Paris Climate
Conference Follows the Path of the JCPOA, Posted 12/15/15, by
Alice Greene : Guest Writer
Just
like the nuclear agreement with Iran, the recent UN climate change conference
termed ‘COP21’ has devolved from good intentions to no more than a joke. Turns
out that joke will cost the US $80 billion a year. And the summit couldn’t even
accomplish its one goal of designing an agreement that would force the world to
cut back on CO2 emissions.
After
considerable 'hot air' emissions, if you catch my drift, world
leaders have agreed that all countries involved will provide annual
reports on CO2 reductions. But with no way of supervising these reports, I
am once again reminded of the massive failure that is the JCPOA.
The
last two days of the conference were “among the most chaotic I have ever seen,”
one official has been quoted as saying.
According
to the New York Times, reducing
CO2 emissions is “essentially voluntary.” Even worse, wealthy countries (that’s
us) are required to give $80 billion each year to poor countries. If you were
watching, you’ll note that a score of beautiful women appeared on screen after
that announcement, smiling about the unearned money they expect to enjoy every
year.
What
happens next? Well, the Sierra Club has just announced a new program called Keep in the Ground that will strive
to “prevent the extraction of fossil fuels right from the start,” according to
the group’s executive director Michael Brune. According to The Hill, the plan is to “shut down
coal mines and crack down on hydraulic fracturing, along with stopping the
transportation of fossil fuels in oil trains, pipelines, and coal export
terminals.”
This
plan, which seems anything but legal, sounds crazy to anyone who understands
energy. Not surprisingly, President Obama seems to like the idea. During the
speech in which he rejected Phase IV of the Keystone Pipeline, he said, “We’re
going to have to keep some fossil fuels in
the ground rather than burn them.”
Comments
Congress needs stop the EPA from closing US coal plants,
repeal EPA air and water Regulations. Congress
needs to defund this $80 billion a year scam and they need to quit the
UN.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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