Edmonds Goes Environ-Mental

Fashion news just in: we've noticed that green really is the colour du jour. Not to wear sillies. To be! Are you recycling your empties, composting veg peelings and growing your own lettuce? No? Then shame on you and your giant fee-fi-fo-fum carbon footprint.

Joining in with the ticking off is Noel Edmonds. He's turned finger-wagger today with an article in The Mirror, designed to put the wind up even the most environmentally unaware of us. According to Blobby's best mate, the government's wind farm plans are fatally flawed, we should brace ourselves for daily power cuts and the future of the UK's gas power is in the megalomaniac hands of slightly potty states such as Russia and China.

Blackouts? Glitterditch imagines it'll be just like the olden days: carrying a nub of candle up to a sub zero drafty bedroom, replete with handy bed pan. What's not to look forward to? As Noel says, we should start haranguing the politicians for the truth NOW. Watch out Al Gore: you have an eco-rival in the shape of Mr Edmonds.

Now actually, we're all clued up about wind turbines - oh yes, not just a pretty face - and we agree with Noel's argument. They're costly to all but the farmers who receive huge subsidies for them, so that means us taxpayers foot the bill. Again. In terms of energy, they actually switch off when the wind picks up too much. What nonsense. And if you look closely, they're an extremely handy way for the politicians to tick a handy climate change target box, than actually make a serious impact on the environment.

But what we don't agree to be helpful is a sensationalist article in a tabloid newspaper from a bloke who presents quiz shows. The red tops, after all, are not well known for maintaining a sense of proportion. Maybe The Mirror felt that Noel could speak eloquently to the masses? We're buying into the message, just not who it's coming from.

We'd much rather read about the likes of Eva Herzigova and her very own private wind farm. A triumph of style over substance it may be, but at least her personally-funded efforts to go ethical are less scary of a Monday than Edmonds' booming predictions of doom.

Looks like it's a no deal for you Noel.

Image courtesy of kevindooley's photostream on Flickr.

Written by Ria on 9 Jun 2008 7:30 PM. Permalink