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VHG - “Surely the human race should be allowed to continue to pollute rivers, destroy the ozone layer, concrete over the land, chop down the rain forests, make some animals extinct and so on.”
No they should not. I agree with you on that point.
VHG - “Yes, lets direct our anger at those trying to do something, we don't need to direct our anger at those who are actually polluting the world.”
I'm sorry but if you think I'm angry with these people because they're “trying to do something” then you have misunderstood my position.
The cold hard fact is that renewables cannot power this country at this point in time. It doesn't matter how many trees you hug or how much you recycle, the energy requirements of this country rely on fossil fuels.
Can this continue indefinitely? No, absolutely not.
Is the answer to switch off our fossil fuel power stations before we have a viable alternative? Yes, if you want front row seats to watch society spectacularly implode. If you think things are bad now with the recession, wait until your lights don't work and you're sat in the dark; your central heating fails; petrol pumps stop working; supermarkets are devoid of food, you can't get money from a cash machine – not that that's a problem, when money becomes worthless overnight...
Obviously, we need to find workable alternative energy sources. But attempting to break into a power station with the intent to shut it down is utter madness. Only the truly monumentally stupid would think switching off power stations because they produce “too much” CO2 is a good idea.
I repeat – What a set of t*ssers!