The Planet in Peril

Perhaps the question is "which will get us first, plastic or CO2?"

Re your post and plastic Cyber, we recently watched this documentary;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmbn47

The program shows, very graphically, the plastic problem which you refer to. Those poor Sheerwater chicks can be so laden with it that they can’t even take off. It was a very disturbing documentary to watch, even for those of us who have had concerns for several years. You don’t have to be an eco-warrior to recognise the enormity of the problems which we are creating for ourselves. You just need to pay attention to the facts.

You cannot blame the people of countries like china, wanting the same leave of  life style as most in the developed world has. 

It’s nothing to do with blaming the people. It’s the policy makers who need to instigate change.

Sorry but what is relevant  is pollution  per person, per  population,  and pollution is more then just CO2

But you were responding to my earlier post which was referring to some countries, eg China, as a whole.

"Changes in our ways will make very little difference at all.

Until countries like China change their ways, anything we do in the UK is but a spot in the ocean."

That is not the same thing as personal responsibility and it is doubtful if many ordinary folk in certain countries are aware of the issues and certainly I don’t lay any blame on them. Guidance and direction has to come from the policy makers, hence my referral to 'countries'.

Here’s some food for thought regarding the much vilified Chinese;

Annual Carbon Dioxide emissions in Tonnes per person

UK 7.1

China 7.6

USA 16.4

The Chinese government are making strenuous efforts to manage their pollution down. But with their huge population their total pollution is bound to be high.

Britain, as a modern country could be doing worse. We create less pollution per capita than Germany. For the real criminals look at Australia, North America and the Arab states.