Friday
Sep302011
by 
Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill Quote of the day
Sep 30, 2011 Greens This morning the British Prime Minister handed the Tesco management a final note stating that, unless we hear from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their plastic carrier bags from their stores, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this government is at war with both Tesco, and the population as a whole…
From the comments at Delingpole's blog
Reader Comments (58)
such useful little items:
29 Sept: San Francisco Chronicle: AP: SAfricans craft rugby balls from plastic bags
Ntsie is among 16 women sewing rugby balls out of old vinyl billboards and stuffing them with discarded plastic bags, part of a program started by a development-minded marketing company before the World Cup kicked off in New Zealand. The program has no official link to the tournament.
Ntsie said the $3 per ball she earns will help buy school uniforms for her five children...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/29/sports/s123534D43.DTL
Yet another "eye-catching initiative" which will be soon forgotten. Ca'Moron is truly the Heir to Blair, just as useless and just as dangerous.
They'll have to prise my Tesco bag out of my cold, dead hand.
David Eyton-Jones recalls:
...."Neville Chamberlain announcing the declaration of war against
Germany. ”This morning, the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German
Government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o’clock that
they were prepared to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist
between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and
that consequently this country is at war with Germany.”
The housekeeper was summoned and instructed to introduce food rationing on a
scheme based on his aunt’s memory of the first world war. The rest of the servants
were sent back to their duties."
...
The elephant in the sitting room is all the OTHER plastic wrapping we are now forced to use - even, oh, especially for D-I-Y parts. If
one four-pint plastic milk bottle = 40 plastic carrier bags
then I reckon our household gets through some 500 bags a week, and we try to avoid packaging junk
On supposedly biodegradable bags, I remember a plastics boffin explaining that they are only biodegradable in ideal conditions (not to be found in most landfill sites). However, they are notably more flimsy than non "degradable" bags. So you are much more likely to lose a nice bottle of wine by it falling through the bag. That's why you often see people using one bag inside another. Another greenie product which doesn't work so well. Like modern "low volatiles" paints, which require at least four coats of paint to cover properly.
The obvious answer to plastic carry out bags and most other plastic waste is to put refuse through a modern 'energy from waste' plant after removing glass and metals. The only type of recycling that makes some kind of sense.
But, if you want to see Greenies hyperventilating and bouncing up and down, just suggest incineration. Always gets 'em going.
Another argument in favour.
Oh, thanks, ScientistForTruth - you took the words right out of my... well, off my computer keyboard...(re: bags as bin liners...)
So - has anyone taken the politicians in Wales to task for parking this matter in that overworked government section, the Department of Unintended Consequences..? Do 'purchased' bin liners degrade..? Of course they don't - otherwise they'd disintegrate on the supermarket shelves....
What could possibly go wrong?
"Plastic bag ban backfires"
Bin liner sales in SA [South Australia] have doubled since free plastic shopping bags were banned more than two years ago. And most bin bags are made of thicker plastic than traditional bags, which means they take longer to break down in the environment.
http://australian-politics.blogspot.com/2011/08/plastic-bag-ban-backfires-bin-liner.html