The theory is you can plant new trees that consume the carbon as they grow. The problem with that is it probably takes 20, 30 years. Probably still better than coal/oil though
Of course the UK's carbon footprint per capita is far from miniscule and it is firmly in the top twenty among nations, so it is a serious issue and not someone else's problem. Quite obviously countries with vast populations like China, USA, India and Russia will have massive gross figures way in excess of a relatively small nation like the UK but this should not deflect from the fact that all the industrialised nations need to reduce their carbon footprint, not wilfully take measures to increase it as recent announcements will surely do in the case of the UK.
You're probably right, but if you take longer term view, after about your 20-30 years there will be a cycle that is completely carbon neutral as you'd have planted trees every year for that long so you'll be ******* in as much carbon as you're burning.
Britain's current rate is under 1%. China reducing their 28% by 5% would do far better than us and other small Countries reducing theirs to zero. Britain is doing it's bit and has reduced a fair bit, but people give China a pass. In places like Beijing, and many other Asian Cities, they wear pollution masks. It just seems to me that the wrong Country's are being targeted to reduce pollution and the carbon footprint.
Sticking to facts the countries with the highest per capita emissions in metric tons CO2 are the USA and Saudi Arabia, both.17.6. Canada and Australia are third and fourth. UK is 10th on 8.1. China is 15th on 6.4. below most EU countries. Source World Bank.
Good, it was just a Sinophobic rant devoid of facts anyway.
That's because a lot of the stuff sold in the UK says "Made in China", if we held China to account properly then we'd have to ask ourselves why we are allowing imports from China knowing that the production won't be very green. I think China is anticipating that question being raised in the long run though because they made over $500 billion of green investments last year.
I have given stuff away on Facebook marketplace and have had people asking if I can deliver to East London.Time wasters on Facebook marketplace.
I’m downsizing to a smaller house & attempting to sell the majority of the furniture.
Over half a dozen messages committing to be here by so-&-so o’clock to collect various items then not showing up & ignoring subsequent messages.
One joker turned up then offered half the advertised value for virtually new patio furniture!
Many lost hours this weekend that could have been put to better use
I get that on eBay a lot too. I advertised a couple of Thule bike racks and had this in the description: "Because of the awkward size and shape I am listing these as collection only". One guy sent me a separate message asking if I could deliver to...I ignored him. The people that were actually clever enough to read and bid are coming tomorrow night to collect.
Tomorrow we have people turning up to swap the study (where I'm currently sitting) with my eldest son's bedroom as his room is tiny. We're literally swapping the wardrobes in both rooms so at the moment our house is a tip as the contents of both rooms have been removed and spread around the house.
We've only been going an hour and we've already had a growl at each other.
Fancy coming to do my hallway, stairs and landing.
