Re: the meme here, a reader motes: This climate meeting was all about fossil fuel strategies and alliances to wipe out renewable energy.

There is no doubt that this was the focus on the part of Big Oil.  Looks at from that perspective, the “justification” is clear: show the world the fossil energy is here to stay, and that, as they say in science fiction, “resistance is futile.”

Their problem, of course, is that the costs of solar and wind continue to come down, and that the power of pure market forces will eventually make energy from oil, gas and coal, prohibitively expensive.

Precisely what this planet will be like at that point is impossible to determine, as is the prognosis for keeping temperature rises to a workable level.

Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at Climate Meeting “Beyond Justification”