Question: James Bacchus 23

WTO is not a Trojan Horse and is not spreading the “neoliberal Agenda”

James Bacchus 23 is known worldwide as a global jurist, activist, writer, scholar, and statesman. “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality”. September 26th, 2023. https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality#conclusion. DOA: 9-6-24 Rslish.

WTO multilateral means achieving freer trade WTO’s founding Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, hing in the WTO agreements that requires the implementation of a worldwide “neoliberal” agenda to eliminate gov regulations Critics talk much about need for “policy space reserved for domestic law fear that the WTO will overrule local regulations None of this is true O agreements are replete with provisions that assume there will be domestic health, safety, enviro , and other reg s allow more local policy spac


Question: WTO myths versus reality

WTO is not a Trojan Horse and is not spreading the “neoliberal Agenda”

James Bacchus 23 is known worldwide as a global jurist, activist, writer, scholar, and statesman. “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality”. September 26th, 2023. https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality#conclusion. DOA: 9-6-24 Rslish.

WTO multilateral means achieving freer trade WTO’s founding Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, hing in the WTO agreements that requires the implementation of a worldwide “neoliberal” agenda to eliminate gov regulations Critics talk much about need for “policy space reserved for domestic law fear that the WTO will overrule local regulations None of this is true O agreements are replete with provisions that assume there will be domestic health, safety, enviro , and other reg s allow more local policy spac


Question: WTO domestic health and safety

WTO is not a Trojan Horse and is not spreading the “neoliberal Agenda”

James Bacchus 23 is known worldwide as a global jurist, activist, writer, scholar, and statesman. “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality”. September 26th, 2023. https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality#conclusion. DOA: 9-6-24 Rslish.

WTO multilateral means achieving freer trade WTO’s founding Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, hing in the WTO agreements that requires the implementation of a worldwide “neoliberal” agenda to eliminate gov regulations Critics talk much about need for “policy space reserved for domestic law fear that the WTO will overrule local regulations None of this is true O agreements are replete with provisions that assume there will be domestic health, safety, enviro , and other reg s allow more local policy spac


Question: WTO raises standards of living

WTO is not a Trojan Horse and is not spreading the “neoliberal Agenda”

James Bacchus 23 is known worldwide as a global jurist, activist, writer, scholar, and statesman. “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality”. September 26th, 2023. https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality#conclusion. DOA: 9-6-24 Rslish.

WTO multilateral means achieving freer trade WTO’s founding Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, hing in the WTO agreements that requires the implementation of a worldwide “neoliberal” agenda to eliminate gov regulations Critics talk much about need for “policy space reserved for domestic law fear that the WTO will overrule local regulations None of this is true O agreements are replete with provisions that assume there will be domestic health, safety, enviro , and other reg s allow more local policy spac


Question: WTO not overrule local regulations

WTO is not a Trojan Horse and is not spreading the “neoliberal Agenda”

James Bacchus 23 is known worldwide as a global jurist, activist, writer, scholar, and statesman. “The World Trade Organization: Myths versus Reality”. September 26th, 2023. https://www.cato.org/publications/world-trade-organization-myths-versus-reality#conclusion. DOA: 9-6-24 Rslish.

WTO multilateral means achieving freer trade WTO’s founding Agreement recognizes that trade should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, hing in the WTO agreements that requires the implementation of a worldwide “neoliberal” agenda to eliminate gov regulations Critics talk much about need for “policy space reserved for domestic law fear that the WTO will overrule local regulations None of this is true O agreements are replete with provisions that assume there will be domestic health, safety, enviro , and other reg s allow more local policy spac


Question: It's non-falsifiable

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: Mills 17

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: Jon Mills non-falsifiable

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: Relativism collapses into nihilism

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: no standards or methods

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: truth claims

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: reality is unknowable

It’s non-falsifiable. That matters because otherwise I theorize the negative wants to lose: would you like to recline on the couch to talk about it?

Mills 17, Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D., Philosophy, Vanderbilt University (Jon Mills, 2017, “CHALLENGING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: A CRITIQUE OF POSTMODERNISM AND ANALYST SELF-DISCLOSURE,” Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Vol. 14, pp. 313-335, University of Kansas Libraries, Taylor and Francis)

positions annul assertions to truth if everything boils down to language by definition we cannot make truth claims because these are constructions based on linguistic practices one cannot conclude truth exist reality is unknowable by the psychoanalytic method Because there are no standards , methods, or principles perspectives naturally lead to relativism Relativism collapses into nihilism , and absurdity because no one ’s opinion is more valid including ethical behavior psychoanalysis has nothing to offer over disciplines that may negate value to begin with (e.g., academic psychology


Question: Democracies solve existential risks

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: Belfield 23

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: Haydn Belfield

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: Totalitarian states war prone

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: Totalitarian bad at forecasting

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: existential risk democracies solve

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: cooperation solves existential risk

That locks in existential risks---democracies solve them.

Belfield ’23 [Haydn; 2023; Research Associate and Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future, “Collapse, Recovery, and Existential Risk,” p. 74-76]

totalitarian states more war-prone , less cooperative , and inhibit progress Totalitarian bad at forecasting risks extinction major wars Miscalc particular problem for totalitarian due to personalization raising chance of w m d all risks require coop such as pandemics climate AI or biotech


Question: Renewable criticism is fossil propaganda

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: Raugei et al 22

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: renewable criticism wrong

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: solar energy materials recoverable

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: green mining in Europe

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: renewable energy requires fossils wrong

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: battery life 30 years

Every renewable criticism is wrong and fossil propaganda in disguise.

Raugei et al. 22, *Professor at Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; every other author of the seventeen named is affiliated with a university, research institution, or renewable industry (*Marco Reugei, Vasilis Fthenakis, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson, Pierre Verlinden, 2022, “Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508,” Energies, Vol. 15, University of Kansas Libraries, Science Direct)

that mining and waste entails injustices and degradation is misleading and wrong Solar is renewable and most materials used will be recoverable at end of service life “ green mining ” in Europe can prototype global development forced labor opportunities exist to make low-carbon more just hundreds of peer-review s documented solutions that RE require fossil s is misleading overall energy used is orders lower there is no fossil input 90% come in electricity meta-analyses have tracked reductions in impacts in all cases , recycling saves water , and materials , while reducing toxicity recycling needs to be built However , the industry in the past is equipped to quickly react to demands illustrated by silicon energy pay-back takes 0.6 years declining trend in cost of storage is to continue 100% RE enabled by dispatchable hydro bioenergy interconnection , storage and curtailment oversizing plants is cost- effective controlling fluctuations heavy truck manufacturers are transforming production Battery life s to 30 years are expected Batteries waste problem is only starting to scale , and industry is developing solutions more efficient methods mainstream in coming decades


Question: economy wide pricing key Paris

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: Flammini et al 22

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: Alessandro Flammini

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: ag production doubled

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: on farm energy use emissions

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: GHG emissions 2019

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: economy-wide pricing

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: climate change paris agreement

C] Economy-wide pricing is key to reach Paris.

Alessandro Flammini et al. 22. Flammini, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Department of Environment. Xueyao Pan, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Francesco Nicola Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division. Sally Yue Qiu, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Leonardo Rocha Souza, United Nations Statistics Division. Roberta Quadrelli, International Energy Agency. Stefania Bracco, Research and Third Mission, University of Gastronomic Sciences. Philippe Benoit, Centre on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Ralph Sims, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University. “Emissions of greenhouse gases from energy use in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: 1970–2019”. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14. 2022. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/811/2022/essd-14-811-2022.html

Ag production doubled over  90– 19 with increases of more than 50 % expected by 2050 , to meet food demand productivity increases achieved through greater energy use within farm On-farm energy use often attracts less attention in emissions analysis offers significant opportunities for mitigation focused on CO2 world GHG emissions were above 1 billion tonnes in 2019 Almost half emissions arose from fossil fuels for power on farm on-farm energy use important and increasing component of emissions top emitting countries were US ( 79 Mt


Question: 20 trillion IREA report

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: Gregg Gelzinis

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: Gelzinis climate financial risk

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: IREA report

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: Climate-Related Financial Risk

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: American Progress climate risk

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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Question: IREA 20 trillion

The “20 trillion” figure their ev cites is from an IREA report.

Gregg Gelzinis 21. Associate director for Economic Policy, Center for American Progress; former graduate school fellow, Office of Financial Institutions, US Treasury; MA, American Government, Georgetown University. “Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Through Bank Capital Requirements.” Center for American Progress. May 11, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-climate-related-financial-risk-bank-capital-requirements/.

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