how come there seems to be very little being done to FORCE people to behave better?
All I´ve been hearing on the news is about oil, rubbish, energy, fish stocks, over farming etc etc. but not much action being taken. I heard one statistic that unless drastic action is taken now, within 5 years it will be too late to turn it around. If this really is a feasible outcome, why the hell aren´t govts stepping in? In the winter of discontent, power supplies were limited, petrol virtually rationed etc. Why isn´t the same being done now?
If there aren´t enough fish left, then we will just have to go without fish, or pay a premium for it. If there is not enough space for rubbish, start taxing packaging. Stop selling lightbulbs other than energy saving ones.
I don´t think that people can be trusted on their own to do the right thing (ie recycle all their rubbish, turn off computers, not waste petrol etc) so therefore shouldn´t it be enforced? Or is that the route towards a dictatorship.....
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chocolatequeen · 13/12/2006 15:03
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