{"id":455840,"date":"2010-03-21T13:25:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climaterealists.com\/index.php?id=5403"},"modified":"2010-03-21T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T17:25:48","slug":"you-could-not-make-it-up-can-climate-skeptics-be-convinced-by-glen-drummond-greentechmedia-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/455840","title":{"rendered":"You Could Not Make It Up: Can Climate Skeptics Be Convinced? by Glen Drummond, GreentechMedia.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article Tags: You could not make it up<\/a><\/p>\n

With climate change occurring faster than ever, some new persuasive techniques are needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas Friedman, in Hot, Flat and Crowded<\/a>, proposes that we refer to our time as the “Energy-Climate Era.” Friedman’s thesis — that the converging trends of rapid population growth, man-made climate change, and peak oil will define our time — is well-argued. But events since the date of publication invite a refinement upon Friedman’s label for our time.<\/p>\n

First, and consistent with Friedman’s analysis, the market for clean power is developing a heartbeat. In Europe, the electorate’s attention to climate change has been broad enough to drive public-sector incentives for green energy. Technology entrepreneurs have responded to these incentives with impressive rates of innovation. <\/p>\n

A case in point: photovoltaic energy, since 2008, has achieved cost\/performance gains so impressive that analysts like McKinsey now see “grid parity” as an inflection point for planning new generating capacity in national electricity grids starting around 2015. And, while the developing world has had fewer resources to support feed-in tariff programs, recent policy signals from both China and India suggest that political leadership in both countries is more attuned to the issues of climate change and clean energy than generally credited. As clean electrons approach grid parity, both of these countries are poised to dramatically expand the size of the market — driving a virtuous circle of even greater scale economies and technology innovation.<\/em><\/span>
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\nSource: greentechmedia.com<\/p>\n

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