Personally I think that governmental support for reduction in consumption in fossil fuels is at least partly due to energy supply concerns, both in terms of abundance (oil discovery is not increasing) and political concerns (we don’t want to be reliant on russia gas),
From this view we should still try to transition away from most fossil fuel consumption, apart from perhaps coal… and it makes sense to ally with the people concerned with global warming to get the support of the populace.
reduction in consumption in fossil fuels is at least partly due to energy supply concerns
the global warming threat is an essential reason for not using fossil fuels. There is a lot of coal and a lot of tar-sand available. If we didn’t care about long term problems, we’d just use those.
Personally I think that governmental support for reduction in consumption in fossil fuels is at least partly due to energy supply concerns, both in terms of abundance (oil discovery is not increasing) and political concerns (we don’t want to be reliant on russia gas),
From this view we should still try to transition away from most fossil fuel consumption, apart from perhaps coal… and it makes sense to ally with the people concerned with global warming to get the support of the populace.
the global warming threat is an essential reason for not using fossil fuels. There is a lot of coal and a lot of tar-sand available. If we didn’t care about long term problems, we’d just use those.
Coal can be nasty for other reasons apart from greenhouse gases. How much of the coal is low sulphur?
I don’t see tar-sand as a total option, part of the energy mix sure. But we still need to pursue alternatives.