Labour plans green revolution to slash energy prices and win back lost voters
On past evidence... what's the betting that it ends up putting more money in the wrong pockets, cost more than it saves, and needs to be undone at vast extra cost?
Junkk.com promotes fun, reward-based e-practices, sharing oodles of info in objective, balanced ways. But we do have personal opinions, too! Hence this slightly ‘off of site, top of mind' blog by Junkk Male Peter. Hopefully still more ‘concerned mates’ than 'do this... or else' nannies, with critiques seen as constructive or of a more eyebrow-twitching ‘Oh, really?!' variety. Little that’s green can be viewed only in black and white.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Good in theory. Dodgy in practice.
I remain to be convinced on offsetting on many levels. This doesn't help.
Billions wasted on UN climate programme
Yet again, I don't think it's so much what needs to be done that is the issue, but the competencies of those who have taken it upon themselves to do it.
Ina world run by box-tickers, getting yet more box-tickers and their targets into the mix seems a recipe for, well, such as this.
We need to get back to product, not process. And pronto.
Billions wasted on UN climate programme
Yet again, I don't think it's so much what needs to be done that is the issue, but the competencies of those who have taken it upon themselves to do it.
Ina world run by box-tickers, getting yet more box-tickers and their targets into the mix seems a recipe for, well, such as this.
We need to get back to product, not process. And pronto.
View from the middle ground. Well...
What do you get when you mix a pretty consumerist viewpoint (Wired), with one from the green corner (EcoGeek): WIRED's Call to Environmentalists: True or False
For once, a not too extreem set of views from both sides... ish.
For once, a not too extreem set of views from both sides... ish.
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