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Just seen that. Unbelievable.EugenesAxe said:Has anyone seen that farmer in spain head towards the fire in his bulldozer to dig a fire ditch when you see the digger disappear as the flames engulf him?0 -
Um yea seen it round here somewhere, can’t quite locate it right now…ValleyGary said:Does anyone have the graphic comparing global temp now and in 1976?0 -
He looked rather “relieved” when he got out!Off_it said:
Just seen that. Unbelievable.EugenesAxe said:Has anyone seen that farmer in spain head towards the fire in his bulldozer to dig a fire ditch when you see the digger disappear as the flames engulf him?
couldn’t think of a worse way to go!0 -
“If you love climate so much Gary why don’t you adopt the sun and it can live in one of your mansions” #BanBBC #BoycottCrispsChizz said:BR7_addick said:
Throw in a Gary Lineker tweet and it’s war.Croydon said:Gribbo said:
SkyNews BREAKING - *Flood warning in North Kent*ValleyGary said:Raining in Bexleyheath now
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Cheers Hex0
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Lol that was just an example, but I guarantee the Press would be up in arms if a government tried it.Off_it said:
Get you with your two holiday flights per year limit being a "drastic step"!JamesSeed said:
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)AndyG said:The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 yearsIt probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.0 -
This is quite staggering how stupid they think their readers are, to clarify this is Tuesday/Wednesday for both:
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Yes on the news last night, amazing escape.EugenesAxe said:Has anyone seen that farmer in spain head towards the fire in his bulldozer to dig a fire ditch when you see the digger disappear as the flames engulf him?1 - Sponsored links:
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Surprised more isn’t made of this dust that seem to be constantly in the atmosphere these days.0
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Wow Hex, farming correspondent as well as CL’s weather man, is there no end to your talents8
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I’m curious, for any of you that have children, what’s the focus on climate change in schools? I appreciate it’s not a subject likely to be on the national curriculum (although it probably should be), but do schools touch upon it at all?0
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yeah its touched on a lot in Key Stage 2 (8-11) and more in secondary from what I understand, it's also the media they consume that talks about it a lot, so my lad will watch Newsround every day, and it's a main features a couple of times a week.cabbles said:I’m curious, for any of you that have children, what’s the focus on climate change in schools? I appreciate it’s not a subject likely to be on the national curriculum (although it probably should be), but do schools touch upon it at all?5 -
Yeah, thats one explanation in certain areas as it is every year, but this dust seems to have hung around for a while now and not just in rural areasHex said:0 -
Is there time to shoe horn the dust issue into Boris's last PMQ?
Gotta be his fault surely comrades?0 -
Went in the sea yesterday at Pett Level even that was fairly warm.
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Why do people who wear Fred Perry get such a bad press?BR7_addick said:
For all we know, that could be a march celebrating the 50th birthday of the Barbie doll.9 - Sponsored links:
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Wow, I didn’t know it was 50 years!Macronate said:
Why do people who wear Fred Perry get such a bad press?BR7_addick said:
For all we know, that could be a march celebrating the 50th birthday of the Barbie doll.2 -
The extremely hot air originated from Africa some time ago but if dust was picked up from there and en-route it can stay in the atmosphere for a long time, same as volcanic dust. There has not been any rainfall here or over France, Spain or Portugal to wash it out.Gribbo said:
Yeah, thats one explanation in certain areas as it is every year, but this dust seems to have hung around for a while now and not just in rural areasHex said:
I'm not a dust expert as Mrs Hex will confirm !6 -
Justice for the daily mail and the sun.Big_Bad_World said:0 -
Absolutely, m8. Lolz.BR7_addick said:
Justice for the daily mail and the sun.Big_Bad_World said:0 -
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The biggest problem though is that it's a GLOBAL problem, and that unless every country does something, especially the biggest ones, individual smaller ones will feel "what's the point" when it comes to REALLY tough decisions. Countries make high energy industries uncompetitive, so that they just shut down and relocate to another country which doesn't care so much, and happily burns coal.JamesSeed said:
You’re 100% right. That’s why we need a government that will actually take drastic steps, and change our behaviours. (eg two holidays flights a year only.)AndyG said:The fact is we are on a course to disaster as a planet. That is 100% given. The trouble is very few of us are willing to change our lives enough to slow it down globally.That isnt over reacting it's cold hard facts, not in our lifetime perhaps but certainly within the next 100 yearsIt probably will be in our lifetimes, even us ‘seniors’, and action needs to be taken now. Problem is, governments are short term, and they’d rather spend money on tax cuts or services.
And whereas in the West we've had a reasonably comfortable standard of living for decades, millions/billions of people in the world are yet to reach it, and as economic growth takes them closer to our relative prosperity, will produce more CO2 as a result. For example, hundreds of millions of people in China have been taken out of poverty in the last 20 years or so, which is great but also means that they consume more stuff, travel more, eat more meat etc
It's a massive conundrum, how to create the growth to move people in developing countries out of poverty, while at the same time trying to reduce global CO2 emissions. And the global population is still rising - population growth surely is also a major factor in the rise in CO2, as the more humans live on this planet, the more land is needed to feed them, leaving even less space for wildlife and rainforests...1 -
Had a little bit of rain last night, car is now covered in dust, maybe from the Sahara.Hex said:
The extremely hot air originated from Africa some time ago but if dust was picked up from there and en-route it can stay in the atmosphere for a long time, same as volcanic dust. There has not been any rainfall here or over France, Spain or Portugal to wash it out.Gribbo said:
Yeah, thats one explanation in certain areas as it is every year, but this dust seems to have hung around for a while now and not just in rural areasHex said:
I'm not a dust expert as Mrs Hex will confirm !0 -
Education, Education, Education.
Read and watch David Attenborough and James lovelock; it's about diversity of views.
Both amazing men, who believe in homeostasis but Attenborough believes that mankind must drive these changes where Lovelock feels the earth will self regulate and mankind will follow.
Both are against fossil fuels but James Lovelock 102 not out is a big supporter of Nuclear energy.
David Attenborough 96 not out and has accrued knowledge in TV and travel to feel the world population needs control and if we have billions of meat eaters we are in trouble.
They will both put some spin on their views but It's just not cricket.
Gaia, Atheist, Agnostic, religious beliver or don't give a fuck ? As adults you may have the luxury to make choices for now depending where you live and your personal circumstances.
Hotter than the Sahara in a boast on its front page; no wonder the comic is called the Sun.
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All this fuss when it’s common knowledge that it’s the government that control the weather1
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Or maybe from St Leonard’s beach.🙄HastingsRed said:
Had a little bit of rain last night, car is now covered in dust, maybe from the Sahara.Hex said:
The extremely hot air originated from Africa some time ago but if dust was picked up from there and en-route it can stay in the atmosphere for a long time, same as volcanic dust. There has not been any rainfall here or over France, Spain or Portugal to wash it out.Gribbo said:
Yeah, thats one explanation in certain areas as it is every year, but this dust seems to have hung around for a while now and not just in rural areasHex said:
I'm not a dust expert as Mrs Hex will confirm !2
