For example, fossil fuel companies have tended to solely measure ‘scope 1’ and ‘scope 2’ emissions. These are the greenhouse gases directly related to their operations. In effect, they consider only the emissions from the exploration, extraction, and production of fossil fuels in their net-zero targets.
As a result, oil majors often do not account for the emissions that consumers generate from the burning of their products. These downstream GHGs are referred to as ‘scope 3’ emissions.
However, since this study evaluates overall production, it prevents companies from shifting responsibility for scope 3 emissions.
This is honestly a really bad take. This is what leads to people saying dumb shit like “a handful of companies cause 90%” of emissions.
The way we end fossil-fuel dependence is by holding downstream companies themselves responsible for Scope 3, thus spurring them to move away from dependence of fossil fuels.
Pinning all accountability on FF companies to have an easy bad guy is absolutely counterproductive to solving the problem.
I’m not sure what you mean by “not encouraging more federally” and the devil is very much in the details on that one.
Carbon Taxes with dividends would be far be the best means we have to switch away from fossil fuels, but the American people would never tolerate it. It’s a political non-starter.
Currently the best method federally is subsidies for green energy/tech adoption, because those things only make 40ish percent of people lose their shit instead of 80%.
This is honestly a really bad take. This is what leads to people saying dumb shit like “a handful of companies cause 90%” of emissions.
The way we end fossil-fuel dependence is by holding downstream companies themselves responsible for Scope 3, thus spurring them to move away from dependence of fossil fuels.
Pinning all accountability on FF companies to have an easy bad guy is absolutely counterproductive to solving the problem.
But if we limit their output by not encouraging more federally, wouldn’t that increase prices and make renewable alternatives more favorable?
I’m not sure what you mean by “not encouraging more federally” and the devil is very much in the details on that one.
Carbon Taxes with dividends would be far be the best means we have to switch away from fossil fuels, but the American people would never tolerate it. It’s a political non-starter.
Currently the best method federally is subsidies for green energy/tech adoption, because those things only make 40ish percent of people lose their shit instead of 80%.