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The Environment Thread :-)

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Fields
May 2022
10:19am, 13 May 2022
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I read this interesting article today about the benefits of providing “universal basic mobility” as a means of unlocking more economic opportunities to people without requiring them to use (which usually means own) cars. For example jobs located on far out industrial estates which lock in a car reliant society

bloomberg.com

Not sure if this is a “bit of politics there” as Ben Elton would say

And just a reminder that the online shopping one day delivery habits people are hooked on are terrible for everyone

theguardian.com
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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1:50pm, 13 May 2022
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I think we acknowledge that this thread inevitably had "ooh, a little bit of politics" in it - in the nature of saving the environment. Needs governments as well as individuals to make huge changes.

In addition to universal mobility (shared or public transport) which I agree, there is also a point that "no travel" or "minimal travel" working could/should be a policy and culture shift. More "local hubs" that you can walk, cycle, short bus to, then use the technology to connect across the region, country, world.

But companies at the moment are *closing* local offices and consolidating in huge big locations, especially outside towns. Often these can only be easily accessed by car (nowhere near populations or public transport). Completely wrong. :-) G
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Fields
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1:53pm, 13 May 2022
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The example in the article was someone working in retail - not everyone is a desk based worker.
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11:27am, 20 May 2022
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Surprise surprise....BBC News - Hinkley Point C delayed by a year as cost goes up by £3bn
bbc.co.uk
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
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We're back on solar and insulation (and possibly air source?), probably in that order. Solar survey and quotes tomorrow. Maybe a battery. The Smart Export Guarantee (replacement for FIT) is rubbish - 5p per kWh back to grid. Given that our new peak rate is 35p per kWh, it's almost worthless.

Probably be 7-8k for panels and another 3-4 if we go for a battery. A lot of cash. Hmmm. :-) G
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Last weekend our local climate campaigning group had a meeting to discuss a renewable energy strategy for the town. Very early days but a few interesting ideas about potential for local generation (mostly wind/solar). Will be interesting to see if anything comes of it. There is certainly potential - ie local land and plenty of wind :-)
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Anyone done or investigated wind turbines (he says, as it blows a gale outside!) :-) G
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We are considering one. Of course it depends on location etc. And it was very much more along the lines of a wish-list than a business plan! But I could see the potential for a windmill adjacent to a solar farm somewhere on the edge of town.
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One point is it really has to be quite big to make any economic sense apart from odd cases like off-grid sites, stand-alone installations. Not a domestic thing like solar can be.
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They are hoing to make air source heat pumps compulsory in the Netherlands 😱

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Hi
I've seen environment (whether emissions, power, climate change, access to countryside, whatever you think of as "environment") discussed in various threads: Politics (obviously), the Electric Car thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/electric-car-anyone-61481/ , run free's excellent "Competitive Running and Keeping The Environment Clean" fetcheveryone.com/forum/running-competitively-keeping-our-environment-clean-60907/ my own Greta Thunberg thread fetcheveryone.com/forum/greta-thunberg---jfk-for-the-climate-generation-61044/ etc. but I haven't seen a general one.

So here it is. For those interested in the science, the politics, the action for (and I'll state that for me, this is mostly pro-environment, anti-emissions, anti-pollution etc.) and the hope for the future of our planet.

Useful links posted by contributors:
rf_fozzy: This is quite a good article about how disruptive technology works too: lesswrong.com
Basically about why Kodak completely missed the boat when it came to digital cameras timkastelle.org
run free's Grand Designs example Ben Laws is a man who built his dream: granddesignsmagazine.com granddesignsmagazine.com
Carbon Commentary carboncommentary.com
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