Averting ‘ecological Armageddon’

Sir, – John Gibbons has written a very fundamental article on the impact of what needs to be done in this country to avert climate change ("Intensive farming could cause 'ecological Armageddon' if insects are destroyed", Opinion & Analysis, December 1st).

He recommends “flying becoming a rarity”, “elimination of fossil fuel usage”, a move to “cycling, public transport and electric car pooling”, and so on.

In addition he recommends elimination of the “national beef herd” and its replacement with “organic plant-based agriculture”.

Lastly he foresees that the “spell of mindless consumerism is at last broken” and in future we will “make do with less and waste little”.

Pass the parcel?

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Cross-Border commuters

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Signs of the times

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Falling asleep in church

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Is Dublin Airport hardly being used, and much lower incomes and travel, our future?

How big an improvement in our carbon footprint would that bring?

Also how big a political, economic and social upheaval would that take? – Yours, etc,

A LEAVY,

Sutton,

Dublin 13.