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Prof. Franco Battaglia
The Fraud of Climate Change and Energy Transition This is the edited transcript of Abandonment of Fossil Fuels Is Impossible the presentation of Francesco BattLet’s now look at why reducing aglia to Panel 3, “Principles of SciCO2 emissions is not only undesirence for Durable Economic Progable but also impossible. The year ress,” of the Schiller Institute’s June 2021 was not the first time an at18–19 Conference, “There Can Be tempt was made to reduce CO2 No Peace Without the Bankruptcy emissions; in fact, the world’s big Reorganization of the Dying names have already met 26 times, Trans-Atlantic Financial System.” most recently in Glasgow last year; Prof. Battaglia was until recently this year they will meet in Egypt in Professor of Physical Chemistry at November, for the 27th time, which the University of Modena, Italy. He Schiller Institute shows they failed 26 times! holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics Prof. Franco Battaglia On other occasions, they actufrom the University of Rochester in ally tried to sign agreements, most New York, and is the author of many notably the Kyoto Protocol and the European Union’s scientific papers and books on theoretical chemistry 20-20-20 package. The Kyoto Protocol, which came and chemical physics. into force in 2003, stipulated that CO2 emissions should Subheads have been added. Some graphics used in be reduced by 6% by 2012; and the 20-20-20 package the presentation are omitted, and direct references to stipulated that by 2012, the date of the expiration of the them deleted. Kyoto Protocol, CO2 emissions should have been reduced by 20% from 1990 levels. In reality, emissions Good morning! When governments in Europe and increased by 40%. Observing that emissions were the U.S.A. choose their energy policy, they assume rising in defiance of every Kyoto agreement, in 2008 that there is a climate emergency that must be the European Union launched this 20-20-20 package, stopped, caused by fossil fuels and CO2 emissions, which must be reduced to zero; and that we must proproposing that by 2020, they would reduce emissions duce energy in other ways, specifically using soby 20% from 1990 levels. But this curve keeps going up called renewables, especially to generate electricand emissions are 60% higher. ity—but also to reduce emissions from cars, the It is a fact that CO2 emissions have been rising relentlessly for 150 years. The Green New Deal, or the transportation sector, heating, lighting, essentially [European Commission’s] “Fit everything—as conceived by for 55,” would like to reduce those who want this energy emissions and bring them to transition, specifically to wind zero over the next 30 years, a and solar panels. leap that will absolutely not Now the fact that there is no happen; rather the contrary, climate emergency, has been emissions will continue to inbrought up many times. This crease simply because abandonpamphlet contains a petition, ing fossil fuels is technically in“There Is No Climate Emerconceivable and impossible. gency,” sent to the Secretary Why is it technically imposGeneral of the United Nations sible to abandon fossil fuels? Of by a thousand scientists; the first course the other countries in the signatory was a Nobel laureate world are perfectly aware of in physics, Ivar Giaever. Of this. The European Union concourse, this fell on deaf ears. July 15, 2022
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