{"id":123981,"date":"2022-07-12T08:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T12:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=123981"},"modified":"2022-07-12T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T12:26:35","slug":"klaus-schwab-calls-for-higher-gas-prices-to-save-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=123981","title":{"rendered":"KLAUS SCHWAB CALLS FOR HIGHER GAS PRICES TO SAVE DEMOCRACY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Submitted by Harold Saive<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">World Economic Forum Paper: Gas Prices Must Go Higher to Save Democracy<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/world-economic-forum-fossilfuel-democracy-gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/world-economic-forum-fossilfuel-democracy-gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657715027536000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FXcHraFoRscO5Drs6ZY7Q\">https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/<wbr \/>newsfront\/world-economic-<wbr \/>forum-fossilfuel-democracy-<wbr \/>gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday released a position paper that said lowering fossil fuel use to reduce carbon emissions was necessary as the world faces two global crises \u2014 &#8220;climate change and the decline of democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The WEF&#8217;s paper, written by Colorado State University economics professor Edward B. Barbier, said democracy can be saved as long as consumers stop burning coal, oil, and gas in exchange for green renewables.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n&#8220;If global warming is to be kept below 1.5o C, the world must act now to reduce carbon emissions. Achieving this objective requires substantially lowering fossil fuel use through a clean energy transition,&#8221; Barbier wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the past 15 years, democracy has been in decline worldwide. To protect and promote freedom, leading democracies must strengthen their economies and safeguard liberty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These two aims are not mutually exclusive but complementary. Reducing reliance on fossil fuels and transitioning to low-carbon alternatives also make democratic economies more sustainable. Major democracies should work together to achieve these two goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Higher gas prices would help the U.S. and Europe accomplish what Barbier suggested.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/world-economic-forum-fossilfuel-democracy-gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/world-economic-forum-fossilfuel-democracy-gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657715027536000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FXcHraFoRscO5Drs6ZY7Q\">https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/<wbr \/>newsfront\/world-economic-<wbr \/>forum-fossilfuel-democracy-<wbr \/>gas\/2022\/07\/11\/id\/1078214\/<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}