I'm a bit sick of hearing about how badly Humans are messing up the planet and being told to help by recycling and reducing my energy consumption whilst governments and corporations continue to trade "carbon points" and make money from the schemes put in place that the rest of us suckers support.
Example 1 : My local authority "kindly" picks up my recycled waste of tin cans, bottles, paper and green garden waste free of charge to benefit me and the planet. Hogwash! They pick it up because they can sell the cans, bottles and paper to recycling companies who then sell it back to us in recycled forms! They take my Green Garden waste and sell it back to me as fertiliser and other gardening products directly. We thank them for taking our recyclables from us for free, and then pay them to have them returned in other forms.
Example 2: If the government where serious about climate change and our part in the worlds downfall, then give us free (Or at least greatly subsidised) access to Solar panels. I would love to fit these and make use of the free and pollution free energy given to us by the sun. The panels are so expensive at the moment, I couldn't possibly afford to fit them. Here's a thought for a scheme that with perhaps a little tweaking could work. Why doesn't the government install solar panels on all socially provided housing. They can then offer subsidised or free electricity to those on benefits and the elderly and reduce fuel payments to both. The unused capacity can be sold to the energy companies to sell back to the consumer thereby helping to pay for the original installation. For home owners, subsidise the installation of solar panels and stipulate that spare capacity be given back to the government (in remuneration for subsidising the panels in the first place), who can, likewise, sell it on to the energy companies to provide back to those that don't want to install panels or use more energy then their panels provide. You know why they won't do this? Because the government supports to extortionate cost of providing energy to consumers. It's financial which negates all their words on being serious about climate change.
