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And getting rid of private air travel will too.
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What are example of private air travel?
My last Google search was "ice electric vehicle"
Internal combustion engine
I was reading posts thinking" what's an in car entertainment system got to do with electric vehicles"
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To be fair, I don't think anyone has ever claimed an EV would solve all problems, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest they are an improvement on ICE, at least in terms of overall emissions, which is surely all they could ever be?
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So if you bought a plane for yourself you shouldn't be able to fly it? Should they stop making little planes?
Could they make those electric?
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I don't have a problem, in fact I would like to own one. I was just answering your question of private air travel
I have no problem in people having hobbies. I wouldn't begrudge people flying their planes for no profit with slight damage to the environment. Even though I have no desire to fly whatsoever. But if flyings your thing then go fourth.I don't have a problem, in fact I would like to own one. I was just answering your question of private air travel
But one things for sure. You can't patch up holes in the ozone layer with dollar bills.
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All sounds good except what will the other half of the world do to earn a crust if we are not buying their cheap throw away junk and have it shipped 1/2 way around the world. It's all a merry go round and what happens when the "main bearing " fails?
Farm wheat and bake bread?
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Exactly. No one thinks this will solve all the problems. No one thing will but in the mean time we should try and improve.
Same as renewable energy.
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These batteries that the naysayers say are useless at 10 years are making very good money secondhand, Leaf batteries at 10 years old are selling for 4k! The whole car new was 20k back in 2013.
The motors are infinitely more reliable than your euro 5/6 ICE as they are fundamentally much simpler. The control electronics to date have proven to be pretty good as well, take a look at any EV inverter and it's a well packaged component designed to last.
What we will see is more garages gearing up for cell swaps and more electrical upskilling amongst garage technicians, most of whom are going to quickly prefer working on EVs due to modular parts design and overall lack of filth in engine bays. Swapping an inverter or motor a lot quicker in an EV compared to ICE.
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Other than renewables (which is making many richer) what else are the government pushing to help with pollution.
And no. Pumping sewage into rivers and seas doesn't count.
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What would you like them to push? They can influence (generally by taxing or giving tax breaks) but other than that if they start banning or mandating things then they get accused of being draconian.Other than renewables (which is making many richer) what else are the government pushing to help with pollution.
And no. Pumping sewage into rivers and seas doesn't count.
Don't forget they also have to balance out what works economically otherwise we (as a country) end up broke. Air travel being a case in point, other than taxing it to the hilt and in the process making us uncompetitive I'm not sure what they can do? Its not that i dont agree with your point as ive not been on an abroad holiday for over 10 years. It's not an apology for the government but that's just the way things are.
There's a lot people can do as consumers without any need for gov intervention.
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Yeah, the argument that something is only x% better than the alternative and doesn't solve ALL the problems so we should just carry on as we are until some point in the future when maybe something better will appear doesn't make sense to me.
Like arguing wind power "sometimes doesn't blow" - of course not but a lot of the time it does so we can take advantage of the x number of weeks a year when it is producing to ramp down our fossil fuel use.
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Help push work from home instead of actively shutting it down.
Spread out around the country. Help reduce the crazy ray race into the capital
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Needs to be taxed globally to keep airlines competitive. Maybe into a global environment fund.
Billionaires and millionaires need to be taxed for their overconsumption how many normal people to match some of the very wealthy s carbon footprint.
Again. Needs to change.
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It’s hard not to disagree with all that, but I’m not sure the government have any say in if companies want their staff to work from home? I think there’s some tax breaks and cycle to work schemes, I’m fortunate that I do mainly work from home anyway but I’m not sure what was implemented during lockdown and if anything had been removed after?
As for air travel, again I’m not disagreeing but what, realistically, can they (as in our government) do? Globally it makes sense because then one country wouldn’t be disadvantaged against another but back in the real world I can’t see that happening…
HGV’s - ok, they should stop people buying stuff. Whoever implements that won’t be getting in for another term.
So yeah all good points, and certainly something to think about but nothing there that’s easy pickings.
As for air travel, again I’m not disagreeing but what, realistically, can they (as in our government) do? Globally it makes sense because then one country wouldn’t be disadvantaged against another but back in the real world I can’t see that happening…
HGV’s - ok, they should stop people buying stuff. Whoever implements that won’t be getting in for another term.
So yeah all good points, and certainly something to think about but nothing there that’s easy pickings.
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Could be legislated that if working from home is deemed viable for an employee them it can't be refused.
Kinda what cops for isn't it.
Truth is they don't want to do anything that will hurt revenues for them and their ilk.
Again. Let's reinstate some Victorian technology and get trains trunking and more trucks off the motorways.HGV’s - ok, they should stop people buying stuff. Whoever implements that won’t be getting in for another term.
More use than a hs link to Manchester.
It's all about keeping money trickling up from where I sit.
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Working from home can't be refused? I reckon that would be a bone of contention for employers and employees? Who gets to decide, if it suits the employer does the employee get any say or are they forced to work from their home while the employer gets to shut down their office? I could see that being a complete minefield to be honest...
COP - yeah I guess it is but getting all the other nations to agree to it is beyond our government. They struggle to get things done domestically so it'd take more than some chinwagging to solve that one. An admirable idea none the less.
Last few years we have had Hanson open up a long closed branch line, it's taken a lot of cement wagons off our local roads. I'm not sure how feasible that is for the majority of todays goods but it would need some input from private freight companies. If the demand is there then maybe it will come, but again it's hard to see how the government could force the issue? I've been quite strongly opposed to HS2 so don't take this as some kind of endorsement for it - but wasn't one of the arguments that it would relive the existing network thus freeing up space for more freight?
Renewables still doing very badly. 70% of Britain's electricity again coming from expensive fossil fuels.
Been like this for the last few days - wind has picked up a tiny bit - was almost zero for quite some time. Solar down to about 10% of summer values even on a sunny day this time of year.
Notice we are importing as much as we can off other countries as well.
Been like this for the last few days - wind has picked up a tiny bit - was almost zero for quite some time. Solar down to about 10% of summer values even on a sunny day this time of year.
Notice we are importing as much as we can off other countries as well.
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fossil fuel electricity is the same price as nuclear
PS we were exporting 3GW to France up to yesterday
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