Outside of the climate sub forum, no one here is stop oil....but we also don’t want to be ‘I’m not going to change until the whole world changes’ either....we are an affluent part of an affluent society (in general) so we have some kind of duty to show the way
I think that what annoys me, and JSO to an even greater extent, is that the opportunity to really push the iterative process over the last 20 years or so was largely missed. And as such we're much further down the road than we should be to bad times, and nothing like as far down the road to decarbonising as we should be.
Exactly...we are all taking baby steps...eventually it adds up to something significant...let’s hope we have time
I think that is a fair summary....I think that the real problem is if road transport electrify really quickly...faster than expected...this would leave the distribution of retail fuel at real risk of contracting fast....so if marinas can’t get a steady supply of fuel and they are not forward thinking enough to get fast electric charging...the leisure boating with engines could be between a rock and a hard place
Making things out of oil puts considerably less CO2 into the atmosphere than burning it directly in an engine.
In the UK at least, this is almost never coal now, and the grid is trending away from other fossil fuels too (see link for stats). We've also been trending away from nuclear but that will likely change once the new power stations come online. I don't think source of power is really a problem going forwards, but will take decades for the infrastructure to get there.
It’s probably more economical to supply excess electricity to France than it is to adequately distribute it around the UK
That has been happening for some time, partly because there is an active new boat market where buyers can decide what sort of propulsion and energy supply system they need. Much easier to build in than convert existing boats. However, even with a large area of the top of the boat available for solar to really make it work shorepower is still needed particularly if going all electric and the charging infrastructure is inadequate. Hybrid is viable as it can use the "spare" power of the ICE when motoring to charge batteries which can then be used for either propulsion or domestic.
Those calculations have been done repeatedly and thoroughly and are readily available with a quick Google search.
If you build a portable structure (ie it can be unbolted) will that get you around the planners ?
It's not about surviving higher temperatures. The 1.5 degree rise is the target because it's easier to measure and many other things appear to rest on that figure. The issue will be about surviving without food, clean water, and surviving the increasingly violent storms in addition to surviving extreme temperatures that will make current tropical areas uninhabitable due to high heat while also making other regions uninhabitable due to extreme cold.
They don't need it, and it's not about economics. Realistically they'll be importing renewable power from China over ultra high voltage systems before we could even hope to finish a power station, given our failings at infrastructure projects.
Probably global war and massive redistribution of 8Bn people. Arguably we ought to start being nicer to migrants in the short term and setting a good example so that when we need to move people are nice in return.
Good luck with that. You won't be able to buy a spare o-ring, let alone membranes for water makers. Your passport will be useless and you'll be unable to return to land for food. Add to which, where would you even sail once global weather patterns change and the tropics are uninhabitable? Pretty much left with the arctic or hurricane/cyclone troubles.
