It makes no difference, you utter utter numpties
Lets take a wild stab at the population of the UK, firstly because there seen to be plenty of people in Blighty all rather too prone to taking wild stabs at just about anyone & secondly, because despite being a rather small island, no one, least of all the government, has any idea of quite how many people there are here. However, for the purposes of this post & for arguments sake, we will assume the UK’s population is about 60 million. Sounds a lot especially when you consider that probably only half of them have any sort of command of the English language, however in terms of the entire body of mankind, we don’t even constitute the navel fluff. Estimates vary, but say there are something like 6.7 billion people on the planet, we bulldogs comprise about 0.9% of the total.
Despite being not even 1% of the global population, apparently we can make a difference … eh?
Britons are being asked to "leave it off" later this month, to show that cutting home energy use can have an impact on climate change. During E-Day, which begins on 27 February, people will be asked to switch off electrical items not in use.
In fact this week I see wanting to make a difference seemes to be in the news rather a lot. The uber-luvvie Emma Thompson has campaigning for more ‘green movies’ - I think that they are like ordinary films but just have more elves in them - & even the former chairman of Shell, Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, who never graced a corporate limo in his career, now thinks that the already totalitarian EU, should ban new cars that do under 35 mpg.
Now at this point I would just humbly like to point of that recycling your empty Moet bottles or getting a wind turbine fitted to keep up with your Notting Hill neighbours makes no difference at all in the big scheme of things: especially when some of our Asian competitors live like this …
I took this picture in a large Chinese city just before lunch last Saturday & let me give you a little pointer here, that is neither haze nor mist … its good old fashioned smog - one of the by products of economic activity. Now compared to the 60 million bulldogs & there are something 1.3 billion of the lil yella fellas as Sir Les Paterson would say, or to put it another way, 20% of the worlds population live in Mainland China.
Do the bl**dy math, numpties! It might make you feel better if you if turn off a couple of lights or catch the bus instead of driving your gas guzzler to the shops, but in the big scheme of things, it wont make the slightest bit of difference when over 20% of the worlds population are producing smog faster than a politican emits hot air.
In this respect, the likes of Bush are completely 100% right. Until such time as emerging nations do something about the amount of pollution that they create, whether or not you have a Pirus, is neither here nor there. Its all idiotic gestures foisted upon the terminally stupid, who seem to manifest increasingly lemming-like tendencies. In fact it is worth updating that famous exchange in Monty Pythons Life of Brian to now read
Brian: When it comes to climate change, every individual can make a difference
Crowd: Yes, we are all individuals
As for Family FM, on Friday evening we propose to make a difference by all piling into Disco Dave & driving the Alps at 250 grams of CO2 per 2 inches travelled. The baby penguins better have there life belts at the ready
Comments
Looks a bit like Chengdu.
I was there last year, never a day without haze, though neither the people nor the pandas seemed to mind
Posted by: Robert the Biker | February 6, 2008 12:25 PM
Sod the climate stuff..does being scouse mean I dont have command of the english language?
Posted by: jamie | February 6, 2008 12:58 PM
"Let's take a wild stab at the population of the UK," sounds like a career choice for feral youngsters.
Posted by: Gallimaufry | February 6, 2008 1:45 PM
Unlike these moonbats, it seems, I have to pay for my electricity. I therefore switch appliances off when I'm not using them. Do these fuckwits thing we keep appliances on for fun? Morons the lot of them.
Posted by: John K | February 6, 2008 5:41 PM
Oh, and that Moody-Stewart is a prize cunt. Drives a Prius. Need I say more?
Posted by: John K | February 6, 2008 5:45 PM
John K - A friend of mine refers to that vehicle as a "Pious".
/she still calls a c*nt a c*nt
Posted by: MP | February 6, 2008 6:33 PM
Antartic ice at record levels more polar bears than we have seen in years. Greenland ice increasing and we are sold man made global warming.
Posted by: Ghostrifle | February 6, 2008 8:14 PM
Didn't the Priass get the accolade of the worst for the enviroment? this study, by folks who take into account the enviromental cost of manufacture and replacements in its life (apparently the batteries last 2 or 3 years and are nasty and hard to recycle)
I think the only way to recycle is to use something a second time. The best way to help the west is to buy only british or American produce.
Posted by: Chris Edwards | February 6, 2008 9:57 PM
Yes, "dust-to-dust" I believe a Jeep Cherokee is greener than a bloody Prius. Anyone who drives one is a ponce with more money than sense.
Posted by: John K | February 7, 2008 5:35 PM
I was just thinking about this the other day. All those autos in China, India, and other 3rd world countries along with the factories. But we all know how good the environmental regs are in those countries. Cars are probably equal to ours from the 50s or 60s. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Yank Gary | February 13, 2008 6:47 PM