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“Without proper recycling, clean energy today could mean more waste tomorrow,”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6x75x4j02oI though with solar that all you could economically do was steam roller them, recovering, just the Aluminium allow, the rest going into landfill?
Very soon there will be a tsunami of E.V. that will have reached their end of life.
I wonder what plans are in place in the United Kingdom, to dispose of the Electric Vehicles and who will pay for the disposal?Here’s the thing, Michael; most posters on this site have some degree of critical thinking skills – you can read it in their response to questions they have been asked. Most can provide some level of objectivity and references of a higher standard than the tabloids and YouTube.
Most understand the predicament facing humans at this juncture and importantly, the stark future facing our youngest children because of our stupidity, selfishness and lack of courage, to address all of our failings and change the way we live. You think we must keep mining and drilling minerals and fossil fuels to preserve our way of life, the economy. Never mind the environmental impact, you repose exhausting the planet’s supply of valuable resources that might just aid future generations if we stop squandering them. Before the end of the century, with the population growth, consumption and waste – your grandchildren will face a truly frightening prospect, which you have helped create – and still promote.
Although many posters have tried, gently and considerately, to engage with you, it is without any rewarding return. I admire their efforts. But not your replies. You have become content with insulting or belittling others who give you valuable time, simply because you have your eyes closed and ears filled with wax. It’s embarrassing.
I recall Clark and others explaining why excess atmospheric CO2 is not the panacea you thought. I guess you didn’t read and understand what they said. Or maybe you just forgot.
If your six year old gets bored after a few minutes, then maybe he’s already figured granddad is best ignored?
Much the same as you do with the rest of us.
It has been proposed that the first known bipedal”humans” were found to be walking over Crete, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. atmospheric CO2 was greater in those days than today.
The Bulgarian tooth is dated to approximately 7.24 million years old. Late Miocene, a time of cooling.
“Graecopithecus freybergi, which is approximately 7.2 million years old and has been proposed by some researchers as the oldest known potential ancestor of the human lineage (hominin).”
https://novoscriptorium.com/2019/06/25/the-graecopithecus-freybergi-hominin-the-oldest-human-ancestor/Shibboleth
“Here’s the thing, Michael; most posters on this site have some degree of critical thinking skills”
Shibboleth I am very pleased to learn that most people have some degree of critical thinking.
Global Warming.
For almost four decades, the educated people have been trying to frighten the uneducated with stories of Global Warming, caused by burning Carbon.
Hardly anybody is still “captured” by this myth.
Put another record on your player.Yes, I think we can agree that for a couple of hundred years people have been mining Coal and using Coal, say for making steel or heating cold hoses or making Electricity, to give a semblance of modernity.
But, it has not got that much warmer, has it?
When do you think the Global Warming, will really kick in?It has been stated by Sir Keir Rodney Starmer, that the United Kingdom will be at the forefront of AI.
The most important AI centre in all of Europe.
Sir Keir will need a lot of Electricity for this modern revolution.
There are already many competing claims on this Electricity.1) one and a half million new extra homes to be constructed by 2030.
2) Electrification of the railways.
3) all new vehicles to be battery powered by 2030.
4) millions of on street chargers to be installed by 2030.
5) the scrapping of gas heating and consequent installation of heat pumps by 2030.
6) THE scrapping of Coal fired steel production and the introduction of steel produced by Electricity by 2030.They will probably have to multiply the supply of Electricity by 3 or 4 times, if all this is to become true?
I wonder where all the skilled labour will come from?A Christmas Story (cont)
Part Two: A Very Sober January
January arrived quietly at the North Pole. Not with bells or laughter or flying sleighs—but with a pale sun that barely lifted itself above the ice, as if even it was tired. Santa slept for most of his two-week rest. He needed it. Delivering a new kind of Christmas—one with fewer gifts and heavier truths—had taken more out of him than he expected. When he finally woke, stretched, and opened the front door of his house, he was ready to begin again.
“Right,” Santa muttered cheerfully. “Time to tidy the workshop, polish the sleigh, and start the lists.”
But when the door swung open, Santa stopped.
The ice field in front of his house was full.
All the reindeer stood there.
All the elves.
And behind them, the magicians—quiet folk who rarely left their towers of charts and stars.
They were standing in lines.
Heads bowed.
Shoulders slumped.
Not a single smile among them.
Santa felt a cold deeper than winter crawl up his spine.
“Oh dear,” he said softly. “This is not how January is meant to look.”
Rudolph lifted his head.
“Santa,” he said, “we need to talk.” Again.
Santa sighed, but kindly. “All right. I’m listening.”What They Saw While Santa Slept
They gathered inside the Great Hall, where the fire burned low and steady. Santa sat in his big chair, hands folded, waiting.
An elf named Miri stepped forward. She was small, even for an elf, but her voice was clear.
“While you were resting, Santa,” she said, “we were watching.”
“Watching what?” Santa asked.
“The world,” said Donner.
“Since Christmas,” Blitzen added.
Santa smiled weakly. “And? Did the notes help? Did people plant the seeds?”
“Some did,” said Cupid. “Some asked questions. Some tried.”
“But many didn’t,” said Dasher.
Rudolph spoke quietly. “Santa… the noise came back very fast.”
“What noise?” Santa asked.
“Shouting,” said Miri.
“Threats,” said Comet.
“Bombs,” said Dancer.
“Greed,” said Donner.
Santa’s brow furrowed. “So soon?”
Blitzen nodded. “The decorations were barely down.”
Rudolph continued, carefully, as if choosing stepping stones across thin ice.
“We saw leaders arguing over land. Over power. Over oil buried under ice and sand and sea.”
Santa stiffened. “Oil again.”
“Yes,” said Donner. “Always oil.”
Miri swallowed. “There are wars, Santa. And plans for more.”
Santa’s voice dropped. “Plans?”
Rudolph met his eyes. “One powerful country says it wants the North Pole.”
The fire crackled.
Santa laughed once, uncertain. “The North Pole? But there’s nothing here.”
“That’s what worries us,” said Blitzen. “They think there is something underneath.”
“Oil,” said the reindeer together.
“And they’ve said,” Miri added, “that if the ice is in the way… they’ll remove it.”
Silence filled the hall.
Santa looked slowly around the room. “You’re saying…”
“Yes,” Rudolph said gently. “They are talking about drilling here. And bringing soldiers. And weapons.”
Santa’s hand tightened on the arm of his chair.
“But this place…” he whispered. “This place is meant to belong to everyone.”
Donner shook his head. “That’s not how they see the world.”The Ones Who Cannot Care
Santa stood.
He walked to the fire, stared into it, then turned back.
“Why?” he asked. “Why do humans keep doing this, even after the message?”
Rudolph hesitated. Then an old magician stepped forward. His name was Orrin. His beard was white like Santa’s, but his eyes were sharp.
“Because, Santa,” Orrin said, “some humans are missing something.”
“Missing?” Santa asked.
“Yes,” said Orrin. “The part that feels sorry. The part that feels others.”
Miri frowned. “Like when a child can’t share?”
“Much worse,” said Orrin. “These ones can smile. They can sound kind. But inside, they only care about winning.”
Rudolph added, “They don’t feel guilt. Or shame. Or the pain of others.”
Santa sank back into his chair. “But surely they can learn.”
Donner shook his head slowly. “Some can’t.”
Blitzen said, “To them, truth is whatever helps them stay on top.”
“And people follow them?” Santa asked.
“Yes,” said Miri. “Because they sound confident. And they promise easy answers.”
Rudolph spoke softly. “They are very good at pretending to care.”
Santa stared at the floor. “That’s… frightening.”
“It is,” said Orrin. “And the bigger the system, the easier it is for them to hide.”
“Hide from what?” Santa asked.
“From consequences,” said Donner.The Elders Speak
At that moment, the air in the hall shifted.
Not cold.
Not warm.
Just… deeper.
The fire dimmed, then steadied.
Santa felt it before he saw them. The Elders. They did not enter through doors. They simply were—tall and calm, shaped like people but older somehow, as if carved from time itself.
The room fell silent.
Santa stood and bowed his head.
“We have been watching too,” said one Elder, their voice like wind through trees.
“The message was heard,” said another. “But habits are loud.”
Santa swallowed. “What do we do?”
The Elder looked at him kindly.
“You have discovered,” they said, “that the problem is not ignorance.”
“It is not even greed alone,” said another.
“It is the inability to care,” said the third.
Rudolph nodded. “That’s what we were trying to say.”
The Elder turned to Santa.
“In small communities,” they said, “those who cannot care are stopped. The group protects itself.”
“But in big systems,” Santa whispered, “they rise.”
“Yes,” said the Elder. “And the system begins to think like them.”
Santa closed his eyes.
“So the world itself is sick,” he said.
The Elder did not answer immediately. Then slowly he said: “The world is wounded. The story that runs it is sick.”The Decision
Santa opened his eyes.
He looked at the elves.
The reindeer.
The magicians.
The Elders.
“And now?” he asked.
Rudolph stepped forward. “We don’t go back to normal,” he said.
Donner added, “The workshops stay closed.”
Miri nodded. “No lists. No routine.”
Santa exhaled slowly. “And instead?”
Rudolph smiled, sadly but firmly. “Instead, we learn how to tell the truth louder.”
The Elders spoke one last time. “January,” they said, “is for waking up.”
Santa straightened.
“Then,” he said, “this will be a very sober January.”
Outside, the ice creaked softly. Not in fear.
But in warning.Quote BBC
“The government wants at least 95% of Great Britain’s electricity to come from “clean” sources by 2030, partly to reduce emissions of planet-warming gases from fossil fuels.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9zyx150xdoI guess, this offering is the BBC trying to fathom what our government’s reasonings are.
If going 95% Carbon free ( Electricity)by 2030, only four years away, they will have to speed up the shutting down of Natural Gas facilities.If going down this route is “part” of their reasoning, that begs the question, what is the other part of their reasoning?
Falklands to build a new deep-water port to cater for the oil and gas industry.
Next year they start deploying oil rigs in the ocean to the north of the Falkland Islands.“Sea Lion Field” is a prospective oil field in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 140 miles north of the Falkland Islands. The field is estimated to have a reserve of nearly 800 million barrels of oil, which makes it larger than any of the North Sea oil projects. The first oil extraction from Phase 1 is planned for 2028.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywOXlUSHKAY&t=116s
Looks like it is actually happening.It would seem that Mr.Ed.Milliband is the most popular politician as far as labour supporters are concerned. Perhaps that means they are fully endorsing of Net Zero and the economic decline of the U.K. ?
I think it is quite possible that the scale of revelations, now coming out, about Lord Peter Mandelson, the fact that Mandy and his buddy ( from the IRA heartlands of Ireland) Morgan McSweeney cobbled together the Starmer cabinet reshuffling, last September, will bring down this ghastly Labour Administration. One of the grandfather’s of Morgan was in the IRA and got a meadal for his troubles.
Sir Keir Starmer is done, so maybe the others, like David Lammy, Wes Streeting, Lammy was Foriegn Secretary when Mandy was chosen for Ambassador to the U.S.A., Mandy was in a previous administration the boss of Lammy.
Wes is another of Mandelson’s underlings. Mandelson, hand picked Starmer to be the leader of the Labour Party and helped shoe Starmer into the position of Prime minister of the United Kingdom.
This is all so stunningly corrupt.My grandfather was also in the IRA and took part in the Easter Rising in 1916 albeit somewhat disastrously.
https://www.theirishstory.com/2016/05/27/episode-at-easter-the-1916-rising-in-louth/
He died a young man soon after release from jail of the 1918 flu. My father was 3 at the time and obviously I never met him. It was never spoken about at home and I don’t know why.
It’s all corrupt Michael. Not just the Labour party but all of them, the tories, reform, lib dems and the greens. All of them. Question is, what can we do about it? Money fuels politics and those who donate expect a return on investment.ET
one of my grandfathers had an Irish mother, I do not know where in Ireland they came from, my grandfather had an Irish sounding surname, so he may have been more than half Irish.
He was my favorite grandparent. He fought in France in the First World War. His younger brother died in Flanders, so had no descendants.It is being said that Morgan McSweeney was chosen by Peter Mandelson.
It is also being said that Peter was in and out of Downing Street, to liase with McSweeney on choosing new members of the cabinet, for Starmer to approve, this was just before/at the same time as Starmer, eventually sacked Peter Mandelson.
Lord Peter’s fingers were everywhere.ET “Question is, what can we do about it?”
You partially answered in your next sentence – “Money fuels politics”.
I would argue that you have a moral and legal duty to withhold all taxes that ‘fuel’ the corrupt machine i.e. all monies paid into the central consolidated fund. Income tax, council tax & etc. If sufficient numbers followed your example, such a public revolt would crash the economy and destroy the system of politics we are enslaved under. There are consequences and implications of course, but again I would argue that they are necessary and essential for our survival.
Some helpful guidance here: https://notaxforwar.com/
Mr. Ed Milliband could become the next Leader of the Labour Party. Ed Milliband has always refused to have anything to do with Lord Peter Mandelson. So, Ed’s hands are still clean.
