Climate change policy

[selectortone]

It seems to me that altruism comes to the fore most often when most needed.

Yesterday I was doing my modest Xmas shop at Tesco. The aisles were packed with glazed-eyed women with heaving kingsize trolleys giving no quarter to a 73-year old with a basket. The shelves looked like they had been under attack by zombies. The car park was like Armageddon. That's just Xmas shopping. Tell me about altruism a week after a nuclear attack.

 

[selectortone]

You been reading the Torygraph?

You know I don't read the Telegraph.

 

[woodieallen]

Luck of the draw. Depends on a host of factors - patronage or parental wealth being a major one, irrespective of any ability.
Given a level playing field then talent can more readily rise to "higher" positions. Hence the enthusiasm amongst the upper clarses for hanging on to unequal opportunities, such as private schooling.

Oh FFS, Jacob, give it a break. Where do you get off on saying it’s the upper clarses (sic) who hang on to unequal opportunities? Many folk who decide their children would benefit from private education are most definitely not ‘Upper Clarse’

It’s your continual narrow minded bigotry that doesn’t win you any friends.

 

[Vulcan]

At the end of the day to make something move requires energy, ICE uses fossil fuels and EV's use power generated somewhere else so unless that source of power is solar or wind then it has just created pollution elsewhere.

When I looked the other day only 14% of the electricity consumed in the UK was Fossil Fuel (Gas) the rest was mostly Wind plus Nuclear and some Solar. Far better though to have that 14% pollution away from ground level in our towns and cities to be breathed in by the public?

Ev's tend to be heavier so will consume tyres and road surfaces more.

They do but that’s changing. Actually, if you look at a well designed car like a Tesla Model 3 you’ll see it weighs about the same as a comparable size Mercedes or BMW. In fact it can be a few pounds less than some Diesel models. EV’s like Tesla’s also produce much less brake dust (also a problem) than ICE vehicles due to regeneration.

Of course nobody ever complained about big heavy polluting cars like Range Rovers causing road damage and tyre pollution. I read a while ago than in spite of tighter emission regulations in Europe, pollution actually went up due to both cars and engines getting bigger and heavier.