I have left the UK for a week to see family in the USA. Here there is a drought. Back in the UK there are floods and too much rain. There is agreement amongst scientists and the data that man made climate change is causing the weather patterns we are seeing these days. As the storms get stronger with wind speeds higher and rain fall greater, we continue to miss the opportunity to change.
The cost climate change to the UK economy is growing. Flood defenses and rising damage to property and our road and rail infrastructure are going up. Current estimates to repair our highways are around £400 million. The provisional £400m figure comes from a survey of highway managers in England and Wales – with a final total due by April which is expected to be significantly higher.
While David Cameron continues to pursue a policy that supports Big oil we are faced with some very simple truths. If we do not begin to change our ways we will be drowned in the greed, ignorance, and stupidity of our inaction. Renewable energy is clean green and available now. If our government starts supporting more wind, more solar, and other renewable technologies we may still have a chance. When our government starts giving tax breaks and monetary incentives to create the renewable energy future we need now, we will begin to move in the right direction.
Fracking is not the answer. It is a step farther towards the destruction of property and lives through climate change. We can not allow our government to lead us like lemmings to the cliff edge. We need to act now to change the direction we are moving. You can help!
Write to your MP and tell him to support renewable energy. Write to you MP and tell them that you oppose fracking. Write to your MP and let ten know that they need to change their ways before it is too late for us all.