Comments for Fight Climate Change http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Ego Eco Electric Street Scooter Now Available in The UK! The Ego Has Landed! by MF http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/06/the-ego-has-landed-the-ego-electric-street-scoota.html#comment-445 MF Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:17:00 +0000 http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/?p=103#comment-445 Ego Scooter beware! I was caught up in the hullabaloo about this little scooter and bought one. All I can say is be careful and prepare to have your patience tested. The whole purchase and registration process is very badly thought out, the bike is a little bit Fisher Price, as is the service. When I first bought the bike I got an automated email confirmation.. That’s it. Nothing else telling you what to do. I followed the details on the webpage and set about sorting out insurance and sending my drivers details to the company to get it registered. Would have been nice to have had a little "what happens next.." email with all the steps outlined clearly instead of having to call Firebox and trawl their website for info. Then 3 weeks later the bike arrives. No paperwork, no manual, no maintenance instructions. just the bike. Oh and most importantly NO REGISTRATION. They send you the bike and you have to KEEP IT FOR A WEEK BEFORE YOU CAN RIDE IT! Yes, the returns policy allows you 7 days to return it, but you cant ride it in this period as its not registered. So basically you have to look at it on the road or garage for a week and decide if you want it. Then a week later you get your registration and you can ride it. However, by the time you get to ride it - you can no longer return it. So beware of this. Also the anything on the bike that looks like metal.... its plastic. Drop this thing once and it'll fall to pieces. I'd tell you what it was like to drive... but I have to look at it for another week before I get that honour. Rubbish Ego Scooter beware! I was caught up in the hullabaloo about this little scooter and bought one. All I can say is be careful and prepare to have your patience tested. The whole purchase and registration process is very badly thought out, the bike is a little bit Fisher Price, as is the service. When I first bought the bike I got an automated email confirmation.. That’s it. Nothing else telling you what to do. I followed the details on the webpage and set about sorting out insurance and sending my drivers details to the company to get it registered. Would have been nice to have had a little “what happens next..” email with all the steps outlined clearly instead of having to call Firebox and trawl their website for info. Then 3 weeks later the bike arrives. No paperwork, no manual, no maintenance instructions. just the bike. Oh and most importantly NO REGISTRATION. They send you the bike and you have to KEEP IT FOR A WEEK BEFORE YOU CAN RIDE IT! Yes, the returns policy allows you 7 days to return it, but you cant ride it in this period as its not registered. So basically you have to look at it on the road or garage for a week and decide if you want it. Then a week later you get your registration and you can ride it. However, by the time you get to ride it - you can no longer return it. So beware of this. Also the anything on the bike that looks like metal…. its plastic. Drop this thing once and it’ll fall to pieces. I’d tell you what it was like to drive… but I have to look at it for another week before I get that honour. Rubbish

]]> Comment on The Olympic Torch & Carbon Footprints by Nigels Eco Store http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/04/the-olympic-torch-carbon-footprints.html#comment-236 Nigels Eco Store Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:16:38 +0000 http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/04/the-olympic-torch-carbon-footprints.html#comment-236 Well, that sure is a mountain of carbon! I would like to see how carbon neutral will be the 2012 Olympic flame. Perhaps they are planning to plant trees in places where the flame's been? Well, that sure is a mountain of carbon! I would like to see how carbon neutral will be the 2012 Olympic flame. Perhaps they are planning to plant trees in places where the flame’s been?

]]> Comment on Recycled Juice Bags & Coin Purse by Marks and Spencer Drop Free Bags To Help Environment | Fight Climate Change http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2007/07/recycled-juice-bags-coin-purse.html#comment-226 Marks and Spencer Drop Free Bags To Help Environment | Fight Climate Change Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:07:31 +0000 http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2007/07/recycled-juice-bags-coin-purse.html#comment-226 [...] Recycled Juice Bags & Coin PurseM&S Launch Greener Living ShopCambodian Recycled Rice BagsCambodian Rice Purses - Recycled Gift IdeasTesco Launch Greener Living Site [...] [...] Recycled Juice Bags & Coin PurseM&S Launch Greener Living ShopCambodian Recycled Rice BagsCambodian Rice Purses - Recycled Gift IdeasTesco Launch Greener Living Site [...]

]]> Comment on Patio Heaters In The Cold To Stop Global Warming by Sylvie LG Pollard http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/01/patio-heaters-in-the-cold-to-stop-global-warming.html#comment-206 Sylvie LG Pollard Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:46:48 +0000 http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/01/patio-heaters-in-the-cold-to-stop-global-warming.html#comment-206 We surely cannot be wingeing about something so 'not needed ' as a patio heater? How spoilt are we in the west? People are losing their islands to rising seas and we argue over what? If we can't even manage to do without things we don't need at all, then the world is screwed!! I haven't given up driving so that spoilt people can undo it with their selfish needs for patio heaters. If it's cold stay inside for god's sake! We surely cannot be wingeing about something so ‘not needed ‘ as a patio heater? How spoilt are we in the west? People are losing their islands to rising seas and we argue over what? If we can’t even manage to do without things we don’t need at all, then the world is screwed!!

I haven’t given up driving so that spoilt people can undo it with their selfish needs for patio heaters. If it’s cold stay inside for god’s sake!

]]> Comment on Save Today, Save Tomorrow With EDF Energy by Holly Elson http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/01/save-today-save-tomorrow-with-edf-energy.html#comment-197 Holly Elson Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:28:13 +0000 http://www.fightclimatechange.co.uk/2008/01/save-today-save-tomorrow-with-edf-energy.html#comment-197 This advert seems very similar to The Recycled History of Recycling. A short film screened at the Britdoc festival and on Channel 4's 3MW strand 25th July 2007. It was made to promote recycling and was made using 100% recycled footage - something that it clearly points out at the end of the film. Check it out for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7C0uh_-Hs This advert seems very similar to The Recycled History of Recycling. A short film screened at the Britdoc festival and on Channel 4’s 3MW strand 25th July 2007. It was made to promote recycling and was made using 100% recycled footage - something that it clearly points out at the end of the film. Check it out for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL7C0uh_-Hs

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