Climate crisis

I'm not sure, but I think that picture may be from an interview he did about ten years ago. I can't find it now, though. It also included a picture in which he lifted his bike over his head, IIRC.

He does look robust for an 86-year old!

A very interesting new-ish theory for this:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/06/global-warming-extinction-report-the-great-dying

Deutsch said: “We are about a 10th of the way to the Permian. Once you get to 3-4C of warming, that’s a significant fraction and life in the ocean is in big trouble, to put it bluntly. There are big implications for humans’ domination of the Earth and its ecosystems.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/24/labour-government-tackle-climate-change
Any opinions on this?

Frankly, too little too late..
the 150 year look ahead for the River Thames and London looks very bleak. The only way we’ll survive is to become amphibious and suck nutrients from the river bed. And no amount of new intervention from the UK will reverse climate change globally.. since the industrial revolution started some 250 years ago.. human activity has just sped up the next global cataclysmic event. This is just my opinion, not scientific fact..

enjoy the terrestrial / pedal life while you still can..

While mostly my sentiments are similar (we're fucked and it's too late to do anything), I also figure giving it a shot is better than nothing (I don't even have kids to worry about!), so in that vein I was looking more for opinions on who/how/whether government has any hope of changing things, and who is most likely to do so. How Labour compares to the Greens.

I’m all for our politicians to tackle climate change, provide better education on this subject, guidance and incentives, stronger planning restrictions, more off grid solutions.. it’s total irony considering where my work is. Are we as a nation doing enough, my response would be no, let’s start with no airport expansions, see where politicians sit with that..

Can Labour succeed in convincing the electorate.. I doubt it, sorry to sound negative about this. It will become a national emergency in our lifetime though with widespread consequences. And those that believe it’s not important enough today or indeed the last thirty years, will soon see the impact either directly or financially.

My last point, those with the least amount of influence will probably be the ones most affected.

enjoy the terrestrial / pedal life while you still can..

Maybe we can steal the pedalos from Hyde Park!

You mean The Tyburn Yacht Basin, part of the 2 mile wide Thames estuary where once there was London?

human activity has just sped up the next global cataclysmic event. This is just my opinion, not scientific fact..

Ftfy

I’m going to start swimming everyday, might develop webbed hands and feet..

You think there will be yachts in this watery future?

So anyway, best not get too excited about this informal statement by Labour. In the current political climate I can't see the Greens making much headway. It's just frustrating how little attention is given to this.

Out of curiosity, do people with kids think about preparing them for the future? If so what aspects? (Like in Terminator 2... but perhaps a little less fighty. )

We (or our successors) will be using coracles.

It is amazing that the BBC even took the environment section off its website and merged it with science. Just as the realisation that climate breakdown was going have have such far reaching impacts.

One of the reasons for moving to Wapping was to see the Thames everyday.. property prices here are astronomically high.. 500 year old pubs clinging to an ancient river wall, warehouse conversions look empty most nights, might be worth building an ark if I live another 50 years.. my children now 23 and 19 don’t plan to live in London and fully aware of the climate crisis, both have learnt to sail, have a love of water, like pubs on the river, often say ‘dad so nice to experience living here in Wapping before it’s gone’.. what more can I do..

I reckon they should build a lot of desalination plants and pump all the extra water into the Sahara to grow cabbages.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/07/cavity-two-thirds-the-size-of-manhattan-discovered-under-antarctic-glacier

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I'm sure I read about a man who wanted to build a bunch of catapults at the poles in order to fire snow/ice to the Sahara. Can't find it now though...

That flight-free thing is great. I think I can pull that off.

I feel bad about my flight emissions over the last few years so I'm well up for this.

Yep - I'll sign up and get as many as I can to commit

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/02/the-devastation-of-human-life-is-in-view-what-a-burning-world-tells-us-about-climate-change-global-warming

I can't feel optimistic/excited about the future.

@almac68 - can I ask what you find positive about Wapping? I lived there briefly, and found it awful - so many empty flats (that you allude to) that there was no community whatsoever - a couple of tiny shit pubs, crappy parks, crappy restaurants, crappy bit of the Thames where flats had gazumped most of the river views and the Cap'n Kidd was the only place that would allow dogs. Apart from being close to central Ldn, hated it.