General Chat

Up to my back teeth! Look at history even over past couple of hundred years - climate changes. However, 40 years ago or so people did not travel horrendous distances to go to work. Relative has had a theory for many years that employers should pay a tax if an employee travels more than 20 miles to work! Cost of public transport and parking is horrendous if successive governments were really serious about any of this then they would nationalise transport and bring the cost down. This would encourage users.

Chris, fully agree with the travelling to work. I work about 2-3 miles from where I live. I usually walk there, but get my shoping on the way back and catch a bus home. - which isn't cheap.
If, however I worked for the Council and drove in, I would get free parking at the Park & Ride - a special dispensation they have given themselves! Even paying for the Park & Ride is cheaper than the 'ordinary' bus.
I worked for the council a few years ago and was made redundant because they decided to move the office to the New Forest. As I don't drive, I couldn't go. Should have got them on unfair dismissal really.
I have been to a few job interviews with the Council and failed miserably. When they ask what I know about their 'Sustainability Policy', my mouth just blurts out 'Which one? The one where it's cheaper to move about if you don't live here. The one that says the public should pay £1 a mile on the bus, or the one that says if you don't have a car and need big stuff moving you can pay £15 an item (ie £30 a bed - base & mattress are counted as 2) for the council to take it away, even though we pay £80 a month in Council Tax to live in a small terraced house.'

I usually then get my coat. lol

I travel to and from work by train and we recycle as much as we can...but I think big business needs to do much more.
Although the council make us recycle under threat of having bin collections stopped if we dont, they admit they dont sort and recycle the contents of litter bins around the town.
Airlines are probably the worst as well as throwing away thousands of pounds worth of food every day, aircraft have all loo rolls changed and new liquid soaps put in all the loos when an aircraft is cleaned even if there is nothing wrong with the existing ones, thats when aircraft aren't being flown around the country empty for cleaning at another airport or simply to put them in the place they need to be the next day.

When Hampshire county council first started recycling - and insisted we did it right - even prosecuting someone for putting food in their recycle bin - it transpired they were sending it all to China. Not for recycling, but for landfill!!

I recycle I dont have a problem in doing so but Global warming ??? What difference would our tiny island do look at the size of other countries like China, Russia ,America it's those that would need to change in a big way to make a difference. Is it really Global warming or is the earth just doing it's own natural thing? & by saying it's GW they are making more money out of us

I recycle, we have a two weekly collection for bottles, cans and newspapers, and also garden waste, and we have a recycling centre at the supermarket for cardboard, plastic (plus bottles and cans, clothes, shoes). and vegetable waste etc is composted. I use the bus to go into town (mainly I have to admit because I get a free pass and parking is expensive.) But I am not prepared to give up my holidays I must admit which involve either driving or flying.

What really gets to me is the throw away society that manufacturers have evolved whereby it is cheaper to buy new than have repaired. (A good example is how cheap printers for the PC are,) then go to the local tip and see the mountain of printers, pcs, TVs etc where people have replaced rather than repaired. I can remember in the 60s my OH used to buy old TVs, repair and sell them and people were glad to buy them, now nothing but the best is acceptable. All the youngsters have to have everything of the latest, everything new.

*gets off soap box!

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