Extinction rebellion

[Lord Tyrion]

Bob, I hope you are right. One of the issues to get over is anxiety and if people can not charge at home, the apt example, and rely on elsewhere I am not sure that will change. People want to roll up to a charging point and charge straight away. We don't want to see all chargers full and with no idea of when the owners will return. Now I accept that attitude may have to change but because petrol and diesel are so easy to refuel that will take a mindset change. We have to adapt but it will take time to accept.

I have not seen a charge in any golf club yet, good question.

 

[Lazkir]

Definitely a mindset change required, but it's happened before and it will (have to) happen again.
I do foresee people working much closer to home in the future, as well as car ownership being much less. It won't come without a fight though, people view their cars like some people view their homes and children.

 

[IanM]

Definitely a mindset change required, but it's happened before and it will (have to) happen again.
I do foresee people working much closer to home in the future, as well as car ownership being much less. It won't come without a fight though, people view their cars like some people view their homes and children.

.....are you a townie?

 

[MikeB]

Bob, I hope you are right. One of the issues to get over is anxiety and if people can not charge at home, the apt example, and rely on elsewhere I am not sure that will change. People want to roll up to a charging point and charge straight away. We don't want to see all chargers full and with no idea of when the owners will return. Now I accept that attitude may have to change but because petrol and diesel are so easy to refuel that will take a mindset change. We have to adapt but it will take time to accept.

I have not seen a charge in any golf club yet, good question.

They have charging points at The Berkshire, it would be interesting to see how many clubs have them or plan to install any.

 

[stefanovic]

'Next time you meet a climate change denier, tell them to take a trip to Venus. I will pay the fare.'
That was a quote from Stephen Hawking who pointed out that Venus was once habitable and like Earth.

We might as well start building a generation ship now for the inevitable outcome that due to climate change our descendants will have to evacuate this planet, should no suitable place be found on a planet or moon in our solar system.

 

[IanM]

'Next time you meet a climate change denier, tell them to take a trip to Venus. I will pay the fare.'

Lot of lorries and cars previously on Venus then? (if you take the point)

 

[stefanovic]

Lot of lorries and cars previously on Venus then? (if you take the point)

You don't take the point.
The Solar System is not a stable place. It never has been.
We think of the Earth as eternal in time, but it has been subject to big hits from asteroids and comets and possibly even planet sized objects.
Climate change has occurred before. The Earth was once like a snowball. The difference this time is that it is man made change.
What's happening now is far, far worse than you think.
Even Mars was once a blue planet and could have supported life.
Earth is just a pale blue dot in the wide cosmos (which is about 92 billion light years across).
Forget about gods or aliens rescuing us.
We are its custodians and we need to protect it at all costs.
If that means a vegetarian diet, stopping flying and getting out of our cars and shrinking our economies, we have to do it.

 

[IanM]

Ho Hum.... the point was differentiating the arguments of the instability of the Solar System versus "man made climate change".... so maybe it wasn't me that missed a point......

(and, if you read my post, I didn't express a view on it)

 

[Lazkir]

.....are you a townie?

Guilty as charged!

I think I see your point though, easy for me to say when I don't have to travel 20+ miles to work.

 

[IanM]

Where I live, if you don't get in a car, you don't get!! (when tech catches up, more enviro friendly alternatives might be available!)

 

[2blue]

Bob, I hope you are right. One of the issues to get over is anxiety and if people can not charge at home, the apt example, and rely on elsewhere I am not sure that will change. People want to roll up to a charging point and charge straight away. We don't want to see all chargers full and with no idea of when the owners will return. Now I accept that attitude may have to change but because petrol and diesel are so easy to refuel that will take a mindset change. We have to adapt but it will take time to accept.

I have not seen a charge in any golf club yet, good question.

2 arrived at ours some 6 months ago..... & frequently in use. That's at WikeRidge GC (Leeds Golf Center).... 'Home of Modern Golf' you nar'se

 

[clubchamp98]

2 arrived at ours some 6 months ago..... & frequently in use. That's at WikeRidge GC (Leeds Golf Center).... 'Home of Modern Golf' you nar'se

That’s part of the problem for me ,and I know it’s only a start.
Putting Two in a car park that might hold 150 / 200 cars dosnt Show enough forward thinking.
If they put 50 in the members might buy EVs.
But it’s economics.

 

[bobmac]

That’s part of the problem for me ,and I know it’s only a start.
Putting Two in a car park that might hold 150 / 200 cars dosnt Show enough forward thinking.
If they put 50 in the members might buy EVs.
But it’s economics.

I'm sure they will be able to add more as demand increases.
Then visitors see them and want them at their home course.
Then you'll have some at your local swimming pool, cinema, restaurants, Lidls....... anywhere you might park your car for 30mins or more.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

...
And what is this about a blanket ban on ER demonstrations anywhere in London? Is Extinction Rebellion now a proscribed and banned organisation?

And so the High Court finds for Extinction Rebellion in their claim that the Met Police London-wide ban was unlawful.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50316561

 

[Dando]

And so the High Court finds for Extinction Rebellion in their claim that the Met Police London-wide ban was unlawful.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50316561

so now the great unwashed will be free to cause more problems with their "peaceful protests"

 

[MegaSteve]

XR reputed to be putting up a candidate to run against Boris at the GE... Really hoping therefore, the rumour about him seeking election elsewhere is correct... Otherwise trips to nearby Uxbridge will probably become a real pain in the run up to the election...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

XR reputed to be putting up a candidate to run against Boris at the GE... Really hoping therefore, the rumour about him seeking election elsewhere is correct... Otherwise trips to nearby Uxbridge will probably become a real pain in the run up to the election...

David Lidington's constituency?

 

[MegaSteve]

David Lidington's constituency?

Rumoured, in these parts, Boris is just going to step over the constituency line and contest Ruislip... Hopefully not! Judging by Phil the Fragger's, recent post, it's also a probability Boris is looking at Lidington's constituency High Wycombe...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Rumoured, in these parts, Boris is just going to step over the constituency line and contest Ruislip... Hopefully not! Judging by Phil the Fragger's, recent post, it's also a probability Boris is looking at Lidington's constituency High Wycombe...

Appropriate given Johnson's liking for birds and the many Red Kite raptors in that area that he can keep a lookout for.

 

[spongebob59]

Rumoured, in these parts, Boris is just going to step over the constituency line and contest Ruislip... Hopefully not! Judging by Phil the Fragger's, recent post, it's also a probability Boris is looking at Lidington's constituency High Wycombe...

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