Comments on: Have you read the Climate Change Minister’s blog?

By: Energy Reduction

Energy Reduction — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:07:06 +0000

Everyone is taking about global warming and its effects but no one is seriously (apart from the green movement) doing anything to stop it. People are more interested in their comforts that contribute towards global warming.

By: Philipa

Philipa — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:55:14 +0000

Hee hee, I thought you might enjoy being punished, I’ll leave it to Ellee to enlighten you, or not…

By: electro-kevin

electro-kevin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:45:48 +0000

Oooh, punish me slowly, Philipa.

How does one close the italics tag ?

I could have fun with this:-)

By: Jeremy Jacobs

Jeremy Jacobs — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:31:17 +0000

Not mine Electro-Kevin. Alan Caruba’s comment

By: Philipa

Philipa — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:44 +0000

Ellee – I’m guessing someone hasn’t closed an italics tag and I’m guessing it’s Kev; I think you should punish him very slowly and carefully Ellee

By: Philipa

Philipa — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:37:29 +0000

Hmn, they could give china and india technologies for cleaner energy production and foster business partnerships to build cleaner power plants from the word go.

They could introduce cooking back into schools so that people cook again and stop flying so much food around the world (which would mean controlling the supermarket stranglehold) and have seasonal local produce that didn’t cost a fortune (£2 for four organic medium spuds from a farmers market is just ridiculous)

But more important than all this is all countries getting together and stopping the felling of the rainforest.

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:54:41 +0000

Don’t keep us in suspenders.

By: electro-kevin

electro-kevin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:44:03 +0000

Why is everything the IPCC proposes lead to “cap and trade�? laws that would impose limits on carbon dioxide emissions, something that reflects human activity, from exhaling to the making of steel, the harvesting of crops, the heating of one’s home, and virtually all forms transportation except bicycles.

The above is from Jeremy Jacobs’ comment (5)

Bicycles ? These are not – contrary to popular belief – carbon neutral. They require power in order to propell them too, you know. I once saw a report in Motorcycle News which made a mile-for-mile comparison between the carbon emissions of a motorcycle and those of a lentil-eating hippy on a bicycle. The lentil-eating hippy travelled the mile much slower than the motorcyclist and was, therefore, burning up energy for longer. Had the lentil-eating hippy had Guiness the night before the methane emissions were horrendous, not to say unpleasant for pedestrians, as hippies aren’t yet fitted with catalytic converters. The study showed that the motorcyle had a smaller carbon footprint than the lentil-eating hippy on his bicycle.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:26:04 +0000

I notice Bali didn’t really produce anything much but ‘hot air’ and a lot of airmiles.

Maybe the next Climate change conference should be held via VIDEO CONFERENCING without all the ‘ministers’ and entourage travelling on business class International flights to exotic resorts. “Do as we do, not as we preach”

But at the end of the day, whether there is man made climate change, whether there is global warming or global cooling, there is no changing politicians short termism (5-15 years) and many people have blind faith that technologial developments will still save the day – though I’ve yet to hear of One technological development or ‘theory’ that would significantly reduce our ‘energy’ needs.

Population growth, and industrialisation of China & India, means the global energy demands will double in the next 20-30 years.

By: Quasar9

Quasar9 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:15:19 +0000

Phil who???