It’s concerning. The way of life would significantly change if AMOC collapsed, with potentially billions of people living a very precarious existence.
I would imagine it will be degrees of weakening, which in itself will bring enormous challenges.
It almost feels like we need to experience ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, before globally we wake up and agree that climate change is a serious issue.
Hey, it’s “aspirational”.
This has always been the issue. Because climate change has, until now, been occurring at a rate which doesn’t register in people’s daily lives, most people have not paid any attention to it.
The increased rate of single events which affect a lot of people has brought greater awareness, but the vast majority of people are either still oblivious to the threat or, worse, know about it but don’t care (see Ms Kardashian above, for instance).
Can’t sleep tonight (too excited waiting for Santa), so re-reading some old articles on the environmental crisis. This is possibly my all-time favourite:
and yet the EU ETS price hasn’t spent a week below 60 Euros per tonne in years…the problem with Monbiot is that he always suggests that the solution is more government and more regulation, notwithstanding that he is usually complaining about outcomes that have been heavily dictated by governments and regulation. Somehow, when a market has any sort of problem, it damns all markets for all time for Monbiot, but when governments and regulation fail generation after generation, it just needs more of the same.
I take it you’ve missed his numerous articles addressing government inefficiency and, yes, that applies to leftwing leaderships as well as rightwing ones?
Nobody is right all the time, but Monbiot does more to point out the environmental impact of our politicians’ decisions than anyone else in the British media.
Solutions?
We’ve seen capatalism fail people and the environment. UK water industry for example.
We’ve also seen government departments being totally ineffective. Again OFWAT etc. Plus they get seriously bogged down with “process” and “demonstrating value”.
Oh and Merry Christmas all.
I’m not going to drive or fly today.
Merry Christmas Bawbags
A fucking waste of air, that woman.
Well at least there’s a quantity of plastic that wont end up in oceans for a wee while.
Pot noodle @PeachesEnRegalia?
What do these fucking morons hope to achieve from doing this?
They need a fucking good slap
I hate the tactic. I hope they were prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Meantime here in the UK, we’re using paper straws and Milliband is on a crusade to bankrupt the country, all in an effort to offset Chinas new 150 coal fired power station emissions
Yeah… about that:
China puts coal on back burner as renewables soar – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
I dont think that excuses China’s coal fired plants that are currently in construction or being commissioned.
They have still put “traditional” energy generation sources first to secure their energy security.
Otherwise, for the UK I think it’s good there’s an aggressive drive towards more sustainable energy generation. It is necessary. And i dont think Milliband will be allowed to bankrupt the country.
Why?
IMO building stuff is good. You create an industry. The UK seriously needs and industry of some description.
You also get ahead of the curve. Investment leads to innovation and UK industry can get into that field.
Of course not. But twelve new stations is far fewer than the 150 that Dane mentioned.
True but they went a bit nuts in 2022-23 though. I assume they stay on line for at least 20 years though. So still problematic.
The investment into renewables is admirable though.
But we’re still not going in the right direction and the US is now a major worry.
