James was inspired specifically by Green party supporters objections here, but his arguments, which in my view are good and sound, applies across the political spectrum.
There is no serious net-zero case that does not involve industrial scale deployments of wind and solar. Everywhere.
James is right on all of this. The Green Party is letting us all down when it becomes the party of anti renewable nimbyism. If they can’t clearly advocate for renewables and electrification then they really are lost.
Bad day for under qualified PE teachers running Watford and Chelsea
I’m not saying this is a perfect economic indicator, but while people are idling outside the station in their Discovery on a warm day, fuel prices can’t be that bad yet, can they?
That’s like asking monkeys to stop throwing faeces. Its all they know how to do.
I used to say, when I was regularly having to support people for them, that nothing puts you off representative democracy faster than sitting through a select committee hearing.
Is this how Tories felt during the dog days of Boris Johnson? A sort of depressed hope that he goes before he digs so deep a hole the party can never dig out?
You mean they’re the same price, not a million pounds in the minibar?!
Three things now appear to be true:
1. The PM is unfit and should resign
2. Changing PM is difficult and painful - and leadership elections divisive. The process will likely further harm Labour
3. There is no obvious successor. The next PM could also be unfit (always the case tbf).
A real mess.
Well, it wasn’t just a phase.,
How early-2000s emo/metalcore should I grow my hair out for the Bring Me The Horizon 20 years of Count Your Blessings gig?
Woah, that scarily rings true for me
One if the best parts of CS life was going to the pub after someone’s DV interview to ask them how they answered the questions.
“So, the porn question - you didn’t tell the truth, right?!”
Oh, fun.
There is almost certainly more to come on this. The current line doesn’t stack up.
My experience as a civil servant in Cabinet Office tells me that it is beyond fanciful that Ministers only found out last week that Peter Mandelson had failed the vetting process. The current government line does not stack up, unless things are very, very different these days. 🤨
Agreed
Look, are we all settling on Popesplaining or Vancplaining?
Fingers crossed for massive expansion of that.
Behaviour change does just doesn’t work that way if you want mass adoption. Cost, opportunity and low/no friction all have to come together. If we get a mature to-door rental market one day then you might be able to get people out of family car ownership at scale. But not before then
I’ve found it a faff, more expensive than using my car, particularly if I want an EV, which I do. And its just another thing to to plan and do. If you’re working parents with kids theres enough stuff to deal with. People who do it are great, but the idea that we should expect it doesn’t work imo.
It's not my starting assumption, it's the assumption/behaviour of most households (outside of cities, at least). I agree it would be better if that wasn't the mindset of the majority of people, but it is. When you say 'you shouldn't have that thing you have today and cherish' you risk losing them.
I think that is worth promoting, but that's not what David said. In any case, promoting it is fine, but condemning those who don't loses people. In reality car sharing is harder work. There's admin, additional and unknowable-up-front cost, risk the car you want/need isn't always available.
Which bit?
Having spent 8 years of my life in government and at Smart Energy GB trying to build a world where households would be rewarded for playing their part in the integration of renewables into our electricity system this story being so prominent on BBC is great to see: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What country do we want 10 years from now? One where we significantly constrain health spend & outcomes? One where we do not provide welfare at broadly today's levels? One where we don't have armed forces that enable us to (on a good day) project power globally?
These are the choices, aren't they?
I think we do want those things, but it is never actually debated. Of the c195 countries on earth, about 185 of them do not have that objective or capability - many that we admire.
Given health costs are always inflationary, we can't borrow more and tax is a dirty word, where is the discussion?
It's interesting that there is no real ability to have a grown up conversation on what we want for our country on defence. It's a default that we feel that we need to influence globally, have sufficient lift ability to fight wars, defend our values etc.
This is my general take, too. I would be interested to see research 🔬 n different levels to see the impact, but even then, I cant see how the maths ever really works
It’s this stuff that leads us green/sustainability folk to lose people, I think. If you have one car it needs to accommodate all of your needs, even if 90% of your trips are for one person. I don’t think we build support by making car users feel like they can’t take their kids on a day trip.
Do you have the primary research on that? Keen to learn more.