I guess how many votes might be in it.
Eh, Peter? Whadyareckon?
Scrap old gas appliances says the Corgi trust
Recognising that the advocacy group might have a vested interest, it makes a heck of a lot more sense to me than paying a person £2k to by a new Beemer motor car.
IMHO.
Addendum:
And not just me.
This from the ever well-informed and cutting-edge Dave of Solarventi:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/boilerscrappage/
Addendum 2:
Edie - The minister tasked with battling climate change has backed calls for the government to create a boiler scrappage scheme. - Maybe instead/in favour of car schemes and/or £6m 'awareness' campaigns in danger of being.. er.. scrapped due to falling foul of objectivity rules?
Addendum 3: http://reheatbritain.org.uk/help - with that petition link if you find merit:)
After all the negativity of the recent 'climate awareness' nonsense, we might point our talking heads in more productive directions for their money, emissions-wise?
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.
Friday, October 23, 2009
2 comments:
I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.
Peter,
ReplyDeleteThere is an e-petition to this effect on the No. 10 site. Don't think that it is anything to do with Corgi though.
Given that, well, according to the Energy Savings Trust,
"if everyone in the UK with gas central heating installed a high efficiency condensing boiler, we would save enough energy to heat 3.4 million homes for a whole year and save around 13 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide. The householder could also save around a third on their heating bills." I think it is well worthy of a supportive signature. Its certainly of more benefit to us all than giving people £2K towards a new motor!
See:- http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/boilerscrappage/
Dave.
Speaking as a tenant, I'd love a decent boiler, but my landlord isn't willing to pay any more than necessary. He has no incentive. In other words, he'll fork out a couple of hundred to "repair" an old(er), clapped out boiler, and we have to pay hundreds more to "heat" our permanently cold house.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking also as a recent signer of many petitions - don't hold your breath.
(I'm a cynic now as well!)