Energy consumption and temperatures rising quickly
I remain half-convinced that certain wits at the Argus make up his letters as a clever satire on the typical Daily Mail reader. Viz magazine runs a regular column with the same worthy aim, but your version is funnier.
The climate crisis is dire. Energy consumption - and temperatures - are rising at a far greater rate than emissions cuts and a recent UN report predicts that global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the level deemed consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Renewable energy sources aren't profitable enough for capitalist corporations to spend on them in the amounts required to make a serious difference.
Money speaks loudest in our world, and so Spaceship Earth remains on an uncertain trajectory. The world's dependence on fossil fuels is increasing, despite many governments' commitments to decarbonise. However, even where small efforts ARE being made - wind and solar farms, etc. - buffoons like Greenhalgh are ready to condemn them for spoiling the view from the ramparts of their cosy little castles!
Clearly, this man Greenhalgh is no intellectual, but surely to God he can do better than this! Does he not embarrass himself?
The hot air he generates is only making matters worse.
Lyndon Morgans,
Blackwood.
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Energy consumption and temperatures rising quickly
I remain half-convinced that certain wits at the Argus make up his letters as a clever satire on the typical Daily Mail reader. Viz magazine runs a regular column with the same worthy aim, but your version is funnier. The climate crisis is dire. Energy consumption - and temperatures - are rising at a far greater rate than emissions cuts and a recent UN report predicts that global fossil fuel production in 2030 is set to be more than double the level deemed consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Renewable energy sources aren't profitable enough for capitalist corporations to spend on them in the amounts required to make a serious difference. Money speaks loudest in our world, and so Spaceship Earth remains on an uncertain trajectory. The world's dependence on fossil fuels is increasing, despite many governments' commitments to decarbonise. However, even where small efforts ARE being made - wind and solar farms, etc. - buffoons like Greenhalgh are ready to condemn them for spoiling the view from the ramparts of their cosy little castles! Clearly, this man Greenhalgh is no intellectual, but surely to God he can do better than this! Does he not embarrass himself? The hot air he generates is only making matters worse. Lyndon Morgans, Blackwood.
