Biofuel report submission to Tesco

Thank you Andrew,

If I do not hear from you within two weeks, I will contact you on the 4th November for an update.

Kevin

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From: Slight, Andrew
Subject: RE: Biofuel report
To: Kevin Lister
Date: Tuesday, 21 October, 2008, 3:22 PM

Kevin

We need to consider the evidence you have sent in the context of the other information we are collecting. As I am sure you will appreciate, to do this diligently will take some time. We will get back to you in due course.

Kind regards
Andrew

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Dear Andrew,

As I said in the earlier email, we look forward to working with you on this and not having to hold a gun to your head, but if we hear no response within two weeks, we regret that we will be forced to move to the next level of campaign that we have been planning.

Kevin

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From: Slight, Andrew Subject: RE: Biofuel report

To: "Kevin Lister" Date: Tuesday, 21 October, 2008, 12:50 PM

We will review this as soon as we can, alongside the other evidence we are looking at but unfortunately cannot guarantee it will be in the next two week.

Kind regards
Andrew
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From: Kevin Lister

Sent: 21 October 2008 12:58

To: Slight, AndrewSubject: RE: Biofuel report

Thank you for you acknowledgement, could I ask that you reply within two weeks.
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From: Slight, Andrew Subject: RE: Biofuel report

Date: Tuesday, 21 October, 2008, 8:09 AM

Dear Kevin

Thank you for your report to help us with the wide range of information we have collected on biofuels. I will let you have our thoughts on it in due course.

Kind regards

Andrew
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From: Kevin Lister [mailto:kevin.lister@btopenworld.com]

Sent: 20 October 2008 23:53To: Slight, AndrewCc: Leahy, TerrySubject: Biofuel report

Dear Andew,

Following our conversation on the 26th August, I enclose a response on the Gallagher review to help inform your thinking, with particular emphasis on the lack of account that the Gallagher report takes on the impact on the biosphere from biofuels.

I trust that you find the report useful and that you will take the opportunity to use the influence of Tesco to stop the damage being inflicted on the environment from the biofuels industry.

I look forward to your response.

Kevin Lister

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How do environmentally friendly Airport Managers get on with their customers?

email to the directors of Gloucestershire Airport, after another slick environmental presentation:

Dear Mark and Darren,

Congratulations on the all the effort that you have made on your green policy. Your business is becoming a leader in minimising its waste and using data analysis to assist in environmental management. Your efforts could be used as a model for other companies in this area. It is genuinely exciting to hear of a company that discusses climate change at every board meeting.

But (and this is a big but), as you are aware most of the emissions that your business produce will be in the air and include large amounts of Nitrous oxides, which are 300 times more powerful as a green house gas than CO2. So I am trying to imagine the scenario and how the conversation would go with George Davis, as he readies his plane for weekend skiing break. I think it would go something like this:

Mark: “Hello George, what a lovely car. You know, our entire staff car share and cycle now. Would you like to keep your emissions down by car sharing when you come to the airport.”

George: “Sorry Mark, I really don’t give a damn.”

Mark: “George, come into my office and I will explain to you about climate change, and why it is such an issue. Please don’t trip over anything as the lights are off because we are keeping our emissions down.”

During an excellent and slick presentation (which has now been practised many times), and which lays bare the inevitability of runaway climate change, Darren attempts to dissuade George from flying,

Darren: “Well George it is like this, we have calculated the distance that you are going to fly on Google Earth and applied a 10% uplift, and multiplied by some other figures that DEFRA have given us. We estimate that your flight will produce about 10 tonnes of greenhouse gases, but we have assumed radiative forcing impacts are zero because nobody can agree where between 2 and 5 the actual figure will lie.

George, let me level with you, the problem is that your weekend skiing trip will wipe out all the savings that we have made over the year and completely trash our aims of becoming an environmentally friendly airport, and even though you say your jet is a business jet, the only thing that we have loaded for you are skies.”

George, “Sorry Darren, I really don’t give a damn. Is my plane ready?”

Darren: “Well yes, it is actually, enjoy your flight and keep coming because we have a £3.5 million pound investment to pay off and if people like you stop coming because of our green policy, it will take over 25 years to pay off.”

However, on the assumption that the airport does not expand, and does close down, as you keep threatening, you at least now have the experience to set up as Environmental Consultants. You have clearly achieved more in reducing your waste than many other companies have done. You never know, if I do not get the air traffic controllers job at the airport, I may end up working for you!!

Regards,
Kevin Lister