Anyone listening in Pennsylvania?
G7 agrees to end new gov’t support for coal power by end of 2021
June 14, 2021 1:56 AM AEST
The Group of Seven nations on Sunday pledged to rapidly scale up technologies and policies that accelerate the transition away from unabated coal capacity, including ending new government support for coal power by the end of this year.
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“Coal power generation is the single biggest cause of greenhouse gas emissions,” the seven nations – the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – said, adding “continued global investment in unabated coal power generation is incompatible with keeping 1.5°C within reach.”
“We stress that international investments in unabated coal must stop now and we commit now to an end to new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021,” they said.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/g7-agrees-end-new-govt-support-coal-power-by-end-2021-2021-06-13/
Back in the real world, Germany’s wind sector appears to be collapsing, Britain is building a new coal mine (maybe), China is building hundreds of new coal plants around the world, and Asia appears to be ramping up steel production to resource a major military buildup, and coal prices are on the rise, as production struggles to keep up with demand. Which makes the G7 anti-coal statement a strong candidate for the most pointless communique ever.
How can they expect this to work given the recent worldwide shutdown?
Then do something about the CO2 emissions. It’s time to turn those CO2 emissions into good paying full time jobs and money. https://youtu.be/RQRQ7S92_lo Good for the economy and good for the environment.
Join us.
When I hear of China, India, and the rest of the Developing World renouncing coal and actually doing it, I’ll believe that it’s actually happening. Until then, it’s just just another Green pipe-dream.
Unless someone finds an energy source with the same or better energy density as fossil fuels, coal and all other energy sources will be used as required. All these statements are signals of political virtue, and no leader intends to change what is best for his country. But fortunately, many carmakers, such as Mazda, have been aware of their social responsibilities and been devoted to make their models more energy-efficient.