Global Warming on Free Republic
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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LOL!!!
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.
Global Warming on Free Republic
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