«For years, through a campaign of scare tactics and misinformation, the oil and gas industry has made expanding fossil
fuel infrastructure seem like the only choice,» he said.
Not exact matches
«They
seem to have a solid grasp of the technical and
infrastructure hurdles» facing alternative
fuels, Richter said.
For years, it has often
seemed that those most passionately pressing for a rapid transition from still - abundant fossil
fuels to non-polluting energy sources have been as focused on attacking each others» arguments as they have on fighting powerful interests defending the status quo (as well as perhaps the biggest foe — inertia, both in society and
infrastructure).
Whereas acting on climate change
seems to feature prominently in the reflection paper, it remains to see how much the European Commission will finally embrace the concept of climate mainstreaming its EU budget proposal, which consequently should lead to exclusion of financing fossil
fuel infrastructure post-2020.
The logical error associated with using this statement to defend new fossil
fuel infrastructure like fracking wells and bitumen sands pipelines (as well as new fossil
fuel vehicles or power plants) is so obvious that it may
seem unnecessary to state, but the quip is so popular among those trying to delay adequate action on climate change that it requires a quick rebuttal.
Right now, the focus
seems to be primarily on battery electric vehicles, which require access to a charging station to «refuel,» but there's another type of electric car that could show some promise down the road a ways, the hydrogen
fuel cell car, and although the hydrogen
infrastructure is even less built - out than the EV charging network, one company thinks they've got a unique approach to the market, in that they don't even want to sell you the car.