The bottom line is that the United Nations and Carbon Tracker Initiative want to kill the only major source of energy *today* *---* *factually incorrect.* we have several sources of energy.
seldom do you see people who are eager for war to be concerned with the On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:01:06 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rightsidenews.com/life-and-science/energy-and-environment/the-irrational-war-on-carbon-toward-the-2015-climate-change-summit-in-paris/ > > > The Irrational War On Carbon: Toward The 2015 Climate Change Summit In > Paris > > Patrick Wood | Technocracy News <http://technocracy.news/> > > The core stakeholders who will orchestrate the Paris 2015 Climate Change > Summit <http://www.cop21.gouv.fr/en> are out in full force to froth the > brew of anti-carbon rhetoric. > > [image: Description: Pré-COP-777x437] > > There is no better example of what will be said than what has already been > said by the Carbon Tracker Initiative <http://www.carbontracker.org/> based > in London. First, they call for a “carbon bubble deflation” where the > excessive production of fossil fuel carbon will be methodically reduced to > zero thanks to financial pressure and asset realignment. Comparing carbon > to a financial bubble serves to create an urgent avoidance, but the analogy > is deeply flawed. > > [image: Description: > https://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/tr/25711-185706-26704-0?mpt=%5bCACHEBUSTER%5d][image: > > Description: > https://t.myvisualiq.net/a/e/d2i.ads?r=%5bCACHEBUSTER%5d&et=i&ago=212&ao=308&aca=185706&si=26704&kv0=25711-185706-26704-0&kv1=1&pt=i] > > According to this approach, “smart” utilities and other fossil fuel users > are told that they should divest themselves of assets related to coal, oil > and their derivatives. Carbon Tracker then reminds the company that if > management winds up with “abandoned assets” in their portfolio, they will > have failed their shareholders. > > Christiana Figueres, the United Nations’ climate head, loves this approach > and is backing it 100 percent. She stated in May 2014, > > *“Governments have agreed to limit global temperature rise to less than 2 > degrees Celsius. Governments have also agreed to put in place the pathways > to deliver this with a new and universal agreement in Paris towards the end > of 2015. In order to reach this goal, large amounts of coal and oil will > have to stay in the ground, unburnt. Carbon Tracker’s new* [oil and coal > cost] ‘*Curves’ report indicates where in respect to the oil industry > some of those stranded assets and some of those red lines will lie.”* > > Will The Carbon Tracker Initiative have an impact at the Paris 2015 > Climate Change Summit? They believe <http://www.carbontracker.org/about/> > they will: > > *“We have the technical knowledge, connections and reach to get inside the > mind-set of the global financial community and effect change on a global > scale. We are a non-profit, independent organisation, free from the > commercial constraints of mainstream analysts and able to set our own > research agenda.”* > > Secondly, they have the full support of the United Nations. > > The ultimate goal (by 2030) is nothing less than to completely stop all > production of coal and oil. > > Let’s analyze this a bit. When Carbon Tracker Initiative calls for “carbon > deflation”, any rational economist would perceive that this will also cause > economic deflation as well. Why? Because energy is required for all > economic activity and currently carbon provides the bulk of that energy. > Secondly, there are no substitutes offered to make up the difference in > those deflated resources. > > Will wind and solar power be sufficient to completely replace the loss of > coal and oil? Hardly. According to the U.S. Energy Information > Administration, 67 percent of America’s electricity is currently derived > from these resources. If you add in nuclear and hydropower, the total rises > to 92 percent. By comparison, all sources of renewables combined (wind, > solar, biomass, geothermal) only produce 7 percent. > > There is no concrete plan on the table anywhere that could begin to > replace the missing energy if coal and oil are summarily eliminated. The > lack of solutions is underscored by Bill Gates’ recent plea for a huge > increase in research funds to explore new technologies. In the end, Gates > says he is hoping for a miracle. > > The bottom line is that the United Nations and Carbon Tracker Initiative > want to kill the only major source of energy *today*, while hoping > against hope that some unforeseen miracle will bail them out later. > > It doesn’t take a PhD to realize that this is a formula for economic > disaster. > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdnA5OW1wBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NDcyNjMxMDU-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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