Climate Letter #611

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Carl Campbell
The importance of food production as a source of global warming.  New work shows that greenhouse gas emissions due to various aspects of food production have about the same effect on climate as the burning of fossil fuels.  Food production for humans is responsible for deforestation and also for numerous ways of adding to global emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, both of which are much more powerful (per molecule) than CO2 as trappers of heat.  “Unfortunately, there has been limited discussion about major commitments to decarbonise the food production system, as there has been about decarbonising the energy system.”  Some helpful ideas are offered.  The problems we are up against, as a species that is no longer under nature’s control, are perhaps deeper than we realize.

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The worldwide growth in energy consumption is another worry.  This means we really have less time to make the switch to renewables than commonly projected.  A new model, based on a full accounting of projected energy supply and demand, is forecasting a temperature gain of 2C by the year 2030.  An argument is made that global suffering from poverty cannot be alleviated by providing the poor with “cheap” energy from fossil fuels.
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More information about the lawsuit that James Hansen has organized.  (See yesterday’s Climate Letter.)  It is being taken seriously by major companies in the fossil fuel business, and that alone is meaningful.
Much more information in this next post.  My impression now is that the suit is demanding too much from the government and is therefore unlikely to succeed, but the publicity could still be useful, and maybe there is still a way to slenderize the demands.
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A report from the EU.  According to this, various special interests, that were restrained from interfering with the heads of state at the Paris conference, are now back in business and quietly resetting the agenda more to their liking.
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A whole new way to capture offshore wind.  It’s interesting, and the developer claims it will be highly competitive, but it still has a long way to go.  A demonstration project has been financed.
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A new technology for large-scale purification of water that is very good to hear about.  It could help offset one of the big problems associated with climate change.
Carl

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