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And Here Come The Hypocrites..
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Bezos, Ol jug ears, scores of 'green' CEO's, 400 private jets to the 'climate crisis' conference.
And then of course theres Biden in a walloping great plane with a cavalcade transported with him.
You really couldn't make it up and since they have probably used more "C02" than I would in a lifetime it really is a joke and they clearly dont really believe in it. People are being played for dummies.
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And then of course theres Biden in a walloping great plane with a cavalcade transported with him.
You really couldn't make it up and since they have probably used more "C02" than I would in a lifetime it really is a joke and they clearly dont really believe in it. People are being played for dummies.
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//Zoom is all very well but I think you need people meeting in the flesh if possible//
I quite agree. But the eco-loonies are telling us "ordinary people" precisely the opposite. I don't care what politicians do, where they go or how they get there. Little that any of them do in Glasgow over the next month will make the slightest difference to the problem they believe is threatening our very existence. I just tire of being told that I'm "destroying the planet" by going to Benidorm for a fortnight or heating my house with a gas boiler..
I quite agree. But the eco-loonies are telling us "ordinary people" precisely the opposite. I don't care what politicians do, where they go or how they get there. Little that any of them do in Glasgow over the next month will make the slightest difference to the problem they believe is threatening our very existence. I just tire of being told that I'm "destroying the planet" by going to Benidorm for a fortnight or heating my house with a gas boiler..
"I just tire of being told that I'm "destroying the planet" by going to Benidorm for a fortnight or heating my house with a gas boiler.."
Oh poor old you!
as others have said the reality is that world leaders have more power than ordinary people to change things by definition... so if you want a big change, you need to get them in one place. The denialists and loonies can go and cry about it in their corner...
Oh poor old you!
as others have said the reality is that world leaders have more power than ordinary people to change things by definition... so if you want a big change, you need to get them in one place. The denialists and loonies can go and cry about it in their corner...
What I find a little strange is this: there are people on here defending these hypocrites jetting around the world, having agreeable dinners, handshaking and grandstanding for the cameras. I've mentioned here a number of times that the UK could reduce its "harmful emissions" to zero tomorrow and it would make not one jot of difference to the global situation. "Ah, but we must set a good example to those countries which can make a difference" I am told. Leaving aside the fact that such an example will not lead those countries to alter their habits anyway, if leading by example is so effective, the best thing our leaders can do is to practice what they preach. There is no need for 30,000+ people to assemble in one place. The technology is available so that all the necessary material can be distributed electronically and meetings can be held virtually. It's the best example they can set. Arguing that the general population must change its habits without making a similar argument for these people to do the same weakens that argument considerably.
Every one of these beanfeasts that I can recall begins by announcing that it is "one minute to midnight", "final chance" and other such nonsensical warnings of the Armageddon to come. Here’s part of the opening speeches from “COP25”, held two years’ ago in Spain:
“As Executive Secretary Espinosa has said, if we stay on our current path we risk a sharp rise in global temperatures this century, and I quote: “This will have enormous negative consequences for humanity and threaten our existence on this planet. We need an
immediate and urgent change in trajectory.”
“We stand at a critical juncture in our collective efforts to limit dangerous global heating.”
Similar dramatic introductions can be found in the minutes of all of the Climate Change conferences (certainly all of those I have looked at). The “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” was formulated in 1990. In the intervening 30 years a number of these festivals have been held. But still the problem persists. If all the world’s Great and Good have been meeting with such frequency and regularity, why have their efforts not borne more fruit? The main reason is that worlds’ largest polluters have no intention of doing anything significant to address the problem. This latest gathering will be no different. Mankind will have to learn to live with the consequences of his influences on the planet. That’s always been the case and that’s where the effort should be concentrated.
Every one of these beanfeasts that I can recall begins by announcing that it is "one minute to midnight", "final chance" and other such nonsensical warnings of the Armageddon to come. Here’s part of the opening speeches from “COP25”, held two years’ ago in Spain:
“As Executive Secretary Espinosa has said, if we stay on our current path we risk a sharp rise in global temperatures this century, and I quote: “This will have enormous negative consequences for humanity and threaten our existence on this planet. We need an
immediate and urgent change in trajectory.”
“We stand at a critical juncture in our collective efforts to limit dangerous global heating.”
Similar dramatic introductions can be found in the minutes of all of the Climate Change conferences (certainly all of those I have looked at). The “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” was formulated in 1990. In the intervening 30 years a number of these festivals have been held. But still the problem persists. If all the world’s Great and Good have been meeting with such frequency and regularity, why have their efforts not borne more fruit? The main reason is that worlds’ largest polluters have no intention of doing anything significant to address the problem. This latest gathering will be no different. Mankind will have to learn to live with the consequences of his influences on the planet. That’s always been the case and that’s where the effort should be concentrated.
//Here’s part of the opening speeches from “COP25”, held two years’ ago in Spain:
“As Executive Secretary Espinosa has said, if we stay on our current path we risk a sharp rise in global temperatures this century, and I quote: “This will have enormous negative consequences for humanity and threaten our existence on this planet. We need an
immediate and urgent change in trajectory.”//
Well it was only 2 years ago as you say. There talking about the current century- the next 80 years or so, so its not suprising if they keep saying it until theres a clear sign of improvement
Every country can say "why bother as we contribute only a fraction" but the idea is for sufficient countrys to commit to change. Only by all dong there bit can this happen
“As Executive Secretary Espinosa has said, if we stay on our current path we risk a sharp rise in global temperatures this century, and I quote: “This will have enormous negative consequences for humanity and threaten our existence on this planet. We need an
immediate and urgent change in trajectory.”//
Well it was only 2 years ago as you say. There talking about the current century- the next 80 years or so, so its not suprising if they keep saying it until theres a clear sign of improvement
Every country can say "why bother as we contribute only a fraction" but the idea is for sufficient countrys to commit to change. Only by all dong there bit can this happen
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