Why is it that politicians take a ‘pragmatic’ view on further exploitation in the waters around the UK? Basically it is a class thing. Poor people are concerned about paying the rent/mortgage rather than the esoteric thought of controlling climate extremes, as a human race we are very adept in prioritising our personal needs before empathy for others. As ever it is the poor who suffer most from extremes of temperature in poorly insulated houses or concrete blocks of flats. `it will be the poor who suffer most from floods, not the toff on the hill! It will be the poor who face the brunt of price rises due to crop failures or poor harvests, not the rich or even the middle classes. Got a pension? It will almost certainly have investments related to fossil fuels, so please explain this to your grandchildren, children understand the world better than adults. Old people are nostalgic for their past and oblivious to the future of there offspring, I could call it selfish. Perhaps storms Austen, Boelo and Chloe will make our politicians take notice? It may not be the poor who are most affected but those who have bought their first house and are skint! It seems that planners and house builders have not even studied Geography at GCSE, covering farmland with impermeable concrete and tarmac will result in floods – no shit! Oh but add in the water companies lack of investments it probably will result in shit!
Solar and onshore wind turbines generate electricity at about £30 megawatt hour, much cheaper than fossil fuels and nuclear. Solar power is set to exceed 61% of world electricity generation by 2050 – so a lot of good news, it is just that sometime it needs bad news to stimulate action, Reform thrive on it but offer no solution just lies and propaganda for their fossil fuel donors.