Ever since David Cameron stated “I’ve had enough of all this green xxxx” (despite starting his Premiership with his hug a husky arctic trip) the conservative government has not considered reducing C02 emissions or fighting global warming as an important area to work on. Indeed having voted to leave the EU it is likely that they will be very little Parliament concentration left for this important fight in the next few years.
Continue reading “UK Local and National concerns conflict”The three forms of climate change denial
Climate change denial is a serious problem when trying to deal with global warming.
The problem is that the three different forms of climate denial often require different responses. While generally most, if not all, of the forms of denial do not stand up to any reasoned argument, they continue to be raised even by people who in other fields show a high level of intelligence. Few, however, are as all over the place as to use all three forms of denial.
Continue reading “The three forms of climate change denial”The climate and global warming is rising in its importance amongst the British public
Concern about the environment has grown rapidly over the last few years, particularly after the visit of Greta Thunberg who raised concerns that had not been given the attention that they should have done by British politicians.
Continue reading “The climate and global warming is rising in its importance amongst the British public”News in brief
 Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidies just would pay the green transition
There is a continuous claim made from all sides that the costs of going green are simply too high, and that green electrical generation and transportation will never be affordable without subsidies.
Now all evidence looked at so far shows this is not true, however, why is this a standard we are looking at given that we are still providing huge subsidies for fossil fuels?
Continue reading “News in brief”Extreme Weather appears to be causing a feedback loop
Extreme weather in the form of floods, cool periods and heatwaves appears to be leading to an increase in the amount of CO2 being emitted because of the extra demand for energy to help with dealing with the effects.
Cost of melting permafrost and resulting release of methane and carbon dioxide from the Arctic calculated by study to be as much as 70 trillion dollars
The Arctic does, unfortunately, have a built-in exaggeration of any heating. The bodies and vegetation of inhabitants of the Arctic have been locked away in the Arctic permafrost for millennia. As the Earth warms this permafrost starts to melt for the first time in millenia releasing this huge store of global warming gases.
Theresa May has no time for halting climate Armageddon because of Brexit
Recently the UK Prime Minister Theresa May made it completely clear that Brexit is taking up all of her attention. While it may be more immediate, climate change is clearly of greater threat.
