04-19-2019, 09:27 AM
(04-19-2019, 09:05 AM)Solihull Throstle Wrote: It's easy to have a snipe about these people or their trainers but seems to miss the key point.While I completely agree with some of the above and while it's great that we are all talking about it.... A couple of things if I may....
We are destroying the planet, governments worldwide (including our own) are at best paying lip service as the vested interest of the big corporations pull the strings
Can't believe anybody in their right mind is happy to let this continue.
This is not about the polymer some protestors shoes are made from or whether the protestors are middle class FFS!
How many of these protesters drink coffee which is imported across the world.
How many of them buy their children plastic toys which are discarded so easily and end up in landfill. Don't get me started on loom band and slime.
How many of them fly across the world to find themselves in Thailand and the like.
How many of them eat things which are out of season. . Even if they are vegan they are still having things exported round the world.
How many of them use gas to heat their homes.
While it's brilliant all this is getting talked about there are steps we could all do to help.
That said even if the entire of the UK went carbon neutral over night... What we would, would pale into insignificance compared with the footprint of the USA or China or India for that matter.
No matter what we do we are over the edge and there's no going back.
People are too selfish. They want their coffee, palm oil in their products and to fly off to some jungle to see the last of a species with irony being that they are part of the problem.