COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate change conference comes to Glasgow next week Billed as “the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control” like the 25 before it.
Due to lack of accommodations they are going to use a giant cruse ship as a floating hotel to help billet some of the 25’000 delegates and their hangers on. The ship MS Silja Europa is sailing in from Estonia to Glasgow with its 32000 kilowatt diesel which will burn through about 150 tons of diesel fuel each day which will give off roughly the same level of pollutants as approximately one million cars!!
There is also another massive cruse ship being used which is already docked in King George the 5th dock in Glasgow after traveling in from Morocco for the event.
Each ship also emits around 450kg of ultra fine spot particles each day too I should maybe mention, and about 200’000 gallons of human sewage!
I have not even talked about how many of the delegates will be arriving flying in from around the world.
Glasgow is going to attempt and show some green credentials using electric cars to drive the 120 visiting heads of state and their entourages between their hotels and the SECC venue as the buses and trains (and bin men) have taken this opportune time to go on strike) but they have now discovered there will not be enough charging points for all these electric cars so they also have brought in oil powered generators to assist!
…and what will be achieved once this two weeks long jolly has run its course? The same result as the previous 25 which is heigh-ho…abso-fucking-lutely nothing!!
But hey, they will just come to the decision to add a couple more hundred £ to our gas and electric bills and road tax as a “Green subsidy”, pass a low that we can only burn even more “less” smoke producing fuel on our wood burners which costs more and heats less, then be forced to replace our gas boilers for some less heating efficient heat pump … but don’t worry, COP27 will just be around the corner for more arsehole decisions and in-between we more coal burning power stations opening up in China and a wee headbanger Swedish school dodger to lecture us on how we dare!
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