From the aptly titled Absolute Zero report (source)
We have to cut our greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050: that’s what climate scientists tell us, it’s what social protesters are asking for and it’s now the law in the UK. But we aren’t on track. For twenty years we’ve been trying to solve the problem with new or breakthrough technologies that supply energy and allow industry to keep growing, so we don’t have to change our lifestyles. But although some exciting new technology options are being developed, it will take a long time to deploy them, and they won’t be operating at scale within thirty years.
The next two decades will be interesting. This does help put in a clearer context some of the recent news about Heathrow apparently arbitrarily limiting capacity this summer.
The report calls out for all airports to be closed down in the UK and all shipping to decline to 0 by the 2030s.
As well it should have. It’s a travesty to have an “electric Vette” when the gas ones are SO KOOL!
We had a post here about this report on 2022-06-01, “Here Is Your ‘Absolute Zero’ Future, Serf”.
Sorry for posting the table again - the table did look familiar when I posted earlier but it hit home harder now than back in June. These folks really mean to take a crazy goal and make it happen by resolutely chipping away at the conveniences of modern life.
Beyond the nearly religious fervor of self-flagellation for imagined guilts and harms brought on the planet, there are significant economic interests that are happy to make gobs of money “building down” and “building it back better”. So much for stakeholder capitalism.
The “serf” appellative you used in the earlier thread’s title is quite appropriate unfortunately.
You are being too kind. These people do not intend to feel the sting of the whip on their backs. “Peon flagellation”. Now there is a movement they can all get behind!
One example: the battery-powered Porsche Taycan has over 8,000 chips. That will double or triple by the end of the decade, according to Volkswagen.
Did terrorists get first refusal on properties vacated by the US?
It was either Al-Zawahri or a family of innocent people. 50/50 at this point.
Hardly a slam.
Khrushchev did it better. I don’t know if his shoe had a hammer and sickle on the back.
Speaking of comfort food:
Speaking of chorizo:
As Europeans this summer struggle with extreme heat and rising energy costs, Spain issued a decree this week requiring air conditioning in public spaces be set at or above 27 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit). The measure will apply to offices, shops, bars and restaurants, as well as public transport systems and transport centers.
The guidelines also include keeping heating at or below 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter.
The decree was part of a bill passed by the Spanish government Monday in a bid to reduce the country’s gas consumption by 7%, in line with the recent European Union energy agreements to limit dependency on Russian gas.
Spain’s decree will remain in place until at least November 2023.
Heck, I already have my thermostat set at 80. Anything less is like walking into an icebox from outside.