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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

1. This is why I think it's too late to slow climate change, let alone stop it.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:11 AM

Jan 2013

The entire global economy is geared towards using all the available, high-quality energy it can get its hands on. That means fossil fuels. As we teeter on the brink of a global economic contraction, countries around the world will use as much FF as they need to try and keep the balloon inflated.

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China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

This is why I think it's too late to slow climate change, let alone stop it. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #1

The global wealth invested in Hydrocarbons, ... CRH Jan 2013 #2