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Agreed rules, COP24 and climate change protest : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 3/1/2019

Little progress was actually made on the issue of commitments to cut emissions, even if there was, in principle, an agreement on a set of rules.

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While we are on the subject;
Craig Kelly MHR said on TV that the government 26% or the Labour's 45%
reduction on CO2 has to apply to agriculture and transport as well.
That so far it has only been considered with electricity generation.
Does it really mean that cattle herds have to be reduced by 45% and
sheep herds by 45% also ?
If so we could eat our way through those numbers.
The farmers will have to cut their diesel machine use by 45% also.
However that still leaves people. Do we have to cull the people stocks
by 45% or 26% if Labour loses the election ?
A thought, the animal rights people will claim it is discrimination
if we do not apply it to the human herd as well !
Posted by Bazz, Sunday, 13 January 2019 11:45:48 AM
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Bazz,
No, the objective is not to do less, but to do things in a more environmentally friendly way. For instance, cows don't produce as much methane (a far more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2) if they're fed marc. And vegetation can be used to reduce atmospheric CO2 - the carbon can then be stored in the soil, or in wood products, or used as fuel instead of fossil fuels.
Posted by Aidan, Sunday, 13 January 2019 5:24:05 PM
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Yes Aiden and that is why satellites show the earth greening because of more co2 ?
Posted by Bazz, Sunday, 13 January 2019 9:26:45 PM
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