• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Carbon Crash

That's funny. If you search for "projected coal usage in India", the majority of links has coal increasing... dramatically...

Coal to dominate India power to 2030 despite renewables boost - The Economic Times

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

You own source show that the share of electricity that comes from coal will drop to 50 percent and more then 40 percent of electricity will come from renewables by 2030. While India is still a developing countries and will have sharp increase in demand for energy and electricity. So total emissions likely will continue to increase but a much lower level than without renewable energy. There the massive investment in renewable energy also continue so hopefully the increase in C02 emission can be even lower.

India targets lofty climate goals with $6 billion deal to boost solar
 
Coal mining communities are struggling from the decline of coal.

"Coalmining communities have called for immediate action to stem the economic devastation wrought by the decline of coal, rising job losses and the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 84 organizations, including the Just Transition Fund, Appalachian Voices, Center for Coalfield Justice, Native Renewables and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, released a National Economic Transition platform on Monday in an effort to help coal communities adapt to climate change.

About 33,000 coalmining jobs in the US have been lost in the past decade, a trend likely to continue as renewable energy is expected to overtake coal in electricity production for the first time ever in 2020. Coal consumption is projected to decline by 23% this year, and the coronavirus pandemic has led to the permanent closure of several mines."


America's coalminers call for urgent help amid Covid-19 and industry decline | Coal | The Guardian

There those communities needs new jobs and opportunities instead of giving false hope that the coal jobs will return.

How Germany closed its coal industry without sacking a single miner

There renewables can create news jobs and opportunities.

"Renewable energy has historically been considered too expensive and too unreliable to power our grid, but new research has overturned that trope for good. Plummeting wind, solar, and storage prices have fallen so fast that the United States can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 – without raising customer costs at all from today’s levels, and actually decreasing wholesale power costs 10%.

Building a 90% clean electricity system by 2035 would catalyze massive economic growth that helps pull the U.S. out of the COVID-19 recession by supporting more than a half million new net jobs per year, injecting $1.7 trillion into the economy, and recharging domestic manufacturing. Technology-neutral policies can reach a 90% clean power system, help energy developers and investors prosper, and pave the way for technologies of the future."


Plunging Renewable Energy Prices Mean U.S. Can Hit 90% Clean Electricity By 2035 - At No Extra Cost

"Republicans from Texas to Iowa regularly extoll the virtues of renewables like wind and solar power, and for good reason. Rural Republican districts are often the locations with the best solar and wind resources, and when those resources are harnessed they bring good jobs to places where new sources of employment are often otherwise scarce. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ #1 and #2 fastest growing jobs in the U.S. are solar panel installers and wind turbine technicians. These jobs are good, solid middle class jobs with annual salaries pushing close to six-figures. Beyond construction, the plants (particularly wind farms, with their many moving parts) offer good jobs in the long term.

Not only do wind and solar power bring jobs, they increase the local tax base for revenue-starved public schools and other districts. For example, Nolan County in Texas has seen its tax base increase almost eight fold to nearly $3 billion dollars since the West Texas wind rush began. A cash influx like that can make the Friday Night Lights even brighter."

Why Republican Leaders Love Renewable Energy
 
Back
Top Bottom