Cop-28 have unfortunately not presented solutions, again.
I have been writing articles about COP meetings for several years now, unfortunately there is no big news from the last COP-28 meeting, despite the increased number of participants who consume energy in travel, to spend a week in Saudi Arabia.
How long will it take to unite the world, to reduce energy consumption? There is mostly talk about the phasing out of fossil fuels, but the increased energy consumption cannot continue without them. All countries want to follow the development of electric cars and other electric battery-powered vehicles, without worrying about the energy needed to produce the batteries.
This, like wind power, has become “Big Business”, and will be difficult to stop, as the large industri are investing millions to be blown away.
On the penultimate day of the meeting, former Vice-President, Al Gore says the following; “COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure, The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. … It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously.”
Are these really wise words from a current environmental activist? I think he should go back to being a mediocre politician again.
Electric cars, electric scooters, electric buses and now also electric ships! It almost sounds like when I used to play with my brother, with all our battery operated toys. Electric vehicles were rejected by manufacturers at the beginning of the 20th century, by the big giants in gasoline. The battery manufacturers are now demanding that governments grant huge areas of land, as well as permits to the electric grid for the production of batteries. At the same time, wind turbines are erected as solar power in areas that will never produce more than the energy cost that it cost to produce.
“The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.” (Thomas Hobbes)
Finally, a “historic” decision came on the last working day, December 13, 2023. A sentence in an earlier draft was changed to satisfy oil-producing countries. The first proposal; “To phase out fossil fuels”, was changed to; “A transition away from fossil fuels”
The content of a text can be interpreted as one wishes, such as the following comment:
In the end, a “historic” decision came on the last working day, December 13, 2023. A sentence in an earlier draft was changed to satisfy oil-producing countries. The adopted text does not mention the word ‘phase-out’, but it is a ‘phase-out’ of fossil fuels. said Peter Liese (EPP, DE), Chair of the delegation.
Record-breaking funds were created, to be paid for by the “rich” countries, to reinvest in restoring damage that has already occurred. Finally It´s all about money!!
Anyone interested in my previous articles can compare what happened at the last meetings, not much I say.
Thank you all for reading,
#Windmush / #Curtbergsten
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