Hi Corneilius,
Yes, it's good to be reminded that, even without the climate crisis, the
world is in trouble, and from Blake's "dark satanic mills" to Carson's
"silent spring," perceptive social critics have been aware of it. To use an
industrial metaphor, we are all passengers on a runaway train without a
driver, or perhaps with a bunch of drivers arguing about how the brakes
work.
John
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John Scull
http://members.shaw.ca/jscull
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
--Walt Whitman
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From: "Corluminous" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:36 AM
Subject: Re: Don’t Blame Oil, Developed Nations Are Responsible ..... what
if?
What if the Carbon Climate Change driver concept is an attempt to undermine
OPEC?
What if the truth is that the fundamental processes of Industrialism are at
the root of the toxicity of our 'developed' culture, because these processes
DO NOT RETURN NUTRIENTS to nature for more life to utilise those nutrients,
safely, in a balanced way, and instead we are slowly poisoning all of that
which we live in?
What if the truth is that Indsutrialism is fundamentally a malign
dictatorship, and willing to obliterate millions of people, plants and
animals in an insane desire to 'protect' itself?
What if these truths more than any other define this culture?
Who would benefit in the short-term, from avoiding these truths, from many
people being distracted by Carbon Trading, and Green Developement, and an
Imaginary Islamic Fundamentalist War on the West, or by Jade Goodys public
death?
Kindest regards
Corneilius
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Subject: Don’t Blame Oil, Developed Nations Are Responsible for Climate
Change, Says OPEC
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Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 10:46 PM
Don’t Blame Oil, Developed Nations Are Responsible for Climate Change,
Says
OPEC
Written by
Mridul
Chadha Published on April 4th, 2009
The OPEC Secretary General has said that
oil is not responsible for climate change and that the developed
nations should be held responsible for the global predicament we all face
today.
Oil is not responsible. It is the
industrialised countries which are making all this pollution in the
world.
These were the words of Abdullah al-Badri at the International Oil
Summit held at Paris. He went on to criticize ’some’ developed nations
levying excessive taxes on oil companies and petroleum products while
extending tax breaks to renewable energy firms. He also spoke against the
subsidies that the renewable energy projects recieve in the developed
countries.
It is highly unfortunate to see OPEC’s single-minded and illogical stance
regarding climate change and renewable energy.
The developed nations have started to move their power generation systems
from being fossil fuel based to renewable energy centred systems.
However, hybrids and
electric cars are still expensive and with the car industry going
through catastrophic period of sales, it is unlikely that they would be
able to mass-produce an affordable low emission vehicle. Thus gasoline
burning cars and trucks remain a major source of world’s carbon
emissions.
The oil companies which the OPEC is supporting are the same which exited
the lucrative renewable energy markets of Europe to ’set up profitable
projects’ across the Atlantic. Under the Bush administration when the
prospects of renewable energy in the US were not as bright as they are
now, companies like
Shell and
British Petroleum, quit renewable energy projects in the UK and
Asia to look for markets which provided ‘better
profitibility’.
On one hand, the OPEC opposes the subsidies being given to renewable
energy projects and on other hand wants the developed nations to adapt to
climate change, without reducing their oil consumption. Clearly OPEC is
scared of the world turning its back on it and fears a gradual global
decline in oil demand. OPEC also seems to be concerned by the billions of
dollars of
green
energy project investments pledged by world leaders. It is running
out of reasons to convince the world to continue using oil at the same
rate as it used to some decades ago. World’s oil addiction is in the
interest of oil exporting nations but it could spell doom for the rest of
the world.
Europe has already made clear that it would aggressively pursue large
scale renewable energy production. It also plans to rid itself from the
dependence on Russian gas supplies. European plans to build a massive
solar power project in the African desert which could potentially
generate power enough for every home in Europe. And now with President
Obama promising to free America from imported oil, OPEC feels that a
major part of its partnership with two key customers has a bleak future
thus prompting it to make such false statements.
The tables seem to have turned now. Last year when the international
crude oil prices blasted all previous records the OPEC members celebrated
the billions of dollars of annual revenues they amassed as a result of
the world’s oil addiction. Now that the world is suffering from an
economic recession, car companies are going bankrupt and airline
companies are cancelling fights, the OPEC is panicking with fear that all
the major economies would invest billions of dollars in developing new
energy systems based on renewable sources while neglecting oil.
The world leaders must understand that renewable energy, and not oil, is
the future. This economic crisis has given us a rare opportunity to kill
two birds in one strike - fire up the economy and get rid of the fossil
fuels. By investing in renewable energy projects we would not only be
ensuring energy security but also creating millions of jobs. The leaders
of the developed world and those of the developing countries like India
and China, must avoid giving such false and illogical statements much
importance and must continue to invest heavily in renewable energy
projects.
http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/04/04/dont-blame-oil-developed-nations-are-responsible-for-climate-change-says-opec/
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