NYTimes 12-03-2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/climate/biden-willow-arctic-drilling-restrictions.html
(..) The restrictions, however, are unlikely to offset concerns that the $8 billion Willow project, led by oil giant ConocoPhillips, will have the potential to produce more than 600 million barrels of crude over 30 years. Burning all that oil could release nearly 280 million metric tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere. On an annual basis, that would translate into 9.2 million metric tons of carbon pollution, equal to adding nearly two million cars to the roads each year. The United States, the second biggest polluter on the planet after China, emits about 5.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. (..)
A crise da globalização capitalista impõe aos EUA um seguro estratégico de autossuficiência energética, que até segunda ordem continuará baseada no carbono. Dá-lhe Greta!
2023-03-18
