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A new front:
A friend on Face Book ask me "What do you think Nigel Pugh about this article?" *(1)
I responded
Many are talking a radical plan is needed * (2) , but yes he could be right.... I disagree on the renewables front, agree with futility of carbon off setting, disagree with nuclear. We really do need a war like mentality in relation to countering climate change. Yes world- wide we need to change our consumerist habit, addiction, obsession with monetary growth that has jeopardised or made our future uncertain. If ever the precautionary principle is coming into play it's now. Nothing focusses collective conscious to a collective goal better than disaster. Look how floods have forced the current government to concede to climate change science and put it back on to the agenda. The real worry is when the weather improves* (3), and we have three months of back to back sunshine, climate change talk all goes away - slips off the agenda. It's more than a shame that governments and the electorate will potentially put off really addressing climate change until the shit 'potentially' really hits the fan; on our doorstep! To me, it all looks like politics gambling with our futures. If you were the betting type, where would you put your money - climate change science or short term politics; further exploration of fossil fuels - shale gas, fracking the UK, or truly backing community renewable energy shares? By the way the only real energy choice that will actually bring your energy bills down and give others decent interest rates. Who is making the money out of fossil fuels, who is tying us into irreversible climate change 'potential' disaster, who doesn't stand to make all of the profit from community energy? Or am I just reading between too many lines?
*(1) James Lovelock: 'enjoy life while you can: in 20 years global warming will hit the fan' www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/mar/01/scienceofclim...
*(2) a radical plan www.tyndall.ac.uk/communication/news-archive/2013/radical...
*(3) www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/zion-lights/climate-change-now-w...
#futuregen #FGBillWales #Climatechange #globalwarming #radicalplan
My son Iolo does moody well!
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A new front:
A friend on Face Book ask me "What do you think Nigel Pugh about this article?" *(1)
I responded
Many are talking a radical plan is needed * (2) , but yes he could be right.... I disagree on the renewables front, agree with futility of carbon off setting, disagree with nuclear. We really do need a war like mentality in relation to countering climate change. Yes world- wide we need to change our consumerist habit, addiction, obsession with monetary growth that has jeopardised or made our future uncertain. If ever the precautionary principle is coming into play it's now. Nothing focusses collective conscious to a collective goal better than disaster. Look how floods have forced the current government to concede to climate change science and put it back on to the agenda. The real worry is when the weather improves* (3), and we have three months of back to back sunshine, climate change talk all goes away - slips off the agenda. It's more than a shame that governments and the electorate will potentially put off really addressing climate change until the shit 'potentially' really hits the fan; on our doorstep! To me, it all looks like politics gambling with our futures. If you were the betting type, where would you put your money - climate change science or short term politics; further exploration of fossil fuels - shale gas, fracking the UK, or truly backing community renewable energy shares? By the way the only real energy choice that will actually bring your energy bills down and give others decent interest rates. Who is making the money out of fossil fuels, who is tying us into irreversible climate change 'potential' disaster, who doesn't stand to make all of the profit from community energy? Or am I just reading between too many lines?
*(1) James Lovelock: 'enjoy life while you can: in 20 years global warming will hit the fan' www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/mar/01/scienceofclim...
*(2) a radical plan www.tyndall.ac.uk/communication/news-archive/2013/radical...
*(3) www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/zion-lights/climate-change-now-w...
#futuregen #FGBillWales #Climatechange #globalwarming #radicalplan
My son Iolo does moody well!
follow on twitter:
@nspugh twitter.com/nspugh