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Make UK Great Again: Or how capitalists want you to slowly crawl towards cemeteries
  • The report, seen by BBC Panorama, has been prepared for the Committee on Climate Change

    Food currently accounts for 30% of a household's carbon footprint in high-income countries like the UK.

    The report says we need to make a significant shift towards lower-carbon foods, particularly towards more plant-based diets.

    Producing food from animals uses more resources than food from plants. Some animals, like cows and sheep, also produce and burp up methane - a powerful greenhouse gas.

    Only bold part really count here, all else is usual mantras.

    The Committee on Climate Change's official recommendation to government is that a 20% cut in red meat and dairy is needed - the emissions from the other 80% will have to be matched by CO2 that has been captured and stored permanently in order to meet the net zero ambition.

    Once consumers understand the environmental impact of different food choices, the report argues, government should begin to increase the price of foods that involve high emissions. It suggests this could be done by cutting farm subsidies - more than 70% of which go to livestock - and by raising VAT on these products.

    I propose alternative approach - to start offering meat made from capitalists and their families, as well as their servants who write such proposals. As they don't do anything useful anyway, just produce lots of CO2 and methane

    But here we go next

    Home heating is the single biggest challenge in terms of reducing UK emissions, according to Chris Stark of the Committee on Climate Change. It accounts for 21% of a household's carbon footprint and it will be costly to bring it down..

    With 30 million homes and 30 years to decarbonise, he argues, "simple arithmetic" suggests we need to "decarbonise" one million homes every year, starting now.

    Let me explain it plain - they want million of homes to start living like during stone age without heating.

    Transport currently accounts for 34% of a household's carbon footprint. The report calls for a major program of investment in the rail and bus network, with lower ticket prices and investment in safer cycling.

    So, how about riding bicycle after sleeping nigh in unheated house and without hot water?

    Still no wish for some fresh meat of capitalists, no?

    Policy-makers need to focus on the 15% of the population that are estimated to take 70% of flights.

    The idea is to penalize frequent flyers, while not raising prices for people taking an annual holiday.

    One ticker per year, and this is all you'll get. Progress..