Read the BBC "Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'" piece. Its all over the place easy enough to find, if you so desire, and interpretations and views aplenty in the media, column inches in the papers, and on the internet . I jumped straight to the comments...see what the polarised, cliched views of the commenters were.
I did take note of this replyIn response to this old chestnutSeveral countered with Europe/UK/USA etc all happily sub-contract emissions out to India and the far east where manufacturing of the goods is cheaper than on home soil and are happy for them to be transported half-way around the World. Its a bit daft in my view regardless of your own personal position on climate change."Unfortunately the UK is largely on board but we represent 1.1% of the problem. China, USA, India, Russia and Japan are the issue. Unless they change then it matters not a jot what the UK does."
Oops! Mea culpa"..but the UK is not largely on board. We insist on our ‘deserved’ holidays and millions of us think nothing of driving 20 miles to a ‘garden’ centre for a tea and a bun.
(well not garden centres usually, prefer independent coffee and cake venues rather than canteen-ey GC's)
As another commenter put it
"The fact is the public are very concerned about the planet, just as long as it doesn't inconvenience their lifestyles."
REgards Neil
