President Joe Biden will not attend the climate talks that commence this week in Dubai, but the conflict that has come to define his policy on the planetary crisis will be front and center. The president who has catalyzed the nation’s greatest investment ever in a clean energy transition also has presided as U.S. oil […]
After reading the article it sounds like compromise language to get fossil fuel producing countries to sign on to a statement. I guess the idea being if carbon capture technology improved in the future that could be done. They’re not talking about the carbon capture from the air stuff, which is pretty dumb, but carbon capture at point of origin of emissions where co2 concentrations are much higher, like at power plants. Probably also dumb, but maybe slightly more feasible with theoretical future technology that doesn’t exist. Overall it doesn’t mean much though, it’s a language compromise to get more countries to sign on to some symbolic statement the conference will issue. I don’t think any new major actual agreements are being planned for this conference. Though in a deal unrelated to the conference, it sounds like the US and China have made an agreement to lower methane emissions they may announce there.
After reading the article it sounds like compromise language to get fossil fuel producing countries to sign on to a statement. I guess the idea being if carbon capture technology improved in the future that could be done. They’re not talking about the carbon capture from the air stuff, which is pretty dumb, but carbon capture at point of origin of emissions where co2 concentrations are much higher, like at power plants. Probably also dumb, but maybe slightly more feasible with theoretical future technology that doesn’t exist. Overall it doesn’t mean much though, it’s a language compromise to get more countries to sign on to some symbolic statement the conference will issue. I don’t think any new major actual agreements are being planned for this conference. Though in a deal unrelated to the conference, it sounds like the US and China have made an agreement to lower methane emissions they may announce there.