Maybe the worst hit could be helped with the asset’s of russians in the UK?
Well everything else has put a squeeze on, why not this.
Atleast this one I can support
dont forget the russians wil stop funding uk politicians too!
I really don’t see why we can’t temporarily reduce taxes on things like fuel to ease the damage the cost of living rises have done.
With one foot in each country I can’t help but compare: the Netherlands £206 per liter. With the known adage that the poor and less well off will carry the can, so it will be again.
Here’s your daily reminder that **your entire life is going to be shaped by two things : Climate change, and the energy transition/end of the fossil fuel era.**
**You should be building your life around minimal energy use. The sooner you do it, the better.**
The energy transition means volatile, and probably permanently reduced energy supply. It also means expensive energy a lot of the time, and quite probably more expensive energy than anyone currently alive has ever seen, for the entire rest of your life. A restricted energy supply means low or no economic growth. Even if we ignore climate concerns, conventional oil peaked in the mid 2000s and what’s left is increasingly expensive to get. The energy systems we rely on [are falling apart](https://bylinetimes.com/2021/10/20/oil-system-collapsing-so-fast-it-may-derail-renewables-warn-french-government-scientists/) before the renewables are even close to sufficient.
The energy transition also means moving from systems with relatively minimal material requirements to much larger material requirements (EV uses 6x critical minerals per vehicle compared to ICE vehicle, offshore wind uses 13x critical minerals per megawatt of generation compared to gas turbine). That increase in demand, plus mineral depletion (which means higher energy inputs to *maintain* production, not good in a world of costly energy) means increasing costs everywhere.
Climate change means wars, disruptions of production and transport. It means massive unrest, the collapse of states, the displacement of potentially billions of people. It means [a quinvigintupling (up by 25x) risk of crop failures](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac22c1). It affects other industries too though. As examples, the drought in taiwan has had an impact on chip production. The war in Ukraine is spiking nickel prices, which you need for those cheap batteries everyone’s counting on. We’re heading into a future of conflict, and conflict disrupts trade.
Adapting now might be expensive or hard – but not half as hard as adapting later, once the penny drops with the public. Adapt now and avoid the rush.
>**Individuals, families, and communities faced with this predicament still have choices left. The most important of those choices parallels the one faced, or more precisely not faced, at the end of the 1970s: to make the descent in a controlled way, beginning now, or to cling to their current lifestyles until the system that currently supports those lifestyles falls away from beneath their feet.**
I dint understand this. Apparently Russia only supplies 7% of the world’s oil and even less (3%) to UK. Why is this having such an effect?? All the while Sheel is buying fuel at record lows
Climate change, wars, refugees, food scarcity. Get the Anderson shelters ready and swap the marigolds for spuds.
I know millions of people have no other option than driving, but to those who do have the feasible option of alternatives, give it a go. Especially those in London where public transport is so good. I gave up my car a year ago and haven’t looked back. I miss having one maybe a handful of times a year.
If you need it for your commute then fair enough, but if there is a good bus route to work and a multitude of different ways to do your shopping nowadays, maybe consider it?
Stop ‘hitting’ UK living costs. He’s already dead, I tell you.
It’s about time the government pulled its finger out and started actually helping people. Most British homeowners can’t afford to switch to green forms of heating which, in our poorly insulated homes, don’t work very well. Most people would switch or have installed a greener form of heating if we could afford it or it was feasible, so at present we rely quite a lot on gas/oil. We may even have to rely on our coal reserves as a back up before a decent alternative is found. But it’s down to government to put investment into this instead of lining their own pockets. We can put up with a lot as a people if we feel the people in charge are doing things to help and have our welfare at heart, but these days they seem self interested. We need a leader who can LEAD not just talk!
Don’t just tell us to turn the thermostat stat down or pull our belts in, we need action and NOW.
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A bit of suffering for a good cause.
Maybe the worst hit could be helped with the asset’s of russians in the UK?
Well everything else has put a squeeze on, why not this.
Atleast this one I can support
dont forget the russians wil stop funding uk politicians too!
I really don’t see why we can’t temporarily reduce taxes on things like fuel to ease the damage the cost of living rises have done.
With one foot in each country I can’t help but compare: the Netherlands £206 per liter. With the known adage that the poor and less well off will carry the can, so it will be again.
Here’s your daily reminder that **your entire life is going to be shaped by two things : Climate change, and the energy transition/end of the fossil fuel era.**
**You should be building your life around minimal energy use. The sooner you do it, the better.**
The energy transition means volatile, and probably permanently reduced energy supply. It also means expensive energy a lot of the time, and quite probably more expensive energy than anyone currently alive has ever seen, for the entire rest of your life. A restricted energy supply means low or no economic growth. Even if we ignore climate concerns, conventional oil peaked in the mid 2000s and what’s left is increasingly expensive to get. The energy systems we rely on [are falling apart](https://bylinetimes.com/2021/10/20/oil-system-collapsing-so-fast-it-may-derail-renewables-warn-french-government-scientists/) before the renewables are even close to sufficient.
The energy transition also means moving from systems with relatively minimal material requirements to much larger material requirements (EV uses 6x critical minerals per vehicle compared to ICE vehicle, offshore wind uses 13x critical minerals per megawatt of generation compared to gas turbine). That increase in demand, plus mineral depletion (which means higher energy inputs to *maintain* production, not good in a world of costly energy) means increasing costs everywhere.
Climate change means wars, disruptions of production and transport. It means massive unrest, the collapse of states, the displacement of potentially billions of people. It means [a quinvigintupling (up by 25x) risk of crop failures](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac22c1). It affects other industries too though. As examples, the drought in taiwan has had an impact on chip production. The war in Ukraine is spiking nickel prices, which you need for those cheap batteries everyone’s counting on. We’re heading into a future of conflict, and conflict disrupts trade.
The ride ahead is a rough one. Don’t wait for someone else to save you – help isn’t coming. [The plan is to let things fall apart and then panic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&t=5125&v=pRg5nBQVdio&feature=youtu.be).
Adapting now might be expensive or hard – but not half as hard as adapting later, once the penny drops with the public. Adapt now and avoid the rush.
>**Individuals, families, and communities faced with this predicament still have choices left. The most important of those choices parallels the one faced, or more precisely not faced, at the end of the 1970s: to make the descent in a controlled way, beginning now, or to cling to their current lifestyles until the system that currently supports those lifestyles falls away from beneath their feet.**
I dint understand this. Apparently Russia only supplies 7% of the world’s oil and even less (3%) to UK. Why is this having such an effect?? All the while Sheel is buying fuel at record lows
Climate change, wars, refugees, food scarcity. Get the Anderson shelters ready and swap the marigolds for spuds.
I know millions of people have no other option than driving, but to those who do have the feasible option of alternatives, give it a go. Especially those in London where public transport is so good. I gave up my car a year ago and haven’t looked back. I miss having one maybe a handful of times a year.
If you need it for your commute then fair enough, but if there is a good bus route to work and a multitude of different ways to do your shopping nowadays, maybe consider it?
Stop ‘hitting’ UK living costs. He’s already dead, I tell you.
It’s about time the government pulled its finger out and started actually helping people. Most British homeowners can’t afford to switch to green forms of heating which, in our poorly insulated homes, don’t work very well. Most people would switch or have installed a greener form of heating if we could afford it or it was feasible, so at present we rely quite a lot on gas/oil. We may even have to rely on our coal reserves as a back up before a decent alternative is found. But it’s down to government to put investment into this instead of lining their own pockets. We can put up with a lot as a people if we feel the people in charge are doing things to help and have our welfare at heart, but these days they seem self interested. We need a leader who can LEAD not just talk!
Don’t just tell us to turn the thermostat stat down or pull our belts in, we need action and NOW.