its your normal 'eco-warrior' guilt trip tosh imo Not saying we don't need to cut back (we all do) but shock tactics like this just annoy me these days.
footprint tests like that are just idiotic. e.g. I never fly if I can avoid it. And I won't be flying the coming years. But when I've saved up enough money to go on a serious holiday on another continent I'll have to fly. That one many hours plane trip will make my footprint suddenly go up to what? 4 at least I think. No matter how well I recycle, buy food at bio markets etc.
I think it's a good idea to make people aware of the situation, and to provide tests where they can see how well they're doing, but they should at least make proper tests.
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Date: 2007-06-06 11:40 am (UTC)Not saying we don't need to cut back (we all do) but shock tactics like this just annoy me these days.
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Date: 2007-06-06 11:54 am (UTC)e.g. I never fly if I can avoid it. And I won't be flying the coming years.
But when I've saved up enough money to go on a serious holiday on another continent I'll have to fly.
That one many hours plane trip will make my footprint suddenly go up to what? 4 at least I think.
No matter how well I recycle, buy food at bio markets etc.
I think it's a good idea to make people aware of the situation, and to provide tests where they can see how well they're doing, but they should at least make proper tests.