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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 7, 2024 16:22:54 GMT
Hurricane Milton intensified super rapidly, now category 5 and heading for Florida. Hopefully it moves a bit and misses the places with the most people, stay safe everyone in Florida 🤞 Hurricanes suck up some heat and can cool the Gulf, but it's still way hotter than normal so there could be another one after this.  |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 7, 2024 22:55:06 GMT
Fucking insane what’s happening.
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Post by musik on Oct 7, 2024 23:10:03 GMT
The latest I heard about Greta Thunberg was that she was at some music festival.
I happened to read some about her now and realised she has Asperger's syndrome.
As I always want to know more about things (the researcher inside of me) I found some lists what Asperger's syndrome means.
It was a lot of things. The most frightening to me was Lack of empathy, which would mean it's absolutely devastating to give such a person any power over people. It also said trouble understanding other people's perspectives. And again, not suitable to work within the health sector then or with politics or as leaders of any kind. If you can't understand other people's perspectives, wow that must be really hard!
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Post by Northy on Oct 8, 2024 6:57:08 GMT
Hurricane Milton intensified super rapidly, now category 5 and heading for Florida. Hopefully it moves a bit and misses the places with the most people, stay safe everyone in Florida 🤞 Hurricanes suck up some heat and can cool the Gulf, but it's still way hotter than normal so there could be another one after this. It's looking very powerful, lots of people in the group chat for the Chicago marathon this weekend already having flights cancelled as the airports are shutting down, some have decided to drive the 13 hours up to Chicago. |
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Post by Northy on Oct 8, 2024 7:00:18 GMT
Fucking insane what’s happening. I'll be in Chicago in 2 days time, it's going to be 27'C on Friday, in the middle of October, they are saying Lake Michigan is 2'C higher than normal. I bought a new coat 2 weeks ago to take, I've got to get the summer shorts back out, not good on marathon weekend, last year it was 6'c for the start of the marathon. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 8, 2024 14:39:36 GMT
Fucking insane what’s happening. I'll be in Chicago in 2 days time, it's going to be 27'C on Friday, in the middle of October, they are saying Lake Michigan is 2'C higher than normal. I bought a new coat 2 weeks ago to take, I've got to get the summer shorts back out, not good on marathon weekend, last year it was 6'c for the start of the marathon. I'm glad my festival in Sacramento is a week later this year. It was 38 C every day last weekend! |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 14, 2024 21:35:33 GMT
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Post by lawrieleslie on Oct 16, 2024 14:39:25 GMT
Energy from Waste seems to be very topical at the moment. Some scientists saying that the 52 plants across the country are an environmental disaster in the making and producing the same greenhouse gases ton for ton as coal fired power stations. Some startling figures from Devonport's EfW plant saying that 66% of household waste is now incinerated that just 9 years ago went to landfill,while recycling has fallen from 38% to 34%. Similar figures are reflected nation wide and the amount of harmful greenhouse gases pumped out of England’s network of 52 major incinerators has increased by 40 per cent in just five years - currently four times the amount predicted by the government.
Additionally councils are tied into very long contracts with operating companies in order to pay for the huge cost of building and operating the plant, for example Devon, Plymouth and Torbay are all members of the South West Devon Waste Partnership, which has a £436 million contract with MVV Environment, the company that runs the Devonport plant. Devon’s contract with MVV still has 15 years to run, while Plymouth and Torbay are contracted until 2052. So any change to the concept of burning waste for energy could be very expensive. There are differing expert views on the amount of damage both landfill & incineration is doing to our environment. Some say that slow release from landfill is more damaging than incineration that produces the same amount of greenhouse gas but at a faster rate. Others say that incineration will only increase and the burning of plastics and other toxic waste will be far more damaging, One thing is for certain is that the positioning of many EfW plants produced the inevitable NIMBY response during planning process and many are built in poorer areas.
So have we, as a population demanding less landfill and China closing its doors to importing waste material, inadvertently caused an effect that nobody properly thought through and may not be the green solution it was sold as. Have we made a big & expensive cock up?
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 16, 2024 14:46:35 GMT
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 16, 2024 15:38:31 GMT
I think that's part of the difference. There's people who think the real world works following things like the laws of physics. So if you think like that then you can invest to stop climate change. And then there are people who believe in God/magic/whatever and for them you just follow whatever preacher or leader says and if they say science is wrong then you just act like Noah and do what they say. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Oct 21, 2024 16:57:31 GMT
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 27, 2024 14:43:38 GMT
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 27, 2024 15:03:36 GMT
No fooking surprise this at all. Its why half the people are involved because of money and grants and research monies flying about being dished out willy nilly to mates and cronies. And no I'm not a climate change denier either. But I'm not stupid enough to think corrupt bastards aren't involved constantly milking shyte out the back door.. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 27, 2024 15:19:42 GMT
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody |
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Post by Davef on Oct 27, 2024 18:31:46 GMT
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody And our clowns are committed to another £11B of international "Climate Aid". |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 27, 2024 18:44:31 GMT
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody And our clowns are committed to another £11B of international "Climate Aid". Unbelievable |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 27, 2024 19:00:59 GMT
And our clowns are committed to another £11B of international "Climate Aid". Unbelievable Paying the piper no doubt. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 27, 2024 19:02:30 GMT
Paying the piper no doubt. I should have said inevitable rather than unbelievable |
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Post by Ariel Manto on Oct 28, 2024 18:27:13 GMT
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody And our clowns are committed to another £11B of international "Climate Aid". The effectiveness of climate aid, including the £11 billion commitment, depends on how well the funds are allocated and used. Some argue that without proper oversight and clear goals, some of this money could be wasted; others that climate aid is crucial for helping vulnerable countries adapt to climate change and reduce emissions. It's a complex issue, and the success of climate aid hinges on transparency, accountability, and the specific projects it has funded. |
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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 29, 2024 6:55:41 GMT
Grifter. Like his brother.
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Post by Northy on Oct 29, 2024 8:20:17 GMT
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody They aren't even sure what the total is, its between 24bn and 41bn, every person involved with that should be sacked immediately and the scheme closed down when projects finish. A new scheme set up with correctly trained and trusted employees in place. slaynews.com/news/41-billion-world-banks-climate-change-fund-gone-missing/I'm sure some proper investigators could track the money around (similar to what was used against FIFA?) and bring people to justice. |
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Post by Northy on Oct 29, 2024 8:21:55 GMT
Grifter. Like his brother. That cnut did nothing when he was in the position last time, no plan, no direction etc |
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Post by mtrstudent on Oct 30, 2024 2:07:51 GMT
They aren't even sure what the total is, its between 24bn and 41bn, every person involved with that should be sacked immediately and the scheme closed down when projects finish. A new scheme set up with correctly trained and trusted employees in place. slaynews.com/news/41-billion-world-banks-climate-change-fund-gone-missing/I'm sure some proper investigators could track the money around (similar to what was used against FIFA?) and bring people to justice. The source looks sus but it quotes Oxfam who are probably reasonably reliable on this sort of thing. I'd want to hear more details, it sounds outrageous and like people need locking up. On the other hand, it could be a case of bean counters demanding more receipts than needed. This is basically a call for more paperwork and bureaucracy. And if they do that, then the next report will complain about how $X has been spent on paperwork instead of helping people. Round and round it goes! |
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Post by Northy on Oct 31, 2024 13:47:51 GMT
Such devastation and loss of life in the Valencia region, but it's only weather isn't it hun ...
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 3, 2024 7:43:36 GMT
Such devastation and loss of life in the Valencia region, but it's only weather isn't it hun ... Nothing to see there. I wonder how many of the tens of thousands affected are climate change deniers or sceptics? Ironic. And in many cases tragic. Still, only Spain, innit. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 5, 2024 3:42:12 GMT
Such devastation and loss of life in the Valencia region, but it's only weather isn't it hun ... Nothing to see there. I wonder how many of the tens of thousands affected are climate change deniers or sceptics? Ironic. And in many cases tragic. Still, only Spain, innit. IMO loads of the people who deny the science on global warming are just believing people they trust...I can't blame them. It's tragic and they deserve help, even if they believed the wrong people. Just so sad there's such a successful campaign of lies 😢 |
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Post by wagsastokie on Nov 5, 2024 11:35:01 GMT
Such devastation and loss of life in the Valencia region, but it's only weather isn't it hun ... Nothing to see there. I wonder how many of the tens of thousands affected are climate change deniers or sceptics? Ironic. And in many cases tragic. Still, only Spain, innit. There will be believers and sceptics I tend to be on the slightly sceptical side I don’t deny the worlds warming it’s always got warmer and cooler I’m not a believer that the current warming is totally down to human activity As for flooding when I was a young lad my uncle used to work for the weland and nene river authority He spent most of his time dredging the two rivers thus maintaining the flow and at times increasing volume Now days this through financial constraints and environmental interference is rarely done Along with councils and highways not clearing gulley’s and ditches Causes much of the flooding in this country |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Nov 5, 2024 17:58:05 GMT
Nothing to see there. I wonder how many of the tens of thousands affected are climate change deniers or sceptics? Ironic. And in many cases tragic. Still, only Spain, innit. There will be believers and sceptics I tend to be on the slightly sceptical side I don’t deny the worlds warming it’s always got warmer and cooler I’m not a believer that the current warming is totally down to human activity As for flooding when I was a young lad my uncle used to work for the weland and nene river authority He spent most of his time dredging the two rivers thus maintaining the flow and at times increasing volume Now days this through financial constraints and environmental interference is rarely done Along with councils and highways not clearing gulley’s and ditches Causes much of the flooding in this country Dredging is rarely the answer, as counter-intuitive as that may seem. Chartered Institute of Water & Environmental Management: www.ciwem.org/news/floods-and-dredging-realityThe best option is to allow flooding of headwater areas. That, and not concreting over land that previously acted as a sponge. Dredging is a sticking plaster that only really addresses the symptoms. Manage the land better so that most rain doesn't even make it into the river, carrying its silt payload with it, and you'd rarely need to dredge, if ever. |
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 5, 2024 21:24:24 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Nov 12, 2024 13:43:02 GMT
Good to see Starmer attending and leading at the world conference. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly0gzxgzrmtRegrettably the conference is poorly attended by many world leaders. Is it because they are politicians and don't want to tell people the bad news, just hope it goes away, or kick the can down the road for the next government to face up to? UK performance on climate change is barely on track to meet targets, but apparently the UK is not giving enough to poorer countries to help them get on track. climateactiontracker.org/countries/uk/#:~:text=We%20rate%20the%20UK's%202030,compared%20to%20modelled%20domestic%20pathways. |
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