Climate Catastrophe
First we had ‘Global Warming’.
Then they decided to cover all bases in case there was some snow so they called it ‘Climate Change’.
Now we have ‘Climate Disruption’ courtesy of the Irish Gubmint,
Or even ‘Climate Catastrophe’!!
Now our gubmint has decided that Something Must Be Done about the climate. I’m not quite sure how this works though. If their ideas work does that mean the end of this whole Warble Gloaming scam or will it apply only to Ireland? Will we bask in a normal [unchanging] climate while the rest of the world drowns, bakes and get covered in ice sheets?
Naturally this is all a great excuse to slam up taxes. Their ultimate aim is to make all fossil fuels, including petrol, diesel, coal and heating oil completely unaffordable, except of course for the very rich. We are all going to have to drive around in electric Noddy cars and use electric buses, all of which are powered by electricity that comes from the wind.
One little snippet did catch my eye. They want to ban the use of central heating in all new houses. I have no problem with that because I have no intentions of moving to a new house.
The Irish Times reported on Saturday that the draft contained proposals to increase the energy efficiency of homes, such as banning the installation of oil and gas boilers and potentially beginning a process to phase out the use of fossil fuel heating systems in all homes within six years, among many others measures.
Irish Times
However the devil is in the detail.
… potentially phasing out fossil fuel heating systems in all buildings within six years …
So my central heating system [what I spent a couple of grand on] will somehow be banned and useless?
That’s all right. I still have an open fire. But I can’t burn coal or turf because they’re banned. And anyway, one fire in the front of the house [which only contains bedrooms at this stage] is not going to heat the whole house.
So what the blind fuck am I supposed to heat the house with? Even my portable gas heater is fucking useless. Electricity? Electricity that’s only there when the wind blows? Electricity that’s already overstretched charging all those cars buses and lorries?
In other words, all our eggs will be in one very unreliable basket.
Fuck that!
The assumption is that man (and women?) can change the climate.
But are we ever asked what climate we would like?
Me, I would like the climate of the 1950s.
Summers were hot, road tar melted, railway rails buckled. Us children ran, paddled, swam all day long, with very little clothing on.
And winters were cold. With long pavement slides, tobogganing, snowballs etc.
But then to come home to blazing open coal fire, steamed up windows and in the morning beautiful hoar frost on the inside of bedroom windows.
Glorious.
I would be more than happy with that. Perfection would be a guaranteed hot spell at some stage in the summer though. A sort of Continental Climate.
Incidentally – if anyone is wondering [hah! Not a chance] – the Reply link in the comments ain't working for some reason. The latest WordPress core update seems to have buggered it on this site.
Apart from supply capacity issues, when there is only one source of power available, i.e. electricity, for all heating, lighting, cooking and transport, it gives immense power to those in ultimate control of that monopoly supply, i.e. the government.
They then own a single lever which, when combined with smart-meters and car-technology etc., may be used to control all aspects of our lives – only a blind fool would grant any government that power, but we are surrounded by the mentally blind, so don't be surprised when yet more choices are progressively removed from your life under the convenient but false label of 'climate change'.
I suppose if you were desperate you could burn election posters, fliers and party political manifestos, (hundreds of pages of lies would keep a fire going all evening and they're free),
Failing that you could invite a politician around on really cold nights because as we know, they're full of hot air.
@Mudplugger. It is indeed a scary thought. To be dependent on one single source of energy is very frightening. They talk of 'competition' between suppliers but it's all the same network of cables and wires no matter who bills you. The system would be wide open to corruption or even hackers!
@John. Why not just burn politicians? They're greasy enough to burn well?
Over here they are insane. Can't agree on nuclear power station,probably backhanders not big enough.Then outlaw gas,wood burning stoves,diesel cars.Of course this is a government who can't find there arse with both hands.
Welcome George [and apologies for the delay!]
Nuclear power would be an answer of course but they'd still bitch that Uranium is a non-renewable source. Bring on Nuclear Fusion!
Am watching the goings on in your gubmint. A renewable source of entertainment for the rest of us?!
His right you are about slamming up taxes, what's happened is that the same type of great unwashed proles, were arguing about nuclear weapons in the eighties , they lost that argument, so now they have to look for another it's a shame they don't look for a job with the same zeal. Of course warble gloaming, as you so succinctly put it is just another excuse to tax us for the sin of enjoying what precious freedoms and enjoyment we are allowed. Bastards.
There are some very clever technologies out there, like ground source heat pumps. There are two varieties of these, one where you have to have a big garden, then dig up the entire thing to lay loads of tubing back and forth. The other seems more sensible to me, where a hole is drilled and a bloody big spike put into it to facilitate the heat transfer. Unfortunately, last time I looked, it would have cost about £10,000 to buy and fit a system like this and I could not afford that at the time. Air source seems quite popular in the US, but it is not very efficient at very sub zero temperatures. It seems a bit counter intuitive to be able to get heat from neat freezing air, doesn't it? Damned clever though.
Heat pumps are great, but as you point out, they are very expensive to install. It would be many years before you saw any kind of return on the investment.
Also they require electricity to power the pumps!