Hi Helene (?)

Well... and I thought I was a radical!

Even though we recycle every single thing we can, live in a small house,
hardly ever drive anywehere, switch off the lights everytime we leave the
room, don't leave the telly on standby, refuse carrier bags at Asda - and
grow all our own produce. a wake up call such as yours does make me think
what more 'I' can do... and, where some might be offended, I genuinely thank
you for that.

I say 'whatever cause' as a rather cowardly cop-out on the forum as although
we 'know' what the cause is, I could not quote actual facts and figures to
back up my statement here - I'm not scientific - just a down to earth,
country person who has for decades (I am 52) grieved and become more and
more heartbroken over natural habitat loss, deforestation etc. .... and
nowadays the thought that our 'RECYCLED' plastic milk containers are being
shipped to, and sorted in China!

Very best wishes. We have a lot in common.

Keith




"La Puce" wrote in message
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Keith (Dorset) wrote:
I reckon I've been pretty much in touch with the natural world all my
life,
and I'm certain that global warming, from whatever cause, is hitting
hard,
and importantly, very much faster than many researchers anticipated.

Yes, by 10 years too early! 10 years!! Do you realise? And don't say
'whatever cause'. You know why!! We must stop CO2 emmissions
completely. Everyone is responsible. Cheap flights to France, spain
etc. should be banned. Cheap plastic crap imports from China for our
Pound Stretchers shops should be all banned. All supermarket should
stop providing plastic bags. The car industry should be halted. We
should stop all imports from South America (now the biggest beef
provider in Europe as the country cut down trees, 'the world's lungs'
for pastures) and all imports from China. We should demand not to see
asparagus from Peru nor cabbages from Poland in our local shops. Stop
buying these products and local farmers will then have an outlet,
again. Demand decent, clean and affordable public transport. Share your
car with others. Take a boat or train but stop flying! Don't buy
imports but local to UK clothing/shoes. Don't use chemicals, none
whatesoever, in your garden and at home. Buy organic produce only. By
ethical goods, knowing that the extra 10p you spend on a produce will
help the producer carry on producing organically. Buy your produce
locally .... and keep an eye on that big glacier above England. When
that melts, we're going to get really cold again.

It doesn't take a degree in climateology for anyone with their eyes open
to
realise what real problems we'll all face in the very near future.

We are facing them now or we wouldn't be talking about them. Ecology
and environmentalism was in the 60s called a hoax to sink the large
manufactures of plastic, cloth, cars and anything relaying on fossil
fuel.

So the suited, townie politicians better soon get their priorities right:
forget about foreign holidays and fancy 'upmarket' cars... and get back
to
the real world - now.

Just look at Bush versus Gore, 48% v 49% of the votes at the american
elections. How can you ask for priorities when something like this
happens? It's up to every single individual to make a change, a small
one every month. You don't need to talk about it, just do it and others
will follow. Too many people think that they, by themselves, won't make
a difference. That is not true. I think you would score pretty high in
your energy use footprint Keith! You even think your neighbours could
do something about it. Why don't you talk to them?! Already, I can
remember the first time I used a low energy bulb - look around you now,
everybody uses them!

(rant over.. aah, that's better)

Go ahead Keith, it's good to talk )