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Travel of over 48 miles negates the need to fast. OK, I'll drive to the next city... and eat like a horse.

Since I come from a Shia family, me and my dad follow one scholar (Fadlallah) and my mum follows another (Sistani) so we rarely have Eid the same day which means we have to drive out of London and my Mum would automatically have her fast broken and that means we spend Eid at the same time!

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I'm definitely gonna be napping a lot though especially since this will be our second Ramadan in lockdown and there will be feck all to do.

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Almost 25% of Britons are unwilling to change any key habits that would help tackle climate change, a poll for Sky News suggests.

The survey, conducted by YouGov, asked participants what they would be prepared to do in order to reduce the country's carbon emissions.

80% of respondents said they would not be willing to see increases in the price of overseas travel (the single most carbon-intensive consumer activity), and 87% said they would not accept higher costs for meat and other animal products.

23% of survey participants said they would not be prepared to support even one of the key changes proposed in the survey.

We just aren’t gonna get to where we need to be without intervention to regulate behaviour. Not even close.

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London Mayoral Voting Intention:

Khan (LAB): 46% (-5)
Bailey (CON): 26% (-4)
Berry (GRN): 9% (=)
Porritt (LDM): 7% (+3)
Fox (REC): 4% (+4)
Rose (LRP): 3% (+3)

Via @YouGov, TBC.
Changes w/ 16-19 Nov.

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This London Mayoral election is a protest voter's wet dream

Dunno if I'll bother to vote, where I live I don't really recognise much that a London Mayor does for me.

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comment by rosso - he hands you a nickel, and he hands you a dime, and he asks you with a grin if you're havin' a good time (U17054)
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Almost 25% of Britons are unwilling to change any key habits that would help tackle climate change, a poll for Sky News suggests.

The survey, conducted by YouGov, asked participants what they would be prepared to do in order to reduce the country's carbon emissions.

80% of respondents said they would not be willing to see increases in the price of overseas travel (the single most carbon-intensive consumer activity), and 87% said they would not accept higher costs for meat and other animal products.

23% of survey participants said they would not be prepared to support even one of the key changes proposed in the survey.

We just aren’t gonna get to where we need to be without intervention to regulate behaviour. Not even close.
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I posted the greatest idea on how to tackle that. It would be a huge success and reward those who alter their habits.

Carbon allowance.
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The current global average CO2 production per person is at about *seven* metric tons per year.

Counting it against the maximum amount of CO2 that we might be able to capture and sequester, to limit warming to two degrees by 2100 (bad news, and as high as we can really afford) the global budget per person needs to be about *one* metric ton by 2050 (and that assumes that we’d already be heading towards that figure; i.e. we can’t continue to consume seven metric tons per year every year until 2049 ).

So the average global citizen needs to make changes to her behaviour to reduce her footprint by 85%.

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NEW: Keir Starmer says there will be an announcement about the Astra Zeneca vaccine later today. Fits with speculation MHRA will report this afternoon.

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In a pool interview for UK broadcasters Starmer also says:

-Govt's vaccine passport policy is a 'complete mess'.
-'We do not support the govt's plans in their current form'.
-It is 'changing on an almost daily basis... there isn't a real plan around this'.

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That's the problem you list "the average person" when we know the 1% are responsible for massively dragging the average up. Climate activists are big businesses best friend.
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Yeah I would imagine that global citizens' carbon footprints follow some kind of Pareto distribution. The biggest sacrifices need to be made at the top, the average Joe is probably well within their "allowance".

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comment by renoog (U4449)
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comment by ttliv87 (U11882)
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That's the problem you list "the average person" when we know the 1% are responsible for massively dragging the average up. Climate activists are big businesses best friend.
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Yeah I would imagine that global citizens' carbon footprints follow some kind of Pareto distribution. The biggest sacrifices need to be made at the top, the average Joe is probably well within their "allowance".
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The average Joe in the developed world is a country mile outside where they need to be.

I’d encourage everyone to whack their data into a CO2 emissions calculator online and see what comes out

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comment by rosso - he hands you a nickel, and he hands you a dime, and he asks you with a grin if you're havin' a good time (U17054)
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Almost 25% of Britons are unwilling to change any key habits that would help tackle climate change, a poll for Sky News suggests.

The survey, conducted by YouGov, asked participants what they would be prepared to do in order to reduce the country's carbon emissions.

80% of respondents said they would not be willing to see increases in the price of overseas travel (the single most carbon-intensive consumer activity), and 87% said they would not accept higher costs for meat and other animal products.

23% of survey participants said they would not be prepared to support even one of the key changes proposed in the survey.

We just aren’t gonna get to where we need to be without intervention to regulate behaviour. Not even close.
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Good. Leave my facking food alone you facking commies. Seriously though why do you target pretty much the only 2 things a working class person has. Why target their diet and why target the poor family saving up to go on holiday for 5 years. There are a certain group of people mostly responsible for the overseas travel carbon and it's not families going on holiday once a year or once every 5 years.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/17/people-cause-global-aviation-emissions-study-covid-19

How about business stop business trips around the world. We have proved Zoom works. Also food is a non-starter, we are omnivores, not herbivores, leave people's food alone. Fack me do you not look in the mirror sometimes and see how facking tyrannical you look trying to control what people eat?
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I am not trying to control anyone, judge anyone or target anyone. I’ve just posted up some of the results of a survey and some statistical data, that’s all.

Aviation and food consumption are usually highlighted in these kind of behavioural discussions because between them they make up the bulk of annual CO2 emissions for many people.

Food consumption can be as much as 30% depending on diet, and if you take one intercontinental return flight per year, it can literally double your impact on the environment.

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