That's already being sorted with.new regs requiring all new houses to net zero carbon (in operation) ready by 2025. Exactly how they do that will be up to the developers although it's likely to be by air source and PV rather than ground source heat pumps.
I delegated that to Herr Aldi.
Top soil is eroded when the ground is left without root systems to keep it in place. I agree with you on cattle
I hope their canteen only does lentil stew & gruel.
Life's a box of mushrooms, you never know what you're gonna get until you try one
The houses should be built like that now. I've had my solar panels since 2014 but they should be built into the design.
We've got that for dinner tomorrow as it happens with the vegan coming back for a few days.
I'd sprinkle bacon bits on when he wasn't looking just on principle.
Send him our best.
When I read this this morning I was testing the water in a canalised section of the River Lea in Hertfordshire. I did a study of urban runoff in Los Angeles when I was at university. I agree it causes massive flood problemsUnless the largest ever secularisation of a state occurs, I don’t think the Hindu majority of India will start a mass consumption of cow meat anytime soon
We really need to change how we use the land, there has to be a reduction in intensified agriculture to try and allow some biodiversity to recover and flourish. In the West there needs to be a redesign in urban planning, particularly around areas where many live on a flood plain. The floods that happened here in Germany have been utterly devastating, I was on holiday in Bavaria last week when they hit and you can see how this could have been reduced if the planners of the past knew what we know now. Channelisation of rivers is so expensive, particularly to maintain, the river will always find a way to alter its course over time. When it breaks these artificial channels apart, the result is extra damage and costs to fix the mess. There is talk here about rethinking how we rebuild the destroyed houses. Of course, this is going to upset those that just want an exact replica built on the same spot, but we have to be smart. We need to reopen flood plains and allow the natural process to occur, particularly since evidence shows that it’s becoming more frequent in these areas (the record flood levels for the Saalach river in Bavaria have been broken in 2003, 2012 and 2021).
Apologies for the long post, I’m writing my master thesis about a similar topic so I’m kind of in the zone
Agreed, but successive governments have been asleep with it, however they have finally woken up to the fact that 2050 isnt that far away and if we're going to hit the target by then we're already way behind where we need to be.
Never too late to change for the better
Good points which I fully agree with.
We will be fine. It will fall apart at the margin and then we will cut our cloth as we can. I doubt it will be the western developed countries who pay the price.
i think we are a long way off that. Our wealth and military will ensure we won't suffer in our lifetime. As usual it will be the poor who pay the price. Luckily we live in a wealthy country that has lots of big guns.
