Extinction Rebellion Ireland

Micky 32 · 27-10-2019 9:16pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Great to see attentbrough regularly raise climate change on his new show on bbc at mo.

I hope all the climate deniers are taking good notes !!!!

Nah, i couldn’t be arsed listening to him.

Dr. Bre · 28-10-2019 12:34am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Great to see attentbrough regularly raise climate change on his new show on bbc at mo.

I hope all the climate deniers are taking good notes !!!!

Hope your taking notes!

blinding · 28-10-2019 2:30am

Extinction Rebelión are going after Private Jets next . Just as soon as their celebrity backers have dis-embarked .

Dr. Bre · 28-10-2019 11:51am

blinding wrote: »

Extinction Rebelión are going after Private Jets next . Just as soon as their celebrity backers have dis-embarked .

They should be targeting private jets ! Instead of eejits like me who fly Ryanair

NIMAN · 28-10-2019 11:56am

Where were they all yesterday, when Dublin city centre was covered in thousands of empty plastic bottles, just thrown on the ground?

IamtheWalrus · 28-10-2019 12:34pm

NIMAN wrote: »

Where were they all yesterday, when Dublin city centre was covered in thousands of empty plastic bottles, just thrown on the ground?

I'm assuming you have an opinion on what Extinction Rebellion should have been doing yesterday. Care to enlighten us?

blinding · 28-10-2019 12:51pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I'm assuming you have an opinion on what Extinction Rebellion should have been doing yesterday. Care to enlighten us?

They could do Volunteer work as their Protest !

cnocbui · 28-10-2019 12:56pm

blinding wrote: »

They could do Volunteer work as their Protest !

Did you just say 'work'?

blinding · 28-10-2019 12:58pm

cnocbui wrote: »

Did you just say 'work'?

That would be a dirty word for them alright . That word would be extinct for them .

IamtheWalrus · 28-10-2019 1:23pm

Dublin marathon.. XR hypocrites!

20Cent · 28-10-2019 1:58pm

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Great to see attentbrough regularly raise climate change on his new show on bbc at mo.

I hope all the climate deniers are taking good notes !!!!

Doubt they would watch a documentary, spongebob squarepants or infowars more their thing.

Jimmy Garlic · 28-10-2019 3:01pm

Knight of the realm David Attenborough gets another free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC. I suppose one needs a bit of time off from brown nosing British aristocrats.

blinding · 28-10-2019 3:07pm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Knight of the realm David Attenborough gets another free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC. I suppose one needs a bit of time off from brown nosing British aristocrats.

Gathering money for himself at a grotesque rate ! How green is that ?

Calhoun · 28-10-2019 3:36pm

Was listening to RTE earlier and they were talking about possible plans of degrowth in developed countries to allow the non developed to catch up.

It's like I don't think that has a chance to fly at all. Any government that comes in and basically says you will need to go without while others don't will lose.

Jimmy Garlic · 28-10-2019 3:44pm

Calhoun wrote: »

Was listening to RTE earlier and they were talking about possible plans of degrowth in developed countries to allow the non developed to catch up.

It's like I don't think that has a chance to fly at all. Any government that comes in and basically says you will need to go without while others don't will lose.

The idea is raise the third world up a little and drop the developed world down a lot until equality is achieved, ie everyone (except for the old money rich) would be equally poor.

Calhoun · 28-10-2019 3:55pm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

The idea is raise the third world up a little and drop the developed world down a lot until equality is achieved, ie everyone (except for the old money rich) would be equally poor.

The plan will set us on a war footing as people will not give stuff up unless by force.

IamtheWalrus · 28-10-2019 4:05pm

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Knight of the realm David Attenborough gets another free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC. I suppose one needs a bit of time off from brown nosing British aristocrats.

Have you any idea how much Attenborough has earned the BBC through the sale of their natural history shows?

Calhoun · 28-10-2019 4:08pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Have you any idea how much Attenborough has earned the BBC through the sale of their natural history shows?

I would have thought very little as he was an employee of the BBC.

I always got the impression he did what he did because he loves the natural world and can see first hand how things are changing.

IamtheWalrus · 28-10-2019 4:12pm

Calhoun wrote: »

I would have thought very little as he was an employee of the BBC.

I always got the impression he did what he did because he loves the natural world and can see first hand how things are changing.

The BBC sell their shows overseas. David Attenborough is the star of those shows. Wouldn't it be in their best interests to give him 'free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC'? (In most of the later series he doesn't go on location much but that's beside the point)

Calhoun · 28-10-2019 4:35pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

The BBC sell their shows overseas. David Attenborough is the star of those shows. Wouldn't it be in their best interests to give him 'free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC'? (In most of the later series he doesn't go on location much but that's beside the point)

Agreed, if anyone can speak about the perils of climate change with authority it is him.

riemann · 28-10-2019 4:42pm

Calhoun wrote: »

Agreed, if anyone can speak about the perils of climate change with authority it is him.

Well he certainly has a big enough carbon footprint from swanning around the world.

Upper class toff sneering at the rest of us mere commoners.

Jimmy Garlic · 28-10-2019 4:44pm

Calhoun wrote: »

Agreed, if anyone can speak about the perils of climate change with authority it is him.

He is a narrator that fancies himself as an aristocrat. One of the Saxe Coburg Gothas courtiers. Gets on well with Philip, the Nazi Prince who wants to reincarnate as a virus to wipe out humanity.

cnocbui · 28-10-2019 5:29pm

Calhoun wrote: »

I would have thought very little as he was an employee of the BBC.

I always got the impression he did what he did because he loves the natural world and can see first hand how things are changing.

He was Director General of the BBC for a year and had been a director of programming. Technically an employee of the BBC but in the ways that really count, not really.

Calhoun · 28-10-2019 6:01pm

riemann wrote: »

Well he certainly has a big enough carbon footprint from swanning around the world.

Upper class toff sneering at the rest of us mere commoners.

Of course he would as he has been doing it for generations, before all the technology we had today how else would they have gotten around.

Unless we are now arguing that anyone that uses any form of modern technology should be discounted from talking about the perils of climate change.

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

He is a narrator that fancies himself as an aristocrat. One of the Saxe Coburg Gothas courtiers. Gets on well with Philip, the Nazi Prince who wants to reincarnate as a virus to wipe out humanity.

I am not sure what your getting at? are you saying anyone with any connection to any upper echelons of society shouldn't speak on matters such as these?

You guys tell me if you believe in climate change being an issue then who should speak about it?

20Cent · 28-10-2019 6:12pm

David Attenborough one of the most loved and informative TV presenters anywhere getting my hated on. At least the deniers have moved on from bullying little girls though.

IamtheWalrus · 28-10-2019 6:32pm

It's been well documented that climate change concern is seen by conservatives as being socialism by stealth, a threat to conservative values. But, from following this thread, it looks like another theme is emerging; it would seem that many folk who deny it's happening, or maybe accept the facts but not the remedies, see climate concern as a rich versus poor debate. The 'poor' see climate protestors as them being talked down to, patronised, maybe. This is an interesting new take for me, and certainly not the intention. I'll feed this back.

blinding · 28-10-2019 7:05pm

The Elites and Middle Class want to punish the poor for the over consumption of the Elites and Middle Class .

Fook the Elites and Middle Class .

Beechwoodspark · 28-10-2019 7:16pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

The BBC sell their shows overseas. David Attenborough is the star of those shows. Wouldn't it be in their best interests to give him 'free long haul exotic holiday paid for by the BBC'? (In most of the later series he doesn't go on location much but that's beside the point)

Sir David is NOT the star of the show. For example in America Oprah did the voice over. The Stars are the beautiful and stunning wildlife featured.

cnocbui · 28-10-2019 7:43pm

Anyone who is advocating massive reductions in CO2 emissions better have a minimalist CO2 footprint themselves. Elon Musk racking up 150,000 miles in 2018 alone in his private jet shouldn't be seen as a CO2 saviour.

His jet burns 1904 L of kerosene per hour, so that's just over half a million litres of fuel in a year.

20Cent · 28-10-2019 8:04pm

cnocbui wrote: »

Anyone who is advocating massive reductions in CO2 emissions better have a minimalist CO2 footprint themselves. Elon Musk racking up 150,000 miles in 2018 alone in his private jet shouldn't be seen as a CO2 saviour.

His jet burns 1904 L of kerosene per hour, so that's just over half a million litres of fuel in a year.

Who see's him as a savior?

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