As Europe sits in a heatwave and everyone sizzles, environmentalists (there’s a reason why they call them ‘mentalists’) think they have won the lottery. “This is the evidence of global warming” they can be heard shouting very loudly.
Whilst most sensible people sit in the shade with a cold beer and enjoy the summer, the ‘mentalists’ are outside supergluing their hands to lamp posts and motorways and getting sunburnt in the process. Yet they still expect us all to ‘wake up’ and take them as serious individuals.
Although they may actually have a point that the world is facing impending doom, everyone who is stuck on the M25 with their engines idly spitting out even more carbon dioxide, is listening to the news on the radio. They are being told about a war in the Ukraine and China’s threat to invade Taiwan. Virtually every single driver is sitting in their stationary car thinking “What is the point of trying to save the planet when this lot seem hellbent on destroying it with an endless barrage of rockets, bombs and devastation?”
Someone turning off a lightbulb in Skegness isn’t really going to change the course of the planets future, when a bunch of maniacs continue to blow up their close neighbours. And here lies the problem.
Until we see the planet as a shared resource and start treating it this way, one small country such as Blighty, is not capable of making a difference. If China continues to do what it wants, we may as well all go back to using our coal fireplaces, as its not going to make the slightest difference. If Russia want to amass huge convoys of military vehicles and place them on a straight road that leads to Kyiv, some old man swapping a petrol car for an electric one in Dorchester is going to make about the same difference to the worlds CO2 output as sticking a cork up a butterflies backside!
Considering there seems to be no sensible way to save the planet, we may as well suggest a not-so sensible route to salvation. If global warming is going to melt the ice caps and raise sea levels, we may as well put the additional water to good use. Why not split the Hydrogen and Oxygen from this H2O and use the Oxygen to offset the excess Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere and use the Hydrogen for fuel?
We can then put these ridiculous electric vehicles that use lots of rare minerals in the bin and drive around in hydrogen powered cars. Which already exist and work!
Hydrogen cars are more efficient than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles and produce no tailpipe emissions—they only emit water vapor and warm air. The hydrogen may be expensive at the moment, but everyone said the same for electric cars and Governments around the world still ploughed ahead with that ‘little’ project.
Electric vehicles are fine if you only want to do a journey less than 150 miles or plan to stop at the services every 50 miles for a toilet break.
With hydrogen, China and Russia can convert their military fleets into super-powered beasts and continue their warmongery in a world that is going to exist for just a little bit longer.
