Tag: 2030

UN admits World will crash through Paris Agreement goals by a factor of two for 2030

Major fossil fuel-producing countries still plan to extract more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with the Paris climate accord’s goal for limiting global temperature rise, according to a United Nations-backed study released Wednesday.

From JoNova

By Jo Nova

Top 20 Energy mining nations are planning to increase production, not decrease it.

Despite 151 nations signing the Paris Agreement, the UNEP has all but admitted that most of the world is not even pretending to meet their emissions promises. As is obvious in the graph below, governments of the top 20 producers of the evil coal, oil and gas are planning to dig up even more of it by 2030 than they do now. These 20 nations produce 80% of the world’s fossil fuels and somewhere out there are lots of customers.

The report appears to be a scorecard to guilt-trip the 20 naughty nations into giving up warmth, food or billions of dollars in exports, but it reads like the Paris Agreement is pure charade.

Governments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows

Stockholm, 8 November 2023 – A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, and 69% more than would be consistent with 2°C.

Who are we kidding?

The Production Gap really means “The Overshoot”.

The fossil fuel production gap — the difference between governments’ plans and projections and levels consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C and 2°C, as expressed in units of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel extraction and burning — remains large and expands over time. (See details in Chapter 2 and Figure 2.1.) https://www.unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023

Speaking of which China just opened the new 1,800 kilometer Haoji  Railway in 2019* — specifically to carry coal

It has 770 bridges spanning a total of 381 kilometers and 468 kilometers of tunnels. They started it in 2015.

No one is holding back on fossil fuels here: Wow, that is some bridge.

https://twitter.com/ElanderNews/status/1722174594386120816?s=20

REFERENCE

The 2023 Production Gap Report: “Phasing down or phasing up? Top fossil fuel producers plan even more extraction despite climate promises” is produced by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Climate Analytics, E3G, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

*Corrected: The Haoji Railway was not opened this year but just before the Covid pandemic broke out,  years after “The Paris Agreement” was signed. Thanks Ross.

Big Brother: German Bundestag Approves Law To Accelerate Installation of Smart Meters

Large household electricity consumption devices like heat pumps, electric cars may be throttled or completely switched off by the grid operators.

From NoTricksZone

By P Gosselin on 23. April 2023

Large household electricity consumption devices like heat pumps, electric cars may be throttled or completely switched off by the grid operators.

Blackout News reports here how the German Bundestag has approved the law to accelerate the nationwide installation of smart meters. “The aim is to advance the digitalization of the transition to green energies.”

It will allow grid operators to “ration electricity by remotely throttling or completely shutting off power for large consumers such as heat pumps and charging devices for electric cars.”

The Bundestag decided this with a large majority last Thursday.

“By 2030, every household is to have a smart meter. These networked measuring devices for electricity automatically transmit consumption to the electricity providers,” reports Blackout News.  “According to the government, these systems should help to use energy efficiently and cost-effectively and relieve the electricity grid.”

Large supply bottlenecks, demand overloads loom

With millions of heat pumps and electric cars coming on the market in the future, and coal and gas plants being shut down. supplying Germany’s electricity needs will become a formidable challenge.

Rationing likely

The president of Germany’s Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, warns of potential overload problems and that power utilities will need to be able to “temporarily reduce the amount of electricity drawn from the grid.”

Already plans for electricity rationing are to come into effect beginning 1 January 2024.

Experts like Manuel Lösch warns problems may arise if many households charge their electric vehicles and run their heat pumps at the same time. It will not be possible for everyone will not be able to charge up their vehicles and run their heat pumps in the evenings without causing grid overloads.

No alternatives

“In cases of grid overloads, the grid operator could remotely reduce the power of devices via the smart meters to prevent power cuts, as there are hardly any alternatives,” reports Blackout News. “The federal government announced that elaborate functions such as control and switching will gradually be enabled or made available after a warm-up phase via application updates on the smart meter gateways in cooperation with the back-end systems.”