wayos

I had a meeting in Edinburgh today about a windfarm deal we are trying to do for one of my clients. It was probably one of the most interesting days I've ever had at work. And that includes the time one of my clients offered me an afternoon of passion with his girlfriend. (I declined. He was better looking than her).
Today I caught a glimpse of a world bigger than mine. The two little turbines on my client's farm are part of a bigger windfarm somewhere in rural Scotland. Neighbours are objecting because the turbines are an eyesore. One is tempted to suggest that they're makedly less unsightly than a coal fired power station and considerably more attractive than the Five Legged Cows of Chernobyl.
Bigger still, though, that little Windfarm is part of a bigger Scotland, where the Scottish elections have changed perceptions of how the planners will look at renewable energy applications.
Bigger still and little Sotland is part of a bigger Europe which has vowed to cut emissions. And a bigger world where the price of steel has doubled over the past six months - as a result of demands from China, which is set to become the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases any moment now. But the bigger price of steel means that the cost of the two little turbines on my client's little farm has doubled. And suddenly the deal may not be viable.
We are all interconnected. Me in my little office to steelworkers in China and all the way back again. It's an interesting job I have somewhere in this big world. Turn your heating down a degree or two; take the train now and again; don't buy so much stuff. It'll make a difference.