@KaySocLearn It's hard because I have no immediate allies to have a real discussion with. I am committed until the end of the accedemic year and that's it. I feel that it won't change enough. I am pretty much on my own. It's difficult being a man that refuses to "man up".
@LouMycroft I think China is going through changes very quickly in many ways and this mine in Cumbria may be a reaction to this.
Sadly markets are competitive and money driven and there will be growth at all costs. This worries me the most.
@LouMycroft I think its thought out. I think if you look at how China has moved over the last 25 years from being one of the biggest polluters to being the country with the largest electrical infrastructure and the largest producer of electric vehicles and green tech. 1
@LouMycroft The tip of the iceberg and and a positive to come from it will be a different vantage point that highlights how much the western world violates other countries whilst at the same time pushes the green agenda and condems them.
I am not in support of coal mining, at all globally.
@LouMycroft It's difficult. I don't agree on most parts with digging for coal but there are a lot of goods that are made in countries out of sight and out of mind that utilise coal power.
There are byproducts that reduce the reliance upon other sectors too.
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@LouMycroft @draperel@fiona_mugure I suppose it goes hand in hand with warning lables and sellby dates on everything.
I suppose you have to question the agenda pumped through the cathode ray/plasma screen teet to the masses and look at the contradictions we get surrounding sustainability on a daily basis.
@LouMycroft @draperel@fiona_mugure The advent of synthetic polymers are what have caused the linear route. Basically what is the alternative. Things are made with built in obsolescence so that we have to consume. Without having a specialist skill it's hard to reuse and recycle what was always intended to be rubish
@joepagnelli@JessicaLBarnard@RMTunion There's more to this. The reason the rich are richer is because they have printed more money. Distinguishing between rich and wealthy is blurred when whipping up a frenzy over pay. Our pay is nothing but an IOU from the bank. Feels like 2008 all over again. Pay is the catalyst.