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Our various "leaders" are about to meet, again, about climate, and make nice noises and sign pledges that mean nothing and burn more fuel traveling with all the press corps that follows such things for photo ops.  Meanwhile, "reality" does appear finally to be seeping in in a few places, I think it will take a few more years for most of thhe media to realize this is all smoke and mirrors.

Then they will publish pieces about how "we" are falling short and need to do more because it's an URGENT CRISIS (is there any other kind?).   And "we" will throw more money at it and still end up doing almost nothing positive.

If we focused on coal, we might solve part of the problem and a few others as well.  It's not often I see something so out of whack with such obvious reality.

China's at a table fashioned entirely of coal, and the tears of child laborers.

it's just supply and demand..................

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world’s largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, reported $30.4 billion in third-quarter net income on Sunday, bolstered by a surge in oil prices and recovery in demand as the coronavirus pandemic eases.

Saudi Arabia’s majority state-owned oil giant Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its net income more than doubled from $11.8 billion during the same three-month period a year earlier. Last year’s figure came after profits plunged dramatically as global lockdowns slammed oil prices. Net income refers to the amount left after taxes and preferred dividends have been paid.

Aramco CEO Amin Nasser described the company’s third-quarter results as “exceptional,” a result of “increased economic activity in key markets and a rebound in energy demand,” even as supply chain bottlenecks imperiled the global economic recovery.

The 158% spike in earnings follows the global loosening of virus-induced restrictions, tightening of gas supplies and acceleration of vaccination campaigns that have pushed prices of crude sharply higher. The price of international benchmark Brent crude was trading at over $83.50 a barrel on Sunday.

Consumers and companies are using more gasoline and airplane fuel as governments relax restrictions, leading to a rally across energy markets.

“We are optimistic that energy demand will remain healthy for the foreseeable future,” Nasser said.

Crude prices have been helped by production cuts made by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, a group known as OPEC+, which meets later this week.

As consumption picks up, the group has gradually started adding barrels back to the market, with plans to pump 400,000 more barrels a day each month through December and raise Saudi Arabia’s limit of 11 million barrels to 11.5 million next year.

11.5 million barrels doesn't seem to be good for climate change

anyone from OPEC at the G20 summit?

COP26: Follow live as world leaders meet in Glasgow for climate summit (cnbc.com)

In effect, our "leaders" have moved to Stage Two in awareness of the obvious, "We're not doing enough."

So, they give speeches, have meetings, and make promises which are inadequate and unachievable.  But it does enable them to spend money on "stuff".

Stage Three will be recognition that "we" waited decades too late to have a realistic plan, and the only partial solution is one nobody can do.  I don't know when that occurs, no doubt after trillions have been thrown at it.

I am chagrined.