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After the standard political jargon about the need for full co-operation in global agreements, comes some specifics:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EThe two sides welcomed the launch of a \u003Ci\u003EU.S.-China Electric Vehicles\u003C\/i\u003E Initiative designed to put millions of electric vehicles on the roads of both countries in the years ahead. Building on significant investments in electric vehicles in both the United States and China, the two governments announced a program of joint demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, along with work to develop common technical standards to facilitate rapid scale-up of the industry.\u0026nbsp; The two sides agreed that their countries share a strong common interest in the rapid deployment of clean vehicles.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis is terrific climate change initiative \u003Ci\u003Eif\u003C\/i\u003E the source of electricity is substantially less carbon-intensive than oil. It is a tad worrisome coming from the two countries with the largest coal reserves on the planet. Which leads into the next item in the statement:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EThe two sides strongly welcomed work in both countries to promote 21st century coal technologies. They agreed to promote cooperation on large-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) demonstration projects and to begin work immediately on the development, deployment, diffusion, and transfer of CCS technology.\u0026nbsp; The two sides welcomed recent agreements between Chinese and U.S. companies, universities, and research institutions to cooperate on CCS and more efficient coal technologies. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis is followed by a paragraph about partnership on renewable energy (\"wind, solar, advanced bio-fuels, and a modern electric power grid\"). The order is not a fluke. Read through the statement, and it is appears that both countries expect coal to remain king, and that emissions reductions will depend on the development and widespread implementation of CCS technology at coal-fired power plants. No surprise, I suppose."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1811367501549056927\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=25163458\u0026postID=1811367501549056927\u0026isPopup=true","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/25163458\/posts\/default\/1811367501549056927"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/25163458\/posts\/default\/1811367501549056927"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/us-china-cooperation-on-climate-and-er.html","title":"US-China cooperation on climate and, er, coal"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-6530395345987954569"},"published":{"$t":"2009-09-22T10:17:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-09-22T10:30:19.094-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"carbon capture and storage"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"climate policy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"An argument for climate policy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Today's NY Times describes the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/22\/science\/earth\/22coal.html?hp\"\u003Enew carbon capture and storage system\u003C\/a\u003E developed for the Mountaineer coal-burning power plant in West Virginia. This important nugget is in the middle of the story:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size:85%;\"\u003EAmerican Electric Power’s plan is to inject about 100,000 tons annually for two to five years, about 1.5 percent of Mountaineer’s yearly emissions of carbon dioxide. Should Congress pass a law controlling carbon dioxide emissions and the new technology proves economically feasible, the company says, it could then move to capture as much as 90 percent of the gas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe challenge in agreeing on emissions policy, in the US, in Canada, and worldwide, is often used as an argument for an alternative \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/technology-based-approach.html\"\u003Etechnology-based approach\u003C\/a\u003E\". In reality, it is a false dichotomy. Technology in the absence of emissions policy is unlikely to work."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6530395345987954569\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=25163458\u0026postID=6530395345987954569\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/25163458\/posts\/default\/6530395345987954569"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/25163458\/posts\/default\/6530395345987954569"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/argument-for-climate-policy.html","title":"An argument for climate policy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-3955879506432780351"},"published":{"$t":"2008-02-01T11:29:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-02-01T12:14:36.163-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"carbon capture and storage"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"climate policy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Supporting carbon capture and storage in Alberta"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Following close on the release of Alberta's heavily criticized \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/simondonner.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/albertas-climate-change-non-plan.html\"\u003EGHG reduction plan\u003C\/a\u003E, a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20080201.RCAPTURE01\/TPStory\/Business\"\u003Ejoint federal-Alberta task force\u003C\/a\u003E has recommended the federal government spend $2 billion to kickstart carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe task force nails one point: we have to stop blustering about CCS and put some shovels in the ground. The question is who should pay. If the federal government enacted a carbon pricing policy - whether a tax or cap and trade - the onus would fall as it should on the companies responsible for emissions. That's how it happens with all other regulated emissions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere, with no price on carbon, the task force and the oil companies are effectively saying that nothing will happen unless the federal government kicks in money at the beginning. If this happens, it will be widely criticized as a handout to oil companies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is not unreasonable to ask the government to play venture capitalist, to provide seed money to help advance new more sustainable technologies or industries. Oil is hardly a fledging industry. And, in any case, for the technology to thrive, the seed money has to be coupled with regulation. 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