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Nobby's an idiot, hence my blocking him. What is this claim of "my rabid hatred of scientists"? Can he not understand plain English?
His head is like a pinball machine: lots of flashing lights, buzzers and bells, but nothing of any substance going on in there. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Easy-X wrote: | To be clear: it's not the concept of Climate Change people generally have a problem with it's the inept solutions. |
And despite what Islander might say, the degree of the problem is far from clear, whereas some of the extreme policies considered to tackle it will obviously have very far-reaching consequences. And that's assuming any of these daft ideas would actually achieve anything substantial according to intention. Why save millions if they have to then live in poverty or worse to do it? Where's the logic in that? It was the same stupidity and narrow-mindedness with the Covid response.
Tbf, I haven't seen Islander come out with extremes of policy ideas - just what I consider to be a bit of blind optimism on the solutions currently touted. I'm with him on pushing research into less polluting forms of energy, and continuing to work to reduce pollution generally. But the politicians all seem rather cynical about it when their actions are considered. Or just plain stupid. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Islander wrote: | Easy-X wrote: | To be clear: it's not the concept of Climate Change people generally have a problem with it's the inept solutions. |
Really?
My own experience suggests otherwise on here and in other places as well.
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Perhaps you assign those voices too much importance?
None of us here in this discussion are going to have a great deal of effect on all this as individuals, and no one is persuaded by insult and arrogance - quite the opposite. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Without getting the USA, India, China onside and supressing the development of Africa and South American I would suggest Climate Change will only get much, much worse The sort of shenanigans the Chinese are willing to pull it's pretty much a fait accompli at this point.
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My job is computer programming, my hobby is restoration, repair and servicing of motorcycles and I study psychology. Why you would think me capable of a technical solution to Climate Change? (Hang on! I think I saw a Terraforming device behind the sofa... damn, no it's my Raspberry Pi.)
I offered a general direction of travel: continue the progress of improving ICE technology (more power, less emissions) which you've flatly ignored. I stated my reasons: to pass said improvements onto developing countries which I would reason would not be so quick to replace all their vehicles with EVs and would be grateful of such improvements. Again, ignored.
Sorry, but if you want technical specifications ask a Climatologist! If it all hinges on what I can come up with after 4 cans of cider we really are fucked. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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So you don't actually have any solutions? Fair enough. |
We have built our civilisation on fossil fuels for getting on for two centuries now. We are totally dependant on them. With the best will in the world, that's not something that can be ripped out and replaced overnight. It's not just the energy systems themselves but our entire infrastructure. And think of all the industrial processes and waste products that will be generated to do it. Net zero by 2030? Laughable. To even try to meet such targets will bring disaster.
I suggest we use nuclear power to power industry, but that means we must make it a priority now, since it takes some years to bring new reactors on line. I don't think we are doing enough here. Meanwhile, we must keep funding the research into clean energy systems, again, taking it seriously, making it a priority. We should also do as Easy suggests, continuing to make our fossil fuel usage less polluting. It may not be the end game, but for now it's what we have, proven.
What we must not do is assume we can just start to rip out all our current energy systems now, before new tech has really established itself into realistically useable replacements. All the renewable systems we talk about; wind, solar, wave...all well and good and they will undoubtedly be a part of whatever we turn to eventually. But we are far from ready to rely on those alone, if we ever will be, and I still need some convincing that will ever be the case. We have to have something that is capable of producing constant energy supplies, where we don't have to worry about days where little is produced. We don't have the energy storage tech for that yet, and frankly, relying on the weather is daft.
It is likely going to be decades before we have what we need to get rid of fossil fuels entirely.
Then there is still the little matter of all the CFCs, lead and God only knows what else we pumped into the atmosphere which will linger for maybe a century or more, continuing to do damage.
Mankind cannot exist without leaving some kind of detrimental footprint on the planet.
In short, work to improve, but at the same time, get real. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I don't think we can save the planet and population as we know it.
If the temperature rise isn't due to humans then nothing we do will stop it. If it is due to humans then we will never get it under control while 3/4 of the worlds population want what the other 1/4 have.
China says it will get it's coal fired powerstations offline in 30 years, maybe it will as it has the tecnology and the will to do that but is that soon enough.
India doesn't have the will, the infrastructue or the inclination. It puts billions of tonnes of human waste directly into rivers and oceans. It burns anyhing and everything to create electricity and of it's billion+ people most are more interested in where there next meal is coming from and how to charge their Iphones than saving the human race.
I'm not picking on them for any other reason than they are the bigges pollters with the largest population, If they (and the US) aren't onside nothing will suceed.
We need to control the worlds population, 1 kid then compulsory steralisation or something like that. But it isn't going to work is it. It's a 'human right' to have kids and as China showed, it's not an easy thing to enforce even with a powerful state controlling society.
Then we will have to do other unpalatable things. Take the Amazon. Scientists say ff Brazil will not stop logging and deforrestation the Amazon wont beable to act as the CO2 sink it now is. If true there is only one answer, invade and stop them. Yes people will die but the human race might survive. It wont if we wipe out ecologically critical regions.
Don't bother saying pay them to stop, that doesn't work, it never has and never will. Money just dissapears into some random persons pocket as all the charity donations for African projects has shown and everything proceeds as before.
What else? You think the migrants heading to Europe and North America is bad now? Wait untill mass starvation pushes millions into taking the risk of migrating.
But hey, the electric car will sort everything out.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 283 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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