The world is hotter than it’s been in 100,000 years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing.
The warnings are echoing through the drenched mountains of Vermont, where two months of rain just fell in only two days. India and Japan were deluged by extreme flooding.
They’re shrilling from the scorching streets of Texas, Florida, Spain and China, with a severe heat wave also building in Phoenix and the Southwest in coming days.
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There are still people who don't get this is happehing now and wll get worse WITHIN our lifetime. I am not sure where they get their science from but talking to someone yesterday they seem to think this is some kind of joke that will just end at some point.
I really can't be bothered with people like this as it is like taking to a brick wall
Any suggestions on how we can actually have rational, science based discussions around this with people who think it is just a passing thing that will go away.
@zleap I have the same situation as you. I understand your frustration. I gather the most relevant information confirming global warming and connection to mankind's actions, then share that information with them. If they still refuse to believe, I don't feel responsible for their delusion and drop the subject. You can't take responsibility for someone else's ignorance of the facts. I have a younger brother who thinks it's all a liberal hoax.. Sigh.
I don't think some of the what people such as Just Stop Oil are doing is helpful either, this is mroe than just about pil,. as it is about whole eco systems being destroyed. What is less helpful for their argument is when the press do some digging and it transpires that people near the top of these protest groups are linked to oil in some way or in the case of insulate Britain, the head of that group does not even have insulation.
I just also wonder how they get around the country, electric cars, bikes, walk or do they take electric / hydrogen public transport OR shock horror they have to use diesel powered public transport to get to their protest sites, such as Wimbledon, horse racing or other big evnts.
Meanwhile the green energy firms are installing more solar panels / wind farms. but here in teh Uk there is such poor infrastructure from the national grid they apparently can't connect them. Perhaps these protest groups should stay local, train to be engineers and work to fix the local infrastructures.
to further develop renewable energy (and affordable, reliable EV charging schemes) is going to require funding outside the "free market" chasing after short term profits - at the moment its stalling as everyone's arguing over who will pay for it...
That sounds about right, companies can't be bothered to develop the workforce of the future but are happy to whinge they can't get the right skills.
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its difficult for protestors (or anyone) to train to be engineers to work at the DNO (distribution network operators, smaller solar schemes feed in at this network) or National Grid when few of them are hiring at entry level (just had a look at vacancies and they are clearly either hoping to poach staff from other companies with experience, or these are planned to be filled internally but only advertised externally because of some HR policy..)