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Originally Posted by Turtle
The solutions include sucking it up & doing with less. Enough already of the Christmas lights and wrapping paper and McDonalds toys, yada, yada, yada. If history is any indication, only the dead will head this advice. 
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Yep, about right.
Christmas Lights get bigger and bigger here every year. Many streets co-operate and raise thousands for medical and kid's charities. Some are so huge that they have rows of Ice craem vans and fast food vans to cater for the crowds.!
II heard one Christmas Lights kill-joy (Schofield) being berated on the radio last year. One guy rang in and said his Christmas lights would not count for two fireworks at the various New Year and other Fireworks displays (Which Scofield used to organise).
Maybe we can make an exception for lights? Like Christmas Trees are not really plastic (The actual
clause excepting them has not been written yet and is still under discussion at "We need a trillion more indoor plants" thread )
Sorry couldn't resist that dumb joke.
While we are at it what about Petrol Heads- car and bike racing of all kinds.
I just read
Fiat has a production car (for a few years now-sold mainly in Brazil) that can accept gas (LPG), alcohol, alcohol/petrol mixes or just petrol-whatever is cheaper on the day.
Also that demand for hybid cars is soaring.
I had to wonder if Ford, GM and Chrysler are going broke because they have miss-read the market demand for a more environmentally sensitive car.
The hand out ($6 BIL) our (Oz) government is giving GM comes with a proviso that they will research and develop environmentally more sensitive & economical cars.
Thanks for the links.
There are still many (lots?) that don't see Global Warming as a problem.
That is a problem as it prevents concerted community/national action. Especially some listed on your link
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We only need one major "tipping point" to happen and we are R.S.
Queensland is just cleaning up after a $100 million+ $ storm. Many houses are unliveable.
Insurance premiums go up and up every year- almost all the proof for GW you need. Actuaries aren't dumb.
PS
A final thought on
reducing consumption to sustainable levels.
21% of world's resources used by China Pop= c. 1,330,044,605
21% of world's resources used by USA. Pop= c. 305,690,000
Pollution almost the same.
A lot of the stuff produced in china is probably for the US market anyway.
