L00b Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Semi-topically, I see that, fresh on the back of Assange’s extradition order, Ecuador has granted the US rights to set up a military base in the Galápagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 😑 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Halibut said: You can afford to smug and defeatist, you'll be dead soon - it's the younger people who realise what the future's looking like and they who'll rise to the challenge. On 15/06/2019 at 09:58, ANGELFIRE1 said: I have no idea if the above is 100% true, but it does sound viable. Regarding the last paragraph, remove the USA (2nd largest carbon emissions in the world, only topped by China) and it is on the money. It's comparable with an old man piddling in the sea and expecting his contribution to effect the amount of water in the sea by a considerable amount, it's just a dream. Angel1. You can afford to smug and defeatist, you'll be dead soon - it's the younger people who realise what the future's looking like and they who'll rise to the challenge. Good morning Mr Angry, I hope you are having a good day. Regarding your post, no doubt my demise will be much sooner than the "young people" you appear to be fixated by. That aside it does not detract from the TRUTH of my post in that the amount of pollution the UK makes is infinitesimal compared with the top 4 or 5 polluters. While they carry on as they are doing, we are just spending brass on doing diddly squat to reduce the world pollution - FACT. Angel1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads36 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 2 hours ago, ANGELFIRE1 said: the amount of pollution the UK makes is infinitesimal No it's not, it's about 5 to 10%, depending how you work it out. It's basic good manners to tidy up after yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 4 hours ago, ads36 said: No it's not, it's about 5 to 10%, depending how you work it out. It's basic good manners to tidy up after yourself. 2015 total emissions country rank Country 2015 total carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion (million metric tons) 2015 per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion (metric tons) 1 China 9040.74 6.59 2 United States 4997.50 15.53 3 India 2066.01 1.58 4 Russia 1468.99 10.19 5 Japan 1141.58 8.99 6 Germany 729.77 8.93 7 South Korea 585.99 11.58 8 Iran 552.40 6.98 9 Canada 549.23 15.32 10 Saudi Arabia 531.46 16.85 11 Brazil 450.79 2.17 12 Mexico 442.31 3.66 13 Indonesia 441.91 1.72 14 South Africa 427.57 7.77 15 United Kingdom 389.75 5.99 16 Australia 380.93 15.83 17 Italy 330.75 5.45 18 Turkey 317.22 4.10 19 France 290.49 4.37 20 Poland 282.40 7.34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes10 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Since we appear to be well on the way to making planet earth uninhabitable maybe we can mimic earth's atmosphere on Mars. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190715114256.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbird Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 17/06/2019 at 18:21, ANGELFIRE1 said: 2015 total emissions country rank Country 2015 total carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion (million metric tons) 2015 per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion (metric tons) 1 China 9040.74 6.59 2 United States 4997.50 15.53 3 India 2066.01 1.58 4 Russia 1468.99 10.19 5 Japan 1141.58 8.99 6 Germany 729.77 8.93 7 South Korea 585.99 11.58 8 Iran 552.40 6.98 9 Canada 549.23 15.32 10 Saudi Arabia 531.46 16.85 11 Brazil 450.79 2.17 12 Mexico 442.31 3.66 13 Indonesia 441.91 1.72 14 South Africa 427.57 7.77 15 United Kingdom 389.75 5.99 16 Australia 380.93 15.83 17 Italy 330.75 5.45 18 Turkey 317.22 4.10 19 France 290.49 4.37 20 Poland 282.40 7.34 The UK really doe get an unfair bad wrap from some but as that chart shows, we're not that bad. What the climate zealots will say though is that the UK has the headquarters of many of the top polluting companies, but if they weren't h3adquartd here they'd only be headquarted somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 And another pair of hypocritical "Do as we say, not as we do, folk. https://www.metro.news/have-royal-pair-gone-plane-daft-over-jet-travel/1680527/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoni_mouse Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 19/08/2019 at 06:30, Baron99 said: And another pair of hypocritical "Do as we say, not as we do, folk. https://www.metro.news/have-royal-pair-gone-plane-daft-over-jet-travel/1680527/ Ah but when they say people should cut down on air travel, they clearly mean the muggles, not the pure bloods. Can't have them slumming it old boy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Radiohead's Thom (Pay attention when I preach, do as I say, not as I do) Yorke. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/22/entertainment/thom-yorke-desert-island-discs-intl-scli/index.html Another wealthy, proselytising hypocrite. Edited September 22, 2019 by Baron99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogets Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) We went abroad in May and September and the numbers in Spain are unsustainable The holiday industry has a lot to answer for and I think its high time something was done to stop people going abroad We paid £250 to a Climate Offset scheme hence our holiday abroad was fine. Edited September 23, 2019 by rogets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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