One of the stupider ideas for global warming...

Ah global warming... When did England ever feel this warm!

Ok, ok, I know it's a major buzz word right now and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon - but you know what - good. It's about time we got up in arms about something positive - instead waging stupid wars on each other.

This is our earth, our home and if we don't do something about it - pretty soon we won't have a place to wage these wars on each other!

However - I was reading the paper that some places in the states (USA) employers and states are considering bringing in a 4 day work week - in order to reduce petrol consumption....
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2937323620080529

On first read it seems like a really good idea... It will cut congestion during the working week by a fifth and one thinks about all the petrol that will be saved by that and all the gasses that won't be passed into our environment...

Until - on my way back from the market (i was walking - so i can get all uppity about this!) I thought if i worked a 4 day week - what would I do on my days off.

Go and see the family?
Take a long weekend road trip?

and what of the other actvities that still need to be done, whether you're working or not like...

taking the kids to school
Doing the food shopping
Going to the gym?

I mean - do they really expect Americans not to use their cars on their days off?

Come off it!

Surely they'd be using them more - to go places, to see family, to take that road trip down Route 66! - to enjoy their new found weekday freedom! I would!

So I call NEXT on this idea - although 4 day working weeks in theory seems like it's going to cut petrol and diesel consumption I'd put money that actually it won't...


Ooo I love a good rant...