 Latest news from the deranged and deluded world of Planet Blair. Nutter Blair is spouting bullshit about peronal responsibiity about climate change. The polluting poodle even suggests that he should be considered an example.
A report by 24dash.com.
... Blair said he had already made an effort to "set an example" by installing low-energy lightbulbs and turning the thermostats down by one degree at 10 Downing Street. Steps have also been taken to ensure that all his travel since April last year has been carbon-neutral. Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, Mr Blair said that individuals could not simply leave the job of tackling climate change to the authorities. "It isn't just about Government, it's also about individuals," he said. "I mean, if each household had three energy-saving light bulbs you would save enough energy... which is the equivalent of all the street lighting in Britain. "You know, there are very simple things we can do to make a difference in our lives. For everyone who turns down their thermostat by one degree on their heating, you know if we all did that, we could make a huge difference." Carbon audits could play a vital role in spurring people to make changes in their own lifestyles, by demonstrating to them the degree to which their households are already adding to global warming, he said. "One of the things we're looking at is how we actually get individuals to know - for example, to get their own carbon audit, which you can do quite simply," he explained. "We're looking at how you make this really widespread for people, so you get a kind of movement going of people knowing how much carbon is emitted from their own household and how they can reduce it. ...
The point about aviation is that it's necessary for globalisation - you need cheap air travel and freight to be able to exploit the World. Since we know that Blair is a commited globalist (since they are rich and powerful - and sometimes even famous like Nobo and Geldof) then he cannot allow climate concerns to interfere with globalisation.
To urge individuals to use energy-efficient light-bulbs and turn the thermostat down a few degrees shows Blair's normal incredible hypocrisy. It is negligible compared to aviation and the Blair intends to hugely expand aviation by building new airports and runways and refusing to apply realistic taxes.
Aviation 'huge threat to CO2 aim'
UK homes, firms and motorists will have to cut carbon dioxide emissions to zero due to air travel growth, a study says.
Even if such growth is halved, the rest of the economy will need cuts beyond targets set for 2050, said the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
The government predicts UK air passenger numbers will rise from 180 million to 475 million by 2030.
Blair rules out air fuel tax Tony Blair today in effect ruled out introducing a fuel tax on aviation - the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions - just days after leading members of the G7 group of industrial nations backed the idea. Cross-examined on climate change by a panel of MPs this morning, the prime minister defended Britain's no-frills airline industry, saying he would not "slap some huge tax on cheap air travel".
Aviation fuel - kerosene - is unique in being tax free. Environmentalists claim the exemption deprives the government of around £7bn a year and breaches its own "polluter pays" principle.
Prime Minister is using Queen's Flight 'like a taxi'TONY BLAIR has been accused of treating the RAF aircraft the Queen's Flight like a "private taxi service".
The Prime Minister has flown on the plane more than 670 times since 1997 - including trips on family holidays - at a total cost of £1.22 million.
And cabinet colleagues, including Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett, have used the planes for short-haul trips to Brussels - sometimes via her constituency.
PM to get two 'Blair Force Ones'Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Queen are to get two dedicated planes to use on official trips, the BBC has learned.
Not one, but two presidential planes so that everybody can see how important He is and how it's so essential that He flies all round the World since He is an international statesman. Obviously.
[The blogroll needs a well-informed UK, militant climate-change blog]
|
