{"id":249774,"date":"2023-03-26T17:46:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249774"},"modified":"2023-03-26T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T15:46:17","slug":"climate-change-is-bigger-existential-threat-than-nuclear-war-says-nutty-sustainability-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249774","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Is \u201cBigger Existential Threat Than Nuclear War\u201d , Says Nutty Sustainability Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does the Telegraph give publicity to nutters like this?<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To claim that the impact of climate change meant that the construction and use of buildings are now a \u201cbigger existential threat than nuclear war\u201d is something that nobody in their right mind would say, and is an insult to those who lost their lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he is not even right about \u201cbuildings accounting for 15% of emissions\u201d. It is the people who live in them who need energy to live their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it is irrelevant how \u201cgreen\u201d you make buildings \u2013 their construction will still require concrete, metals and equipment, all of which involve large amounts of fossil fuels in their production, transportation and use. And I doubt whether his preference for refurbishing rather than new build will have much effect either, since new builds can be designed to be much more energy efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end logic of Mr. Sturgis is that we should all go back to living in mud huts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately Sturgis is just another of those attention seekers, who want to push their extreme agendas onto the rest of us. Shame on the Telegraph for giving him the opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To claim that the impact of climate change meant that the construction and use of buildings are now a \u201cbigger existential threat than nuclear war\u201d is something that nobody in their right mind would say, and is an insult to those who lost their lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":249778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1126.png?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-12YC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":415406,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=415406","url_meta":{"origin":249774,"position":0},"title":"Fear of AI Beats Climate Change in Aussie Poll","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"30\/11\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Aussies are more worried their toaster will become self-aware than they are worried about climate change.","rel":"","context":"In \"Australia\"","block_context":{"text":"Australia","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=australia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQMFGGL29SjCkbYLjJy53IZ57ggQ8DROTZH17EcOIMxzvjTIBCOvA2W8yLUQw1Eyl1E3YDyqLUo_mvMMvHiOxFaUJ5Uwp9Rp8okpdbTYCbWCnh642oalpWVfvo_fJ_nq-1.jpeg?fit=1019%2C939&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQMFGGL29SjCkbYLjJy53IZ57ggQ8DROTZH17EcOIMxzvjTIBCOvA2W8yLUQw1Eyl1E3YDyqLUo_mvMMvHiOxFaUJ5Uwp9Rp8okpdbTYCbWCnh642oalpWVfvo_fJ_nq-1.jpeg?fit=1019%2C939&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQMFGGL29SjCkbYLjJy53IZ57ggQ8DROTZH17EcOIMxzvjTIBCOvA2W8yLUQw1Eyl1E3YDyqLUo_mvMMvHiOxFaUJ5Uwp9Rp8okpdbTYCbWCnh642oalpWVfvo_fJ_nq-1.jpeg?fit=1019%2C939&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0AQMFGGL29SjCkbYLjJy53IZ57ggQ8DROTZH17EcOIMxzvjTIBCOvA2W8yLUQw1Eyl1E3YDyqLUo_mvMMvHiOxFaUJ5Uwp9Rp8okpdbTYCbWCnh642oalpWVfvo_fJ_nq-1.jpeg?fit=1019%2C939&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":285141,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285141","url_meta":{"origin":249774,"position":1},"title":"The United Nations\u2019 anti-climactic upcoming climate summit","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"26\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Germany, Britain, France and Japan are the biggest backers so far of the UN fund, which was set up to channel money to help poorer nations meet their targets to reduce CO2 emissions, develop clean energy and adjust to a warming world. 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