tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post3021310512886668332..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: The cost of going greenJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-81231666629155975782010-12-08T19:14:21.794+00:002010-12-08T19:14:21.794+00:00Spirit,
"I think we will come to see the gre...Spirit,<br /><br /><i>"I think we will come to see the green agenda as a luxury of a growth economy"</i><br /><br />Sadly, I think you're right, in the sense that the green agenda will be ignored in the interests of jobs and growth. I think that's a very misguided and short term perspective though, which our descendants will regret.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-26538303884734805672010-12-08T11:02:20.381+00:002010-12-08T11:02:20.381+00:00Interesting observations you make.
However, in ret...Interesting observations you make.<br />However, in retrospect I think we will come to see the green agenda as a luxury of a growth economy. In the coming Depression (no matter how HMG cook the books to say we are not) ,private business has to fall back on short term priorities and the biggest is cash flow – get this wrong and you are dead, no matter how full a order book you have. Therefore the lowest price on the day gets the job rather than looking at the sustainability and time life costs of what you are buying.Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.com