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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 15, 2024 17:36:56 GMT
Yes - she's turned into a grumpy middle aged man complaining about the price of petrol and the hose pipe ban while the tarmac on the drive melts and the resevoirs dry up. Speak for yourself mate |
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Post by iancransonsknees on May 15, 2024 18:08:53 GMT
Looks like Greta's getting bored with all this climate crisis stuff. She's focused on Israel now. Self proclaimed expert with a Messiah complex. What's the worst that could happen 🤷 |
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Post by iancransonsknees on May 15, 2024 18:10:06 GMT
She's focused on Israel now. Self proclaimed expert with a Messiah complex. What's the worst that could happen 🤷 Shit, I've just realised I've described half the people who post on this message board. |
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Post by mrcoke on May 29, 2024 17:33:03 GMT
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Post by frasier37 on May 29, 2024 19:37:50 GMT
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Post by mtrstudent on May 29, 2024 19:45:34 GMT
ESA's EarthCARE satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base yesterday!
I was holding my breath, it's been through every technical nightmare possible. Was contracted in 2008 and only just launched.
It has four instruments to measure clouds and particles in the atmosphere. It's special because no one has put all of those on the same satellite before, and it's also gonna fly a bit lower than past missions so the radar will be able to scan clouds even better.
Should be a huge deal for understanding clouds, rain, snow etc. At least, I'm excited.
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Post by Northy on May 29, 2024 19:52:39 GMT
Similar to the hybrid one in southern Italy I think |
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Post by mtrstudent on Jun 2, 2024 22:19:59 GMT
ESA's EarthCARE satellite launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base yesterday! EarthCARE's story has more to come. They have to leave it in space a bit for gases etc to leak out. The radar will be turned on soon, it uses a special technology that's only been flown in space twice before (I think) and the slightest mistake can cause electrical damage that ruins it. Really quite incredible the tech and effort going into these things. 🤞 🤞 |
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Post by Northy on Jun 3, 2024 11:57:34 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 8, 2024 12:22:28 GMT
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Post by Northy on Jun 10, 2024 8:50:11 GMT
We've just had the warmest spring on record, mainly down to the lack of night time drop in temperatures, and viruses we've not seen here before are arriving and staying as they are not been killed off. The Usutu virus is killing off blackbirds, the London area has seen a 50% drop in numbers, In The Netherlands, West Nile disease arrived four years after Usutu...
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 10, 2024 10:15:12 GMT
We've just had the warmest spring on record, mainly down to the lack of night time drop in temperatures, and viruses we've not seen here before are arriving and staying as they are not been killed off. The Usutu virus is killing off blackbirds, the London area has seen a 50% drop in numbers, In The Netherlands, West Nile disease arrived four years after Usutu... To add to your post the mild winter has led to this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv223y9yee7o |
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 10, 2024 10:23:44 GMT
The government has announced > £90m funding for projects to develop new green automotive technologies, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). Four projects have received the funding- BMW-UK-BEV in Oxford, Project CELERITAS in Birmingham, the BRUNEL project in Darlington and REEcorner in Nuneaton; they are aiming to save 32 million tonnes of carbon emissions, as well as safeguard more than than 2,700 jobs across the country. The projects include the development of an electric battery with a longer driving range, the creation of new “ultra-fast” charging batteries that could charge in 12 minutes, the development of a zero-emission, hydrogen-fuelled engine to help decarbonise heavy goods vehicles, and the redesign of commercial electric vehicles. www.gov.uk/government/news/91-million-funding-for-low-carbon-auto-tech-including-hydrogen-engines-and-ultra-fast-charging-batteriesI think it is one of the midland universities, maybe Leicester, who were looking into the batteries, or it could have been advanced metal reclamation from the batteries for reuse. You'll be pleased at this news today: www.letsrecycle.com/news/altilium-and-enva-sign-mou-for-ev-battery-recycling/ |
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Post by Northy on Jun 10, 2024 11:13:07 GMT
That's great news  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2024 11:20:22 GMT
Who will make the parts for all of the EV’s though? Is the plan simply to buy from China and their massive silicone mines? Seems like trading one master partner in energy (Russia) for another (China). Can Britain place manufacturing back on shores and do it in a way that people in Britain could actually afford to buy the product? |
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 10, 2024 11:28:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2024 11:36:04 GMT
The first link sounds great but if it’s not open until “the early 2030’s” and then will only supply 500k vehicles, it doesn’t sound like it will be a major player anytime soon. At which point, China could already be flooding the market. |
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 10, 2024 11:59:43 GMT
The first link sounds great but if it’s not open until “the early 2030’s” and then will only supply 500k vehicles, it doesn’t sound like it will be a major player anytime soon. At which point, China could already be flooding the market. It is great. The UK has reversed the decline in manufacturing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68500499But things will be different. Far more automation, robotics, AI, etc to stop the demand for high immigration. Products like cars, white goods, electricals/electronics etc will be kept longer by people and recycled. By 2030 everyone will be working a 4 day week and leisure industry will be huge. The US has woken up to China industrial domination and are reshoring industry like the UK. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2024 12:21:09 GMT
The first link sounds great but if it’s not open until “the early 2030’s” and then will only supply 500k vehicles, it doesn’t sound like it will be a major player anytime soon. At which point, China could already be flooding the market. It is great. The UK has reversed the decline in manufacturing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68500499But things will be different. Far more automation, robotics, AI, etc to stop the demand for high immigration. Products like cars, white goods, electricals/electronics etc will be kept longer by people and recycled. By 2030 everyone will be working a 4 day week and leisure industry will be huge. The US has woken up to China industrial domination and are reshoring industry like the UK. You think that people will still be being paid a 5 day week while working a 4 day week? Or, they’ll just have to work for 80% pay and accept it? Why would companies that make huge profits now decide to be more generous in 6 years? Reshoring sounds great. Reshoring and not adding many jobs because it all goes into robotics doesn’t. |
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 10, 2024 13:45:59 GMT
It is great. The UK has reversed the decline in manufacturing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68500499But things will be different. Far more automation, robotics, AI, etc to stop the demand for high immigration. Products like cars, white goods, electricals/electronics etc will be kept longer by people and recycled. By 2030 everyone will be working a 4 day week and leisure industry will be huge. The US has woken up to China industrial domination and are reshoring industry like the UK. You think that people will still be being paid a 5 day week while working a 4 day week? Or, they’ll just have to work for 80% pay and accept it? Why would companies that make huge profits now decide to be more generous in 6 years? Reshoring sounds great. Reshoring and not adding many jobs because it all goes into robotics doesn’t. There is no shortage of jobs. Just the opposite in fact. Since the pandemic job vacancies are at record levels, currently c. 800,000, which is why employers are bringing in high numbers of immigrants to work. Companies are recognising the days of cheap labour from the Commonwealth and EU are over and they need to invest in automaton. There is huge scope for improvement as the UK is not in the top 25 for robotics but is still in the top 10 countries in the world for manufacturing. All jobs will improve their skills in the future to deal with modern technology and employers will have to pay more. The highest % increase in wages since the pandemic has been in hospitality. www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-wages-rise-53-per-cent-10-yearsI see working hours reduced in many ways. standout-cv.com/average-working-hours-uk#:~:text=The%20average%20full%2Dtime%20working,works%2036.4%20hours%20per%20week. First there is the historical general decline in average hours worked. Secondly those activities that work the longest hours like agriculture and manufacturing will get the greatest automation. Thirdly there is greater recognition of burn out since the pandemic. The medical profession know this best and are reducing working hours. Fourthly there will be longer holidays like the education profession enjoy. As the service sector increases more people will chose when and how long to work. The UK works longer hours than most of the developed world, because of low investment and the work ethic which is far stronger than many countries and now recognised as potentially unhealthy. The mantra nowadays among the young is to "get a life". When I started work people worked 5.5 days per week and left school at 15. Times are still changing and more so since the communications age and the pandemic. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2024 14:07:38 GMT
You think that people will still be being paid a 5 day week while working a 4 day week? Or, they’ll just have to work for 80% pay and accept it? Why would companies that make huge profits now decide to be more generous in 6 years? Reshoring sounds great. Reshoring and not adding many jobs because it all goes into robotics doesn’t. There is no shortage of jobs. Just the opposite in fact. Since the pandemic job vacancies are at record levels, currently c. 800,000, which is why employers are bringing in high numbers of immigrants to work. Companies are recognising the days of cheap labour from the Commonwealth and EU are over and they need to invest in automaton. There is huge scope for improvement as the UK is not in the top 25 for robotics but is still in the top 10 countries in the world for manufacturing. All jobs will improve their skills in the future to deal with modern technology and employers will have to pay more. The highest % increase in wages since the pandemic has been in hospitality. www.thecaterer.com/news/hospitality-wages-rise-53-per-cent-10-yearsI see working hours reduced in many ways. standout-cv.com/average-working-hours-uk#:~:text=The%20average%20full%2Dtime%20working,works%2036.4%20hours%20per%20week. First there is the historical general decline in average hours worked. Secondly those activities that work the longest hours like agriculture and manufacturing will get the greatest automation. Thirdly there is greater recognition of burn out since the pandemic. The medical profession know this best and are reducing working hours. Fourthly there will be longer holidays like the education profession enjoy. As the service sector increases more people will chose when and how long to work. The UK works longer hours than most of the developed world, because of low investment and the work ethic which is far stronger than many countries and now recognised as potentially unhealthy. The mantra nowadays among the young is to "get a life". When I started work people worked 5.5 days per week and left school at 15. Times are still changing and more so since the communications age and the pandemic. Seems like reasonable points for me to consider r.e., why businesses may drop hours and keep the same pay. Historical trends are relevant. However, paying people more to work less makes sense for a business when they need to bring in a lot of people to do the work and are competing with others to do it. It makes less sense (to me), when workers can simply be replaced by robotics and are no longer essential to making money. Robots don’t need mental health days and can work around the clock. Learning how to fix and program robots seems like a good future career option for young people to me. |
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Post by mrcoke on Jun 20, 2024 7:55:25 GMT
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Post by elystokie on Jun 20, 2024 7:59:52 GMT
It'd be surprising if they weren't given that they make most of the crap that Europe buys. |
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Post by Northy on Jun 28, 2024 11:55:55 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 30, 2024 22:24:18 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Jul 2, 2024 9:33:02 GMT
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Jul 2, 2024 9:48:24 GMT
Blackrock's name pops up again. That organisation needs a proper looking into... |
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Post by mtrstudent on Jul 2, 2024 10:00:15 GMT
Now category 5, first of the season and smashing previous record holder Emily on 17th July 2005. My mate who worked in insurance said his whole job was working out how to persuade the corporate suits to stop insuring any property in Florida or much of the Gulf coast. He said thanks to global warming, every season was becoming like a round of russian roulette. So far they've been lucky though. For the sake of every family there I hope they get lucky again but it's worrying. 🤞 |
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Post by mtrstudent on Jul 11, 2024 15:09:02 GMT
China going nuts with solar power. Building more than the rest of the world combined. Obviously still using loads of coal but that's expected to start shrinking sometime soon. I wonder whether it'll make a difference that their population is getting older and shrinking now.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jul 14, 2024 6:55:13 GMT
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