Comments on: COP-14 Recap: Day 1 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/02/cop-14-recap-day-1/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Stuart http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/02/cop-14-recap-day-1/#comment-69733 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:56:23 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7418#comment-69733 “In an opening press conference, Harlan Watson, lead negotiator for the US, essentially put forth nuclear energy and (heretofore non-existent) Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) as the items that the US has to offer to the negotiation.”

Non-existent? You call over 70% of the today’s low-carbon energy in the United States “non-existent”? Nuclear energy makes up 20% of the US electricity production. How can that be called “non-existent”? Perhaps you were referring to solar and wind? What percentage of the US electrical production do they contribute? (< 1%, I believe.)

It’s irrelevant anyway. With financing for new solar, wind, (and nuclear) projects drying up, it looks like we’ll be dealing with more of the same for right long while. It’s a shame too, since a massive investment in nuclear put France so far ahead of the rest of the world in low-carbon emissions and energy independence.

]]> By: Tjahjokartiko Gondokusumo http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/02/cop-14-recap-day-1/#comment-69547 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:36:40 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=7418#comment-69547 ……….Where government delegates are taking a step back by debating decisions they have already made in the Bali Roadmap (eg. contact groups on Long-term Cooperative Action), youth delegates are leaping forward with cooperative strategy to build an international movement strong enough to demand attention from our representatives……….Yes, it is the right time for Youth International Cooperative Movement

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