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My email to Greenpeace
Eeyore:
Nice mail - lets see what they come back with.
I'm still awaiting a response from the Lib dems about thier anti 4x4 stance - maybe I shouldn't have pasted their standard response in as the first paragraph. Telling them it cheapens thier point and doesn't answer my questions probably wasn't what they wanted to hear. :lol:
Mind you, I did the same thing to North Yorks County Council and they went very quiet too..... I'll learn one day. :wink:
cheers
8)
Eeyore
Colin 009:
You are to be applauded James, for you effort in reducing greenhouse gases.
I think the email will fall on deaf ears though.
Range Rover Blues:
I think that one will induce an "out of cheese error, please redo from start" in one of their addled Neural networks that used to pass for a brain before it was closed to all rational though.
Greenpiece, intelligent debate, don't hold your breath.
the loon:
keep sending it untill you get a reply. Print it off and take a copy to your local green party MP.Post a copy to the head tree hugger and see if anything is forthcoming.
I have my doubts it will be
:!:
jnoshea:
Well I got a response this morning, and it's a real reply. I will reply to them again later today. I am certainly not happy that they feel they can attack all landrovers without correctly stating the aims of their campaign. If they think their campaign does not affect people like me then they are mistaken. It is breeding contempt amongst people who don't know any better and the result is that a horse-rescuer has had her Lexus vandalised and Jeremy Clarkson has a pie in his face at his honarary graduation.
Here's the response anyway:
Dear James
Thank you for taking the time to write to us and let us know your
opinions about our recent climate campaign.
The reason we have singled out Land Rover is that we have a new
situation developing in the UK where more and more 4x4's are being used
in innapropriate urban envronments, a trend that goes against the
current urgent need to make fuel efficiency a major priority. Land
Rover has been fiercely promoting these vehicles as lifestyle
accessories, aimed at these new urban markets and Land Rover's parent
company, Ford, has stood in the way of government action to tackle
climate change.
As you are obviously well aware of your environmental footprint and are
making a concerted effort to minimise your impact on the earth, this is
not a campaign that is aimed at people like yourself. We as an
organisation occasionally use a Land Rover which is powered by LPG, when
we need a vehicle that can cope with the sort of terrain or tasks that
these vehicles were traditionally designed for. We have had to simplify
our messaging with regard to the campaign in order that it has maximum
impact on Ford/Land Rover and those that they have been marketing to.
We are campaigning on the use of alternative fuels, particularly Bio
diesel where we have given it away free in London to show people,
particularly Taxi drivers, that their vehicles can run safely on this.
Unfortunately, we are in a situation where these fuels are some way from
becoming main stream and, in the interim, we have to focus on the issues
that are at hand.
I hope that your view of this particular campaign does not distract you
from the huge amount of good Greenpeace does.
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