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The IEA also estimates that renewable power will still cost more, on average, than any other source – oil, gas, nuclear, coal, or hydro, even with a carbon tax.
The increase in
coal
use would lead to more air pollution, costing about $30 billion during this period.
Each step, from the European
Coal
and Steel Community to today’s European Union, was taken with the common good in mind, and was based on shared values (democracy, human rights, and social justice) and goals (economic growth, prosperity, and the consolidation of Europe’s international prestige).
This refusal underpins not only her economic and immigration policies, but also her bullying of Greece, her support for
coal
subsidies, her backing of German carmakers over diesel emissions, her kowtowing to Turkey on press freedom, and her mismanagement of the Minsk agreement in Ukraine.
The debate is whether prices will remain more or less where they are or decline, as food, metals, and
coal
prices have already done.
The Myth of Net-Zero EmissionsBERLIN – The emissions from burning coal, oil, and gas are heating up our planet at such a rapid rate that increasingly volatile and dangerous climate conditions seem almost inevitable.
So, instead of embarking immediately on a radical emissions-reduction trajectory, we can continue to emit massive amounts of CO2 – and even establish new
coal
plants – while claiming to be taking climate action by “supporting” the development of CCS technology.
For example, by banning new
coal
plants and shifting fossil-fuel subsidies toward the financing of renewable energy through feed-in tariffs, sustainable energy could be brought to billions of people worldwide, while reducing fossil-fuel dependency.
In the case of coal, the “nexus” is between the rock and the huge amounts of water and energy needed to mine it.
Companies with a large portfolio of fossil fuels, like coal, will soon face severe uncertainty related to stranded assets, and investors may change their risk assessments accordingly.
Phasing out
coal
during times of latent overproduction might even be done at a profit.
The current Five-Year Plan aims to reduce excess capacity in the
coal
and steel sectors, identify and restructure nonviable “zombie” SOEs, and fund programs to support affected workers.
After all, that piecemeal approach is what had helped to build the EU ever since its origins in the
coal
and steel community of the 1950’s.
So, if we are serious about tackling climate change, we need to develop green technology to the point where it is cheaper than oil, gas, or
coal.
So anyone who invests in
coal
now does so at his or her peril.
With more green investments coming to the fore, those financing them will, we should hope, counterbalance powerful lobbying by the
coal
industry, which is willing to put the world at risk to advance its shortsighted interests.
Indeed, the move away from a high-carbon economy, where coal, gas, and oil interests often dominate, is just one of several major changes in the global geo-economic order.
More than 80% of all primary energy in the world comes from coal, oil, and gas.
The technology exists to use these alternatives safely, affordably, and at a scale large enough to replace almost all of the coal, and much of the oil, that we use today.
Wherever powerful lobbies defend existing
coal
or oil interests, politicians typically are afraid to tell the truth about the need for low-carbon energy.
Rudd was defeated in his re-election bid by a candidate whose backing from an alliance of Murdoch and
coal
companies enabled him to outspend Rudd by a huge margin.
For example, “clean”
coal
involving carbon capture and sequestration ranks, along with nuclear power, at the top of the water-intensity chart.
The choices being made now regarding what kind of infrastructure to build – subway systems or roads; green energy or
coal
power – will have a major impact on the world’s ability to keep climate change in check.
In England today, Indian curry houses employ more people than the iron and steel,
coal
and shipbuilding industries combined.
In hard, practical terms, there is not yet anything specific to slow the extraction of fossil fuels or stop high-polluting countries from using
coal
for electricity.
That includes Germany, where Merkel’s renewables push and nuclear phase-out have resulted in increased reliance on the dirtiest form of coal, lignite, to keep prices manageable and provide a backup for wind and solar.
Rocky Mountain Institute’s Reinventing Fire analysis shows that such a future is possible, offering market-driven strategies for powering a US economy that is 158% larger in 2050 – without reliance on oil, coal, or nuclear energy.
Judging by Trump’s campaign rhetoric, and by statements from his Republican allies, environmental protection in the US will be gutted in a frenzy of deregulation and inducements for domestic oil, coal, and gas producers.
How deep the zealots and the
coal
lobby will be able to make that point depends partly on the barriers built by the rest of us.
This is a fortunate coincidence, because shale-gas production would probably make it politically easier to phase out Poland’s economically and environmentally irrational subsidies to local
coal
production (and consumption).
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