Britain should oppose binding target for renewable energies

Twilight · Expert Joined: Mar 02, 2007 Posts: 2971 Location: UK

If 20% is too difficult, 15% or even 10% would be something. But their attitude sounds like they don't even want to try because they don't recognise partial success, so anything under 20% is failure, and failure looks bad. They will only ever play in a rigged game.

Alcassin

Oh, we had election last sunday. Government changed for the pro-European, and not skeptic about GW. I think Brown should go to Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus is a true skeptic.
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Doly · Expert Joined: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 4034

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Despite all the posturing, Britain and other EU countries are almost all failing to meet their commitments under the nonbinding Kyoto accords.

The British and general EU strategy is to sign non-binding agreements, boast about how great they are at fighting climate change and developing alternative energy, and then 10 years down the road when they've failed to meet their commitments, say "oops" and let the next government deal with it.

dorlomin · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 1061

The UK has made no cuts in its carbon production over the past ten years and has instead been increasing.

It did achieve cuts in carbon over the 80s/90s but this was due to economic and political considerations. The fact it became a producer of gas meant that it could kill of its coal mining industry and produce energy slightly cheaper and more carbon friendly. And the fact that no one wanted anything they manufactured meant they no longer had steel works and ship yards to produce carbon for them.

Ofcourse the politicians break there arms to congratulate themselves on carbon cuts that were often due to political incompatence.