In a message dated 13/10/2009 14:50:11 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Am I alone here, or do many others believe that in these days of 'environmental concern' and 'reducing the carbon footprint', that we should be clamouring to have freight back on the waterways. I don't believe that we alone are responsible for Global Warming, but I still think to take as much off the roads and on the canals etc would make life that much better for all. PS The best way to reduce carbon footprints is not to step in it in the first place! I have said it before but, in terms of my carbon footprint, I find it hard to justify using petrol to drive from Essex to Kidsgrove and back just so that I can spend a week or two on holiday using diesel to boat around the canals in that area. However, I am also one of those who thinks that there is so much hysteria about global warming. Too many people are taking piecemeal actions that probably make the situation worse or, at best, cancel out what someone else does. Nobody is actually looking at what they are doing and thinking about the eventual effect. 'Headless chickens' comes to mind. Recent studies of shipping records indicate that temperatures have not increased over the last 200 years or so, despite what we have been told in recent years - and other scientists have discovered that the vast majority of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by oceanic algae and not in the rain forests. And, because the growth process of trees, they use produce more carbon dioxide overnight than the oxygen they produce during the day - a mature tree is actually a net producer of carbon dioxide. Whatever, the government are quite happy to allow us all to work ourselves up into a frenzy of delight at paying higher taxes so that we can 'save the world'. It must be the first time in the history of the UK that people have actually *wanted* to hand over more of their cash to the government. ;-) DaveD I raise money for charity just by searching the web! www.everyclick.com is an internet search engine with a big difference - it donates half its revenues to charity, please support them too! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
