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Arthur Winer's avatar

With all due respect, Roger, from a fellow atmospheric scientist, what is the point of writing "requires the deployment of 1 nuclear power plant equivalent of carbon-free energy per day for decades to come"? I expect this from the more rabid unscientific greens but not from you. Especially given the commitment of China and India to increasing their coal use for decades into the future. Can't we move beyond pointless discussions of the kind you just published and address the realities of evolving energy usage globally, and what it implies for global GHG emissions going forward?

Can you also please write a piece addressing the energy poverty being created in Europe currently, and provide perspective about the draconian measures being forced on lower and middle class citizens and businesses in countries like the Netherlands, parts of Australia and Canada, and many other countries in the west that each account for 0.5-1% or less of global emissions, while China, India and Russia are collectively approaching 50% of total global emissions and two thirds of global coal burning? You would be doing a service to policy makers and the MSM by providing such much needed perspective.

I do appreciate your efforts to bring science and rationality to important climate issues. This article is a rare "miss". Cheers, Arthur

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Mark Silbert's avatar

Roger, I hope that you are getting as much from your interacting here as I am.

By the way I am now a paying subscriber.

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