Coal Is Like Torture Rage Guardian Friends Of The Earth

Oops. Who hates "the environment"? Green lobbyists keep revealing how little they care. Friends of the Earth want to categorically rule out one of the most cost effective ways to reduce our carbon emissions. New supercritical hot burning coal plants can reduce emissions by an amazing 15%. But Friends of the Earth and The Guardian hate coal more than they care about CO2.

The green climate fund (GCF) refused an explicit ban on fossil fuel projects at the contentious meeting in Songdo, South Korea, last week.

"It's like a torture convention that doesn't forbid torture," said Karen Orenstein, a campaigner for Friends of the Earth US who was at the meeting. "Honestly it should be a no-brainer at this point." -- The Guardian

Poor old solar and wind power are so useless that the debate is about whether they achieve any reductions at all. Their intermittent power means some kind of back-up base load power source has to run on standby to pick up the pieces when they collapse. The more wind power you have, the less CO2 you save. Solar Power provides "cheaper" electricity to the rich at the expense of everyone else, and potentially [...]

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