The proposed Climate Change Bill is the first of its kind in any country and according to Environment Secretary David Miliband, Britain is "leading by example".
Much of the Bill focuses on domestic buildings which account for 25% of UK emissions as opposed to aviation which only accounts for 5%.
What do you think of the Bill? Does it go far enough? Should we provide annual rather than five-year targets?
When I read posts from armchair experts claiming to know better than the scientists studying climate change it amsases me how some of you wish to stay in the dark, you really have know idea of what you are talking about.
I have posted many times, that if you really want to know whats going on have a look at the IPPC website, it's science so it will be hard going.
This is apparently ANOTHER meaningless Labour target. The only time this planet will truly recover is after we have wiped ourselves out, which we seem to be well on the way to doing. once humanity is not here to louse things up, nature will recover, as it has over the last 4 billion years plus, recovered from meteor impact, ice ages, volcanic eruptions, you name it. It is a great shame, but I feel we will not be around to witness the planet's recovery.
It will still continue to warm up if you cut CO2 emissions to zero overnight and kept them there for 50 years.
It will cool down again when it is good and ready.
The climate is a far more complicated than a simple CO2 up/down.
That it has a part to play is not in contention but it isn't the sole key by any means.
With all this talk of Carbon Footprints, I have looked but as yet not found a satisfactory answer, is this just more techno- bable
Its just a meangless target. Until the USA are comitted to carbon reduction we won't get anywhere.
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