Comments on: Lorents Lorentsen: ‘Who will pay for climate action?’ http://earthsky.org/earth/who-will-pay-for-climate-action A Clear Voice for Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Karlin http://earthsky.org/earth/who-will-pay-for-climate-action/comment-page-1#comment-15510 Karlin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:49:45 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=2082#comment-15510 It is a MYTH that reducing emissions will cause an economic catastrophe. The economic BENEFITS of moving away from fossil fuels has been proven in countries such as Sweden and others. Even locally, even one household, sees economic benefits each and every time they replace fossil fuels with renewables. What we keep hearing in mainstream media is the fearmongering by fossil fuel friendly folks, such as Canada's Environment Minister Jim Prentice last week in Calgary. We need to get this message out that it is not true that reducing emissions will ruin the economy. What reducing emissions WILL cost is a lot of money up front, but all that money will be returned many times over. The only difference is about 3 or 4 years more for that return as compared to fossil fuels, but once we turn that corner, about 7 years after installing renewable infrastructure, we will be RICH in "abundant clean energy". It is a MYTH that reducing emissions will cause an economic catastrophe.
The economic BENEFITS of moving away from fossil fuels has been proven in countries such as Sweden and others. Even locally, even one household, sees economic benefits each and every time they replace fossil fuels with renewables.

What we keep hearing in mainstream media is the fearmongering by fossil fuel friendly folks, such as Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice last week in Calgary. We need to get this message out that it is not true that reducing emissions will ruin the economy.

What reducing emissions WILL cost is a lot of money up front, but all that money will be returned many times over. The only difference is about 3 or 4 years more for that return as compared to fossil fuels, but once we turn that corner, about 7 years after installing renewable infrastructure, we will be RICH in “abundant clean energy”.

]]> By: Steven Earl Salmony http://earthsky.org/earth/who-will-pay-for-climate-action/comment-page-1#comment-14024 Steven Earl Salmony Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:20:43 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=2082#comment-14024 We hear the Copenhagen Climate Conference will be a failure. No binding international agreement will be made. The last best hope for humanity to sensibly address climate destabilization has been turned into a steppingstone to nowhere. A colossal tragedy is in the making. Father Profit wins again and again. Mother Nature loses. Now for some good news: "THE(only)GAME(in town)" is in the bottom half of the ninth inning and, therefore, not yet over for Mother Nature. We hear the Copenhagen Climate Conference will be a failure. No binding international agreement will be made. The last best hope for humanity to sensibly address climate destabilization has been turned into a steppingstone to nowhere.

A colossal tragedy is in the making. Father Profit wins again and again. Mother Nature loses.

Now for some good news: “THE(only)GAME(in town)” is in the bottom half of the ninth inning and, therefore, not yet over for Mother Nature.

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