tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989113.post6535505540206910159..comments2024-03-28T09:13:47.565+00:00Comments on Junkk Male RE:View: Enjoy Today. Tomorrow is looking a lot iffier.Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989113.post-83297443980733480042007-02-01T11:39:00.000+00:002007-02-01T11:39:00.000+00:00Further to my previous comment, there is an intere...Further to my previous comment, there is an interesting quote from the Shell guy [Jeroen van der Veer] who was at Davos the other day part way down this piece. I reckon it firmly puts him in the “If my business can make money out of it, then I’ll pay lip service to it” camp. See - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/02/01/ccgreen01.xml<br /><br />Dave Goodwin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13989113.post-42729990448975313502007-01-30T16:10:00.000+00:002007-01-30T16:10:00.000+00:00Peter,
How depressing; you are right, the whole t...Peter,<br /><br />How depressing; you are right, the whole thing sounded like an interview with a bunch of wealthy, couldn’t give a sh*t, spoilt kids on a night out with Daddy’s unlimited credit card. <br /><br />Why would anyone laugh at a question as important as GW? Yet it sounded if it was all very jolly, light hearted and totally unimportant in the grand scheme of things at Davos; where the majority of senior ministers present place GW as the second, if not THE most important issue facing mankind at the moment.<br /><br />Although he had to correct himself about the issue of glass bottles for Pepsi throughout India, Michael White (Pepsi) actually admitted at one point, “However, it is clearly a serious problem”. <br /><br />Peter (didn’t catch his surname) of Nestle provided the most facile, ridiculous answers I think I’ve ever heard on what purports to be a serious radio interview. Perhaps he thinks he’s some sort of trainee comedian? It was he who made the ‘if it wasn’t for wealth and material advancement blah blah blah …. New York would be buried under 9 Metres of horse shit’ type comment. But “It’s the media that makes it (GW) the most important issue …… climate change is a supposition” made my blood boil!!! <br /><br />Some interesting facts from Jerome Van De Vere (Shell) though: “In 20 years time we’ll use more oil and gas than we do today”. Also, Shell invested $1 Billion in research on renewable energies, to which I thought, great, at least they’re doing something – only to feel really deflated when it turned out that this was only 1.1% of their research budget!! And he tried to abrogate all responsibility back to governments – ‘It’s a government decision; not businesses’.<br /><br />I did like Michael White’s little analogy though – “running an international business; it’s like herding cats”.<br /><br />If I could get a message to them it would be along the lines of:-<br /><br />Wise up, start listening, look at the evidence, and start doing – Now!! GW is here to stay and history will record your actions for your grandchildren to read (assuming they survive). The technological advancements that mankind needs to safeguard its own habitat should be in the pipeline now, and they will only come about if both major international businesses and governments take action immediately. If you think herding cats is tough – try surviving GW if (or maybe that should be when) it goes through the breakpoint and starts accelerating out of control. The Earth could make Mars look positively idyllic.<br /><br />Dave Goodwin.<br />SolarVenti UK Ltd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com