Seems to me that almost every news or weather programme raises issues regarding climate change, heatwaves, hose pipe bans and drought, flooding, transport brought to a halt due to snow, heat, leaves, coastal erosion, etc etc.
Now considering how much it costs us and the UK economy, and how much we're spending on net zero (and given our emissions contribute to less than 1% of the world's harmful emissions), wouldn't we be better off cancelling net zero and spending more on building reservoirs and desalination plants, coastal defences, rail tracks that don't buckle so easily or become brittle, etc etc
After all if we reach net zero but climate change continues at the same rate we'll be no better off in terms of being able to cope with it but massively worse off financially.
Is this too simplistic?

Cars will be for the ‘privileged’…in other words not us.

Maybe its as much about fuel security where you are not in the hands of the Russians or Arabs etc.

We have gas, oil and coal…nobody should be able to affect us with fuel threats….pity successive Labour and Tory governments weren’t so careful in controlling our assets.

Get more cost effective CO2 savings from a home insulation programme than from additional renewables but its not sexy enough for politicians. They love spending our money on vanity projects like HS2 and GB Energy. The metropolitan elite like to wear their green halos and call everybody else NIMBYs if they don't toe the line.

Holland has gone green energy mad & although the summer has been great,the solar farms haven’t produced enough leccy to supply the country.
People are now being told to reduce their electricity usage,just wait until the winter.
And it’ll be the same here,unless Mad Millinand does one.

These kids are well lucky.
Was brutal winters in the 70/80s.

Greenland melting will rise the sea levels to sink the outer hebridies then the rest of Britain.
About 2099

We were told back in the early 70’s at college by one lecturer that the world would end within ten years……..till one lad asked why he was lecturing and and not at home with family and friends making the most of what time was left…..zilch.

We are governed by people who are gormless theorists…..incapable of rational/practical thought.