🧵On net-zero emissions
Let's talk about the 🐘 in the room
The very thorough paper linked below on net-zero emissions is missing some important words: coal, natural gas, petroleum
So too is much of climate policy
Net-zero emissions means near-zero fossil fuels
Let's talk about the 🐘 in the room
The very thorough paper linked below on net-zero emissions is missing some important words: coal, natural gas, petroleum
So too is much of climate policy
Net-zero emissions means near-zero fossil fuels
https://twitter.com/OxfordNetZero/status/1472964568762703885
CO2 emissions are an output from the burning of fossil fuels
To achieve net-zero CO2 requires that the burning of fossil fuels goes to near-zero (I say near because there might be some CDR possibilities)
Emissions are one step away from what we really need to focus on
To achieve net-zero CO2 requires that the burning of fossil fuels goes to near-zero (I say near because there might be some CDR possibilities)
Emissions are one step away from what we really need to focus on
Climate policy (focused on CO2) cannot succeed until it encompasses targets and timetables for the phase-out of coal, natural gas and petroleum
Period
rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/a-coal-exit-…
Period
rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/a-coal-exit-…
A shared commitment to phasing out coal appears to be emerging
There is no discussion of any similar commitment, much less targets or timetables, for the phase out of natural gas or petroleum
Climate policy won't succeed until all three FFs are phased out
There is no discussion of any similar commitment, much less targets or timetables, for the phase out of natural gas or petroleum
Climate policy won't succeed until all three FFs are phased out
How do we know that climate policy is not yet poised for success?
So long as the focus is emissions, rather than the phasing out of fossil fuels, we have not yet made the obvious unescapable & followed through with the practical implications of net-zero commitments
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So long as the focus is emissions, rather than the phasing out of fossil fuels, we have not yet made the obvious unescapable & followed through with the practical implications of net-zero commitments
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