The New Eco-Lie

They’re constantly coming up with a new eco-crisis all the time, because the Green movement is such a cash cow But, as with many previous claims by the movement, the latest one (Evil Plastic Bags) is bogus.

Lord Taverne, the chairman of Sense about Science, said: “The Government is irresponsible to jump on a bandwagon that has no base in scientific evidence. This is one of many examples where you get bad science leading to bad decisions which are counter-productive. Attacking plastic bags makes people feel good but it doesn’t achieve anything.”

Campaigners say that plastic bags pollute coastlines and waterways, killing or injuring birds and livestock on land and, in the oceans, destroying vast numbers of seabirds, seals, turtles and whales. However, The Times has established that there is no scientific evidence to show that the bags pose any direct threat to marine mammals.

They “don’t figure” in the majority of cases where animals die from marine debris, said David Laist, the author of a seminal 1997 study on the subject. Most deaths were caused when creatures became caught up in waste produce. “Plastic bags don’t figure in entanglement,” he said. “The main culprits are fishing gear, ropes, lines and strapping bands. Most mammals are too big to get caught up in a plastic bag.”

He added: “The impact of bags on whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals ranges from nil for most species to very minor for perhaps a few species.For birds, plastic bags are not a problem either.”

The fact is, the eco-movement is full of well meaning people who repeat what they’re told as if its the gospel truth,when 9 times out of ten, someone made it up in order to sell some new cause for money. They love to bash climate critics for taking money from oil companies, yet their whole enterprise is based on guilt graft.

They want to ban things that are not a serious problem for the environment. For example, incandescent lights which arre less toxic than florescent lights. Yet fluorescent bulbs are being forced on us by politicians who are too stupid to do the research.

Once again, the public will be forced to give up sometime more usefl for something inferior because of a false premise.  This has got to stop.

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