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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero |
| Date | 2015-12-25 06:48 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <rf5vkc-ngh.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero >> http://phys.org/news/2015-12-paris-climate-goals-emissions.html > > >> If governments are serious about the global warming targets they >> adopted in Paris, scientists say they have two options: eliminating >> fossil fuels immediately or finding ways to undo their damage to the >> climate system in the future. >> >> The first is politically impossible?the world is still hooked on >> using oil, coal and natural gas?which leaves the option of a major >> cleanup of the atmosphere later this century. >> >> Yet the landmark Paris Agreement, adopted by 195 countries on Dec. >> 12, makes no reference to that, which has left some observers >> wondering whether politicians understand the implications of the >> goals they signed up for. >> >> "I would say it's the single biggest issue that has to be resolved," >> said Glen Peters of the Cicero climate research institute in Oslo, >> Norway. >> >> Scientists refer to this envisioned cleanup job as negative >> emissions?removing more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere than >> humans put in it. >> >> Right now we're putting in a lot?about 50 billion tons a year, mostly >> carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. > > > We gotta do it folks. No we don't. The Paris Agreement is a toothless joke and no one is going to pay the slightest bit of attention to it. -- Jim Pennino
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Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 21:05 -0600 Re: Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-12-24 22:17 -0600 Re: Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-25 06:48 +0000 Paris climate goals mean emissions need to drop below zero HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 06:13 -0800
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