The largest climate conference ever in Paris
On Sunday, November 29, the largest climate conference in the world will take place in Paris. Many people worldwide will also raise their voices to advocate for the reduction or even abolition of fossil fuels. Sustainable energy will be advocated in order to combat climate change on earth.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will also attend this conference in Paris. However, this is not his only purpose in going there. He will also take the opportunity to address the problem of terrorism in the light of what has happened in Paris recently! Thai embassies worldwide are called upon to closely monitor developments in the countries where they are located and to assist Thai people if necessary.
In Thailand, people will show support for this climate conference at various locations. In addition to Bangkok, the residents of Koh Lanta in Krabi province also participate in a large parade. The Thai government wants to build nine coal-fired power plants in the South alone in the coming years, including in Krabi and therefore dangerously close to Koh Lanta.
Nevertheless, they try to organize a pleasant day for a good cause for residents, expats and tourists. The program offers art, kids activities, live shows and the like for both adults and children.
In Bangkok, people will walk a 21-kilometer march to highlight the importance of this climate conference.
In the Netherlands there has been a discussion for years about the closure of the coal-fired power stations, some of which have not even been written off yet!
There are plans in Thailand to build 9 (NINE) new coal-fired power plants
Those 9 new power plants will not be built for 3 to 5 years of use, but will certainly remain in use for 20 years!
What about the environment in Thailand?
Why does the Netherlands always want to be the wisest boy in the class?
Here everything is emphasized on the environment, while in the rest of the world people just mess around and everything is just thrown away
What is the point of delivering all waste neatly separated here in the Netherlands, while in the rest of the world…………..
The Netherlands is a pinprick on the world map, should not have the illusion that we will tell all other countries how and what to do
Peter
Almost the entire world is coming to Paris… Where does it say that the Netherlands will tell other countries what to do?
The Netherlands the best boy in the class?
Denmark is much, much further in terms of sustainable energy.
In Norway, only electric cars may be imported after 2020.
What's wrong with being at the forefront of sustainable energy? New technology can be used to earn money and stimulate employment and the economy.
And if in many countries “everything is just thrown away from you”, that does not mean that we have to be so dirty too. With increasing prosperity, poor countries will also deal better with their waste in the long run.
There is nothing wrong with renewable energy, although those windmills probably don't contribute to it.
They cost far too much energy (= oil) to build and maintain.
A polder full of solar panels works better and is less disruptive to the environment.
In Germany, they now also make methane (= natural gas) from the overproduction of electricity from those panels during the day.
You can then run a power station on it at night.
However, it will not stop global warming.
It takes a lot of heat to melt ice, just think of the ice cubes in your drink.
Most of the ice from the last ice age has disappeared and will not return.
The cooling effect of this is therefore also gone.
Incidentally, it is an illusion to think that windmills and solar panels will have no influence on the world.
Windmills remove a lot of energy from the wind, which will influence the location of precipitation.
The same goes for solar panels.
Because those solar panels convert sunlight (= heat) into electricity, the temperature at those solar panels will be lower than elsewhere.
That means if they are in the desert, it will probably rain more often than before.
That rain does not fall where it normally falls.
This in turn can result in crop failure.