Not exact matches
Is the
right policy for global warming to seek an 80 % emissions reduction by 2050, or to transition completely
out of fossil fuels?
But
fossil -
fuelled politicians and the
right - wing media serving as their megaphones will continue to wring every ounce
of faux controversy they can
out of this episode.
Honda Accord Sport Hybrid v Toyota Camry Hybrid Hybrid cars mightn't be as exciting as the latest supercar, but as the world's
fossil fuels begin to run
out it's important to look ahead and see which manufacturer is at the forefront
of the technology available to us
right now.
Do we choose materials that take a lot
of energy and
fossil fuels to make and put
out tons
of CO2 in a massive hit
right now, or do we strive to generate as little as possible and treat it as a loan we pay back?
Conceivably new technologies could price
fossil fuel energy
out of the market, in which case CO2 emissions might drop
right off the Keeling curve.
The point here is not that Gelbspan appears to have put
out misinformation about his collective work back in 2004, it is that his words have huge influence
right up to the present time, such as the only months - old «
fossil fuel industry misinformation» research paper written by an impressionable young college student, or the days - old suggestion by one
of his Facebook Friends that he should get a guest appearance on CNBC's Rachel Maddow show.
If the 99 % are wrong, and the 1 %
right, we will be making some unnecessary efforts to shift away from
fossil fuels, which in any case have lots
of other drawbacks and will soon run
out.
While the institute rejects claims it is a front group, one
of its senior fellows, coal industry veteran Fred Palmer, told DeSmog in February 2017 that he was «reaching
out to the
fossil fuel community
right now and raising money for Heartland.»
Also on the menu is the establishment
of locally - owned utility companies, the
right to community buy -
outs of renewables projects on large estates and a «managed transition» that will result in
fossil fuel jobs shifting into «renewables and associated industries».
China and India «have,
of course, every
right to raise their people
out of poverty the same way we did, by burning
fossil fuels.»