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When it comes to purging fossil fuels from the global economy by mid-century—our only hope of staving off catastrophic climate change—it turns out that you can't get there from here without a good map.
That's the thinking behind detailed, long-term plans for switching from dirty to clean energy unveiled this week by the United States, Canada, Mexico and Germany at UN climate talks in Marrakesh.
Overcoming sharp internal debate, the German government led the way with sector-by-sector scenarios that would remove up to 95 percent of its CO2 emissions by 2050, compared to 1990 levels.
Green groups said there were too many sops to big business, but it was a world-first.
The "three amigos" of North America jointly-released their blueprints on Wednesday, with the 100-page US "mid-century strategy" for the globe's largest economy taking centre stage.
If the US, Canada, and Mexico are the "three amigos," which one is Martin Short?
(Score: 2) by RedGreen on Sunday November 20 2016, @01:33AM
The incoming administration in the US is getting set to move back to the 1950's when coal was king, black people rode the back of the bus, women shut the fuck up and gays were in the closet. Thus climate change scam is first on the hit list for them and their supporters. And while I am at it just where in the hell do the representatives of my government (Canada) think we are going to get the energy to keep from freezing our asses off up here form the hot air they constantly spew??? Christ we can't even build a hydro damn up here now without the professionally outraged descending upon them. Let alone a windmill or solar panels which is going to somehow affect their health or lower their property values...
"I modded down, down, down, and the flames went higher." -- Sven Olsen
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 20 2016, @10:34PM
And yet for some reason they don't want to return to the '50s tax structure with an upper rate of income tax of 91%.