It is officially Christmas!!

Today is shutdown day for most of us in the construction biz, it doesn't really help either that I attended another surveying practice's party last night. Needless to say, "There'll be a whole lot of nothin' goin" on today

That grant pitch might not be so difficult after all...........

Lol, the Sunday Times ran a story back in 2007 that discussed research findings that suggested that walking to the shops did more damage to the planet than if you drove a car (you can find it here).

notable points include, but are not limited to:-

• Traditional nappies are as bad as disposables, a study by the Environment Agency found. While throwaway nappies make up 0.1 per cent of landfill waste, the cloth variety are a waste of energy, clean water and detergent

• Paper bags cause more global warming than plastic. They need much more space to store so require extra energy to transport them from manufacturers to shops

• Diesel trains in rural Britain are more polluting than 4x4 vehicles. Douglas Alexander, when Transport Secretary, said: “If ten or fewer people travel in a Sprinter [train], it would be less environmentally damaging to give them each a Land Rover Freelander and tell them to drive”

• Burning wood for fuel is better for the environment than recycling it, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs discovered

• Organic dairy cows are worse for the climate. They produce less milk so their methane emissions per litre are higher

• Someone who installs a “green” lightbulb undoes a year’s worth of energy-saving by buying two bags of imported veg, as so much carbon is wasted flying the food to Britain

• Trees, regarded as shields against global warming because they absorb carbon, were found by German scientists to be major producers of methane, a much more harmful greenhouse gas

All of these discoveries can be found in - Goodall. C (don't know the year) Defra; how to Live a Low-Carbon Life, Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association; The Times; BBC

Also, If I may be so bold as to add my own research discoveries. I have found that Environmentalists damage the planet less when they are dead.

Dear Santa...........

let the xmas browbeating begin!!