Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The UN Blueprint For Cutting Carbon Emissions

This article describes the UN plan for reaching a per capita carbon emission goal that would enable us to reach our global temperature change target.  The UN plan will end the type of negotiations that have failed in the past.  Each nation will commit to the per capita carbon tonnage goal.  That clears the way for a discussion of the technologies required to reach that goal.  Carbon capture and storage, along with nuclear energy would be a big part of any plan.  We have to stop using coal to produce electricity and we have to use electricity to fuel automobiles.  In essence, we have to find ways to make use of existing technologies on a much larger scale.  We also have to figure out how to fund the technical programs that will be required.  US leadership will be necessary and China will have to determine a path away from dependence on heavy industry.  None of this will be easy, but climate change denial is over at the national leadership level.  The US is the only country left with a cadre of well paid climate change deniers.  The Republican Party is moving away from promoting climate change denial as an electoral ploy.

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