The G8's "economic growth" sacred-cow also dominates the UK government's energy white paper (http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/ whitepaper/page39534.html) and Nuclear Power consultation document (http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/consultations/ nuclearpower2007/page39554.html).
On page 5 of the Nuclear Power "consultation" document they state: "7. Our aim should be to continue to raise living standards and the quality of life by growing our economy, while at the same time cutting waste and using every unit of energy as efficiently as possible. But based on existing strategies to reduce energy demand, the IEA predict global energy consumption is likely to grow by about 50% by 2030. Therefore we will also need to transform the way we produce the energy we need for light, heat and mobility." Constraining demand is obviously completely and utterly unthinkable. Phil On Jun 9, 11:23 am, Fergus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Damn their useless hides. Predictable, I suppose, but once again, > they're paying not the slightest bit of attention. This is my take on > the statement:http://fergusbrown.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/69/ > Any thoughts? > > It reminds me that I've been thinking for a while now that something > more potent to influence our policy makers is clearly needed. > > Regards, > > On 25 May, 20:03, Michael Tobis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> It seems like > this is getting far less attention than it deserves for > > some reason: > > >http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/document.asp?tip=0&id=6634 > > > It can also be found on the US NAS site. > > >http://www.nationalacademies.org/includes/G8Statement_Energy_07_May.pdf > > > It seems real enough. They make some strong (and I think strongly > > justified) statements. Why is this not making a splash? > > > mt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
