International Energy Agency report - CO2 emissions from electricity hit a record high in 2021

[Moviefan-2]

The International Energy Agency market report for January says fossil fuels outpaced renewable energy last year, with coal-fired electricity reaching an all-time peak.

Overall, CO2 emissions from electricity rose 7% to set a new world record.

Electricity Market Report - January 2022 – Analysis - IEA

Electricity Market Report - January 2022 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

www.iea.org

It would appear that decades of apocalyptic predictions and demonizing skeptics as "deniers" have had no effect. Perhaps it's time to try a new approach.

 

[Frankfooter]

It would appear that decades of apocalyptic predictions and demonizing skeptics as "deniers" have had no effect. Perhaps it's time to try a new approach.

Yup.

‘Monumental Victory’: Shell Oil Ordered To Limit Emissions In Historic Climate Court Case

A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut greenhouse gas emissions 45% from 2019 levels by 2030.

www.forbes.com

 

[Moviefan-2]

Yup.

‘Monumental Victory’: Shell Oil Ordered To Limit Emissions In Historic Climate Court Case

A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut greenhouse gas emissions 45% from 2019 levels by 2030.

www.forbes.com

Another victory for Vladimir Putin and the Saudis but it won't affect global emissions. Shell can't put limits on global demand.

 

[Frankfooter]

Another victory for Vladimir Putin and the Saudis but it won't affect global emissions. Shell can't put limits on global demand.

So why do you keep supporting Putin and Saudis?
Everything you argue for is keeping them in power and money.

If you want to do something about them, support renewables.

 

[toguy5252]

The International Energy Agency market report for January says fossil fuels outpaced renewable energy last year, with coal-fired electricity reaching an all-time peak.

Overall, CO2 emissions from electricity rose 7% to set a new world record.

Electricity Market Report - January 2022 – Analysis - IEA

Electricity Market Report - January 2022 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

www.iea.org

It would appear that decades of apocalyptic predictions and demonizing skeptics as "deniers" have had no effect. Perhaps it's time to try a new approach.

You sound gleeful at this fact notwithstanding the destruction of our environment,

 

[JohnLarue]

You sound gleeful at this fact notwithstanding the destruction of our environment,

we will need to remove the insanity of the climate change hysteria before meaningful progress on real environmental issues can be made
ie the Money wasted sending 227 virtue signaling environuts and politicians to COP 26 could have been spent on improvements to Montreal's sewage system
or spent on advanced scrubbers for a coal fired generation plant

 

[Frankfooter]

we will need to remove the insanity of the climate change hysteria before meaningful progress on real environmental issues can be made

You are out of touch.

Top 10 global risks by severity
(over next 10 years)

1. Climate action failure
2. Extreme weather
3. Biodiversity loss
4. Social cohesion erosion
5. Livelihood crises
6. Infectious diseases
7. Human environmental damage
8. Natural resource crises
9. Debt crises
10. Geoeconomic confrontation

 

[jcpro]

You are out of touch.

Top 10 global risks by severity
(over next 10 years)

1. Climate action failure
2. Extreme weather
3. Biodiversity loss
4. Social cohesion erosion
5. Livelihood crises
6. Infectious diseases
7. Human environmental damage
8. Natural resource crises
9. Debt crises
10. Geoeconomic confrontation

Anyone who would put climate as more dangerous than livelihood crisis or resource crisis is full of shit, living in a La La Land on a trust fund or in parents' basement.

 

[Moviefan-2]

You are out of touch.

That poll was by the World Economic Forum, which has been driving an agenda to replace capitalism with something called "stakeholder capitalism."

Climate issues top list of global risks, survey finds

Business, government, and other leaders polled by the World Economic Forum name extreme weather events as the most severe short-term threat to organisations, while failure to act on climate change is the most pressing long-term concern.

www.fm-magazine.com

It should be noted that "stakeholder capitalism" appears to mean more central planning of the economy by elites. The focus would be on a "degrowth" of the economy, which actually means economic contraction and a reduced quality of life.

How's that working out?

Apart from the energy crisis in Europe and Vladimir Putin's strengthened hand, there was an interesting comment in this Eric Reguly column in the Globe and Mail this weekend on the Big Oil green revolution being postponed again:

"It's as if November's Glasgow climate summit, COP26, never happened."

Opinion: Big Oil’s green revolution has been postponed again, never mind the climate

Big Oil wasn’t supposed to be Big Oil by now, but nothing much has changed unless it’s for PR purposes

www.theglobeandmail.com

Indeed it is.

 

[Frankfooter]

Anyone who would put climate as more dangerous than livelihood crisis or resource crisis is full of shit, living in a La La Land on a trust fund or in parents' basement.

Tell that to the people of Fort McMurray or Lytton.
Or to those in BC who were flooded out or forced out by forest fire.

Or to the 1/4 of people stuck with houses they can no longer insure in Canada.
Or to farmers, or insurance agents...

 

[Frankfooter]

Apart from the energy crisis in Europe and Vladimir Putin's strengthened hand,

See, here you are once again cheering for more money for Putin and Saudi Arabia.

 

[jcpro]

Tell that to the people of Fort McMurray or Lytton.
Or to those in BC who were flooded out or forced out by forest fire.

Or to the 1/4 of people stuck with houses they can no longer insure in Canada.
Or to farmers, or insurance agents...

A livelihood crisis is when you have no source of income to pay for roof and food. Resource crisis is when you're cold for the lack of fuel and your car's on cinder blocks without gas and tires. You people believe that a forest fire trumps any of it? Just delusional.

 

[Frankfooter]

A livelihood crisis is when you have no source of income to pay for roof and food. Resource crisis is when you're cold for the lack of fuel and your car's on cinder blocks without gas and tires. You people believe that a forest fire trumps any of it? Just delusional.

A resource crisis is also when there are big crop failures from extreme weather.
Canadian wheat was down 38% last year.

Canada’s crop production plummeted in 2021, says StatCan | Globalnews.ca

According to Statistics Canada, wheat and canola production fell by more than 35 per cent compared to 2020. Corn was the only grain to see an increase in production this year.

globalnews.ca

Crop Failures Nearly 5 Times More Likely by 2030

The world’s breadbaskets will be 4.5 times more likely to face crop yield failure by 2030, says a new report. And the outlook gets even more dire after that.

www.theenergymix.com

 

[whitehill_21]

So why do you keep supporting Putin and Saudis?
Everything you argue for is keeping them in power and money.

If you want to do something about them, support renewables.

wasn't that JB who actually allowed Putin to finish his pipeline
(NorthStream-2) ?

 

[y2kmark]

You are out of touch.

Top 10 global risks by severity
(over next 10 years)

1. Climate action failure
2. Extreme weather
3. Biodiversity loss
4. Social cohesion erosion
5. Livelihood crises
6. Infectious diseases
7. Human environmental damage
8. Natural resource crises
9. Debt crises
10. Geoeconomic confrontation

I don't see the risk of people dropping bombs on each other, though I'm sure it impacts the environment, maybe #7? Nuclear winter would also make my top ten...

 

[jcpro]

A resource crisis is also when there are big crop failures from extreme weather.
Canadian wheat was down 38% last year.

Canada’s crop production plummeted in 2021, says StatCan | Globalnews.ca

According to Statistics Canada, wheat and canola production fell by more than 35 per cent compared to 2020. Corn was the only grain to see an increase in production this year.

globalnews.ca

Crop Failures Nearly 5 Times More Likely by 2030

The world’s breadbaskets will be 4.5 times more likely to face crop yield failure by 2030, says a new report. And the outlook gets even more dire after that.

www.theenergymix.com

Franky, please. Desist from this madness. I have seen what livelihood and resources interruptions cause. Ive seen it with my own eyes. Do you know what happens in those circumstances? Everyone forgets about the environment because they are too busy trying to survive and sharpening pitchforks. What your billionaire grandees are peddling is purest form of bullshit.

 

[Frankfooter]

I don't see the risk of people dropping bombs on each other, though I'm sure it impacts the environment, maybe #7? Nuclear winter would also make my top ten...

Apparently people aren't as worried about that these days.

 

[Frankfooter]

Franky, please. Desist from this madness. I have seen what livelihood and resources interruptions cause. Ive seen it with my own eyes. Do you know what happens in those circumstances? Everyone forgets about the environment because they are too busy trying to survive and sharpening pitchforks. What your billionaire grandees are peddling is purest form of bullshit.

The billionaires are the oil industry types that are peddling bullshit.

And you're crazy if you think of oil as the only resource at risk.
Food and water come before oil.

 

[jcpro]

The billionaires are the oil industry types that are peddling bullshit.

And you're crazy if you think of oil as the only resource at risk.
Food and water come before oil.

You cannot have food and water without reliable and affordable flow of energy in the modern world. You're not living in the 18th century or hippie utopia. Don't you know anything??!

 

[Frankfooter]

You cannot have food and water without reliable and affordable flow of energy in the modern world. You're not living in the 18th century or hippie utopia. Don't you know anything??!

You can't survive without food and water.
You can live without a car.