Heavy Investment in New Energy Technologies Needed to Curb Emissions (discussion)
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With the US promising to commit $100 billion over ten years to help fund mitigation efforts against the impacts of climate destabilization and China all but refusing outright to agree to any pact that requires international verification of emissions reductions and/or how international funds are spent, the technological solution remains a key priority.
The United States should immediately begin redirecting fuel and energy-production subsidies to help produce not only state of the art, cutting edge clean energy technologies and zero-combustion transport vehicles, but also to aim for the next generation of zero-combustion energy production methods.
Taking the lead in building and deploying such technology will allow the United States to remain at the forefront of the global industrial and energy economy, and to deal with climate change and the rising everyday cost of greenhouse-gas emissions, in the most economic way possible. This sort of industrial technology transition can be achieved at unprecedented speeds, given today’s technology, and would create millions of new jobs across the US, helping to reduce global emissions and spur economic growth.
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