As long as returns on fossil fuel stocks remain high (and subsidized by the lack of a price on carbon pollution), they will remain highly attractive to asset managers who must meet their duty to maximize returns.

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For the next 20 or 30 years, fossil fuels will remain dominant, supplying more than 85% of global demand for energy, and it is important to make them more environmentally friendly by putting more effort into reduced or zero emission fossil fuels.

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To get there, both the UN and global lending institutions such as the World Bank are saying that they will place more emphasis on green technologies than on fossil fuels, which will still remain part of its tool box and loan portfolio.

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That any traces at all remain from so long ago is astounding, and anyway it is not the completeness of the fossil record but its consistency that matters.

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