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Corruption of Bribery

Chapter 6 : Corruption in the “Carbon World”

 Figures confuse the short and long form of “billion” and are mixed between metric and
imperial
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 The abbreviation “MtC0 ” is universally used to mean metric tons of carbon dioxide yet in
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many of the UK papers it clearly means millions of tonnes. Similarly, the abbreviation C0
2e
and Co are juxtaposed, which makes tracking progress difficult if not impossible.
2e
 Annual inventories supplied for approval by the UNFCCCare in gigatonnes of CO , but for
2e
internal purposes are in MtCO and with entirely different sectorial breakdowns.
 Many reports, especially by the UK authorities, are undated and seldom if ever show
revision numbers
 Annual figures are co‐mingled with 5 year budgetary periods
 Figures are most often expressed as percentages which are meaningless at an
operational level.
 Sometimes LULUFC are included and sometimes not

Consumers who did not know better might assume that the confusion is deliberate.

Metrics are also important in deciding on remedial options. For example to what extent solutions
should be based on capital investment or capital plus installation plus though life costs. Metrics in
the “Carbon World” are a complex subject and very difficult to follow.

9.2 GHG Inventory Reporting
Many reports of GHG inventories do not match up (see page xx). For example, the UK’s annual
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return submitted to the “UNFCCC 2010” on 13 April 2011, covered only up to 2008 and then
differed from the figures prepared by the Climate Change Committee (see page xx) and from the
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. The differences are not inconsequential.

The summary produced by the DECC “Overview GHG Inventory Summary Fact Sheet” of sectorial breakdowns
adds up to more than 100%

If the above were not confusing enough, the admitted error rate in the UK’s Inventory is shown
in small print as plus or minus 17%: coincidentally the delta being enough to meet the 2020
reductions target.

UK reports state that per capita emissions amount to 9.7 tonnes which is based only on
production inputs. When importations and consumption are taken into account, the per capita
figure rises to nearly 14 tonnes which is supposedly to be reduced to 2 tonnes before 2050. The
world per capital emissions are around 4.7 tonnes which suggests the near impossibility of the
UK target unless its citizens return to cave living or become LibDems. But what you think will
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happen to counter the differences between production and consumption calculations ?

89 The pending political solution is obviously waiting in the wings and it is to put a carbon tax on imports

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