Lon Won

Curious about politics

[Lon Won @LonWon]

I've switched to BlueSky.

The owner of this platform is using it to promote a far-right activist with a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for contempt of court, fraud, drug dealing, stalking and violence.

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil Daily Mail columnists probably shouldn't be accusing the Irish of being Nazi sympathizers.

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@andrw100 @afneil @MailOnline What's the evidence that Net Zero will be more economically damaging to China and India than climate change?

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@andrw100 @afneil @MailOnline If China and India pursued Net Zero too, would that make a measurable difference?

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@andrw100 @afneil @MailOnline Why not?
https://t.co/yE0JT53Z5u

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil @MailOnline Under current policies, there is a two thirds likelihood of global warming of 3 °C this century
https://t.co/0RmOglsW7O

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil @MailOnline People in every country face record-breaking threats to health and survival from the rapidly changing climate, with 10 of 15 indicators tracking health threats reaching concerning new records
https://t.co/RvXP3TOldJ

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil https://t.co/tXqd9NKrvC

[Lon Won @LonWon]

Andrew Neil has had enough of experts.

Common sense tells him that the climate crisis is a scam and that there's no issue with extracting as much gas, oil and coal as we want.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

There are no plans for a massive expansion of pumped storage because unlike, say, Sweden, we don’t have the topography for it. Yes we could have some more pumped storage. But it would take an age before it came online and it would be marginal to requirements. Why do so many energy pundits live in a fantasy world? They jeopardise the wellbeing of millions.

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@AaronBastani What's your argument for mayors over councils?

That mayors are more dynamic and accountable than councils? Not sure I'm convinced by that. Either model can be dynamic and accountable; either can be sclerotic and high-handed.

Does one model tend to be better?

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil Rather than spending so much time insulting randos on the internet, have you considered putting your questions to an actual IPCC author?

Or do they avoid you because you're more interested in aggressive point-scoring than understanding?

[Lon Won @LonWon]

@afneil "Climate change is real and we need to respond."

Do you no longer think that global warming is some kind of schtick then?

[Lon Won @LonWon]

He will also exclude tax breaks, favourable finance terms, consumer price caps, carbon capture projects, pollution clean-up, compensation for damage to human health, the costs of impact on animals, and so on and so on.

Meanwhile while he engages in sophistry, the world burns.

[Lon Won @LonWon]

Notice how Neil attempts to deflect by focusing on the UK (rather than globally) and by focusing on the present (rather than over time).

He will then exclude the billions of benefits to the fossil fuel industry from not having to deal with the consequences of their business.

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Pray tell — what subsidies does UK dole out to fossil fuel industries?