Gulf stream goes,what's next

Jist on the first point.

If we had a massive uptake in EV we would have a massive infrastructure problem to deal with. The grid wouldn’t be capable of the overnight demands and as it is they are talking about power blackouts. Pushing massive EV numbers without infrastructure is putting the cart before the horse. Imagine the numbers ringing into work because they can’t come in as there was another power blackout overnight.

and if the electric is generated with fossil fuels you’ve achieved nothing.

Depends on how many metres above sea-level, a lot of farmland is well above sea-level. There would have to be a major climate shift which would be outside projected models for sea levels to rise that high. It would be unrealistic to become a fisherman on that basis. Sea levels have been on the rise since the 1900's if it hasn't made farmers convert to trawling yet it is unrealistic to think that it will anytime soon.

The side tracking of the thread was not caused by the weather.

Same point as @Suckler made, marginal land will just continue to be harder and harder to manage, shorter and shorter windows of opportunity to get stuff done.

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If the Gulf stream shuts down, and the next glaciation period commences, sea levels will fall, not rise.

A 15' storm surge innundated the Matagorda bay area, near Corpus Christi and Houston, in August 1886, for reference.

While the Green Party in government is supporting building another terminal to received fracked gas, the most destructive gas product. Unfathomable

In my mind tue GP have played their hand very badly.

rather than being the conscience of the government they I’ve enabled the same old same old. They should have collapsed this government when they realised they were the token party at the table, building their credibility with their following, proving the just transition splinter group wrong

rather they have chased the pensions and doomed the GP to another decade of political sidelines

Amd yet we will have a government who make the decisions that impact our lives so we must analyse who they are.

in theory your right, farming amd Green Party should have many aligned principles. But it’s not possible, hard line veganism within the GP and their M50 centric politics are at odds with agriculture.

Truth is the majority of society aren’t ready for the sorts of changes that would be required to stop climate change in its tracks.

It would take sweeping changes to our lifestyles and those sorts of changes don’t get politicians re-elected.

If diesel and petrol and aviation fuel had significant carbon taxes added people wouldn’t accept it. Petroleum products probably need to be €3-4 a litre to actually curtail their usage. Cheapest seat on a plane would need to be €200+

Tax to reduce the usage of something isn’t tax for tax sake though.

I couldn’t manage either. Very few families outside the major urban areas could.

plus the manufacture of so many batteries would be a disaster for the slaves that mine the precious metals and the planet in general.

adding 50cent to a litre is tax for tax sake as we would all just keep going using it and complain. Making a litre of fuel €5 would actually seriously curtail its usage but disruption to lifestyles on that scale is incomprehensible.