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I don't think Morrison's Kyoto change is progress. In fact, I think it exemplifies a dangerous and deadly rot that we have been bullied into treating as the norm.
Here's your Sunday rant, and some nerdy extra details if you want to read that too. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
Here's your Sunday rant, and some nerdy extra details if you want to read that too. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
The heart of the Paris agreement, and all climate action, is to put our god damn backs into stopping the harm created by the burning of fossil fuels.
It isn't about targets; nor is it about renewables, or batteries, or artificial meat.
It's about protecting us, and Earth.
It isn't about targets; nor is it about renewables, or batteries, or artificial meat.
It's about protecting us, and Earth.
So you understand why it's a lightning bolt of pure anger to see a shift from "cheating on a weak target" to "relying other people to hit a weak target".
The smug, thumbs-up, huge-grin numbers games are an galling, cruel, infuriating insult to all of us. I'm so angry.
The smug, thumbs-up, huge-grin numbers games are an galling, cruel, infuriating insult to all of us. I'm so angry.
But the gauge for ambition isn't "are they doing everything they can to protect us". It's "did they shift very slightly from a horrific position".
So we grow accustomed to slow, and fearful of fast. And they win. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
So we grow accustomed to slow, and fearful of fast. And they win. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
Morrison wouldn't have ditched the Kyoto cheat unless the modellers found a way to colour in the gap to the Paris targets. My bet:
- It'll be mostly state-based renewables
- The rest will be opaque, questionable guff around land and 'future tech' https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
- It'll be mostly state-based renewables
- The rest will be opaque, questionable guff around land and 'future tech' https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
Angus Taylor had to 'shut down' two Hazelwood's worth of predicted coal-fired power output between the 2018 and 2019 projections, to creep closer to Paris
He'll have to shut down even more to get this result. It's going to be wild to see how they do this. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
He'll have to shut down even more to get this result. It's going to be wild to see how they do this. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
After a full year of yelling about a gas-fired recovery, Angus Taylor will also have to continue the four-year process of revising the projected output of fossil gas even lower.
They're relying fully on things they explicitly hate, and loudly oppose, to achieve these reductions.
They're relying fully on things they explicitly hate, and loudly oppose, to achieve these reductions.
So whatever progress is due to be announced: it'll be in spite of their efforts, not because of them. That is a terrible state of affairs. https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/12/05/this-isnt-progress-its-a-symptom-of-rot/
