{"id":9638,"date":"2017-01-04T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2017-01-04T21:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T02:21:17","slug":"food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2017\/01\/food-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw this article posted on Facebook by a friend earlier this week. \u00a0You might enjoy it. \u00a0Be sure to read it all the way to the end and then back again. \u00a0The cleverly-written article was written by Michael Liebrich and is entitled “It\u2019s a new year and time to face reality<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m reproducing this in its entirety, since you have to read the whole thing, and then read it backwards.<\/p>\n

The world will never shift to a clean energy future.<\/em>
\nWe need to stop listening to so-called experts who say<\/em>
\nWe can avoid catastrophic climate change by eliminating the use of fossil fuels.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nEngineers are smart and love solving problems.<\/em>
\nBut here\u2019s the thing:<\/em>
\nWe still need electricity when the wind isn\u2019t blowing and the sun isn\u2019t shining.<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s time to accept the obvious fact:<\/em>
\nThat more renewable energy will cause the grid to collapse.<\/em>
\nSo please abandon your hopes<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nWind and solar can produce some of the cheapest power in the world.<\/em>
\nBut only if you ignore their subsidies and hidden costs.<\/em>
\nCoal and oil are by far the best way to provide reliable power and spread wealth.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nNuclear power is inherently dangerous.<\/em>
\nWe need to ignore the advocates who claim that<\/em>
\nNew nuclear technologies offer passive safety and solutions to waste and proliferation.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nElectric vehicles will remain a niche technology.<\/em>
\nYou have to be in denial to believe<\/em>
\nThere will be game-changing reductions in battery costs and charging times.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nProgress on energy efficiency just leads to increased energy demand.<\/em>
\nThere is no credible data to suggest that<\/em>
\nWe can actually reduce overall global energy consumption.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nWe\u2019ll still be dependent on coal and oil in 50 years.<\/em>
\nAnd there\u2019s no way<\/em>
\nThe world is shifting to a clean energy future.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nIt\u2019s a new year and time to face reality.<\/em>
\n.<\/em>
\nBut wait, isn\u2019t that all backwards? Now read in reverse and see what you think\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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Source: D Sharon Pruitt\/Commons Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw this article posted on Facebook by a friend earlier this week. \u00a0You might enjoy it. \u00a0Be sure to read it all the way to the end and then back again. \u00a0The cleverly-written article was written by Michael Liebrich and is entitled “It\u2019s a new year and time to face reality“. I\u2019m reproducing this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":3209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9642,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9638\/revisions\/9642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}