Below is an interesting piece from Richard North. He observes that net zero targets are not being met due to public resistance. This is going to lead to a dilemma. Will they try to force costly change and risk even more unpopularity, or will they abandon the targets and push them further ahead?
Net zero: reality bites | Turbulent Times
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December 25, 2024 at 01:34AM
“As Christmas and Hanukkah Coincide, Lights Can Inspire All,” writes Eli Federman in the Los Angeles Times (December 17, 2024). He explains:
Holiday lights have more than aesthetic benefits, signaling community and social connection. Lights can boost mood, reduce stress and create warmth, especially during the dark winter months. Holiday lights are more than decorations; they’re a means of emotional well-being.
Lose the darkness, he concludes, “it’s time to shine.”
Scrooges
Yes, more lighting the better. Bah Humbug to the deep ecologists and climate busybodies who distain turning darkness into beauty. Three examples:
With the holiday season, the intensity of light pollution only increases…. Ideally, there would be a public outcry against bigger causes of light pollution, such as street lamps and tall buildings. But until that happens, the simplest thing that one can do is to not put up any Christmas or Hanukkah lights.
– Heidi Ward, “Holidays & Light Pollution,” United Green Alliance
“Do you love those displays of Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or …) lights? Are you awed by those so impassioned that they string up 1000s of lights in awesome displays worthy of a city center? I once did…. But … no longer…. I’ve reached the point of feeling like a Scrooge; feeling outrage over the tons of C02 going into the atmosphere via neighbors’ 10,000 light displays rather than feeling ‘joyous’.”
– A. Siegel, “Christmas Lights–Scrooge or Savior?” HuffPost
“During each year’s holiday season, lights are strung everywhere, in the city and in millions of homes. Though the lights are a beautiful sight and symbol of Christmas, many Americans don’t realize that the holiday lights (and lighting in general) have a negative impact on the environment as well as on their own health.”
– Angeli Mittal, “Tra-La-Light: Holiday Lighting to Health Declining,” Green Schools Alliance
Enough of that. Climate alarmism is on the wane as 2025 beacons. So enjoy the holiday celebrations and special lighting that comes with it!
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December 25, 2024 at 01:12AM
By P Gosselin
There’s no question that Germans and Europeans are much worse off than they’ve been in a very long time.
This has been due to incompetent, ideological leadership shadowy and global puppeteers. Fortunately their days may soon be numbered, as 2025 offers many rays of hope.
Merry Christmas! Image: P. Gosselin
I’ve actually found myself longing for the days when climate change was one of the biggest issues we supposedly were facing – before Corona.
Since then, things has deteriorated markedly in Germany, causing concerns about climate to fade. Now nobody even cares about it. Germans and Europeans have long since been redirected to real, undeniable threats:
Real problems and crises
There’s no question Germans and Europeans are worse off than they’ve been in a very long time. Gone are the days when people here had nothing better to worry about than the climate crisis hoax. Today, Germans and Europeans are facing problems that are real and profound.
Never since World War II has the situation for Germany and much of looked bleaker than it does today.
Rays of hope for 2025
But there are powerful rays of lights bursting through the dark layers of clouds in 2025. There are true winds of change blowing: political forces that promise to bring back the peace and prosperity we were robbed of for years. Already in many countries we’ve seen huge political shifts as citizens have become weary of the rapid and undeniable socioeconomic deterioration brought on by incompetent leaders and their puppeteers.
2025, though likely to be tumultuous at times, promises to bring about revolutionary changes. Keep in mind that the major forces behind them have been or are about to be deployed. The axis of incompetent leaders and the globalization are in total disarray, with many elements already on the run. Now is the time to run them down (politically) and defeat them mercilessly. The iron is hot and now is the time to strike it with abandon. If everyone delivers a blow, we can forge a new future.
So on that note, We wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and keep in mind that there’s a lot to be hopeful about in 2025.
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December 25, 2024 at 12:07AM
Well, it’s that time of year again, when I challenge you to use knowledge or reason to identify an old photograph. Is there a climate link? Maybe, maybe not. It kinda depends on how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go.
I can’t remember how the points were allocated last year, but never mind; you will have to be the judge of whether your efforts have earned yourself a nice Christmas cocktail. This year, I am making Hemingways and Piña Coladas. With Cuban rum, of course. We’ll see how they go down. I would be interested to hear of Clisceppers’ Christmas tipple of choice.
The answer to the picture quiz will appear in a day or two.
In the meantime, season’s greetings to all. Things may seem bleak in the UK. We seem to be governed by people who do not have our best interests at heart, and I do not fling that accusation lightly. Their policies augur a slide towards still bleaker times; but all is not lost. As I may have mentioned, there is I think a Russian saying that translates as “Hope dies last.” Which is to say, however bad things are today, there is always the hope of a brighter tomorrow.
Here’s the challenge pic:
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December 24, 2024 at 11:59PM
