Greed and apathy will kill our planet

No. We live in Britain and what works for Norway won’t work for us. We need to think for ourselves, not copy another country. DAVIDPM Yes. We could have left the EU a year ago, rejoined EFTA, kept access to the single market via the EEA and avoided all th

■ AS a child in the 1950s, I watched David Attenborough’s first nature programmes with amazement. I remember seeing a bush baby for the first time and his encounters with lost tribes. Then came Jacques Cousteau who explored beneath the ocean.

What an amazing planet we live on, but sadly not enough people care about what is happening to it. Who bothers to turn lights out when they leave a room?

How often do people wash their clothes in a half-full machine, use tumble dryers, leave computers on all day or TVs on standby?

No one walks, they get in their cars for the shortest journeys. I could go on about how humans waste resources and pollution. Who cares? Not enough. We are doomed and I am very sad about it all.

Patricia Howard, Whitstable, Kent

■ Thank you for your recent articles on climate change and the problem of plastic waste (Mirror, Dec 4, 6 and 7). So many species are in grave danger of extinction because of mankind’s greed and if world governments don’t wake up and take urgent action, then I fear it will be too late.

We all need to play our part by cutting down on our energy and fuel use, reduce the amount of plastic we discard, and put pressure on those in power to stop the destruction of our beautiful planet. M Heywood Barnstaple, Devon

■ What a passionate speech by David Attenborough at the UN summit on climate change in Poland. It is sad that it received such a lacklustre response. In a nutshell, one word tells the story of the world we live in and that’s greed.

Wars, climate change, poverty, corrupt governments the world over, ours included, and it’s all about the 1% who want it all. The people in power today have no concept of what the future has in store, nor do they care as it won’t be their problem. James Rooney, Elgin, Moray

■ David Attenborough only has half the story on climate change. The other half is that some of these tremendous problems are on the way to being solved. We can forget politicians, but we can trust the work of engineers, scientists and innovators around the world who are working on lots of answers.

It is no use waiting for politicians to come up with a solution, it’ll be another smudged compromise, but there are plenty of answers out there just waiting for the right support.

So, let’s not be so pessimistic. The future’s brighter than you can imagine.

Michael Bond, Stockport

Gtr Manchester

■ Instead of “Time is running out to save planet” (Mirror, December 4), perhaps your headline should have read, “Time is running out for the human race”. The planet will remain in some way or another until it is destroyed when the sun dies in five billion years’ time. We will be long gone by then.

John Hendry, Twickenham Gtr London

■ The people who benefit from ignoring climate issues for profit will be either rich or dead in 30 years. What makes you think they care about the ramifications of this vital issue?

Leigh Riding Gravesend, Kent