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"Mr President, whenever I hear the words ‘historic agreement’, my sceptical streak kicks in. The aim is to keep warming below 2°C at a time when there has been no warming since 1997 and when we know that 1 000 years ago the earth was warmer than it is today.
Current records are all too brief. Even 250 years is insufficient time for a meaningful assessment of long-term climate patterns, and so-called models are only as good as the data in the programming. The climate change industry has become a powerful, vested interest, so what will this really mean in Swindon, Exeter and Penzance?
The main problem is the demonisation of coal, which has been the provider of cheap, affordable electricity for many years. COP21 delegates state a need for cheap, affordable electricity, but this agreement will have the opposite effect. Already, millions in the UK live in fuel poverty, having to choose between heating and eating. Approximately 20% of the thousands of excess winter deaths per year are directly attributable to cold homes. COP 21 is bad for them, bad for the UK, and bad for Europe."@en1
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