Oi! Planet saving geeks!

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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:53 pm

Best fire up the Chelsea Tractors..

Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, a leading environmentalist has calculated.

Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with enough calories to walk to the shops than a car would emit over the same distance. The climate could benefit if people avoided exercise, ate less and became couch potatoes. Provided, of course, they remembered to switch off the TV rather than leaving it on standby.

The sums were done by Chris Goodall, campaigning author of How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, based on the greenhouse gases created by intensive beef production. “Driving a typical UK car for 3 miles [4.8km] adds about 0.9 kg [2lb] of CO2 to the atmosphere,” he said, a calculation based on the Government’s official fuel emission figures. “If you walked instead, it would use about 180 calories. You’d need about 100g of beef to replace those calories, resulting in 3.6kg of emissions, or four times as much as driving.

“The troubling fact is that taking a lot of exercise and then eating a bit more food is not good for the global atmosphere. Eating less and driving to save energy would be better.”

So was this from The Sun? News of the World?

Nope..

Times Online

BikerGran · #2 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:33 pm

Could be true tho - bit like when I decided my daughter could walk the mile and a half to school to save on bus fares - she kept wearing out her shoes and in the end it was cheaper to put her on the bus!

Pierre · #3 Post by **Pierre** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:46 pm

She could have thumbed a lift in a strangers car though. What? cant hear you

I use about 500 calories loading my van up just so i can belch deisel fumes out and then get a double steak burger from the meat wagon on the way to work. Find me someone who cares less

Gio · #4 Post by **Gio** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:18 pm

I bet that was Jeremy Clarksons column, ferking twat.

Samray · #5 Post by **Samray** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:24 pm

I loved James' comments after the article.

People should stop wallowing in angst over the physical health of the world and instead make the most of what it has to offer. Live fast, sleep around and die young.

The problem we have is there are too many miserable middle and old aged people who aren't dead!

If more of the energy saving light bulb, vegan, knitted swimming trunks types spent their lives enjoying themselves rather than bitching, whining and trying to juggle facts and figures to solve unsolvable riddles; we'd probably find ourselves in a better place.

Racing motorcycles, BASE jumping and hot-footing it from one brothel to another whilst high on a cocktail of drugs, drink and junk food until one or more of the aforementioned results in a youthful but exhilirating death is the way forward.

Wasting your one life totting up 'carbon-footprint' stats whilst sucking on a lettuce leaf and shouting "DON'T LEAVE THE TV ON STAND-BY" to bemused passers by is rather dull and ultimately pointless.

Please get a grip.

Trumpeteer · #6 Post by **Trumpeteer** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:21 pm

that is truly fantastic....it works for me!

#7 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 11:50 pm

From the comments..

In my expert opinion, I believe that all available scientific evidence points to the existence and activity of humans as the main cause of green house gas generation.

I therefore propose that we should all kill ourselves immediately to avoid causing further damage to the planet. Just everyone remember to put all the TV's off stand by before you kill yourselves.

But hang on, what about the green house gasses produced by our rotting carcasses?

Arrgh! Can't even win in death can we?

Asim Salahuddin, London,

paddyz1 · #8 Post by **paddyz1** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:00 pm

I am sick to death of hearing about 'carbon footprint' It is the latests buzz word that only the twats who like others to think they are doingin their bit. They want to look good in the eyes of others. They use electricity don't they? Tossers

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:01 pm

paddyz1 wrote:I am sick to death of hearing about 'carbon footprint' It is the latests buzz word that only the twats who like others to think they are doingin their bit. They want to look good in the eyes of others. They use electricity don't they? Tossers

Shame they can't plug themselves in

BikerGran · #10 Post by **BikerGran** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:04 pm

I've been quite keen on recycling and so on as i was always brought up to avoid waste.

But the rate it's getting shoved down our throats now has totally put me off, I wouldn't even bother using the recycling box if it wasn't the only way to get the stuff collected!

#11 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:07 pm

Ive just fitted energy saving bulbs throughout the house.

79p each at Netto.

They draw less 'Leccy, last 8 years (ish) so saving the planet aside, theyre well worth it.

BikerGran · #12 Post by **BikerGran** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:09 pm

But they don't give a decent light! We've got one on the landing, turn it on to go upstairs and as I'm a bit slow on the stairs, It's almost getting near giving a reasonable amount of light by the time I'm at the top and about to switch it off!

Tried em in the living room, couldn't live with them!

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:13 pm

Ours are quite quick tbh.

Maybe our Electric is faster than yours?

Gio · #14 Post by **Gio** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:47 pm

I've got a few boxes of candles for when we run out of leccy

#15 Post by **Kwackerz** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:56 pm

I have a Hamster and some Goldfish.