[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Pierre

You forgot :

a disaster of biblical proportions, Old Testament, real wrath of God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!

If your going to go, go big.

You are being silly

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Originally Posted by Paul

Why would anyone not consider their own demise ?

The UK accounts for less than 1% of global greenhouse emissions, so we should absolutely consider if its really worth all the pain and cost for something that will have very little effect overall.

This may help?

https://eciu.net/insights/2021/why-t...-is-a-big-deal

It's often claimed the UK, at 1% of global emissions, is too small to have an impact, often followed by 'what about China?'. But there's so much wrong with that calculation...

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There are also cumulative emissions to consider:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis...limate-change/

Historical responsibility for climate change is at the heart of debates over climate justice.

History matters because the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted since the start of the industrial revolution is closely tied to the 1.2C of warming that has already occurred.