CTL is inevitable, barring a massive redesign of the freight infrastructure.
I strongly favor the latter, and Gore's vision requires it, but it's very difficult to do and indeed hard to envision under foreseeable political circumstances. Accordingly, I agree with Don that accelerated development and deployment of CCS is urgently required. mt On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Don Libby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: John Fernbach > Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:18 PM > Subject: [Global Change: 2752] Re: Climate MAYDAY - Emergency -- As "Coal > to > Liquid Fuel" Backers Move to Push for Production Simultaneously in China, > India and the USA > > > > >This is not to mention the extra CO2 generation that is likely to attend > >any development >of a "coal to liquid fuel" industry, as I understand it. > > > >It seems as if supporters of continued fossil fuel reliance, and > especially > >supporters of > <...> > > John, we will be fossil fuel dependent for a long time, whether we support > it or not. That is my conclusion after doing the math in the "Al Gore" > thread and others. The notion that we can stop using fossil fuels within > the next decade is false. > > Recognizing and accepting that fossil fuel use is inevitable is not exactly > the same as "support" for it. We can make big cuts, true, but total > emilimation is something for the distant future, maybe the latter half of > the Century, when we have more time to build out 2000 to 4000 nuclear > plants > world-wide consistent with the IPCC emission stabilization scenarios, among > other things. > > Therefore, the issues requiring the most immediate political action and > support are enacting carbon emission control laws and accelerated > deployment > of CCS technology (and energy conservation, efficiency, and alternative > energy, of course). > > If you want your representatives to vote against coal-to-liquid development > proposals, fine, but please ask them to support CCS development proposals > too. > > -dl > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
