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The government maintains that this is all doable with “strict environmental requirements”.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, as the Commons transport committee chair, Ruth Cadbury, says: “They continue to say they are committed to reducing carbon emissions, but we are waiting for them to show us how they will square the circle of doing so while enabling thousands more flights.”\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey are also going to approve a third runway at Heathrow."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/5718007253758567340\/comments\/default\/1021773205912805067"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/5718007253758567340\/comments\/default\/1021773205912805067"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/going-out-with-bang.html?showComment=1758582841479#c1021773205912805067","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/going-out-with-bang.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-5718007253758567340","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/5718007253758567340","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-3990938302347508501"},"published":{"$t":"2025-09-22T09:30:02.396-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-09-22T09:30:02.396-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"It is always someone else\u0026#39;s job to deal with c..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It is always someone else\u0026#39;s job to deal with climate change, as Nicholas Kusnetz notes in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2025\/09\/what-climate-targets-top-fossil-fuel-producing-nations-keep-boosting-output\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhat climate targets? Top fossil fuel producing nations keep boosting output\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;Governments now expect to produce more than twice as much coal, oil and gas in 2030 as would be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/productiongap.org\/2025report\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003Ereport released Monday\u003C\/a\u003E. That level is slightly higher than what it was in 2023, the last time the biennial Production Gap report was published.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe increase is driven by a slower projected phaseout of coal and higher outlook for gas production by some of the top producers, including China and the United States.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“The Production Gap Report has long served as a mirror held up to the world, revealing the stark gap between fossil fuel production plans and international climate goals,” said Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in a foreword to the report.\u0026quot;"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/5718007253758567340\/comments\/default\/3990938302347508501"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/5718007253758567340\/comments\/default\/3990938302347508501"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/going-out-with-bang.html?showComment=1758558602396#c3990938302347508501","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2025\/04\/going-out-with-bang.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-5718007253758567340","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/5718007253758567340","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-6586074314411579964"},"published":{"$t":"2025-09-11T06:58:47.667-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-09-11T06:58:47.667-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sadly, Don, you misunderstood what I wrote. The ph..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sadly, Don, you misunderstood what I wrote. The phrase \u0026quot;wasn\u0026#39;t a great idea\u0026quot; refers to tiling window managers, not to the Gorilla Effect. The Gorilla Effect is still a good idea, note how much bigger and how many the screens are that your windows appear on these days compared to 1989.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe priorities for setting window size, aspect ratio and location should be:\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. User\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Application\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Window manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith a tiling window manger the list is:\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. Window manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI rest my case."},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6411533637493389531\/comments\/default\/6586074314411579964"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6411533637493389531\/comments\/default\/6586074314411579964"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2018\/05\/recreational-bugs.html?showComment=1757599127667#c6586074314411579964","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"David."},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14498131502038331594"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2018\/05\/recreational-bugs.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-6411533637493389531","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/6411533637493389531","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1310706156"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-6195315278136047118"},"published":{"$t":"2025-09-10T15:51:05.529-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2025-09-10T15:51:05.529-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hello David!!! \n\nI have loved this quote for ages,..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hello David!!! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI have loved this quote for ages, it is just so wise and deeply interpretable in so many contexts:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026quot;You will get a better Gorilla effect if you use as big a piece of paper as possible.\u0026quot; -Kunihiko Kasahara, Creative Origami.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou teased \u0026quot;In retrospect, this wasn\u0026#39;t a great idea\u0026quot; but didn\u0026#39;t get into that. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI\u0026#39;d love to read a blog post by you about the Gorilla Effect, how it wasn\u0026#39;t a great idea, how it\u0026#39;s still mis-applied, and if it\u0026#39;s ever appropriate! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen an infinite number of monkeys isn\u0026#39;t practical... \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere\u0026#39;s a gorilla with a 20cm x 20cm piece of paper:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOrigami Gorilla (Kunihiko Kasahara)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3CXtLeOGfzI"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6411533637493389531\/comments\/default\/6195315278136047118"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4503292949532760618\/6411533637493389531\/comments\/default\/6195315278136047118"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2018\/05\/recreational-bugs.html?showComment=1757544665529#c6195315278136047118","title":""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Don"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14540759596834244448"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$in-reply-to":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","href":"https:\/\/blog.dshr.org\/2018\/05\/recreational-bugs.html","ref":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-6411533637493389531","source":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4503292949532760618/posts/default/6411533637493389531","type":"text/html"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"blogger.itemClass","value":"pid-1029464713"},{"name":"blogger.displayTime","value":"September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM"}]}]}});