Stop lying, stop delaying the imposition of sanctions on the oligarchs in London and the UK. The EU has blocked air space to all Russian planes, Turkey has closed the Bosphorus to the Russian Navy which I suspect is a big deal. Sanctions against the Russian Central Bank could impact on their reserves of $630 billion. How this works in not known by me, but is said to be a very big deal.
UKRAINE – thoughts
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Why is there no clamour for more solar panels and wind farms in the present political climate? Greater insulation and energy efficiency across the board also seems essential for many reasons.
CLIMATE CHANGE
STORM FRANKLIN
Looks like a load of rain coming our way – and a bit of hooley. I guess it is winter so does not matter much to most of us – I wonder how farmers are coping?
EU NICE
Windy and noisy here. Peak due at 11-12am. rather strange at 6.30 as it was rather clam with a few gusts. Main problem maybe the water level in the Bristol Channel with a full moon and a spring tide combining with the south-westerly gale forcing water up the Bristol Channel. The Environment Agency has prepared pumps out on the Somerset Levels.
UKRAINE
As usual I am confused. Russian troops and tanks are gathered on the Ukraine border. Have I missed something? Recent conflicts have been characterised by initial air power. And if British anti-tank guns which has been a publicised donation to the Ukraine, are effective then this whole psycho-drama of world leaders is ridiculous. Or are these multi-million pound planes just decoration for fly pasts.
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY
Whilst rapid jerks in the Net Zero Scrutiny Group pursue a well funded campaign to undermine the UK Governments commitments to climate action – the climate emergency continues to build momentum. Troops can be with drawn by Putin, but the climate emergency cannot be reversed for maybe decades. It is not an optional extra to take action now. It may cost money, but there is plenty around – the NZSG would like to continue to receive their dividends from the energy companies. Blaming the new green technologies for cost of living rises is dishonest. Transporting energy materials like gas and oil contribute almost 50% to the greenhouse emissions of ocean transport.
UKRAINE
It is difficult to read the mind of a despot, let alone a tosspot. So with Putin and Johnson the situation is serious. I find it interesting that the rhetoric from London and Washington is more hawkish than that of the Ukraine which seems fairly sanguine about things, saying the situation has not changed much over the last 8 years.