Above the clouds

On the day of the disturbing IPCC report, we flew to a holiday destination... We paid an extra €3.40 for a 'climate neutral' flight. Sigh. We will never learn. I say sorry on behalf of myself and all humanity.

@forzaviola

[kali]

its a mindboggler... change is either too slow or only because there is no choice

[Mek]

@kali66 definitely because there’s no choice, therefore too late and too slow…

[kali]

here in NZ one province had rolling power blackouts on the coldest night of the year without warning, this is a part of the country where the biggest powerstation is on the country's largest river... where they import coal from Indonesia to keep it going, because the NZ coal mines have largely been closed down in climate legislation, ... the week after EV's have been given subsidies to green up our economy, everyone is asking how we are going to charge them all??!... its all going to be loony for a while!

[Mek]

@kali66 it's the same everywhere in the 'civilized' world. There is change but only if there’s money to be made. Electric cars, for example, come in all shapes and sizes. One is even greener than the other. But green energy is not even %20 of the total. Biomass included, which in practice turns out not to be that green at all...

[Mek]

@kali66 Not to mention all the raw materials needed for batteries and solar panels! Many of those come from poor and corrupt countries. The population will certainly not benefit. They will work in the mines under appalling conditions and the inequality in those countries will only get bigger I'm afraid.