VW scandal "delights" UN Climate Chief

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
Originally Posted By: supton
I thought it was pretty sad... she apparently has no clue where electricity comes from, and/or believes it somehow is a 100% efficient process to go from well to wheels. Or something.


Nearly 50% of electricity in the EU comes from clean energy sources.
Today's "clean energy" is tomorrow's "environmental horror. Up here windmills are now the devil's work. They "kill birds" and cause global warming. How they do that was never fully explained. The chemicals which are required to make solar cells aren't exactly chicken soup either. It wasn't that long ago natural gas was a clean fuel, now the weenies are outraged it's used to make that "clean" electricity.

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: Danno
Even more evidence that the UN is run by the loony tunes gang.


Yeah, I think it's troubling that anyone is "delighted" by something like this. There are a lot of people suffering within Volkswagen right now, who had nothing to do with this. I imagine there are job losses suffered at the corporate level, and there's a lot of uncertainty at the dealership level as well.


Not to mention all the poor folks who bought one! Porsche, Audi, etc. are all involved, too.

And the UN is a bad joke we need to get out of our country...
Everything they are outraged about turns into a bill sent to the US which we must pay for forgiveness. Meanwhile the Chinese keep cranking out coal fired power plants and claim they are a "developing" nation. '16 can't come soon enough.

 

[lubricatosaurus]

Well, if https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3906840/1 is made viable, I will gladly give up my IC engine.
Actually I just bought a hybrid and love the MPG I get, so there is a great compromise to at least reduce the $$$ I pay to Saudi Arabia to support terrorism.

 

[supton]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d
I find it amazing how so many people love to bash "the media" while uncritically accepting things that happen to jive with what they think.

I also find it amazing how people get so bombastic about "the sheep" wile they themselves are in the process of bandwagoning over a headline with no context whatsoever.

The OP's second link is the only thing that even hints at what this person was actually saying when she used the word "delighted:"

Quote:
Figueres was referring to Volkswagen’s plan to stop making diesel cars and focus on plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles


That suggests she's happy about what VW is doing about the scandal, not about the scandal itself.

Hey, worry about "the sheep" all you want. Just remember about the log in your own eye and all that.


I guess I did not read it that way:

Quote:
“What is their corporate strategy? We are going to scrap diesel...and we’re moving to electric vehicles.


You're right, I'm not sure is she is quoting VW, or interjecting her own thoughts. I could not find a source for her article. I just thought it preposterous to scrap diesel, not with today's needs.

Originally Posted By: Nate1979
Nearly 50% of electricity in the EU comes from clean energy sources.


Fair enough. Did not think of the EU. But moving even a small amount of energy needs from non-renewable to the electric grid is going to overload the electric grid, renewable or not.

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: d00df00d


Figueres was referring to Volkswagen’s plan to stop making diesel cars and focus on plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

That suggests she's happy about what VW is doing about the scandal, not about the scandal itself.



That's how i read it too.

 

[lubricatosaurus]

Originally Posted By: supton
. But moving even a small amount of energy needs from non-renewable to the electric grid is going to overload the electric grid, renewable or not.

Cars mostly get recharged in the evening/night when air conditioners aren't running nearly as much. Not a problem for the foreseeable future. Gives us time to build nuclear and more renewables with storage.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
Originally Posted By: Danno
Even more evidence that the UN is run by the loony tunes gang.


Yeah, I think it's troubling that anyone is "delighted" by something like this. There are a lot of people suffering within Volkswagen right now, who had nothing to do with this. I imagine there are job losses suffered at the corporate level, and there's a lot of uncertainty at the dealership level as well.
Gibbering leftys want to turn our government over to these brain dead ideologues. If your lies to the sheep don't work in a democracy, turn the government over to the "UN".
It is called the new woeld order. coming to the U.S maybe by the next election

 

[ARCOgraphite]

And all the careless, Gadsden waiving dopes are rolling coal, polluting more than all the VW clean diesel's in the state - with ONE DOGER or FORD 3/4 ton.
And don't get me going with all you 5' midgets riding H-D with straight pipes blowing out my eardrums.

Obnoxious Troglodytes!

 

[Jarlaxle]

Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
Originally Posted By: supton
. But moving even a small amount of energy needs from non-renewable to the electric grid is going to overload the electric grid, renewable or not.

Cars mostly get recharged in the evening/night when air conditioners aren't running nearly as much. Not a problem for the foreseeable future. Gives us time to build nuclear and more renewables with storage.


Nope. The NIMBY and BANANA idiots will not permit nuclear power. It is a dead issue.

 

[ls1mike]

France and Nuclear power

I have always been a fan a Nuclear power. Having spent 11 years on submarines I know a lot about it and feel safe with it. Unfortunately a lot of folks are scared of it because they don't understand it or some countries have not operated plants properly, had poor designs or have built them in spots they shold not have.

Back to the rest of the thread.

 

[jmsjags]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Everything they are outraged about turns into a bill sent to the US which we must pay for forgiveness. Meanwhile the Chinese keep cranking out coal fired power plants and claim they are a "developing" nation. '16 can't come soon enough.


Actually China leads the world in renewable energy production. Of course they are also building some coal and natural gas plants, we are as well. Bottom line is they are converting to renewables at a much faster rate than the U.S. is. Don't believe everything you hear on your "news" station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_China