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Is 450 ppm (or less) politically possible? Part 3: The breakthrough technology illusion
Existing technology is faster and far more practical than hypothetical new inventions |
Joseph Romm |
30 Apr 2008 |
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| This post will explain why some sort of massive government Apollo program or Manhattan project to develop new breakthrough technologies is not a priority component of the effort to stabilize at 450 ppm. Put more quantitatively, the question is, what are the chances that multiple (4 to 8+) carbon-free technologies that do not exist today can each deliver the equivalent of 350 gigawatts baseload power (about 2.8 billion megawatt-hours a year) and/or 160 billion gallo ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, tech (all these topics) |
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