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  • Jeremy.89
    Jeremy.89 Posts: 457
    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    Spoken to various people who have recently been in meetings with BP. All shocked by how seriously BP are taking net zero.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    Hope you are right.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    I think the last 4 months have shown it won't. And no-one has any spare money to pay for it now. Additionally, notice how much more plastic we are using to 6 months ago?

    Unless you are saying you know of technological solutions that will deliver it?
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    I think the last 4 months have shown it won't. And no-one has any spare money to pay for it now. Additionally, notice how much more plastic we are using to 6 months ago?

    Unless you are saying you know of technological solutions that will deliver it?
  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    Bryan Adams 'Reckless' was one of the best albums of the 1980's.
  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    coopster_the_1st said:

    I think Trump will win a second term in November

    It's a very distinct possibility but Trump is his own worst enemy.
  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    If you're not getting pissed, going to bike races is actually not that amazing and it's much better watching on TV.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,458
    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    oxoman said:

    Gluten free bread, according to the OH.

    What about it?
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    briantrumpet said:

    That Les Misérables would be much better as a musical, rather than trying to be an opera.

    The book, along with so called other French literature, is appallingly boring.
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    And speaking of books which need to be ignored include: Ward and Peace, all Tolkien fantasy rubbish and whilst we are discussing crap, also James Joyce, the master of the Emperor's new literature. (Please note the length of my sentence was a nod to the old feckwit himself.)
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    tailwindhome said:

    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    I think you might need to show your workings for that.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    TheBigBean said:

    tailwindhome said:

    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    I think you might need to show your workings for that.
    Possibly, it's a low bar.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • essexian
    essexian Posts: 187
    The best bands ever all came from the South East of England.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,811
    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    Hope you are right.
    Are you off to buy a lottery ticket now? 😁 Good to finally hear a Chancellor talking about insulating buildings.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,588
    Many people who took part in the Thursday night clapping were virtue signalling hypocrites who generally didn't follow the lockdown rules whilst a lot of others were pressured into taking part by social media bullies.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    tailwindhome said:

    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    I hope this is deeply unpopular...
    _
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    oxoman said:

    In reply to twotoebenny, why. My suggestion was gluten free bread. The manufacturers say it's great, the people who eat it including my OH would disagree. It's like eating sawdust on a good day.

    Ok that makes sense. Most people's I know i.e. Popular opinion is that it's crap, i tend to agree. Ive found a loaf that work s for me but would much rather eat "normal" bread.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    coopster_the_1st said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    I think the last 4 months have shown it won't. And no-one has any spare money to pay for it now. Additionally, notice how much more plastic we are using to 6 months ago?

    Unless you are saying you know of technological solutions that will deliver it?
    Gas prices are crazily, and unsustainably low at the moment, but assuming that is temporary and prices go back to normal, wind and solar are probably the cheapest way to generate electricity. Yes storage needs some work.

    Otherwise, hydrogen is coming, and coming quickly.

  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,024
    rjsterry said:

    rjsterry said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    Hope you are right.
    Are you off to buy a lottery ticket now? 😁 Good to finally hear a Chancellor talking about insulating buildings.
    Call it my hobby horse, but the Committee on Climate Change has a decent amount of power. It's why I found one Extinction Rebellion's two demands somewhat pointless.
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    nickice said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    I think Trump will win a second term in November

    It's a very distinct possibility but Trump is his own worst enemy.
    So is Biden. The more exposure Biden gets the worse he will look.
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    TheBigBean said:

    tailwindhome said:

    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    I think you might need to show your workings for that.
    It's probably as simple as she was a remainer and hence she was better than someone who is leaving rather than trying to make it look like leaving
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    TheBigBean said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Net zero is going to happen, and much quicker than most people expect.

    I think the last 4 months have shown it won't. And no-one has any spare money to pay for it now. Additionally, notice how much more plastic we are using to 6 months ago?

    Unless you are saying you know of technological solutions that will deliver it?
    Gas prices are crazily, and unsustainably low at the moment, but assuming that is temporary and prices go back to normal, wind and solar are probably the cheapest way to generate electricity. Yes storage needs some work.

    Otherwise, hydrogen is coming, and coming quickly.

    It won't happen if it has a negative economic effect on us.

    Additionally, China are undoing any carbon savings the west are making with their over reliance on coal fire power stations and they don't seem to be slowing the building of them.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    essexian said:

    The best bands ever all came from the South East of England.

    Unpopular and untrue.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Those arty coffees Mocha Chococcino and other made up ones are really good value.
    Priti Patel seems very fair minded to foreign workers and deeply cares.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    American cuisine is actually really good when it comes to breakfast.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,588
    rick_chasey said:

    American cuisine is actually really good when it comes to breakfast.

    Pancakes and waffles are deserts not breakfast food. I do like their bacon though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,588
    shortfall said:

    essexian said:

    The best bands ever all came from the South East of England.

    Unpopular and untrue.
    The Stones, The Kinks, Small Faces, East 17 - all the greats
  • Jeremy.89
    Jeremy.89 Posts: 457
    rick_chasey said:

    American cuisine is actually really good when it comes to breakfast.

    I'd go as far as taking off the last part of the sentence...

    But maybe saying can be, rather than is.

  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,226
    tailwindhome said:

    Theresa May was a better PM than given credit for.

    If you can think of anything positive, I'll agree with this opinion.

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