Carbon Tax and other Climate Bullshit

[Kiwifruit]

If we don't go EV we either drown or fry.... so we're told. But we're saved if we pay Carbon Tax. Can someone less ignorant than I please explain to me how that works ?

Because I can I ask what effect does wrapping the planet in a cuddly rug of satellites do to us. If we cannot see each individuaĺ  communication or message these provide do they have zero effect on us ?
I was stunned when the wife mentioned an image she had seen showing the number of satellites in orbit.

I'm off to buy some more tinfoil, plant a pinetree and fill up my superyacht.
   

[GSXKING]

   Col don't get sucked into the climate con bs it's all starting to unravel now and many countries realising it's all too much too quickly they're ruining their economies chasing a fantasy.

[Mick_J]

Yes this rush to destroy our life's savings has gone mad here in the UK.  We pay people to have wind turbines and solar panels on their land.  Then we pay them more when they produce electricity.  Then if it's too windy we pay them even more to turn them off and when the sun is too shiny we pay them more to turn off the solar panels.  I'm going to get rich by buying a field and putting solar panels and a wind turbine on it, money for old rope.  It's enough to drive you mad, when will these idiot wake up.  If only just stop oil knew how much oil it takes to run a wind turbine.

[KiwiCol]

I think there's an insane amount of oil in the gearbox of a wind turbine, from (old foggy) memory it was about 400 litres or so. and it need changing, waaaay up there in the sky . . .

[Phill P]

Yes this rush to destroy our life's savings has gone mad here in the UK.  We pay people to have wind turbines and solar panels on their land.  Then we pay them more when they produce electricity.  Then if it's too windy we pay them even more to turn them off and when the sun is too shiny we pay them more to turn off the solar panels.  I'm going to get rich by buying a field and putting solar panels and a wind turbine on it, money for old rope.  It's enough to drive you mad, when will these idiot wake up.  If only just stop oil knew how much oil it takes to run a wind turbine.

And we produce less than 1% of the global emissions in the UK, although I'm sure we ask China to produce alot of our stuff .

It's like not having a bonfire because your so green but you then ask your neighbour to burn your garden waste, still affects everyone. And they still ram it down our throats whilst fly to a global emissions conference on a jet 

[Hooli]

It's all bollox & more & more people are noticing.

Stuff like Spain going dark for a day last month? has really helped with that. Apparently the cause was the solar farms turning off as they weren't getting paid enough for the power they produced. Which then lead to a cascade of the grid tripping out to protect itself from over demand (compared to the remaining generation capacity). Pretty much they had to turn Spain off & on again to fix it.

[Barbastro K6]

Not aluminum foil but toilet paper to wrap our white arrogance.
Marx said.....

[T250]

Yes this rush to destroy our life's savings has gone mad here in the UK.  We pay people to have wind turbines and solar panels on their land.  Then we pay them more when they produce electricity.  Then if it's too windy we pay them even more to turn them off and when the sun is too shiny we pay them more to turn off the solar panels.  I'm going to get rich by buying a field and putting solar panels and a wind turbine on it, money for old rope.  It's enough to drive you mad, when will these idiot wake up.  If only just stop oil knew how much oil it takes to run a wind turbine.

And we produce less than 1% of the global emissions in the UK, although I'm sure we ask China to produce alot of our stuff .

It's like not having a bonfire because your so green but you then ask your neighbour to burn your garden waste, still affects everyone. And they still ram it down our throats whilst fly to a global emissions conference on a jet 

Not that conference where they cut down over hundreds of acres of trees to provide a road for the 7 days? 🤬

[grog]

My solar has worked well for years, saved me lots, virtually zero electricity cost. Now, rules have changed, obviously overloaded, have cut input tariff back to fuck all, this bill will be around $500 with only $100 solar credit. 

[Eric GSX1400K3]

We're getting 7c per kwh as a rebate  yet they charge 23c per kwh. The electricity I generate is not 1/3 the quality of what they provide me, and the infrastructure costs are not 50% of their terrific structure, so it's purely driven by financial gain imho.

[Tony Nitrous]

The council gave me a grant to build a house with a log burner. I even put it on the plans.

Why the Hell would they do that ?

I'm getting mixed messages here!   

[Tony Nitrous]

One of my places to go and play is out towards Coopers Gap.
Theres 123 turbines there.  I rarely see many moving and always some being worked on.



I wonder how much 123 of them take for an oil change?

[Kiwifruit]

Bit warmer tonight so just letting it tick over.

Should I be burning all my plastic to save it from going to landfill ?

Asking for a friend.....

[Hooli]

Bit warmer tonight so just letting it tick over.

Should I be burning all my plastic to save it from going to landfill ?

Asking for a friend.....

I'd say no as I believe they end up coating the inside of your flue & reducing it's efficiency & life span. At least that's how I understood it when I had log burners.

[Kiwifruit]

No...I don't even burn treated timber Hooli.