2016 saw a "dramatic" decline in the number of coal-fired power stations in pre-construction globally. The authors of a new study say there was a 48% fall in planned coal units, with a 62% drop in construction starts...Maybe American politicians would respond more favorably to the concept of "climate security" than to "climate change."
The main causes of the decline are the imposition of restrictive measures by China's central government - with the equivalent of 600 coal-fired units being put on hold until at least 2020... there have also been significant retirements of coal plants in Europe and the US over the past two years, with roughly 120 large units being taken out of commission.
"However abrupt, the shift from fossil fuels to clean sources in the power sector is a positive one for health, climate security, and jobs. And by all indications, the shift is unstoppable."
23 March 2017
"Climate security"
Memo to self: use the phrase "climate security" when discussing climate change with skeptics.
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This is a classic case of framing and yes, I have used similar constructs in discussions beforehand. It's a pity, yet logical, that most fact-driven people, especially scientists, actively avoid NLP techniques, but there seems to be an increased willingness to at least define the framing with positive descriptions and words.
ReplyDeleteAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming