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We Need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty – and We Need it Now

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How did government respond to the recent scientific conclusion that only “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” can deliver the globally agreed target for stopping climate breakdown? In the UK, fracking for fossil fuels was given the green light, plans were announced for a huge new road in the south-eastincentives for electric vehicles withered, the expansion of Heathrow airport is still going ahead and Gatwick airport is trying to expand too by bringing a back-up runway into use. It’s like seeing a sign that says “Danger: vertical cliff drop” and pulling on your best running shoes to take a flying leap.

Something isn’t working. The head of the oil company Shell responded to the new climate science warming by clarifying that “Shell’s core business is, and will be for the foreseeable future, very much in oil and gas.” BP announced new North Sea oil projects. Immediate choices are being made with blank disregard to avoiding climate breakdown.

A new line in the sand is needed to underpin the existing climate agreement, to exert influence over the immediate choices of policymakers. At the very least, the science should mandate a moratorium in rich countries on any further expansion of the fossil fuel industry, or any infrastructure dependent on it. Currently, global demand for coal, oil and gas are all growing, with fossil fuels accounting for 81% of energy use. Worryingly, the International Energy Agency projects total fossil fuel use rising for decades still to come, smashing all climate targets.

A moratorium could take the form of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. The threat of nuclear catastrophe provides a precedent for how, quickly, to stop a bad situation getting worse. The nuclear non-proliferation treaty(NPT), agreed 50 years ago between 1965-68, was a triumph of rapid diplomacy, at the height of cold war mistrust, and against an immense security threat (this is a different, far more comprehensive and important treaty than the one with Russia rejected by Donald Trump last week).

The second pillar of the NPT is disarmament. This means rapid substitution of clean energy for fossil fuels. We know this can be done in ways which would also save tens of millions of lives by improving air quality. But “disarmament” would also be delivered by following the climate scientists’ three point plan for action carrying the “highest benefits”: lowering energy demand, lowering material consumption, and switching to food choices that are low carbon (in other words more plant-based food).

The final pillar concerns the promotion of the “peaceful” use of technology. In a climate context, that would mean massively expanding existing initiatives to compensate poorer countries for leaving fossil fuels in the ground, while ensuring access to clean energy and the technology needed for development. Funds could be also redirected from the staggering $10m per minute that governments give in fossil fuel subsidies, according to the International Monetary Fund. Some governments have already proposed moratoriums on coal at national level and there are initiatives such as Powering Past Coal Alliance.

As far back as 1988 at the Toronto conference on the changing atmosphere, climatic upheaval was described as a threat “second only to nuclear war”, a sentiment endorsed from the CIA to MI5 and the United Nations. National efforts are crucial, but a new fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty supported by movements calling to leave fossil fuels in the ground, would provide a transparent and fair means to stop climate breakdown. The best way to mark the 50th anniversary of the NPT, would be to begin negotiation of its fossil fuel equivalent.

The Guardian blog



23 Comments on "We Need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty – and We Need it Now"

  1. makati1 on Fri, 26th Oct 2018 8:31 pm 

    American insanity ….

    ‘A Tufts psychology professor and Harvard Medical School lecturer has recommended dosing US water supplies with the lithium in order to reduce suicide rates, saving an estimated 15,000 – 25,000 lives per year.”

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-26/shall-we-add-little-lithium-water-supply

    “…another study using health care claims in the US found that more lithium in the water doesn’t translate to lower diagnoses of dementia or bipolar disorder.”

    What the hell! Just dump it in the water and see what happens. It will raise the stock price of lithium producers. Isn’t profit more important than lives? In America, it is. LMAO

  2. twocats on Fri, 26th Oct 2018 8:33 pm 

    These companies have known about the dangers of climate change for decades and actively hid and denied it. Fifty years of lying and destruction. The top management and up and all their kids and family should be imprisoned for life. And that would be a kindness. Besides – only a complete defeat would cow them.

  3. Here we go again on Fri, 26th Oct 2018 8:38 pm 

    One or two problems…can’t feed 7.8 billion without FF or make money…any volunteers?

  4. Cloggie on Fri, 26th Oct 2018 8:50 pm 

    Unconventional measure: it is no longer a crime to kick a dent in a petrol car. You no longer can report it to the police, unless it is an e-vehicle.

    Additional measure, comparable to cigarette packages: petrol cars are obliged to carry the message ”planet killer” + nr of gram CO2/mile.

  5. Cloggie on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 2:54 am 

    Feelgood video with the Dutch minister of economic affairs announcing that the Netherlands is betting big on the hydrogen economy.

    “Wind meets gas”

    https://deepresource.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/wind-meets-gas-in-the-netherlands/

    [1:17], English language.

    Of all the countries in NW-Europe, Holland is the most logical choice to become big in hydrogen storage, because of its unique expertise in (natural) gas. The Netherlands had and still has the largest natural gas reserves in Europe and corresponding expertise in handling this volatile form of matter.

    Danes and Germans may control the windturbine business; Norwegians, Dutch, Danes and Germans have offshore installation expertise and now Dutch, Norwegians and Germans are going to compete for the hydrogen business.

    As always the rule applies: those who control a new form of energy (first), invariably end up as the next geopolitical top dog:

    – Holland 17th century: wind
    – UK 19th century: steam/coal
    – US 20th century: oil
    – Europe 21st century: renewable energy.

    You can’t say you haven’t been warned.LOL

  6. Anonymouse1 on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 3:45 am 

    Thanks for the link Cloggie, I appreciate your info very much. I agree this tech is awesome and I am no longer stockpiling ammo because of the good news.

  7. Cloggie on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 4:01 am 

    That’s a funny one, millimob!

  8. I AM THE MOB on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 4:34 am 

    Gritty gonna get some!

    https://i.redd.it/kr99n3phjnu11.gif

  9. I AM THE MOB on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 4:59 am 

    Yes, Russia is getting ready for war – in case US attacks, diplomat tells UN

    https://www.rt.com/news/442407-russia-war-preparation-inf/

    After the US hits them with a nuclear first strike..Putin will be so horrified he surrenders and is sent to prison..

    One false flag away!

  10. Davy on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 5:21 am 

    “Feelgood video with the Dutch minister of economic affairs announcing that the Netherlands is betting big on the hydrogen economy.”

    Why do you think it is feel-good? It is because it is fantasy and techno optimistic goop. Hydrogen is a niche fuel vector. It will give you some options but it will not run a competitive economy. The energy dynamics are not sound. The 100% renewable economic and the physics of it are not sound. Your whole life force neder, is not sound. You are a nazi white racist preaching a resurrection of a pan euro empire based on a fake energy transition. That is the only reason you are delusional about renewables and hydrogen because it fits in with your fantasy ingredients of empire.

  11. makati1 on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 5:34 am 

    ANY posts from now on, with my name, are fake until I get back from Manila in a few days. I’ll be taking care of business and stocking up with more preps. Gotta spend that SS bonus every month!

    Real wealth is something physical that you own outright, not pieces of paper or numbers in a computer. They can be gone in an eye-blink. LOL

    BTW: Children who try to destroy this site need to be spanked … or, if over 21, shot.

  12. Cloggie on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 5:36 am 

    Davy is just jealous that his country is rapidly turning into a third world shit hole, incapable of inventing itself out of its energy predicament. Keep talking all the European energy initiatives into the ground, empire dave. The only thing you will ever achieve is talking your own society into the ground.

    Won’t be long until empire dave will behave like the caravan now approaching the US, with knocking at the door of Europe, tail between the legs, unable to sustain the civilization his ancestors created. Dave preferred shouting “Natzi” a little too often, a word his owners put into dave’s minute brain in order to put him in the self-destruct mode.

    Mission accomplished.

  13. Davy on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 5:54 am 

    “Davy is just jealous that his country is rapidly turning into a third world shit hole, incapable of inventing itself out of its energy predicament.”
    Neder, check out the numbers and get back to me. The US is still strong with its energy transformation. Our policy is more realistic and less fantasy driven like Europe. While I admire Europe for what it is doing and attempting, the 100% transition policies are not economically or physically sound. The fact is your “primary energy” “wind and solar” renewables is still very low in relation to all the talk. If a bad recession come these polices will grind to a halt. If the euro and euroland comes apart it will grind to a halt. You should be getting very nervous these days because both situations are increasingly likely.

    “Keep talking all the European energy initiatives into the ground, empire dave. The only thing you will ever achieve is talking your own society into the ground.”
    I only talk your extremism into the ground. I enjoy when you present realistic material. I get tired of your other nonsense that you dump on this board. Start your own Nazi racist blog. Oh, wait a minute you can’t because you might end up in jail for that in Holland. Maybe that is the reason you dump your racist Nazi shit here on a NA site.

    “Won’t be long until empire dave will behave like the caravan now approaching the US, with knocking at the door of Europe, tail between the legs, unable to sustain the civilization his ancestors created.”
    Sorry Neder, I am more secure in my situation here than you are. You have very little to keep you going there neder. Your little garden won’t save you. I bet you have given up on that too. I have 500 acres to supply me.

    “Dave preferred shouting “Natzi” a little too often, a word his owners put into dave’s minute brain in order to put him in the self-destruct mode.”
    It fits neder because you shout Nazi racist shit here daily on an energy web site. This is bullshit. You don’t belong here with your political puke.

    “Mission accomplished.”
    Translation: I hate when Davy neuters me.

  14. Davy on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 6:15 am 

    “1.8 Million Clean Energy Workers Employed In Top 50 American Metro Areas”
    https://tinyurl.com/yajt6aju

    “According to a report from E2, 1.8 million American clean energy jobs are located in the top 50 metro areas. They represent 58% of America’s total 3.2 million clean energy jobs. Every one of the top 50 metro areas employs over 10,000 clean energy workers. Michael Timberlake, the Communications Director for E2, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about the clean energy industry.”

  15. Dredd on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 7:02 am 

    ‘Danger: vertical cliff drop’ and pulling on your best running shoes to take a flying leap.

    Something isn’t working.

    That “something” is human “civilization” which has never worked:

    In other words, a society does not ever die ‘from natural causes’, but always dies from suicide or murder — and nearly always from the former, as this chapter has shown.

    In the Study Toynbee examined the rise and fall of 26 civilizations in the course of human history, and he concluded that they rose by responding successfully to challenges under the leadership of creative minorities composed of elite leaders. Civilizations declined when their leaders stopped responding creatively, and the civilizations then sank owing to the sins of nationalism, militarism, and the tyranny of a despotic minority.
    ” (How To Identify The Despotic Minority).

  16. DerHundistLos on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 7:05 am 

    Mak-

    Sadly you’re right about the suicide epidemic. The US is undergoing a rapidly escalating epidemic of suicides primarily due to the war on drugs. Honest and good Americans who suffer from chronic pain and terminal disease are losing their access to pain medication due to a minority of people abusing them. Sadly, I know of a lady with MS and a man suffering chronic pain due to an industrial accident who were no longer able to obtain prescriptions for their suffering so they committed suicide. An elderly Black man whom I have known for many years as he worked as a building janitor called me in tears. He was suffering from Stage IV Lung cancer and he was in terrible pain. Incredibly, his oncologist refused to treat his condition out of a fear the drugs would be misdirected. Thankfully, I got him to a compassionate doctor who treated his pain appropriately, which I allowed him to die with peace and dignity.

    This should concern all of us as we may find ourselves in a similar position some day, God forbid, and I don’t wish that upon any person.

  17. Blue Tsunami on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 8:04 am 

    Remember this from Davy on 10-25:

    “This bombing event has all the hallmarks of a false flag conveniently placed before the midterms. This after the Supreme Court fiasco of lies and deceit which was a bold faced attempt a slander to achieve a political end. I am all for cherished liberal values but I am dead set against this activity. We must stand up to it and defend the constitution. The thieves are being exposed and their time is near. Their lies and brazen disregard for the checks and balance of powers will likely be terminated with a midterm win or not. Trump may be disgusting to liberals but this behavior is far and above disgusting. This behavior is an existential threat to the government that provides are stability.”

    From the Florida Sun Sentinel:

    “A Florida man has been arrested in connection with the suspicious packages and mail “bombs” that were allegedly sent to prominent Democrats and CNN over the last two weeks.

    Cesar Altieri Sayoc, Jr., 56, of Aventura, was arrested at an AutoZone in Plantation, Florida today. DNA evidence was reportedly used to link Sayoc to the packages.
    A registered Republican and President Donald Trump activist, Sayoc has been arrested at least 10 times according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, once in 2002 for making a bomb threat and most recently in 2015 for a probation violation.

    That registration was current as of Sept. 30, 2018, according to state voter files.”

    Davy, you possess so much hate in your heart that you are desperate for bad news to reflect on the Democrats. Instead, you end up discrediting yourself.

  18. I AM THE MOB on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 8:14 am 

    Mak

    Your preps will be easily stolen when the global economy collapses..You are outnumbered by the unprepared by a million to one..

    You are an ignorant old fool

  19. Makkita on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 8:39 am 

    Makkita …any post are stupid and just plain fake by me. I’m here in Manila visiting the local enema cleaning salon to get me to poop.
    Then off to the ball wash and shave to cure my rash. Real wealth is what you can hold in your hands and needs a little help to work.
    Viagra kinda does the trick. Until then, Davy cJuan, Coggie and too many nitwits to list
    Keep it going

  20. Davy on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 10:05 am 

    “Another Davy conspiracy theory bites the dust as the truth emerges:”
    Wow, did you just get the news? You are a few days behind. This is not over yet stupid. You do realize that this could be a set up…right or maybe you are not that smart.

    Who the frig is Blue Tsunami, is that the new SLOB handle or maybe sloppy joe?

    I also said this:
    “Lowy said Sayoc had “trouble conforming” and “didn’t fit in.” The lawyer said he was not surprised the explosive devices his client is accused of assembling and mailing did not explode. He questioned Sayoc’s ability to successfully devise and execute such a scheme.”
    https://tinyurl.com/y748jrrv
    IOW, the guy is likely not bright enough to do this complicated scheme. This is the perfect extremist liberal “SOROS” false flag conveniently right before midterms. It is this type of shit that makes me wonder about the Democratic Party and the extremist liberal fringe that are now in control of it.

  21. rockman on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 1:24 pm 

    Back to the subject: ” nuclear non-proliferation treaty(NPT), agreed 50 years ago between 1965-68, was a triumph…” You have to wonder if these folks even read what they post. It’s one thing to shoot yourself in the foot with your own words. Another thing to hold a double barrel shotgun to your head and pull both triggers. LOL. Yes indeed: thank goodness there are fewer countries with nukes today or in the process of developing them then there were in the late 60’s.

  22. boney joe on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 8:43 pm 

    “You do realize that this could be a set up.”

    DavyTurd doubling down on another conspiratorial nonsense story.

    He’s a delusional mental case, as most posters already know.

  23. Blue Tsunami on Sat, 27th Oct 2018 11:07 pm 

    “You do realize that this could be a set up…right or maybe you are not that smart.”

    DavyTurd doubles down on the conspiracy nonsense as evidence grows against the bomber.

    This latest news from the Miami Herald:

    “In South Florida, where the sun shines year round, dreams and schemes grow like hothouse flowers. Sayoc finally found his true calling two years ago at a rally for Donald Trump in West Palm Beach. He bought a red Make America Great Again cap, carried a poster mocking Trump critics and joined the boisterous throng in chants of “Lock her up!””

    “He plastered his van with stickers glorifying Trump and superimposing rifle-scope crosshairs on the faces of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He began berating his lesbian boss at the pizza parlor, telling her she would burn in hell with the blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims and gays who were ruining America.”

    “This past Friday, nearly two years after Trump defeated Clinton for president and less than two weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections, Sayoc was arrested at a Plantation AutoZone and charged with mailing pipe bombs to a dozen prominent Democrats around the country, including former President Obama. The manila envelopes, replete with misspelled names and packed with crude explosive materials, passed through the Opa-locka postal facility just miles from where Sayoc, 56, grew up in Aventura and graduated from North Miami Beach High School.”

    DavyTurd, however, has repeatedly told us he is “Neutral, fair, and balanced.”

    The Turd is nuttier than a fruit cake, that’s for sure.

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