Blot on the road way

Angela: It’s not big and it’s not clever and nobody’s impressed

The last couple of days we’ve walked through beautiful countryside and seen pretty villages. One blight on this landscape is the 4X4.

Our loo stop this morning was in a village hall while a mother and toddlers groups were meeting. What was most noticeable was that half the cars in the car park were 4X4s.

Generally parents want to give their children the best start in life but these parents, whether unknowingly or not, are giving the exact opposite of what their children really need -  introducing them to an ever more oil dependent lifestyle, one that will certainly destroy life on this planet before their children grow old.

At last night’s meeting there was a man from BP who spoke of its interest in biofuels. It was pointed out to him that biofuels take more energy to produce than they yield and that it reduces land available for crops.

He responded that BP was in the oil business and that consumer demand led its work. There was no sign of UK consumers turning away from oil even though he recognised that oil would not last forever.

And so we return to the parents and their 4X4s and the choices they are making for their children’s future. The problem of consumer demand!

BBC Website: Marchers reach Surrey

Join us in London for the final mile of the march this Tuesday 2 October!

Comments

[JD]

I am out of the country for your final week of marching, so I just wanted to post you a comment to say a HUGE congratulations on your historic and spectacular march across the UK.
I have followed the blog throughout and have been amazed at how far you have walked and how busy you have been every day! Congratulations to you all. A huge well done! You have done us all proud.