Comments on: The Guardian’s 10:10 campaign http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/09/01/741 A critical appraisal of issues in the move to a low-carbon economy Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/09/01/741/comment-page-1#comment-2552 Ed Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:57:30 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=741#comment-2552 On the COP15 webpage, Michael von Bülow has borrowed a November 2008 Guardian article from Chris Goodall at the below link. http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=577 Since that time, Mr Goodall has changed his views somewhat - particularly with respect to nuclear power (i.e. energy Myth 4). In addition to the words above, in the links below, Mr Goodall expresses his support for Nuclear Power: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/chris-goodall-the-green-movement-must-learn-to-love-nuclear-power-1629354.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/nuclear-power-yes-please-1629327.html I would be grateful if Mr Goodall would please consider submitting a revision to COP15. On the COP15 webpage, Michael von Bülow has borrowed a November 2008 Guardian article from Chris Goodall at the below link.

http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=577

Since that time, Mr Goodall has changed his views somewhat – particularly with respect to nuclear power (i.e. energy Myth 4). In addition to the words above, in the links below, Mr Goodall expresses his support for Nuclear Power:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/chris-goodall-the-green-movement-must-learn-to-love-nuclear-power-1629354.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/nuclear-power-yes-please-1629327.html

I would be grateful if Mr Goodall would please consider submitting a revision to COP15.

]]> By: Ceri Balston http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/09/01/741/comment-page-1#comment-2543 Ceri Balston Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:59:03 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=741#comment-2543 Interesting concept. My feeling is though that we need to be thinking of cutting our emissions by at least 20% in order to make up for the vast majority of people who simple won't do anything at all. I guess the need here to reach a critical mass of people who are commited to this action. Interesting concept. My feeling is though that we need to be thinking of cutting our emissions by at least 20% in order to make up for the vast majority of people who simple won’t do anything at all.

I guess the need here to reach a critical mass of people who are commited to this action.

]]> By: Zac A http://www.carboncommentary.com/2009/09/01/741/comment-page-1#comment-2533 Zac A Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:41:20 +0000 http://www.carboncommentary.com/?p=741#comment-2533 http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/ 10:10 is a great target. Use a tool like this Footprint one to get a sense of the relative impacts of different parts of your lifestyle, and think about which ones are the most effective or easy ones to go after first. For my part, I'm not wealthy enough to pursue the last hard-nut 20% of my impact, and I'm probably not going to give up either home-brewed caffeine or the Internet in a bid to reduce my electricity use further. Keeping that in perspective, I still have far larger fish to fry in my personal lifestyle, and I hope I can convince others to join the 10:10 goal. http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/

10:10 is a great target. Use a tool like this Footprint one to get a sense of the relative impacts of different parts of your lifestyle, and think about which ones are the most effective or easy ones to go after first.

For my part, I’m not wealthy enough to pursue the last hard-nut 20% of my impact, and I’m probably not going to give up either home-brewed caffeine or the Internet in a bid to reduce my electricity use further. Keeping that in perspective, I still have far larger fish to fry in my personal lifestyle, and I hope I can convince others to join the 10:10 goal.

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