This is what I want from Santy. And if I don�t get it, I�ll be very very cross. If I do get it, the world will be a far better place.
OK, first things first. I want the Green Party to get an overall majority. Well, it is a Santy list isn�t it, and you can work wonders. You don�t even need petrol to fly around the world. The Reindeers probably produce a fair bit of Methane gas with their burps and to a lesser extent farts, but it�s still not as bad as aeroplanes now is it?
That�s another thing. I want a tax on gratuitous flying. I�ve flown once in the last two years, and I felt bad. On the plane, I read their �in-house� magazine, Cara. Hecktor, who to be fair I think is a good laugh, was interviewed in it about his travels. He made a joke about the fact that he�s flown �well over a hundred� times from Galway to Dublin. That�s completely wrong as a practice, and should have a massive environmental tax put on it. The whole world suffers because of that level and type of Co2 emissions, and it costs less than the train. Wrong, wrong wrong. Please help Santy.
Speaking of tax, how about a change in the tax system? How about punishing what harms the environment and rewarding what helps? Organic farms can sequester Co2 from the air (i.e. reverse global warming by sucking in Co2 and making it safe), have higher rates of biodiversity and loads more. OK just an increase in the REPS payment for organic producers, and an opt-out of REPS for very small organic growers. Now that�s just a wee stocking filler for a man of your talents, isn�t it Santy? Like, Denmark taxes pesticides and subsidises organic food is schools and hospitals Santy. Come on!
And speaking of organic farming, how about ending the folly of what gets called co-existence between organic and GM? We�re doing OK on that one so far Santy, but we need to stay vigilant. Can you believe, they talk about adventitious contamination, and, in the same breath, talk about the inevitability of this contamination. Santy, my dictionary says that adventitious mean �accidental�. What�s an inevitable accident Santy? I�m confused.
And what about Bird Flu. Pleeease pleeease, let the truth come out on that one. You have the power! Some experts are now are saying that wild and farmed outdoor birds are the victims, not the cause, of the deadly strain. They claim that the flu comes from the intensive factory farms of south east Asia, and gets so strong these factory farms, that it kills outdoor birds when they come into contact with it. And the flu is following poultry and poultry by-product transport routes, not the migratory paths of birds. You must have some across a few migratory birds in your travels? Did they look sick?
I also want some more stocking fillers. Little things. I want the minister for the environment to be for the environment. He argues against us even coming close to our Koyoto targets. Can you get him to go to the new Al Gore film, An InconvenientTruth? It�s really good. Very clear. Stark, I�d say. It�s on at the moment- I�m sure he�d have a chance over the season. While you�re at it, can you give him a copy of George Monbiots� new book, Heat? Well actually, seeing as this is a santy list, can you read it to him each night as he sleeps, so it embeds in his subconscious, and he just starts to act on the stuff in the book.
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