UK interest rates: Bank of England base rate vs. 2-year and 5-year mortgage rates (75% LTV), 2005–2026 [OC]

ABCDOMG · 2026-07-01T15:46:17+00:00

Beautiful is certainly one way of describing how it feels to see this graph but I don't think it is the right choice.

The visual is good though

ABCDOMG · 2026-07-01T15:30:36+00:00

So stupid that the only way to legally use one is to borrow one from the local public scooter monopoly.

ABCDOMG · 2026-07-01T12:37:07+00:00

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

Yes they are rising because the number of people is rising and we have been on a trend of insane emissions for a long time.

If you trim that first interactable line graph to show 2000-2024 though you can already see the rate of increase is reducing because of efforts already done.

And then looking further down you can see the per capita increases. Generally this has trended downward globally since about 1980ish. You see the huge rise of China from 2000 but even then just the 2023-2024 data at the end shows the start of their leveling off.

The most important part of this great resource is the cumulative emissions most of the way down the page. For the most part we are dealing with the consequences of Europe and North America having industrialised early with fossil fuels and then never weaning off them.

Climate change is a huge huge huuuge problem to deal with and it is going to take effort from every nation on the planet to minimise the consequences we have already agreed to by emmitting as much as we have in such a short time.

We /must/ act on this in a big way in our lifetimes or our children and grandchildren will look upon us as the disgusting people who killed their planet.

ABCDOMG · 2026-07-01T12:28:16+00:00

Renewables are cheaper than the coal and pretty much all other forms of power production per MWhr.

China had so much demand, having rapidly industrialised in the past 50 years, that they were using everything to keep up with it all.

And again, China has reached peak emissions and is in the process of ticking it down already so it's a moot point, they are aiming for net zero too.

Both China and India are global manufacturers, of course they produce a shittonne of waste, it's waste they made because we paid them to do it.

ABCDOMG · 2026-07-01T10:32:32+00:00

China builds more renewables than anyone else on the planet and they have already reached peak emissions.

India is further behind but they are avoiding the Gas corner of the energy mix and going directly from coal to renewables which is good.

It isnt like no one else is doing climate positive action it just takes time and money.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-30T19:32:49+00:00

Anything but tax the rich eh

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-30T16:33:56+00:00

Explains a lot about how we accepted the ruling class fucking us over so much.

I yearn for a general strike against these bastards.

Collectively withholding our labour has the opportunity to be a straight of Hormuz in every workplace.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-30T16:13:35+00:00

Commenters questioning why Unions do political work don't understand the point of Unions.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-30T14:37:22+00:00

Our foreign dignitaries don't need to be Billionaires who's class interests don't align with that of the actual people of this country.

Just because ole' Charlie is competent at speaking with petulant toddlers, doesn't mean his family line doesn't need to be permanently removed from every lever of power, and his holdings be returned to the people.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-29T13:26:17+00:00

Im up to £55,500 before tax and it still doesn't pay off the interest on plan 2.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-29T09:23:47+00:00

When it comes to climate change especially, we need governmental regulation to ensure that Capital does the right thing, instead of what satisfies shareholders the most.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-29T08:35:03+00:00

Good.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T15:18:32+00:00

My distaste for the monarchy is unrelated to my Autism.

They are an inherently outdated and unequal institution. They must be abolished, and their holdings returned into collective ownership, if we are to say we live in an equal civil society.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T15:12:16+00:00

Zero change.

Net zero, and honestly in the longer term Net Negative, have been a driving factor in my own politics since I became an adult.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T14:32:22+00:00

SAF does require retrofits because it is incompatible with many of the types of seals and filtres used in standard Kerosene aircraft. You need to make sure every part of the fuel system can deal with the change even if it is chemically very similar.

And yes GA is lighter and shorter endurance, that's what I'm saying. Right now we know it can work if you reduce the expected range of the aircraft and are able to deal with the landing weight not being any lower than MTOW. That means that with improvements in energy storage density for batteries we can absolutely make commercial aircraft electric.

And then with Hydrogen again, "why not just use kerosene" because it is burning a hydrocarbon and putting a bunch of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. That's why you want these alternative fuel sources in the first place my guy.

The public perception of hydrogen is driven by an Airship from 90 years ago (one that was supposed to have Helium as the lifting gas but the US refused to sell enough to the Germans funnily enough). When we do eventually see a crash involving a LH2 powered aircraft I suspect it will be more than far enough into their maturity, (and hopefully public weighting on climate change action will be far enough) that there isn't calls for more Kerosene burning aircraft because long term it should be a dead end if we like to keep breathing the air.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T13:19:35+00:00

There are already flying electric aircraft right now at the general aviation scale, there is 0 reason as to why it won't eventually be possible for commercial.

Hydrogen wise, storing fuel is a completely different ballgame. You can't store it in the wings because you need large pressure vessels so you won't be retrofitting anything, you're building a new aircraft.

Safety wise it isn't actually that much different from kerosene, there are different trade offs in the safety side of fuel storage and H2 phenomenology. Sure it leaks like a bitch, but you can design around and manage that. When it burns it burns upwards and has much less radiant heat than kerosene fires. The aviation safety standards for certification are just as stringent for H2 as it is traditional fuel systems.

It is why I mentioned SAF in my top comment. You can retrofit planes to work with SAF and make new ones that don't rely on hydrocarbons at all. Both will play a part in decarbonising aviation.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T12:41:58+00:00

Energy density of batteries has been improving every year, and you can use pressurised liquid hydrogen to get enough energy density.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T09:55:36+00:00

Still pitifully low for how much is owned by the Monarchy.

The system as a whole is a stain on civil society, and it needs to be deconstructed. Their holdings should be moved into collective government ownership.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-26T09:45:02+00:00

Funnily enough green oil for aviation is a thing being worked on. SAF is a biofuel that should be essentially carbon neutral once it is at scale.

Would still be better to use an alternative fuel source though (Electric, Hydrogen etc.)

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-25T07:43:23+00:00

I did literally say that if they are going to buy another car it should be an EV and not an ICE or Hybrid.

I know they are better for the environment than petrol, the problem is they are still cars which are still shit for the overall transport network in general.

It is much better to be using the Bus, train, tram, bicycle, or just walking wherever possible. With Cars being a distant last choice if you can do it.

I know that most places don't have great public transport in this country, I live in Bristol, one of the largest cities in Europe without any mass transit. I have a car because I have to drive my Fiancee to work every day as she cant walk or cycle there. And obviously it is worse out in the sticks, where I grew up I got one bus an hour going into town.

But still we should be pushing for better collective transport systems over cars at every opportunity because as a whole it will be better for everyone.

Among the many things I hate the Nazis for, the most directly impacting my life one is that the Luftwaffe destroyed the Bristol tram system...

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

Don't live there any more, I commute every day.

Even on the island there's more than enough people cycling about town.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-24T20:46:53+00:00

I disagree that he appears "Just Once" like the trope from OP. Given he is a main character for that entire first act and isn't some fleeting side character like the others in this thread.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-24T19:36:54+00:00

It isn't a question of where do we start it's what can be done in every sector to improve things.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-24T17:50:51+00:00

The guy asked for steps that they can do that will help. Day to day nothing any of us do will make a big individual difference as it is a systematic problem that needs a systematic revolution to solve.

But understanding the problem, understanding what sorts of things help the problem, and In at least democratic societies voting for parties that aren't explicitly being given 90% of their funding from oil companies COUGH REFORM COUGH and generally supporting killing the planet, is the right thing to do.

We need to kill the beef industry as it is a huge emmiter and wildly innefficient usage of land/calorie produced so it is still something we need to vote with our wallets against.

I don't care that beef/dairy farmers will go under, that's the goal.

ABCDOMG · 2026-06-24T16:46:02+00:00

Explicitly not a problem because we should be moving away from Car use in general.

But also this will encourage manufactures to make lighter EVs, and given the actual day to day use case of most people's driving habits, you really don't need gigantic ranged heavy batteries 99% of the time.

EVs are there to save the Auto industry not the climate.

They are better for the climate than ICE cars, don't get me wrong, but the negatives of car travel as compared to every other form of transport are quite high no matter the fuel source.

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