if used for very short periods.  So my power consumption is going to go up.

I won’t even start into the fact that I contribute far less than a trillionth of polluting gases, compared to governments and industry.  Or the fact that my contribution to global warming is equivalent to a flea pissing in the ocean.

You started it all, Gore.  You’re a wanker.  You may not like the fact.

But it’s just an inconvenient truth.

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Grandad January 27th, 2008

There is an asteroid heading our way.  NASA have known about it for some time.  It is going to arrive tomorrow.

Asteroid 2007 TU24.

The only question is where is it going to impact?

According to NASA, it is going to fly by close to us at a distance of 334,000 miles.

However, the conspiracy theorists claim that this is a cover-up by NASA, and that it is in fact going to hit South America at 0500 GMT.  NASA don’t want to cause panic amongst the Earth’s population, but world leaders are all heading for the bunkers.

I like conspiracy theories.  In fact, there are a couple of them I subscribe to myself.  So why should I doubt this one?

For a start, anyone who has ever been to the cinema or watched television knows damn well that any asteroid or meteor that hits earth, always hits either New York or California.

And the same source tells us that anything that is heading for earth will have Bruce Willis fired at it.

I can tell you for a fact that the asteroid is going to impact.

It is going to hit South America [or New York or California] in which case we needn’t worry about Global Warming any more.

or….

It is going to smack into the arse of the conspiracy theorists and they are going to have one hell of a headache on Monday afternoon.

So who is right?  NASA or the conspiracy theorists?

I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and find out.

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Grandad December 29th, 2007

Where is this f*cking Global Warming they keep promising us?

Why can’t I feel my feet?

Why is there an iceberg in my freshly brewed tea?

What the f*ck is that looking in my window?

Whatever it is, it’s scaring Sandy.

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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.

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Grandad November 11th, 2007

Our K8 has come up with a new meme.

And, bless her little cotton socks, she has passed it on to me.

She wants me to write a post that uses every tag. It’s all very well for her - she only has a few. I have loads. The cow!

Now I may be getting old but I find these difficult. I had a hard days blogging yesterday, as I had a good rant on a podcast to America. That was after I did my post on Cully and Sully.

So today I went for a ramble around the garden, trying to think of a topic. No go. There was no inspiration around the house either, and I’m damned if I’m going around the village or around the town for something so trivial.

Back in the 70’s life was a lot simpler. There were no computers or Internet, or even television so there were no memes. I had no irritating daughter in the family either. We found our pleasures in simple things. I remember learning to drive so we could go on holidays touring in the West, with no worries about flying and Global Warming. We had such simple sports as children in times past, like watching spiders spin their webs, and the designs they’d make. We’d go for rambles through the woods and have picnics of tea and spam sandwiches. We were a lot healthier for it.

Nowadays, work is the new religion and people have lost the use of their imagination. People only get worked up over celebrities and smoking out corrupt politicians. They panic over property prices and have lost sight of the soul of life.

No.

I can’t think of anything.

I elect not to do it.

I’m going to file this under Uncatagorised.

Maybe Sixty should have a bash at this?

Or how about Kirk at Just Thinkin’? I haven’t tagged him before.

And it’s a while since I annoyed Grannymar!!

F*cking memes….

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Grandad October 12th, 2007

So Al Gore has won a Nobel Prize?

Why?

All he did was make a scaremongering film.

I have yet to see his credentials for making that film. He never studied science, physics, mathematics, geology, geomorphology or astrophysics? He studied English and became a failed presidential candidate. So how is he qualified to be the Worlds Leading Expert on Climate Change?

The jury are still out on this whole business. For every expert who says climate change is man made, there is one who says it isn’t. Yet it has become fashionable to talk about Carbon Footprints and all that crap. It is politically correct to “do your bit for the environment”. Like the Emporer’s New Clothes, one is ridiculed and pilloried if one speaks against the mass consensus.

I have been around a while. I remember the floods in 1952 that wiped out the East Coast of England and drowned half of Holland. They didn’t talk about Global Warming then. I remember the winter of 1962 [or was it '63?] when the Blessington Lakes froze solid and you could drive on them. They didn’t talk about Global Warming then. I survived the floods that devastated the south of England in 1968. They didn’t talk about Global Warming then.

So what is different now?

OK. So the climate is changing. Figures prove that. But the climate is always changing. The Earth is a vast machine. And I mean vast. It takes something equally vast to change things. There is a popular theory [backed by figures] that the current changes are as a result of solar changes. I can live with that. The Sun is big enough to affect Earth.

Before any of you jump down my neck, I’ll ask you one thing. Have you put any original thought into this yourselves? Or are you just going to spout the propaganda that you have been spoon fed?

I do my bit for ecology. That’s different. I use CFL bulbs. I drive as little as possible. I don’t use aircraft. I separate my waste and recycle. I even refuse paper bags in shops if I don’t need them. That all makes sense, because there is a problem with over use of finite resources. And CFL bulbs are cheaper to run. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to worry about my ‘carbon footprint’.

If there is a problem with upper atmospheric pollutants, then one of the biggest causes is aircraft. It stands to reason. A single transatlantic flight will produce more pollutants than I will in several years.

What is the betting that Al Gore flies to collect his trophy?

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