General News Thread

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, Zear0 said:

Trump threatening tariffs on air pollution from the Canadian wildfires is the least self-aware thing the most un-self-aware man has ever said.

It's genius though.

 

Create cause; charge for effect.

[LCFCJohn]

9 hours ago, bovril said:

Soft power latest, by the way

 

Yes, so much in favour of free speech that people entering the US have their social media checked for anything negative theh have said about Trump…..

 

I know a couple of Americans who live here and one particularly is too scared to go back there whilst this administration is in place due to the fear of being detained by ICE for this reason.

[Md9]

11 hours ago, bovril said:

Soft power latest, by the way

 

Everyone has freedom of expression until one of the news shows something negative towards him and he tries to sue them or get them taken if air 😂😂 ffs the man is an idiot 

[Foxdiamond]

16 minutes ago, Md9 said:

Everyone has freedom of expression until one of the news shows something negative towards him and he tries to sue them or get them taken if air 😂😂 ffs the man is an idiot 

Yes imagine if England players or anybody waved a banner saying Donald is a dangerous dork

[Trav Le Bleu]

@leicsmac?

 

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News

 

https://share.google/WzPifoKd9ZeGuq74g

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

@leicsmac?

 

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News

 

https://share.google/WzPifoKd9ZeGuq74g

Ugh.

 

Not the most auspicious of starts, but it's very early in such decision-making process so there is time to change his mind. Hopefully some other folks around him might be persuasive. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

30 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Ugh.

 

Not the most auspicious of starts, but it's very early in such decision-making process so there is time to change his mind. Hopefully some other folks around him might be persuasive. 

Tory in disguise?

[leicsmac]

12 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Tory in disguise?

Or throwing a bone to areas of the base that might otherwise give him trouble from the start. 

 

It's a bit frustrating that he and a couple of previous leaders have been put in this position in the first place by a consistent lack of policy decisions from decades ago resulting in not investing in both renewables and fission properly. 

Edited 3 hours ago by leicsmac

[kenny]

52 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

@leicsmac?

 

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling - BBC News

 

https://share.google/WzPifoKd9ZeGuq74g

Until we aren't using any fossil fuels it's the right thing to do. Not having to transport it round the world means it will have less embedded carbon than the alternative.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, kenny said:

Until we aren't using any fossil fuels it's the right thing to do. Not having to transport it round the world means it will have less embedded carbon than the alternative.

As long as the use for power generation is both minimal and very shortlived from this point in time. 

[kenny]

Just now, leicsmac said:

As long as the use for power generation is both minimal and very shortlived from this point in time. 

It is?

[leicsmac]

13 minutes ago, kenny said:

It is?

Hopefully. 

[Innovindil]

21 minutes ago, kenny said:

Until we aren't using any fossil fuels it's the right thing to do. Not having to transport it round the world means it will have less embedded carbon than the alternative.

Always said pretty much exactly this, however, as far as I'm aware this oil and gas can be sold to whoever the hell wants to buy it. 

 

Stuff like this would go down better if it was guatenteed for UK use imo. 

[kenny]

26 minutes ago, Innovindil said:

Always said pretty much exactly this, however, as far as I'm aware this oil and gas can be sold to whoever the hell wants to buy it. 

 

Stuff like this would go down better if it was guatenteed for UK use imo. 

Probably be sold here at international market rates.

 

And taxed here at whatever crazy rate it is 80% of profit.

[kenny]

31 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Hopefully. 

We are regularly on nearly 100% renewables, winter is an issue of course.

 

But you already know this.

Edited 2 hours ago by kenny

[Trav Le Bleu]

46 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

As long as the use for power generation is both minimal and very shortlived from this point in time. 

And don't export it.

[leicsmac]

2 hours ago, kenny said:

We are regularly on nearly 100% renewables, winter is an issue of course.

 

But you already know this.

I do, but I also know how quickly things can change given political will. 

 

And also...

 

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And don't export it.

This. 

 

Exporting to a place that can or will use it for power generation is as bad as causing the emissions ourselves. Worse, probably.