Thoughts On - Eco Warriors 3

 Hi Everyone,

                     Cop 27 has finally rolled around. I was keen to hear what progress had been made since COP 26 in Glasgow had departed from the headlines. As many protesters had predicted, we are still showing the highest levels in methane and CO2 emissions. In other words, "Bugger All!". With another year wasted.

The political leaders will cite the assorted problems we have had in the last year, such as the war and the energy crisis, the UK election and the following fiasco of a budget. Their response was to go back on the same old solutions that got us into a mess in the first place. Start a new coal mine "But it will be very efficient, promise". Start a new nuclear power plant "It will be ready in about 15 to 20 years, all being well and within budget, promise" . To the energy companies, "Here are 101 licences to drill for more oil in the north sea, have fun! We won't mind if you spill a bit now and then."

BIGWIGS  Take Note, We are all out of Magic Wands, You need to fix it 

What they should be doing is change to a coalition government to stop all of the squabbling between them, pump more money into battery research and manufacture, boost jobs, increase renewable energy sources, including hydro power. If every bridge had a water wheel under it, we would have more power than we could shake a stick at. Make as much of them out of recycled materials as possible.

There is no planet B, we are here to stay

I do wish COP 27 well, its aim is less promises, more actual dosh on the table. Good luck with that at the moment. The developing countries say give us some dosh, we are not to blame for this. Which is true. To be fair, we have been giving them aid in one form or another, when it suits us, through charities etc. Hopefully, they can come to some sort of agreement. We are all in this together, as some folks seem to forget.

Another Lightbulb Moment

UK Science and research seem to think their funding will be cut in the latest funding review. Another short sighted move. We have world renowned science teams, but they can only produce results with a steady assured flow of money. Once the money stops, the "boffins" are poached to other countries where they get more pay and perks, then investment in this country goes somewhere else. When the breakthrough comes along, we have to buy it off them, instead of being able to sell it to them. Idiots. The politicians are supposed to be well educated, act like it.

Finally

A well known saying from the Second World War comes back into everyday use , "Turn that light off !". Good advice.

Ivor Cogdell

Thoughts On - Disaster Strikes

 Hi everyone,

                      It had been a disaster of a week, in fact, not to put too fine a point on it, it had been a double whammy last week. To start with, my email account was hacked and the site was totally deleted by two despicable souls, who should be locked up in a small smelly cell, with the key dropped in the nearest bottomless pit. On top of that calamity, I finally discovered that I had been made redundant.

                     I could not have been zapped at a more unfortunate time, so I hope they are happy with themselves. All of the communications about my pending redundancy had gone to my email, which then got wiped before I saw them. Not that the cherubs in the "Human Resources" team had any idea of my problem, of course. I had not any clue as to what was going on when my timesheet went blank when I went to check my shift for the following day. I knew that some others in my team were leaving; but since I  had not received any notifications over any of the other channels to say that I was being "Ramped Down", as they put it in political speak land. Just call it redundancy and be done with it. The bigwigs had left my team leader in the dark too, so he could not confirm or deny what the situation was.

                    Once I had got another email up and running, numerous emails were sent off, followed by frequent calls to automated helpdesks that just requested me to send an email instead. I tracked down the number of another local branch and after confirming my id, they were able to state that I WAS one of those that had "Walked the plank" off the pirate ship.

                      I am now beginning my search for the next way to earn myself a crust. I have an updated CV to pass on to my agency recruitment team and look forward to when I can be a productive member of the community once more.

Time will tell.

Regards to one and all, as the showbiz folks say, "Break a leg", if you are job hunting like me.

Ivor Cogdell

P.S. The printer is running out of ink to print my CV. It's a good job we have the net, too, otherwise, I would be stuck.