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"I didn't have kids "That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman. I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring.  | |||
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"I didn't have kids
That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman.
I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring. "Not really .I didn't want to be a single parent and most of my relationships were with guys who wouldn't have been good dad's so I just didn't have kids.And at this stage in my life I definitely wouldn't want one. No profound discussion ever needed in my case and no regrets either about not having them. | |||
"I didn't have kids
That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman.
I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring.
Not really .I didn't want to be a single parent and most of my relationships were with guys who wouldn't have been good dad's so I just didn't have kids.And at this stage in my life I definitely wouldn't want one. No profound discussion ever needed in my case and no regrets either about not having them. "Interesting. I will want to consider this very carefully.  | |||
"For the last twenty years I have been endeavouring to reduce my impact on this planet's ecosystems. Progressively becoming a vegetarian; veganism is too extreme for me. No fast fashion purchases. Increasing use of public transport, rather than using my car. Keeping the temperature of my home as low as I can. Purchasing food grown in Ireland to minimise miles. Walking on short journeys as much as possible. No air travel or holidays abroad since 1991. Becoming as self-sufficient as possible following the John Seymour principles. What ate other fabbers doing to minimise their impact on this valuable piece of real estate: the planet Earth? "Wow Jubal, that is a serious commitment to the preservation of our planetary home. I take my hat off to you Sir. Well done. I became Vegetarian and drive an all electric car. It's something, but you are outstanding. | |||
"I didn't have kids
That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman.
I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring.
Not really .I didn't want to be a single parent and most of my relationships were with guys who wouldn't have been good dad's so I just didn't have kids.And at this stage in my life I definitely wouldn't want one. No profound discussion ever needed in my case and no regrets either about not having them.
Interesting. I will want to consider this very carefully. "I don't see why you need to consider it at all if I'm honest,it's my life and the decision I made. | |||
"I didn't have kids
That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman.
I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring. "Not every woman has a desire for kids. Some never have or never will want them. | |||
" I don't see why you need to consider it at all if I'm honest,it's my life and the decision I made. "The last conversation I had about a woman's desire to produce offspring was with an oriental lady who said she wanted to have at least eight children; principally because of intense feelings of love and affection that the pregnancy and birth of her own child engendered in her. On her return to her home country she almost immediately became pregnant for the second time. In contract I had a recent long conversation with a guy, who for religious reasons does not engage in premarital sex, and who has no desire whatsoever to ever be a father. He is an only child with elderly parents. | |||
" Wow Jubal, that is a serious commitment to the preservation of our planetary home. I take my hat off to you Sir. Well done. I became Vegetarian and drive an all electric car. It's something, but you are outstanding." It looks impressive when set out in a list, but it is a process. This is the only place we have and we are rapidly wrecking it, I think. | |||
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"Who cares about Ireland's carbon footprint We are only a pimple on an elephant's arse in the bigger scheme of things " This
China.. Russia.. India.. Brazil. US all major contributors of pollution.. And we in Ireland are to blame? | |||
"I didn't have kids
That's a profoundly serious decision to make about one's life, particularly for a woman.
I have had long and in-depth conversations with sevetal women about their desire (innate need) to produce offspring.
Not every woman has a desire for kids. Some never have or never will want them. "People think I'm strange for never wanting kids......been in serious relationships before but was never on the agenda, I now have 2 dogs, they give similar amount of love as kids but without the college fees ?? | |||
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"I fly in my private jet to climate conferences, eat fine high end meals, get shaufered around in an electric car, charged from a diesil generator and then virtue signal to the rest of the world they should consume less on my handheld super computer filled with rare earth minerals ..after all this i consult with my big wig freinds in media, buisness and government as to how to get more money out of ever increasing peasant class while paying my high end accountancy firm to move my money around so i pay as little tax as i can. I also smell my own farts to reduce Methane" | |||
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"All you can do is your best and hopefully change the mindset of others..ie my kids Changed as many light bulbs as possible to long life Reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible Biggest change in my house everyone got a steel water bottle thats refilled from the tap That stopped the purchase of 36 plastic bottles of water every week " I remember in school they told us that the earth was cooling and on other ice age was on the way. Quick throw more coal on the fire. Anyway i am all for saving the planet etc but I fail to see how giving more money to government so they can give politicians pay rises and squander it on pointless crap helps the environment. If public transport was affordable and actually went somewhere useful them more people would use it. Cow fart has been around since the beginning of man but it’s a problem now. I know people that fart way more than any cow. But we don’t have to worry about the environment as we will all be dead from Covid soon if I am to believe the latest news  | |||
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"I think it’s important to do what you can . Having an external sphere of influence (it’s China’s fault) is a handy way of not taking responsibility for one’s actions . Have to hand it to Greta. What a beast of an activist . Anyone thinking there isn’t a big problem coming our way needs to look at Galway city council’s maps for 2050. Its established that salthill unless a barrier of some sort is built will be entirely submerged by 2050 except for a small bit of father griffin road " No kids either, But met many single mums | |||
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are
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"To say Ireland's efforts won't make any difference, is just a shit excuse and the attitude part of the whole problem. To point the finger ie at China without reflecting on our mad consumption of goods made in China, is just hypocritical. Anyhow regardless if you believe in climate change or the measures and causes, we have to learn to live a more sustainable life again, one that respects and protects nature and the environment. I'm trying everyday to make my patch on the hill work for me and the environment by growing organically, planting trees and creating habitats, renovating and isolating my house etc. " | |||
"Agreed, theres very little we can do to impact the bigger picture, and buying cars etc is a privilege of the wealthy. What we can all be, is more aware and more vested in protecting what we need to survive. Even locally ... trees, water, insects and plant life "the milkman used to have electric vehicles and vans to deliver the milk years ago.they should be number one to get them back.. | |||
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" ..... And no, the polar Baer isn’t threaten of extinction when from 1950 to today his population has increased from 5000 to 25000. The North Pole isn’t melting, it’s shifting . Whilst the ice melts on the European side, the glaciers of Alaska and Canada is growing..... " Arctic sea ice naturally waxes and wanes with the seasons, but its average late-summer minimum is now shrinking by 13.2% every decade, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The oldest Arctic sea ice — frozen for at least four years, making it more resilient than younger, thinner ice — is now in steep decline, NOAA adds. This oldest ice comprised about 16% of the total ice pack in 1985, but it's now less than 1%, representing a loss of 95% in 33 years. Polar bears are on the rise thankfully, but only because humans have been prevented from hunting and shooting them to extinction. This is welcome news. But Climate Change is reducing their habitat alarmingly. It is this loss that will destroy the Polar Bears, and ultimately all life on this planet, with humans being among the first to go. I firmly believe that the insatiable lust for profits by the Capitalist System worldwide, will cause Humanity's destruction. Capitalism will destroy both the planet and its inhabitants. Profits at all costs. Just like Zuckerberg and Facebook, it cares not for humanity. | |||
"I didn't have kids "There's no beating this. This is the biggest reduction anyone can make to their carbon footprint | |||
"We do the basics and try to recycle etc. But the reality of life for us is that anything beyond the basics is either too expensive or just not practicable. We eat meat and don't buy into the hype of vegetarianism or veganism being better for the environment. I know its not an academic source and it's a very specific example, but I saw a video from an Irish farmer saying that eating grass fed lamb from the side of an Irish mountain is far better for the environment than flying avocado in from halfway around the world, so that's good enough for me "Why not just east Irish fruit and veg that's in seasonal. Irish people have a carbon footprint 3.5 times higher than the rest of Europe. One of the reason being we eat alot of meat. | |||
"For the last twenty years I have been endeavouring to reduce my impact on this planet's ecosystems. Progressively becoming a vegetarian; veganism is too extreme for me. No fast fashion purchases. Increasing use of public transport, rather than using my car. Keeping the temperature of my home as low as I can. Purchasing food grown in Ireland to minimise miles. Walking on short journeys as much as possible. No air travel or holidays abroad since 1991. Becoming as self-sufficient as possible following the John Seymour principles. What ate other fabbers doing to minimise their impact on this valuable piece of real estate: the planet Earth? "We humans have already destroyed the planet.. The way we live is not environmentally friendly.. Our mere existence is enough to destroy the planet.. No amount of reducing out carbon footprint will escape that.. | |||
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"Whilst environmental protection is important , CO2 is the least of our problems, it’s merely a money spinner. If you take the content of air into consideration , one will see this quickly thru. It’s rather deforestation , aggressive mining of e.g. cobalt and rare earth which leave entire regions devastated %- all to produce batteries and solar cells . It’s the pollution of our ocean which harms the same to function . And no, the polar Baer isn’t threaten of extinction when from 1950 to today his population has increased from 5000 to 25000. The North Pole isn’t melting, it’s shifting . Whilst the ice melts on the European side, the glaciers of Alaska and Canada is growing. Driving an electrical car may calm your environmental consciousness but merrily shifts the problem from an exhaust pipe of a car to the chimney of power plant . By the way, reforestation requires CO2 for trees and plants to go who need CO2 to grow . Lookup how much CO2 is contained in the air, how much does nature produce itself and then conclude how much impact your CO2 footprint really has and do it before the next political quack is coming along to use yet another con to drain your pocket " Trimming the national herd is most definitely on the agenda to reduce our miniscule methane output all the while in South America they clear huge areas of forest to create to pastures for an ever expanding herd which is then set to compete with Irelands beef exports in a few years when they have access to EU markets. And how will that beef that is reared on former rainforested lands and travel thousands of miles be good for the environment. Prices rising all the time in every day life for the average person and the answer is to place further burdens in the form of carbon taxes all the while giving big pharmer and tech companies tax incentives to come here? | |||
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"I think it’s important to do what you can . Having an external sphere of influence (it’s China’s fault) is a handy way of not taking responsibility for one’s actions . Have to hand it to Greta. What a beast of an activist . Anyone thinking there isn’t a big problem coming our way needs to look at Galway city council’s maps for 2050. Its established that salthill unless a barrier of some sort is built will be entirely submerged by 2050 except for a small bit of father griffin road " I admit that i was impressed about Greta at first . But since figures like Klaus Schwab and political hypocrites from Varadkar to Merkel are now taking photo shoots with her - I strongly have my doubts . Not about her being genuinely concerned in the topic but herself becoming an easily usable tool to manipulate the young far for sinister agendas disguised as environmental efforts CO2 was and is never a driver of global warming and certainly not the human output thereof . Just understand the amount of CO2 in the air ( some 0.038%) . Over 90% is produced by nature itself . To quantify the amount of CO2 produced by humans we talk in promille behind the the 0. Clima change is in itself a natural phenomen . Do humans contribute. Yes, by deforestation , by polluting the Oceans , by creating deserts to mine rare earth abs cobalt to make batteries for ipads, cellphones abs electric cars We ain’t able or willing to deal with world hunger and poverty , but we get conditioned to pay money for an effort to change the climate by reducing a gas which has hardly any impact in global warming  | |||
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