"neighbourhood respect team" #2

it appears that i am not the only one who finds the antics of the "neighbourhood respect team" a source of interest.

the "ted & diane" spoof-documentary:

"neighbourhood respect team"

the neighbour of my soon to be dissolved student residence is an active neighbourhood watch member. on a large number of nights a week he patrols the streets of Falmouth with his patrol partner diane. together they trawl through the dark nights in order to cut out any anti social behaviour, with a special interest in student gatherings. the reflective jackets they wear bearing the self entitled "neighbour respect team" tag. jeff takes such an interest in his community that he is even campaigning to become a part of the local council with the support of the UK Independence Party.

it’s a shame that the respect jeff demands from those he perceives to be polluting his “community” is not replicated in his and his family’s actions. whilst the wife eagerly observes the family cat is encouraged to pollute our garden with its fecal matter on a daily basis. where is the neighbourly respect there?

more to come...

# suggestions for justice (revenge) are welcome in either a comment or email form. i am getting bored of scribbling 'cunt' in his adored van.

keeping up with the joneses

affluenza.org has a rather good diagram presenting the rather large and complicated issues involved in sustainable development which have lately been giving me such a headache.

biopower

A selection of articles outlining the dangers of biofuels.

The latest greenwash attempt by the motoring and fuel industry is perhaps not as clean as it suggests. it's time that we concentrate on developing new technologies rather than making the most out of old ones (diesel engines were originally developed to run on biologically derived fuels). I'll let Monbiot tell you all about the potential ethical dangers of an increase in the usage of biofuels. Yesterday's Guardian talks about the health dangers of ethanol.
I'd like to imagine a day where cars like the Tesla Roadster fill our roads. I'm the first to admit that they are not perfect, in addition to its enormous price-tag current methods of electricity production have also got some way to go in improving its environmental performance. what really excites me is the potential for improvement of the technology.

my car

my volvo is starting to show its age, yes it's true. partly due to its boxy shape, a design scheme no longer favoured by car manufacturers and consumers alike. the green boxy bodywork is marked by scracthes and dents like moles on an OAP. the retractable aerial no longer retracts. one of my favourite features though is how the 'econ' dial marks it presence on the dashboard. the needle moves to the right when i press my foot on the accelerator, with the section at the far right highlighted in red, suggesting that consumption of gasoline at that rate is dangerous. in the present global warming concerned world that we reside, it would perhaps be the right time for the dial to make a comeback in modern cars. in order to bring it up to date the 'econ' could simply be replaced by 'CO2'.