the village idiot
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There are lots of ways to 'fix' carbon out of the atmosphere. Some of which would improve economies if pursued sensibly. There is no reason in theory why we couldn't fix more carbon out of the atmosphere than we put in. We just need a wealthy country or countries to grab the bull by the horns. Obviously the less carbon we put into the atmosphere the less extensive the remedies have to be.
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Look up 'effects of rising global temperatures on human civilisation'. Death, Flooding, Mass migration, food shortage, freshwater shortage, forest fires, hurricanes etc etc. Suffering. Reduced temperature increase, reduced suffering.
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Removing CO2 from the atmosphere would help in both those cases.
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Remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
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? That's a bit like asking a Vegan to pick his favourite cut of meat.
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It is only my personal take on it Ian. Really like the milk in the fridge analogy.?
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Limit it, to the best of our collective ability.
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Nice post Ian. As I see it, what matters is suffering. The suffering of any concious creature that is capable of it. The current predicament could certainly just be viewed as a blip in geological time but that is kind of besides the point because we have the opportunity to alleviate suffering now and in the future. In a way, it doesn't really matter if global warming isn't human caused. The crux of the matter is that the climate is changing in a manner that is going to cause an immense amount of suffering to concious creatures, particularly humans, and we are in a position to do something about that. If we choose to. The idea put forward by Hairychest that we are on a pre-ordained path is dangerous. It cannot be adequately substantiated and it serves as a disturbing justification for glossing over needless suffering.
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OK!? I'm genuinely trying very hard not to conclude that you haven't just cherry picked convenient snippets of various Eastern and Western religious philosophies, added in some very current right wing conspiracy theorising, to concoct a personal narrative which makes you feel comfortable with behaving however you want. You seem convinced that there is a goal being achieved. This necessitates a goal setter, outside of human timescales. Can you articulate who or what has set the definitive agenda/path/final destination for this "man made World", and what convinces you that this 'goal oriented' entity/entities exists?
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Presumably you get a rougher finish with the chains?
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What horsepower have you got available?
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Yes, I spoke to him some while back. Didn't gleen an awful lot. They are reassuringly expensive, and European made (Spain I think). If I remember correctly, I think you have to have a different spinning thing for chains and blades. That's about all I know I'm afraid
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I've been looking at those too John. No advice I'm afraid, just thought I'd let you know.
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I can't quite zero in on what you actually think is happening Hairychest. On one hand you appear to be saying that the scientists are just alarmists and false prophets, concocting a false narrative of human induced climate change in conspiracy with some group of political elite. In a different mood you appear to be saying that human induced climate change is not only very real, but positively mandated by the Man/God hybrid that wants to burn fossil fuels to produce 'it's' own idea of plant heavy Eden. Could you please set me straight. I am very confused.
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Did your modes of transport add or subtract from your enjoyment of your holiday?
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You virtue signal away Billhook, that is incredible! What are you not doing to get such a low result?
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Don't be too hard on yourself J. It makes a big difference what you are driving your gas guzzlers to do. Worth us all bearing in mind though that the limit the WWF calculator sets (around 10 tonnes per annum) will only limit the effects of climate change to catastrophic.
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Foreign holidays are something that makes life worth living for a lot of people. I can see that it might be counter productive to cut those out. A lot of flights are business flights, so that people can meet face to face to do deals. This is understandable, but surely now we have the tech to carry out this function in a less ideal but workable remote fashion?
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Appreciate your candour there Hairychest. There is a tiny sliver of commonality in our world views, based around one aspect of your thoughts on conciousness. I struggle with the rest to be honest. Probably best debated on a different thread.
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Yup. A really detailed questionnaire would presumably offset some of that fuel against the Wood product you produce and the increased forest growth yield you generate.
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The national psyche summed up perfectly there Mesterh.?
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Were you particularly high in any one sector?
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7.1 tonnes for me. Food was the killer.
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Still damn impressive though Kev!
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Wow! Why didn't God just create the World he wanted in the first place? Could have saved a whole heap of bother.
