CO2 Cuts Could Impoverish The World

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Climate Accord 'Irrelevant,' And CO2 Cuts Could Impoverish The World by Javier E. David However, Cambridge's Kelly linked middle-class economic growth to soaring energy demand — the lion's share of which will continue to be met by fossil fuels. Recently, Exxon Mobil projected that those fuels will still provide 80 percent of energy for at least the next two decades. What that effectively mean, Kelly argued, is that rapid decarbonization is a "glib" effort that would result in "large parts of the population [dying] from starvation, destitution or violence in the absence of enough low-carbon energy to sustain society."

I think he is wrong on that.
If I remember correctly, alternative technologies double in size every four years.
So, in 40 years it looks entirely doable.

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