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Not zero, but miles from enough. It's a game of brinkmanship with real action pushed far into the future. Certainly UK is dropping coal quickly, and I'm not di
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Not zero, but miles from enough. It's a game of brinkmanship with real action pushed far into the future.
Certainly UK is dropping coal quickly, and I'm not dismissing that. Yet government has made onshore wind, and domestic solar far more difficult. They're promoting biomass - via imported mature cut wood, and encouraging gas. Drax is still our biggest emitter and an environmental mess. Farming is continuing to ignore decades-long warnings of soil decline, forests globally are still being clear cut and burned for cattle or palm oil. Recycling has become "export the problem and forget about it".
Wind, solar and electric vehicles have become viable, yet despite that, overall emissions are still increasing. So beginning to scratch the surface is about right. Real government actions are still avoided.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoReal government action harms the greatest consumers of resources most, those people have the resources to buy politicians. It ain't going to happen easily when the rich-and-powerful's self interests are served by maintaining a foil, a semblance, of environmental concern. Great, you're recycling the plastic food trays your meat is shipped half-way around the World in. Now, ditch the car and use public transport; change your company marketing processes to prefer economy to profit ... oh that's right, you're too important to have to do those sorts of things.