Hide under a bridge if you like but some of us care enough to at least try and make a difference. However futile it may be. However this passage I read about the ccp had certain parallels.I'm unconvinced that restricting freedom/liberty, increasing poverty/misery, cost of living, potential civil disturbance, ruining international tourism (10% of the global economy/10% of global jobs, btw) etc., is likely to actually win any votes whatsoever notwithstanding people generally do claim to care about the environment, planet, ecology etc.; in reality people care first and foremost about their own immediate welfare (which is entirely understandable and natural) so I reckon no amount of "action" is going to win the day. The Extinction Rebellion cause has probably done more to alienate people than win hearts and minds. Good luck with it. The thread reminded me of this video which resonates plausibly, imo:
Globally, there are still more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants operating in 79 countries, making a total of nearly 2,100 GW of capacity. There are currently three active coal-fired power stations operating in the United Kingdom. They have a total generating capacity of 3.52 GW.
Curbing behaviour in the UK is going to make zero, absolutely zero, difference. Perhaps that what Net Zero is aiming to achieve; I think it might succeed if so.
And that (in my humble opinion) is the elephant in the room. Until we start properly addressing that issue, we are akin to Nero, fiddling whilst Rome burned!..., as the numbers continue inexorably towards ten billion...
And how much environmental destruction would be needed to harvest all that energy?what he discovered was that there is ”potential” for all our energy to be from renewable/sustainable sources under ideal conditions
Don't have kids, kids! ... Over to you, Doug!...And that (in my humble opinion) is the elephant in the room. Until we start properly addressing that issue, we are akin to Nero, fiddling whilst Rome burned!
Chris.
Why are you amazed?Regardless of the best way to look after the planet, I'm absolutely amazed that there is an apparent degree of scepticism over whether climate change is caused by human activity.
And who will pay your pension, or wipe your arse when you're in a care home?Don't have kids, kids!
CURVE BALL ALERT. How about: create a global panic about a scary illness and, in order to calm people down and get a grip, introduce widespread injections (which may or may not have latent contraceptive/fertility/mortality effects); get everyone to willingly subject themselves to it, at least once, or more, or even more, thereby creating a ticking clock of reduced mortality. It's a theory.And that (in my humble opinion) is the elephant in the room. Until we start properly addressing that issue, we are akin to Nero, fiddling whilst Rome burned!
Chris.
Robots, Pete, robots. Or young people in other countries when we all emigrate 'cos we can't afford to stay warm here.And who will pay your pension, or wipe your arse when you're in a care home?
Also who will come up with the new technology that allows us to save the planet?
Without kids, humanity is doomed, so why give a shit about the environment if we are going to be extinct anyway?
So that really is if?When looking at all the evidence, there is a large scientific consensus that humans are the leading cause of climate change. In their latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated unequivocally that human activity is the cause of global warming.