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[agg221]

So does thsat mean we can all burn coal, wet wood and build more coal fired power stations

Yes, particularly in inner city zones because smog was just a conspiracy theory and didn’t really happen so the Clean Air Act made no difference as it would have stopped anyway since mankind can’t possibly have an impact on the planet. While you are at it, you should be switching your heating to an oil fired Rayburn with a short flue and stripping the catalytic converter off any modern vehicle, particularly diesel since particulates are a myth. Electricity will also get cheaper if we remove those costly sulphur dioxide and NOx filters from power stations, installed as a reaction to all those fake pictures of damage to forests in Germany.

Sticking one’s head in the sand is generally the easiest solution to a problem since it has no impact on how one may wish to live.

Alec

[Wittsend]

and stripping the catalytic converter off any modern vehicle

..... er NO!

The vehicle will/should fail the MoT if the exhaust system has been tampered with.


 

[oilstain]

..... er NO!

The vehicle will/should fail the MoT if the exhaust system has been tampered with.


 

Only on modern cars built with a cat I would have thought

[gromet]

They cut the cats off cars in broad daylight as they fetch lots of money and the slap on the wrist if cought means nothing to them

[Wittsend]

As old cars die off, more and more cars will require the catalysts to be in place.

[Worf]

I "decatted" my old Supra with a broom handle but left the casing in place
Went a lot better and the emissions hardly changed and were way below limit for that age of vehicle (1991)

[Exile]

I am a simple being.

If it took millions of years to bury all that carbon until the atmosphere was good for mammals to live in, and it is taking 200 years to dig it all up again and put it back into the atmosphere, then that's OK for us mammals.

And those who worry about it are either fools or tax-raking profiteers.

Ah, so that's OK then.



Unless, of course, you turn out to be wrong.

Then what? 

[w3526602]

Unless, of course, you turn out to be wrong.

Hi,

1. We drive to the supermarket, and drive home. Probably about 6 miles in total. BAD

2. A neighbour phones for a taxi, which drives from his "rank", or wherever, to her house, delivers her to the supermarket, and returns to base.

2.1. On completion of her shopping, Madam, picks up (or phones for) a taxi, which comes to the supermarket, picks up her and her shopping, and takes her home ... and then returns to base.

2.2. A total of at least 12 miles, maybe a lot more, but GOOD.

3. There is a taxi rank, occupying a complete street (ONE WAY) in a town near where we used to live. Usually anything up to a dozen cars waiting for a fare. During  the Summer, Driver B gets out of his cab, goes and leans on the door of Driver A, for a chat, blocking passing traffic, and flashing his "builder's cleavage". During the Winter, each driver stays in his own cab, with his engine running, to keep the heater warm.

3.1. I can't say I blame them ... I'd probably do the same ... but I wouldn't claim I was saving the planet. Oh ... OK ... I probably would.

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[Grandadrob]

if you don’t believe in the Power/Politics/money theory driving this agenda, just watch any news broadcast and listen for the usual phrases.... Climate change is blamed for absolutely everything.   So then someone out there sees an opportunity to make money, and claims to have the solution. Apparently all of us on the internet are contributing to it.
Any day now Coronavirus will be blamed on it....   can you see how scepticism is alive and thriving.
Both sides of this debate are to blame.

[Porkscratching]

Indeed, this whole virus madness the media are whipping up into a frenzy likely the same sort of thing behind it..

[Wittsend]

Should we be going to Land Rover shows/rallies/gatherings and should we be having camp fires

Need to know as I've already booked and paid for some 


 
 

[Grandadrob]

No problems there, as long as the field has 55 corners, so you can stay in one, and you have a megaphone or CB to communicate. But feel free to take as much wet wood as you like. If it all goes wrong, you will know what to blame.................