"The current official U.S. targets are ambitious. They are also necessary to create a prosperous, healthy climate."
A 'Cash for Clunkers' (C4C) program would speed vehicle retirement, cut U.S. oil consumption, and help achieve our climate goals.
John Sterman discusses his groundbreaking research that proved burning wood for energy will "increase atmospheric CO2 for at least a century."
"To truly cut emissions, offsets must be AVID+: Additional, Verifiable, Immediate, Durable — and help meet other societal goals (the 'plus')."
"Stock-outs lead to panic orders … And that, of course, makes everything worse, in a kind of vicious cycle, self-reinforcing process.”
"People are not very good at keeping track of the supply line … The on-hand inventory plays an outsize role in conditioning their decisions.”
“You put carbon into the air right now, today. ... Maybe you'll remove it in decades to come, or a century from now. That's a terrible deal.”
“There is no plausible way to limit warming to 1.5 or even 2 (degrees) if coal is not phased out ... along with oil and gas …"
... cutting down trees to burn them would be worse for climate over the next few decades.
Since John Sterman and his wife completed an energy retrofit on their home ... they have generated about 45% more energy than they use.
