Self-Interest Lies Behind UK Hit Job on Coal
Boris Johnson is leading a ‘bootlegger and Baptist’ coalition – with green zealots as the Baptists and the City of London financiers as the bootleggers.
Bill Gates Jets Into Glasgow
Bill Gates pointed out he cost of subsidising countries to curb emissions was too great, said developed nations should focus instead on cutting the cost of green technology.
G20 Delivers Reprieve for Coal-Fired Power
Also watered down – significantly for Australia – was the attempt to secure an end to construction of coal-fired power stations by 2030.
Developing Countries May Sink Boris Johnson’s Net Zero Dreams
Finance for developing countries, recognition of cumulative emissions, and adaptation, are the three key issues being championed by the 24 states of the Like-Minded Developing Countries. They may cause the end of Boris Johnson’s dreams of glory at Glasgow.
Of Babushka Dolls and Chinese Puzzles
Russia has been careful to maximise Western European dependence on its gas exports, and a Net Zero world advantages China
The Real Costs of Renewable Energy
Non-hydro renewables have indeed become much cheaper when measured by Levelised Cost of Energy, but what matters is the System Levelised Cost of Energy, and when this is considered, renewables cannot compete.”
Is Glasgow asking Australia to commit to the impossible?
The EU thus met its Kyoto target with ease – practically before it was set – and it proceeded to assume the high moral ground and lecture those like Australia that had a different set of interests.
Why Sign On To A Pointless and Unachievable Goal?
Across the globe there are billions of people without access to reliable electricity, who can’t afford the luxury of risking trillions of dollars on unproven technologies to solve a ‘problem’ they otherwise wouldn’t even notice because they are far more concerned with simply trying to survive.
The Dubious Origins of Net Zero
UN Secretary-General António Guterres wrote to every head of state demanding they set out plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This provided the basis for every NGO and state that saw advantage in Net Zero by 2050 to demand that Australia and every other “recalcitrant” state fall into line with something that they never agreed to – and which lacks any sound scientific basis.
Plain English Lost on the High Court of Australia
Originally appeared in Jennifer Marohasy.com Coral reefs can be messy, and so can court cases. And so it is with the case […]