Tiger worm benefitsI saw Judith Collins on television explaining the research and fact-finding and information-gathering required, presumably before new rules and regulations were applied. Then she appeared to defend the conclusions, due to research of the dangers of butterfly farming, lavender growers and worm farming, drawing particular attention to the heavy machinery required for moving soil in worm farms. Er - these are not earthworms, they don't live in soil, if the liquid produced from the waste being processed leaches into the ground then profit is lost. Tiger worms reduce rubbish and the process produces a worthwhile and advantageous product and result. (Lessons can be learned.)
Of course, it's very unlikely these worms have intellectual capacity, so are exempt from research grants or government positions. Without intellect these worms, dangerous butterflies and lethal lavender seem to be outpacing and outwitting a lot of highly intellectual experts with years of experience of the subject matter to draw on.
Alan Ryder
Motor accident
Your story in last week's Stratford Press regarding the motor accident on Beaconsfield Rd is yet another example of a driver blaming the road instead of his own ability and decision making.
A road is an inanimate object, it just sits there, it is incapable of causing an accident. Likewise a parked motor vehicle is also an inanimate object. The only thing that brings both of these to "life' is when someone is driving a motor vehicle along a road. Logic therefore says it is not the road or the vehicle but the driver that is the problem.
