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Old 05-31-2016, 11:02 AM   #1472
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Originally Posted by nik- View Post
That report is banking way too much on carbon capture as a GHG reduction benchmark.
Sure but the basic point still stands, the scenario still has a large role for fossil fuels.

What I find frustrating about the previous pages of discussion is just how ready many posters are to build some strawman to which they can start extolling ALL of their grievances on. Some mythical hypocritical environmentalist conspiracy lead by the evil witch Naomi Klein is out there with crazy ideas to shut down all fossil fuel production immediately and throw us back to the dark ages if we don't stand up and point out just how stupid and evil their ideas are.

Meanwhile there's a whole field of policy experts, economics, engineers, academics, politicians who are meticulously trying to advance policy and avoid calamity from climate change. But screw all them! This is about winning an argument with David Suzuki and not trying to work our way out of one of the greatest problems humanity has had to overcome.

It's like saying that the whole NDP is a bunch of communists hell bent on destroying Alberta and all that we hold dear... oh wait.
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