Mostly, they recommended diligent research, since there was not yet quantitative evidence or sophisticated models of
how continuing use of fossil fuels would impact the climate.
Continued use of fossil fuels into the 21st century is predicted to lead to atmospheric CO2 levels > 900 ppm by 2100 (under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5; Meinshausen et al., 2011), though the precise level is highly dependent on the emission scenario (Pachauri et al., 2014).
Using these much smaller, observationally based climate sensitivities, the projected warming from
continued use of fossil fuels will be moderate and benign for the foreseeable future.
Of course this argument goes far more for fossil fuels and if the choice were simply
between continued use of fossil fuels or a wholesale switch to nuclear then I have absolutely no doubt that the latter would be the preferable option.
Continued Use of Fossil Fuels Will Produce an American Economic Boom, Creating Millions of New Jobs and Restoring Rising Real Wages for the Middle Class and Blue Collar Workers.
Meanwhile
the continuing use of fossil fuels has caused changes in global weather patterns.
It concluded that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations had already increased by about 25 percent in the past century, and
continued use of fossil fuels would lead to substantial temperature increases in the future.
The alternative, and more realistic, approach is that
the continued use of fossil fuels over the period of concern is going to happen anyway.
Despite that diverse coalition, carbon capture will likely remain controversial in some environmental circles where concerns persist about the support it lends to
continued use of fossil fuels.
So far the Indian government has maintained that our average per capita CO2 emissions are low compared to that of Europe and the US and for this reason India should be excluded from emissions reductions in order to drive development through
the continued use of fossil fuels.
As global temperatures rise on average in the coming decades — as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increase with
the continued use of fossil fuels — so regions such as the American southwest will experience greater extremes of heat and longer periods of drought.
We know that, we've known it for decades, and we know that
continued use of fossil fuels will cause enormous worldwide economic and social consequences.
House subcommittee hearing features testimony from people who have received funding from fossil fuel interests and primarily advocate for
the continued use of fossil fuels over renewable energy.
Pristine air, as provided by wind turbines and solar panels, creates far more wealth than
the continuing use of fossil fuel.