Once again, ahead of my time .....

An Inconvenient Truth is being released on DVD today. In an effort to seem intelligent and timely, I'll say something seemingly incredibly environmentally friendly.


A columnist in The Daily Telegraph wrote on an article in The Idler magazine. I never read the original Idler article, but I must say I find myself in agreement with the basic premise.

I'll put in a link to the original article, but I'll pull some comments.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/11/13/do1303.xml

Do nothing, save the world: it's the only option By Jim White
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Updated: 12:01am GMT 13/11/2006

It is one of the favoured management-speak clichés of our times,

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And most of all you hear it from politicians, anxious to display their anti-pollution credentials even as they sanction the use of depleted-uranium bullets on the streets of Baghdad.
"Doing nothing," they all tell us, "is not an option." We hear it so often, it goes without challenge.

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What if, however, it turns out that doing nothing is the best thing we could possibly do? What if within the mere act of doing nothing lies the solution to the most serious problem we face? This is the intriguing thought laid out in the latest edition of The Idler magazine: when it comes to global warming, doing nothing is the only option.

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Its understanding of the causes of global warming, for instance, is acute. We have, the magazine suggests, come to this because of an insistence on being busy. This avowal of busyness has gained ascendancy not because it achieves anything, but because the act of being busy is seen as morally superior to the act of doing nothing.

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But there is a solution. Don't just insulate your loft and install a composter in your garden – when it comes to most of the activities of modern life, take the idle turn. Instead of jetting off on holiday, walk down to your nearest stretch of river and spend time reflecting on your own reflection. Instead of switching on the television, read a book. When it comes to Christmas, don't busy yourself buying tat nobody needs that has to be shipped in from China on a giant boat; buy nothing at all. These are three simple acts of doing nothing that would save far more carbon than installing a David Cameron-style wind turbine on your roof. And the neighbours wouldn't complain about the vibrations.

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SEE, I don't deny my children from having endless classes and experiences because I'm lazy or a cheapskate. It's because I'm OH SO GREEN!!!!

Must dash -- time for my nap.