resolute left wing guardian Newspapers were furious on Christmas Day, adopting an Ebenezer Scrooge-like tone in rebuking those celebrating the birth of Christ.
It warned that the carbon dioxide emitted by people enjoying Christmas travel, gifts, family time, lights and food was destroying the “entire meaning” of the planet and the day itself.
Citing “lavish gifts, extensive travel and wild animals in a gluttonous frenzy” as the driving forces behind the annual festive season, the magazine continued: say “This carnival of consumption has a cost, not only to our wallets and waistlines, but also to the climate.”
Analysis by the Guardian has found that the average Briton's Christmas Day consumption causes 23 times more greenhouse gas emissions on a normal day.
Analysis shows that the emissions generated per adult from travel, gifts, energy, decorations, food, drink and waste associated with the climax of the annual consumer carnival amount to 513 kg of CO2 equivalent (CO2e). It turns out. The average daily emissions for an adult in the UK is around 22kg CO2e.
The study reveals the climate impact of the annual celebration, enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people in the world's wealthiest regions, but long said it has been hijacked by marketing that promotes mass consumption. It has been criticized.
of guardian Quoting Melanie Nazareth of Christian Climate Action, she goes on to say, “We have been deliberately sold a vision of Christmas that is based on material consumption. We are constantly bombarded with advertising and media telling us that if we don't spend money on Christmas, we aren't having it properly. This is not only destroying the planet, it's destroying the very meaning of Christmas.”
In the end, this mean-spirited newspaper wants people who celebrate Christmas to repent, turn from their evil ways, become more “carbon conscious,” give gifts and travel more sparingly, eat less, and “help the planet.” I want you to be kind and generous.
