Prius or Pious?

What gets my goat is people preaching the new religion, Global Warming when they haven't really read up THAT much on it, nor investigated the possibility that the planet warms up and cools down naturally and that try as we might, we can't stop it. OK we can investigate ways to SLOW it down more than it would happen anyway, but not driving a car is not going to change that. Places like Brazil and India and China with all their new environmentally unfriendly industry are the biggest culprits. Air travel is a minor percentage of the overall carbon emissions of the world, with cars a mere blip in the stats.

I'm not saying we don't need to be aware of our responsibility for this planet. No way. Recycling and being aware for the amount of shit we throw away without thinking should be second nature. The natural selfishness of the western world is incredible. No-one ACTUALLY gives a stuff about anyone, except themselves.

But get someone on the global topic and by golly, you are a total outcast if you dare to disagree. You are a heathen. They would probably burn you at the stake, except that would cause too much carbon output!

But the Prius brigade! What is REALLY behind it, is that you don't have to pay the congestion charge. That's really it isn't it? And as a new green badge to go along with your Anya Hindmarch Not a Plastic Bag.

Did you give a thought to the fact that this particular vehicle goes through two lots of manufacturing processes due to its dual fuel capabilities? Did you even know that the fuel cell that provides the electric side, is produced in Canada and taken to Japan where the cars are made, only to then be shipped around the world? And how are we going to deal with all these cars when they come to the end of their life? All the fuel cells to recycle, with yet more manufacturing?

And the whole bio-fuel thing? Yeah great in principle, but it has been discovered the output from the exhausts ain't that healthy, PLUS think of all the arable land that will be needed to produce all this stuff. You can guarantee that that will mean yet more forests will be cut down to provide us with it.

In Medieval times it was MUCH hotter than it is now. And the cards we have a Christmas showing people skating on the Thames is because at some point it was THAT cold. There really is not much we can do to stop it.

So call me a heathen, call me a heretic, but I am not being roped into the new religion!!