Comments on: Climate Change Advert Could Be Banned http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/ Giving you more time to waste time Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nike http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-2/#comment-1522 Nike Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:54:59 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-1522 The advert wasn't to make us feel comfortable in the first place. It was to make us uncomfortable enough to act! Banning this advert will be a very big mistake. The advert wasn’t to make us feel comfortable in the first place. It was to make us uncomfortable enough to act! Banning this advert will be a very big mistake.

]]> By: Climate Change Conference Copenhagen Video | Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-2/#comment-98 Climate Change Conference Copenhagen Video | Skip To The End Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:51:37 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-98 [...] may or may not have read about the recent climate change advert released in the UK by the British Government in an effort to further increase awareness on climate change. Titled [...] [...] may or may not have read about the recent climate change advert released in the UK by the British Government in an effort to further increase awareness on climate change. Titled [...]

]]> By: Dacnet http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Dacnet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:15 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-38 Climate Change made the typhoons in the south pacific very destructive. Typhoon Ketsana made a lot of mess in Philippines and Vietnam Climate Change made the typhoons in the south pacific very destructive. Typhoon Ketsana made a lot of mess in Philippines and Vietnam

]]> By: Global Changes http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Global Changes Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:55:11 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-27 There is something seriously wrong with this country if this climate change advert gets banned. There is something seriously wrong with this country if this climate change advert gets banned.

]]> By: Tweets that mention Climate Change Advert Could Be Banned | Skip To The End -- Topsy.com http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Tweets that mention Climate Change Advert Could Be Banned | Skip To The End -- Topsy.com Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:57:59 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-26 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Skip To The End, Global Changes. Global Changes said: Climate change advert could be banned http://bit.ly/CWyS4 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Skip To The End, Global Changes. Global Changes said: Climate change advert could be banned http://bit.ly/CWyS4 [...]

]]> By: Christmas Hampers http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Christmas Hampers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:51:08 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-25 I find it astonishing how much indignant outrage can be generated by an advert that is essentially just a request to people to maybe consider taking a bit of responsibility for the consequences of their own actions. Trying to present this as Orwellian government coercion or duplicity is simply ludicrous. Nitpicking about whether children use energy is missing the point - I don't know many children who make the transport and purchasing decisions for their households, let alone the bigger energy policy decisions. Pointing out that the science isn't 100% certain actually doesn't make our behaviour any less reckless, and in fact doesn't make it OK for anyone to go sticking their heads back in the sand in the slim hope everybody's wrong and it will all go away again. I find it astonishing how much indignant outrage can be generated by an advert that is essentially just a request to people to maybe consider taking a bit of responsibility for the consequences of their own actions.

Trying to present this as Orwellian government coercion or duplicity is simply ludicrous.

Nitpicking about whether children use energy is missing the point – I don’t know many children who make the transport and purchasing decisions for their households, let alone the bigger energy policy decisions.

Pointing out that the science isn’t 100% certain actually doesn’t make our behaviour any less reckless, and in fact doesn’t make it OK for anyone to go sticking their heads back in the sand in the slim hope everybody’s wrong and it will all go away again.

]]> By: Bruce http://skip-to-the-end.com/climate-change-advert-could-be-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Bruce Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:47:59 +0000 http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=318#comment-24 The ad says that the scenario described is if "its [CO2] effects were happening faster than they [scientists] thought". So it is explicitly dealing with an extreme scenario and is quite open about that. There was once a land where the weather was very very strange There were awful heatwaves in some parts, and in others terrible storms and floods Scientists said it was being caused by too much CO2 which went up into the sky when the grown-ups used energy They said the CO2 was getting dangerous. Its effects were happening faster than they thought. Some places could even disappear under the sea and it was the children of the land who would have to live with the horrible consequences The grown ups realised they had to do something They discovered that over 40% of the CO2 was coming from ordinary every day things like keeping houses warm and driving cars which meant if they made less CO2 maybe they could save the land for the children. The ad says that the scenario described is if “its [CO2] effects were happening faster than they [scientists] thought”. So it is explicitly dealing with an extreme scenario and is quite open about that.

There was once a land where the weather was very very strange
There were awful heatwaves in some parts, and in others terrible
storms and floods

Scientists said it was being caused by too much CO2 which went up
into the sky when the grown-ups used energy

They said the CO2 was getting dangerous. Its effects were
happening faster than they thought.

Some places could even disappear under the sea and it was the
children of the land who would have to live with the horrible
consequences

The grown ups realised they had to do something They discovered
that over 40% of the CO2 was coming from ordinary every day
things like keeping houses warm and driving cars which meant if
they made less CO2 maybe they could save the land for the
children.

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