I loved my school days, one of the few that didn't need telling at the time how good they are. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
We had inkwells in the desk but no quill pens by the time I went to school though I did have a Parker pen that sucked up the ink before the introduction of cartridges...I liked writing with a Parker pen
The quill was in jest. They still had inkwells in that were used at one time for dipping those nibs in which were on the end of a piece of wood. Same here with Parker pens. Used to write a lot neater with them than ball point pens in later years.
Our desks had ink wells, the ones with the sliding brass covers and removable porcelain pot inside but they'd been long dry by then. They did double as ash trays on occasions. More for novelty than anything regular, but we did have lessons with those nibs on sticks, but I think they stopped when they realised they were getting used for home made tattoos.
Exactly the same, those fountain pens had a little lever on the side that you used to suck up the ink. Our science lab still had the ink wells in the desk I strongly believe that the climate will be determined by the Earth itself, and no amount of scientist, politician or news outlet will alter what the Earth decides to do.
I'm much the same as you,I believe the Earth will do what it does and no amount of emptying our pockets will change anything... I do believe we should all do our bit in terms of cutting pollution and commiting to recycling to it's maximum but there's very little I can do personally if our water companies continue to pour millions of litres of raw sewage into our rivers and oceans...
i agree in the sense that it can feel really disheartening when you see the pure amount of jet use, land use and other stuff the mega rich do, for profit water companies, purposefully dumping millions upon millions of raw waste into our beautiful rivers etc driving a few miles a day or a flight to europe once a year really doesnt do much the water companies are absolutely disgusting and i genuinely wish ill on the people at the top of them.
It's interesting what's happening in China at the moment and it seems to have largely gone unnoticed. Unsurprisingly, they were heavily criticised for their plan to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2060, a much longer timescale than most countries have committed to. Only they're running way ahead of schedule, their program of solar and wind rollouts has been massive and it already accounts for over 30% of their energy. Despite the building of a load of new coal fired power stations, it looks like their emissions could now peak as early as the later part of this year, four or five years ahead of schedule. I suspect, that despite their original targets, they'll actually achieve net zero before we do.
If only we had our own version of *****lia to cover with turbines... Hang on, Scotland? There's a thought
Even ignoring whether or not the reduction will result in the outcomes claimed, I wonder how many people have looked in detail at how the carbon 'reductions' are actually calculated. I know of some reported 'reductions' being achieved by simply removing certain categories of buildings from the stock. No actual change, but celebrated as steps on the way to the goal. Other categories are already earmarked for the next reporting stage. It's one of the pitfalls of doing you 'research' through the same newspapers known for poor journalism. EDIT to add: It is amusing how defensive people get, and how they assume anyone criticisng measures must be a climate denialist. Most of what I'm pointing out is that the measures as proposed won't resolve the problem as claimed. All it will do is make us more vulnerable and poorer.
