I have just been reading in the latest PC mag, how green our hobby is.
The fact that Practical Caravan should be sticking up for our hobby should be applauded. The fact that they are preaching to those that don't need to be preached to, is another matter.
I am sorry though, I didn't finish reading the article, I couldn't, I was laughing too much. How anyone could say that our pastime is green, is beyond me. We drag over a tonne of weight, many miles down the road, onto a site carved out of the countryside. It doesn't sit well with green ethics, does it?
So, it makes me laugh when anyone tries to push the green issue, including Dick Turpin, our fine chancellor.
Hands up, who lives in a house?
No matter what you do on the recycling front, you're not green. Doesn't matter what the house is made of, concrete and cement add to the Earths troubles, wood even more so. Living in a house only advocates their (the house) use. Now if your residence is a tent, made from cotton (that you picked yourself) or wool that (you sheared from the back of a sheep, using a flint, yourself) you could possibly be labelled as "Green".
So, what I'm saying, is that there must be "degrees" of green(ness) that we all fall into. Which of course means, we are all green, to begin with. So, why are some called "not green" and then charged the earth for being green but not green enough?
Yes, makes me laugh when you hear of all the people that campaign for green issues, do so, and then go home to their four bed-roomed detached.
So, commendable as the message in the magazine is, it's not worth the effort, until we get a proper handle on the issue and it's not being used as a fund generator for an inadequate government.
Well, that's my take on the subject. Am I that far wrong?
The fact that Practical Caravan should be sticking up for our hobby should be applauded. The fact that they are preaching to those that don't need to be preached to, is another matter.
I am sorry though, I didn't finish reading the article, I couldn't, I was laughing too much. How anyone could say that our pastime is green, is beyond me. We drag over a tonne of weight, many miles down the road, onto a site carved out of the countryside. It doesn't sit well with green ethics, does it?
So, it makes me laugh when anyone tries to push the green issue, including Dick Turpin, our fine chancellor.
Hands up, who lives in a house?
No matter what you do on the recycling front, you're not green. Doesn't matter what the house is made of, concrete and cement add to the Earths troubles, wood even more so. Living in a house only advocates their (the house) use. Now if your residence is a tent, made from cotton (that you picked yourself) or wool that (you sheared from the back of a sheep, using a flint, yourself) you could possibly be labelled as "Green".
So, what I'm saying, is that there must be "degrees" of green(ness) that we all fall into. Which of course means, we are all green, to begin with. So, why are some called "not green" and then charged the earth for being green but not green enough?
Yes, makes me laugh when you hear of all the people that campaign for green issues, do so, and then go home to their four bed-roomed detached.
So, commendable as the message in the magazine is, it's not worth the effort, until we get a proper handle on the issue and it's not being used as a fund generator for an inadequate government.
Well, that's my take on the subject. Am I that far wrong?
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