Carbon Footprint.

[Theland]

If you are a believer in man made climate change, will you be joining in with those who support reducing your personal carbon footprint?

If so, what will you do? Holiday in our own country to eliminate unnecessary flights? Downsize your car or take the bus?

Anything else?

[derek-33]

i'll start cleaning up my carbon foot print when i see the rest of the world doing their bit. not just our piddling little island

[-SharonA-]

I will do my bit when I see manufacturers cleaning up their act. Plastic manufacturers shut down since plastic is so harmful. Cars all electrified. Landfills gone. All animals that fart, killed. Fridges banned.

[retrocop]

// all animals that fart killed/
That rules out going back to horse and carts for transportation.
Not enough green energy to power all those electric car batteries. Your geriatric go cart will have to be sail powered Theland :-(

[Prudie]

All animals fart. There's certainly some extreme views posted on AB today - on lots of threads.

[Theland]

Wind power for my scooter? Great!

[retrocop]

No shortage of that for sure. :-)

[davebro]

When 2500+ at a time stop flying around the world to attend Climate Change Summits every few months then I'll maybe stop to think about what I'm doing.

[Togo]

Car ban fool print? Leave that concept to the confused of thought, and desperate for acceptance, window lickers. Glow bull Al Gorithms are a con.

[New Judge]

//...will you be joining in with those who support reducing your personal carbon footprint?//

No.

//If so, what will you do? Holiday in our own country to eliminate unnecessary flights?//

No.

//Downsize your car...//

I already run just about the smallest car I can and I drive no more than 2,000 a year, most years less than that.

//... or take the bus?//

I already do. I do so because it is more convenient, not in some pointless attempt to "reduce my carbon footprint". When I see a principle part of government policy is to encourage deforestation, 4,000 miles away, carried out on an industrial scale to produce "biomass" (aka wood pellets) and the said fuel carted to the UK to be burnt in Yorkshire I ask myself "will me cancelling my flight to Benidorm make any difference?" Then I think "Nah. I can't be bovvered".

The entire foolhardy farce is utter nonsense.

[Theland]

No fans of Greta Thorburg yet?

[Canary42]

Such feeble excuses for non-action.

[ummmm]

No and No. I recycle and that's my input.

[ummmm]

What do you do, Canary?

[rowanwitch]

I try to buy food produced locally, don't drive so walk or use public transport. I try to minimise my power usage, led lights, using the microwave where possible after optimising the oven space. Recycle grey water where I can onto my balcony plants and donate to plant trees. I don't care what anyone else does but at some point we have to take responsibility for our own actions. A drop in the ocean maybe but the ocean is made up of small drops....

[gness]

Isn’t it wonderful that we can all wait until others do something before making the slightest effort ourselves.
Sharon... if ALL plastic manufacturing comes to an end you’ll be in a pickle if you’re ever admitted to hospital. :-)
To answer you, Theland.
Yes.... I will and I have...... drastically..... I care enough about the grandchildren and the new great to make a bit of an effort..... x

[ummmm]

I would like to know how my OH is suppose to get to work. He drives the works van and has to pick up 4 other people and drive to a different town.

[retrocop]

Is that called Paddy Power ummmm ?

[rowanwitch]

4 people in one vehicle is better than four in four... It all helps

[ummmm]

No choice. It's a welfare unit.

[Theland]

Rowan and Gness - I admire your principled attitude.