Capitalism will find away, it's the bestest, it sorts everything.
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Capitalism will find away, it's the bestest, it sorts everything.
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There you go. Welcome aboard
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comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
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https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Not for a very, very long time. Even then it produces water as a byproduct so….
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Do you know that for sure though?
To fuel the number of cars on the road today with the tank size listed in that article, you would need over 10 billion litres of water. This is close to the amount of water consumed per day in the UK. So you are effectively taking a days worth of water consumption out of circulation and could effectively double demand on water system that are already struggling.
That just if they can be fueled by tap water, which i imagine will be unfavourable due to maintenance of the vehicle. If it needs to be deionised water, then you are looking at even more water being taken out of circulation and companies being set up to produce. You'll also have concerns about concentrated impure water being sent out in these places.
I don't think this is as simple a solution in the long term as people want it to be.
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I’m pretty comfortable with it, yes. Depends what you define as long-term? 100 years? 1000 years? 10,000 years?
I don’t think the first two would be a problem and by then we’ll either be dead or have a very different energy production system by then.
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11 cities are predicted to run out of water. One of which is London, which could see problems as early as 2025 and serious shortages by 2040.
Water supply is a genuine issue around the world and adding more demand is likely to have a very real effect quite quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42982959
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Desalination costs have dropped a lot. Water isn’t a problem. Birth rates are a much bigger and immediate threat for many countries.
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Water evidently is a problem if you solution involves desalination. Desalination is a energy and cost intensive process. It also uses fossil fuels to provide the thermal input and the toxic brine it produces pollutes coastlines.
The fact that some areas are already relying on this process for drinking water underlines the point I was making about the impact of increasing water demand.
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Well its just another daft thing hes said isnt. What he really means is that he didnt miss out on much on anything at all.
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comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Not for a very, very long time. Even then it produces water as a byproduct so….
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Do you know that for sure though?
To fuel the number of cars on the road today with the tank size listed in that article, you would need over 10 billion litres of water. This is close to the amount of water consumed per day in the UK. So you are effectively taking a days worth of water consumption out of circulation and could effectively double demand on water system that are already struggling.
That just if they can be fueled by tap water, which i imagine will be unfavourable due to maintenance of the vehicle. If it needs to be deionised water, then you are looking at even more water being taken out of circulation and companies being set up to produce. You'll also have concerns about concentrated impure water being sent out in these places.
I don't think this is as simple a solution in the long term as people want it to be.
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I’m pretty comfortable with it, yes. Depends what you define as long-term? 100 years? 1000 years? 10,000 years?
I don’t think the first two would be a problem and by then we’ll either be dead or have a very different energy production system by then.
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11 cities are predicted to run out of water. One of which is London, which could see problems as early as 2025 and serious shortages by 2040.
Water supply is a genuine issue around the world and adding more demand is likely to have a very real effect quite quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42982959
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Desalination costs have dropped a lot. Water isn’t a problem. Birth rates are a much bigger and immediate threat for many countries.
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Water evidently is a problem if you solution involves desalination. Desalination is a energy and cost intensive process. It also uses fossil fuels to provide the thermal input and the toxic brine it produces pollutes coastlines.
The fact that some areas are already relying on this process for drinking water underlines the point I was making about the impact of increasing water demand.
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I think that solar energy will solve this when it is allowed to be properly introduced.
How many of these predictions have been solved by human ingenuity? It’s more Malthusian theory imo
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comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
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Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Well its just another daft thing hes said isnt. What he really means is that he didnt miss out on much on anything at all.
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Sure. Personally I would have answered differently but it does depend on the question put to him. However, he’s not exactly good with PR and this is another example but it’s just not something that I would particularly highlight above other things.
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Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Agree, however I think its growing in the global south and Africa. India recently became the most populous nation on the planet overtaking China.
On desalination. In Spain close to me the cost of installing a desalination plant is €3m I read in the paper. The nearest reservoir was down to 1% capacity but some rain in April filled it up a bit.
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comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Possibly I suppose but reading the reports it sounds like he was making the point that his family had to make sacrifices for his education, so was then asked what these sacrifices were, to which his reply was not having Sky TV.
I can emphasise feeling like you've missed out on something others have, but I'm also not sure I'd call not having Sky TV in the early 90s as a sacrifice.
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The guy is a PR disaster for the Tories. He just cant helphimself with everything he does or says atm.
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He has no idea on both optics and the public, so forever comes across as completely weird and detached from the real world.
I do not particularly have a real issue with leaders whotcome from families with status or wealth. But at least own it while being curious about the rest of the nation outside this small bubble.
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posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
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posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
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Not if there's not enough people with enough money to buy crap.
Anyone else’s local Tory candidate wearing a blue hi viz and holding a brown box when knocking on peoples door?
Just mine? The cant is trying to trick people into answering their door.
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posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
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Not if there's not enough people with enough money to buy crap.
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No, no, capitalism will find a way, the cure-all for all societies worries
A 46-year-old man has been arrested as part of the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into PPE Medpro, the company led by Doug Barrowman, husband of Baroness Michelle Mone.
The NCA opened an investigation into the company in May 2021 into suspected criminal offences committed in the procurement of PPE (personal protective equipment).
The company was awarded government contracts worth more than £200m after Baroness Mone recommended the firm to ministers during the Covid pandemic.
Baroness Mone, 52 and Mr Barrowman, 59 have denied wrongdoing.
In addition to the NCA investigation, the company is being sued by the Department for Health for £122m plus costs for "breach of contract and unjust enrichment".
EXCL: Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide placed bet on election date days before announcement
The Gambling Commission is understood to have launched probe after Craig Williams, PM's parliamentary private secretary, placed bet with Ladbrokes on Sunday 19 May.
Sunak made surprise announcement that a general election would be held on 4 July just three days later.
I’ve lost count the amount of times these waaankers have broken the law
They got away with so much from 2015-2021 that they think the law n that obviously doesn't apply to them
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posted 3 minutes ago
What a moron
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I think you're right... This wasn't done for any serious financial gain
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posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 minutes ago
What a moron
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I think you're right... This wasn't done for any serious financial gain
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Double moron. I mean Christ is it that complicated to ask a mate to put a bet on for you?
To not think that you will get caught and punished in this day and age is just ultra maroon behaviour
Getting yourself done to win a massive £500
I think this explains why their campaign has been abysmal with geniuses like this running it.
BUSINESS: The European Commission set to impose extra tariffs of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars
Ouch
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posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
BUSINESS: The European Commission set to impose extra tariffs of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars
Ouch
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They’ll still come in cheaper than most Western models.
(I also wonder if that will include the electric BMWs and Minis made in China… )
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comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
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https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Naaah. That's not possible.
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posted on 12/6/24
Capitalism will find away, it's the bestest, it sorts everything.
posted on 12/6/24
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Capitalism will find away, it's the bestest, it sorts everything.
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There you go. Welcome aboard
posted on 12/6/24
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comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
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https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Not for a very, very long time. Even then it produces water as a byproduct so….
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Do you know that for sure though?
To fuel the number of cars on the road today with the tank size listed in that article, you would need over 10 billion litres of water. This is close to the amount of water consumed per day in the UK. So you are effectively taking a days worth of water consumption out of circulation and could effectively double demand on water system that are already struggling.
That just if they can be fueled by tap water, which i imagine will be unfavourable due to maintenance of the vehicle. If it needs to be deionised water, then you are looking at even more water being taken out of circulation and companies being set up to produce. You'll also have concerns about concentrated impure water being sent out in these places.
I don't think this is as simple a solution in the long term as people want it to be.
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I’m pretty comfortable with it, yes. Depends what you define as long-term? 100 years? 1000 years? 10,000 years?
I don’t think the first two would be a problem and by then we’ll either be dead or have a very different energy production system by then.
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11 cities are predicted to run out of water. One of which is London, which could see problems as early as 2025 and serious shortages by 2040.
Water supply is a genuine issue around the world and adding more demand is likely to have a very real effect quite quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42982959
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Desalination costs have dropped a lot. Water isn’t a problem. Birth rates are a much bigger and immediate threat for many countries.
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Water evidently is a problem if you solution involves desalination. Desalination is a energy and cost intensive process. It also uses fossil fuels to provide the thermal input and the toxic brine it produces pollutes coastlines.
The fact that some areas are already relying on this process for drinking water underlines the point I was making about the impact of increasing water demand.
posted on 12/6/24
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
posted on 12/6/24
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Well its just another daft thing hes said isnt. What he really means is that he didnt miss out on much on anything at all.
posted on 12/6/24
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posted about a minute ago
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posted 15 minutes ago
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posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Not for a very, very long time. Even then it produces water as a byproduct so….
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Do you know that for sure though?
To fuel the number of cars on the road today with the tank size listed in that article, you would need over 10 billion litres of water. This is close to the amount of water consumed per day in the UK. So you are effectively taking a days worth of water consumption out of circulation and could effectively double demand on water system that are already struggling.
That just if they can be fueled by tap water, which i imagine will be unfavourable due to maintenance of the vehicle. If it needs to be deionised water, then you are looking at even more water being taken out of circulation and companies being set up to produce. You'll also have concerns about concentrated impure water being sent out in these places.
I don't think this is as simple a solution in the long term as people want it to be.
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I’m pretty comfortable with it, yes. Depends what you define as long-term? 100 years? 1000 years? 10,000 years?
I don’t think the first two would be a problem and by then we’ll either be dead or have a very different energy production system by then.
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11 cities are predicted to run out of water. One of which is London, which could see problems as early as 2025 and serious shortages by 2040.
Water supply is a genuine issue around the world and adding more demand is likely to have a very real effect quite quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42982959
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Desalination costs have dropped a lot. Water isn’t a problem. Birth rates are a much bigger and immediate threat for many countries.
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Water evidently is a problem if you solution involves desalination. Desalination is a energy and cost intensive process. It also uses fossil fuels to provide the thermal input and the toxic brine it produces pollutes coastlines.
The fact that some areas are already relying on this process for drinking water underlines the point I was making about the impact of increasing water demand.
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I think that solar energy will solve this when it is allowed to be properly introduced.
How many of these predictions have been solved by human ingenuity? It’s more Malthusian theory imo
posted on 12/6/24
comment by RB&W - He kicked lumps out of them (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Well its just another daft thing hes said isnt. What he really means is that he didnt miss out on much on anything at all.
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Sure. Personally I would have answered differently but it does depend on the question put to him. However, he’s not exactly good with PR and this is another example but it’s just not something that I would particularly highlight above other things.
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Agree, however I think its growing in the global south and Africa. India recently became the most populous nation on the planet overtaking China.
On desalination. In Spain close to me the cost of installing a desalination plant is €3m I read in the paper. The nearest reservoir was down to 1% capacity but some rain in April filled it up a bit.
posted on 12/6/24
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Rishi Sunak has said that he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK, citing Sky TV as an example.
In an interview with ITV to be broadcast on Wednesday, the prime minister said a lot of sacrifices were made by his parents as education was their priority.
Pressed to give an example of something that he grew up without, Sunak said: “There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.”
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You'd think he'd just own the fact he had a good start in life at this point rather than try and make out he can connect with the common man because he didn't have Sky TV in the early 90s.
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Is it not likely that he was asked a question about it and he’s just answered it? There’s enough to judge him on and criticise him but I don’t think this is it.
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Possibly I suppose but reading the reports it sounds like he was making the point that his family had to make sacrifices for his education, so was then asked what these sacrifices were, to which his reply was not having Sky TV.
I can emphasise feeling like you've missed out on something others have, but I'm also not sure I'd call not having Sky TV in the early 90s as a sacrifice.
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The guy is a PR disaster for the Tories. He just cant helphimself with everything he does or says atm.
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He has no idea on both optics and the public, so forever comes across as completely weird and detached from the real world.
I do not particularly have a real issue with leaders whotcome from families with status or wealth. But at least own it while being curious about the rest of the nation outside this small bubble.
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
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Not if there's not enough people with enough money to buy crap.
posted on 12/6/24
Anyone else’s local Tory candidate wearing a blue hi viz and holding a brown box when knocking on peoples door?
Just mine? The cant is trying to trick people into answering their door.
posted on 12/6/24
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
comment by Hector (U3606)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 29 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 minutes ago
Sat Nav
Birth rates aren't higher
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2vgd21no
However, the scale of the future problem is immense. For a country in the developed world to increase or maintain its population it needs a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman on average. This is known as the “replacement rate”.
Yet the latest figures for England and Wales show that the average birth rate, also called the total fertility rate, declined to 1.49 children per woman, external in 2022, from 1.55 in 2021. The rate has been falling since 2010.
It is a similar picture in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which record their data separately"
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That’s what I meant, I should have been clearer. As in that declining birth rates worry me more than water supply does
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Don't worry, capitalism.
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Not if there's not enough people with enough money to buy crap.
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No, no, capitalism will find a way, the cure-all for all societies worries
posted on 12/6/24
A 46-year-old man has been arrested as part of the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into PPE Medpro, the company led by Doug Barrowman, husband of Baroness Michelle Mone.
The NCA opened an investigation into the company in May 2021 into suspected criminal offences committed in the procurement of PPE (personal protective equipment).
The company was awarded government contracts worth more than £200m after Baroness Mone recommended the firm to ministers during the Covid pandemic.
Baroness Mone, 52 and Mr Barrowman, 59 have denied wrongdoing.
In addition to the NCA investigation, the company is being sued by the Department for Health for £122m plus costs for "breach of contract and unjust enrichment".
posted on 12/6/24
EXCL: Rishi Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide placed bet on election date days before announcement
The Gambling Commission is understood to have launched probe after Craig Williams, PM's parliamentary private secretary, placed bet with Ladbrokes on Sunday 19 May.
Sunak made surprise announcement that a general election would be held on 4 July just three days later.
I’ve lost count the amount of times these waaankers have broken the law
posted on 12/6/24
They got away with so much from 2015-2021 that they think the law n that obviously doesn't apply to them
posted on 12/6/24
What a moron
posted on 12/6/24
It was only £100 as well
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 minutes ago
What a moron
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I think you're right... This wasn't done for any serious financial gain
posted on 12/6/24
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 3 minutes ago
What a moron
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I think you're right... This wasn't done for any serious financial gain
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Double moron. I mean Christ is it that complicated to ask a mate to put a bet on for you?
To not think that you will get caught and punished in this day and age is just ultra maroon behaviour
posted on 12/6/24
Getting yourself done to win a massive £500
I think this explains why their campaign has been abysmal with geniuses like this running it.
posted on 12/6/24
BUSINESS: The European Commission set to impose extra tariffs of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars
Ouch
posted on 12/6/24
comment by Things Can Only Get Better (U11781)
posted 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
BUSINESS: The European Commission set to impose extra tariffs of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars
Ouch
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They’ll still come in cheaper than most Western models.
(I also wonder if that will include the electric BMWs and Minis made in China… )
posted on 13/6/24
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 14 hours, 44 minutes ago
comment by The greatest thing that ever happened to humankind (U1282)
posted 2 minutes ago
https://www.riazor.org/news/water-car-end-gasoline/608/
If the Israel company should release this car commercially they'd ruin the fossil fuel industry and basically take out all their enemies that rely on oil overnight.
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What would be the impact on water supply if everyone was driving water powered vehicles? Is there potential that it could have a more negative impact than fossil fuels on the environment?
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Naaah. That's not possible.
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