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[Sir Tigger KC]

Theresa May has committed the UK to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at an estimated (Philip Hammond) and uncosted price tag of a trillion pounds! (£1,000,000,000,000,000,000)   

Scotland is going one better and is going for net zero by 2045, that's just 26 years time and the SNP have made vague noises about building a powerful green economy that will create jobs and wealth.  This is despite the fact that much of Scotland's offshore windfarms have been built with foreign steel and labour.   

The Mayor of Manchester, Labour's Andy Burnham has trumped them all though and says he wants Greater Manchester to be carbon neutral by 2038! Even though there are advanced plans to expand Manchester Airports capacity and a big road building program in the area. 

Anyway if your wondering what it's all about and when the world is supposed to end, here's a handy report from the UN which explains it all. 

[STEMO]

Theresa May has committed the UK to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at an estimated (Philip Hammond) and uncosted price tag of a trillion pounds! (£1,000,000,000,000)   

Scotland is going one better and is going for net zero by 2045, that's just 26 years time and the SNP have made vague noises about building a powerful green economy that will create jobs and wealth.  This is despite the fact that much of Scotland's offshore windfarms have been built with foreign steel and labour.   

The Mayor of Manchester, Labour's Andy Burnham has trumped them all though and says he wants Greater Manchester to be carbon neutral by 2038! Even though there are advanced plans to expand Manchester Airports capacity and a big road building program in the area. 

Anyway if your wondering what it's all about and when the world is supposed to end, here's a handy report from the UN which explains it all. 

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

[2boxerdogs]

Great plan hope it all goes well for everyone 😀😁😂
Will Brexit be sorted by then as well !
A perfect country how nice.

[BazaJT]

Caught a bit of a report yesterday that by 2040[or was it 2050?]that a large percentage of the "meat"on sale won't be meat at all but will be plant based in order to cut down on methane emissions.That may or may not be all very well but if there is no demand for beef[other meats available]then no one will rear beef cattle and the species then would become extinct,dairy cattle could also go the same route as milk can be produced from Soya so no need for dairy cattle and this could expand to other breeds.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

Hmmm yes. 

It's a bit ambiguous as to what constitutes a trillion. 

A thousand billion, a million billion, or a billion billion..... 

And that's not to mention zillions and gadzillions! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

Anyway we are talking about climate change, so why let accuracy get in the way of a good story!   

[Gaffers]

I think we should at least try our best and preferably as soon as possible.

An 80% solution on-time is better than a 100% solution that is late.

[Raeturbo]

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html           Just in case someone’s interested, that’s how much a trillion is. Not to be sniffed at

[Lizzie Zoom]

Great plan hope it all goes well for everyone 😀😁😂
Will Brexit be sorted by then as well !
A perfect country how nice.

Trouble is I will not be around to see it, even if it can be achieved. However, perhaps in this grand scheme I will get a government grant to get the Tesla!

[STEMO]

In 2050, we'll be 97, Lizzie. No reason why we shouldn't be here.
Probably still on the forum, listening to Tigger going on about his paltry old age pension.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I think we should at least try our best and preferably as soon as possible.

An 80% solution on-time is better than a 100% solution that is late.

Yes...we are heading in the right direction .As a boy in the sixties 'renewables' amounted to SFA. Look at the figure now, and it is rising.

[STEMO]

Caught a bit of a report yesterday that by 2040[or was it 2050?]that a large percentage of the "meat"on sale won't be meat at all but will be plant based in order to cut down on methane emissions.That may or may not be all very well but if there is no demand for beef[other meats available]then no one will rear beef cattle and the species then would become extinct,dairy cattle could also go the same route as milk can be produced from Soya so no need for dairy cattle and this could expand to other breeds.

A world without cows, how would we cope? 

[Bigron]

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

Hmmm yes. 

It's a bit ambiguous as to what constitutes a trillion. 

A thousand billion, a million billion, or a billion billion..... 

And that's not to mention zillions and gadzillions! 

You were correct in your original poat, your Sirship -  a proper English trillion = 10 exp 18, just as our billion = 10 exp 12 and not as rhe septics would have it.

Ron.

[STEMO]

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

Hmmm yes. 

It's a bit ambiguous as to what constitutes a trillion. 

A thousand billion, a million billion, or a billion billion..... 

And that's not to mention zillions and gadzillions! 

You were correct in your original poat, your Sirship -  a proper English trillion = 10 exp 18, just as our billion = 10 exp 12 and not as rhe septics would have it.

Ron.

Unfortunately, Ron, we don't count (get it) for much anymore. America rules the financial world and their trillion is the one that matters.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Knocked three noughts off for accuracy 

Hmmm yes. 

It's a bit ambiguous as to what constitutes a trillion. 

A thousand billion, a million billion, or a billion billion..... 

And that's not to mention zillions and gadzillions! 

You were correct in your original poat, your Sirship -  a proper English trillion = 10 exp 18, just as our billion = 10 exp 12 and not as rhe septics would have it.

Ron.

Unfortunately, Ron, we don't count (get it) for much anymore. America rules the financial world and their trillion is the one that matters.

Sadly, the old boy is correct.