Posted on 09/17/2016 4:47:36 PM PDT by Hojczyk
In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels, ratification of the December 2015 Paris climate summit agreement—already endorsed by most nations—should be a complete no-brainer. That it isn't tells you a great deal about our world. Global geopolitics and the possible rightward lurch of many countries (including a potential deal-breaking election in the United States that could put a climate denier in the White House) spell bad news for the fate of the Earth. It's worth exploring how this might come to be.
Such nationalistic exceptionalism could become something of the norm if Donald Trump wins in November, or other nations join those already eager to put the needs of a fossil-fuel-based domestic growth agenda ahead of global climate commitments. With that in mind, consider the assessment of future energy trends that the Norwegian energy giant Statoil recently produced. In it is a chilling scenario focused on just this sort of dystopian future.
The second-biggest producer of natural gas in Europe after Russia's Gazprom, Statoil annually issues "Energy Perspectives," a report that explores possible future energy trends. Previous editions included scenarios labeled "reform" (predicated on coordinated but gradual international efforts to shift from carbon fuels to green energy technology) and "renewal" (positing a more rapid transition). The 2016 edition, however, added a grim new twist: "rivalry." It depicts a realistically downbeat future in which international strife and geopolitical competition discourage significant cooperation in the climate field.
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Wait till next year the cold is coming (Maybe)
Does this guy do standup? He’s really quite good.
Not reading the article, the headline alone was enough to drop my IQ a few points.
And what will the libs/commies do when Donald Trump becomes President, and their climate disaster doesn’t happen?
I love it.
When it doesn’t happen, we can demonstrate what morons they are
The usual pablum. However, interesting how Mother Jones smells an electoral loss for the Crook.
If climate change was real, algore and hollywood celebs would not be practicing conspicuous consumption.
I want to see these Mother Jones out on Fifth Avenue in February when it is -10f and there are three feet of snow on the ground that Bilge Be Blowzio. Can’t get rid of...
There was no ice on the poles until 40 million years ago when the Himalayas forming accelerated weathering removing CO2 from the air and Antarctica separated from South America, allowing the currents to follow the now polar mass and cold air now remained trapped there. It went from resembling Alaska’s tundra and forests to two mile thick ice. This cooled off the whole planet 10-15°F.
We have a long way to warm up before we’re back to historical norms, if you take a really long view.
Thanks for posting. I needed a laugh.
“The sky is falling syndrome,” regurgitated for the 120,235,576th time. Sorry if I’m off by a few million.
They’d also cancel the flood insurance that encourages so many to build and allows them to rebuild right next to the shore line.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3469703/posts
climate CATASTROPHE!!! warming didn’t work, change wasn’t working out. now it’s Catastrophe!
Wonder what’s next :)
Somebody should tell him the earth doesn’t give a #### what we do and earth worship is for pagans.
The Earth has been warmer and colder before we were even around. And it will be so after we’re gone.
>>In a year of record-setting heat on a blistered globe, with fast-warming oceans, fast-melting ice caps, and fast-rising sea levels
Does “fast” now mean the same thing as “non”?
Mother Jones, the Weekly World News of the Left.
“And what will the libs/commies do when Donald Trump becomes President, and their climate disaster doesn’t happen?”
They’ll just keep on lyin’. It’s all they have.
Aiiiii! ComDem Insanity. The Big GlowBull Warming LIE!
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