Close to 20c in Scotland, previous record smashed
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/28/scottish-village-may-have-set-record-for-warmest-january-weather-hitting-196c#:~:text=A%20village%20in%20Scotland%20has,Highlands%20was%20recorded%20on%20Sunday.
It does seem we've moved in from flat denial of man made climate change to its just too expensive to deal with.
And guess where Net Zero Watch are based?
https://www.netzerowatch.com/contact
Of course its better to use less energy in the first place, renewables are not zero carbon but they're a lot better than single use fossil fuels we spend £50B+ p.a importing
In the past warming took places over tens of thousands of years, it was a very slow process. The warming since the industrial revolution is happening at unprecedented speed and its speeding up.
Better to act now, we're worry about appleasing the 1% of clowns latter if it all turns out to be a...
Battery storage is already becoming part of the grid from microgenerators dumping their battery in peak hour. Batteries become VAT free from Feb (no longer needed alongside solar)
Really not a fan of solar on agricultural land, far better to cover industrlal builldings first, many have huge...
Wars are never good for emissions. There’s the war itself and then all the rebuilding. Take Israel’s Gaza war as an example
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change
Its official
2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record
From May onwards previous records out of the park.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67861954
Should we listen to you and ignore 99.5% of scientists who all essentially come to the same conclusion?
If we take action and its all in vein what's the worse outcome?
But if we do nothing what's the worse outcome for future generations?
Watch out you could be hit be 7 bin recycling soon....
Weather are climate are different things, just incase you didn't realise
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/12/29/no-city-is-truly-prepared-for-the-heatwaves-that-lay-ahead-heres-what-can-be-done-about-it
2nd warmest year in the UK too despite a mediocre summer
We and the of the west started the industrial revolution, no reason why we can't lead from the front with the green revolution. Its increasingly an economic opportunity....