Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Philip, I'm sure Brian would bend over backwards to make sure it has.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
- Posts: 468
Alexander: in response to your comment meant in jest to Jan you are quite right. What annoys me is I see an interesting title and then open it to see more politics. Much like Barry has a separate page can there not be one for this. It is always the same ppl discussing the views over and over again anyway. Or perhaps a (warning politics) by each thread title?
And secondly I just don't understand ppl who comment on the lorries and cars in Dover polluting the air. We all chose to live here and I for one love Dover.
Keeps politics to myself
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
Brian Dixon wrote:the worse cullprits are those who crack arse.
I have googled crack arse and I am none the wiser, is it a political term/
Audere est facere.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i believe the term is associated with building sites or plumbers trying to get our fountain working.
picture to follow.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
martin p,excess wind from the lower regions.
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
- Posts: 468
Just for you Jan I shall
Keeps politics to myself
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
Cameron having kicked his pledge on ``The Big Society``into touch now dumps his pledge
on being the Greenest Government.His failure to keep his promises nearly equal his `U` turns.
UK's climate change adaptation team cut from 38 officials to just six
Former senior official John Ashton attacks government for 'spooking potential investors' in energy infrastructure
John Ashton said the UK could not move out of recession without looking to green industries.
The number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's response to the effects of climate
change has been cut from 38 officials to just six, triggering accusations that David Cameron's promise
to be the greenest government has been abandoned.
The UK is facing a multi-billion pound bill over the next few years for the costs of adapting to the effects
of climate change - including flooding, much fiercer storms, droughts, heatwaves and more extreme weather
. The government's advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, have warned that the measures needed
to prepare the UK's infrastructure will include defences for power stations, transport and communication
networks, changes to how buildings are constructed, and new ways of trying to prevent flooding, such as
an upgrade to the Thames Barrier.
But the number of officials charged with dealing with the issue within the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been dramatically reduced. A freedom of information response to a
question by Friends of the Earth confirmed the reduction from 38 to six posts.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
But didn't philip and his scientists tell us there were no climate change issues?
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
Don't delay on renewable energy, government told
Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation
the cheaper it will be
Many on the right of the Tory party have been clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms.
Investing in new renewable power generation, rather than a "dash for gas", will be the lower-cost option
for keeping the lights on while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the government's climate change
watchdog has said.
The sooner the UK makes large investments in low-carbon generation - including offshore and onshore
wind, nuclear power and energy from waste - the cheaper it will be, according to David Kennedy,
chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the statutory body that advises ministers
on meeting emissions targets.
The conclusions are likely to be controversial, as many MPs on the right of the Tory party have been
clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms and reductions in renewable subsidies.
They would prefer to see a new "dash for gas" that would require the UK to massively expand shale
gas drilling and import tens of billions of pounds worth of fuel each year as North Sea reserves run down.
They point to lower gas prices in the US that have resulted from the aggressive pursuit of shale resources.
The CCC's analysis found that investing in renewable energy made sense even if the price of gas was
relatively low. Previous analysis by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) relied on
scenarios of large increases in the gas price to make renewables and other forms of low-carbon power,
such as nuclear, more economic.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
Deluded idiots.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
Britain calls for EU target to halve emissions by 2030
Britain has challenged Europe to sign up to an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions
by 50 per cent by 2030.
Ed Davey, the Climate Change Secretary, called on fellow EU governments to sign up to the target
as part of a global climate agreement in 2015.
The proposal marks a shift in the UK's position after internal coalition wrangling over climate change.
The British government wants the EU to agree to 40 per cent reduction of carbon emissions from
1990 levels, with an "ambition" for it to be extended to 50 per cent when the agreement is reached in two years.
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
Buffoon list ?
Humans may not be to blame for global warming, says Tory MP Tim Yeo
MP who oversees government policy on climate change says 'natural phases' may be the cause
of climate change
Tim Yeo, the Tory MP pushing to make Britain's electricity supply almost entirely green, provoked
surprise after suggesting that "natural phases" may be partly to blame for global warming.
"Although I think the evidence that the climate is changing is now overwhelming, the causes are
not absolutely clear," Mr Yeo told a gathering of Russian investors, according to the The Daily Telegraph.
"There could be natural causes, natural phases that are taking place."
The comments seem to be at odds with Mr Yeo's campaign to "decarbonise" British energy as chairman of the
Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,942
bufoon anyway, more worrying the job he holds,
govt targets are so unrealistic 2030, why not 2220
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
- Posts: 2,594
Not sure the mouse will be around in 2220
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
either way mr yeo's business interests will continue to make him rich.
what a way to run a dance hall.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
Reg you do tend to write alot on this subject and seem to be acutely aware of the risks posed by a changing climate and our effect on it.
Seeing that you are so concerned that something must be done could you tell us all how we should all follow your example and help to create a better tomorrow for our children?
Presumably you don't drive? Perhaps you have given up using various kitchen appliances which consume vast amounts of energy? Have you planted many trees of late?
Or are you merely posturing and using this issue to paint those proved to be right on this issue as evil and not caring of Mankind?
Just a small list of, say, five vital examples of your good work?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
climate changes daily due to wheather fronts coming at us in all directions,siantificly proved for the last 300 years.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
we should all follow your example philip, unfortunately i do not own a tumble drier so cannot let it run for an hour with one sock in.
i do try in other ways though.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
- Posts: 1,418
Heh heh, nice one Howard. Don't worry I'll stick it on for an extra hour just for you.
