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[CLKD]

I had a weird and long e-mail from Waitrose during the week.  They are apparently removing the 10p bags for life and replacing them with another type, which they don't want us to buy.

I ditched the message.  Shopping there earlier I noted that 'we are removing the 10p bags for life' printed, on plastic; slotted into the thingies which separate each customers' shopping on the shelf (wrong word) that 1 stacks items prior to them being scanned and paid 4.  Now, 4give me 4 being picky ............ but 

[CLKD]

So now BBC The 1 Show are going to travel to Glasgow to cover the climate change conference  . they don't get it 

[CLKD]

Now: I'm getting angry    leaders of various religions from across the World have stopped off at The Vatican to meet the Pope to pledge that they will educate their congregations about the risks of Climate Change.  Justin Welby was there, couldn't he have stayed at home and ZOOMED his comments ?

We are watching BBC1 - a reporter has been rocked and rolled on the North Sea heading towards one of those awful concrete turbines ........ but couldn't get on due to the swell.  Using fuel to film the trip to the turbine and back to the mother ship ........... I think I'm getting too old to even believe in climate change: it doesn't seem as those lecturing to the rest of us are prepared to give up travel!

If I had the energy I would drive to Glasgow with a large banner and stand outside that Conference  - any ideas as to what to print on my Banner ?

[Pennyfarthing]

i thought this thread  was going to be about the idiots causing all the hours of disruption on the motorways.   Their “leader” says he would not let a dying person through or an emergency vehicle.  They are all inconsiderate nutcases.

[CLKD]

He could hardly answer a straight question when interviewed on the News!  I've noticed this with agitators, they know about their campaign but nowt about the real World and how their actions impact!  They never have even stock answers ready.

Stopping a lady following an Ambulance because her Mum is very ill; stopping Ambulances from going about their duties ......... I wonder how many of these agitators are on 'the dole'?  I would throw the lot, glued together, into the Thames!

They are so narrow minded!

[CLKD]

time to bring in the Army with water cannon ?   

[CLKD]

Be careful what you wish for 



Travellers heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit have been left stranded due to disruption caused by strong winds.

The south and east of England were battered by heavy rain and gusts of up to 80mph earlier.

Hundreds of people were left waiting at London's Euston station after fallen trees caused all trains to be suspended.

There was also reports of a "tornado" in Northamptonshire.

The disruption at Euston came as a result of damage to overhead electrical wires between Rugby and Milton Keynes on the West Coast Main Line.

[CLKD]

We were discussing COP26 this morning.  Now the Royals are there! presumably they flew up ?

We recycle as much as we are able via the kerbside collections; we grow our own compost; fruits and veg, insect suitable flowers; we buy via antique shops, other than jeans,  underwear and shoes, we haven't had many new items of clothing, I go to charity shops. 

We decide on our evening meal mid-afternoon - DH preps and cooks, any left overs are used the next day or frozen.  We have 2 vehcles one diesel: encouraged by the government of the day : we walk and shop together.  I don't know how much more we can offer to 'save the World' as we holiday in the UK too.   

[littleminnie]

Other than buy an electric car next time round, there isn’t much else.

[sheila99]

Ditch the gas central heating?
Recycling helps but not using it in the first place is even better. Can't buy veggies in my local supermarket that aren't wrapped in plastic.

[CLKD]

Don't have gas.  Don't think it's safe. New properties aren't allowed to have gas after a certain date  .  Not that it will make any difference over all  and now some bright spark: not : has decided to limit the amounts of meat we eat.   .   

Have lit the wood burner.  'they' are targeting those too despite them being 85% more efficient than an open fire.  That is 'they' that travelled to Glasgow from across the World.  I might have said already. 

We have a village store where the majority of the fruit/veg is plastic free.  Waitrose are selling non-plastic bags at 30p each, my problem being that I forget and leave them in the car boot  .  Apparently these are washable.  Don't know the overall impact that making each 1 has?  I am still using bags for Life from C.mas 3 years ago  .

Of course if we all stop eating meat, farmers will go out of business.  Then the government can concrete over our green fields and grub out hedgerows  .  We will then be beholden to mainland Europe!

[CLKD]

US President Joe Biden's motorcade has been spotted leaving a hotel in Edinburgh en route to COP26 in Glasgow.

A large convoy, including Mr Biden's armoured car nicknamed "The Beast", left the Dalmahoy Hotel near Kirknewton in West Lothian on Tuesday morning.

A fleet of police and Secret Service vehicles accompanied the president as he travelled along the M8 motorway to the conference venue in Glasgow.

[sheila99]

They are only targeting meat to avoid cutting down on fossil fuels. Methane breaks down in 10 years so as long as you aren't eating more meat (or eating it from Brazil where they cut down rain forest to grow it) you aren't adding to the problem. Unlike carbon. It's OK to transport your avocado from half way round the world using fossil fuels though. And OK to fly in a private jet to a climate change conference because you're an Important Person.
 You can't get much greener than home grown lamb, brought up on unfertilised grassland that isn't suitable for crops.

[CLKD]

People don't realise how our food is produced.  A pretty lamb in the fields doesn't translate to the hours of work etc., nor how it gets to the plate. (I don't like lamb so yours are quti9e safe )  .  We use our local butcher who can almost name the creature we buy our beef off  . 

Do U get much for the fleece these days?  They were a popular tourist buy when we lived in Wales.  We have two: one 'local' to where we lived then and another sent from N Zealand for our wedding gift from a friend.  Both behave quite well in our bedroom  . 

Buying tinned veg. grown in the UK would cover 'out of season' foods - there's a lot of goodness there and they keep for years.  How about coffee and tea though  ........ chocolate and Hot Chocolate. Have we gone too far? 

Coal after all kept people warm as well as feeding the furnaces that made England the most productive country in the World during the Industrial Revolution.  Oil and gas have never been 'green' but fed our dependance.   

[CLKD]

So what aren't 'they' telling us about how green electric vehicles are?

The main media discussions revolve around how far we are likely to be able to drive between charges as well as how many points will be available and how long each charge is likely to take.  As there are time limits at many motorway service areas, will there be enough time to charge up ........ or will it mean stopping at more service areas en route?

What is under the radar is the cost of overall production.  How the batteries will be built and where.  What will be in each battery - lithium which may well be imported from across the World as it requires mining.  Therefore damaging that part of the environment?  Out of sight etc.?  Why should humans destroy yet more of the earth by mining lithium etc., in order to 'save the planet'  .  Even if lithium is mined in Cornwall around the china clay area ........ is it 'right'?  How many tons of equipment will be required: cost of manufacturing against the cost of environmental damage; cost of tyres, maintenance, fuelling said huge diggers? 

How will the batteries be recycled after they are no longer able to fuel electric vehicles?  It isn't as simple as buying an electric vehicle ......... the whole package including recycling has to be considered by all of us.  'cos sure as night follows day, the leaders of the World won't make that very clear.