COP-26

[old man]

Well, I have decided I can do my bit by consuming plants, just after it's been eaten by an animal.

[ditchman]

18 minutes ago, old man said:

Well, I have decided I can do my bit by consuming plants, just after it's been eaten by an animal.

errr............that sounds a leeeetle bit dodgy

[henry d]

2 hours ago, Dave-G said:

I think you already know the answer but: they who know that commercial passenger aircraft are amongst the worst polluters and won't upset their vested interest apple carts - and package holidays are not essential.

Remind me of what you did for a living? 🚕

[Dave-G]

57 minutes ago, henry d said:

Remind me of what you did for a living? 🚕

Yes, self employed taxi driving where I did more or less what I was good at - work necessity not leisure if that's what you are aiming at. I guess I could have gone on the dole with my autism that made me not too good at working to normal peoples rules - hmm, not rules - I can't think of the right word(s)... maybe political correctness.

Edited November 1, 2021 by Dave-G

[Saltings]

its all posturing crock of ****  blame  governments       when just about everyone lives in a throw away society        or wants non seasonal veg   from else where in the world  at a cost      what cost        only settle tor the best tec to play games            in the 70  4star petrol  20 to the gallon now 40  +    diesel naturally asperated in the 70     30mpg   now turboed   60 mpg +  cars are more efficient use less   emit less    more efficient                   while      white goods are designed to last 14 mts   not to be repaired      not to mention computer tec  6mts old     its  a crock  of ****       6mts old  is ancient                                  my advice support local markets              seasonal fruit and veg        fish and home grown anything           living is food   non Tec      ****                none of this  puts food on the table      

[Robden]

Just my opinion but, I think that the planet is over populated (and everything that goes with that), has been for sometime and is now getting worse. Probably why "Mother Nature" is trying to correct things by reducing the population with clever deseases like Sars1 and Sars2 (covid) etc.  Maybe the next pandemic will cause sterility. Worse to come I fear.

 

[matone]

10 hours ago, oowee said:

We need Boris to get serious. Tax flights more, bring back fuel escalator, switch vat from trains, subsidise veg, penalise meat, insulate houses and tax excess consumption. Then we can get serious. 

No,we need the major polluters of the world to do that ,then we could follow,thus not crippling our own little ,fragile country........

[TIGHTCHOKE]

11 hours ago, ditchman said:

for christ sake dont mention Macron..........where did he get his wife from Durassic bloody park.......she is sum bloody fossil that one.....any self respecting Glaswegian has put a chastity belt on his old gran....incase Macron's up for a night out.......

She's not as old as YOU!  

[Scully]

12 hours ago, oowee said:

We need Boris to get serious. Tax flights more, bring back fuel escalator, switch vat from trains, subsidise veg, penalise meat, insulate houses and tax excess consumption. Then we can get serious. 

Yeah, just tax the hell out of everyone, that’ll do it! 🤷‍♂️

12 hours ago, Dave-G said:

I think you already know the answer but: they who know that commercial passenger aircraft are amongst the worst polluters and won't upset their vested interest apple carts - and package holidays are not essential.

I'm guessing some wet will come back to enquire about which apple carts, but don't bother because I'm sure anyone with intelligence know what I mean even though it might be a bit clumsy.

To be honest when you referred to ‘they’ I thought you meant the average punter going for a jolly abroad.
I mean let’s face it, we’re only here once, if we can’t spend what time we have actually enjoying ourselves, then what’s the point? 

[islandgun]

58 minutes ago, Scully said:

Yeah, just tax the hell out of everyone, that’ll do it! 🤷‍♂️

To be honest when you referred to ‘they’ I thought you meant the average punter going for a jolly abroad.
I mean let’s face it, we’re only here once, if we can’t spend what time we have actually enjoying ourselves, then what’s the point? 

Indeed, So many people want everyone else to feel as depressed, guilty and to blame as themselves. When I was in Australia there was a widely used phrase "Go for your life mate"  which i adopted as fact..🙂 It sometimes seems that the only time people are happy at the moment is when they are unhappy........ or blaming others

[clangerman]

only gump would spout of to us on this and then FLY home what a first class hypocrite 

[Scully]

36 minutes ago, islandgun said:

Indeed, So many people want everyone else to feel as depressed, guilty and to blame as themselves. When I was in Australia there was a widely used phrase "Go for your life mate"  which i adopted as fact..🙂 It sometimes seems that the only time people are happy at the moment is when they are unhappy........ or blaming others

Quite. The world seems full of people intent on telling others how they should lead their lives. Do this, don’t do that, even down to what they should and shouldn’t be eating! 
The confines of this forum prevents me telling them what they can do. 
We’re here for a very short time, and we’ll never be here again. Make the most of the time you have and leave others to do the same without interference, because nothing you do in your lifetime is going to make one iota of difference. 

[johnphilip]

1 hour ago, Scully said:

Quite. The world seems full of people intent on telling others how they should lead their lives. Do this, don’t do that, even down to what they should and shouldn’t be eating! 
The confines of this forum prevents me telling them what they can do. 
We’re here for a very short time, and we’ll never be here again. Make the most of the time you have and leave others to do the same without interference, because nothing you do in your lifetime is going to make one iota of difference. 

Exactly  , often those who have no life of there own , or no hobbies or interests  in there life,  wish to spoil it for others.  Has to be a form of jealousy . Then it's those that have nothing , against  those who have made something of there lives . 

[London Best]

2 hours ago, clangerman said:

only gump would spout of to us on this and then FLY home what a first class hypocrite 

You’re so wrong there.

Every other delegate would do it as well.

[Dave-G]

Hmm - I class that as business travel - how else can we expect world leaders to travel here and back home whilst being adequately protected from terrorists who would lurve to assassinate them - surely not on a slow boat?

I'm not condoning massive motorcades though.

Edited November 2, 2021 by Dave-G

[old'un]

9 hours ago, Robden said:

Just my opinion but, I think that the planet is over populated (and everything that goes with that), has been for sometime and is now getting worse. Probably why "Mother Nature" is trying to correct things by reducing the population with clever deseases like Sars1 and Sars2 (covid) etc.  Maybe the next pandemic will cause sterility. Worse to come I fear.

 

or global warming.

what makes me smile with all these people jumping on the bandwagon with regards global warming is, our planet is around 4.5 billion years old but the scientists have modelled future weather patterns on the last 170 years, 170 years against 4.5 billion leaves some margin for error in their predictions, now where did I put Doctor Who’s phone number?

Edited November 2, 2021 by old'un

[clangerman]

2 hours ago, London Best said:

You’re so wrong there.

Every other delegate would do it as well.

I stand corrected the other villains will of coarse do exactly what they also tell us not to 

[JohnfromUK]

40 minutes ago, old'un said:

170 years against 4.5 billion leaves some margin for error in their predictions

To be fair, there have been some pretty uncomfortable times climatically the the 4.5 billion years!

[old'un]

3 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

To be fair, there have been some pretty uncomfortable times climatically the the 4.5 billion years!

exactly my point.

[ditchman]

not sure if im "picking up fag ends"............i did hear Usual von-de-lying ....flew 31 miles to be at COP 26 this morning

 

can anyone confirm this please

[JohnfromUK]

19 minutes ago, ditchman said:

can anyone confirm this please

No, but it seems that Macron has left early "in a huff".  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10157065/Macron-leaves-COP26-summit-Glasgow-day-leaders.html

[JohnfromUK]

38 minutes ago, ditchman said:

can anyone confirm this please

Sort of - From the Telegraph: 

Ursula Von der Leyen has been accused of contributing to a “climate disaster” after using private jets on more than half of her overseas missions, including short hops to London and Paris.

The European Commission president even jetted to Glasgow for the Cop26 environment summit.

An analysis by the Telegraph reveals the EU’s top official ordered “air taxis” for 18 out of her 34 official trips since taking up the role in December 2019, on a pledge to turn the bloc carbon-neutral by 2050.

The shortest of the journeys was a 31-mile hop between Vienna and Bratislava, as part of Mrs von der Leyen’s tour of European capitals to sign off on their coronavirus recovery plans, according to a senior Commission official.

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, it seems those 26 want their cake and we get them crumbs, Macron left the conference ? well good riddance 👍 , did he get a lift back on a French fishing boat passing more illegals in rubber dinghy's 🤔

[ditchman]

12 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

She's not as old as YOU!  

macron is 43 and she is knocking on 70...............

[Jim Neal]

6 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

No, but it seems that Macron has left early "in a huff".  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10157065/Macron-leaves-COP26-summit-Glasgow-day-leaders.html

From the article in your link:

"It is thought that Mr Macron's plan was always to head back to Paris after the first day of the summit. He was also at the G20 gathering in Rome over the weekend."