Yes!

I think work from home and also the adoption of the 4 day work week will be critical to tackling the climate crisis

All of the climate reports for the uk suggest we will need air conditioning 10 times more and our heating will be needed less. So the future should absolutely be in air conditioning and two way heat pump systems

We should probably stop subdising fossil fuel companies so much by this arguement. I’d rather my tax pounds went to subsidising heat pumps than fossil fuels.

The UK government has given £20bn more in support to fossil fuel producers than those of renewables since 2015, the Guardian can reveal.

From 2020 to 2021 they received an extra £1bn support from the government compared with 2020, a 10.7% increase. For renewable energy in the same year, total support for projects increased by just £1m, or 0.01%.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/09/fossil-fuels-more-support-uk-than-renewables-since-2015

The most frustrating thing with heat pumps is how little help the government are providing. They will cost a fortune to the consumer, especially in houses that need existing heating systems altered to be compatible.

We need better grants and funding. Way better.

It’s true, but also quite damning of our whole political system. I just think we’re well past the point of party politics with this issue, it all needs putting aside and we need to see real change.

I have the same large Dutch oven and we use that and a cast iron pan for basically everything. I envy your le creuset collection we barely have space for the Dutch oven!

Nooo, can we just actually put someone useful in the position and see how that will help and improve things?

Well it always is down to something like that, but how depressing. I always think, just how much money do you need?

Also if you are a great business person, why not diversify in what clearly needs to be future tech and infrastructure?

Fincher, Fassenbender, Tilda Swinton and Trent Reznor on the soundtrack. How could this be a no?

This just keeps getting better and better!

Why are we still pushing for coal mines? I would have thought australia would be ideal for solar in certain places.

I think keeping it in people’s minds is useful. Otherwise it’s easy to get wrapped up in your day to day life. I’ve found that climate stories are often under reported here or categorised as another issue.

Looks about right for Manchester! Hail any minute now?

Some crazy records being broken this year. There is also statistically outlying Antarctica ice melt but I haven’t seen that story anywhere since first seeing it.

One thing you can do is write to your MP or representative.
Here is a letter template to write to your MP if you are in the uk - you could also use the template in the US or elsewhere in the world : https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/write-to-your-mp

Agreed, basically what I live off anyhow. But then it is leaf water, so unsure if the rules would allow!

Oh that’s a shame, it was great being able to split tasks between 2 of you

Thanks for letting me know, can’t wait to play it!

I didn’t realise it had already been released. Definitely getting the game ASAP. The couch coop of the last game was great, hopefully it’ll be the same/similar for this one

In terms of crime maybe try the original ‘the killing’ and the remake. The bridge is also good - all part of scandi noir crime wave that took over the UK for a while. There is some obvious deption of death and murder.

I’ve recently just watched the silo and that was brilliant Sci fi - very distopian and authoritarian though!