Stranded: Narrowboat Life Amid Floods
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- With rising waters, May is stranded once again. In this video May and George have a 'serious' chat to talk about how to prepare for future flooding. George gets a piggy-back because he doesn't have wellies and we finish our day with a delicious Kadai cooked meal!
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Hi lovelies, if the words 'climate change' are trigger words for you, please don't watch this one! It seems like this one has ruffled a few feathers. All opinions expressed in all my videos are opinions and not facts! I always say in my yoga classes "I know nothing" because really, I don't!! There are always different views and perspectives and I am open to them all. Peace ✌
Oh, you're the last person I'd ever expect to see with a trigger warning! But, yes there are a lot of people with issues over 'The Change', and I think the message has been very damaging for some, when it shouldn't have been. Language matters. See Simon Clark's "Why is it the 'climate crisis' now?" to see how this message is put out there by activists...🤔
Hi May you have stated many times ,different videos that your views and you respect others have views which may be are not the same as yours !
I actually liked the format of this video , being one of discussion and relaxed pace !
Whilst you were 'water locked ' you still managed to make a wonderful engaging video .
Unfortunately there’s a minority who mix up the science (yes climate change is a fact, as is the fact we are contributing to it, the data is overwhelming) with a political view of how we should respond to that change - and that is a personal opinion.
Not sure why anyone got upset over this, seemed pretty innocuous opinions to me. We can all have our own opinions.
The future for marine transport including ships and pleasure craft is a very complex matrix.
The International Martine Organization has set a road map for decarbonization of global shipping by 2050 with a 30% cut by 2030.
New global legislation including technical standards and commercial framework to support this is due to be rolled out in 2027.
Now inland water ways emissions are not controlled by this as these are under the jurisdiction of each sovereign nation’s government.
In the UK we have, until now been very fortunate that emission reduction and compliance focus has not been on private boat owners including canal boats.
However it will come and at some point there will be a push to change from fossil fuel and perhaps even introduce smoke free zones or have stove emission criteria to meet.
In addition we don’t need to move away from combustion engines, but we need to use certified sustainable fuels such as HVO, Bio fuels from sustainable feed stocks and dual fuel engines capable of burning green hydrogen, Ammonia and methanol.
One thing for sure is that going green and reducing our co2 emission will cost money, a lot of money and that cost will be picked up by us as consumers or through our taxes as government funding.
It’s an interesting path we are on at the moment and it’s likely that the decarbonization of marine vessels will be made up of many different solutions and energy sources which will be applied to suit the use case in question.
Great to see you discussing this and the impact it might have on you as a live aboard canals boat owner!
Hey May! I love your vlogs, and want to share my optimism for the future!!! This is Tim from Iowa. I live in the middle of no where, in the middle of giant fields. We grow alcohol and bio diesel out here. A lot of it! So, not to worry so much about your diesel - we're growing our own. And here's the neat part that doesn't get much press. When we make alcohol from corn to drive our cars, the corn doesn't mysteriously disappear from the vat; it's still in there after the alcohol is drained off. But, now the corn doesn't have much starch - it's high protein cattle feed to make hamburgers and steaks with. Officially, it is called 'wet distillers grain'. After we squeeze out the oil from the soybeans to make bio diesel, similarly to the corn, the soy beans don't disappear either. What's left behind is high protein mash that we feed to chickens to make eggs to make our omelets! Neat! And we grow a new batch every year. Thousands and thousands of acres of it. We 'no till' our farms, and grow soil nourishing cover crops in between. The goal is to help the planet and let us thrive at the same time. I'm a really old guy now (your grandpa?) but I'm thrilled to be able to enjoy our world. Your vids help me keep smiling and have confidence in the future. Don't let the dregs drag you down. Keep at it!!
Aww thanks Tim this is really great
Hi May,
A beautiful day in your life with your best friend.
Rain and flooding are also becoming increasingly common in Europe.
My motto has always been ," plan for the worst, hope for the best". I have spent my life living in earthquake country in California. You do everything you can knowing you can't predict the future. Worrying about tomorrow robs us of the time we have today and that's a shame when it happens. Plan for the worst hope for the best. Love your videos!
Love this! Thank you for sharing
Hi May. We are having extreme weather here in parts of the “colonies.” Many are triggered by words. So many hate the truth. Like you, get over it folks. Truth is, not what people dream or imagine. That said, as you said, do what you can and sweat not what you cannot change. Truth. Sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful, always it is truth. Fair winds May to you and yours.
You can stop sucking up with the colonies bullshit.
Grow up. Lose the imperialist colonies nonsense.
@@LokiOdinson-fz8ps What do you mean?
Hi May carry on being yourself your a lovely young woman x
Wow three years on the canals Well done May. Your dedication and commitment is to be admired. Climate change is a very concerning and a very big subject. I think this vlog sums up the difficult questions we have to ask ourselves and shows how we can do small environmental things to change,but there is so much that the people of the world need to change in the bigger picture, that a person cannot tackle alone and influence without support, help and the sharing of skills and knowledge, to live sustainably, healthily, safe and environmentally friendly. Thank You for. sharing
A mellow rumination, May! Thank you …. 🎉😊🎉
Watching your videos are very calming and relaxing.
I live on a rural farm and the tracks to the road are washed away in many places due to the flooding.
The climate is changing dramatically. Stay safe both of you.
Diesel engines can run on biofuel , yes , sunflower oil :) - renewable , yes ! do some research too see how much damage it is done to produce electric batteries and the cost to recycle them .
Modern diesel engines can only use a small portion of biofuel (methylated seed oils). Engines that run on 100% BD need either modification to prevent injector and seal damage or very old or unregulated engines.
I really like your videos with George in them.
Got to be said, diesel engines will not die out, but if you want to upgrade the engine in your barge give some thought to reverting to old fashioned propulsion. A Shire or Clydesdale. 😊
Another great video thank you May x
At least yall can float above it all. Lucky!❤
Stupid answer!!!!!
thanks may x
You’re welcome
Thank you May for another dose of escapism along the canals.
We walked, or at least attempted to walk the Trent and Mersey canal through to Trent Lock last Saturday only to find it completely flooded where the Derwent meets the river Trent!!
You’re welcome !! Yes I was there recently too!
Do you remember the cartoon "Yogi's Gang"...remember the flying boat?
To escape from floods and other problems, you have to fly with a boat like Yogi.😀😃😄
Hello and safe traveling , Great to see George there to make u smile , Question so even when its not sunny does the solour panels still charge ?
Yes they do, not as effectively but yes
Hi May. I'm 19 years live aboard now. Off grid obv. Not flown for 25 years, don't drive a car. I'm waiting for 1st official to tell me i can't light my fire! Good luck to them.
😁 well done you!
I lived on a narrow boat back in the early seventies not as luxurious as today’s. I must say we have I think the easiest period of living up until the 90s. The wildlife,birds have been disappearing at an alarming rate. As for the weather there are really no definite seasons now in my lifetime I’ve never seen so many storms one after another. I really feel for your future as you go forward it’s so unstable at the moment. Love your videos and your determination live your life to the fullest
Thanks for this lovely comment 😌
Over time you can incrementally upgrade your systems to be more self-sufficient. For example, change to a composting toilet, collect rainwater on your roof, change your heat source to a heat pump (which can also be an air conditioner in summer), change your gas stove to induction.The technology for all these things is available now.
That’s positive! Thanks
Not going to happen is correct. Given your target of being fully self sufficient. Sorry.
The power required to run a boat for motion and house draws, is just far too high for the available space for solar panels.
Fully electric narrow boats are always going to require power being brought to them. Either in chemical form, or by plugging in to charge.
I think the future will be all electric canal boats. New sections of canals are being fitted with charge points and the Brecon and Monmothshire canal having charge points already (owned by a single hire company though!). You could make improvements to your boat by fitting an American toroidal propeller which is much more efficient (saving fuel). There is also a campaign to produce biodiesel from pond weed (see mindful narrowboat). Personally I would like to see an extension of the canal system to include waterways that hold more water in the winter and are deep enough to cope with summer droughts.
The start of this year seems so different to any other year I’ve experienced so far.
So many storms already!
Agree!
Morning. Hope you are ok? Flooding again on the Avon at Evesham. We are stuck in the gardens cannot get out of the drive. Whats it like where you are? Keep safe. ❤🫶🇬🇧
Oh no! Well I’ve been away but got a great community around so I know she’s safe
Excellent as always
Thanks again!
You are always sunshine and that is why I follow you@@wellbeingonwater
it looks like your happy again May
Ups and downs we go
As vegetarian at this time of year keep a extra couple weeks supply of pulses, beans, grains on board. When filling up with water have a couple of Jerry cans and lastly if using a cassette toilet a spare cassette. Hope that helps. Or if can afford a survival water filter. When I was on my boat we used to get froze for at least a week sometimes.
Interesting point about electric narrowboats. I’ve been watching another narrowboat UA-cam channel about a couple who have bought a new electric narrowboat. They still need a diesel generator that automatically kicks in to charge the batteries if the solar isn’t sufficient to power the boat. At one point they said they have been using more diesel than they did in their previous conventional boat. The technology will no doubt improve over time. We live in interesting times.
There is room for all the different types of energy/fuels to exist alongside each other, a blended use of fuels is the way forward, you may also see synthetic fuels becoming more and more available. It does not have to be a all or nothing approach, its how we use energy is the important factor.
Healthier lifestyle is not about spending money or lack of to spend !
Putting my engineer head on, industrialised manufacture is usually far more polluting than the use of the products being manufactured.
Most boat engines in reality see very little use. I'm guessing your typical cruise is twoish hours every two weeks or so. If you upgraded your power source it may take 25-30 years to offset the emissions savings.
A working boat doing 8 hours a day would do this much quicker but brings us to our next limitation in the current technology.
The main drawback for electric is the size, weight and charging time of batteries and that slight inconvenience the lithium iron batteries have of catching fire.
Personally I think electric is still a work in progress before it's properly viable at the moment. I have no doubt it will get there at some point.
Electric drivetrains across all vehicle types do offer a lot of options to simplify and improve systems.
Typically engines are optimised to do there best at a certain rpm range which often dictates the need for a gearbox and mechanical drivetrain.
Gearboxes also consume around 5% 10% of the engine power and so being able to cut that out of the system by using an electric motor does offer a lot of advantages.
I'm currently driving around 20k miles a year in a 20 year old Audi a4, I have a friend with a hybrid doing the same kind of milage in the same conditions and my fuel encomy is 30% better.
As with all tech there a lot of misleading and overstated claims.
I totally agree with this. I understand individual's need to feel like they're making a contribution but in cold reality small tokens make little difference. I suspect May, like most of us contributes more emissions over time just using her car for her practical needs.
We can all do something but we'd be better served focusing on what can be practically done on our individual 'big' items.
As for battery storage -completely agree. There's one thing having lots of electrical storage. Another thing being able to exploit it with appropriate on board charging capacity all year round for a ,. AND cart it around SAFELY while living on top of it.
May and George are at least giving the issue their time to think what they could do to adapt. Practicality with a conscience is a great start might I suggest.
Hi May, as others have said, a traditional diesel engine will happily run on vegetable oil (including used cooking oil). The only modification you may need (only when the weather is cold) would be a heater on the diesel filter. Also, be realistic as to how much diesel you actually need to use. I would guess you use a fraction of the amount most people use. You use wood for heating that where possible you scavenge from dead trees. I reckon you are pretty green already.
stay safe the food looks great might have to buy one
Thanks, you too!
Gorgeous song at the end. What / who is it?
May do what you want.. it’s your bloody channel!!!!!! If they don’t like it… they can unsubscribe babes! ❤👋🏻 byeee
Are you on the T&M? I drove through that part of the world last Friday, and you couldn't see where the river ended and the fields began.
Not there! But it can get that bad in many places next to the rivers!
Hi guys I have seen something somewhere that they have been using cooking oil as fuel for their diesel vehicle and it's mostly free. For a van thats an idea
The world is all about more that one idea, it's just a question of how we deal with both the man made problems and nature, And help each other with the changes, that need to happen. Not every thing will have simple answer.Oh by the way George looks like Indiana Jones in that hat.
Love this! Thanks M
Hi May, I love your videos. You and George look so happy together ... you may have already been asked this, and forgive me if it is too cheeky, but why do you live separately most of the time?
Aww thanks! We like it this way at the moment 😌
Snazy scarf George, was this picked out by May ?
May, Bio diesel !😊😊😊😊
Aww that’s all him!
Shouldn't to much worry about diesel engines, they will be about for a very long time, maybe not in cars, but will be for all the other things., military vehicles to mention just one of very many. Brilliant gift your Kadai BBQ / fire pit, as you can get loads of many well and strongly made add ons for them that takes them back to tried and tested blacksmithing days. Looks like George needs a pair of welly boots for his birthday. Have fun you two.
definitely a touch of a young Robbie Williams in that George
Haha brilliant
I've not moved in over 12 months. First due to open heart surgery now due to fast moving water and level. Also one lock is damaged one bridge being repaired one can't open
Wow, stay safe
A Commercial once said ‘For The Air We Breathe’
I like George, he’s a realist as opposed to a futurist. If anything, we’re entering an ice age. Apparently at one time, the poles were tropical except of course no one alive was around to witness it, so it didn’t happen! Thanks for sharing your own fascinating journey and take on life.
Damming and draining the Mediterranean Sea may be the answer yet to the world’s land shortage woes - humans love to breed, live as long as possible and unless you’re a zoo keeper or surfer, Apex predation against humans is against the law. Climate change is the perfect antidote to the world’s population crisis which paradoxically will eventually lead to a human mass extinction event as we run out of food and water. Hence the space race to colonise the moon and mars. No other species beats itself up like the human species. It’s a guilt thing. Have a good day!
An ice age isn't expected for another 50,000 years, it will be getting warmer before it gets colder.
Less than a blink of an eye in planetary terms
@@farmer6861 I thought you was suggesting we're heading for an ice now, the last ice age was only 11,000 years ago. I'll start knitting my woolly mammoth sweater now!
I’m in university for environmental science, every lecture and book read is really quite distressing. It’s hard to keep a positive outlook on these things
Hi may hope you are ok the song at the end is great Love it but no info please send some
Good day May. I wonder if the UK will ever have a program like we had in the US where the gov pitched in a sizable portion of the cost to repower older boats with modern clean engines. You have to destroy the old engine but newer also means more fuel efficient.
Interesting!!
Have you got a link to this please?
I’d like to read up and see if it is worth petitioning for.
Does George have a channel? Could we have a tour of his van please?
There will be a van video in the near future!!
@@wellbeingonwater Excellent
THANK YOU MAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thank you too
Your channel, your experiences and your voice 💜 The number of named storms has increased a lot over the past year, which although doesn’t give the full picture it certainly is an indicator of things not being great. Also the info below if from a huge study, the wildlife around us also provides a picture.
World-leading study, State of Nature, finds no let-up in the decline of our wildlife, with one in six species at risk of being lost from Great Britain.
• State of Nature, the most comprehensive report on UK wildlife, also shows that the species studied have, on average, declined by 19% in the UK since monitoring began in 1970.
• Most of the important habitats for the UK’s nature are in poor condition, but restoration projects can and do have clear benefits for nature and people, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation.
We need to understand what isn’t working in order to do something about it, that isn’t being doom and gloom, it’s being proactive. There is no perfect person when it comes to the answer, but if we all tried to be reflective like May and make the changes that are achievable for ourselves then things can change.
This is something everyone can agree on. People are destroying habitats, polluting ecosystems and depleting resources at an unsustainable rate. Something's gotta give.
Wow. Lots of snow flakes out there 😅 thanks May for that ! video we all need to be concerned about climate changes and it’s happening now and we all need to do our best to build a better tomorrow..that said we need to vote accordingly….for government that will pass legislations to the big players on climate changes ….airplanes builders,container carriers,industries that pollute on a much bigger level then us small individuals…cheers ! Peace and love ❤️
7:08 by George, I think he’s right 😄
Aww
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How many batteries will you need to successfully run your boat on total electric? Including heating as log burners are also part of the current climate change talk regarding the particles emitted. Will the storage space and weight be totally too much to legitimately consider it, ie, the more weight you add, the more power you use so the more batteries you add adding more weight the more power you need etc?
Hello Being May !
Hey!!! 👋
Nobody has mentioned hydrogen power. Yamaha has developed a boat engine. And yes George you can get hydrogen vehicles too.
Update from my last reply. River Avon at Evesham has gone back to a high river, but not much flooding, BUT, we are on a high warning for floods. Just opposite the drive where i am staying was like the start of this video. You know what we will be saying in summer, we need more water. Please be careful. Glad you’re listening to the warnings. Thankx for the update.❤🫶
Yikes!! Stay safe
Speak to someone about how to finance switching over. They will want you to get a loan or line of credit. But, you will know how much. This is kind of parent chat. I look at how our weather has become more extreme every year since 2015. Cool outdoor stove
May, I want to offer you a different angle of view to your share of the climate change. Yes, you boat uses e few liters of diesel per week. But your massage to all of us is to spare as many resources as possible and despite that live a fulfilled and happy life. If only a few people every day watch your content and start taking their lives into their own hands instead of blaming the government for everything (I am from Germany, how is it in UK?) your tiny little carbon footprint would be well spent. The world is changing and somebody has to show us how to live self-fulfilled without buying tons of stuff every year, driving bigger and bigger cars or jetting around the world on the search of exotic destinations. So your little bit of smoke comes around with a very valuable massage and is worth every gram. Please go on like you do and share all of your thoughts and moods with us, ok? I stay at home today and save a few liters of diesel for your engine that my car would have taken otherwise;-)...
I don’t think in the grand scheme of the planet that diesel run boats make any impact. Live aboards are a tiny tiny demographic and we are over all much lower impact than more conventional land dwellers just by the nature of having to be conscious about our use of resources day to day. Like Konstantin Kisin famously said, the future of the planet will be decided by poor people in third world countries. Batteries are very high impact so electric everything isn’t the answer, it’s just a different problem.
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You could probably get you boats engine converted to run on Bio fuels.
May how did I send money the other timre?
Not sure?
I didn't think what you talked about was an issue and people should be able to voice their opinions.
Can i ask wouldn't it be a better idea to be on a canal in winter, this does not come from a point of experience just a thought.
Thanks for saying 😌
Winter is definitely quieter!
Hi May. Diesel will be around for a long time yet. To many things run on diesel.
Van. Contact your van manufacturer and get a proper exhaust check. (. Not physical of van. ). Just a paper form from manufacturer. You should be able to run anywhere then
Thanks!!
Not to mention diesel engines are cleaner burning and more efficient than petrol engines. If the world had to give up an internal combustion engine the gas engine would have to go first.
@@BigIronTexas Could you provide links to the evidence for this. Thanks.
@@MrCElk It's common knowledge. In fact, it isn't even controversial. I'm fairly certain you can find the information you're looking for from thousands of different sources.
FYI - UA-cam will mark your comments as spam if you include links.
@@BigIronTexas For the record I disagree. Your co.ment on links is noted. Thanks.
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Goddammit, someone said something I don't agree with and now I must unsubscribe as I am offended. 🤣
Never understood why people feel the need to tell channels they are unsubbing. What do they think is going to happen? They're going to beg them to stay? Just do it.
Can't say I thought either of you were doing anything other than having a bit of a ponder. I certainly didn't feel as if either of you were pushing an agenda tbh. You know how it goes - offence is taken not given.
It used to be said that it never rains on Ascension. Yeh not anymore. I have spent time pumping water off the aircraft dispersal on more than one occasion. Something is changing somewhere.
ua-cam.com/video/KvQjttdq2pk/v-deo.html - rain on Asi
Well said, that's exactly what they were doing.
hi cute may
Heyhey
I really appreciate your discussion about climate change and solutions to keep our planet and its inhabitants safe and healthy. I also like the love song towards the end, is that available anywhere.
Second controversy ... tin foil! 😂 It has a 'right' way & a 'wrong' way to use - when cooking something that you want to cook quicker, put the shiny side in so the heat gets reflected back in to the thing your cooking (so not shiny side out). Only when you want to slow the cooking process do you use it shiny side out - helpful if you're defrosting something and don't want the top to burn. Off to run & hide from the comments now 😂
Try not to worry about the future…. I’m an old f*rt who also lives on a NB. I’m not going to live in fear about what ‘might’ happen. I am however looking forward to someone telling me it’s illegal to burn foraged wood🖕 😂
Thanks for saying 😊
Don't worry about the mouth-breathers May, they enjoy their ignorance and just drag you down.
Nice!! Curiosity: You use Normal leggings or you use thermal leggings with thermal Muck boots?
Thermal all the way!!
@@wellbeingonwater That brand are your thermal leggings?
Bio Diesel or old frying oil do it!!
Im involved financially in building a boat to take on the Elcano challenge. A group of us have gotten together to finance a 48ft aluminum catamaran which is currently being built in Vietnam. It will be all electric. sailing into freedom is the YT channel. A massive battery bank, solar, wind and re gen from the props when under sail. No fossil fuels whatsoever. If we pull it off it will be proof of concept and a big deal. Does that mean im an eco warrior, no. doesit mean ill be dispensing with the perkins in my boat , no way ever. Will i still heat my home with oil, Ive no other choice. But , im doing what i can. Thats all us little people can do. Be part of a conscience that moves policy makers to change.
Just an honest question, why cant you move on if it floods? I mean more water for a boat is an issue?
Boats can in theory move under floods, but water currents in the wrong direction can take a boat sideways, headroom under bridges can be an issue and if the flood was deep enough you could lose sight of the river and end up getting stuck on land.
Not to mention how clearly dangerous it would be to not have visibility of objects in the water or where the canal is or how you'd even moor when you can't see the mooring points, just think of the flow rate. Where I am right now isn't particularly wide and is flowing at 70 cubic metres a second. I'm not going to pilot my house, wife and cat through water rushing through at 70 metric tonnes a second!
6:38 There is a way around diesel and you don't have to upgrade to electric engine anytime soon. Because of biodiesel. . "Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases". For an example, in Finland, we have Neste MY for sale. A little informational video about this fuel: ua-cam.com/video/yyHmiFvo9xM/v-deo.html
Niceeee!! Bring it on!!
Circles of Influence... Few things are worth worrying over. Until it happens, it's all wasted energy, all you can do is be prepared. When it sh*t does happen -- Adapt. So, I'd say replace the wellies with waders...😲
UK ~1% global CO2, ~25% of that on transport, of that ~75% from ~33 million cars. There are ~34,000 narrow boats, so the contribution a narrow boat makes having to move every two weeks is probably so small it's like a fart in a hurricane. Being mostly rural even the range/stove's wood-burning PM2.5 isn't an issue. I doubt you'd need to dump diesel anytime soon, but May-be HVO one day... Vanessa's (Mindful Narrowboat) Why Can't I Buy HVO? I'd Give it 5-10 years before considering electric, if ever, as there are plenty of sharks cashing in on the transition boom time...let's see what happens in the car market transition first.
I am trying to do it again and I can't
I don’t understand!!
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You said it yourself May, "Don't let fear control you"
And referring to your pinned comment, the opinions of "Experts" are often contradictory too, although sometimes you'd be pushed to believe that the way certain subjects are reported.
Some of us older listeners will remember the Club of Rome report entitled "Limits to Growth" published in 1972. I don't recall all the predictions in this, but IIRC one of them was that oil would have run out by the 1990's unless there was a drastic reduction of consumption.
It's pointless to consider converting a boat's engine to electric and expecting to run it off solar or wind charging. If that were possible owners of EVs would be charging their batteries from solar panels and wind turbines rather than plugging into the mains ( or a fossil fuel powered generator). How many mains chargers exist on the waterways system? How many are planned to be installed? Will they be maintained in working order (this seems to be an issue with public EV chargers)? What will their user cost be? And if the waterway floods, how will that affect them and what they're connected to?
Did I hear George say vans have a ten year lifespan when he was driving a 25 year old Hilux in the last video?
I've heard varying doom and gloom predictions all my life. None have come true. The climate is definitely changing, but it always has. We know that in Britain there have been extreme weather events long before the industrial revolution and when the world's population was a fraction of what it is now. We live in a place where weather is changeable and fairly unpredictable. I can remember travelling down the M5 as a boy in the 1960's and seeing floodwater seemingly for miles .It seems to me that mankind can have very little influence on what the weather does and the best we can do is prepare for what may happen and adapt to what does.
That seems to be the conclusion that you've come to. I agree with you.
They told us in January that it was going to be the warmest since records began with temperatures reaching as high as 19degC. I spent quite a few days shovelling 19degC off my drive!!
@@sunnybnk It certainly wasn't 19C anywhere in Cornwall this January!
It was a pretty normal January, i.e. mixed.
@@cornishhh I'm at the other end of the country on the Moray Firth coast.
@@sunnybnk You get some great weather there at times.
You could go back to original canal power - get a horse!
Yessss!!!
I should make a UA-cam video called “Repairing 66 Beetle brakes during climate change”! The weather has been changing since time began, get used to it. 2:30 😊
Nobody is stopping you. Maybe make one about free speech while you are about it.
Don’t get it…
The weather has indeed changed since time began, nobody has ever disputed that. As for get used to it, thats precisely the problem. Man made climate change is speeding up the usual rate of change dramatically, not giving wildlife time to adapt and change along with it. The biggest problem that we as humans will see is the mass migration of people away from the equator, most of them will head north.
@@Redf322 so many “chicken littles” on social media, very annoying.
You guys need to move onto a sailboat with a biodiesel/electric hybrid motor! George’s interview voice has quite a posh accent, yes? He sounds like Prince Harry to this Yankee. Love the hat George. You both are a lovely couple. 😀
Your engine can run on bio fuel and give it a few years and the weather cycle will change .
We will adapt just like the cave men 😁
Love this!!
Hi may don't think you won't be able to get a electric motor for your boat,,there's nothing that a person can't achieve when persistent and dedicated and you've got plenty of that,,,🎉❤
Woo!! Thanks for saying
Hate to sound negative but the effect of climate change could well be things beyond your control. Things like the canal system being damaged to the point that government decides that is too expensive to keep the system operational. Sincerely hope that doesn't happen but....
Thanks for sharing your thoughts ☺️
The notion that shifting from petrol-run motorised machines to electric machines can reduce environmental pollution is deliberately misleading or superficially understood. Let's me show you the actual far much broader picture of it to help you understand what the ongoing global campaigns of electric machines are leading the human population on this planet to.
Firstly, you guys should have noticed that not only petrol -run, motorised machines, such as your boat, your boyfriend's van, release pollutants to our living environment, but all human-invented machines which consume electricity, including your computer, mobile phones, light bulbs, public transportation like airplanes, trains, busses are also poluters simply because they all consume
either fossil fuels or electricity, and in order to produce electricity, either fossil fuels have to be burnt at conventional power plants, or nuclear power plants have to be built to produce electricity for such human -inventef machines to be able to work to serve human subjective understanding of the physical world surrounding human society, and human purposes of inventing such machines. Burning fossil fuels for electricity obviously pollutes and gradually destroys our living environment, and building more nuclear power plants is the same as accumulating more and more unmanageable nuclear waste released from nuclear power plants, due to the extreme long half life of nuclear waste , which ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds millions of years or even billions of years
Ex, isotopes such as technetium -99 has a half-life of 211, 100 years, iodine-129 has a half-life of 15.7 million years; Pu-239 decays to U-235 , which is suitable for
nuclear weapons, has a half-life of 10^9 or 1 billion years . Plutonium -239 or Pu-239 has a less extreme-half-life , but it is still extremely long, about 24, 100 years. It decays via alpha decay to form uranium-235 (U-235)
239. 235
Pu. -----> U + alpha + beta
Secondly, let's see what will happen when shifting from pertro- or diesel - run machines to electricity -run machines. There will be obviously an increase in human consumption of electricity when more and more machines are run by electricity, and higher demand for electricity will lead to having to produce more and more electricity at power plants, and thus moe and more fossil fuels will have to be be burnt there, and more and more nuclear power plants will be built to meet the increasing consumption of electricity. As a result, there is not any actual reduction of any sort of human -caused pollution. Oppositely, it can cause more challenging problems of pollution resulted from human ignorance of the consequences of their subjective understanding of the real physical world governed by the laws of nature, or the structure and mechanism of the universe which have created all forms of matter in the universe, including this planet, and all the beings on it, but not by any sort of human-invented notions and their drived inventions
After all, all what the notion of electric machines can actually do is to move
human polluting activities from personal machines to collectively polluting activities at power plants, which is the same as merely shiting pollution from tailpipes of petrol or diesel -run machines to smokestacks of power plants, or
merely disguising or hiding human polluting activities to serve immediate profits of commercial corporationns which have been deceivingly advertising electric machines as "GREEN TECHNOLOGY", and immediate economic values which ignorant politicians want to achieve, failing to understand the inevitable consequences, and we are all heading toward an inevitable human collective self -destructuon, continuing destroying our own living environment to serve human extremely limited knowledge's subjective understanding of the structure and mechanism of the universe, its invented notions and its inventions of such machines, materialism and too much consumption of it which is so well expressed in the desires for immediate economic values set by ignorant individuals in power
Thirdly, let's have a view of the current complications resulted from the notion of electric machines in more details.
Electric machines, especially motorized vehicles, involve a substantial environmental footprint throughout their life-cycle which includes the following:
1. Resource extraction: Mining for lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other materials used in batteries has significant environmental and social vimpacts
2. Manufacturing Emissions: The production process for batteries and electric vehicles is energy-intensive or consumes energy excessively,mand currently generated more emissions than conventional motorised vehicle production
3. End -of-Life Disposal: Battery recycling and disposal are complex, have not yet been fully efficient,mleadingbto potential environmental hazards
4. Plutonium and Uranium contained in nuclear waste from nuclear power plants can be used to create nuclear weapons. Plutonium, in particular, is a byproduct of spent nuclear fuel. It can be separated and repurposed for weapons of mass destruction, Even if the nuclear waste were made to be not suitable for creating traditional nuclear weapons. It could still be used to construct "dirty bombs" to disperse radioactive material , causing widespread contamination over very large regions
It will be extremely dangerous if terrorist organisations and crime syndicates gain access to numerous nuclear waste sites around the globe
5. Geopolitical Risks: The proliferation of nuclear materials increases geopolitical instability. Countries with nuclear capabilities will find it challenging to control and safeguard all nuclear waste, especially in regions with weak governance or ongoing conflicts.
6. Unpredictable natural disasters like earthquakes can destroy nuclear waste storage sites , and release it into the living environment uncontrollably
7. Economic and Social impacts:
a. Excessive consumption of electricity can lead to higher energy costs for the working class and businesses
b.Over-dependence on energy sources needed to generate electricity, such as gas , coal, oil imported from other countries can obviously cause vulnerabilities in energy security, making national economies more susceptible to price fluctuations and foreign supply disruption, as it has been witnessed in many countries , including the UK during the geopolitical war in Ukraine
c. Excessive demand for electricity can strain existing energy infrastructure, leading to inefficiency and increased maintenance costs
Therefore, the notion of electric machines actually is nothing else other than
transferring personal polluting behavior or activities to collective polluting activities at power plants, and thus it is obviously not any sort of solution to the outstanding problem of human self-destruction of their own living environment That shift does not eliminate any pollution, but redistributes it
You guys should be aware of such deceptive tactics as that "Greenwashing" method by commercial corporationns which have obviously succeeded in misleading consumers and ignorant politicians into believing that they are making environmentally friendly choices by shifting to electric machines, while introducing even worse and more challenging problems
Politicians often reduce complex problems to simple sound bites for public consumption, leading to oversimplification of the nuanced challenges.
They may promise quick fixes or downplay the inevitable risks of nuclear waste to gain electoral support, ignoring the long-term implications and involved scientific complexities to serve their own personal interests, or their political party's fanatical and factional agendas
What can be immediately done about the problem of environmental self-destruction is to reduce the production of personal motorised vehicles and such polluters, while upgrading public transportation infrastructure, and reducing the costs of taking public transportation for the consumers to make it more convenient and economical for people to take public transportation than driving personal motorised vehicles, which will encourage people to take more and more public transportation than using their personal vehicles, and lowering taxes for businesses which can come up with new inventions favourable for increasing production of such motorised vehicles which can used solar power for their mechanical operations without any pollution, or with the least pollution
Since all human population on this planet have experienced the consequences of human polluting activities for economic values, which are so clearly expressed in unpredictable and extreme weather conditions, taking care of such environmental problems is also the responsibility of every human on this planet, but not merely environmental activists'.
Oh dear May, l do hope this is a one-off video on your own personal beliefs. And not the start of a one person environmental crusade. Nearly everyone knows what's best for the planet and doesn't like to be reminded what they should do. You yourself burn diesel, wood, and coal, and like the most of us cannot afford to do otherwise. Please keep your channel positive about what we do in life, and not cause anxiety by stipulating what we should be doing.
I’m sorry you watched this and took offence!! Never my intention to ruffle feathers, just doing my thing!
May do what you want. The waterways belong to everyone.
@@wellbeingonwater And KEEP doing your thing May, that's an order! Some of these comments are laughable and should be treated as such.
@@wellbeingonwater No offence taken May and no ruffled feathers, as for doing your thing. You have a great thing. Watching your channel with you and your boat, takes all the poo out of life. As for the environment we nearly all know what needs to be done. But like yourself burning diesel, coal and wood, we cannot afford to change. Your channel itself is a breath of fresh air, even if the smoke is blowing in the wrong direction.
Seriously delusional. Young people imagine winter flooding and occasional hot days are exceptional.
Be kind please
Ah we have a climate 'expert' here.
The science tells us there is climate change and pretty much every country's government knows there's climate change. Young people are the ones who're going to have to adapt and live through the changes.
Cut May some slack and allow her to think out loud without being unpleasant about it.
@@lizcleere Frankly I would rather not be lectured to by people such as the broadcaster who has not the slightest idea of what is "the science".
@@brianjones2899 I didn't hear a lecture.
May and George have every right to be anxious. And to voice their concerns. And in any case, it's May's channel and she can say what she likes.
A constructive comment might have been better rather than having a go at "young people".
BTW, it's more than an occasional rainy day, the last eight months have been the hottest worldwide in recorded history.
Not getting into the climate debate. I feel all you can do is be prepared for what you know. Don't run in a panic like the covid thing. Ways around if you keep your head.
What’s robbing hood taking about
interesting thoughts about going electric, but indulge me? where would you get the electric from? i know your going to say solar! but not so good on cloudy days or for the tree lined canals, wind? that will be difficult low bridges and tunnels and tree lines sides to canals. Charging points! only at certain places, no good if like now you are stuck in one place, you are going to run out of power.
you came up with a brilliant idea about getting an anchor! all boats should have one! i would suggest getting a proper anchor, but also a weighted bag one. now if you do get a 'proper' anchor get a length of chain to go with it! most people make the mistake of just tying a rope to the anchor, it won't work! you need a length of chain then your rope. that can be used in fast flowing water, where as the bag type in still water. having a anchor can help you out in so many ways right down to mooring to turning in tight spaces. so i would highly recommend when or if you can to invest in a anchor.
Another thing you can invest in is some more rope, for springs. you have your bow and stern lines at the minute which is ok, but spring lines will help keep your boat alongside, but they will help as a back up.
@@t1n4444 yes you can do that.
But don't discount springs, they simple no need to get pins or extra piling hooks no welding, just two more ropes, which uses either mooring pins or piling hooks.
Fire taters are the best, I want some now. Climate change is the biggest issue man will likely ever encounter, so it's nice to see you pondering the problem. Hydrogen power will likely be the thing that replaces oil in the end. There are fully electric narrowboats out there, it's not cheap to do though, but you might be able to DIY your way through it. Something thats worse for the environment than your engine though is burning wood, there are way more ecotoxicities released from wood that end up in getting into the lungs, bloodstream and brain. In Canada there was a study that found that 80,000 metric tonnes of fine particle pollution was produced from wood burners which is way more than their entire transport network which produced 31,000 tonnes. It's much the same in the UK unfortunately. So if you want to go green, getting an electric boiler and oven would be the best start.
Diesel is going to be around a while yet, hard to know how long. But id say diesel engines will be gone in 30 years or so. The other thing is wood burning stoves! I think theyre going to ban them at some stage.Anyway good to see you two hippies enjoying life, from an old hippy lol.
Thanks!
If the entire British isles sank in to the ocean tonight the worlds CO2 emissions would reduce by less than 2% but if you want to have an electric motor in your boat and ditch you coal fire you crack on and do it. Most of the worlds pollution is being generated by poor people in third world countries who are finally benefiting from their coal and gas resources producing products that we buy because it’s cheaper for them to make without all the emissions regulations in the “modern world. Are those poor people going to stop working because of the environment? Or are t he et going to just keep going and make a better life for their family? I’ll let you guess the answer.
canny crack you take care.
Thanks!
However one feels about climate change the wider point is that we have one planet. As a species we need to look after it much better than we are.
I agree ☺️ thanks for sharing
Who is George????😅
An amazing human being!!