Denmark's new plan: 70% CO2 reduction before 2030
The next 10 years will be very interesting here in Denmark. The parties that are right now trying to form a supporting coalition behind a social democrat government has agreed on a 70% reduction in co2 emission before 2030. Most of the easy goals has already been reached so we’ll have to see if such a thing can even be done.
All cars, vans, trucks and trains must be fossil-free by 2030. The electricity and heating sector must be fossil-free; The transformation of industry, farming and international transport must be on the tracks, and the energy consumption needs to be reduced as much as possible. Both the farming and the industry organisations has agreed to back up this enormous undertaking, but we still need to hear how to fund and organise the whole thing.
Well... Denmark might reduce CO2 by 70% in twenty years, as no one will be able to live there... and so, very little man-made CO2.
I hate the use of the word CO2.
It has nothing to do with global warming, or climate change.
That all has to do with the sun and the area of space we are currently occupying.
Even that movie, An Inconvenient Lie, proved that CO2 doesn't cause temperature (else Gore would have put the two charts together and said, see? No, he said, "don't they look like they go together?" Meaning, they didn't)
However, what do you do when a big portion of CO2 comes from tilling farm land? (not the tractors)
But, i really hope that they lead the way in geo-thermal power plants and ocean wave energy harnessing.
Everything else comes really easy when electricity is MUCH cheaper than oil/petrol.
Haha, yes, the ocean might solve the Danish problem once and for all. I think there is pretty convincing evidence that the composition of the atmosphere oxygen, CO2, methan, water vapour etc. influence the climate. I am not really that fond of Al Gore I must admit, and I do not place much emphasis on his propaganda.
A lot of the leaking nitrous oxide and methane is indeed from low lying land, rice farming is just as bad as beef (so the vegans do as usual not have a strong case). But all the other greenhouse gasses disappear after 5-15 years while CO2 never does - it has to be sucked down by sea and land based plants. So reducing the CO2 is in my opinion a good idea for many reasons. Burning all that fossil fuel also pollutes in so many other ways.
All in all this will be a good investment for Denmark. We have been earning a lot of money on exporting new technology, especially wind power, and even though a lot of our investments will give Poland and Germany cheap green electricity it might on the other hand reduce particle pollution from their coal plants here in Denmark.
P.S. Denmark has good opportunities for geo-thermal plants, but it is still considered too expensive. Could be interesting if they threw some more money after some experimental facilities both in this and in wave energy. We'll see what the budget is going to look like.
Det er sgu en god start :D
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Ja, jeg synes at det bliver spændende. Vi er sgu rige nok til at kaste os ud i det.
P.S. Det er dejligt når man pludselig kan skrive på sit modersmål!
Haha ja, vi er rige nok til at afprøve ting af :D
Ja det er lækkert, det sker virkeligt ikke særligt tid på Steem :p
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