Some thoughts

A very good article at the Washington Post:  An Obama scientist debunks the climate doom-mongers  Key quote:  “If we stop emitting CO2 today, it would still be there in the atmosphere for hundreds of years” he tells me. “If we manage to reduce emissions a little bit, it’ll just accumulate at a slower rate but it’ll still go up.” Even that is hard to do at an acceptable economic cost. True, as is this: Climate change “will be gradual, and human ingenuity will certainly get us through this, if not allow us to prosper.” Indeed, Koonin notes there are advantages to a changing climate, such as the greening of the planet through increased vegetation, which he believes will dramatically increase the food supply for the world’s population. “So, this is not at all an unmitigated disaster as people would have you believe,” he says. “We’ll learn to take advantage of whatever changes happen rather than simply tolerate them. That’s what humans do, and we’re pretty good at it.  Ye...

 I just came across this article: you may be banned from selling your own home if you don't meet draconian new eco rules Yes, it's the Daily Fail but still, this is highly worrying, especially as the owner of an Edwardian terraced house that is currently let out. This part was particularly concerning: The Government has already banned the letting of homes with an energy rating below ‘E’. And by 2028, it has proposed to ban the letting of any property below a ‘C’ rating  And the Climate Change Committee, which advises the Government on how to reach its zero-carbon target, also wants to stop the sale of all homes with a rating lower than C by 2028, and to stop all mortgage lending on such properties by 2033. If this were to come into force, we would find ourselves in a ridiculous situation where, if someone couldn’t afford insulation, not only would they not be able sell their property, they wouldn’t be able to re-mortgage — leaving the only other outcome of repossession. *Slow ...