On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:48:34 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Paul Rudin wrote:
John Ionides writes:

On Feb 7, 1:52 am, "RW" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
. net...
We need platinum to make low emission cars. To make platinum, takes
power.
~To generate power, S Africa needs to build coal power stations.
Thus increasing emissions of CO2.
Or go nuclear.. ;-)
Question....

Why bother a UK DIY newsgroup with this crap?

If you need conversation responses go down the pub and make some
friends.

Come off it, RW. TNP may revel in his almost troll-like status but
the attached article is really quite interesting (well, I thought so
anyway; but maybe I'm just a political nerd :-)


No doubt there are newsgroups intended to cater for such nerdery.
uk.d-i-y is supposed to be about entirely different nerdery

The point is, that a lot of people are doing a lot of DIY that are
seriously interested in reducing waste, and carbon emmissions.

I do DIY for a living & don't give a toss about greenwash.

Much the same here. I do give a toss about greenwash - I hate it. I
think that's because of the mixture of ignorant [1], self-righteousness
[2] and anxiety driven [3] hogwash.

[1] Mostly of basic science - secondary school level in the main.

[2] The only people who live at a planet-average (is that sustainable?)
level in this country are the very poorest and/or homeless. Groups that
almost nobody wishes to be part of.
Square up to the fact that if you live here that means you are part of
the 'problem' not the 'solution', come to terms with the fact, and then
get on with your life.

[3] 'Bad' things may well be around the corner but it the dangers are
often over stated and put into simplistic all-or-nothing terms. Whilst
thee are a myriad of ways things can go bad there are also a myriad of
responses that people can make in response.



--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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