Global Warming

[philinvicta]

I have been watching the documentary on the "Big freeze"   of 1962/63.  At least in those days we had coal and wood open fires to provide  heat  .   I doubt if we got a similar event nowadays that the infrastructure would cope at all not to mention all those batteries in electric vehicles.  The trains were steam trains    and even though many froze solid  at least you could light a fire under them and get them going !

There was a bad winter in 1947    before this  and I remember some bad snow in my younger days   even if  for much shorter periods   but  have not seen  anything for many years.  Indeed in Ireland there is often excitement at the prospect of any snow falling.

No more winter fayres on the frozen Thames like there were in Victorian times.

 May be of interest to someone 

 

[Blacko]

21 hours ago, philinvicta said:

No more winter fayres on the frozen Thames like there were in Victorian times.

Do you miss them Phil

The hole in the ozone was no doubt partly the result of the Industrial Revolution.

[david1111]

For global warming to be reduced every country needs to be on board, but that's not going to happen.

It's quite alarming when you hear of 1000s of tons of blocks of ice in Antarctica breaking off.

It's hard to comprehend.

However many of 100s of years it will take no doubt the world will be the orchestrators of their own destruction 

[philinvicta]

4 hours ago, Blacko said:

Do you miss them Phil

The hole in the ozone was no doubt partly the result of the Industrial Revolution.

Could not beat roasting my chestnuts on an open fire

[philinvicta]

3 hours ago, david1111 said:

For global warming to be reduced every country needs to be on board, but that's not going to happen.

It's quite alarming when you hear of 1000s of tons of blocks of ice in Antarctica breaking off.

It's hard to comprehend.

However many of 100s of years it will take no doubt the world will be the orchestrators of their own destruction 

They do not even have records going back very far.   I am sure to a certain degree that man is responsible for some global warming but I am not sure that we can do anything to stop the changes to  the climate unless they reduce the world population dramatically.  Climate change has gone on all through the planets history.    If that Yellowstone  volcano goes bang  the amount of stuff thrown into the atmosphere  will change the climate for a very long time in a similar way   the asteroid that hit  to wipe out the dinosaurs caused a climate change of severe consequence.   I can say I leave very little carbon footprint    I shop and work locally  take the bus if I want to travel  and only fly every 2 or 3 years and I also recycle as much as possible.    i do not have wardrobes full of clothes  either,  I imagine my carbon footprint is a fraction of a climate change preacher like Prince Harry et al who leave huge carbon footprints travelling the world to tell us what we are doing wrong!. 

 

[david1111]

Bit breezy init

[philinvicta]

1 hour ago, david1111 said:

Bit breezy init

 

[philinvicta]

1 hour ago, david1111 said:

Bit breezy init

Over 400 Thousand homes lost power here in Ireland.  Despite a few flickers mine held up in the end but I have lost my satellite pictures as wind moved the dish.

[david1111]

6 minutes ago, philinvicta said:

Over 400 Thousand homes lost power here in Ireland.  Despite a few flickers mine held up in the end but I have lost my satellite pictures as wind moved the dish.

Had a flicker here this morning,  but luckily didn't lose power.

A lot worse in other places with red warnings