Cameron wants 'green growth' and 'no travel restrictions'

[johnph]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politic

Opinions?

Sounds good - even though manmade global warming is a pack of lies i think he's on to something. Duplicitousness amongst politicians isn't always such a bad thing...

[scorp]

I'd like to see man-made polution being tackled, all this crap about global warming is a distraction from the actual damage we are doing like filling rivers full of crap, and deforesting billions of acres (internationally). Not that im a greeny or anything, just though i'd add my 2p to the topic.

[MikeyT]

johnph said:

even though manmade global warming is a pack of lies

Is it really?

[s2art]

Well I cant tell what he means by that, sounds reasonable but....

[wolves_wanderer]

s2art said:

Well I cant tell what he means by that, sounds reasonable but....

Sounds like a typical post-Blair meaningless politcian soundbite to me, something that tries to mean all things to all men.

[alfaman]

johnph said:

even though manmade global warming is a pack of lies

what makes you say that ?

[r988]

scorp said:

I'd like to see man-made polution being tackled, all this crap about global warming is a distraction from the actual damage we are doing like filling rivers full of crap, and deforesting billions of acres (internationally). Not that im a greeny or anything, just though i'd add my 2p to the topic.

I think your right actually, mainly because lots of profit is being generated through those activities.

[tinman0]

r988 said:

scorp said: I'd like to see man-made polution being tackled, all this crap about global warming is a distraction from the actual damage we are doing like filling rivers full of crap, and deforesting billions of acres (internationally). Not that im a greeny or anything, just though i'd add my 2p to the topic. I think your right actually, mainly because lots of profit is being generated through those activities.

No.

We should stop making business in this country anymore more expensive than it already is. More regulation will increase costs, allowing many more cheaper competitors to undercut our own industries who don't have this regulation.

[bga]

tinman0 said:

r988 said: scorp said: I'd like to see man-made polution being tackled, all this crap about global warming is a distraction from the actual damage we are doing like filling rivers full of crap, and deforesting billions of acres (internationally). Not that im a greeny or anything, just though i'd add my 2p to the topic. I think your right actually, mainly because lots of profit is being generated through those activities. No. We should stop making business in this country anymore more expensive than it already is. More regulation will increase costs, allowing many more cheaper competitors to undercut our own industries who don't have this regulation.

I disagree that we should do this if it is to the detriment of the immediate environment that we live in e.g. quality of air, crap in our rivers, crap in our seas etc.

We can't hope to compete on economies of scale in many things so we have to be smarter and focus on the quality of what we produce

[nuclearsquash]

I'm starting the fight against the Man made global warming bollox, as provided by the BBC, here:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=248216&f=141&h=0

please help!

[alfaman]

nuclearsquash said:

I'm starting the fight against the Man made global warming bollox, as provided by the BBC, here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=248216&f=141&h=0 please help!

Personally - I think that global warming IS caused by man, and that its a significant issue.

BUT the problem is that the main contributors are ( and will be ) China , India , Eastern bloc industries and probably the US. So if everyone in the UK went back to living in caves it wouldn't make any difference , and the other countries I've mentioned don't give a flying about the environment so will never agree to reduce CO2 emissions.


So there isn't a lot of point anyone here getting too wound up about it.

>> Edited by alfaman on Wednesday 1st March 19:01

[jap-car]

johnph said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politic Opinions?

Completely meaningless as with anything I've heard from Cameron. (and no I don't support Bliar)

[Jaglover]

jap-car said:

johnph said: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politic Opinions? Completely meaningless as with anything I've heard from Cameron. (and no I don't support Bliar)

True, (though he has said a few meaningful things on other subjects)

[jap-car]

Jaglover said:

though he has said a few meaningful things on other subjects

Please give me link. I really want to like Cameron but I'm finding it difficult All I see is a smooth presentation of nothing.

[Jaglover]

jap-car said:

Jaglover said: though he has said a few meaningful things on other subjects Please give me link. I really want to like Cameron but I'm finding it difficult All I see is a smooth presentation of nothing.

I haven't got a link as such; but his policy of constructive opposition is a step forward. He is committed for example to backing the government's education bill because it represents a feeble step in the right direction. He could have been opportunistic and exploited Labour's divisions on this issue.