The Sun God
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Don't want to be Mr Doom but... the drought across the country is getting really bad. Farmers are worried. Expecting mega inflation on cereals, fruit & veg soon
A good (sustainable) life
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CasaNegron
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Lots of energy required...
No question. Always more in than out, but it's either have no water or use existing resources. I think they're best play will be to leverage solar for the power requirement and start pushing green initiatives (water conservation, more efficient irrigation, etc.)
CasaNegron
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This
Johnny Vodka
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Poor rabbits...
www.theguardian.com
Catalonia’s farmers face threat of drought … and a plague of hungry rabbits
With water reserves running low, Spanish farmers are also struggling to protect crops from thousands of rabbits starved of fresh grass
2H76
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We shift crude oil half the way around the world in huge tankers, yet there seems little in the way of obtaining fresh water where there's plenty of it to places where there's drought. If we can shift oil and gas by pipeline/tanker hundreds of miles, why not water? If we can get away from gas/oil then those very tankers can shift fresh water instead.
We do. There's lots of examples of long range water distribution systems. Trying to retrofit those tankers for potable water, then shipping it, then distributing it would be incredibly inefficient. There's better options readily available.
The Sun God
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Green activists v millionaire private jets. Who do you support?
The Sun God
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Seeing a few people supporting Futuro Vegetal, not just green stuff but class issue too, this one commenting on the extreme divide between the yacht crowd and workers forced to sleep in cars.
Johnny Vodka
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Climate action needs to go along with socialism, so that the poorest aren't being punished for problems created by the rich. Maybe, just maybe, with some of the high temperatures we're seeing across Europe, we'll start to take the problem seriously. The irony is these high temperatures could have an effect on tourism, mass tourism being one of the factors that has contributed to climate change.
The Sun God
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i reckon temps would have to get unbearable (40-45C+) to the point of people collapsing/hospitals filling up or droughts limiting pools before tourism gets hit.
Everyone’s virtuously green until it hits their own holiday plans. And the polluters know it..
Digital2013
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Its been gloriously erratic in Yorkshire today, pounding rain, win, hot sun. Britain has some beautiful places for a holiday but the weather is always a lottery!
fhmsparkle
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It’s been more like October in Swansea over the last few days, but I think I’ll take it over 40 degree heat!
Or until displaced foreigners with slightly darker skin start arriving en masse
Johnny Vodka
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I think you have to consider these sorts of statistics.
1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
Exclusive: Researchers say Covid-19 hiatus is moment to tackle elite ‘super emitters’
These are the sort of people who should be targeted initially to drastically change their habits.
The Sun God
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I think you have to consider these sorts of statistics.
1% of people cause half of global aviation emissions – study
Exclusive: Researchers say Covid-19 hiatus is moment to tackle elite ‘super emitters’
These are the sort of people who should be targeted initially to drastically change their habits.
Not just aviation though.. the greater issue in Spain is water, irrigation and too many tourists concentrated, stretching everything. Obviouslly all facilitated by greed and a very few lucky winners. Gen Election coming up. Everyone I know here (even Nats) praying Sánchez clings on.