On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:04:12 -0500, Unum says...
Post by Unumhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emissions-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative_us_5972566fe4b09e5f6ccf3888
Eight years ago, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ? made up of
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
York, Rhode Island and Vermont ? established an interstate cap-and-trade
system that puts a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from the utility sector
and allows power companies to buy and sell permits to pollute. The program has
proven to be a notable success, reducing average utility bills by 3.4 percent,
driving $2.7 billion in economic growth and creating at least 14,200 new jobs
through energy conservation projects funded by the revenue it generates.
It has been proven time after time, that cutting carbon emissions will NOT
lower "so-called" warming... not even by the millionths of degrees that
his butt-buddy Kymberly HorseSmell champions.
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Paris climate promises will reduce temperatures by just 0.05°C in 2100
A new peer-reviewed paper by Dr. Bjorn Lomborg published in the Global
Policy journal measures the actual impact of all significant climate
promises made ahead of the Paris climate summit.
Governments have publicly outlined their post-2020 climate commitments in
the build-up to the December's meeting. These promises are known as
"Intended Nationally Determined Contributions" (INDCs).
Dr. Lomborg's research reveals:
The climate impact of all Paris INDC promises is minuscule: if we measure
the impact of every nation fulfilling every promise by 2030, the total
temperature reduction will be 0.048°C (0.086°F) by 2100.
Even if we assume that these promises would be extended for another 70
years, there is still little impact: if every nation fulfills every
promise by 2030, and continues to fulfill these promises faithfully until
the end of the century, and there is no 'CO2 leakage' to non-committed
nations, the entirety of the Paris promises will reduce temperature rises
by just 0.17°C (0.306°F) by 2100.
US climate policies, in the most optimistic circumstances, fully achieved
and adhered to throughout the century, will reduce global temperatures by
0.031°C (0.057°F) by 2100.
EU climate policies, in the most optimistic circumstances, fully achieved
and adhered to throughout the century, will reduce global temperatures by
0.053°C (0.096°F) by 2100.
China climate policies, in the most optimistic circumstances, fully
achieved and adhered to throughout the century, will reduce global
temperatures by 0.048°C (0.086°F) by 2100.
The rest of the world's climate policies, in the most optimistic
circumstances, fully achieved and adhered to throughout the century, will
reduce global temperatures by 0.036°C (0.064°F) by 2100.
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The Hot Air From Paris Won't Lower Temperatures
By Bjorn Lomborg -- 2:16PM GMT 02 Dec 2015
Unfortunately, the politicians' approach to climate change is based on
far-fetched assumptions and overly optimistic scenarios. [giggle]
When the Paris climate summit wraps up on Friday next week we are likely
to see world leaders patting themselves on the back for reining in global
warming. We will see activists applaud their efforts and urge them to go
even further. What we will not see acknowledged is the reality that the
Paris climate treaty will do nothing to stop global warming.
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Even Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Not Stop Global Warming
-- By Douglas Fischer
BOULDER - Drastic, economy-changing cuts to greenhouse gas emissions will
spare the planet half the trauma expected over the next century as the
Earth warms.
But that major effort to slash emissions, the scientists warn, won't stop
global warming. The question confronting politicians throughout the world,
in other words, is not whether they want the planet to warm: It is to what
degree.
"We can no longer avoid significant warming during this century," NCAR
scientist Warren Washington, the lead author, said in a statement. But "we
could stabilize the threat of climate change and avoid catastrophe."
