Comments on: The IEA on peak oil and climate policy http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/ Temporarily Torontonian Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/#comment-85701 Milan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:58:28 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/?p=6774#comment-85701 Quite so. <a href="http://www.sindark.com/2009/11/17/coal-is-the-enemy-of-the-human-race/" rel="nofollow">Coal is the enemy of the human race.</a> Quite so. Coal is the enemy of the human race.

]]> By: R.K. http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/#comment-84889 R.K. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:36:30 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/?p=6774#comment-84889 The most important connection between climate change and peak oil may be the danger that people will start making liquid fuels from coal, as oil becomes ever more expensive and hard to get. That cannot be allowed to happen, given what a disastrously huge amount of carbon there is in the world's coal. The most important connection between climate change and peak oil may be the danger that people will start making liquid fuels from coal, as oil becomes ever more expensive and hard to get.

That cannot be allowed to happen, given what a disastrously huge amount of carbon there is in the world’s coal.

]]> By: Milan http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/#comment-84875 Milan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/?p=6774#comment-84875 Not to mention the geopolitical vulnerability that accompanies dependence on imported fuels. Not to mention the geopolitical vulnerability that accompanies dependence on imported fuels.

]]> By: Bunc http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/#comment-84874 Bunc Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:21:59 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/?p=6774#comment-84874 It seems to me that the arguments for taking action on climate change and the type of action we need to take are significantly bolstered by the need to also protect dwindling non-reneable resources such as oil. That's why action to improve use of renewables makes so much sense because it potentially addresses both AGW and resource depletion. It seems to me that the arguments for taking action on climate change and the type of action we need to take are significantly bolstered by the need to also protect dwindling non-reneable resources such as oil. That’s why action to improve use of renewables makes so much sense because it potentially addresses both AGW and resource depletion.

]]> By: fossilfreak http://www.sindark.com/2009/12/16/the-iea-on-peak-oil-and-climate-policy/#comment-84867 fossilfreak Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:14:30 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/?p=6774#comment-84867 The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties will likely end as all the previous conferences have, little accomplished and let’s do this again soon – the foie gras was marvelous. The top down government control dictated by focusing on CO2 doesn’t work. We’ve got seventeen years of proof that they can’t even get started. Policy should not be based on CO2 and climate, but on what actually deploys alternative energy solutions. Think about how further along we'd be if the billions of dollars and millions of man hours spent on just talking about doing something about climate had been devoted to deployment. Climate change is a symptom, one of a number of environmental, economic and geopolitical symptoms, of the disease of burning carbon. Treat the disease, not the symptom. Climate is a poor measurement of progress. Temperature does not always follow the CO2 curve. The trend is not linear. The Fifteenth Conference of the Parties will likely end as all the previous conferences have, little accomplished and let’s do this again soon – the foie gras was marvelous. The top down government control dictated by focusing on CO2 doesn’t work. We’ve got seventeen years of proof that they can’t even get started.

Policy should not be based on CO2 and climate, but on what actually deploys alternative energy solutions. Think about how further along we’d be if the billions of dollars and millions of man hours spent on just talking about doing something about climate had been devoted to deployment.

Climate change is a symptom, one of a number of environmental, economic and geopolitical symptoms, of the disease of burning carbon. Treat the disease, not the symptom.

Climate is a poor measurement of progress. Temperature does not always follow the CO2 curve. The trend is not linear.

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