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Ross Lea on May 21, 2015 at 5:25 PM
"Why they gave that portfolio to some one like Rudd when there are people like Owen Patterson who could do an infinitely better job I will never understand."
But THAT is why they gave it to Rudd! Just keep the same policy ticking over.
Maybe, when the PM gets his feet properly under the table, he will change policy, but it will create global temperature rises within the environmentalists' environment.
Here's hoping!
Robert Christopher
You're so right, Ross Lea. I write to my MP regularly and hope to give him a good steer. Once, 'he' replied to me with a letter that had obviously been written by one of his 'researchers' (or someone from WWtF) so I wrote back immediately and told him I wasn't interested in a 'researcher's' opinion, I wanted to know his.
By sheer luck (haha, for me) he turned up on my doorstep canvassing during the election - so I had a chance to acquaint him with his correspondent (me) and give him a talking to about the scam. And I keep at it. All I can say is, if more people sent these posts to their MP it might start to make a difference.
The thing is, if Amber Rudd now writes to me I have the right to respond, whereas normally, one can only correspond with one's own MP. Then I'm going to ask her which paper she uses to support her 97% claims (bog paper, no doubt)..
Harry Passfield
Not sure if I can contribute here, but it's just to say that I see Camilla Cavendish from the Sunday Times has been promoted to Cameron's policy unit. It was Ms Cavendish who sparked my interest in this subject years ago when she wrote an article about the science being settled. That was obviously so wrong I rebelled against it and started reading into the subject. It is a bit depressing to see someone so superficial in such an influential position. No doubt she and Sam Cam will be best mates.
mike fowle
Harry Passfield
Don't hold your breath mate ! I sent a similar bit of sound science to Amber Rudd at the DECC before the election (also via my MP; it is the only way they get to see it). I got back a A4 sheet of Bovine Excrement in reply; the usual line. Reason and scientific rigour just do not penetrate. It gives me grave doubts about our future under any government. Why they gave that portfolio to some one like Rudd when there are people like Owen Patterson who could do an infinitely better job I will never understand.
Ross Lea
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/21/news-organisations-climate-change-content-guardian
25 newspapers are now so committed to recycling that they're not even going write their own version of a climate stories, they going to crib from each other. Because thinking up a new headline for a press release is SOOOOO hard. Well you've got to admit they're going to go all out for Paris. If Paris is another flop and/or the El Nino fizzles, you've got to wonder if environmental jounalists might be copying their CVs too.
TinyCO2
FWIW: I read the piece over at WUWT: 22 very inconvenient climate truths and said that I would send it to my MP (Jeremy Wright) with the comment that I hoped he would pass it on to Amber Rudd. Today, I got a letter from him saying he would do just that. One can but hope.
Harry Passfield
May 21, 2015 at 8:48 AM | stewgreen
Even in Africa it gets dark at night, and sunset tends to be early evening ( today 06:28 to 18:30 for Nairobi 06:18 to 21:26 for Limoges) so so sort of storage will be required for most people to have electricity before 07:30 and after 17:00. I don't know if Monbiot has factored that into I agree with Jeremy that solar PV is an appropriate technology in Africa, where most people are off-grid and there's much more sunlight. Higher peak shorter duration for available power, not a total solution for a rural community where work starts at sunrise and ends at sunset and is carried out outside.
SandyS
Stew
Thank you for that, although the bet wasn't decided until 3 years later. Monbiot was probably dissuaded by the Guardianistas to dine out on the success of his prediction and I don't suppose Leggett drew any attention to it!
There were some reasonable comments below the piece - I liked this from 'leadballoon', summing up the Green problem nicely:
"At least the old style snake-oil salesmen knew they were selling snake-oil. The problem is that these days sincerity is no guarantee of practicality."
jamesp
@Jamesp asked if Leggett had paid to Monbiot ..Actually Moonbat said this in 2010"I am also happy for the winnings to go to SolarAid. I agree with Jeremy that solar PV is an appropriate technology in Africa, where most people are off-grid and there's much more sunlight. It's in this country that it makes no sense."
stewgreen
"Apparently the SNP have got the Energy & Climate Change Select Committee chairmanship."
- more UK Politics climate/energy & Camilla Cavendish from the Sunday Times being promoted to Cameron's policy unit.
- and she's on List of University of Oxford people with PPE degrees
My guess is Green biz has to be paid back for elections donations.
but often politics is about seeming to do something rather than actually doing something.
So climate/energy policy maybe won't go even crazier.
I checked Twitter : Oh dear
"Jonathan Leake @Jonathan__Leake 8 Oct 2013
Excellent article on #climate change & @Greenpeace heroism by @CamCavendish in Sunday Times!! @GPUKNews "
But actually since then Camilla Cavendish has not tweeted about Green or Climate
- more recent twitter news from Joss Garman @jossgarman
"Apparently the SNP have got the Energy & Climate Change Select Committee chairmanship."
"More reassurance for green industries with Cavendish heading up the No10 policy unit. See this piece for example: http://thetim.es/1AheWPJ "
But on Thu Osbournce will announce cuts on Eco Home Insuation scheme
@Someone said they Didn't see their local MP canvassing during the election.
..Well apparently the Conservatives putverything put all effort into 40/40 strategy and ignored other areas.
The targeted 40 marginals they might lose
and 40 marginals they could GAIN