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12-10-2021, 06:50 PM | #1 | |||
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In its most shocking report so far, the Environment Agency says the UK is not ready for the impacts of climate change.
It says hundreds of people could die in a flooding event at some point, as they did this year in Germany. "That will happen in this country sooner or later", unless the UK becomes more resilient to increasingly violent weather, the agency concludes. Emma Howard Boyd the EA's chair, said: "It is adapt or die". The apocalyptic tone is deliberately intended to startle governments, companies and communities into preparing for global warming effects such as higher sea levels and more extremes of rainfall and drought. The new report assesses the UK's readiness to cope with the many different risks of climate change. In its response, the environment department, Defra, said it was taking key measures to protect the UK from the effects of global warming. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58883234 --------------- |
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12-10-2021, 07:12 PM | #2 | |||
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People will die because the last time a huge flood happened in the past, there wouldn't have been as many houses and people to wash away.
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12-10-2021, 07:41 PM | #3 | |||
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Well duh.
Our idiotic government are making no effort to improve the UK's contribution to climate change, nor are they doing anything to protect the people from the effects of it. |
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12-10-2021, 07:44 PM | #4 | |||
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Its population however! Well, are they ready for change? |
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12-10-2021, 08:00 PM | #5 | |||
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And if changes aren't made soon, no-one will be alive by then... |
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12-10-2021, 08:06 PM | #6 | ||
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The UK has been building entire villages on historic flood plains for centuries - it’s nice and flat, after all - and all I can say is… I’m rather glad that I don’t live in one. It’s not an “if they flood” at this point, it’s “when”, unless there is an absolutely gargantuan investment in flood defense research and engineering at some point soon.
Half of these estates and villages don’t even have adequate drainage for heavy rainfall, let alone defences against a river or estuary flooding. |
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12-10-2021, 08:29 PM | #7 | |||
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Is the flood gonna take us all at the same time like? A massive giant flood before 2050 You need a tin hat mate. |
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12-10-2021, 08:32 PM | #8 | |||
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It's more than flooding which will kill us, I'm talking general environmental issues.
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12-10-2021, 08:37 PM | #9 | |||
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Until the rest of the world comes on board, there really isnt much else we can do cause it will weaken us against the countries who dont. That is one thing that cant happen if the end of the world is nigh, unfortunately. Last edited by parmnion; 12-10-2021 at 08:38 PM. |
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12-10-2021, 08:40 PM | #10 | |||
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12-10-2021, 08:45 PM | #11 | ||
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12-10-2021, 09:17 PM | #12 | |||
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Moreover, while the likes of China are bigger global polluters than the UK, the effects of pollution can be localised. I'm sure you can tell the difference between air quality in cities and the countryside? Well, crappy conditions like in cities can beget worse weather in those places. https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...1113141304.htm While we can't stop China from killing us all, we can hold off the floods on our doorstep. |
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13-10-2021, 08:54 AM | #13 | |||
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Maybe ,just maybe we are killing ourselves, not fair to blame others when we, every individual can take some of the blame,we are killing the planet ourselves,there are ways we can help but just don't as it doesn't suit us, we ALL need to take some responsibility instead of laying the blame elsewhere,that's just a cop out
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13-10-2021, 08:59 AM | #14 | ||
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Yes and no, we can do something in terms of boycotting companies and corporations that won't comply, but 90+% of the problem is caused by industry and there's nothing we can directly do about that at all. |
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13-10-2021, 09:07 AM | #15 | |||
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I agree about industry,but,it's not like we are doing nothing about it,goals have been set and as someone else said,change won't happen overnight .
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13-10-2021, 09:08 AM | #16 | |||
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I'm disheartened every time I go to a supermarket. So much packaging and so much waste. My Mum was saying in London when I was little we had a dairy that delivered milk, in bottles, by electric vehicle. No we all buy plastic bottles in supermarkets. Hardly anyone seems to be bothered... And I'm really tired of hearing that Christmas may be cancelled. It wasn't cancelled in 1940. it wasn't cancelled when people were being rationed in the 50s, or when there was a three day week and power cuts in the 70s... Maybe we can all have a Christmas that's simpler with less plastic crap to throw away.
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13-10-2021, 09:10 AM | #17 | |||
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I don't knowingly buy anything from China. I know there may be some Chinese components in other things I buy... but I boycotted Chinese goods years ago and I wrote to the Chinese Embassy telling them so. Sadly, they produce cheap stuff and that's all some people are interested in.
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13-10-2021, 10:39 AM | #18 | |||
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Mother nature/the weather does not pick its targets. So britain could be zero carbon, but it would be pointless and would not protect us from flooding if no other nations did the same. |
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13-10-2021, 10:57 AM | #19 | |||
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Yes but To Adapt
You need Ł20,000 for new boiler and new heating? Labour will give Interest Free loans Ed Miliband said today. Last edited by arista; 13-10-2021 at 10:59 AM. |
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13-10-2021, 12:42 PM | #20 | |||
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I wonder how good these heat pumps are and they are flipping enormous!
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13-10-2021, 12:45 PM | #21 | |||
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13-10-2021, 12:48 PM | #22 | |||
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There was a woman from Octopus energy on the news last week saying in a year or two these pumps will cost the same as a gas boiler, what I want to know is do they actually work!
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13-10-2021, 12:49 PM | #23 | |||
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13-10-2021, 12:51 PM | #24 | |||
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Yes they Work but those in the UK say they are not as good as Central Heating A bloke had one on Ch4HDnews last month If prices come down Fitting them still is an Extra High Cost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_Energy_Group They say they do Heat Pumps [External heat exchanger of an air source heat pump] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump Last edited by arista; 13-10-2021 at 12:58 PM. |
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13-10-2021, 01:01 PM | #25 | |||
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'put a bit of lippy on and run a brush through your hair, we are alcoholics, not savages' Last edited by Cherie; 13-10-2021 at 01:02 PM. |
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