A carbon neutral Britain by 2030? If they can, why not us?

There’s a lot to be said about having a national purpose. You can accomplish a lot - especially when you have a largely homogeneous population that is well educated. They’re not as likely to go off the deep end into climate change denialism.

Here’s something to ponder:

Carbon neutrality by 2030 is the new standard for climate policies, and again the UK is leading North America in the climate debate with a bold national-level proposal about how to get there. The Centre for Alternative Technology just launched zerocarbonbritain2030 (ZCB2030), a collaborative project showing one possible scenario for making the entire UK carbon-neutral by 2030.

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