The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.

ABSOLUTE SLAVERY: Zero Carbon Agenda Deconstructed

What is a zero-carbon future? What does it look like? To imagine, turn off your heater. No airports. No shipping. No animals. Perfect surveillance state. In this Ice Age Farmer special report, Christian breaks The “Absolute Zero” plan and how governments are actively taking drastic steps every day to meet these dystopian goals for Travel, Transport, Energy, Manufacturing, Recycling, and Food. We must understand the reality underneath their flowery philanthropic language: Absolute Slavery.

— FULL SHOW NOTES —

Watch on BitChute / LBRY / Odysee / YouTube

Download Podcast

•

Chapters

Intro to Net Zero: (0:00)
Road Vehicles: (3:54)
Rail: (8:25)
Flight: (14:15)
Shipping: (17:56)
Heating & Appliances: (22:42)
Food & Waste: (26:34)
Materials, Construction, Recycling: (35:32)
Electricity & Fossil Fuels (43:22)
Water (45:00)
Perfect Surveillance/Enforcement (46:46)
Closing (49:58)

Absolute Zero document

Click to access AbsoluteZero.pdf

— INTRO —

Race To Zero Campaign | UNFCCC

https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign#eq-3

The race to zero: can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050? | Climate Change |The Guardian

The race to zero: can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050?

Joe Biden wants zero emissions by 2050, but time is ticking. So how will the country have to change over the next 30 years?

— CARS —

California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years – The New York Times

California Plans to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 15 Years (Published 2020)

The proposal would speed up the state’s efforts to fight global warming at a time when California is being battered by wildfires, heat waves and other consequences of climate change.

Oregon Legislature seeks to ban diesel fuel sales by end of decade — State Column

U.S. Senate and House Get a Bill to Ban Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035 | The Motley Fool

U.S. Senate and House Get a Bill to Ban Sales of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035 | The Motley Fool

The proposed federal law mimics an executive order signed in California last month.

UK to ban selling new gas and diesel cars by 2030 – ABC News

UK to ban selling new gas and diesel cars by 2030

The United Kingdom announced Wednesday it would ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030, 10 years earlier than initially planned.

German Government Votes to Ban Internal Combustion Engines by 2030

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a31097/german-government-votes-to-ban-internal-combustion-engines-by-2030/

Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles – Wikipedia

Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles – Wikipedia

Vehicles that are powered by fossil fuels, such as gasoline (petrol), diesel, kerosene, and fuel oil are set to be phased out by a number of countries. It is one of the three most important parts of the general fossil fuel phase-out process, the others being the phase-out of fossil fuel power plants for electricity generation and decarbonisation of industry.

Biden’s buying spree could boost the number of electric vehicles in the US by 40% — Quartz

Biden’s buying spree could boost the number of electric vehicles in the US by 40%

Biden’s effort to replace the federal vehicle fleet will need to focus on Post Office trucks.

Countries That Will Ban Gasoline Cars – WorldAtlas

Countries That Will Ban Gasoline Cars

Several reasons have been cited for the ban the use of gasoline and other fossil fuels, including health risks that result from car emission.

Nissan And Mitsubishi Could Launch Electric Minicar Next Year | Carscoops

Nissan And Mitsubishi Could Launch Electric Minicar Next Year

The electric kei car from Nissan and Mitsubishi could cost as little as $14,000

Buttigieg suggests ‘vehicle miles tax’ to pay for infrastructure projects | Fox Business

Buttigieg suggests ‘vehicle miles tax’ to pay for infrastructure projects

Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is weighing a vehicle miles tax (VMT) to fund the president’s estimated $3 trillion infrastructure plan.

Electric fleets can fuel decarbonisation efforts. Here’s how | World Economic Forum

Electric fleets can fuel decarbonisation efforts. Here’s how

By electrifying urban fleets, we can mitigate more than 70% of mobility CO2 urban emissions, remove 50% of city air pollution, and electrify rides to everyone – making the electrification transition more effective and equitable.

The surprising truth behind the world’s electric cars | World Economic Forum

The surprising truth behind the world’s electric cars

Though electric cars are greener than conventional ones, much of their power still comes from coal.

— RAIL —

Biden Wants You Out of Your Car and on the Train | WIRED

Biden Wants You Out of Your Car and on the Train

The president’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal boosts funding for buses and rail. It even envisions actually tearing down some freeways.

US election: could Joe Biden spark a Second Great Railroad Revolution? | Railway Technology

US election: could Joe Biden spark a Second Great Railroad Revolution?

New Bloomberg Intelligence research why a potential Biden administration would trigger a railroad revolution ahead of the US election.

Amtrak Lays Out Expansion Proposal Under Biden’s Infrastructure Plan | NY1

Amtrak Lays Out Expansion Proposal Under Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

The new train network would create over 30 new routes in 15 states.

Amtrak Map

No Title

No Description

The Emerging Megaregions | Regional Plan Association

Should The Government Invest in High-Speed Rail to Boost a Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery? | The Urbanist

Revisiting Berkshire Hathaway’s Acquisition of BNSF |The Rational Walk

Revisiting Berkshire Hathaway’s Acquisition of BNSF

Four years have passed since Berkshire Hathaway announced that it would acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe in a cash and stock transaction. This article looks back at the transaction and attempts to determine whether it was a good deal for Berkshire.

Bill Gates Owns Canadian National Railway – Pinnacle Digest

Bill Gates Owns Canadian National Railway

Bill Gates owns a sizeable position in Canadian National Railway among other top quality dividend paying stocks. Learn about his portfolio allocation…

Canadian Pacific to acquire Kansas City Southern in $25 billion freight-rail deal – MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/canadian-pacific-to-acquire-kansas-city-southern-in-25-billion-freight-rail-deal-11616335014

Carlos Slim consortium wins 18-billion-peso Maya Train contract

Carlos Slim consortium wins 18-billion-peso Maya Train contract

The billionaire businessman has secured the second contract awarded by the government for the construction of the railroad project in Mexico’s southeast.

Amtrak Corporate Profile FY 2019

Click to access Amtrak-Corporate-Profile-FY2019-033120.pdf

source

— FLYING —

John Kerry flew on private jet to accept climate award: ‘Only choice for somebody like me’ – Washington Times

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/3/john-kerry-flew-private-jet-accept-climate-award-o/

U.S. airlines to go net-zero carbon emissions by 2050: Travel Weekly

https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/US-airlines-to-go-net-zero-carbon-emissions-2050

Sustainable fuel taking off: Travel Weekly

Airbus says it could be flying zero-emissions planes by 2035 | World Economic Forum

Airbus says it could be flying zero-emissions planes by 2035

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.

Is this the next “clean” energy to power aviation? – Innovation – Airbus

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/stories/Is-this-the-next-clean-energy-to-power-aviation.html

— Social License to Operate —

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer | World Economic Forum

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

Sustainable aviation fuels are the most realistic route to decarbonising the airline industry, but uptake is currently low

— SHIPPING —

Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Exposes Supply Chain Vulnerability

Ship Stuck in Suez Canal Exposes Supply Chain Vulnerability

Business continuity sometimes means supply chain continuity.

Time for a logistics rethink after Suez Canal grounding – academic – NZ Herald

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/time-for-a-logistics-rethink-after-suez-canal-grounding-academic/PNFF56L2TZPOPCMIXFQOWVYEDU/

mirror – archive

How decarbonizing shipping could unlock a global energy transition | World Economic Forum

Decarbonizing shipping could unlock a global energy transition

Decarbonizing maritime shipping is a huge challenge – but it could catalyze a broader switch to clean energy. Here’s how.

Getting to Zero Coalition | Global Maritime Forum

Getting to Zero Coalition

Accelerating maritime shipping’s decarbonization with the development and deployment of commercially viable deep sea zero emission vessels by 2030 towards full decarbonization by 2050

Getting to Zero Coalition – Members | Global Maritime Forum

Getting to Zero Coalition

Accelerating maritime shipping’s decarbonization with the development and deployment of commercially viable deep sea zero emission vessels by 2030.

Poseidon Principles – Signatories

Poseidon Principles – List of Signatories

ECB should think green when picking assets: policymakers | Reuters

ECB should think green when picking assets: policymakers

The European Central Bank should consider climate risk when buying assets or accepting them as collateral, top ECB policymakers said on Monday though Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann cautioned that price stability not saving the planet remained the ECB’s top priority.

Smart ports are needed for shipping to recover from the pandemic | Asian Development Blog

https://blogs.adb.org/blog/smart-ports-are-needed-shipping-recover-pandemic

Deloitte Port Services – Smart Ports

Click to access deloitte-nl-er-port-services-smart-ports.pdf

source

Maersk, Ports America invest $19M in Loadsmart Smart Drayage initiative | Supply Chain Dive

Maersk, Ports America invest $19M in Loadsmart Smart Drayage initiative

The Smart Drayage program, which matches containers with trucks based on ease of access, load times and haul distances, promises to reduce truck time spent at a port by 25% and container shuffles by 50%.

About PortXchange – Originated from Pronto In The Port of Rotterdam

PortXchange – Improve port call efficiency and Lower Co2

PortXchange provides innovative digital solutions to support the shipping industry to become more efficient and reduce its carbon footprint.

Smart Ports: Piers of the Future

https://www.smartports.tv/

LA Port Chief Implores Importers To Speed Cargo Pickup As Congestion Crisis Worsens | ZeroHedge

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge – On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

— HEATING & APPLIANCES —

Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes | San Francisco Chronicle

Berkeley becomes first U.S. city to ban natural gas in new homes

Berkeley became the first city nationwide to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings…

Gas heat and stoves are warming the climate. Should cities start banning them? | National Geographic

Gas heat and stoves are warming the climate. Should cities start banning them?

Buildings are responsible for a lot of carbon emissions. Weaning them off fossil fuels is a key part of the climate solution.

Clean energy will do to gas what gas has done to coal | World Economic Forum

Blame Wood-Burning Stoves for Winter Air Pollution and Health Threats – EcoWatch

Wood burners: Most polluting fuels to be banned in the home – BBC News

Wood burners: Most polluting fuels to be banned in the home

Owners of wood burners and open fires in England will be discouraged from burning house coal or wet wood.

— FOOD —

The ‘Planetary Health Diet’: Will It Save Lives And Planet Earth? | Forbes

The ‘Planetary Health Diet’: Will It Save Lives And Planet Earth?

On Wednesday, a group researchers released a report published in The Lancet medical journal that offers the framework for the “planetary health diet,” which they argue will increase health outcomes for the world’s population while promoting sustainable food systems that combat climate change.

‘Let’s get rid of friggin’ cows’ says creator of plant-based ‘bleeding burger’ | Environment | The Guardian

‘Let’s get rid of friggin’ cows’ says creator of plant-based ‘bleeding burger’

Impossible Foods working on milk and fish substitutes as Patrick Brown pledges to put an end to animal agriculture industry

Bill Gates Wants Rich Countries To Move To 100% Synthetic Beef, But Here’s The Opportunity Behind This Trend | Forbes

Will Ireland sacrifice its sacred cows to meet climate change targets? | Ireland | The Sunday Times

Will Ireland sacrifice its sacred cows to meet climate change targets?

‘No country has ever set such an ambitious target,” said Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, when describing the short-term goal of halving emissions by the end of t

Senate bill aims to eliminate all CAFOs in 20 years | AGDAILY

Senate bill aims to eliminate all CAFOs in 20 years | AGDAILY

The goal of the Farm Systems Reform Act is to eliminate large operations in the next 20 years, with no large operations able to g on after Jan. 1, 2040.

Sorry Steak Lovers, Australia’s Running Out of Cows – Bloomberg

Proposed FDA rule threatens small farms & food businesses – The Weston A. Price Foundation

Proposed FDA rule threatens small farms & food businesses

🖨️ Print post The FDA is proposing a new rule that would apply to almost everyone involved in the food system, including farms, cottage food operators, co-ops, and […]

mirror – archive

— MATERIALS —

Circular economy – Wikipedia

Circular economy – Wikipedia

A circular economy (also referred to as circularity or CE) is a model of resource production and consumption in any economy that involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible.

Mission Possible: Climate-Action Partnership Launched to Help Transform Heavy Industry and Transport › Press releases | World Economic Forum

Mission Possible: Climate-Action Partnership Launched to Help Transform Heavy Industry and Transport

Builds on work launched at the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in 2019 to help seven heavy industry sectors cut their carbon emissions

This Bill Gates-backed startup will soon help power a giant mine – CNN

This Bill Gates-backed startup will soon help power a giant mine | CNN Business

Heliogen, the Bill Gates-backed clean energy startup, is bringing its field of mirrors to the Mojave Desert.

Moving towards a world without waste | World Economic Forum

Moving towards a world without waste

Every hour, around 600 metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans. The CEO of Coca-Cola writes on his company’s plans to recycle every bottle they produce.

What Does Bill Gates’ Trust See in Waste Management? | Yahoo!

What Does Bill Gates’ Trust See in Waste Management?

A look at one of the foundation’s top investment holdings

New recycling facility on the way at McCommas landfill in southern Dallas | Dallas News

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2016/01/04/new-recycling-facility-on-the-way-at-mccommas-landfill-in-southern-dallas/

Fort Worth, Partners Launch Digital Recycling Tool in Honor of Global Recycling Day — NBC 5 Dallas – Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Partners Launch Digital Recycling Tool in Honor of Global Recycling Day

In honor of Global Recycling Day, the Recycling Partnership has launched “Communities for Recycling,” an initiative to provide Fort Worth residents with real-time, personalized, and hyperlocal recycling information through Facebook Messenger.

— PLASTIC —

Push to reduce plastic waste gains traction in Sacramento and D.C. – Press Telegram

https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/04/02/the-push-to-reduce-plastic-waste-gains-traction-in-sacramento-and-d-c/

Ban plastic bags? Put millions toward recycling? Or do both? Colorado lawmakers deal with competing bills | The Denver Post

Ban plastic bags? Put millions toward recycling? Or do both? Colorado lawmakers deal with competing bills

A Colorado bill backed by environmentalists would ban single-use plastic bags and foam takeout containers from many restaurants and retailers. A competing measure, backed by the plastics industry, would instead put fees on food service packaging distributors to raise $75 million for recycling efforts.

Oahu restaurants maneuver new ban on plastic ware | Yahoo!

Oahu restaurants maneuver new ban on plastic ware

Apr. 2-Honolulu restaurants are adjusting to the ban on plastic bags, plastic straws and plastic utensils that went into effect Thursday. The ordinance is being implemented in two phases. Phase 1 was supposed to take effect Jan. 1 but was postponed to Thursday to allow restaurants to use up their supply of plastic materials.

Three experts on why eradicating plastic pollution will help achieve gender equality | World Economic Forum

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/three-experts-on-why-eradicating-plastic-pollution-will-help-achieve-gender-equality/

Is Carbon Neutrality the Next Big Sustainable Packaging Thing? | Plastics Today

Is Carbon Neutrality the Next Big Sustainable Packaging Thing?

You may have read recently about carbon neutral rPET or about new forms of carbon negative deodorant packaging. Here’s what you should know.

— ELECTRICITY & FOSSIL FUELS —

California Considers Statewide Ban On Gas-Powered Garden Tools — CBS Sacramento

California Considers Statewide Ban On Gas-Powered Garden Tools

If you have any gas-powered gardening tools, you may be forced to give them up soon.

France to ban all oil and gas production from 2040 | The Independent | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-ban-emmanuel-macron-oil-gas-exploration-2040-latest-global-warming-climate-change-a8121031.html

— WATER —

Global Water Initiative | World Economic Forum

https://www.weforum.org/projects/global-water-initiative

Feds suspend, Calif. cuts water allocation for Valley farmers

— PERFECT SURVEILLANCE & ENFORCEMENT —

In the Face of Extraordinary Challenges, 36 Pioneer Cities Chart a Course Towards a More Ethical and Responsible Future > Press releases | World Economic Forum

In the Face of Extraordinary Challenges, 36 Pioneer Cities Chart a Course Towards a More Ethical and Responsible Future

Alexandra May, Public Engagement, World Economic Forum, amay@weforum.org, +41 79 844 9006

What the COVID-19 pandemic teaches us about cybersecurity – and how to prepare for the inevitable global cyberattack | World Economic Forum

What COVID-19 teaches us about cybersecurity – and how to prepare for the inevitable global cyberattack

A COVID-like global cyber pandemic is inevitable. Here are 3 lessons from the coronavirus crisis on how the world can better prepare for it and respond.

The Climate Cop | Climate TRACE: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 | TIME

Climate TRACE: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020

Find out why Climate TRACE is one of the best inventions of 2020.

These Smart Sewers Are Part Of A Growing Trend Connecting Infrastructure To The Internet : NPR

These Smart Sewers Are Part Of A Growing Trend Connecting Infrastructure To The Internet

Under the streets of South Bend, Ind., a high tech experiment is underway. This sewer system is smart. The infrastructure can sense flow and divert water to prevent flooding. It’s part of a growing trend of cities across the U.S. connecting infrastructure to the internet of things.