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[tobyjugg2]

and as we can see @theoldrouge

There are always those ready to support the profiteers making money at the British peoples expense

 

[tobyjugg2]

Whats this? The 3rd or 4th set of 'once in a generation' flood/extreme weather events in the last 6 months?

Dont know about where you are but our local B roads are little better than reasonable farm tracks in places and the A roads have holes than you lose a 16" wheel in

 

 

UK weather live: Storm Gerrit brings travel chaos as snow, wind and rain hit trains

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Flurry of weather alerts issued for Wednesday, with warnings of travel disruption and power cuts

 

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[tobyjugg2]

Dunno about where you were but quite another epic wind and rain storm here. Rain blown almost horizontal and a flash of lighting that is in the top ten of any I've seen in my lifetime - and half of those weren't in the UK.

 

Quite a few properties around here have had roof damage over the last 2 weeks of regular breakouts of storm force winds with short breaks. Level where if you jump - you feel it blow you sideways on at least 3 separate occasions with significant wind a number of other times  for hours or days at a time.

and I'm in the east midlands - god know what it was like on the west coasts. Manchester mini tornado reported.

Edited December 28, 2023 by tobyjugg2

[theoldrouge]

“and I'm in the east midlands - god know what it was like on the west coasts”

 

sorry to disappoint you but it wasn’t a patch on 1987
and snow in Scotland in December 
who ever would have thought 

[tobyjugg2]

Last month was by far the world’s hottest November on record

For the third month in row, the planet broke an all-time monthly heat record by a remarkable margin.

 

Last month was by far the world’s hottest November on record » Yale Climate Connections

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For the third month in row, the planet broke an all-time monthly heat record by a remarkable margin.

 

Record warm November consolidates 2023 as the warmest year

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November 2023 was the warmest November globally in the ERA5 data record, going back to 1940. 

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peak | Live Science

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NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming...

 

 

 

Mixed feelings about this

We don't yet know when or how hard the peak will be, and how much it will fall off after that, or whether this is the harbinger of a long term increase in the suns output from its abnormally LOW average output of the last decade

Yes abnormally low output

Updated chart available early in new year:

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

Big five oil companies to reward shareholders with record payouts | Oil | The Guardian

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BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage

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Energy bills in Great Britain rise by 5% as price cap increases | Energy bills | The Guardian

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Average annual household bill to jump by £94 to £1,928 in some of the coldest months of the year

 

[tobyjugg2]

as predicted here some years ago, when 1.5 degrees was still being touted as end of century, then 2050 ..

 

"2023 has been confirmed as the warmest in recorded history, with average global temperatures topping 1.5C of heating above preindustrial levels for more than one third of the year."

'It continues the rapid warming trend, with the 10 warmest years in human history all having occurred since 2010.'

'November was roughly 1.75 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels, and two days soared beyond 2 degrees'

"UK Met Office scientists say the main driver of the record-breaking temperatures is human-induced warming."

World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

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The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.

 

[tobyjugg2]

Thames Water dumps sewage into rivers at over 270 locations after Storm Henk hits

 

Company discharges sewage for more than 80 hours in some places after South of England suffers heavy rain

 

Thames Water dumps sewage into rivers at over 270 locations after Storm Henk hits

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Company discharges sewage for more than 80 hours in some places after South of England suffers heavy rain

 

[tobyjugg2]

Boxing Day swimmers bathed in sewage off Isle of Wight after water firm blunder

 

Bathers unaware untreated waste water was spewed into sea for more than five hours on Christmas Day

[honeybee13]

I'm not sure why he's left it this long, but Chris Skidmore has resigned as chief whip and will be resigning as a Tory MP, over oil and gas licences in the North Sea.

A Tory MP with principles.

[tobyjugg2]

Well it is his signature on the law they are trashing - so would be the first scapegoat if he didn't resign - and its nothing new for him is it? Bounced/resigned from pillar to post as generally reliable vote for the guv - as long as theres little personal risk

.. but perhaps its about his standards and not about himself or simply 'sinking ship syndrome

but given his part in Brittania Unchained and its 'policy suggestions - seems unlikely

 

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[tobyjugg2]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1128689/mission-zero-independent-review.pdf

 

[tobyjugg2]

While the water company criminals

Water firm drives 240 truckloads of sewage a day through town ‘to pump into sea’

 

Water firm drives 240 truckloads of sewage a day through town 'to pump into sea'

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Some 18,000 and 10,000 litre tankers full of sewage are being transported through the East Devon tourist town of Exmouth

 

[honeybee13]

What I don't understand, TJ, is that this seems to be a relatively recent problem. How come it was all OK before and now they can't cope?

I remember that when the UK joined Europe, they made us clean up the water quality of the beaches. Is the problem noticeably worse since Brexit?

[tobyjugg2]

1. Debt mountain generated to give bonuses and profit - they have no money - similar sort of thing to the financial crises where everything was run for profit until it broke - this is now well broke - and this Tory guv has been lapsing/removing both environmental and financial regulations put in place to prevent recurrences

 

2. Enforcing standards. The Tories haven't and dont. Remember the Brexit claims of higher standards? For those who foolishly believed - thats a Nope. In addition to removing water company monitoring etc allowing them to 'look the other way' while illegally dumping sewage:

 

From 1 January, 2024, British farmers will no longer be forced to comply with a series of EU regulations designed to promote good environmental practice, including rules to reduce agricultural runoff into rivers.

 

Campaigners have criticised the move, telling i it is a “weakening of environmental standards” in what is already “a very bad situation“. Read the full report from i's Environment Correspondent Lucie Heath. 

 

[theoldrouge]

Sturgeon was described as the ship’s godmother and said at the time it “symbolised everything the Scottish Government is striving to achieve”.
 

 

 

Nicola Sturgeon’s Flagship Hybrid Ferry Now Only Runs on Diesel As Battery Too Expensive to Fix – The Daily Sceptic

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The MV Hallaig, a hybrid electric ferry praised by Nicola Sturgeon for its carbon emission reduction, is currently operating...

Nicola Sturgeon’s Flagship Hybrid Ferry Now Only Runs on Diesel As Battery Too Expensive to Fix

[tobyjugg2]

Tell that to everyone paying double to (or not being able to afford) to warm their homes and kids with gas @theoldrouge

or the companies that are going bust because they cant afford the fuel cost despite 'only' a 30-50-80% (depending on when you looked) increase in fossil fuel costs

 

and look at the markets expectations of fossil fuel costs and company profits over the next 10 years eh?

- truly extortionate

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[tobyjugg2]

 

Somebody care to explain the cost per Kw increase resulting in almost 4x standing charge increase on top of 2.5 times unit price increase?:

"Running the flat’s cooling system also soared – from 9p a kWh to 21p – while the standing charge was upped from 62p a day to 212p." - for a 1 or 2 bed flat

 

Tenants with shared heat systems shocked to be ‘back-billed’ for hundreds | Money | The Guardian

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Those with private heat networks face increased energy tariffs – which suppliers are applying to months of previous usage

 

Edited January 8 by tobyjugg2

[tobyjugg2]

"Despite South West Water’s insistence that the pumping station was working at “full capacity” the Environment Agency later confirmed that the site had failed."

A spokeswoman for the EA told i: “Officers have attended the site in question and are closely monitoring activity, as well as working with South West Water to ensure their failed pumping station is back in operation as quickly as possible.”

As late as Friday evening South West Water continued to insist its emergency works were not causing a pollution incident.

 

John Halsall, South West Water’s chief operating officer, told residents that the firm was not pumping raw sewage into the sea.

“On no occasion have we have we created additional environmental impact as a result of the tankering.”

However, on Saturday morning the EA urged people not to enter the waters in Exmouth due to sewage pollution the following morning.

 

Pollution alert after 'catastrophic' sewage pipe failure as MP calls for probe

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Devon MP Simon Jupp says the water company potentially 'failed the people of Exmouth with more potentially illegal sewage discharges'

 

[tobyjugg2]

Alok Sharma attacks Rishi Sunak’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ oil bill

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The former cabinet member and Cop26 president said the legislation is a ‘total distraction, which frankly changes nothing’

 

[tobyjugg2]

On 21/12/2023 at 14:47, tobyjugg2 said:

Perhaps drill and capture it - before the ice melts - rather than giving licenses to drill in the North Sea for 2 weeks worth of gas?

 

Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes | Live Science

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A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost...

 

a reminder of a better  source which it would be prudent to tap?

Done carefully in line with international agreements and environmental protection - not for tax haven  profit

[tobyjugg2]

Just a brief 'explainer' on why, when even last year 1.5 degrees was broken on a significant portion of the year, the 'official line is that 1.5 degrees is reported as expected to be 'broken' in the 2030s

Quite simple.

1. The 'official' definition requires 1.5 degrees to be broken over the whole year on average - not quite there yet ... PLUS

2. The official definition requires the average temp to be above 1.5 degrees for average every year for last 10/20 years (depending on nuances)

 

So although the average yearly temp is expected by almost all climate scientists to breach next year, and likely every year with a few extreme event generated exceptions from now on - it will be at least 10 years of continues heating to officially breach the  current 1.5 degree heating definition

- by which time (mid 2030s) the actual annual average temp will be at or approaching 3 degrees of heating, with 5 degrees of heating approaching at a very accelerated rate (as things stand and without VERY significant efforts to change)

[theoldrouge]

Watch out Jugg the yard are onto you 
 

Eco extremists could turn into new British terror threat, Scotland Yard warns | Daily Mail Online

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Eco fanatics pose a risk of launching terror attacks on British soil, the country's biggest police force has warned.

 

[tobyjugg2]

Whereas the right wing Torys and their cheerleaders have already trashed the economy, UKs standing inn the world, and enriched their VIPals while trashing standards