Re: Katie Hopkins Told to Bugger Off
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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Doesn't this all conflict with your belief in self interest?
As for siberia, nobody knows and it's all a theory. But whether it's man made or "natural" what we are doing are token gestures when something like that happens.
We are wasting our time because the UK is not the main source of pollution. Although we do have high demand for finished goods.
As mentioned we should definitely change our relationship with packaging. We are building more instead of less though. E scooters? what difference do these make? People who would have walked are now charging these things. You don't launch such change without consultation unless you have no brain cells engaged.
But I did think you once said you have a gas guzzler yourself? Which was some sort of self indulgent thing.
Self interest? Not in the least. It's very much in my interest and the interests of my family that pollution is reduced. Even out here in the depths of Constable Country we've seen the effects of pollution and it's getting worse.
Man made / influenced climate change? Like so many things that are put down as being theory even on the Ballance of probability it's an explanation/theory that is exceedingly well founded, much much more so than any other.
Token gesture? No such thing. EVERY reduction by EVERYONE makes a difference.
Not a major source of pollution? Whataboutery is no excuse for doing nothing.
High demand for finished goods? That demand is unsustainable. Recent legislation concerning mission life and repairability is a move down that road.
E-scooters? Increased use of them for short journeys rather than car or taxi will reduce pollution on the basis of kW/hr as well as removing a source of pollution from an already polluted environment.
Consultation? Too dangerous and would introduce delay.
My own car - we have two. My wife now has a hybrid Volvo XC something and yes, I have a bit of a beast that actually gives a better mpg than a Ford Anglia 1200! Costs a bleedin' fortune to service but hey! You can't have everything!