Electrifying all cars,
trucks, motorcycles,
ships and airplanes ?
Electrifying heating
for all buildings ?
Electricity only from
nuclear, hydro, solar
and wind power ?
Burning wood is not green
-- that releases lots of CO2.
And that doesn't change
if the wood is called
"biomass".
Green's have tried
to hide that fact.
Until Michael Moore
spoke up with his
"Planet of the Humans"
documentary.
The target of a net-zero CO2
by 2050 global economy
is very complex, expensive
and very unlikely to be feasible,
There is no detailed
technology plan for
"Net Zero".
Current technology,
especially batteries,
is not even close to
what is needed.
There are not even
national standards,
for just the plug,
for recharging car
batteries !
And of course
no international
standard !
Without such a plan,
an exceptionally complex
project is very unlikely
to be on time, and on budget.
Perhaps the electricity grid
and distribution systems
could be upgraded by 2050.
But will there be enough
raw materials to make
batteries needed for
all the cars and trucks
... not to mention all the
airplanes and ships ?
Will the intermittent
renewable forms
of energy have
an affordable
technology to store
electricity for use
at night and/or
when the wind
is not blowing ?
What about
extra seasonal
electricity storage
for peak usage
seasons ?
Current battery
manufacturing
capabilities
would need to be
500 - 1,000 times
larger to support
an all-electric global
transport system.
Generic proclamations,
such as eliminating CO2
emissions from aviation
and international shipping
by 2050, are just leftist
political platitudes.
Suppose it takes
10 years for leftists
to realize their net-zero
2050 target is an
unattainable goal ?
Will they admit their error,
and stop the spending
and the work ?
Of course not.
The materials needed
to transition to all
electric transport,
just in the UK,
is estimated
to require
about:
200% the current annual
global production of cobalt,
75% of lithium carbonate,
100% of neodymium, and
50% of copper.
Materials needed
just for batteries
WORLDWIDE,
are way beyond
known reserves.
At the end of their life
these batteries, and
wind and solar power
generators, will produce
tonnes of hazardous
waste, per unit
of electricity
produced.
More than all the
decommissioned
nuclear power plants,
assuming nuclear
energy is not wanted.
China dominates
many of the key
rare earth materials,
which can rarely
be mined for a profit
elsewhere,
especially in the
United States.
Do we trust China
to be the "OPEC"
of rare earth
minerals ?
A robust technology
plan is needed for a
net-zero emissions
global economy in 2050.
Desperately needed.
Such as plan would have
interim targets -- perhaps
a series of five year plans.
Such a plan is not likely
to be developed, because
it might take only a year
or two to discover
the overall plan was
behind schedule and
over budget !
And maybe just five years
to discover the who;e plan
was an infeasible fairy tale ?
Meanwhile, the severe
economic damage
from the worldwide
coronavirus pandemic
is trumping expensive
green investments in
Australia, Germany,
California and
elsewhere.
There's also
a moving target
for future global
electricity needs.
Half of the world’s
population will need
more energy
per person in the
next decade,
and 70% to 80%
of that energy
is likely to
come from
fossil fuels.
Creating detailed
national Net Zero
by 2050 plans now,
would point out the
problems that need
solving.
Can we trust China
and India to develop
plans and follow them ?
An international plan
would require global
cooperation on a scale
never experienced
in history.
Meanwhile,
Net Zero 2050
is just a
generic goal,
without a plan.
Actually,
Net Zero 2050
is a leftist pipe dream,
with the real goals of
printing lots of money,
spending lots of money,
raising taxes.
sharply increasing
central government
powers, and telling
people how to live.
Things that leftists
always want to do !