How does a nation of say 50 million cars produce enough electricity to cope with such a massive increase in electricity needs if everyone switched over?
It's all well and good to propose such ideas, however I've never seen anything which actually says how they propose to provide such huge...
And how would those electric cars have been powered, by electricity created by coal? See the problem there?
And where would you get enough water to power a world full of cars? Apparently there's not enough drinking water as there is. Maybe we can melt all the ice packs to provide more water for...
That's because you're a public servant. Just got a pay rise too.
Nothing in that article says anything about creating work for unskilled or factory workers. Waffles on about some wanky artists and tourism. Nothing about jobs for the kinds of people who'll lose them.
Having lived in Geelong all...
You live in a town with Shell, Ford and Alcoa.
Once they are all gone the quality of life in the town will drop. Unemployment will rise. Crime will most likely rise too as could homelessness.
What of these peoples livelihoods?
Having children is more damaging to the planet than using some petrol.
I notice a lot of the people who protest such things have children and take their planet destroying rugrats along with them to such events.
Human nature has always created a demand for products. In part because we want what others have.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs means we are always wanting more than the basic needs.