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EC calls for tech help on carbon targets

Anonymous Coward

heh 

Posted Thursday 12th March 2009 17:07 GMT

world is to be run off of pixie dust and magic beans.

Anonymous Coward

EuroCrat double speak. 

Posted Thursday 12th March 2009 23:24 GMT

Flame

"The ICT industry itself contributes two per cent to Europe's total carbon emissions"

So if this sector drops it's emission by 20% that means a whole 0.4% of Europe's carbon emissions are saved. That certainly will be inspiring to the Iron, power, and transportation industries.

Anonymous Coward

Carbon Fear Mongerers are on Crack! 

Posted Saturday 14th March 2009 00:34 GMT

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Carbon is the element of life!

CO2 causes the plants to grow faster, which will increase the production of biomass for more energy, and produce greater food supplies for us!

The carbon, which the fuel is based upon, will not be depleted, merely converted to another form which can be easily harvested using natural means.

Leaving Carbon sequestered in the ground is pointless, if what Scientists say is correct: they used to be plants above the ground at some point in time!

gerda99

Less meat could cut climate costs by $20 trillion (!) until 2050 

Posted Friday 20th March 2009 14:04 GMT

Less meat could cut climate costs by $20 trillion (!) until 2050!!

These are dramatic figures: If we do not reduce our meat consumption, it will cost us US$ 20 000 000 000 000 by the year 2050!! That's the conclusion of a study by Elke Stehfest and colleagues of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, see http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16573-eating-less-meat-could-cu...

$20 trillion or $20000 billion, this is the share of the costs of fighting the consequences of global warming that we could save by reducing meat consumption globally - or pay the price! For a purely plant based diet the savings go up to approx. $32 trillion! With the current economic crisis in mind, we simply cannot afford to ignore this situation. Let's contribute to a change in our diets, away from animal products, away from livestock, let's explore alternatives (vegetarian meat, in-vitro-meat, alternatives to egg-products, …)!