Otis

You see, sometimes I think you're a bonkers eco looney, then you write the above post that and I think, you know what, we're pretty much on the same page.

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https://iea.org.uk/publications/did-lockdowns-work-the-verdict-on-covid-restrictions/ COVID-19 lockdowns were “a global policy failure of gigantic proportions,” according to this peer-reviewed new academic study. The draconian policy failed to significantly reduce deaths while imposing substantial social, cultural, and economic costs. https://econofact.org/how-effective-were-pandemic-lockdowns The research based on a variety of models suggests that the adoption of lockdowns in the face of the initial COVID surge was effective in containing transmission and deaths, albeit at high economic and social costs https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/05/revised-report-on-impact-of-covid-lockdowns-leaves-unanswered-questions So, not exactly black and white, so it depends on what you define as a success. *Really don't want to turn this into a COVID thread.

I didn't realise there are rules. Would you kindly like to provide a list of preferred sources.

So what was the point?

Definitely hired to spy on you.

Obviously worse case scenario... Genuinely interested in your opinion/prediction of exactly how that would play out and when?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1998723/power-outage-warning-issued-uk-weather?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target Danger of blackouts last weekend. Doesn't matter how many solar panels or wind turbines you have, when the wind doesnt blow on a cold, overcast January. People will be thankful for gas until nuclear can fill the gap.

And the fact that viable E-HGVs & the infrastructure don't yet exist. And everyone with an ICE vehicle will put them in the bin and go out and spend 50k on a EV. The more you read the funnier it gets.

At some point in the future maybe but not in the next 10 -20 years and certainly not by 2030.

Interesting read. But pie in the sky. There is absolutely no way the UK will be running on 100 renewable energy by 2030. No more petrol, diesel or gas in 5 years time? Was this written whilst under some serious medication?

Except most people have gas boilers to heat their homes, so gas will still be needed for decades.

The thing is EVs and the rest of the country cannot currently survive on just renewables. This weekend for example 60% of electric produced came from gas. Which also makes a mockery of using ASHP's for environmental reasons., may as well feed the cheaper gas directly into a standard boiler. There's a long way to go before renewables are the answer and 2030 will never be achieved.

No entirely true. For example there's no "Green belt" land at all in Leicestershire. But many agricultural fields that are now going through the planning stages for housing.

Reeves out. She's destroying the country. https://news.sky.com/story/wage-growth-and-jobless-rate-rising-13293375

There being just 2 genders has nothing to do with same sex marriage. And I don't really see these marriages revoked & nor should they.

No, and I didn't realise there are calls for it to be overturned.

Common sense at last 👏

Ah, got you 👍

Which way would you have asked the question.

So now you have a ASHP & a combi boiler? Why would you do that?

Exactly this. She quit and wasn't sacked which means KS is OK with the sleaze, which isn't a good look for someone who boasted about cleaning up politics. Yet here we are, same mindset just wearing a different colour tie.

Is that attendance record or voting record?

That's ok, I understand your point. IMO, Climate change does have an effect on what we have seen recently, but it's not always the greater cause of the issues.

In a perfect world of course 👍