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2011-05-08 Europe

EU to halve fossil fuel imports by 2050

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Posted by Fred 2011-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Somehow, to me, EU and 2050 don't go together.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-05-08 01:49|| 2011-05-08 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 "The EU plans to replace fossil fuel with electricity for transportation and heating,
And where will the electricity come from if they shut down the nuke plants? Unicorn farts maybe?

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-05-08 02:12|| 2011-05-08 02:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Googling this roadmap, I came across this wild exageration, which is quite something give that the warmists deal exclusively in exaggerations.

a rescue roadmap outlining methods and preventative policies to reverse the expedited demise of earths atmosphere

It's true a warmer Earth will lose its atmosphere faster, but we are talking about 100s of millions of years in the future.

Posted by phil_b 2011-05-08 04:10|| 2011-05-08 04:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Looking at European birth rates, I'd say that's a certainty.

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-08 14:45|| 2011-05-08 14:45|| Front Page Top

#5 # Yea, Ditto. In Norway they want to do away with private vehicles. Tax you whenever you park to shop anywhere. The Biggest Baddest Mistake is the thought that oil is a fossil fuel only;

"Hydrocarbons and nitriles constantly fall from Titan's skies," said Carl Sagan. Titan (the big moon of Saturn) is socked in as a haze of organic solids formed high in its skies slowly fall and accumulate on its surface. Oceans of water are impossible on Titan (it's too cold), but "vast oceans of liquid hydrocarbons are expected."

It's enough to make a Texas oil man drool," exclaimed an article in the "Seattle Times". New images from the Hubble space telescope show that Titan may have lakes of oil as big as all five Great Lakes put together".

In my opinion that is why oil is being found all over the world at this time. In Brazil they have planned to build an underwater city to tap the estimated trillions of barrels of oil to be found there. They think a mass extinction could have occurred in our gulf due to a gigantic methane blowout. We secure methane now from the gulf. Duke energy being one company operating there.
So if methane can be generated then with pressure and heat- oil will be generated. Hence a renewable resource.

Posted by Dale 2011-05-08 16:39|| 2011-05-08 16:39|| Front Page Top

#6 And where will the electricity come from if they shut down the nuke plants? Unicorn farts maybe?

That. Power plants fueled by rainbows. Positive thoughts. Fluffy bunnies on treadmills. Soylent Green.

Posted by tu3031 2011-05-08 19:55|| 2011-05-08 19:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Can we have a power plant fueled by Environmentalists and Greens? We'll scoop them up at protests like they do in Soylent Green and tap into this vast resource for power.

I'd even pay extra if I knew my power came from burning Greens.

Posted by Silentbrick - Lost Drill Bit Division - Halliburton 2011-05-08 21:24|| 2011-05-08 21:24|| Front Page Top

#8 EU to halve ~~fossil fuel imports~~ economy and freedom by 2050

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-08 21:40|| 2011-05-08 21:40|| Front Page Top

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