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Thursday 17th October 2019

Dave Hedgehog said:

the XR message is sound

Blanchimont

4,089 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Whilst I freely admit that we (as a global population) have to do something, XR are making themselves look like tits and aiming their protests at the wrong people.
The UK as a nation emits much, much less than the rest of the world, and whilst it's certainly not great, especially in densely populated area like London, Bristol, Birmingham etc we as a country are still way, way behind the likes of China, USA, India and even the likes of South Korea!

From a personal point of view, I recycle what I can, think about when I need to drive (Use public transport to get work in the centre of the city) and try to use as little non-recyclables as possible. However, when the top 15 of the worlds polluters make up more than 2/3rds of global Co2 emissions (which we are not in) it seems like we're doing a lot in comparison.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/06/chart-of-th...

Can we do better? Of course we can.

But it grates a little when XR, and in general the media seem to ignore this inconvenient truth and berate us to stop walking, go vegan and blame industries, when we're one of the smaller polluters in the world, but don't ever badger the India, Korean, or US embassies to prompt them into action.

Dave Hedgehog

16,337 posts

234 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Crossflow Kid said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

the XR message is sound

ok i will qualify that

the base message about our lack of progress in dealing with humanities impact on the planet over the last 30 years is very poor and we could do an awful lot more now and over the next 5 - 10 year if there was political will to do it (and the politicians stopped pocketing oil and car industries money)

the way they are presenting the argument and the demonstrations are just self defeating, none of them seam to be able to debate coherently

They need to get 'Jonathan Pie' to become their speaker lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCmdtcWKog

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Thursday 17th October 10:53

p4cks

7,499 posts

229 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Crossflow Kid said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

the XR message is sound

Ha - I'd never seen that before. Clueless, utterly clueless.

glenrobbo

40,508 posts

180 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Love the 'Johnathan Pie' clip. Brilliant!

Now that's a proper rant!

Sporky

12,173 posts

94 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Not an XR supporter, but that people are applauding someone getting kicked and stamped on by a baying mob is disturbing.

Anyone who enjoys watching that is clearly disturbed and needs professional help.

DJT

231 posts

191 months

Thursday 17th October 2019

Dave Hedgehog said:

Crossflow Kid said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

the XR message is sound

ok i will qualify that

the base message about our lack of progress in dealing with humanities impact on the planet over the last 30 years is very poor and we could do an awful lot more now and over the next 5 - 10 year if there was political will to do it (and the politicians stopped pocketing oil and car industries money)

the way they are presenting the argument and the demonstrations are just self defeating, none of them seam to be able to debate coherently

They need to get 'Jonathan Pie' to become their speaker lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCmdtcWKog

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Thursday 17th October 10:53

Saw him live last night in Reading. Whilst not fully aligned with his political viewpoint, it was a cracking performance and you cant argue with many of his observations about our contradictory behaviours.

V10leptoquark

5,180 posts

247 months