Sentences with phrase «unburnable means»
An article in the latest issue of The Economist explores whether acknowledgement that some fossil fuel stocks are unburnable means companies with big coal or oil reserves are overvalued, at least on long time horizons.
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In fact, many people (including the Governor of the Bank of England) are increasingly concerned that most fossil fuels are unburnable, meaning many existing reserves and investments in future exploration are in very real danger of becoming worthless.
Beyond 2050, the total carbon budget is very small for a 2 °C target, which means that reserves will remain unburnable during the second half of the century unless there is a dramatic development of CCS after 2050.
Different organisations may apply a range of carbon budgets, meaning the precise amount of unburnable carbon cited varies.