http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/30/report-demand-to-outpace-crude-supplies/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/30/report-demand-to-outpace-crude-supplies/#comment-4868 john Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:11:51 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/07/30/report-demand-to-outpace-crude-supplies/#comment-4868 The default postion when faced with this reality is to push for use of unconventional oil and coal to liquid to make up the shortfall. But as Climateprogress has noted in the past, these sources produce twice as much carbon per unit of energy used. It would be interesting to know whether the IPCC factored in the GHG increases caused by expanding our reliance on these high carbon sources, and what impact that would have on their forecasts. The default postion when faced with this reality is to push for use of unconventional oil and coal to liquid to make up the shortfall. But as Climateprogress has noted in the past, these sources produce twice as much carbon per unit of energy used. It would be interesting to know whether the IPCC factored in the GHG increases caused by expanding our reliance on these high carbon sources, and what impact that would have on their forecasts.

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