Not solely, EarthDave. Something else that scientists don’t seem to have been able to wok out yet, is also responsible.
I do get tired of the self-flagellation of developed Western countries on all sorts of things - racial discrimimation and climate change and previous colonial territory-grabbing from centuries back that we’re all guilty of cue much self-flagellation, virtue signalling and otber stupidities. Putin and China must be laughing their socks off at some of the stupidities the West is indulging in.
So yes let’s step up and face the problems and do what we can but humans are not solely responsible for global warming.
What evidence do you have that ‘something else’ is responsible for the current rapid change in climate? My friend the glaciologist, who has studied Earth’s atmosphere and climate for 30 years, doesn’t seem to be aware of it.
And ‘self-flagellation’ is just a hyperbolic term to dodge taking responsibility for past actions. We cleared other countries of their resources to enrich ourselves. We still have those riches but we should just say ‘let the past stay in the past; accept you are poor’?
Imagine your neighbour stole your lawnmower. But it was years ago he says, can’t you just let go?
Apparently the numbers don’t add up to what we’re seeing now and scientists haven’t been able to work out what else is going on.
No that’s not all I mean with self-flagellation. Your reaction, itself, is hyperbole and a perfect example of senseless self-flagellation given the entire history of the world not just in Western countries. All we can do is try to do better going forward. And your example - sorry - is ridiculous.
Not just excluded from local voting since Brexit, also excluded from representing your friends and neighbours on local councils despite taking a close interest and involvement in their shared concerns.
Yes, I was on council for 13 years in Brittany and then bam, brexshite happened and I was not allowed to be voted for again. I used to enjoy putting my two euros worth in during debates and voting
Me too, 13 years in the Creuse. TBH, eventually found it a bit tiresome and thankless - there were always a couple of conseillers who liked the sound of their own voices far too much
Yes, know the sort, up their own backsides but they were the younger ones who thought they knew everything us older ones did not. We used to have meals together several times a year for different purposes, always enjoyed that and the old folks “Repas des Anciens” we had to attend as hosts
Regarding your Husband and his work …I suggest he is being sardonic .. His education in Engineering gave him the ability to judge and expel dross and concentrate on the essentials. Of course I don’t know what he does and in which field but if it is technical rather than business methods ..what he learned matters and gave him the confidence
This is in a response by Vero to Arcallia two days previously …I agree with virtually everything you have written here. Not trying to blow nationalistic trumpet but Ireland got it right for a number of years … . While the UK had a a huge throughput of technician and artificers types passing through the RAF and RN , BAOR being trained up in Telecomms , and mechanical engineering skills and other solid engineering skills including HGV driving and then being released into a job market where they kept British Industry afloat ..there was nothing similar in Ireland. . So Ireland found itself in 1970 in a potential disaster If we were in Europes Common Market , we needed Technicians for industry . . They invented the RTC system..Regional Technical College .. and started extremely intensive 960 class contact hours of study , workshop ,lab in special Schools . That is 960 PER YEAR and 2 and 3 year courses … . That fuelled the Irish success and the so called Celtic Tiger into the boom years 1985 to 1998. After that some people were believing their own publicity and wanted more status .. … It takes a while for an edifice to fall ..so it wasn’t until 2006 that the financial cracks broke. .. .
But the other fact is that if an organism is growing it becomes more specialised and different skills are needed ..and different skills usually means more specialism.. and that means higher levels of education. So just saying that one concentrates in technician and apprentice education .is to admit defeat.
Even my uncle (born 1938) and father (born1942) weren’t called up for national service possibly because they were students or the like.
People my age in France still had to do service militaire but it fizzled out in the 90s I think, and there’s just the 1 day journée d’appel now.
The point I was making was not about Conscription or National service start or end dates in the UK …the dates of which are no interest to me ..although that might exercise you ..It was that the UK ..and indeed France and Germany had a large military establishments with millions of people being trained up over decades in technical skills in Radio and Mechanical engineering and that after serving in these organisations for a few years they were well capable of providing the middle technician level for any industry.
The issue is, if you get basic facts wrong then it wrecks your credibility and any point you’re making.
It’s a bit like reading the paper and it covers a topic that you know a bit about. When the journalist gets it wrong then you question if they’re similarly wrong on the topics in on which you have no knowledge and start to doubt their credibility on anything.