Wednesday 23 May 2007

Wisdom from Academia?

The Simon Queenborough who wrote a letter to the Telegraph seems to have some expertise in weed control. Very suitable I would think. It must grate on his nerves to see nature allowing things to grow where they have no right and have not filled in the relevant documentation.

I also notice that his words about carbon footprint are guardedly preceded with “I would also suggest…”. Not exactly inspiring confidence in his authority.

But then when you read what he says ….. well pretty astonishing stuff. For a start he acknowledges that cattle are creating more than 2½ times the greenhouse gases produced by humans. But then he goes on to say this is not significant because cows don’t live as long as we do.!!!!! What is he thinking of? Each time a cow gets slaughtered it’s replaced by another one is it not? There’s a continuous supply of the beasts for goodness sake.

Verily, these universities have a lot to answer for.

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