Zero emissions by 2050.

[city2]

is this possible, every home in the country to have electric boilers all new builds will have these, every diesel and petrol vehicles will be replaced with electric or other types. The cost will be enormous and also how will people be able to afford this or is Mad Max really going to happen.

 

[Ban-jani]

That may already be too late.

 

[squirtyflower]

is this possible, every home in the country to have electric boilers all new builds will have these, every diesel and petrol vehicles will be replaced with electric or other types. The cost will be enormous and also how will people be able to afford this or is Mad Max really going to happen.

And how is the electricity made, will that be with zero emissions too?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

That's the advantage of setting a target that's so distant you'll be long retired by the time we find out if it was successful.

 

[city2]

I will be pushing up daisies long before it affects me.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Down to Mother Theresa, who's desperate to leave something, anything, to vindicate her tenure. That her
premiership is viewed as the worst in history must grate a bit, so she does one and leaves us with this.
So what happens in January 2050 if we've not hit this target, do we fine ourselves?
Of course, the argument for this sort of action always centres around a presumption that the ones who really are
belching out the CO2 will follow our lead and do the same.
Let's see if they do.

 

[TonyM]

I’m all for change if it is done properly and proportionally.

Bicyclists for example in general are a menace but all is fine because it’s one more car off the road. That’s too mixed up imo. There should be rational thought put into where people can keep fit and how to reduce emissions. Sometimes they need distinct problem statements and separate solutions but I fear that they all get lumped together and we end up with crazy laws and practices in the name of the environment.

Feckin cyclists.

 

[Sir peace frog]

And how is the electricity made, will that be with zero emissions too?

how is electricity made ?,you being serious ? talk about being thick,its made inside your house wall cavity all that foam melts and produces lekky, and the white things on the wall block it in until you plug something in it, the holes in the pins of the plug let the lekky out into the wire and then it goes up into toasters and kettles and stuff ,god some people

 

[Kompany Car]

And how is the electricity made, will that be with zero emissions too?

That’s the crux of it. Whilst ever you burn hydrocarbons you will produce CO2, too many people on the planet results in excessive farming and waste resulting in Methane. Both of which are greenhouse gases. It’s not realistic to replace all energy production in the UK with the types of renewables that they are putting money into I.e wave and solar. The only renewable that is a guaranteed source is tidal but that has major environmental impacts.
So you are left with the good old nuclear, which nobody wants on their doorstep and generates dangerous byproducts which have half lives of thousands of years.
Now if they could pull their finger out and really push forward with Fusion (which trying to contain a plasma which is hotter than the surface of the sun in a massive magnetic field is not exactly easy), then that would be great but unless they make the technology free to the world it will make bugger all difference.

 

[Metal Biker]

Not unless we embrace nuclear power.

UK population will be around 77 million, minimum. That's a lot of lights to keep on.