Climate News Round-Up
The latest science-driven news and analysis to counter the cult of climate catastrophe
“Why are hybrids so dangerous? Scientists blame high mileage, quiet engines and concentrated urban use for death rates that are three times higher than petrol cars” – The Mail looks behind new figures that show hybrid cars have been linked to pedestrian deaths at rates far higher than petrol vehicles.
“Fury as EV drivers face ‘double tax’ when abroad thanks to new Labour scheme” – Drivers of electric vehicles will be taxed twice when driving abroad because of Labour’s new pay per mile scheme, Ministers have admitted, reports the Mail.
“Labour’s Net Zero ministers fly six times around the world” – Ed Miliband and his Net Zero ministers have flown more than six times around the world since taking office, official figures reveal, according to the Telegraph.
“Ed Miliband faces High Court battle over one of UK’s largest solar farms as residents warn it will ‘destroy their countryside’” – Ed Miliband faces a High Court battle over a huge solar-farm scheme as residents have warned it will blight the countryside, the Mail reports.
“Miliband’s Net Zero kamikaze mission” – Ed Miliband’s Net Zero drive is a kamikaze mission, says Roger J. Arthur in TCW.
“Climate Policies Make California Unaffordable, LAist, Not Climate Change” – California’s cost-of-living crisis is down to climate policies, not climate warming, says Linnea Lueken in ClimateRealism.
Great roundup, the hybrid pedestrain death rate finding is wild but makes total sense once you think about it. Quiet engines mean less auditory warning for pedestrians who've spent their entire lives learning to listen for cars. I drove a Prius for like two years and definitley noticed people stepping into intersections way more often becuase they literally couldn't hear me coming. The unintended consequences of "green" tech keep piling up.