That's fine, we can just take some clean water from our rivers... Oh wait
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There was a massive drought a couple of years ago and it took a long time to recover, I think we barely managed to get back to normal, so it's very concerning it's happening again.
Hopefully we learnt some lessons from the previous one about abstraction and emergency licencing. Time will tell.
I’ve been following this guy for a while now, and this video sums it up well.
That's a cool photo, from 2022 apparently though, not this year.
Give it a couple of months and they can take photos for next year's drought lead up......
It's been pretty dry in my area, we haven't had a proper rain for few weeks. It does worry me.
Not a headline you'd ever have expected to read about the UK.
Speak for yourself. The climate's a bit fucked in case you hadn't noticed. Each year now I wonder: is this the year we face the first famine? (Of the many to come, until most of us are dead?)
When I was young (a very long time ago), the UK was very much associated with rain. If you'd ask any non British person what they think about when they hear about the UK, the answer would have been tea, polite people and rain. I guess at least the first one still holds true.
They are speaking for themselves.
The UK is known for rain, so it's unexpected to see the UK missing rain.
Like, you objected to.. ^ that. Confusing.
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Off-topic starts here. There is no need to be hostile at a benign comment as there are plenty of dumb people who have earned that hostility.
How you reply to other comments will let me know which you are, given this comment it's not looking great.. but I have hope it's a one-off ill moment.
Re-reading your comment, I think you may be letting your anxiety get to you. Calm down, take deep breaths, then close your eyes. Breath and count the passing breaths, focusing on the rising and falling of the body. If a thought comes, let it pass, focus back on the breath.
Your anxiety may be justified, but I believe that your aim is off, don't let it shoot random bystanders on your side. Better yet, become aware of it through meditation and mindfulness. Wish you well.
(Beep boop. Armchair therapist deactivated.)
The UK is known for rain
Had been known for rain. Until recently. When the climate started shitting on the status quo.
will let me know
ROFL
All Jeremy Clarkson's fault. if it weren't for his show there wouldn't be a draught!
Not sure what this comment's about, but also, fuck Jeremy Clarkson.
my comment was pure satire
Oh, well, on second glance I still don't get it. Also, fuck Jeremy Clarkson.
This isn’t about his beer, although in a way I guess it is!
Whoops!
Good job we have free trade with our closest neighbours... oh.
A free trade agreement wouldn't make any difference, we're all fucked either way.
It makes us the least appealing country to export food to, when countries can sell to their neighbours more cheaply and quickly due to zero customs fees or procedures.
So many of my suppliers just stopped exporting to the UK.
countries can sell to their neighbours
They can't sell food they don't have. How can you still be thinking that climate change is going to be like a temporary blip in food supply? Don't you understand that we're all fucked? You really think that Brexit and all the rest of the bureaucratic nonsense people have considered important up until now will mean anything when half the population of the planet has starved to death? Don't you get where we're headed?
It's already happening, it will be gradual rather than instantaneous, and we will be the first to suffer.
it will be gradual rather than instantaneous
Of course it won't be "instantaneous" but I still can't see how brexit will have an impact. The people who experience the first famine will be the same ones who experience the death of billions. Brexit will mean nothing.
I'm curious, would you be willing to put some dates to your expectations?
- Year of first famine.
- Year that population reaches half of 2025 population.
- Year that brexit ceases to be relevant to living people.
None of us can predict that, but I import food for a living so I see us regularly losing out to EU countries who don't have the same barriers to trade (e.g. The olive and sunflower shortages in the last couple of years that have made prices skyrocket here, but not in mainland Europe). It will be gradual, and we will suffer a painful decline long before other countries in mainland Europe (it's already happening, but is only really noticeable to regular folks in terms of pricing at the moment).
It will be slow enough that we will see our country decline and suffer shortages whilst other countries are still prospering, and it will be in our lifetimes.
None of us can predict that
Sure we can. A prediction is stating what we think will happen, not stating what will happen.
It will be gradual, and we will suffer a painful decline long before other countries in mainland Europe
What do you mean by "long"?
I don't think we can predict it because no scientist has been able to accurately give a timescale yet. I've been a buyer for 10 years and the frequency and scale of crop shortages has grown in that time, so based on that I believe the decline will happen in our lifetimes.
I don't think we can predict it
Ummm...
I believe the decline will happen in our lifetimes
....that's a prediction :-)
Here's mine:
First famine: 2028
World reaching half 2025 population: 2030/31
Year brexit becomes irrelevant: 2028
Again, I'm totally mystified about your focus on brexit.
Ok, I see the angle you're coming from but I disagree. I think it will be a slow, drawn out but painful decline.
I think it will be a slow, drawn out but painful decline.
Can I ask what's made you think that?
we will be the first to suffer
Uhh.. eh? What do you mean?
As we get more and more crop shortages, the UK will be (because it already is) the last on the list of countries that other states in the EU want to export to, due to the additonal time and cost of exporting to us. When we're facing food shortages around the world, the UK will suffer before others.
When we're facing food shortages around the world, the UK will suffer before others.
Firstly, this doesn't follow from what preceded it. States in the EU aren't the only states on the planet that export food.
Secondly, I think I see what you're trying to say: you think that as the planet slides into famine, the UK will be worse off compared to EU states in particular because during the slide into death, the slope will be ever so slightly steeper than some countries in the EU.