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Britain
'We're living on borrowed time' claims Charles
2006-12-07
Gloom. Doom. His bubble is intact. He B Green.
Prince Charles launched his 'green revolution' with a stark warning that we are all 'living on borrowed time' if we don't stop eating up the world's resources.

In a forthright speech in front of leading figures, including Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Prince said: 'We are consuming the resources of our planet at such a rate that we are, in effect, living off credit and living on borrowed time. 'It is our children and grandchildren who will have to pay off this debt and we owe it to them and ourselves to do something about it before it is too late.'

The Prince launched his Costing The Earth — The Accounting For Sustainability project at a forum at St James s Palace attended by politicians and business and faith leaders. They included the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Lord Browne, chief executive of BP, and former US vice president Al Gore, a leading environmentalist whose film An Inconvenient Truth warns the world must act now to save itself.

The former Democratic US presidential candidate praised Charles's green initiative in a video message to the forum. He said it may be 'one of the most important initiatives' and stressed: 'We need to continue the effort to solve the climate crisis.'

The heir to the throne is determined to reduce his carbon footprint on the world. He encourages his staff to make trips around the capital on bicycle instead of taking cars or cabs.
He could kill himself. That would do it.
Actor Stephen Fry and comedian Al Murray have teamed up to make a film in support of the Prince. Fry, a close friend of Charles, plays Planet Earth while Murray, otherwise known as the Pub Landlord, stars as the Moon in the appeal.

The Prince is set to label all his Duchy Originals range with details of greenhouse gases made during their production. The Queen has already gone green at Windsor Castle with a plan to use hydroelectric power.

The Duke of Edinburgh uses a taxi cab fuelled by liquid petroleum gas to travel around London, while water in a bore hole at Buckingham Palace is used to supply air conditioning to the Queen's gallery before topping up the water levels in the Palace lake.

Mr Gore visited Britain in September to promote his film. Charles is said to have met him privately at Highgrove to discuss their mutual passion for the environment.
They swapped spit (Carbon) and CO².
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#15  Gaia's my beeatch!
Posted by: badanov   2006-12-07 17:53  

#14  Charles should take a leaf from his great uncle, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor aka (albeit briefly) as Edward VIII / Duke of Windsor and, recognizing that he is not fit to be King, renounce the throne. In this case, he should step aside in favor of his son.
Posted by: RWV   2006-12-07 17:37  

#13  I could be wrong but I thought most resources were recoverable, its just a cost matter. Yeah we can't get the oil back once it's been burned but plastics and metals can be remelted and reformed and the cost to do so is dropping all the time so by the time we start to run out there will be other options. Yeah wood can't be recycled but I've heard it grows on trees.

This is just idiocy. If he's right I might as well sell my stock in whale oil futures.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-12-07 15:15  

#12  This was one of the wealthiest men who has ever lived. Time for a republic; if only for the energy savings on calorie-rich bloviation.
Posted by: Excalibur   2006-12-07 11:30  

#11  'We are consuming the resources of our planet at such a rate that we are, in effect, living off credit and living on borrowed time. 'It is our children and grandchildren who will have to pay off this debt and we owe it to them and ourselves to do something about it before it is too late.'

Is he calling for U.S. welfare reform here? Sounds so much like domestic politicos, I just can't tell. I'ma sooooo confused.
Posted by: BA   2006-12-07 10:04  

#10  What we have here is the ultimate example of a guy with too much time and too much money on his hands...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-12-07 09:59  

#9  In one charter trip from Old Blighty to the far reaches of the Empire, Charles uses more fuel in his royal jet than I do in 20 years of flying my bird.

Inherited wealth and the idle rich telling the rest of us how to live. Pfeh.

And we all are living on borrowed time. We all are gonna die. It is what we do with our borrowed time that counts. What have you been doing with your life, Charlie, me lad?

A pox, a proletarian pox on ye.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-12-07 09:48  

#8  He certainly is living on borrowed time, he will never be king.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan   2006-12-07 07:48  

#7  Was it the Ford Motor Company that is British owned? Some of their little cars are terribly energy efficient!
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-12-07 06:55  

#6  "When is Chucky going to turn in the Royal Family's be-jewelled Hoss-and-Carriage for a simple 10-speed bike, or a CAMEL???"

Or a second hand Merc?
Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali   2006-12-07 05:40  

#5  There are morons and there are very rich morons who consume vast amounts of resources.

Here's a suggestion. Why doesn't Chuckie get 20,000 Bangladeshis to live on his estate. I hear they are very good at using minimal resources.

Morons, Morons, Morons
Posted by: phil_b   2006-12-07 05:22  

#4  It is Muslims who breed like flies and operate backward economies. The fact that those who come to the West, immediately attempt to export their primitivism, reveals the inherent stupidity of any follower of the Mohammad cult.

Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-12-07 04:07  

#3  When is Chucky going to turn in the Royal Family's be-jewelled Hoss-and-Carriage for a simple 10-speed bike, or a CAMEL??? He asks his Staff to do it, but thus far no Media-hound photo evidence to show that he's done it, or intends to do it. HOW CAN THE LEFT STOP TAKING THEIR VALIUM + OTHER PSYCHOTIC MEDS IFF THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY DEMAND EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO DO???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-12-07 01:22  

#2  Hover your mouse pointer over his beanie and see what happens! :-)
Posted by: gorb   2006-12-07 00:58  

#1  'We're living on borrowed time' claims Charles

With all of his Islamic ass kissing, he certainly is.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-12-07 00:43  

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