Friday, October 01, 2021

Microsoft’s million-tonne CO2-removal purchase — lessons for net zero

Time to sell Microsoft stocks! When CEOs believe in the Global Warming hoax and Climate Change religion! What a waste of money on virtue signalling!

"In January this year, Microsoft made a major announcement: it had paid for the removal of 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Among its purchases were projects to expand forests in Peru, Nicaragua and the United States, as well as initiatives to regenerate soil across US farms. Microsoft will pay the Swiss firm Climeworks to operate a machine in Iceland that pulls CO2 from the air and injects it into the ground, where it mineralizes and turns to stone. ...
By 2030, the company will reduce its emissions by half or more, and will have 100% of its electricity consumption matched by zero-carbon energy purchases. It will electrify its vehicle fleet, stop using diesel for backup energy and reduce emissions across its value chain. ...
The aim is that, by 2030, the company will be carbon negative. By 2050, it will have removed all of its emissions since it was founded in 1975. ..."

Microsoft’s million-tonne CO2-removal purchase — lessons for net zero Strengthen markets, measures and definitions for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to fight climate change.

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