The January 5/6, 2013 Weekend Edition of The Wall Street Journal had an article written by Matt Ridley and entitled, “How Fossil Fuels Have Greened the Planet”.
The article states, “Did you know that the Earth is getting greener, quite literally? Satellites are now confirming that the amount of green vegetation on the planet has been increasing for three decades. This will be new to those accustomed to alarming tales about deforestation, overdevelopment and ecosystem destruction.”
A heated debate over proposed legislation for a “cap and trade” system occurred in 2009. In theory this buyer and seller market would encourage companies to become more efficient in preventing carbon emissions. In reality, cap and trade would slowly put producers and users of coal, natural gas and crude oil out of business.
History is also demonstrating that this system, implemented several years ago in the European Union, doesn’t achieve it stated goal. In 2008 the latest data showed that despite the cap and trade program in effect there, greenhouse-gas emissions had actually risen.
“Striving for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Preservation” has been the main theme of our conference, the International Energy Policy Conference, since its beginning in 1992. Twenty-plus years later, we aspire for the success of the theme.
However, we must continue to explore the facts. As Matt Ridley’s article concludes, “The inescapable if unfashionable conclusion is that the human use of fossil fuels has been causing the greening of the planet in three separate ways: first, by displacing firewood as a fuel; second, by warming the climate; and third, by raising carbon dioxide levels, which raise plant growth rates.”
America Needs America’s Energy. America Needs Energy Efficiency and Environmental Preservation. Overall, the energy industry is working striving for that cause.
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