@unknownuser said:
FWIW, I was being facetious about energy saving lightbulbs
yes you were
@unknownuser said:
If you can't afford to heat your house 24/7, you put a sweater on. Poorer people, in my experience, whether they consider themselves green or not, know quite a bit about resources and how to save them, probably more than the average 4x4 driver in Chelsea
admittedly, so was I
@unknownuser said:
Having an allotment is a great idea, as long as you are able to maintain its upkeep. My wife and I are both on fairly low incomes, we both work full time to pay the rather high mortgage on this house... If you want to spend most of your life growing food, and you have the time to do it, great!
My situation is not so different to yours. I work a 40-50 hour week and my girlfriend works about the same. We have a mortgage too. I spend about an hour and a half a week tending to plants, once you have a good set up, the plants look after themselves.
We do have a car, I agree it is a necessity, what provoked me is your belief that people on lower incomes are somehow more responsible, you have presented no facts to back this up.
@unknownuser said:
Do you not think that this forward thinking technology is not a good idea? It takes burning coal to produce a bicycle, and a lot of it too. If you want to cut back on industrialisation,
Have I said anything about cutting back on industrialisation?
@unknownuser said:
you may as well stop producing bikes, because by this logic, the manufacture of bicycles are no different to cars.
I'm not going to bother blowing a hole in that ridiculous argument.
@unknownuser said:
I don't really give a stuff about climate change.
fine
