carbon

[pale rider]

im sick to death of them useing pollution as a stick to beat us with to extract more taxes,i was away in china in september a the government chap said that in bijing alone there is a thousand extra cars on the road every day.try of setting that

[gothtec]

But they do have a history of when they need something doing they just do it, inlike most of the democratic world...

[Urban Terrorist]

Like banning all motorcycles from a city!!! :eek:

[John Hopkins]

im sick to death of them useing pollution as a stick to beat us with to extract more taxes
And they haven't even started yet..This is a win win situation for any government..any of the general public who speak out against it are dirty poluting persons, when the government talk to other countries they can be seen to be doing everything they can to fight against polution..and they are making a fortune with one invisable tax after another..no good complaining these taxes are set in stone..and another thing there will be a competition for future governments to see who can think of another anti GREEN thing to tax us on..so don't waste your time complaining because it won't do any good...If you grab them by the balls and pull..the hearts and minds will follow...Queen Boadecea...650ad... :D John

[Dougie]

And one volcanic eruption (e.g. Mt St Helens) puts out more crap,carbon included,than the entire human race has since we crawled out of the primordial soup......... :rolleyes:

[gothtec]

The government could wipe out a large percentage of the UK carbon emisions by doing two things.

1 - Ban the sale and use of the ordinary light bulb

2 - Make it illegal to sell an electical appliance that doesn't have a disconecting manual switch.

We cut our bill by a 3rd just by implementing these in out own home.

a couple of facts -

Carbon off setting is a con, doesn't mean anything and doesn't do anything for the planet.

One acre of tacmac is better for the environment than an acre of trees.

Global warming is a fact, always has been always will be, we are currently at the global peak of warming (actualy a double peak where two natural event coincide, this doesn't include the human factor) and should start reversing in due time.

[Freak]

Don't get me started :mad:

[zeddman]

wat d fu=k is this 'carbon offsetting' :confused:

[Urban Terrorist]

surely we just need to plant more trees? :D

[Freak]

wat d fu=k is this 'carbon offsetting' :confused:

Quite simply put Zeddman....
























it's bollox :mad:

[greg]

how can tarmac be better than trees or grass?
as for warming cycle yes but with our imput it is accelerated.
which mag reported that cfc's were damaging the ozone layer in the early to mid 70's and nowt was done untill a lot later.
danger with globle warming is that it can trigger globle cooling by melting the ice caps and stopping the pump that powers the gulf stream ect if that stops we will have ice down to scotland for around 1/4 to 1/2 a year.
as with most things there are pro and ant globle warming sides but i think its wise to act on the save the plant side cant do any harlm can it.
if we do nowt and its proven to be pushed along by us it will be to late to reverse if it carries on after we cut emissions ect so be it but why take the chance.

[zeddman]

Quite simply put Zeddman....it's bollox :mad:

I thourght that ..........an me being 'mr cynical', no doubt someones makin a lot of money out of it...............

[gothtec]

how can tarmac be better than trees or grass?.

Trees do not lock away carbon, all they do is recycle it over an over again untill they die then its all back in the atmosphere. Unless they are covered over to form coal, gas, oil pockets...

Tarmac on the other hand instantly locks away carbon and keeps it there...

as for warming cycle yes but with our imput it is accelerated..

Currentl on a 100,000 and 40,000 year cycle we are peaking at both.

danger with globle warming is that it can trigger globle cooling by melting the ice caps and stopping the pump that powers the gulf stream ect .

Ad yet there is no evcidence that this will occur in fact there is increasing evidence that it wont happen. But don't hold your breath!

i think its wise to act on the save the plant side cant do any harlm can it..

My thoughts exactly!

Use besdt practice just in case otherwise we may be fucked up in the future... also work to get off the god damn rock in order to save the planet!!!

[John Hopkins]

The government could wipe out a large percentage of the UK carbon emisions by doing two things.

1 - Ban the sale and use of the ordinary light bulb
2 - Make it illegal to sell an electical appliance that doesn't have a disconecting manual switch.
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Sorry to shoot you down but who is this The government that has the power (excuse the pun) to ban the sale or use of lightbulbs all over the world... :D John

[gothtec]

Sorry to shoot you down but who is this The government that has the power (excuse the pun) to ban the sale or use of lightbulbs all over the world... :D John

As said at the start of the post:

"The government could wipe out a large percentage of the UK carbon emisions by doing two things.