From the Guardian: UK greenhouse gas emissions rise
Cold winter leads to 2.8% rise in greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, figures show.
Greenhouse gas emissions rose by nearly 3% last year, according to government statistics released on Thursday. The increase was a result of the continuing recovery of the economy after the crash which followed the banking crisis of 2008.
Overall, emissions of the six major greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide were up 2.8% on 2009.
Previously, due in part to the recession hitting industry and energy use, 2009 had seen large falls in greenhouse gases (down 8.7% on 2008).
But the increase means that the UK’s target of cutting emissions by 35% by 2022 is now harder to meet. Campaigners warned that the rise showed that efforts to transform the UK’s economy on to a low-carbon footing were faltering.
Yes, the cold winter’s increase in greenhouse gas emissions — as people heated their homes — did make it more difficult to meet that arbitrary goal of reducing industrial, commercial and residential emissions of greenhouse gas.
But the cold winter also made such a reduction seem silly.
Perhaps shutting off the lights and turning down the heat at the Department of Energy and Climate Change would help reduce those emissions.
Of course the cold winter also goes to show that climate change is natural, just as season change is. Everything in life changes.
Ancient Man knew this. Modern science? Well, there is no money to be made in telling the truth, is there?
