Comments on: How green can you be? http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2005/10/31/how-green-can-you-be/ Liberal, Green and Fair Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:18:32 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2005/10/31/how-green-can-you-be/#comment-26791 Gav Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:02:44 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/?p=156#comment-26791 Again no. Replacing a working boiler is an apalling waste and, worse, requires carbon emissions to be released in the manufacture of an unnecessary appliance. And the biggest two carbon emitters in your life are the aeroplane and the consumption of meat -- not the car and central heating. But the consumption of meat isn't something they can attack without appearing extreme, while the underinvestment in roads has made the congestion issue seem like a legitimate ride-along to the environmental angle. Again no. Replacing a working boiler is an apalling waste and, worse, requires carbon emissions to be released in the manufacture of an unnecessary appliance.

And the biggest two carbon emitters in your life are the aeroplane and the consumption of meat — not the car and central heating. But the consumption of meat isn’t something they can attack without appearing extreme, while the underinvestment in roads has made the congestion issue seem like a legitimate ride-along to the environmental angle.

]]> By: Rob Whittle http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2005/10/31/how-green-can-you-be/#comment-26632 Rob Whittle Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:22:25 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/?p=156#comment-26632 Two biggest Carbon Users in peoples lives. Car, Central Heating. Solution: Choose a small, cheaper and greener car. It hirts nothing but the ego extension. With congestion noone can really drive more than 50 mph anyway. Turn down the thermostat, get a new boiler, put some more insulation upstays great deals on at the moment. Don't even have to by solar panels. More money left in the wallet over all. Two biggest Carbon Users in peoples lives. Car, Central Heating. Solution: Choose a small, cheaper and greener car. It hirts nothing but the ego extension. With congestion noone can really drive more than 50 mph anyway. Turn down the thermostat, get a new boiler, put some more insulation upstays great deals on at the moment. Don’t even have to by solar panels. More money left in the wallet over all.

]]> By: GavPOLITICS » Blog Archive » Driving peeves http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2005/10/31/how-green-can-you-be/#comment-238 GavPOLITICS » Blog Archive » Driving peeves Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:16:50 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/?p=156#comment-238 [...] Following on from my rant about environmentalist’s complaints about the car without providing a viable alternative or correctly spending the tax on greener methods, I thought the two following things would be of interest: [...] [...] Following on from my rant about environmentalist’s complaints about the car without providing a viable alternative or correctly spending the tax on greener methods, I thought the two following things would be of interest: [...]

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