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  1. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    I kept going. You did the right thing. My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
  2. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    As above. When the status quo suits you very well, it's very easy to let yourself believe that there is no other way to arrange things. And there is nothing, NOTHING, that a politician hates more than having to take a decision that some people won't like. Whatever they may say, for 90% of...
  3. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    Ha. Nope. Sorry. Not a billionare. Definitely not. Very very rich in global terms yes. But relatively poor within my immediate neigbourhood. You don't have to go as far as Presidents and Oligarchs though. Those pulling the strings of power are often closer to home (especially living in the...
  4. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    I always struggle to imagine the conversation behind closed doors in number 10 somewhere: 'So, who should we be modelling our society on in future'? 'Well, The Nordic countries and New Zealand generally seem to do fairly well at most things that matter to people. Maybe we should try and learn...
  5. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    Not me. They see me as 'one of them', as I have lived amongst them and studied their ways. They are wrong though.
  6. highflyer

    [News] Climate change: Tax frequent fliers and get rid of SUVs, + California on fire.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n Never been a better, or more important time to act. We can help re-stimulate the economy and reduce future danger of both climate chnage and pandemics. We probably won't for one simple reason. Our government is in the hands of people that value their...
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