Off Topic COP 26

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I agree with a lot of the protests going on, these events just seem to be discussions and a gesture of goodwill. India has promised to go net zero carbon emission by 2070. Pretty sure we don't have that long.

What happened to the plans to electrify the railways? Did that ever get off the ground?
If it gets off the ground wouldn't that make it a monorail?
 
It looks like one deal's been done already...

More than 100 leaders representing 85% of the world's forests will commit to stopping and reversing deforestation by 2030 in a "significant milestone" on the road to tackling the climate crisis.

Countries including Brazil, Russia, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will sign the pledge on Tuesday, which is backed by £14bn ($19.2bn) in public and private funding.
 
It looks like one deal's been done already...

More than 100 leaders representing 85% of the world's forests will commit to stopping and reversing deforestation by 2030 in a "significant milestone" on the road to tackling the climate crisis.

Countries including Brazil, Russia, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will sign the pledge on Tuesday, which is backed by £14bn ($19.2bn) in public and private funding.

Lets hope it's more successful than the commitment they made in 2014.
 
commercial aircraft, get 300 on a plane - that’s got to emit less carbon

Expecting world leaders to get on a commercial flight with 300 other people is hardly realistic is it? It's a security risk that no sane nation is going to take, particularly when they're already a terrorist target.

400 flights is a piss in the ocean, on the first weekend that travel restrictions were lifted here, there were 2,305 flights in and out of Mallorca alone.
 
That's just lazy.

She's been rolled out in a way that means pointing out she's uneducated and spouting a fair amount of scripted crap to prevent people challenging some of the abuses of science to push measures that are quite likely to change one problem for another, is viewed as bullying a damaged little girl.

.It's intellectual cowardice on the part of those behind her.

It's not being a denialist, it's quite the opposite.

i wouldn’t say she is uneducated as she speaks bloody good English. I’m not a fan of urban warriors/activists
but at least she has the younger generation interested even if she if she is front of shop for others to script. Sometimes for some reason people get shoved in the front as a mouthpiece and get stuck there. I think this may be the case of well I can’t get off the train now.
 
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Expecting world leaders to get on a commercial flight with 300 other people is hardly realistic is it? It's a security risk that no sane nation is going to take, particularly when they're already a terrorist target.

400 flights is a piss in the ocean, on the first weekend that travel restrictions were lifted here, there were 2,305 flights in and out of Mallorca alone.

They will be staying at the same hotels, they are in the same venue - that’s deemed an acceptable security risk, so why not arrive on the same plane?

Surely it’s about setting an example & making a public statement. Arriving on a private plane for environmental conference makes them look grade A dicks
 
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They will be staying at the same hotels, they are in the same venue - that’s deemed an acceptable security risk, so why not arrive on the same plane?

Surely it’s about setting an example & making a public statement. Arriving on a private plane for environmental conference makes them look grade A dicks

Every one of the 20,000 delegates had to be security vetted, there's 10,000 police on duty in Glasgow every day for twelve days and they're not all in the same hotels, Biden's not even staying in Glasgow due to security concerns.

There's over 100,000 flights a day worldwide, 400 planes bringing people to a two week conference aimed at tackling world climate change is neither here nor there, it's a complete red herring.
 
Talking shop....blah....blah....blah....
Though at least they are talking, whilst Joe Biden is sleeping on the job.
Not sure what member's of the royals know about climate change, when they use private jets to get from a to b, and not public transport, like us subjects.
 
Until China and to a lesser extent the US and India get serious you might as well blow it out of your arse.
Irreversible forward gear to human extinction, probably due to over population, starvation and lack of drinking water, then throw in war for good measure. No reverse gear.
 
Until China and to a lesser extent the US and India get serious you might as well blow it out of your arse.
Irreversible forward gear to human extinction, probably due to over population, starvation and lack of drinking water, then throw in war for good measure. No reverse gear.
you sound like the grim reaper. Been following City too long.
 
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The UK is responsible for 1% CO2 Emissions. Its population is 68.4 million
So my bit is 1% divided by 68.4 million
Can I make a difference?
No
Doesn't mean I shouldn't try but I also have a sense of perspective.
I think he's pointing out just how dangerous the oil companies can be.