“It is the largest cheating ever perpetrated in the world and carbon footprint is a hoax invented by people with evil intentions“. Even, Donald? Even the energy transition could lead us to what you call”Total Destruction“, To total destruction?
In his (memorable) speech to the UN General Assembly, the President of the United States has for everyone:
Europe has reduced its Carbon Footprint, but has closed factories and fired workers, it is an absurdity – mumbles. Also in America environmentalists would like to close everything, they would like there were no cows. I think they want to kill all cows.
In short, according to Trump, solar and wind plants “rot and rust” and are making money lose.
Long minutes of show, in New York gentlemen, in which the Tycoon also turned a violent attack on migrants in Europe, accused China of polluting the planet, claimed the end of 7 wars and once again claimed the Nobel Peace Prize.
But what’s true in your climate statements?
Environment, China and Energy, all Trump fakes
Global warming and climate change
Trump defined climate change “The greatest scam ever perpetrated in the world“And also referred to the”global warming hoax“, Stating – without any foundation – that scientists now use the expression” climate change “instead of” global warming “so that they cannot be accused of making mistakes if the world ends rather to cool down. Nice tour of ideas, huh?
In fact, climate scientists use both expressions, saying “global warming“When they refer to the long -term tendency of the increase in global temperature and”climate change“When referring to the numerous effects that the world is experiencing because of this trend.
NASA explains precisely on its website:
The ‘climate change’ includes global warming, but refers to the wider range of changes that are happening to our planet. These include raising sea level; the narrowing of mountain glaciers; the acceleration of the dissolution of the ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Arctic; And changes during flowers of flowers/plants.
For example, a 2023 report of the group of experts on the United Nations climate change, the “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report“, He says:” Human activities, mainly through greenhouse gas emissions, unequivocally cause global warming, with a global surface temperature that reached 1.1 ° C above 1850-1900 in 2011-2020 “. In a section entitled” Future Climate Change “, the report also affirms the following:” The continuous greenhouse gas emissions will lead to an increase in global warming, with the best estimate of reaching 1.5 ° C in the short term in scenarios considered and modeling paths. Each increase in global warming will intensify multiple and concomitant dangers (high confidence) “.
Carbone and renewable
Trump referred to coal as “Clean and beautiful coal“, As it usually does, but coal is not clean. Its use as a source of energy creates polluting emissions that damage man and the environment, also with technological improvements capable of reducing emissions levels.
Trump also erroneously stated that renewable energy sources “they do not work“, Saying that”They are not strong enough to make your country big“And that”The wind does not blow“But the energy generated by the wind is always a useful source of energy, even when” the wind does not blow “, just like solar energy is a source of useful energy when”The sun does not shine“, Since energy can be stored in industrial batteries or using other methods, allowing it to use it as part of a mix of energy together with energy from traditional fossil fuels.
In addition, in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency (AIE), 80% of the growth of global electricity production was from renewable and nuclear sources, contributing for the first time to 40% of the total production of world electricity. Solar and wind turned over 16% of the electricity of the United States, overcoming coal.
Renewable energy sources are expected, including solar, wind and hydroelectric energy, will satisfy about 95% of the growth of global electricity demand until 2027.
According to the International Agency for Renewable Energies (Irena), moreover, more than 90% of the new renewable projects are now cheaper than alternatives to fossil fuels. In 2024, the solar photovoltaic (PV) was, on average, 41% cheaper compared to the alternatives to cheaper fossil fuels, while the onshore wind projects were cheaper by 53%.
China and wind energy
Trump repeated his false statement that, although China is the main producer of wind turbines, “has very few wind farms”. He added: “Then why they build and send them all over the world, but they barely use them? You know, they use coal, they use gas, they use almost everything, but they don’t like the wind. But they like to sell the windmills”.
In reality, China is the world leader in the generation of wind energy and has huge onshore and offshore wind farms; It continues to install additional wind capacity much faster than the United States.
In numbers, in China:
The agreement on the climate of Paris
Trump repeated some false statements on the Paris climate agreement from which he withdrawn the United States during each of his presidencies.
He also mistakenly said that the United States “they should have paid about 1 trillion of dollars“Based on the agreement. Obviously it is not so: the United States never spent or committed even remotely 1 trillion of dollars in relation to the agreement. Biden has committed himself to paying 11.4 billion dollars a year for the international climate funding, but the congress has also allocated less.
There is a overwhelming scientific evidence and the consent of thousands of scientists all over the world on the fact that climate change is being occurred, it is caused by man and places significant risks for human health, the environment and the global economy.
Trump’s statements, today, are in clear contrast, therefore, with the well -known climatic assessments, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Climate Assessment of the United States, which includes contributions from thousands of scientists from all over the world and undergoes a rigorous open and independent revision process lasting years.
In the 2023 report, the group of experts on the climate change of the United Nations, IPCC, the “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report“, He says:
Human activities, mainly through greenhouse gas emissions, unequivocally cause global warming.
And the United States National Climate Assessment has established that “Human activities, mainly through greenhouse gas emissions, unequivocally cause global warming. Without deeper cuts to the global greenhouse gases net emissions and accelerated adaptation efforts, serious climatic risks for the United States will continue to grow.
Meanwhile, 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded and, yes, only in 2024, 27 disasters occurred in its dear old United States for a cost of 27 billion dollars. (Noaa). But continue to deny, Donald.
(Here you can find Trump’s complete speech).
Sources: NASA / IPCC / EIA / IRENA / AP News / Carbon Brief / Global Energy Monitor / CNN Politics / Wmo – State of the global climate 2024 / Noaa
