spongebob59
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Can some explain to me how this promotes climate change ?
Extinction rebellion
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Hacker Khan
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I suspect they are trying to raise awareness among certain demographics of the population. They have probably realized that a young Swedish girl raising awareness was too frightening for some people to cope with as she was not a very rich business person with vested interests in doing all they can to exploit the environment. So they are taking a different approach and trying some interpretative dance?
It has made the news, no doubt created debate on a lot of social media. They have pushed it on to the news agenda and it may get some people thinking about it when they would not otherwise. The individual acts, not so much, but overall they are being heard. (maybe not liked or respected but they are certainly being heard)
Doon frae Troon
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I am old enough to remember the massive uproar that Peter Hain [now a Lord, I know
] caused when he disrupted a few cricket and rugger games when demonstrating against apartheid in South Africa.drdel
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But I suspect the owners/users of private jets, motor yachts etc won't be listening while they consume more fossil fuel in one trip than you and I in a lifetime.
(Boeing has private orders for 13, of their 'luxury' 777s each with a fuel capacity over 175,000 litres!)
(Boeing has private orders for 13, of their 'luxury' 777s each with a fuel capacity over 175,000 litres!)
Bunkermagnet
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I got caught up in this yesterday, and today. Yesterday I had my van searched twice by the police, and this morning all the road closures and traffic queueing to get round the enforced diversion. I saw loads walking to the embankment yesterday, phones in hand laughing and giggling.
Hitting a city in a country that is at least doing something whether what they feel is enough or not won't help when countries like China continue to carry on as they do. Perhaps they should try blockading the streets of Beijing and see how many years they get in prison.
If they wanted to make a global change, stop buying stuff thats made in the countries that wont do anything. But I suppose that new iphone they need to buy every 18 months must be had.
Hitting a city in a country that is at least doing something whether what they feel is enough or not won't help when countries like China continue to carry on as they do. Perhaps they should try blockading the streets of Beijing and see how many years they get in prison.
If they wanted to make a global change, stop buying stuff thats made in the countries that wont do anything. But I suppose that new iphone they need to buy every 18 months must be had.
spongebob59
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There was pictures off them q'ing at McD's for lunch too 
bobmac
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I wonder which part of the world is producing the most clean, cheap renewable energy........
USA?
572,409 Gigawatt hours
Russia?
170,077 GWH
Britain?
87,083 GWH
No.
China 1,398,207 GWH
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-15-countries-using-renewable-energy.html
One GWH will power around 700,000 homes
Blue in Munich
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Old Skier
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Laughed when the actress was asked this morning how many flights she took this year. Failed to give a decent answer.
Bunkermagnet
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So how does that affect or impact on the amount of resources used from the earth, pollution created and future problems created?
Just because China creates the most renewable electricity (allegedly) it doesnt mean they can be pardoned for illegal cfc production, amongst any amount of world damaging actiosn, processes and materials created.
Pollution comes from every thing created, and even those supposed good items can create more damage (the gas used to stifle sparks in wind turbines for example) than the old tech the greeners want removed.
TBH I fail to see why tidal generation isn't leading the way instead of wind or solar, at least it's constant, measureable and predictable.
bobmac
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You claimed that China wasn't doing anything to alleviate the problem.
I just pointed that it is doing more than anyone else.
And when I talk about renewable energy, that includes tidal.
Imurg
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Er.....
We produce 87k+ GWH and 1 GWH powers 700k homes.....
Either we have a shed load more homes than we think we've got or some maths is wrong somewhere....
Bunkermagnet
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So does being the country who is allegedly creating the most renewable electricity allow it to illegally create CFC gas because it's cheaper to create for their air con systems they are installing in massive amounts?
bobmac
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I agree, it is wrong but you can't change the actions and needs of 1.4bn people overnight.
MegaSteve
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Believe we need to get a lot further down the road to putting our own house in order before we start questioning the tardiness of others...
Beezerk
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So they've scrawled their logo on the white horse in Wiltshire. Absolute morons.
robinthehood
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Are people not allowed to eat?There was pictures off them q'ing at McD's for lunch too
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If part of the manifesto is moaning about global beef production, McDs might be a place to avoid?
robinthehood
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Maybe they has the fillet o fish 😂
