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I think I mentioned this in another thread wherein France was taken to the European court by 'Client earth' lawyers for failing to keep up with Paris accord commitments.
The French government lost the case & are having to implement draconian measures on all new cars. All vehicles with less than 20g/Km (basically all EV's) will get a €6000 subsidy whilst the higher polluting vehicles will be heavily taxed. As from the 1st January 2020 all trucks & SUV's and any vehicle with gram/Km higher than 185g/Km are now subject to a pollution tax up to €20000 up from €10500 https://twitter.com/MockPeter/status...35166%2Fpage-4 Why is he mentioning France! The UK government are up in the European court next for the exact same reason as France was and our Paris accord commitments record is worse than the French so I dare say they'll be wielding the big stick too.
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5th January 2020, 14:28 | #225 |
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Council actively hostile to cars in Truro
The anti -car brigade is in full swing in the South West.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/co...-leave-3675442 Now the chaos in the roads around Truro makes more sense. Each 'improvement' is actually to deter motorists and force them to use public transport. For myself, I'll just switch to more car friendly locations. Local city centre traders should begin to demand rate rebates as they inevitably lose out to the 'out of town' shopping areas with free parking provided. |
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1976 was indeed the hottest summer I can account for in my 80 years. I have a momento hanging by the front door of my house, which we got in 1975 when we stayed in Towyn, Wales. On the reverse side of this, is a written statement about the summer of 1976. It goes:- 1976, the hottest summer for years.Summer 11 weeks. 95 degrees day and night. Drought. 115 degrees outside.I remember going to work and thinking that every morning I got up, I thought I was going to die because of lack of sleep. It was terrible for me as I don’t like very hot weather. I also remember 1947 and that winter. My father And next door neighbour had to dig their way out of the front door to the footpath 15 feet away. People grunt and groan about climate change today. Load of hysterical claptrap.
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Andrew, "TREND" n. meaning 1. general tendency or direction. 2. fashion, mode. Its a bit of handy word and not like "EVIDENCE" which stands to be examined. It may be that the world will end very soon as stated by the believers but I don't think it will because many of them have shown less than acceptable intellectual rigor in their presentations, so I will continue to practice economy and a responsible life style as I have for the last 75 years. The elephant in the room is population control not any of the trendy buzz words which many public figures use to frighten everyone and do they ever think what it is like for children to be continually told they are all doomed, everything is going for a ball of chalk? They and their fellow travellers should hold their heads in shame , but they don't do they- their life styles!!!! those of denial and example? Don't hold your breath- and yes MGJohn 1976 was the hottest barr none. Chris.S.(Knuckledragger 2nd Class)
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Therein lies the problem with the ideology of successive scientists in their consensus of opinion. Not many of them would dare to challenge the fixed and accepted findings of their own establishment.
The excellent peer-review system for validation of new work and insight is also used to their own advantage. If ground breaking or contrary evidence does not receive such examination it will never be accepted. Consequently, as in the flat earth society, evidence to validate new ideas in new work is seen as heresy and it fails to meet with enthusiasm, especially when venerated members have established eminence. When amateurs who catch the public eye reach critical mass and echo the consensus of the establishment, especially when supported by modern day heroes in Show Business, then that is seen as confirmation of the established doctrine and beyond question. Enter the wild goose chase, led by a child.
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Exspurts And lawyers. In my long observations on both, I have observed how fact can be made into fiction, and fiction into fact. Everyone will have observed that what is printed in newspapers, is most times of late, not actual ‘news’ but very often, only the opinion of the so called ‘reporter’. This is then amplified by various people putting their own ‘spin’ on it all. Innuendo is not fact, but is believed by many to be the truth. The world is run by innuendo from those in power. You only have to think of the latest situation with the latest episode in Iran. I rest my case.
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