Guest essay by Eric Worrall
More evidence that global climate cycles are aligned with US presidential election cycles.
‘Climate change moving faster than we are,’ says UN Secretary General
By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondentUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that if the world doesn’t change course by 2020, we run the risk of runaway climate change.
Mr Guterres said he was alarmed by the paralysis of world leaders on what he called the “defining issue” of our time.
He wants heads of government to come to New York for a special climate conference next September.
The call comes amid growing concerns over the slow pace of UN negotiations.
Mr Guterres painted a grim picture of the impacts of climate change that he says have been felt all over the world this year, with heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods leaving a trail of destruction.
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The world has the tools, and the ability. Renewables are cost-competitive with coal and oil, he said. By 2030, wind and solar could power more than a third of Europe.
But the lack of decisive political leadership was hampering everything, he said.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45471410
My question – given the UN Secretary General’s assertion that renewables are cost competitive with coal and oil, why does he feel that so much “decisive political leadership” is required? Normally when something is price competitive the free market takes care of the transition, industrialists embrace the new technology of their own free will.
Update (EW): Full speech available here (h/t Nick)
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Brings to my mind a song from the 60’s, Runaway by Del Shannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S13mP_pfEc
The UN is a cesspool of socialist corruption and evil. With designs on being the world government and destroying the capitalist free market while murdering billions.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the next step is to proclaim Obama as the World Leader for Life. Hell, he’s already that in his own mind. Of course the UN delegates would vote on it to give it the appearance of a democratic decision.
You really should not address him so abruptly as “Obama”. That is just a touch disrespectful don’t you think? His correct title is “His exalted Greatness Barack Hussein Obama the Anointed One, Healer of the Nations, and Calming Hand of the Rising Oceans”.
That suggests a definite and disastrous change in the U.N. (and E.U.) mind think: To avert “runaway climate change” destroy the United States of America.
I suppose that after which the U.S. Treasury would be come the property of the W.M.O. Green Climate Fund!
Ha ha!
Do the Democrats have to report the value of this endorsement as a campaign donation?
The bbc also put out an article saying that eating less meat would be better for water consumption and the environment. They’re going all in on this, is there a climate conference coming up.
There’s always a climate conference coming up. Those climate alarmists sure do like their little junkets to lavish resorts and exotic locales.
When he says “cost-competitive” he means AFTER additional trillions of dollars of subsidies, er, government “investment”.
The alarmists have drawn so many lines in the sand that it looks like a rumble strip going down the side of the highway.
When, when, when will they ever learn to make the drop dead date some time past the expected lifespan of the current crop of kindergartners?
The only thing that’s “runaway” is runaway corruption.
Yet another tipping point ? NO.
Thousands of bureaucrats will be pushed out of jobs if funding is not restored.
That’s the real tipping point. Their Tenga tower of bureaucracy is on shaky ground and Trump’s getting close to pulling out the right block.
Does he have some sort of proof for this assertion or is it a mere thought bubble?
I thought we already passed the point of no return.
As far as entropy is concerned, we’re passing a point of no return every nanosecond. 😮
Very shrewd incoherent babbling form this career politician. He bamboozles the audience in a way that it looks like this: birds fly and a dollar can buy things, therefor bicycle. It is very hard to argue with that.
He is also wrong when tries to state facts instead of mere “beliefs” According to this: https://yearbook.enerdata.net/renewables/renewable-in-electricity-production-share.html
Europe is already on the 1/3 mark. What he actually means is all energy production not just electrical. The little cunning politician..