Esker-pades
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What's that having children? There would be no-one to save the planet for if we all stopped that.
No I just do not want illness from diesel pollution or see the planet devastated by the greed of the privileged.
Your use of emotive language is typical of someone who considers no compromise or consideration. There is always better ways as I believe everyone is aware of, and that includes the disruptive and inconsiderate behaviour of those self righteous idiotic protesters. I wonder how much extra pollution their protests actually cause (including their diesel generator) and what the cost to the taxpayer is. Their cause is lost in all of this
The simple fact is that the School strikers and Extinction Rebellion have achieved more in the last year than all Governments, and Green groups such as Greenpeace have achieved in 30 years since we learnt of what was happening.
The deniers on here need to stop acting like idiots and accept that change is urgently required. It is not your fault that you drive a diesel, take short breaks flights all over Europe and buy cheap stuff from China because that is what you thought was right and good as did I a few years ago.
That doesn't sound particularly plausible - can you point to the source of the poll?An opinion poll published yesterday said 78% of people supported XRs current actions and 99% the climate issue.
An opinion poll published yesterday said 78% of people supported XRs current actions and 99% the climate issue.
The simple fact is that the School strikers and Extinction Rebellion have achieved more in the last year than all Governments, and Green groups such as Greenpeace have achieved in 30 years since we learnt of what was happening.
An opinion poll published yesterday said 78% of people supported XRs current actions and 99% the climate issue.
The deniers on here need to stop acting like idiots and accept that change is urgently required. It is not your fault that you drive a diesel, take short breaks flights all over Europe and buy cheap stuff from China because that is what you thought was right and good as did I a few years ago.
Now is time for change like it or not. Embrace it, go along with it. Take the train on holiday, you are all train nuts after all! Get an EV, yeah I know they are expensive but on PCP with no tax / fuel costs not much to go wrong and fix they are actually cheaper than a dodgy diesel. OK, I'd never go veggie or vegan, but I have reduced on meat. Do McD's instead of Burger King (who cause the Amazon to burn), lots of little changes that don't hurt your pocket or change your life for the worse!
Greenpeace has spent decades undermining zero carbon power with it's insane hatred of nuclear.The simple fact is that the School strikers and Extinction Rebellion have achieved more in the last year than all Governments, and Green groups such as Greenpeace have achieved in 30 years since we learnt of what was happening.
The simple fact is that the School strikers and Extinction Rebellion have achieved more in the last year than all Governments, and Green groups such as Greenpeace have achieved in 30 years since we learnt of what was happening.
You shush, no one likes facts.I don't think the bit I've bolded is at all correct. A lot has been achieved in the last 30 years, up to the point that Extinction Rebellion appeared. Transport and many industries are far more energy-efficient than 30 years ago, there was massively more public awareness of environment and climate change 1 year ago compared to 30 years ago. Work was already underway to figure out ways to reduce plastic pollution (a problem that had scarcely registered with anyone 30 years ago). Ditto biodiversity loss. And recycling rates are much higher these days too.
The simple fact is that the School strikers and Extinction Rebellion have achieved more in the last year than all Governments, and Green groups such as Greenpeace have achieved in 30 years since we learnt of what was happening.
An opinion poll published yesterday said 78% of people supported XRs current actions and 99% the climate issue.
Today I read that XR has significant funding from wealthy benefactors in powerful places and that money is being divested away from fossil fuels at an astronomic rate.
The only inaction? Apart from the oil industry, it is Governments like ours who lie, delay and fudge, like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
I know a few supporters in XR. They have unlimited financial backing, a growth in support unmatched in the past and I can tell you, these demos will get much bigger and much more disruptive until something happens.
The deniers on here need to stop acting like idiots and accept that change is urgently required. It is not your fault that you drive a diesel, take short breaks flights all over Europe and buy cheap stuff from China because that is what you thought was right and good as did I a few years ago.
Now is time for change like it or not. Embrace it, go along with it. Take the train on holiday, you are all train nuts after all! Get an EV, yeah I know they are expensive but on PCP with no tax / fuel costs not much to go wrong and fix they are actually cheaper than a dodgy diesel. OK, I'd never go veggie or vegan, but I have reduced on meat. Do McD's instead of Burger King (who cause the Amazon to burn), lots of little changes that don't hurt your pocket or change your life for the worse!
Where is the like button. I always wonder whether they actually think . What about fire engines , ambulances or lord forbid an attack of some sort the police couldn't quickly get to , due to these protesters.During the summer protests I had to reschedule one fairly urgent medical appointment because of their road blocks and going to the rescheduled one I had to use a taxi rather than a bus as they'd severed the route I needed. So they are obviously happy with me using more polluting forms of transport. If I don't get the appropriate medical treatment then my lifespan will be shortened so climate change becomes purely academic to me as I'll be dead
Where is the like button. I always wonder whether they actually think . What about fire engines , ambulances or lord forbid an attack of some sort the police couldn't quickly get to , due to these protesters.
There are frequent traffic jams caused by ordinary people using cars unnecessarily which delay emergency vehicles. I wouldn't be surprised if deaths have occurred as a result.
There are frequent traffic jams caused by ordinary people using cars unnecessarily which delay emergency vehicles. I wouldn't be surprised if deaths have occurred as a result.
The traffic in Cardiff is rubbish anyway. In the peak one can often stand in a queue for 10 minutes on New Road to join Newport Road. It takes me about one minute to cycle past the whole queue.So many of the objectors here seem to be finding ways of justifying that protest be held elsewhere (where it doesn't inconvenience them). We (as in UK consumers) are a significant part of the problem, - not as some would have it just 'suffering from protests' orchestrated by selfish hiipes. Whenever drivers queueing in traffic held by up protests are interviewed, the standard response is that the fact that they are being delayed increases emissions. They are usually sitting there in their vehicles with the engine running. Maybe if they were delayed every day for a week, some of them might think twice about making yet another delayed journey, - thereby reducing emissions, if their thought processes manage to escape from their own self pity.
I have solar panels too. Averaged over the year my electricity supplier pays me more than I pay them.It is only not possible in most peoples minds, but technically, Engineering wise & scientifically it is possible.
My house is heated by a combination of solar & biomass, my house is powered by solar as is my car. I emit no CO2 for energy use. When I draw from the grid it is when there is real CO2 free power. It is unbelievable how much cheaper this has been.
Try it!
If an emergency vehicle gets stuck in traffic, the blues and sirens come on and people try to manoeuvre out of the way. It is a lot more difficult to unglue someone or take down a makeshift blockade that is designed to be difficult to take down to get out of the way