China is doing a huge amount

both in terms of decarbonising its own economy and providing the technology for everyone else to do so also.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on June 23rd 2026 at 13:51:20

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Serious question: If you are anti-net zero what DO you think we should do about climate (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 23, 13:03:21
- The tech has already made the green alternatives a no brainer (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 23, 19:07:24
- Surely the climate has always changed and always will (General Chat) - Disco, Jun 23, 16:43:43
- Right, I'm back after the shittest flounce ever (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jun 23, 15:28:44
  - “green shit is being deployed” (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 16:01:49
- It doesn’t look like anyone who is anti net zero has answered yet (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 15:00:57
  - The only answer you'll get is the "we can't stop it on our own" one (General Chat) - megson, Jun 23, 15:12:34
    - I think it just goes into the 'too difficult' category (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 15:24:59
      - Exactly (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 15:41:49
        
        I think doing a bit each is actually a pretty big deal though (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 15:59:04
- Pretend it’s not real. Be in denial. Invest in air con companies (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 23, 14:55:18
- AI will solve it all... (General Chat) - Jester, Jun 23, 14:41:07
- Wok (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 23, 14:32:31
  - Air fryer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 15:42:19
  - Pansexual (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 23, 14:34:59
    - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 23, 14:35:45
  - e nonsense (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 23, 14:32:52
- i'm rather hoping my grandchildren will see the dawn of a world (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 23, 14:09:54
- I would assume that the response would be that we should make the most of it (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:39:10
  - I’m applying my own thought process to it, which is the wrong approach (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 15:06:03
  - this doesnt make sense though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 13:50:22
    - I know (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:52:04
    - I think he's assuming the world's governments will never (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:51:40
  - The problem with a net zero approach is the length of time it will take to have an impact (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:47:22
    - And UK doing net zero while America, China etc (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:50:24
      - That’s what Spain and the then Yugoslavia did in the 70s (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:53:35
        
        We've got some awesome beaches (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:55:31
        
        last year anglian water dumped sewage into our rivers and seas (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 23, 14:18:10
        
        Yum yum, fancy a swim in Gorleston sewage water? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 14:20:15
        
        It’s lovely in Scotland (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 13:58:29
        
        Silt mainly (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:58:22
      - China is doing a huge amount (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 13:51:20
        
        They are, but it's so massive, with so many people (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:52:34
        
        Maybe I meant India (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:53:31
        
        Cochin airport (5th biggest) is entirely solar powered. Has been for 10 years. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 23, 14:20:12
        
        Developing solar power incredibly rapidly, but (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 23, 13:56:35
        
        Catching up on the disastrous after-effects of our colonialism, mainly (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:54:52
        
        Them nasty whiteys again. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 23, 14:12:13
        
        Oh no (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:55:49
        
        I know (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 13:59:33
        
        You know (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 14:00:24
- My outdoor thermometer peaked at 47° in the shade last night. (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 23, 13:37:59
  - Which departments? Menswear, haberdashery and kitchenware? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 23, 13:47:24
    - Lingerie. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jun 23, 14:14:26
- Buy aircon (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:07:43
  - Yes (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 13:11:42
    - Agree, we try but we are small fry. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 23, 14:07:56
      - For a start we can all stop buying so much tat we don't (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 14:09:39
    - VMT (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Jun 23, 13:33:40
      - We'll all be drinking our own piss when the water is cut off as well (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 23, 13:35:30
        
        Can’t we drink each other’s piss? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 13:56:52
        
        50% - Poor show (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 23, 14:09:31
        
        I bet your piss is 50% wine (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 14:01:51
        
        A bit specialist (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 23, 13:49:42
        
        And we'll need Al Carns to lead our defence of the English Channel (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:37:07
        
        That is not unforeseeable (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 23, 14:00:01
        
        surely he's gonna sort out the gape rangs first? (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 23, 13:46:10
        
        No, nobody will touch that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jun 23, 14:09:03
  - But don't buy Akon by accident (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 23, 13:09:40
    - Or an acorn (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 23, 13:10:56
- Imagine if the climate change was going the other way, ie it was getting progressively (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 23, 13:06:56
  - This may, of course, still happen (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jun 23, 14:01:40

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