Interactive graph here where you can select your countries of interest: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-per-woman-un?tab=chart&time=1950..latest
What I don't understand about this is WHY ??I could bring you to housing estates in Cork where household waste surpasses the recyclables in the recyclable bin. It's easy to differentiate between recyclable and household waste and glass and unused cooked food.
Oh! Cervelo, to have your innocent mind! These people pay for nothing and never have paid for anything especially local authority services. They screw the system for as much as they can get and for how long they can get. They know their rubbish will be collected free no matter what amount has accumulated. They have no shame and are leeches of society and unfortunately, their good responsible neighbours get tarnished with the same reputation.What I don't understand about this is WHY ??
It's not like they don't have the choice of bins to put their waste in
If you don't want to recycle then just put it all in the black bin
Is it a cost factor or just a simple two fingers to society in general??
Either way it's true reflection on the individuals who act this way!!
It would be great if the Greens (or any other party for that matter) proposed an initiative like this for a year or two. People would spend and consume less and hopefully have more money in their pockets. They might see that life doesn't fall apart if you don't have the latest iphone and that the neighbours really don't give a toss about what year is on the registration plate of your car.But where I do see the best thing that I can do and I believe if we all adopted it it would go a long way to helping us out of this mess we're in
It's very simplistic and innocent in its design and it is just to make the switch from consuming more to consuming less
It's things like not upgrading your phone every year, keeping a car for 10 or more years, not always having the latest and greatest of whatever,
only buying food that you are going to consume and not food that you might should the occasion or feeling arise and of course disposing of the waste you have created in responsible way
For many years we have only bought what was needed at Christmas. I must be getting soft in the head but this year we decided to do it differently. We would have the gang over and instead of offering the traditional Christmas lunch we would have a cold lunch instead.only buying food that you are going to consume and not food that you might should the occasion or feeling arise and of course disposing of the waste
You can already see how the Irish Farming industry responded to the very mild suggestion of reducing your meat consumption. What we need is for stronger government who can stand up to this type of lobbying.Of course the vested interests would compain (e.g. car dealers).
It would be great if the Greens (or any other party for that matter) proposed an initiative like this for a year or two. People would spend and consume less and hopefully have more money in their pockets. They might see that life doesn't fall apart if you don't have the latest iphone and that the neighbours really don't give a toss about what year is on the registration plate of your car.
Of course the vested interests would compain (e.g. car dealers).
One of us is certainly ignoring inconvenient facts.Ignoring the inconvenient facts that VAT receipts would fall significantly and retail outlets would close. So real people would lose real jobs, and the economy might go into recession.
But hey! The happy cheery campers will have made a minute contribution to saving the planet so Greta will be pleased and everything will be rosy on Planet PGF2016!
Not this again.The level of myopia on this thread from certain posters is mindboggling.
If one was to take a small step back, look at the size of Ireland, look at what we produce/consume/dispose of and then compare our entire contribution to the likes of the USA, China, India etc. are we are a complete and utter irrelevance. NOTHING we do in Ireland in terms of climate change/recycling etc. makes ANY difference to over global figures or levels. A tiny island on the edge of the Atlantic. It might make some people feel better about themselves/more smug but at the end of the day, they are changing nothing. The emissions savings of using an electric vehicle vs an ICE one - even if everyone in Ireland had one - are infinitesimal compared to what the large economies are belching out.
Have a read of this:
A: Carbon Dioxide - Guide to Chinese Climate Policy
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The main headline is : In 2021, China’s CO2 emissions were roughly 11.3 Gt—almost one-third of the global total. Roughly 10.5 Gt were from the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). Most of the rest were from cement manufacturing. China’s CO2 emissions exceeded those from the United States, European Union and Japan combined.
Climate change is real and it is a real concern and people can do what they like and spend their own money as they like. However, don't be fooled into thinking that they are 'saving' the planet or even making a difference. They are not.
Sorry what now? So what is it about? And why should I bother if it doesn't make a difference?Not this again.
Being more 'green' is not just about climate change.
When you mention myopia have a look in the mirror first.
Let's take an easy example.Sorry what now? So what is it about? And why should I bother if it doesn't make a difference?
Or are the facts just a little bit too inconvenient to fit your narrative?
You can already see how the Irish Farming industry responded to the very mild suggestion of reducing your meat consumption. What we need is for stronger government who can stand up to this type of lobbying.
Excellent post. It's exactly why a deposit return scheme is required. It's like car speeding, unless a penalty applies, people will not change behaviour.What I fail to understand is why, although literally every National School in my area of rural West Cork proudly flies one or more Green Flags on the playground flagpole, the kids who go to these schools (or their parents or older siblings) persist in throwing sweet wrappers and soft drink cans out of the windows of the cars that bring them to and from school every day. (I don't blame them for the occasional paper coffee cup or cigarette pack that I also encounter on my daily walks). It's as if they believe that the need to be green applies only while they are inside the school grounds.
So a plastic return levy is requiredOn our rural by-road, really a glorified lane, we regularly find the remnants of an entire family's McDonalds drive-through meal. It's likely that it's the same family doing it all the time and they have children young enough to be eating Happy Meals.
The mind boggles.
One of the worst examples ever, on AAM - do you not see the regular news reports on the numbers that are done for speeding? (and that is probably in no way reflective of the true numbers that do actually suited, many of whom are on rural roads, which relating largely unregulated by the Gardai, or private sites vans).Excellent post. It's exactly why a deposit return scheme is required. It's like car speeding, unless a penalty applies, people will not change behaviour.
That's a weird take.So a plastic return levy is required
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