We are still a nation of high meat eating
Doesn't matter how much meat we eat unless you are talking about the health benefits to the human race. Meat can be replicated at a cellular level and grown in labs on a mass scale and even 3D printed for people that want their steak in the shape of a a ball. Not an animal in sight and grown for about the same price of leaving your lights on overnight. The issue is animal husbandry to feed the growing numbers humans on the planet and until the number of humans is kept in check or reduced then methane and other related emissions in the food chain will continue to rise.
Solve feeding the populous and it makes no odds how much meat you eat.
plastic using,
Again it is nothing to do with using plastic. It is such a lazy uneducated answer. There are big challenges with plastics, namely pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is the ability to break down plastics into energy and waste parts that can be recycled. There is heavy investment from our own government but more so from the EU (the thing you voted us out of) to make this commercially viable. Plastic use does not absolve people from littering. If people don't litter then plastic waste will be reduced substantially.
Plastics are also used to replace materials so structures can be lighter or stronger or perform better. With the increase in the abilities of plastics and nano-composites that can be used as fillers we can replace materials which damage the environment during production, such as concrete and steel
Plastics are also recyclable and the increase in recycling plastics and the technology to do it enable us as a human race to be more creative with process.
Bio-degradable plastics that turn into compost are one way forward but really we want to turn plastics into things, whether that be materials that can be reused, road surfaces to replace tarmac or even pencils instead of using wood. Again the EU has set aside funds for this challenge to be met (what did you vote us out for again?)
non recycling
See above
electric guzzling
Guzzling electric is far better than fossil fuels, there are hugs strides being taken in energy generation, from solar, wind and wave to water to water treatment and the above mentioned pyrolysis. Branson is looking at a combined nylon/ kerosene mix for jet fuel which would cut carbon emissions disproportionately. There is solar paint for your house and road marking, roof tiles that have solar cells, regenerative road cells so when a car rolls over it it charges a battery roadside which in turn allows microcharging from cats eyes.
Electric vehicles need better battery lie and the answer may not be with them unless they are on rails. Shell (ironically the company these muppets attacked the other day) have pumped over $2bn into heavy water which can fuel hydrogen cells which could replace the internal combustion engine. Keeping the supply chain in tact and not damaging the automotive industry or motorway infrastructure.
Again the Eu have set aside funds to solve these problems
muppets with our heads in the sand unfortunately, in the majority of cases
Education, Edukation, Edukshun.
The only way it stops is with tough legislation.
Nope, see above, this is a short sighted solution from those without imagination
Ban plastics that are not bio de gradeable
Nope, see above,
mandatory smart Meters
Why when the answers are above,
mandatory solar panels on social houses flats,
Not a bad idea but they will be outdated fast and unless heavily subsidised by the govt unaffordable,
brink back the glass bottles for a deposit!
Why?
Proper plans to tackle food waste.
We already have anaerobic digestion to tackle this. If local infrastructure were in place to take food waste directly to a facility then it would work far better. As it is government have cut subsidies to this as well
Finally, don't call me a climate change denier because I don't agree with you. Go and educate yourself.