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Old 3rd Dec 2019, 01:59
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George Glass
 
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dr dre , It must give you a warm inner glow and sense of deep satisfaction to right off anybody who dares to question your diatribes with the epithet of Climate Denier but may I suggest that simple restating grievance ad infinitum as not activism. Its hectoring to no purpose.
The conceit of all Climate Zealots is that of all activists who believe that belief alone and force of will will by itself see the Unbelievers to see the true path and repent. But it wont. For some very simple reasons, many of which humble operational Pilots understand intuitively.
Fossil fuels are of incomparable economic utility.
Fossil fuels lifted humanity out of the Hobbesian nightmare of 90% of human existence.
China, India and the rest of the developing world know this and are determined to have their moment in the sun. Nothing middle class hand-wringing westerners will change that.
Renewables are nowhere near supplying the majority of base-load power anywhere, and wont for the foreseeable future despite the fantastical non-physical properties advocates dream of.
Until you can come with REAL alternatives to the Jet A1 that powers every jet aircraft, the fuel oil that powers every cargo ship or the diesel that powers every regional diesel electric train, all heavy road transport and farm machinery please spare me your sanctimonious harping.
Weaning ourselves off fossil fuels will be extraordinarily difficult and in some cases not possible at all.
Either way scientists , engineers and entrepreneurs will provide the solutions , not haranguing from Cultural Revolution re-enactors from Extinction Rebellion.
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