World War Zero – will there be zero left if we don’t take action to halt climate change? https://time.com/5873394/take-climate-change-seriously-business/?amp=true << It’s Time for American Leaders to Wake Up to the Threat of Climate Change for the Good of the Planet and Business I [Gov. John Kasich] joined with former Secretary of State John Kerry and
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Solar Power Has Transformed Afghan Opium Production This crazy story isn’t one that’s for the better. But Solar power has transformed the poppy growers in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Crazy world. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53450688 Renewables Outpaced Coal and Nuclear to start 2020. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/07/27/renewables-have-outpaced-nuclear-and-coal-to-start-2020/
From https://www.greentechmedia.com/amp/article/european-hydropower-dawdles-as-hydrogen-and-batteries-soar << Even green hydrogen, which is in its infancy today, could overtake new hydro capacity in Europe over the coming decade. This month, the European Union set a target of 40 gigawatts of electrolyzer capacity by 2030, up from 250 megawatts today. >> [The US should be planning at least that much.] <<
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Good article about green hydrogen storage in underground salt caverns. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnparnell/2019/05/30/worlds-biggest-energy-storage-project-planned-for-utah/#3db65d28a5ed
Oilprice.com article https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Wind-Power/Wind-Is-Emerging-As-A-Leader-In-The-Renewable-Race.amp.html Quote << “We have reached an important turning point in the energy transition. The case for new and much of the existing coal power generation, is both environmentally and economically unjustifiable,” said the director-general of IRENA, Francesco La Camera, commenting on the agency’s latest report. “Renewable energy is increasingly the cheapest source
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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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I happened to find this website for a nuclear fusion research project that makes claims about getting more energy output than it puts in. They talk about an artificial sun on earth. I have read about some amateur experimenters making a cold fusion system on a small laboratory scale, and this Safire Project seems to
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This is a YouTube video. This guy did a very good job of building an off-grid solar system. It’s transportable, uses four 100 watt panels, two 12V AGM batteries in parallel, can supply 120VAC pure sine wave at 2000 watts and costs under $1,900. This is an excellent video with plenty of details. He calls
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At the very end of this article https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/as-fossil-fuel-pipelines-fall-to-opposition-can-clean-energy-replace-them << Meanwhile, California utility Pacific Gas & Electric has declared support for a potential statewide ban on natural gas in new buildings to “avoid investments in new gas assets” that might be left stranded by the state’s push for a zero-carbon economy by 2045. >> I think
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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
