[MCN] Cheap fuel -> consumers now warming planet more than heavy industry: Bloomberg

[Lance Olsen]

Automakers love to tout their big bets on electric vehicles, but consumers are still more in love with SUVs than saving the planet. There are 35 million more of these oversized toys on the road today than in 2010. When counted alone, the SUVs are now warming our planet more than heavy industry <https://link.mail.bloombergbusiness.com/click/18424551.26410/aHR0cHM6Ly9ncmlzdC5vcmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9zdXZzLWFyZS1iYWNrLWFuZC10aGV5cmUtc3Bld2luZy1hLWJvZ2dsaW5nLWFtb3VudC1vZi1jYXJib24v/58ffbaf7dd4c29967b8b4646Bf27aa16a>. 


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IPCC
“Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.” First sentence of IPPC Special Report on 1.5C Summary for Policy Makers.

<<https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/ <https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/>>>

Greta Thunberg
"So if we are to stay below the 1.5 degrees of warming limits …, we need to change almost everything.”

"Everyone and everything needs to change."

"The question is: will you do it on time? Future generations are counting on you. Don't let us down.

"Thank you."

<<https://www.straight.com/news/1258421/video-swedish-teenager-greta-thunberg-urges-wealthy-people-stop-stealing-others-carbon <https://www.straight.com/news/1258421/video-swedish-teenager-greta-thunberg-urges-wealthy-people-stop-stealing-others-carbon>>>





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