And it is going to get worse as the earth continues to cool down. The ‘pause’ or rather global cooling is expected to be in effect for the next thirty years.. or so Russian scientists think.
The shame will be the lives lost in Britain for the lack of preparedness, the increase in electricity costs, and the banning of wood burning stoves :(
I was just thinking of that, it was recently portrayed in the excellent BBC series about the young QEIII, The Crown. That was a disaster.
I was just thinking of that, it was recently portrayed in the excellent BBC series about the young QEIII, The Crown. That was a disaster.
I read 4000 died elsewhere, but still.
Probably the only Freeper that was there at the time. I came down from Scotland by long distance coach to Finchley, North London. A non-smoker and only 21 years old, I remember breathing in and it cut like a knife.
The bureaucrats of the "Yes Minister" type claimed it was only old people who died. They said they were ready to die anyway. There was an immense cover up. The coal mine owners had a huge investment in coal for the fire place. A most wasteful use of fuel, since it went up the chimney first.
I knew of a smokeless fuel called "Coalite". It was burnt in enamel stoves in the kitchen. Someone got the Nobel Prize posthumously for bringing it into use. Pity they did not use more of it.
“The recent spell of unhealthy pollution was the worst since April 2011.”
I agree that this is suspicious. I was in London two months ago and discovered London to be clean, friendly and safe. The air was crisp and watching the hundred’s of bicycle riders in the cold 40º rain gave my self esteem a demotion.
Mayor Sadiq Khan? Really, of London? SMH.