I’m not going to repost the youtube link, because the video also involved a man vomiting a gallon of milk at the end, but he essentially said that as the Earth is a closed system, and water cannot escape, when people complain that it isn’t raining enough it’s because people aren’t using enough water to start with. The more we water our lawns, the more will evaporate and the more rain it will create.

And also, governments like to boost economy theirselves .. put money in companies .. put it on higher priority than citizins … (I mean .. what crisis????? A lot of companies used that excuse for their own bad insight and greediness ….) and those companies only come up with stuff that is of worse quality … the throw away society … Whereas it annoys consumers .. a lot at least, with time.

The focus should be on the producers ofcourse … where else?!

Addiotionally, I remember the “doomsday” predicitons of the early seventies, where by 1980 we would all undoubtedly be dying from pesticide usage and pollution, no wonder we of a certain age carry a certain scepticism.

Many people I know (myself included) maintain doubts that humans can actually slow down “global warming” – there are lots of evidence-based arguments for and against humanities effect on the planet’s CO2 levels… and even whether CO2 levels are the cause of (or caused by) global temperature changes.

But, I still recycle as much a possible (over 90% of our household waste), use energy saving products wherever possible, and source produce from as close to home as possible. Not to reduce my “carbon footprint”, but because I genuinely believe we can’t keep extracting natural reserves (which take millions of years to develop)

and burying our man-made non-decomposable materials which take thousands of years to decompose. It’s simple logic – instead of throwing away the old, and making new stuff, we could make resources last much longer (and cheaper) by recycling materials which can be reused.

So, in my own way, i am “reducing my carbon footprint”, but not to slow global warming, but to conserve resources. Tell that to the global-warming cynics, and they might just see your point.

Here’s a controversial thought: we should use MORE plastic packaging. Plastic can be recycled far more efficiently than glass or, paper, and allows produce to be stored more efficiently, saving energy and reducing spoils. Glass and paper is barely worth recycling at the moment for the energy it saves.

- Colin