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1. BeezelyBillyBub at 08:22 AM on 17 September, 2018

   Humanity has never had a 100% energy transition. We still burn wood.

   Europe gets 50% of its renewable enery burning wood, and do not count the emissions because the trees will grow back in 50 years.

   If world energy demand got 2% more of its energy from wood, we would need 100% more timber harvested.

   Stefan Rahmstorf says we must reduce emissions 100% in 20 years to avoid 2 C.

   Claire Fiore says we must reduce emissions 50% in 10 years to avoid 1.5 C.

   Vaclav Smil says a 100% energy transition takes 70 years, if at all.

   James Hansen says 2 C = DISASTER, 1 C = Dangerous Climate Change.

   We are already at +1 C.

   Permafrost wetlands are turning from carbon banks into carbon bombs and threaten to double emissions. This is not modelled.

   Rainforests and soils are turning from carbon banks into carbon bombs.

   Greenland freshwater runoff has only just very recently included in models.

   Fracking emits 4X more methane than reported and threatens to advance the 2 C tipping point.

   Five tipping points are triggered between 1.5 - 2 C and threaten cascading collapse as do dominos.

   In 10 years freshwater demand will exceed supply by 30%.

   We lost 30% of our soil in the last 40 years.

   By 2020, 66% of animals will be gone.

   Humans and Livestock make 97% of land vertebrate biomass.

   10,000 years ago H&L were 0.03% of land vertebrate biomass.

   We will run out of food and water before we ever transition to 100% renewable energy.

   This is because electricity production is only 20% of total world energy demand.

   https://lokisrevengeblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/03/34355/

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