Typical hands off delaying tactic.
By far the biggest emissions in the U.K. in 2019 (not as you’ve posted projections for the whole world in 2014) are transport, energy, business and residential in that order. Agriculture is fifth largest at 10% of emissions and only half of that is methane emissions from cattle.
This isn’t a debate. We know what to do: decarbonise transport, which requires infrastructure investment and subsidies (govt action), decarbonise energy (govt action), reduce heating needs in business and residential properties (needs subsidies - govt action), decarbonise industry (also give regulations and subsidies).
Meat eating, recycling and rinsing plates before dishwashing is the new climate denial. Government just needs to pull their finger out their arse and do what they’ve been avoiding for decades.
Typical hands off delaying tactic.
By far the biggest emissions in the U.K. in 2019 (not as you’ve posted projections for the whole world in 2014) are transport, energy, business and residential in that order. Agriculture is fifth largest at 10% of emissions and only half of that is methane emissions from cattle.
This isn’t a debate. We know what to do: decarbonise transport, which requires infrastructure investment and subsidies (govt action), decarbonise energy (govt action), reduce heating needs in business and residential properties (needs subsidies - govt action), decarbonise industry (also give regulations and subsidies).
Meat eating, recycling and rinsing plates before dishwashing is the new climate denial. Government just needs to pull their finger out their arse and do what they’ve been avoiding for decades.
The figures you are quoting are UK production emissions, not UK consumption emissions. Each new electrical item, each new car, each new gadget from Amazon and sizable percentage of our meat and dairy comes from abroad, and result in emissions. But I'm sympathetic to your argument.
Yes and we need to pressure those countries too. Which is a damn sight easier when our own house is in order.
It’s always excuses why we can’t do simple stuff ourselves and every other country is making the same excuses because we aren’t doing it. We are responsible for a huge amount of historic emissions, what with us kicking off the industrial revolution if you want to point fingers, but finger pointing is a pointless exercise.
Beaides, even if you forget the climate, why shouldn’t we have cleaner air, water, cheaper to heat homes, cheaper electricity in the long run, more independence from Russia? Unless you’re heavily invested in oil stocks I really don’t see why you’d complain.
Even then to some degree the focus on China and India is something of a distraction. Carbon footprint per capita the US is the biggest polluter in the world. That’s not to say China and India don’t have issues that need addressing but when it comes to individual responsibility no population can do more than the the population of the USA.I think we're too late. China have said they're omissions won't start to come down until after 2030 and India don't have a plan in.place to reduce theirs.
I don't think they're going to respond to pressure from anyone.b
Two billionaires with the resources and influence to affect change decided to blast off ⁹into space instead.
Biden seems serious but he can't do it on his own. I'm not hopeful.
Even then to some degree the focus on China and India is something of a distraction. Carbon footprint per capita the US is the biggest polluter in the world. That’s not to say China and India don’t have issues that need addressing but when it comes to individual responsibility no population can do more than the the population of the USA.
Per country yes, per capita no.I thought China was now the biggest polluter?
Even if it is the US it does seem that Biden is taking it seriously, though it could be all smoke and mirrors, I haven't read into it too deeply.
On the news last night they were also talking about historical pollution too. Yet again the US leads the way. No one has polluted the world over the last 100 years more than the US and obviously this is an historical problem, it’s not just suddenly arrived in our lap. Again this doesn’t mean that China and India doesn’t have issues that need addressing but to just point the finger at the current biggest polluters isn’t addressing the whole issue.Per country yes, per capita no.
On the news last night they were also talking about historical pollution too. Yet again the US leads the way. No one has polluted the world over the last 100 years more than the US and obviously this is an historical problem, it’s not just suddenly arrived in our lap. Again this doesn’t mean that China and India doesn’t have issues that need addressing but to just point the finger at the current biggest polluters isn’t addressing the whole issue.
Meanwhile. The Secretary of State for education
That much?I’d guess at least a couple of Ds
Cant remember if I posted the other day (meant to) but if I was an 18 year old today I’d almost certain do an apprenticeship rather than a generic Uni course. I can understand if someone needs a certain course for a career ie medicine etc but there’s so much cash to be earned from getting a decent trade these days, or money saved by joining schemes run by employers rather than UniThought this was interesting, especially to hear the old alt-right “STEM over humanities” argument from the left essentially.
Depends what you're after of course. Sometimes, careers just don't earn cash...Cant remember if I posted the other day (meant to) but if I was an 18 year old today I’d almost certain do an apprenticeship rather than a generic Uni course. I can understand if someone needs a certain course for a career ie medicine etc but there’s so much cash to be earned from getting a decent trade these days, or money saved by joining schemes run by employers rather than Uni
I’m saying that as someone who loved my time at Uni and have friends from there for life but that was before tuition fees, let alone this talk about more online teaching, which will take away some of the ‘Uni experience’
Cant remember if I posted the other day (meant to) but if I was an 18 year old today I’d almost certain do an apprenticeship rather than a generic Uni course. I can understand if someone needs a certain course for a career ie medicine etc but there’s so much cash to be earned from getting a decent trade these days, or money saved by joining schemes run by employers rather than Uni
I’m saying that as someone who loved my time at Uni and have friends from there for life but that was before tuition fees, let alone this talk about more online teaching, which will take away some of the ‘Uni experience’
I did an apprenticeship, then I did a degree. The degree experience was definitely great, if we could find a way to give that to apprentices (trade schools? Student dorms for apprentices?) and it also opened up my options in my field (computing). But most degrees as the article says are worthless. Already having this convo with my 11 year old, Uni is great, but if you’re not going into a technical field you’re probably better getting experience.
Also my apprenticeship (Marconi) was a genuinely great apprenticeship with a good mix of learning and experience and a consistent group that got on well. Today’s apprenticeships seem to be little more than cheap labour.
Think you have really hit the nail on the head, the whole concept of an 'apprenticeship' seems to have been hijacked and the term is now applied to any training scheme that involves young people. Served an engineering apprenticeship at a large company in Coventry and it included an in depth training programme that was structured over four years which was designed to integrate us into the company and give us skills and recognised qualifications that would help us grow and develop as young people.
From what I have seen of apprenticeship schemes today they seem little more than 'tick box' exercises that don't really challenge the apprentice or encourage them to develop. Am speaking now as someone who has had to 'sign off' apprentices when they had completed their 'tasks', most of which seemed so low level in terms of skill requirement it seemed fairly pointless.
What we often don;t do is push people, and that can be... annoying.Ive got a couple starting at the end of the month. From management it’s entirely seen as cheap labour for low end tasks they don’t want to pay minimum wage for. They’ve been sold to us by a third party who will “do their training” (a couple of online courses). Genuinely embarrassed and will be trying my best to give them a proper experience. Especially as we aren’t talking about kids here. Ones got a Masters degree!
What we often don;t do is push people, and that can be... annoying.
Ive got a couple starting at the end of the month. From management it’s entirely seen as cheap labour for low end tasks they don’t want to pay minimum wage for. They’ve been sold to us by a third party who will “do their training” (a couple of online courses). Genuinely embarrassed and will be trying my best to give them a proper experience. Especially as we aren’t talking about kids here. Ones got a Masters degree!
I've taught at universities, and also seen apprentices come through where I work now, and I'm amazed really. At university, it was very much they're paying their tuition fees, that's what we want them for - which seemed to neglect the fact we had young people who needed nurturing, challenging, helping... and then the apprentices there's very much a culture of 'that'll do'. It also seems slightly pointless that we hire apprentices from time to time, with no long term role for them to potentially go into with us so at that stage, you have to ask why, other than box ticking and cheap labour? That seems to be letting them down really, especially as I struggle to see training!Utterly agree, the ones I have had to deal with have never been challenged, they have just been given a series of tasks to be competent at and then get signed off. The lack of structured development is shocking and they get into a mindset of learning 'just enough'. At that young age they do need to be challenged as that will help develop their approach throughout their career.
What's wrong with education for its own sake?Cant remember if I posted the other day (meant to) but if I was an 18 year old today I’d almost certain do an apprenticeship rather than a generic Uni course. I can understand if someone needs a certain course for a career ie medicine etc but there’s so much cash to be earned from getting a decent trade these days, or money saved by joining schemes run by employers rather than Uni
I’m saying that as someone who loved my time at Uni and have friends from there for life but that was before tuition fees, let alone this talk about more online teaching, which will take away some of the ‘Uni experience’
What's wrong with education for its own sake?
I had a couple before I finished at my old place. They're now mid twenties and both are excellent at their jobs.Ive got a couple starting at the end of the month. From management it’s entirely seen as cheap labour for low end tasks they don’t want to pay minimum wage for. They’ve been sold to us by a third party who will “do their training” (a couple of online courses). Genuinely embarrassed and will be trying my best to give them a proper experience. Especially as we aren’t talking about kids here. Ones got a Masters degree!
Cant remember if I posted the other day (meant to) but if I was an 18 year old today I’d almost certain do an apprenticeship rather than a generic Uni course. I can understand if someone needs a certain course for a career ie medicine etc but there’s so much cash to be earned from getting a decent trade these days, or money saved by joining schemes run by employers rather than Uni
I’m saying that as someone who loved my time at Uni and have friends from there for life but that was before tuition fees, let alone this talk about more online teaching, which will take away some of the ‘Uni experience’
What's wrong with education for its own sake?
Terrible idea. Might lead to an educated population who wouldn't vote for the sort of populist Government we have.What's wrong with education for its own sake?
Terrible idea. Might lead to an educated population who wouldn't vote for the sort of populist Government we have.
it was the Blair government of course who wanted 50% to be educated to degree level
And it was the Tories that want to scrap that aspiration. Not sure what point you’re trying to make.
I found this interesting with the vision on hydrogen.There clearly isn’t a single fix all when it comes to tackling climate change. However when it comes to stopping eating meat and indeed dairy there is the double whammy. Aside from all the methane that vows especially turn out there’s also the issue that two of biggest causes of deforestation is to clear land to grow animal feed and to clear land for grazing. So not only are “we” as meat and dairy eaters responsible for a major cause of global warming “we’re” also responsible for one the destruction of one of our best weapons in fighting global warming.
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