Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Car wash
It is amazing what you hear around the Senedd during recess. I am in today to catch up on work and to hold some meetings around my role as a Commissioner. The latest rumour is that the Welsh Assembly Government's zeal to be as green as possible is going to cost us some money.
Apparently, government chauffeurs have been told that they cannot wash the official cars themselves as there is no way to dispose of the soapy water in an environmentally acceptable way. Instead they have to take the cars to a proper car wash, at the additional cost of £5,000 a year.
Is it true? I do not know. I have not had time to check but I thought I would share anyway. Happy to publish any denials.
Apparently, government chauffeurs have been told that they cannot wash the official cars themselves as there is no way to dispose of the soapy water in an environmentally acceptable way. Instead they have to take the cars to a proper car wash, at the additional cost of £5,000 a year.
Is it true? I do not know. I have not had time to check but I thought I would share anyway. Happy to publish any denials.
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Any rumours that WAG are finally going to focus attention on boosting the registered patent rate of the University of Wales, which compares unfavourably to universities in former third-world mini-states?
Probably not ... hell, WAG don't know one end of a patent from another, but want a 'knowledge economy' devoid of adequate patent protection - in other words, WAG is living in the 11th dimension, a dream world where inward investment is attracted to nations that don't protect their most vital asset, their intellectual property.
God Help Wales - because Wales's competition won't.
Probably not ... hell, WAG don't know one end of a patent from another, but want a 'knowledge economy' devoid of adequate patent protection - in other words, WAG is living in the 11th dimension, a dream world where inward investment is attracted to nations that don't protect their most vital asset, their intellectual property.
God Help Wales - because Wales's competition won't.
# posted by 
: 5:00 PM
: 5:00 PM
U mean PC acceptable way surely. Soapy water usually goes down a drain - ask any mum or dad tasked with washing dishes!
One PC to another: "The drains can handle it, but YOU just had to take it to a car wash." Mutated from a line in the first "Gone in 60 seconds" movie, much better than the second one, the car-wash scene in the first one was MAGIC ... well, for a movie buff.
One PC to another: "The drains can handle it, but YOU just had to take it to a car wash." Mutated from a line in the first "Gone in 60 seconds" movie, much better than the second one, the car-wash scene in the first one was MAGIC ... well, for a movie buff.
# posted by : 6:16 PM
: 6:16 PM
What do they think will happen to the chemicals used at a car wash? Oh, they'll go down a different drain, so that's OK then - problem solved.
ALso, car washes - i.e. mechanical car washes - will presumably use a hell of a lot more electricity than a bloke with a sponge.
Don't know what that says about the Assembly's green credentials.
ALso, car washes - i.e. mechanical car washes - will presumably use a hell of a lot more electricity than a bloke with a sponge.
Don't know what that says about the Assembly's green credentials.
# posted by : 1:26 PM
: 1:26 PM
The words "Titanic" and "Deckchairs" springs to mind.
Wouldn't it be "greener" to use public transport?
Do these WAG cars have private number plates?
I've got vague recollections of the Mayoral Car for the Old Port Talbot Council being sold at auction for a song with the licence plate "PT1"
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Wouldn't it be "greener" to use public transport?
Do these WAG cars have private number plates?
I've got vague recollections of the Mayoral Car for the Old Port Talbot Council being sold at auction for a song with the licence plate "PT1"
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