The truth is that living a green life is too expensive
Regarding climate change and the recent United Nations report on the matter (MetroTalk, Thu). We keep saying ‘save the planet’ but really, we need to be saying save yourselves.
The planet will sustain life long after humans have gone so it’s the fate of humanity at stake.
Also, who’s going to tell those getting rich off oil and other polluting industries to stop? And who’s going to deliver the order that people can’t fly to Spain every year to get drunk?
doug Mason, Burnham-on-Crouch
It’s all well and good to keep banging on, urging us to go green, but most options that are not green are cheap, convenient, or both, so unless the world’s leaders can make the move over to being green very simple, cheap and painless (I write these words on a low-emission bus) then it’s just too much of a personal pain.
Richard, Pelaw
Regarding climate change, why not introduce ration books as in the war? Foreign holidays and flights could be rationed to one a year.
The problem is people won’t give up their holidays or their cars or their meat diet for the sake of the planet because people are selfish. We want change but, ‘Not in my backyard, thank you very much.’
Simon, Chichester
It’s quite depressing to see the likes of G Bailey from Enfield call other people gullible because he/she refuses to see the issue with climate change (MetroTalk, Thu).
Despite all the evidence around us, some people would still prefer to bury their heads in the sand and cry that the people who actually know what they are on about are ‘scaremongering’.
Even looking at the meteorological records they boast about shows that average temperatures have risen.
I’d ask that G Bailey do some research in order to avoid their claims being debunked by the very data they want to rely on.
Matthew, Birmingham
If we all went vegan, we would reduce land use massively. We could then allow forests and natural grasslands to redevelop, absorb carbon and help species diversity.
Mark Richards, Brighton
No one seems to mention all the lost front and back gardens that have had concrete poured on them so we can park our cars off the street. This has had an effect on the environment.
Colin, Ashford
I agree with Pete from Solihull and Don Trower from Braintree (MetroTalk, Thu). The number of humans has far exceeded what the planet and natural resources can produce and it’s no longer sustainable, so it’s hardly surprising we have problems with the climate.
We need fewer humans being born in order to reduce the carbon footprint that accompanies those being born and give the Earth a chance to recover from the damage that we human beings are inflicting upon it.
Sarah, woolwich
It should be made law that developers cannot build on any natural, green space until all brown-field sites and derelict land in the UK is used. Until this is law,
Militants on the march:
The Taliban has gained control of 11 of 34 provincial Afghan capitals and besieged others (Metro, Thu).
The pulling out of all US troops from the country must be a real kick in the head to all those soldiers who lost friends and experienced the most horrendous of things.
This reminds me of the Vietnam war, where they would fight hard for a hill and then lose it, only to retake it some time later – a real waste of life. The Afghans will be treated terribly by the Taliban.
Saul C, Wallington
I blame President Joe Biden for the return of the Taliban because the US pull-out at the start of July was done
I view any government talk on being green as more vote-chasing hogwash.
Helen, Edgware
Why all the fuss about climate change? The earth has existed for billions of years but it’s not going
in such a rushed, cowardly way. The US military literally left main base Bagram Airfield in the dead of night without notifying the Afghan army, according to one of its generals, Asadullah Kohistani.
Biden created the perfect power vacuum for the Taliban to fill – once they’ve slaughtered all those in the country who have been sympathetic to the US over the past 20 years.
It’s very upsetting to see the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. It’s also an annoying thought that certain non-democratic governments will take advantage of the takeover. to be around for all eternity. Nothing lasts forever.
Tyler McBride, Coventry
When politicians stop taking flights I might take things more seriously. Jeremy, watford