SDW2001
09-10-2007, 01:33 PM
More specifically, the Conservative Party. I was unsure of where to post this, General Discussion or here, but it's more political, so here goes....
THE Conservatives will propose banning plasma screens and other energy-guzzling electrical goods in a report to be unveiled next week.
The proposals target white goods like fridges and freezers, as well as TVs, personal computers and DVD players that use too much energy or operate on stand-by.
and what's worse:
The group will also suggest scrapping Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of the nation’s success in favour of a model that measures people’s happiness drawn up up by Friends of the Earth.
Full article:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007420012,00.html
This is sheer LUNACY. With all the energy use issues the world has, we're going to make Plasma TVs the number one enemy? Let me tell you, I have a 42" plasma. My electric bill is more than reasonable. I didn't notice much different when I got it, and it's on a lot.
What's next, no air condition? Banning electric ovens?
But scrapping the GDP for a figure that measures "people's happiness" is the part where I think I threw up in my mouth a little. No one said GDP had anything to do with happiness. GDP has real uses and is based on real facts and figures. It's an important measure of the economy. If you want to track and publish a bogus "happy number" go ahead. I don't see what doing away with GDP is a good idea.
To me, this is another example of how people take their eyes off the ball in "freedoms" debate. While we're all screaming bloody murder on cameras, ID cards (and wiretapping and the Patriot Act in the USA), the real threat to out freedom comes from initiatives like these. We've already heard that so-called Global Warming is caused more my meat production than cars. Will the UK government ban meat sales at some point? Will it mandate a vegetarian diet? One has to wonder.
THE Conservatives will propose banning plasma screens and other energy-guzzling electrical goods in a report to be unveiled next week.
The proposals target white goods like fridges and freezers, as well as TVs, personal computers and DVD players that use too much energy or operate on stand-by.
and what's worse:
The group will also suggest scrapping Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of the nation’s success in favour of a model that measures people’s happiness drawn up up by Friends of the Earth.
Full article:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007420012,00.html
This is sheer LUNACY. With all the energy use issues the world has, we're going to make Plasma TVs the number one enemy? Let me tell you, I have a 42" plasma. My electric bill is more than reasonable. I didn't notice much different when I got it, and it's on a lot.
What's next, no air condition? Banning electric ovens?
But scrapping the GDP for a figure that measures "people's happiness" is the part where I think I threw up in my mouth a little. No one said GDP had anything to do with happiness. GDP has real uses and is based on real facts and figures. It's an important measure of the economy. If you want to track and publish a bogus "happy number" go ahead. I don't see what doing away with GDP is a good idea.
To me, this is another example of how people take their eyes off the ball in "freedoms" debate. While we're all screaming bloody murder on cameras, ID cards (and wiretapping and the Patriot Act in the USA), the real threat to out freedom comes from initiatives like these. We've already heard that so-called Global Warming is caused more my meat production than cars. Will the UK government ban meat sales at some point? Will it mandate a vegetarian diet? One has to wonder.