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Old 10-06-2009, 09:13 AM   #1
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Study Asks $10 Trillion for Climate

Study Asks $10 Trillion for Climate - WSJ.com

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LONDON -- An investment of $10 trillion in renewable energy and other carbon-abatement technology will be necessary over the next two decades to limit the rise in the Earth's temperature, the International Energy Agency warns in a new report.

The IEA, energy adviser to the world's richest nations, urges more-aggressive reductions in carbon emissions than what many nations are currently planning. In the report, to be released Tuesday, the IEA calls for investment -- in clean-energy initiatives such as solar power, new nuclear plants and other measures -- of $500 billion a year over the next 20 years.

That is 37% more investment than what the IEA estimated was necessary just a year ago. Some analysts put the current level of investment in clean energy at around $100 billion a year.
I'm just gonna send them a check for my $2,000 and be done with it. If their estimates go up in coming years - that's on them - consider it my 'pre-pay discount'.
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Old 10-06-2009, 09:30 AM   #2
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I'm just gonna send them a check for my $2,000 and be done with it. If their estimates go up in coming years - that's on them - consider it my 'pre-pay discount'.
Every time these goons speak up I hear this;

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Every time these goons speak up I hear this;
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