Comments on: Greenrock’s Hopes For The Throne Speech

By: Zzzzz

Zzzzz — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:38:44 +0000

Fully support the above initiatives particularly those that will to reduce the amount of plastic going into the environment.

Please press on Greenrock.

By: Robbie T Robot

Robbie T Robot — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:19:00 +0000

George, yet somehow, new TAXES will magically solve a bogus problem. Explain that to everyone. While you are at it, how many climate research papers have you actually read?

By: Robbie T Robot

Robbie T Robot — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:16:18 +0000

Where do you think climate comes from? How many outcomes are possible for just one weather event, then thousands over an area of land, in just one day, and then over 10, 20, 100 years?

Those events create climate. I find it troubling that you were unaware of that. You do not get climate without many, many, weather events. Perhaps you need to open your mind and perform basic critical thinking.

Proper climate modelling should calculate all those weather events and not just perform regression analysis on data that has been modified and then the extrapolation of that data, without considering real world factors, like oceans absorbing heat.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 03:33:10 +0000

Dint see no mention of Bermuda Green.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:46:57 +0000

Don’t mean to disappoint those that are waiting for the oceans to rise 10feet by they will have to wait 2,000 years at the same rate of the last 400 years.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:44:10 +0000

This person from Greenock is just as bad as that one from BEST, they will do all they can to cost the TAX-PAYER money that they have to work and earn unlike those whom are Blood-Suckers.
The blood-suckers produce nothing and consume TAX-PAYER dollars.We are even borrowing $220Million a year to feed them beside $500,000.00 a day to pay interest on the money that has already been wasted .

By: Rhonnie aka Blue Familiar

Rhonnie aka Blue Familiar — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:42:01 +0000

No, we don’t keep pumping all the emissions into the atmosphere. There is something to be said for trying to live healthier in all facets of human life.

And I don’t ascribe to the whole climate-change fuss as being about politics, though there is certainly a percentage that is.

I think it’s about human arrogance in that with so little information we ascribe ourselves a huge impact.

The reality is… we’re not actually worried about the planet itself. We’re worried about our ability to survive as it changes.

We should be worrying far more about what we’re doing to ourselves.

By: bluebird

bluebird — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:37:04 +0000

If you are old enough you will remember we were all going to “FREEZE TO DEATH”IN THE 1970″s.
I believe in climate change,” The climate will get warmer the climate will get colder,I believe in climate change.
The sea level in Bermuda has risen by (2) feet in the last 400 years, and can be measured.
The sea level rises in Bermuda an average of 6″per 100 years.
That is six inches per one hundred years.
Our DEBT is rising much faster than the tides in Bermuda.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 19:08:21 +0000

So do we keep pumping all of these emissions into the atmosphere without a care in the world ?
I’m pretty sure that there is unquestionably a change in global weather patterns and on top of that we know beyond a doubt that greenhouse gasses can influence the warming of the planet.
I’ve always believed that the people in denial who call it all ‘politics’ are the ones least willing to make a change in their consumption habits.

Not too long before his unfortunate passing I had a conversation with the late Teddy Tucker on the subject . It was most eye opening and would maybe even get the ‘know it alls’ (know nothings) something to seriously ponder.

By: Ed Case

Ed Case — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 16:41:45 +0000

People who are ignorant on this subject should go and see the exhibit at the Aquarium proving that the sea level was three hundred and sixty feet lower just eighteen thousand years ago. The sea level rise in the last century with all the emission we currently give off, is less than average. Check it out if you don’t believe me. Climate change is used as a political tool only. Disgusting politics as usual.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 15:54:19 +0000

And next week there’ll be photos supplied by NASA showing that it’s smaller than it’s ever been !

By: jt

jt — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 13:33:50 +0000

Recently been reported that the Antarctic ice sheet is expanding. Hmmmm.

By: Rhonnie aka BlueFamiliar

Rhonnie aka BlueFamiliar — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 01:24:54 +0000

Climate/weather is changing.
It’s always changing.
Always.

Have our industrialised chemical output changed the weather?
To some degree I suspect, but the question is how much.

Mankind has only been here for a very, very short period of time in the timeline of the planet. We have only been industrialised and tracking weather/climate for an incredibly short period of the time we’ve been on the planet. So, a short time within a short time.

This basically means we really have no clue what the climate cycle of the planet actually is. Or how long. Or how much we’re actually changing anything, if at all.

By: jt

jt — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:33:44 +0000

Climate and weather are not the same thing.

By: Family Man

Family Man — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 23:47:32 +0000

It will fit with his love of all things green.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 21:03:36 +0000

OK , I need a little help here.

You’re saying .

A) The climate/weather is NOT changing at all
B) The climate/weather IS changing but it’s purely a natural phenomenon
C) The climate/weather IS changing because of all the stuff we’ve pumped into the environment / atmosphere in the last 300 or so years
D) Yeah , we sure messed everything up but we’ll try to stay in denial . It’s too late to do anything about it now anyway .

First choice (A) is redundant because I know sure as hell that the weather here now is very different than it was 45-50 years ago as do most others .

By: Rhonnie aka BlueFamiliar

Rhonnie aka BlueFamiliar — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:51:36 +0000

The plastic bottle thing is a little over the top, how about trying more hardline recycling initiative for that. Maybe a return deposit to enhance that.

The rest, lids, stirrers etc, can be done with biodegradable/edible options that are becoming more available.

It’s something that could be phased in over time.

Please… PLEASE… get off the marine reserve nonsense. We don’t need a marine reserve. We NEED the means to police the legislation already in place, so how about Greenrock and the other pro marine reserve people stop talking and start fundraising/donating money towards doing this. Talk is nothing more than talk.

Single use bags are rarely single use in my experience. Handy things for many purposes and very reusable. That aside, how about biodegrable options. Always preferred paper myself. Yes, I usually use a canvas or similar bag but still forget at times. So.

I hope Greenrock continues it’s good work with educating the population. Just remember, try to stick to more mainstream things and don’t go off into fanatic-land, because that’s when people stop paying attention.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:45:38 +0000

If your referring to me then please expand.

I hate Communist for a start.
Await a reply.

By: Varied

Varied — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:58:18 +0000

Someone’s a tad obsessed with Mr. Starling

By: jt

jt — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:05:29 +0000

Tweedian.

By: kangoocar

kangoocar — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:01:54 +0000

Absolute nonsense!!! Greenrock and its local socialist in chief ( Starling) continuesly spew nonsense, why do they and those that think like them always suggest and support silly things like charging money for things like, one use bags, but never state were and how the money will be spent after it has been taken from you???
These scaremongers on the environment are more times wrong than correct, I notice lately they are being a little quite on this global warming nonsense they have spread, because it actually has been overall colder in the last few years worldwide???
These types and the likes of Al Gore ( former democratic Vice President of the US) have made $$ hundreds of MILLIONS from the gullible!!! Take good ole Gore for instance, he would fly all the world in a private jet preaching about how bad our carbon emissions are to the gullible but he himself would not fly on a commercial jet like we do with 200 other people therefore sharing the carbon emissions from the plane?? Also, he lived in his own house that was so large that it actually gives off more carbon emissions than an entire normal US three block niebourhood of homes!!!

By: Zevon

Zevon — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:10:58 +0000

He always comes across as such total PITA.

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:04:14 +0000

Shepole will remain Sheople bruh…its a shame but hey…They will wake up one day but it will be only to their demise.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:53:38 +0000

Or, we could sit like little birds and swallow the whole climate change scam we see going on.

What is it this year? An ice age or global warming?

By: jeremy deacon

jeremy deacon — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:45:21 +0000

or just maybe a green revolution?

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:17:22 +0000

Well there goes the 24th May road race.
No plastic bottles?

Coca Cola and Sprite will be really pissed off.

Jonathan has taken over.
Next………A social revolution.

No more parties, functions, limited driving, birthdays and balloons.

Starlinists.

By: George

George — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 18:14:43 +0000

Yah,yah mmmmmm………… only more than half of the world’s Governments are meeting at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21) in December because some serious decisions need to be made about addressing the issue but hey don’t let us get distracted by that small fact! Let’s bumble along as we normally do with the blinders on and our heads in the sand denying the issue cause we ‘aink’ got anything to lose right………….only a large proportion of our Island which is within 10ft of the high tide mark and could be affected by the forecast sea level rise, never mind the increased intensity of storms, changes to the Gulf Stream (which will affect our climate directly) etc. etc. Hey Aceboy…… um gotta boat, bet you do to right…… we’ll just float right outta her while the rest of um cling to de Rock right?!

By: paperboy

paperboy — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:54:40 +0000

This are wonderful aspirations and they generate some background questions about Greenrock.

How many people in our community are represented in this Greenrock statement? When we read articles titled Greenrock Says or announcements like this press release does it represent 10′s of, 100′s of, or 1000′s of Bermuda residents? It appears to be a very small board of only four individuals and I would be interested in knowing the size of their membership. In addition, how is the Greenrock board and membership representational of our community composition?

Community influence is earned when you represent, vision, voters and funders – how does Greenrock measure up?

By: aceboy

aceboy — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:16:16 +0000

Climate change is a highly debatable subject. Pollution control, not climate change focus.

Too much data manipulation and special interests involved in the climate change issue.