Rules of Life, The, 4th Edition

RULE 104

Not everything can be green

I’ve just heard about a chap who has invented shoes that recharge your mobile phone battery while you’re walking.^* Brilliant. I want a pair but they all look like rugged walking boots – designed for areas where recharging equipment isn’t available, such as jungles and deserts. I’ll have a pair when they make them in Oxford brogues. Not everything can be green. Not everyone can be as organic and as green as we would have them be.

OK, we’ve gone through the rant about the state of the world and what we’re doing to it. Now I’m going to give you a tiny get-out clause. Not everything can be green. There have to be by-products. There has to be some pollution. There has to be some damage. We are vast in number ...