Worrying Climate Email

[jacobyte]

How can a friend actually believe this tripe and then believe that intelligent individuals will join in?

email said:

Please click on this link in order to write to Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot and tell him that you want tough new fuel efficiency targets for car manufacturers to help cut climate emissions. Thank you VERY much. Please forward this to your friends if you care about our country and environment. #friend's name# www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/transport/press_for_change/green_cars/index.html Also take a look at these sites: www.flightpledge.org.uk/ www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/environmentissues.htm

Of even more concern is the website's pre-populated email:

"Climate change is the greatest problem facing the world today..."

[Yugguy]

Well, edit the letter as you see fit and then send it.

letter said:

Climate change is the greatest problem facing the world today, and tough action is needed across Europe to have some fun before we're all Transport must play its full part in this, both by bigger engines and more turbos. I am concerned that car manufacturers are increasingly moving towards small sh1tty little engines with no torque whatsoever. I know that you are currently considering what should happen after 2008, and strongly urge you to force petrol prices down, as it's going to run out soon anyway so we may as well have some fun before it does. Yours sincerely, Friends of the Earth.

[BliarOut]

Ah, but you can change it.... FOE just sent this on my behalf

I said:

I am concerned by the unscientific and frankly blinkered campaign being run by FOE here. www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/transport/press_for_change/green_cars/index.html The letter they want people to send you is below. Quite frankly they are mad as a box of badgers. I want to enjoy my democratic right to drive whatever I choose. Any politician who votes for anti-car measures will not get my vote! Climate change is the greatest problem facing the world today, and tough action is needed across Europe to cut carbon dioxide emissions if we are to avoid the worst impacts. Transport must play its full part in this, both by improving technology and by changing how we travel. I am concerned that car manufacturers look set to miss the 2008 voluntary target agreed with the EU to cut emissions from new cars. I know that you are currently considering what should happen after 2008, and strongly urge you to agree tough new fuel efficiency targets with car manufacturers to help cut climate change emissions from transport. I also strongly urge you to make these targets binding, rather than voluntary as at present.

[wolves_wanderer]

www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/envir

So the BNP are re-inventing themselves as Eco Warriors now? I suppose they will blame all the dirty immigrants with their filthy curries for the "greenhouse effect"

Only trust this eco warrior:

[groucho]

So, no cars, no planes. What year is it again?

[Yugguy]

Cor, talk about blocks on free speech. We can't access the bnp website from work.

[minimax]

jacobyte said:

How can a friend actually believe this tripe and then believe that intelligent individuals will join in? email said: Please click on this link in order to write to Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot and tell him that you want tough new fuel efficiency targets for car manufacturers to help cut climate emissions. Thank you VERY much. Please forward this to your friends if you care about our country and environment. #friend's name# www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/transport/press_for_change/green_cars/index.html Also take a look at these sites: www.flightpledge.org.uk/ www.bnp.org.uk/landandpeople/environmentissues.htm Of even more concern is the website's pre-populated email: "Climate change is the greatest problem facing the world today..."

that's surprising..I didn't think the climate emitted anything!

[mr_tony]

wolves_wanderer said:

Only trust this eco warrior:

like a moonlight shadow shadow

[telecat]

Noted that they are even losing a vote on theeir own website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Changed their email and used their site to send this:

"Climate change is not the greatest problem facing the world today, and tough action is needed to stop governments using BAD science in order to extract money from the european population. The majority of scientists do not support the assertion that "climate" change is man-made and indeed any attempt to re-create the figures used is met with closed doors as those asserting "Climate change" refuse to release their methods and or data used to reach their conclusions.

Car makers have reached their targets time and time again. But What about public Transport? Noisy and smelly, they continue to pollute and the vehicle produced would not meet even basic crash test critria

I strongley urge you to ignore the bleating of Green interests whose whole agenda seems to be that of denying freedom of movement to the European population. Instead the billions WASTED on these futile attempts to alter the planets NATURALLY occuring weather patterns could be put to better use and keep more people in employment."

>> Edited by telecat on Wednesday 22 February 16:50