Climate change
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Re: Climate change
....and DarrensD41 wrote:....Sez he from the land of The Spice Girls & Right Said Fred.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of life.
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Re: Climate change
kiwikrasher wrote:....and DarrensD41 wrote:....Sez he from the land of The Spice Girls & Right Said Fred.

Touché !
Deeply Dippy.
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Re: Climate change
kiwikrasher wrote:....and DarrensD41 wrote:....Sez he from the land of The Spice Girls & Right Said Fred.
Every cloud..........
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Re: Climate change
I particularly like the X3.. It's an extremely guilty pleasure of mine. The Porsche Macan is the winner for me in that category though. Seat Ateca wins for the affordable one although they only did an Auto on the top spec model which comes with orange wheels!duke63 wrote:Where they make the fugly X models.
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Re: Climate change
Agree about the Ateca. I've got a Leon ST, which i'm really pleased with - the Ateca is just a bigger body style with the same gubbins in it. DSG is aceCav wrote:I particularly like the X3.. It's an extremely guilty pleasure of mine. The Porsche Macan is the winner for me in that category though. Seat Ateca wins for the affordable one although they only did an Auto on the top spec model which comes with orange wheels!duke63 wrote:Where they make the fugly X models.

I just think SUV's are too large in any flavour - gimme an estate car anyday.
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Re: Climate change
Ooooh I love an estate car!
Big sucker for the A4 Avant. I also can't make my mind up on BMWs, I just don't like the way they drive and each one I drive is so different to the last despite being the same on paper.
I like the C-class wagon too but the engines are terrible on fuel.
S4 Avant is my absolutely dream car
Big sucker for the A4 Avant. I also can't make my mind up on BMWs, I just don't like the way they drive and each one I drive is so different to the last despite being the same on paper.
I like the C-class wagon too but the engines are terrible on fuel.
S4 Avant is my absolutely dream car
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Re: Climate change
There's a lot of criticism about open cast mining in Australia. The suggestion is that the exposed earth and coal capture a lot of heat, rather than radiate it back out. The hot earth/coal causes huge updrafts which in turn causes incoming rushing cold air. You can see how a fire would spread quickly under those conditions. It also causes a lot of dust which settles and kills off plant life. Once the plants go there's the problem of soil erosion. Dust also causes massive health problems for pretty much every air breathing animal.
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Re: Climate change
Birmingham now looking to ban cars altogether too. Must confess i was well impressed with the Manchester tram system on Saturday. It is the way forward.
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- duke63
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Re: Climate change
One of the biggest investment companies moving towards investing in sustainable assets.
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Re: Climate change
We are reaching the 'oh ****' moment.
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Re: Climate change
Climate change isn't real. It's made up by people who want to make money.
At least that's the line the industrialists are going with.
At least that's the line the industrialists are going with.
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Re: Climate change
Its a proven scientific fact that the Earth's temperature is rising quickly.
Its a proven fact that CO2 in the atmosphere raises the temperature.
Its a proven fact that humans are responsible for the rise in CO2.
Yet we still have the deniers.
Its a proven fact that CO2 in the atmosphere raises the temperature.
Its a proven fact that humans are responsible for the rise in CO2.
Yet we still have the deniers.
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Re: Climate change
Flat earthers are sending their kids to a very difficult lifetime.
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Re: Climate change
Germany will have enough renewal sources of energy to enable it to switch off all of its coal powered energy stations by 2038.
So far 35% of it's energy comes from renewables.
Well played Germany
So far 35% of it's energy comes from renewables.
Well played Germany
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Re: Climate change
Surely the French aren't far behind either? Haven't they got thousands of miles of wind farms?
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Re: Climate change
As of 2017, 82% of NZ electricity was produced by renewables, mainly hydro & geothermal, but also solar and wind.Kwacky wrote:Germany will have enough renewal sources of energy to enable it to switch off all of its coal powered energy stations by 2038.
So far 35% of it's energy comes from renewables.
Well played Germany
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Re: Climate change
Loads of Nuclear too.Cav wrote:Surely the French aren't far behind either? Haven't they got thousands of miles of wind farms?