Climate Crisis: Are we doing enough?
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mudsticks
Squire
theclaud
Reading around the chip
Cazoo, Europe’s leading online car retailer, which makes buying and selling a car as simple as ordering any other product online today, has become the title sponsor of snooker’s biggest tournament and one of the most prestigious events on the sporting calendar, the World Snooker Championship.
Under a new multi-year agreement, the Cazoo World Snooker Championship will see prominent Cazoo branding on the main set, players’ waistcoats and interview and media conference backdrops and will have extensive live coverage on BBC, Eurosport and a range of broadcasters across the globe.
fozy tornip
fozympotent
Titter...
Beebo
Veteran
If that’s the case then I could draw a very spurious link to the oil industry in almost every sport and business in some way or another.
As pointed out elsewhere buying a second hand car from Cazoo is a much better thing for the environment than buying a new car every 4 years.
Society simply can’t operate without oil at the moment. And an immediate withdrawal is never going to happen. Sadiq Khan can’t even implement the expanded ULEZ without the local Councils getting in a tizzy.
Whilst JSO have commendable goals they aren’t realistic enough to be adopted in the short term and I stand by my point that a better goal would be the more direct targeting of major oil players. (On the understanding that you will never win over everyone to the cause)
theclaud
Reading around the chip
Headline automotive industry sponsor for a prestige sporting event is hardly a 'spurious link'. The demand is that no new fossil fuel licences are granted, which is entirely reaslitic for anyone serious about changing the direction of carbon emissions. We hit 423ppm a few days ago. JSO are going for diverse and high-profile tactics - they've generated front-page material about an issue that most people regard as urgent and agree is not being adequately addressed by governments and institutions.
newfhouse
pleb
Anyone here going? I’ll be the one pushing a chrome single speed through the throng.
matticus
Guru
JSO aren't campaigning to stop all oil use. Do some twutting research - you've been whining about this for long enough
Perhaps there's a compromise between our current climate change and cutting off all oil and gas - did you think of that? What do you think all those climate conferences were about?? Jesus, this isn't rocket science ...
matticus
Guru
Honestly? No. Often consider it, but Too lazy, scared of modern police etc ... etc ...
If you need some bail money, drop me a line :P Or tell me how else us armchair tree-huggers can help without actually getting our hands dirty!
newfhouse
pleb
The stated intention of this long weekend is to be about numbers rather than lock-ons and spectaculars. Don’t overthink it.
mudsticks
Squire
There's a farmers / landworkers bloc too.
Some are of whom may also be riding bicycles..
How's that for intersectional💚🙏🏼🌶️!?!?!?
Honestly the chance of getting detained on something like this are fairly low, unless you're actually trying to get arrested.
Even then unless you're doing something chargeable you be let go again fairly swiftly.
You might get kettled if you're in the 'wrong' place at the wrong time.
Or you can persist with doing important but dreary dull stuff like writing to your MP - of whatever flavour - they have to count the numbers.
And of course set up a regular donation to one of the campaigning organisations.
Plus check out your investments / pension fund (if you have such grown up things) and lobby them to divest from fossil fuel corps .
Money still talks 👍🏼
D
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My MP is Michael Fabricunt and i believe his flavour is banana...
albion
Guru
https://conservativehome.com/2023/0...t-be-honest-about-the-costs-of-offshore-wind/
"Bureaucrats must be honest about the costs of offshore wind"
Between the lines, "but it is ok for Conservatives to sanction extremely high costs onto the nation and public" and "find someone to blame".
"Bureaucrats must be honest about the costs of offshore wind"
Between the lines, "but it is ok for Conservatives to sanction extremely high costs onto the nation and public" and "find someone to blame".
D
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Who'd have thought that Admiral Adama was a Snooker fan. Must be difficult playing snooker on the Galactica.
