Red-herring?
Is the new bio fuel debate a red-herring? It feels to me as if the new bio-fuel initiative from Gull – along with recycling and much of what goes on trying to ‘green’ the church – is like mopping up the water on the floor to try to prevent the bath overflowing. Don’t get me wrong, it is good to mop the water up on the floor; otherwise, the hallway will also flood and the carpet will be ruined. The best we can hope for seems to be that the mopping up process is so effective that the red-herring is left flopping around dieing on the linoleum, then we might realise something else must be done. However, I suspect what will happen is that the floor boards will eventually rot and the cast iron bath tub is going to fall on the low income family struggling to live in the apartment below. If that happens, first aid and consolation will be hugely important, but how much time do you spend on first aid, and how much trying to turn off the tap?
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