Unob, your vendetta against diesels is quite unnecessary. You*ve made it quite clear that you are happy with your 2.5T and I*m quite sure I would be if it were available to me. The ship diesel thing is old hat now, they were talking about it last year and it will not only lead to higher prices but a global shortage of decent diesel. The stuff they use at the moment is one step up from mud and it needs to be stopped. Most countries in Europe already have a target date for the end of engines altogether. Ours is 2050 and if your gaffer wasn*t quite so stubborn, you would have one too. I don*t consider myself a tree hugger but we need to get a grip or we are done for.
Ours is 2050 and if your gaffer wasn*t quite so stubborn, you would have one too. I don*t consider myself a tree hugger but we need to get a grip or we are done for.
Your posts are quite informative most of the time, but then you throw stuff like this in.
Well your post seemed to imply its bad to not outlaw engines.What part troubles you? I*m just interested in your opinion.
Well your post seemed to imply its bad to not outlaw engines.
Realistically, barring a plague or a war that knocks earth's population to a reasonable number, we're done anyways. The fuel thing is just "details", as they say. We already cannot feed ourselves without resorting to artificially increased yield crops, and now we have people whining about "GMO bad!", so the plague will probably take the form of self-selecting idiots (anti-vaxxers, etc.)
Getting a little sideays re: subject mater (diesel fuel), but I have to say something.
You have hit it right on the head, and it touched a nerve.
It bothers me me every time I hear environmentalists talk about global warming, climate change and all the other crap that's happening to our planet.
It doesn't mean a damn thing as long as the population keeps increasing.
When Henry Ford was making model T's, there were less than 2 billion humans on the planet. Now there are 7.5 billion, and climbing.
Seven billion people need to eat, to drink clean water, to have a roof over their heads, to earn a decent living and have a decent quality of life, to pee and poop and have a place to put their garbage.
Unfortunately, this planet cannot support even the basic needs for over seven billion human beings.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, will get fixed unless the human population somehow manages to decline in a dramatic way, and I mean by billions.
Two billion is probably about right for planet earth.
Sorry to say it, but we need a war, or a plague, or an asteroid hit, or some other catastrophic event in order to save this planet in the long run.
Banning plastic straws is not going to fix things. The one problem that creates all the others is overpopulation.
I'm a grandfather now, so I won't be around to see how it all ends, but my grandkids will.
And I apologize in advance if I've touched a nerve or pissed people off.
Getting a little sideays re: subject mater (diesel fuel), but I have to say something.
You have hit it right on the head, and it touched a nerve.
It bothers me me every time I hear environmentalists talk about global warming, climate change and all the other crap that's happening to our planet.
It doesn't mean a damn thing as long as the population keeps increasing.
When Henry Ford was making model T's, there were less than 2 billion humans on the planet. Now there are 7.5 billion, and climbing.
Seven billion people need to eat, to drink clean water, to have a roof over their heads, to earn a decent living and have a decent quality of life, to pee and poop and have a place to put their garbage.
Unfortunately, this planet cannot support even the basic needs for over seven billion human beings.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, will get fixed unless the human population somehow manages to decline in a dramatic way, and I mean by billions.
Two billion is probably about right for planet earth.
Sorry to say it, but we need a war, or a plague, or an asteroid hit, or some other catastrophic event in order to save this planet in the long run.
Banning plastic straws is not going to fix things. The one problem that creates all the others is overpopulation.
I'm a grandfather now, so I won't be around to see how it all ends, but my grandkids will.
And I apologize in advance if I've touched a nerve or pissed people off.