I’ve been paying a lot more attention to my blog and especially with adding the links to the articles and books I’ve been reading. I have made investments in companies that see the future is away from fossil fuels and towards all renewables. And the companies that are going to produce green hydrogen to use
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Wow, can you believe this? Looks like BP has gone green and is planning for a fossil fuel free future. 50 GW is the same as 50 full size power plants. Now if the other major oil companies will do the same… << BP Aims to Build 50GW of Renewables by 2030, Cut Fossil Fuel
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My reply to this commentary https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/16/social_media_censors_government_–_muzzling_democracy_itself_143727.html This author seems to believe that the social media are censoring mostly the conservative Right. I don’t understand how the conservatives think they’re being singled out. The social media have rules that apply equally to anyone, not just the conservatives. The social media use artificial intelligence algorithms to filter
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From the comment I left at Dave’s JHAT YouTube video https://youtu.be/yofGtxEgpI8 Thank you, Dave, for the balanced and informative view. But I must bring up the “externalities” that almost every nuclear power proponent fails to address. One of the reasons why the burning of fossil fuels, especially coal, has to end is that the mining,
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2020-07-08 This article tells how growing feed crops for livestock is using up 23% of the water. The large part of this water is used to grow the feed for the cattle. The northern part of Texas and Oklahoma are running dry because the underground aquifer is being depleted. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/02/agriculture-cattle-us-water-shortages-colorado-river?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0dyZWVuTGlnaHQtMjAwNzA4&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email&utm_campaign=GreenLight
From Hyundai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle video #2 (2020-Jul 8) https://youtu.be/kjS7u2VzUv4 << By 2025, Norway, The Netherlands, France and the U.K. will ban new Internal Combustion Engines that run on gasoline. By 2040 the U.K. will ban sales of ICE and hybrid vehicles, too. >> Saudi Arabia will be home to the world’s largest green
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https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/06/23/first-wind-turbine-installed-in-us-federal-waters/ Great! Now we have to get a lot more installed off *all* coasts. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/31/us-wind-energy-capacity-now-over-100-gigawatts-says-new-report.html This is onshore wind. That 100 GW is the same as 100 full-sized power plants. We need a lot more! The US has a few thousand.
Jason WillauerAsked, “What is your source … Renewables cheaper than conventional?IRENA.This 2+ year old article says that by 2020 renewables will be cheaper. Well, it’s 2020 and they already are. The clowns in this administration are trying to save the Fossil Fuel Industry, but no matter what they do, the fossil fuel producers are going
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From https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/renewable-portfolio-standards.aspx California Title: Renewables Portfolio Standard. Established: 2002. Requirement: 44% by 2024; 52% by 2027; 60% by 2030. Also requires 100% clean energy by 2045. Applicable Sectors: Investor-owned utility, municipal utilities. Cost Cap: Determined by the California Public Utilities Commission. Details: A 2013 amendment allows the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt additional requirements.
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We already can run Windows Apps on Wine on Linux. Maybe one day we’ll be able to get rid of Windows. https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/6/16/21293180/google-chrome-os-microsoft-office-windows-desktop-apps-support-parallels
