On 2007-05-17 15:17:47 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
said:

On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:01:47 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:


|! Most people would be happy to make small changes to their houses/lives to
|! save the planet.
|!
|!Illogical statement. More gullibility.

Where is the illogicality in that?

There are many

- The assumption that the planet *needs* to be "saved"
- The assumption that there is a causal link between the activities of
man and climate change
- The assumption that a change in the behaviour by the entire
population will make a difference
- The even bigger assumption that even if the above were true, that
lifestyle changes by a willing proportion of the population will make a
difference.




The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/
has found that man is causing Climate change and has found that to limit
the damage will cost only 0.12% of GDP, a trivial amount,
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM040507.pdf.

That isn't what it says at all.



I have spent more than 0.12% of my
income over many years to limit my use of energy.

Lovely. How much difference has that made to "saving" the planet?