http://transitionbedford.org/2009/11/15/patrick-hall-voted-against-1010/ Building community ~ Restoring balance & harmony ~ Part of the Transition Town Network Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://transitionbedford.org/2009/11/15/patrick-hall-voted-against-1010/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Kester Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:11:54 +0000 http://transitionbedford.org/?p=349#comment-48 This is dissapointing but not unexpected. I have become fairly cynical about our democratically elected masters. It seems that often the substance of their deeds does not match their rhetoric. Radical action and huge investment mentally and financially is needed to adapt to the changes we are already committed to and to try to avert others. 10:10 is a good and absolutely necessary start. With the recent report from the Imeche that the governments targets are not achievable becaus of the failings of infrastructure and the uncertainty of our energy security even short term, in part due to reports that the IEA 2009 energy outlook was distorted due to US pressure and by the report by the Peak Oil Group (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/29/fossil-fuels-oil) saying that peak oil could hit by 2011. We need to be totally committed to adapting to/fighting climate change, anything else will not succeed. This is dissapointing but not unexpected. I have become fairly cynical about our democratically elected masters. It seems that often the substance of their deeds does not match their rhetoric. Radical action and huge investment mentally and financially is needed to adapt to the changes we are already committed to and to try to avert others. 10:10 is a good and absolutely necessary start. With the recent report from the Imeche that the governments targets are not achievable becaus of the failings of infrastructure and the uncertainty of our energy security even short term, in part due to reports that the IEA 2009 energy outlook was distorted due to US pressure and by the report by the Peak Oil Group (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/29/fossil-fuels-oil) saying that peak oil could hit by 2011. We need to be totally committed to adapting to/fighting climate change, anything else will not succeed.

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