Thursday, January 10, 2013

Bill McKibben: Our protest must shortcircuit the fossil fuel interests blocking Barack Obama

guardian.co.uk  link via Samizdata

Lovely quote upcoming:
Physics doesn't understand that rapid action on climate change threatens the most lucrative business on Earth, the fossil fuel industry.

Comment:

Actually, as Greg Vezina has shown, this is not true.  You can burn ammonia in an internal combustion engine---no carbon and very low emissions.  You can also make ammonia with zero carbon emissions.  So, the fossil fuel industry is not threatened by rapid action on climate change.   It is threatened by those who don't like profitable businesses, like the fossil fuels business.

Question:  Who might these people be?  Hint: Starts with a "C" and ends with a "t".


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