Peter1450 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Not the news many were waiting for, instead of a new manager we get washing instructions to save the planet. https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/city-launch-pledgeball-on-earth-day/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Never heard of Earth day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Super said: Never heard of Earth day! Who makes up these days?! Until Americans stop driving around cars the size of bungalows and china cut emissions then washing at 30 rather than 40 isn't going to change a lot sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I thought that the fact the earth rotates on its axis and orbits the sun through its gravitational pull, means that Earth has a ‘day’ every day?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Alex_BCFC said: Who makes up these days?! Until Americans stop driving around cars the size of bungalows and china cut emissions then washing at 30 rather than 40 isn't going to change a lot sadly. Global population is the elephant in the room. 1950 = 2.5 Billion, 2020 =7.8 Billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Pledgeball may be good intentioned but in reality it’s crackpot. How will anyone know if the pledges made are actually actioned? Imagine if Rovers took park. They would have pledges from their 200k plus fan base that would save the world by themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter1450 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I’d like the club’s first initiative to be making the current squad give up their big fancy vehicles and cycle to the “High Performance “ training centre...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Bloody hippies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 56 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: Global population is the elephant in the room. 1950 = 2.5 Billion, 2020 =7.8 Billion. ...and until environmentalists, politicians and religions accept the world hasn’t the carrying capacity to meet the needs of the population we shall forever be re-arranging the deckchairs on The Titanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Is Greta a bristol city fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Perhaps we could do away with goal posts and corner flags at Ashton Gate.Might save a couple of trees and a bit of plastic and it is only the away team that benefits from them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 There is another team called Bristol's Misfits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Simple answer for them. I'll stop travelling from Burnham on Sea to watch matches. Instead, I'll stay at home, listen on Radio Bristol and not have to pay anything or use carbon producing transport to see City playing like ten year old kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Super said: Is Greta a bristol city fan? “Bristol City. You have stolen my dreams and childhood with your empty promises of a playoff challenge” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Is the Pledgeball ball the thing you put the washing liquid in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I have no idea what degree i wash my clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 59 minutes ago, Alex_BCFC said: Who makes up these days?! Until Americans stop driving around cars the size of bungalows and china cut emissions then washing at 30 rather than 40 isn't going to change a lot sadly. Er you might want to check what China are doing regards climate change. It's bolder planning than any other country on the planet. And the Biden administration has also launched a load of initiatives to deal with it. 55 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: Global population is the elephant in the room. 1950 = 2.5 Billion, 2020 =7.8 Billion. Will be in decline within the next few decades though, and already is declining in many countries. We just happened to have lived through a period of intense population growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Er you might want to check what China are doing regards climate change. It's bolder planning than any other country on the planet. And the Biden administration has also launched a load of initiatives to deal with it. Will be in decline within the next few decades though, and already is declining in many countries. We just happened to have lived through a period of intense population growth. ... but the current population levels and anywhere remotely resembling it are way, way over what the planet can sustain. That’s before the ‘third world’ peoples start demanding the kind of life styles - food, housing and plot size, water usage etc- we currently enjoy. Just take food, industrial agriculture dependent on high input chemicals, mono-cultures, cruel, high density and very dangerous animal ‘husbandry’ just can’t be sustained. Forget climate change, destruction of biodiversity and loss of habitat is a far bigger issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Er you might want to check what China are doing regards climate change. It's bolder planning than any other country on the planet. And the Biden administration has also launched a load of initiatives to deal with it. Well good because those two are the two highest by a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, Super said: I have no idea what degree i wash my clothes? It's quite easy to check......there's a dial on the machine with numbers on it that equates to temperatures, i could send u an instructional app. Oh No, scrub that, if u don't know how temperatures work, u probably don't know phone numbers.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Will be in decline within the next few decades Bloody hell, you really are ITK, Kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Just now, maxjak said: It's quite easy to check......there's a dial on the machine with numbers on it that equates to temperatures, i could send u an instructional app. Oh No, scrub that, if u don't know how temperatures work, u probably don't know phone numbers.? I just press start and it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Just now, Super said: I just press start and it works! Try to keep it under 90 degrees......else u might have to start wearing kid's sizes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, RedRock said: ... but the current population levels and anywhere remotely resembling it are way, way over what the planet can sustain. That’s before the ‘third world’ peoples start demanding the kind of life styles - food, housing and plot size, water usage etc- we currently enjoy. Just take food, industrial agriculture dependent on high input chemicals, mono-cultures, cruel, high density and very dangerous animal ‘husbandry’ just can’t be sustained. Forget climate change, destruction of biodiversity and loss of habitat is a far bigger issue. You obviously understand the problems but I'm more optimistic than you on the solutions, but we obviously need to act now. Quite a few of the problems you highlight may be solved by the continuing trend of the last few hundred years of people moving from rural areas to cities. Urban areas can, and must, become self-sufficient/sustainable to give ourselves a chance. If the WHO predictions are correct then in 100 years time people on OTIB will be discussing the problem of their not being enough young people on the planet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Will be in decline within the next few decades though, and already is declining in many countries. We just happened to have lived through a period of intense population growth. Can I ask how you know that? I’m just curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Our footballs will.do a better job in Scotty's washing machine than they do on the pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 The good news at City is the shirts can be washed at extremely tepid temperatures as no actual sweat has been expended by the players on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: You obviously understand the problems but I'm more optimistic than you on the solutions, but we obviously need to act now. Quite a few of the problems you highlight may be solved by the continuing trend of the last few hundred years of people moving from rural areas to cities. Urban areas can, and must, become self-sufficient/sustainable to give ourselves a chance. If the WHO predictions are correct then in 100 years time people on OTIB will be discussing the problem of their not being enough young people on the planet! Doubt it. Robots will be in control then. Visited a massive factory about 10 years ago, about 5 humans on the 30 ha site, the entire business was fully automated with robots. Very few jobs won’t be automated just think of the recent advancement in driverless vehicles. If we accelerate our technological advancements in dealing with over-population we may just avoid the worst-case scenario. We’re very close to precipice though as The Virus has demonstrated. If only we’d invested in player technology than grass measuring devices eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, RUSSEL85 said: Can I ask how you know that? I’m just curious! The rate of population growth has been in decline steadily for almost 50 years now I think. The UN thinks it'll become relatively stable in the next 100 years or so once Africa has had a bit of a boom, and some others reckon it'll increase then decrease a bit in the middle of this century. Personally while population is of course a huge contributor to climate change I don't think the problem is insurmountable when tackled with technology - the real problem is countries are reluctant to do so! There is of course always going to be some upper limit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 What a waste of time. Just look at the cars the execs and players drive if you want to see the eco-commitment of the club. It's just like the club pledging to some domestic abuse charity and then signing Danny Simpson. Like that would ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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