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Actually no one last thing. Why should my parents feel guilty as Caroline Lucas has indicated about flying back from southern Italy to the u.k to see me and my sister. Your illustrious green no has said flying is a luxury and if we are serious about tackling climate change. My parents live in Italy because they have a better standard of living there as there pension goes alot futher. Also they like it. They like coming back to the u.k to see the children and grand children. We like going to see them and having a cheap holidays getting there by the environmentally sound car which produces less co2 per km than flying takes 4 days (you could do it two by yourself), the train takes just as long. A flight a day or alot less. According to Lucas my parents should be happy with there lot in Liverpool which is were there uk house is.
A friend of mine has a job were he is required to fly alot all over the globe. Follow XR arguements and he should leave his job and his company not sell internationally.
In fact that's the problem with XR arguments. There is a very visible streak of anti capitalism. XR supporters clearly state we cannot growing the economy that population has to come down. That's why the message does not get through. You asking people to feel guilty for living.
Your asking me to feel guilty for wanting to get on a plane later his year and fly to Calabria and enjoy a week with my parents and travel there another way so by the time I get there it time to head back.
I won't feel guilty for living. Neither does anyone I know. That's how XR looks to us.
Then there the vegan thing. We can't eat meat because its too emmisions intensive. So I should feel guilty about the roast lamb I will have today.
I am just being honest here that the message will not get through. It won't not because I am cynical because it the wrong message and in essence it's asking people to feel guilty about living.