Today I read an article about a British government science adviser who actually 'gets it'. That our civilization has been partaking in a fossil fuel frenzy for the past 100 years with a collective lack of restraint that makes Paris, Lindsey and Brittney look like blue-hairs. Now that the end of the party is in sight (for those of us willing to look) it is obvious that we can't just go find an afterparty and keep on going.
I've shamelessly ripped off the bulk of the text below from the article, linked at the end:
Roland Clift, a senior science advisor to the British government, will tell a seminar of the Royal Academy of Engineering that the
plan to promote bioethanol and biodiesel produced from plants is a “scam” and is likely to result in increases in greenhouse gas emissions.
Clift will also condemn plans to produce British biodiesel from rapeseed,
pointing to research showing the crop generates copious amounts of nitrous
oxide – an even more powerful global warming gas than CO2.
Clift points out that the surging global interest in biofuels derives
from a “false belief” among politicians that there must be a technical
solution to climate change.
”Underlying all this is the assumption that we have to preserve the
mobility and freedom to travel that we now enjoy at all costs.
Top scientist says biofuels are scam
I've shamelessly ripped off the bulk of the text below from the article, linked at the end:
Roland Clift, a senior science advisor to the British government, will tell a seminar of the Royal Academy of Engineering that the
plan to promote bioethanol and biodiesel produced from plants is a “scam” and is likely to result in increases in greenhouse gas emissions.
Clift will also condemn plans to produce British biodiesel from rapeseed,
pointing to research showing the crop generates copious amounts of nitrous
oxide – an even more powerful global warming gas than CO2.
Clift points out that the surging global interest in biofuels derives
from a “false belief” among politicians that there must be a technical
solution to climate change.
”Underlying all this is the assumption that we have to preserve the
mobility and freedom to travel that we now enjoy at all costs.
“However, when you look at the science of climate change it is clear there are
no such simple solutions. Humanity has to accept that.”
Top scientist says biofuels are scam
No comments:
Post a Comment