It appears that the "climate crisis" must be responsible for just about everything.

Feb 1, 2020 at 6:47 PM Mark Hodgson

The Guardian's income has declined ever since Alan Rusbridger got excited about Global Warming.

However, she was very unhappy, and made it clear that the "climate community" (her words) was also unhappy.
Feb 1, 2020 at 6:42 PM Mark Hodgson

Claire Perry got something right.

Sorry GC but the Southampton geothermal is not a hot rocks system.
Feb 1, 2020 at 7:06 PM AK

Yes, I know! But that is the problem with UK Geothermal. The public and politicians have visions of pressurised and piping hot water coming out of the ground, in limitless quantities, heating the building, bathwater and still capable of making a nice cup of tea. Heat exchangers do work, but like batteries are not capable of producing something for nothing. Carbon capture and storage is more fanciful, creating nothing no matter how much money is thrown in to it.

Success stories for Icelandic Geothermal or District Heating Systems in towns built and owned by coal mining companies are broadcast as propaganda by the Green Blob to inspire the gullible into believing that magic words like "Heat Exchanger" "Heat Pump", "Geothermal", "District Heating" etc are the magical answer to all prayers to the Blessed Mother Gaia, along with solar and unblessed wind.

Sums St Greta up nicely

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nY8IFWMWxBk

Sorry, I forgot to add a link to that story about the whales. I'm sure you guessed it was in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/01/why-were-whales-increasingly-caught-in-crab-lines-a-scientist-found-its-climate-crisis

Sorry GC but the Southampton geothermal is not a hot rocks system. It receives a warm groundwater from depth, passes it through a heat-exchanger (the radiator lookalike thingy) and the now warmed working fluid is sent through lagged pipes to warm buildings. The spent groundwater is disposed of in the Solent. The working fluid is recycled through the heat exchanger. The system only required one well to be drilled and produces heat, electricity and cooling. It has been expanded considerably since I saw it, but on a world scale it is miniscule.

"Campaigners urge Bristol Airport expansion U-turn"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-51341079

"Campaigners are calling on civic leaders to reverse their support for the expansion of Bristol Airport.

The protesters want the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) to write a letter of opposition to North Somerset Council planners who will decide the application on 10 February.

They say the expansion is at odds with Weca's climate emergency stance."

It's just as well Jo Swinson lost her seat at the election - this could have caused her lots of problems in her repeated flying between Bristol, Glasgow and London.

"Why were whales increasingly caught in crab lines? Because of the climate crisis
New study shows marine heat wave was causing marine life to cluster in an area that made feeding dangerous"

It appears that the "climate crisis" must be responsible for just about everything.

Listening to BBC Radio 4 news at lunchtime they had someone on to talk about the sacking of the UK COP 26 organiser. Unfortunately I came into the story half-way through, so didn't catch who was being interviews. However, she was very unhappy, and made it clear that the "climate community" (her words) was also unhappy.

So there you have it - there is a "climate community". People who see the world in the same way and apparently have a community of interests. It's a pity they don't share the interests of the electorate and the bill-payers.

Electric vehicles made sense for milk floats when loads of households received dairyand other stuff in the middle of the night.