Inconvenient

In 15 out of 16 applications examined, plastic products actually make less greenhouse gasses than alternatives!

phys.org/news/2024-04-p…

According to EIA from Jan 2021 to Dec 2023 US CO2 emissions from energy decreased by 0.7%/yr, projections through 2025 also 0.7%/yr decrease

When do the expected emissions reductions of the IRA start to kick in?

They need to be ~7.5%/yr starting now to hit Biden emissions…

Rich people can afford to worry a lot about far-off future

Most of the poorer world worries a lot more about current problems

Estimates of 'correct' CO₂ tax (SCC) come almost entirely from rich world

Rich elite wants to tax CO₂ almost 9x more than median person in world!

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UN employees have been telling the same stale story for more than half a century:

Now, that is right now, we have just a few years to save the world

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Be a bit more serious, please?

People are properly mocking the 'two years to save the world' but the far more troubling claim is that climate change is the only priority that matters:

'For those who say that climate change is only one of many priorities, like ending poverty, ending hunger, ending pandemics,…

👉!! The UN Climate Change has posted the full text of Simon Stiell's #climatechange speech at Chatham House warning there are two years left to save the world. As The Honest Broker just pointed out, Stiell makes a bizarre assertion that's a prime example of Mike Hulme's dangerous #climatism …

Some problems are easy and cheap to fix, others are incredibly hard and expensive to fix.

Which of these would you address first?

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Rich people can afford to worry a lot about far-off future

Most of the poorer world worries a lot more about current problems

Estimates of 'correct' CO₂ tax (SCC) come almost entirely from rich world

Rich elite wants to tax CO₂ almost 9x more than median person in world!

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Last year, governments spent $1.8 trillion on the green transition.

If solar and wind really were cheaper, shouldn't they replace fossil fuels without the need for massive subsidies?

And still, emerging economies keep adding more new power from coal.

nypost.com/2024/04/09/opi…

To achieve 100% solar or wind electricity with sufficient backup, the US would need to be able to store almost three months’ worth of annual electricity. It currently has 7 mins.

Just to pay for the batteries would cost the US five times its current GDP.

nypost.com/2024/04/09/opi…

Inconvenient

In 15 out of 16 applications examined, plastic products actually make less greenhouse gasses than alternatives!

phys.org/news/2024-04-p…

What could possibly go wrong?

Ethiopia now bans imports of non-electric cars

But that's okay, because 54% have access to some kind of electricity

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You can see all the references in my Twitter thread:

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Roger Pielke talks about how academics need to document truths, even if it is uncomfortable knowldege for institutions

Unfortunately, political correctness means that he can no longer do this at the university

His substack is so interesting, that he can live without a…

The world is improving – not just for the rich, but also especially for the world’s poor.

Read my peer-reviewed article:

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Last week, Chuck Ross scooped that the KR Foundation, a group who are committed to training community climate activists, gave The Associated Press $300k in funding.

That’s on top of the millions of dollars the outlet had already reported from liberal groups, many focused on climate change.