Patrick HarvieThis is the most wildly irresponsible government decision I can remember.
The Tories serve only the interests of those who profit from the destruction of our world.
jtb@patrickharvie But look at all the cars driving around. Where do people think the energy is going to come from? whether they be petrol or electric. When the winter comes people will be wanting their heating on and the temperature up at 20C as if it is summer all the year round.
Andy Gates@jtb @patrickharvie All you're saying is "we are not currently at net zero", we know that.
@andygates @patrickharvie I asked a question though.
@jtb @patrickharvie UK Climate Change Committee are the experts with the plan to get from here to there. I'm just some tusky rando.
I am reading their report and see this: "The Government continues to place their reliance on technological solutions that have not been deployed at scale, in preference to more straightforward encouragement of people to reduce high-carbon activities. "
Later it says this:
"Sales of new electric cars continue to grow ahead of our pathway, but electric van sales are still lagging and remain significantly off track."
I don't think they have a feasible solution....
@andygates @patrickharvie They should maybe take some lessons from Cuba on how they dealt with the energy crisis, and it wasn't by driving around in electric cars, that's for sure.
@jtb @patrickharvie The bit where Cuba failed to scale up it's grid and renewables, got spanked by a storm, and bought more fossil from Russia? That doesn't sound winning.