Thread: Climate Change and our Land of Fire, Flood and Drought.

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Nup. Just a bloody damn % denialist

Yes but only if he didn't spend any dosh & denied the Store making a Profit.
It appears he spent a Motza unless he picked up a thrown away by others list.

Originally Posted by incisor

older than that.....

why was/is the ground there limestone.....

'cos some bloody prehistoric veggie gardener over used the lime treatment for cabbage worms or Loopers.

The other reason proffered is that all the ancient long drop dunnies needed lime to keep them smelling fresh & deodourised & all the dunnies happened to be near the English Channel near Dover. Over time, it built up to make a quarry & the rest is history, inc.



And if you believe that you'll believe any old ****.

Originally Posted by 4bee

'cos some bloody prehistoric veggie gardener over used the lime treatment for cabbage worms or Loopers.

The other reason proffered is that all the ancient long drop dunnies needed lime to keep them smelling fresh & deodourised & all the dunnies happened to be near the English Channel near Dover. Over time, it built up to make a quarry & the rest is history, inc.



And if you believe that you'll believe any old ****.

You're not as green as you are cabbage looking, Des.

Originally Posted by incisor

older than that.....

why was/is the ground there limestone.....

Goes way back to 100 million years ago, blame it on the cocoliths dying and sinking to form a layer of what turned out to be limestone. Must have been millions of them.

Thanks, I think?

That'd be my old Boxing Days Cauliflower Ears, Ian. Always a dead giveaway, but you should see my nose.

But let me think about your comment for a mo.

One day I'll send you a photo so you can see all the above is crap.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Just before I was born the English Channel was blocked with land reaching across to mainland Europe which eventually gave way, ripping apart the Limestone structure which is apparently identical to the French side of said Channel. The excellent grape growing soils now existing in the Southern Counties of Britain are making the UK one of the better Wine making regions of Gt. Britain. Whoever would have thought that was possible?

There is an excellent book, named of all things.... "The English Channel" by Nigel Calder which is worth a read.


A journey by his Ketch from Ushant up & down both sides of the Channel describing the history & features of the English Channel.


https://www.amazon.com/English-Chann.../dp/0140101314

The English had to get climate change to help them do it. [ wait. to spite the French? do you think ….. no surely not.]

English Sparkling Wines Challenge the Supremacy of Champagne, France—Thanks to Climate Change
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Science

| Smithsonian Magazine

Looks like Coal is cactus despite a few died on supporters Money talks a lot louder than motor mouths. It is sad for those in the industry of course
ANZ- $700 million in thermal coal loans within the next four years: a 75 per cent reduction.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs, in one of the strongest positions from any American financier, ruled out future thermal coal financing, either for new mines or power stations globally.

These were considered, long-term, strategic decisions made individually by disparate groups united by a single cause — the unbridled pursuit of profit.
The message each is broadcasting is clear. When it comes to investment, coal, particularly thermal coal for electricity generation, has little, if any, future.

Suspected this is a world wide trend for a while now. The Dead Cat bounce in coal investments over the last few years seems to have run out of puff+

"while existing coal plants remained the lowest cost, when it came to building new plants, coal could not keep pace. And that's even without the introduction of a carbon price." looks like the last nail in the coffin to me. I am wrong a lot of course



The future of coal has already been decided in boardrooms around the globe - Business - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

There is going to be a large cost to coal communities as the transition continues over several decades, so it's important to plan to generate new jobs in other industries in those regions, but that is unlikely to happen until governments move out of denial and take positive steps to encourage other industries.