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To: Brumar89 who wrote (75833)	3/31/2017 12:59:19 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 86355

Trump to decide by late May whether to stay in Paris climate pact BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 03/30/17 02:22 PM EDT [ Don't compromise with bad policy. End it. ] © Getty Images President Trump is planning to decide by late May on whether the U.S. should stay in the Paris climate change agreement, the White House announced Thursday. White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters at his daily briefing that White House aides “are currently reviewing issues related to the agreement.” The administration expects to announce a final decision by May 26 — the beginning of a conference in Italy for the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries — or even sooner, Spicer said. The president promised last year on the campaign trail to “cancel” the 2015 agreement, which former President Barack Obama helped formulate. The pact consists of non-binding greenhouse gas emissions cuts agreed to by nearly 200 nations.Trump has been under pressure from conservatives, top White House adviser Stephen Bannon and others to fulfill his campaign promise and formally exit the agreement. But others close to the president want to maintain the United States’ position in the pact, even if Trump doesn’t want to abide by the 26 percent to 28 percent emissions cut that Obama promised. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it’s valuable from a diplomatic perspective to stay in the accord, and Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner — both close advisers — agree. Trump’s wide-ranging executive order signed Tuesday started the process to roll back nearly all of Obama’s climate agenda, but did not mention the Paris agreement. Still, the order makes it unlikely that the nation could live up to Obama’s commitment. The pact sets out a four-year process for exiting the agreement. But some conservatives have suggested pulling the U.S. out of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change, a much larger agency, which would also have the effect of pulling out of Paris. thehill.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (75833)	3/31/2017 2:33:14 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 86355

Admittedlly I haven't done the arithmetic yet, but in many situations, photovoltaics with battery is now the best way to maintain an electricity supply. Evading taxes gives another big boost to photovoltaics, batteries and electric cars. Other than people like Eric, who have got religion and a hobby horse to give themselves status [in their minds anyway], there are enough people paying real money to do real things that they will have evaluated the relative costs and found the optimal way for them to do their thing. So we can assume that photovoltaics are not down to base load power station cost per kilowatt hour. But we won't be seeing oil at $200 a barrel any time soon [until dilution by the Federal Reserve has destroyed the US$ that much more]. Even at $50 a barrel, there's a LOT of pressure to go to electric this that and the other. Or methane or coal or insulation or bicycle or bus or move closer to work or something. Mqurice