Badenoch's (Lack Of) Vision Quest

[briantrumpet]

Don't get bogged down in the details.

Just think of the meme. It's all Badenoch does, and I think that overstretches her sometimes.

 

[First Aspect]

Just think of the meme. It's all Badenoch does, and I think that overstretches her sometimes.

If you pan right, the £350 a week for the NHS bus is in the same car park , on bricks.

 

[briantrumpet]

If you pan right, the £350 a week for the NHS bus is in the same car park , on bricks.

They didn't even manage to get £350 a week.

 

[Psamathe]

I wonder if they have the slightest clue about the timescale involved in "drill baby drill".
We are talking in terms of years.

By which time renewables will be so widespread there will be no market for those hydrocarbons. I suspect the investors who would be needed to pay for the new drilling will realise that and no be investing.

 

[Pblakeney]

By which time renewables will be so widespread there will be no market for those hydrocarbons. I suspect the investors who would be needed to pay for the new drilling will realise that and no be investing.

Hmmm. I'd say that we will still be in the transition stage until 2030, probably longer, Also that oil & gas have uses other than fuel.
Anyway, it is not a solution to today's problems.

 

[Psamathe]

I wonder if they have the slightest clue about the timescale involved in "drill baby drill".
We are talking in terms of years.

Interesting report in today's Guardian

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’
Hundreds of licences granted for new oil and gas projects in the North Sea under the Conservatives have so far produced only 36 days’ worth of gas, according to analysis.

Research by the energy consultancy Voar and the campaign group Uplift found that between 2010 and 2024, the government handed out hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences in seven licensing rounds.

This led to 20 new and relicensed fields that have the potential, over their lifetime, to produce enough gas to supply the UK for only six months. To date they have produced the equivalent of 36 days of extra gas.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Hundreds of curries would probably produce 36 days of gas.

 

[BoldonLad]

By which time renewables will be so widespread there will be no market for those hydrocarbons. I suspect the investors who would be needed to pay for the new drilling will realise that and no be investing.

Oil is used to produce more products than Petrol and Diesel.

 

[First Aspect]

Oil is used to produce more products than Petrol and Diesel.

Crude derived plastics do not, by and large, contribute to global warming. Unless they are incinerated at end of life.

 

[briantrumpet]

Crude derived plastics do not, by and large, contribute to global warming. Unless they are incinerated at end of life.

Is this crude derived plastic? How can you tell?

 

[Pblakeney]

Interesting report in today's Guardian

The silly point that at is always made is referring to the North Sea. That resource is still there but it is a fraction of the north Atlantic.

 

[First Aspect]

Is this crude derived plastic? How can you tell?

View attachment 14259

You'll need to clear your internet cache again, I assume?

 

[BoldonLad]

Crude derived plastics do not, by and large, contribute to global warming. Unless they are incinerated at end of life.

I don’t think I said they did, I merely pointed out that oil (and maybe gas, not sure about that ) were required for more than motor fuel.

 

[briantrumpet]

You'll need to clear your internet cache again, I assume?

Incognito mode was deployed 😉

 

[Ian H]

Incognito mode was deployed 😉

I knew it was you!