Robspur12
John Lacy
This absolutely. Asking people to limit the number of children they have seems to be political taboo. Yet having 2 or less kids would stabilise the population.
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This absolutely. Asking people to limit the number of children they have seems to be political taboo. Yet having 2 or less kids would stabilise the population.
Educating women and eradicating religion would go a long way to doing that without any authoritarian control.
Danishfurniturelover
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SteveAWOL
Andy Thompson
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Wow.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Flying is the big one. Otherwise, what are the other environmental compromises that are significant stopping you from changing your behaviour?
But my point was about attitude. If everyone was more positive, and put pressure on governments, development of technologies would accelerate. There needs to be leadership from governments - which has to come from people's collective attitude.
Diamond Lights
Didier Zokora
No idea, but the BBC (LEFTIST) Trade Correspondent (she probably voted to Remain anyway right):
But ultimately, this deal largely mirrors the agreement which already exists between the EU and Japan. And with trade with Japan accounting for just 2% of the UK's total, the expected boost to GDP of 0.07% over the long term is a tiny fraction of what might be lost from leaving the EU.
And there is good reason for Japan cooperating to ensure this deal was secured in record time. It stands to get the lions share, 80%, of the total estimated £15bn boost to trade for both countries.
Even then, the talks haven't been as speedy or straightforward as initially hoped - which may not bode well for negotiations elsewhere.
No idea, but like i said before, the whole world knows we need to sign up to trade deals, so how is any Trade Deal going to benefit the UK more than the other party? We could sign the greatest and best trade deal with Country X, in the end, the best we would get would be 49:51 of the deal.
thfcsteff
Terry Dyson
Indeed I do my friend. Unlike some, the word "hypocrite" doesn't scare me because if you're lucky enough to reach 53 living in a relatively urban environment without being one, I'd say you live on a commune and are off the grid. Even then a cheeky Mars bar or some Nike sweats sneak in. So yes mate, absolutely and I hold my hands up to that as it is part of my job, but certainly flying is a big piece of the puzzle. I think red meat and factory farming is among the most egregious things though, and I was onto that nearly a decade ago. I make great efforts with my purchasing choices to try and reduce my footprint as much as possible. I could do more I'm sure, but equally, I could be far more lax. If everyone made an effort in even one area, the changes would be enormous IMO.
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thfcsteff
Terry Dyson
You have hit the major problem on many fronts with that sentence. Are people prepared to pay a few quid more to see factory workers get better pay? Are people prepared to pay more money for pasture raised chickens? Are people prepared to if not totally cut out red meat, to at least scale it way, way back? I think you have hit the epicenter of the human side of it. The corporate side with regards to emissions and what not is another story altogether...
thfcsteff
Terry Dyson
Yes mate, I watched it and also saw it. Really hard to put into words how disturbing it was.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
What that doesn’t seem to outline is the EU deal allows them to export food like cheeses to japan. Our cheese producers only get sloppy seconds - if the EU don’t fill the export quota we can use up what’s left to export cheese etc.
But there is some kind of digital agreement where we can export apps. How many trade restrictions are there on apps at the moment? Looks like a token gesture. There is an apparently an agreement on us pricing finically services. Need to see the detail, hopefully it gives the UK something of value.
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Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
Absolutely spot on. There will be those that have no interest in having kids being asked to make other life style changes they may hold as important to them as having kids is to others. The children conversation is a harder one to have but its relevant hugely.
Of course they're not.
Whatever the answer is, it isn't people going back to a bricky 1950s existence.
Flying, driving, in-season food all year round, goods shipped around the globe, not eating rabbit food, air conditioning, lighting, I'm sure the list is longer than that if I stop to think.
Some of those issues are solved with the use of nuclear power, but many of the people campaigning for us to stop burning fossil fuels are the same ones campaigning against nuclear power. Mainly because they don't tend to be the thinky types.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Nuclear power is not cost-effective anymore. There are cheaper renewable alternatives. Certainly, there is no need to decommission existing plants, they supply carbon-free power now, but building new ones makes no sense financially or for the environment. Thinky types know this.
I've yet to see a workable alternative that can generate power on a windless night.
Tidal power looks promising but it's got a way to go yet and (last time I checked) is less cost effective than nuclear.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Tidal is not at the races yet. Better to keep the nuclear power stations for now.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
What I find funny is nuclear power is effectively a steam engine right? The reactor just heats water, and power is generated from the steam.
What about fission?
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What about fission?
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Nuclear power is fission. The reason steam is generated is that it's (currently) the most efficient way to create a spinning motion (turbine), which is required to generate electricity.
As far as fusion is concerned, we're a way off yet. Theoretically it's cleaner and more powerful than fission, but we're still at the "10 years away" stage, which in science means we're nowhere near.
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Fusion was indeed what I was thinking of.
A nuclear reactor currently creates heat, but to convert that into electricity we use a steam engine [emoji4]
Still 10 years ago the idea that most electricity we use would be from renewable sources - few would have guessed it. If there is more enthusiasm and pressure from individuals...think what can be achieved in the next decade.
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A nuclear reactor currently creates heat, but to convert that into electricity we use a steam engine [emoji4]
Still 10 years ago the idea that most electricity we use would be from renewable sources - few would have guessed it. If there is more enthusiasm and pressure from individuals...think what can be achieved in the next decade.
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