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Climate Change Risk Looms as 2 Degree Limit Now Unlikely
With global greenhouse hitting a record high in 2011 and 2012 on track to break that record, the prospects of limiting average atmospheric global warming to within a 2 degree Celsius rise from pre-industrial is now considered unlikely according to the Emissions Gap Report from the U.N. Environment Programme. The report...[read more]
Shocking World Bank Climate Report: ‘Can a 4°C [7°F] World Be Avoided?
And So The Bank Must Stop Funding All New Fossil Fuel PlantsAnother day, another staid international organization reviews the latest climate science and rings the loudest possible alarm.The World Bank’s sobering new report, “Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided,” warns that “we’re on track for a 4°C warmer world...[read more]
Could a Carbon Price Help Us Avoid 4°C Rise in Global Temperatures?
A new report from the World Bank which looks at the unsettling prospects of a 2°C world and then the somewhat alarming implications of letting the climate issue slide and all of us wandering, eyes wide open, into a 4°C world. Would a carbon price within the world energy system help us avoid this issue?[read more]
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“Dude, I've heard that so many times. Just kindly answer these questions:1) How Many Coal plants will be shut down after 10 years of this level of spending, even factoring in the hopped lowering of costs. If FFs PVs can't stop FFs, What's the point? Please remember that PVs don't work at night and only part of the day. Also remember that Natural Gas is a FF and will eventually have ...”
“It's hard to offer specific perceptions when vague macro-economics has a theory for everything.First, I'm glad the nasty 1980ish situation is included for younger readers. It spawned the internet, electrical efficiency, fuel efficiencies, and building insulation.Second, around the 2005 crash there were fewer giant, noisy, 4 wheel drive pick-ups (with "support our troops" stickers) driving ...”