In the NHS?! To be fair there was an attempt to put it in for the main meeting rooms, but then I.T couldn’t be bothered to fix it when it went wrong and people stopped using it. Also, with over 120 clinical locations, it isn’t practical for most.
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Where did I say it was “my convenience”?! It’s practicality, not convenience.
Drago
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Ah, that's ok then. It's alright to poison the planet and complain about the cost if there's a practical purpose in it.
vickster
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You said it was getting out of hand, you seemed to be taking it personally. It's not such an issue if your employer reimburses you.
Change job or location?
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gavroche
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The planet seem to be cleaner today than it was 60 years ago. Rivers are cleaner, no more smog in London. Of course, there is still work to do but I think we are heading the right way as people are more conscious of our influence on our planet. Also, as consumers, we can only use the tools the manufacturers sell to us. I am confident about the future but a lot less confident about the politicians and the risk of far more reaching consequences if some of the idiots ruling this world decide to play with their deadly toys.
Drago
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The planet at seems to be cleaner? Cough, marine plastic pollution. Cough, plastic in the human foodchain. Cough, 2.12 billion tonnes of waste dumped into landfills worldwide each year. Cough, multiple UK cities with illegal levels of air pollution. The World is about as clean as my favourite Y fronts.
Yet people still complain when the cost of their pollution causing activities increases. Unbelievable.
Yet people still complain when the cost of their pollution causing activities increases. Unbelievable.
winjim
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We just bought a house a mile away from where we work. It is one street away from the school our daughter will attend. We currently use the car to get her to the childminder three days a week, but... our childminder has just told us she is moving to a house directly on our route to work and we are going to check out a nursery that is also on that route.
We're pretty close to being car free commuters. And smug twats.
As for the planet being cleaner, OK there are fish back in the Don, but there is plastic in the most remote areas, climate change is probably irreversible and communities in the Niger delta are still being devastated by the effect of oil spills.
We're pretty close to being car free commuters. And smug twats.
As for the planet being cleaner, OK there are fish back in the Don, but there is plastic in the most remote areas, climate change is probably irreversible and communities in the Niger delta are still being devastated by the effect of oil spills.
Drago
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I'm not against people polluting if that's what they want. However, no matter how noble or justifiable - or otherwise - the excuse I don't like hearing them whittle when the cost of their polluting activities rises. Tough.
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gavroche
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Well, if the planet is so heavily polluted, why are people living longer? A bit of a paradox there I say. I still think we have more to worry about WW3 on the horizon than climate change.
winjim
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Vaccines.
vickster
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And modern medicine generally
Antibiotic resistance might reverse the trend a little, although probably not so much in the developed world
winjim
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We sometimes need to remember how utterly privileged we are compared to the vast majority of the planet's population.
And responsible...
vickster
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Exactly. Most would be extremely happy if they could actually afford to buy fuel at £1.40 a litre...and a vehicle to put it in
No, I said the price of fuel is getting out of hand, and why on earth would I be taking it personally, for goodness sake. There are millions of others affected as well in this country.
Regardless of whether I use it for work or personal travel, the price is too expensive. It has nothing to do with my employer covering the cost for meetings, which by the way is a flat rate fee and doesn’t change with the price of fuel.
I love cycling, hence why I come on a cycle forum and post the majority of my posts about CYCLING! Unlike many on here whom I see little evidence of cycling and just copious posts and attempts to wind other people up.
However I can’t practically live my life by not using a car at some stage, regardless of the fact I’d love to cover every mile by bike
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Do you or have you worked? It’s a practical way of earning money is it not?!
