Climate emergency stuff

[Polarbear]

This isn't a rant about leccy cars or the like, just about polticians and their policies/promises.

We have already had Richie put back the promised banning of fossil fuel vehicles from 2030-2035 and now the SNP/Greens in Scotland are having to review their plans for whatever greenery they had decided when Nicola was in power.

The Scottish government is to ditch its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

We all know politicians lie. We all know they will say whatever they can to pull the wool over the eyes of the gullible plebs who pay for them (and their campervans eh Nicola).

I'm not even that interested in what we are trying to do because if China and India don't come on board our poxy little island isn't going to make the slightest difference but that's another arguement.

A passage in the linked article says With the closure of Scotland's last coal-fired power station at Longannet in 2016, politicians conceded that the low-hanging fruit had all been picked and any future progress would require big changes to how we live our lives and that to me is a fundamental worry. I can't see how they can ban gas boilers and force people to have heat pumps fitted when on top of the cost of heat pumps you have to have your whole hot water and central heating system replaced and they, because of the cost of electric, cost twice as much as a boiler to run.

There's been a meme going round that governments are just using climate change to increase taxes which is probably not far from the mark.

Anyway, Greta wants her picture back as she doesn't like Scotland now it can't fufill it's promises. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1A51/production/_133173760_image.jpg.webp

Don't you just not love politicians.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68841141
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I think if the regulations around energy efficiency inched forward bit by bit - setting a direction but not necessarily a finish line - a lot more people would get behind the idea.

"We'll reduce CO₂ emissions by 75% by 2030!!!" who was that even for?! The Man on the Clapham Blythswood Omnibus couldn't give two shits
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[A100man]

Heat pumps can be effective and cost little more than gas but only once you've spent shit-loads on insulation etc..
You can get a grant for them but only once your houses EPC is good enough whihc excludes most of us I would think.

My 70 yr old 3 bed semi has solid 9" wall and would require external wall insulation and all teh suspended floors up to insulate beneath, then due to resultant condensation issues it would probably need some foced air ventilation.. alll cosing ££s. ain't gonna happen witout extraordinary input from HMG.
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[Rob Fzs]

Local council was soon to call for a climate emergency...


They recently turned down a development that would install 8 or so electric chargers and energy efficient housing on some brown field site which currently has an old asbestos ridden mill building on it, saying it wouldn't be in with the character of the area
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[Polarbear]

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I meant back in time when this Bute House deal was first mooted. Certainly now's not the time for a snap election.

The assumption is that all SNP MSPs will back Useless and all opposition (Labour, Tories, Libs, Greens) will vote no confidence. That gives Ash Regan (Alba's sole MSP) the trump card and apparently she's writing up a list of demands for Useless to consider
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[Easy-X]

I take it all back: Climate Change is deadly...

LIVE - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf to resign
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[Raffles]

One of the names being bandied about as a replacement is John Swinney. He's been hanging around at or near the top of the party for the best part of four decades (including all of the McKrankie years).
One of the things that may go against him is his supposed blindness to the financial shenanigans that are alleged to have been going on all around him.
Sometimes it can be better to go with the devil that you don't know rather than the devil that you think you do.
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