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I've heard that in order to eradicate the water shortage problem, Kier Starmer has suggested diluting it.
Who is responsible for that all of us or governments? Should governments force us to change our ways? The UK government has a fairly ambitious programme but it's still too slow.As an example my new car is taking months and months to be built as they can't get certain parts. That will hold up the transition from fossil fuel vehicles and it needs to be stronger.
''What does the EU’s carbon tariff proposal mean for Australia?Trade minister calls the carbon border adjustment mechanism ‘a new form of protectionism’, but experts warn we must prepare''https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/15/what-does-the-eus-carbon-tariff-proposal-mean-for-australiaBring it on, do it now ................. force governments sitting on their hands to do something.
Quote from: normal rules on March 18, 2021, 07:07:58 pmThis virus has had some positive effects on the global climate.I can only give an example of this very close to home. My wife works for the local council in children’s services. She used to drive around the county clocking up circa 700 miles a month. Since lockdown she has worked form home and conducted meetings with families and other professionals online. She has been told in no un certain terms that her working life is likely to never return to how it used to be. This is the same story across many areas of Lincolnshire County Council staff we are told. We have got rid of a car going down to being a single car family. I don’t know the exact carbon reduction in this , but it must be significant . She has worked form home for a whole year now so that’s about 8500 miles less travelled in a two litre diesel car. That’s about 1700 kg of co2.Probably that scenario will apply to loads of people NR.Even as a retired person, my mileage last year was only 60% of what I usually do and my wife’s car only did 1000 miles instead of the usual 4000.Lots of businesses have latched on to the fact that they won’t need as many people to go into the office and staff will continue to work from home.Will we even need to continue with the HS2 project when the last year has shown how business meetings can be done on zoom.
This virus has had some positive effects on the global climate.I can only give an example of this very close to home. My wife works for the local council in children’s services. She used to drive around the county clocking up circa 700 miles a month. Since lockdown she has worked form home and conducted meetings with families and other professionals online. She has been told in no un certain terms that her working life is likely to never return to how it used to be. This is the same story across many areas of Lincolnshire County Council staff we are told. We have got rid of a car going down to being a single car family. I don’t know the exact carbon reduction in this , but it must be significant . She has worked form home for a whole year now so that’s about 8500 miles less travelled in a two litre diesel car. That’s about 1700 kg of co2.
Quote from: drfchound on March 18, 2021, 07:18:34 pmQuote from: normal rules on March 18, 2021, 07:07:58 pmThis virus has had some positive effects on the global climate.I can only give an example of this very close to home. My wife works for the local council in children’s services. She used to drive around the county clocking up circa 700 miles a month. Since lockdown she has worked form home and conducted meetings with families and other professionals online. She has been told in no un certain terms that her working life is likely to never return to how it used to be. This is the same story across many areas of Lincolnshire County Council staff we are told. We have got rid of a car going down to being a single car family. I don’t know the exact carbon reduction in this , but it must be significant . She has worked form home for a whole year now so that’s about 8500 miles less travelled in a two litre diesel car. That’s about 1700 kg of co2.Probably that scenario will apply to loads of people NR.Even as a retired person, my mileage last year was only 60% of what I usually do and my wife’s car only did 1000 miles instead of the usual 4000.Lots of businesses have latched on to the fact that they won’t need as many people to go into the office and staff will continue to work from home.Will we even need to continue with the HS2 project when the last year has shown how business meetings can be done on zoom.hound don’t hold your breath on HS2. They seem hell bent on going ahead and wasting ridiculous sums of money on this crazy project. No it is not required and this money would be so much better spent on modernising the existing rail network across the north of England. That would possibly have a significant effect on the “levelling up “ this government keep talking about but seem incapable of actually carrying it out.Sydney please read this post. I have just criticised the government. Please take notes.
HS2 will draw economic activity from the weaker to the stronger region, in this case London.There is evidence of this from other infrastructure developments.If you want to boost economic activity in the north, you provide the development there, not reducing journey times to the magnet in the south.
I see for the first time ever the met office has issued an extreme heat weather warning for parts of the uk this week.