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Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
wthr/AP ^ | Apr 05, 2014 | Frank Jordans,

Posted on 04/05/2014 2:32:20 PM PDT by digger48

BERLIN - After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet.

It is also trying to give estimates on what it would cost.

In the third report of a landmark climate assessment, the IPCC is expected to say that to keep warming in check, the world needs a major shift in investments from fossil fuels - the principal source of man-made carbon emissions - to renewable energy.

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Investments in fossil fuels such as oil and coal would have to drop by $30 billion a year, while spending on renewables would have to go up by $147 billion annually, according to the draft.

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To: digger48
Investments in fossil fuels such as oil and coal would have to drop by $30 billion a year, while spending on renewables would have to go up by $147 billion annually, according to the draft.

LOL!!!

21 posted on 04/05/2014 7:06:28 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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If we just have to fix this situation NOW, how come the climate has managed to do the same thing for 400K years?
22 posted on 04/05/2014 7:09:07 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (Layte Gulf Beach Club)
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Just out of curiosity. Has anyone ever done any study on what might have happened had we never discovered oil and took it out of the ground? Could it be that maybe this planet would have one day exploded or turned into a flaming ball of gas? Just wondering.

All of that oil would have been polluting water tables and bubbling up from the ocean floor and STILL contaminating our beaches.

Think of the radioactive materials that have been excavated as well. Leaving it in the ground doesn't make that area any safer.

23 posted on 04/06/2014 9:13:00 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: “Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?”)
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