How can this be? Aren’t more and more people driving hybrids? Buying EVs because they are being forced into them/enticed with insane subsidies? Aren’t some nations, like in the EU, going nuts in blocking the use of fossil fuels, blocking new drilling/extraction? Stopping the use of natural gas for home heat, cooking, and hot water? Replacing fossil fuels with “green” energy? And many US states doing the same? How is this possible? Aren’t all the Warmists giving up their own use of fossil fuels?
Global fossil fuel emissions to hit record high in 2025, study says
Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under 1.5°C would now be essentially “impossible.”
The annual Global Carbon Budget report looks at humanity’s emissions of planet-heating CO? from burning hydrocarbons, cement production, and land use — such as deforestation — and relates the figures to the warming thresholds outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
An international team of scientists found that CO? emissions from fossil fuels will be 1.1 percent higher in 2025 than a year ago, with the massive rollout of renewable technologies still not enough to compensate for growing energy demand.
With emissions from oil, gas, and coal all set to rise, the overall figure is due to reach a record 38.1 billion tonnes of CO?.
If all those Warmists stopped using fossil fuels that would drop quite a bit, right?
Released as nations meet for COP30 climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon, the new study calculated a remaining allowance of 170 billion tonnes of CO? to limit warming to 1.5°C from pre-industrial levels — the target outlined in the Paris Agreement.
“This equates to four years of emissions at the current rate before the budget for 1.5°C is exhausted, so that is impossible, essentially,” said Pierre Friedlingstein of Britain’s Exeter University, who led the research.
I wonder how many tons of “emissions” could be cut if 40K weren’t taking long, fossil fueled trips to COP30 to complain about Other People using fossil fuels and trying to restrict them for those Other People?
The total carbon emissions is increasing, just as the Earth’s temp also is trending to increase
However, the carbon footprint of the average American is DECREASING by an average of almost 1% per year. It peaked in 1973 at over 22 tons per year.
The cost of yearly energy Americans must pay as a percent of income has also dropped from 8% per year to about 5% per year.last almost 90% of all the new electric power connected onto the grid was low cost low carbon renewables.utility sized electricity from new installations is sold to utilities at about 6 cents per kwh. Typical residential power costs about 18 cents or 3 times as much. The additional cost is for transmission, billing and of course profit. In general publicly owned electric utilities are cheaper than privately owned for profit companies (socialism vs capitalism). Of course the cheapest are the electric Co ops which are actually owned by the users/people. If course that is communism!
Sure, Johnny-from 2 years ago..”3.8 trillion of investments in renewable power moved fossil fuels from 82% to 81% of overall energy consumption in 10 years”.
Yes, very cheap..
Our esteemed host concluded:
For how many years have we been saying that these conferences for attendees could be held by videoconferences, except that would mean the attendees couldn’t take their mistresses on fancy vacations?
Surely, surely! if emissions are increasing, it’s all Donald Trump’s fault!
Of course, our distinguished President is President of only the United States, and all of those other nations swore on a stack of Qurans that they were going to cut their carbon emissions, so all clearly Mr Trump’s policies have caused such a surge in emissions from the United States that we have completely overwhelmed the entire rest of the world and their emission cuts. That’s the only possible explanation.
CO2 emissions from the the US and Europe are slowly decreasing while emissions are increasing in nearly every other nation. China emits more CO2 than the US (#2), India, EU and Russia, combined!!
But relax kidz. You’ve won. Science and reason and selflessness lost! Your descendants lost! Drill, baby, drill! Live it up! Ignore the cassandras!
BTW, videoconferencing is not energy benign. Electricity production produces CO2, unless supported by nucular or renewables.
Dana I just saw a video about the new diesel electric D6 dozer from caterpillar hybrid
Comes with a 7 year 20,000 hour drive train warranty. With estimated fuel savings in 2 years equal to the increased cost in electfication
Teach seems to be be a big fan boi of Chinas emisons, doesn’t seem to mind them at all!
ssmith: ” With estimated fuel savings in 2 years equal to the increased cost in electfication.
At how much per gallon?
Is the price of the eventual battery replacement figured in?
Is the price increase adjusted for the cost of money?
Or is this proof that liars can figure?