The NASA climate web page on consensus about AGW – anthropogenic global warming or human caused climate change. https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
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2022-04-09 Electricity Sector In India
India is the third largest, after China and the US. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India
2022-04-01 Residential Energy Survey
There are still a lot of CFL and incandescent light bulbs being used. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/31/47-of-u-s-households-use-led-bulbs-for-all-or-most-indoor-lighting/
2022-03-30 End $6T Fossil Fuel Bailouts
Tony Seba talks about the fastest way to get to Net Zero – by ending the $6 Trillion/yr fossil fuel bailouts. https://rethinkdisruption.com/carbon-tax-fossil-fuel-bailout/
2022-03-22 US Automakers Stifled Ni-MH Battery Use In BEVs
The US automakers stifled the use of Ni-MH battery technology in battery electric vehicles. These protracted battles dealt with patent rights, litigation, gag orders, and especially sales of companies to corporations. Wikipedia wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_encumbrance_of_large_automotive_NiMH_batteries
2022-03-05 California Solar Rights Act Protects Homeowners Also SASH
Laws prohibiting HOAs, etc. from restricting homeowners from installing solar equipment. Also other rights such as penalties for HOAs. https://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/1253/california-solar-rights-act Also see California Single-family Affordable Solar Housing – SASH Program https://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/3673/california-solar-initiative-single-family-affordable-solar-housing-sash-program
2022-03-03 IPCC Report On Climate Change
The Guardian’s article about the 6 report and what it says. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/28/what-is-the-ipcc-climate-change-report-and-what-will-it-say?utm_term=6220adc231ec79f444a16279cc26a37f&utm_campaign=GreenLight&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email
2022-02-27 Caps Wiki – Repairing Electronics
Caps Wiki – a place for you to share your repair notes. I like the idea. I’m wondering if I have the patience to spend the extra time. https://hackaday.com/2022/02/24/caps-wiki-place-for-you-to-share-your-repair-notes/
2022-02-24 ILSR – States Community Power Scorecard
ILSR states community power scorecard gives a letter grade to how the states score on community power. Some states score poorly even though they have changed to renewables. Utilities are greedy and don’t the state to allow the DERs – distributed energy resources, AKA net metering. https://ilsr.org/2022-community-power-scorecard/ Also see California NEM 3.0.
2022-02-17 Conspiracy In Online Wellness Communities
Conspiracy theories run rampant in online personal wellness communities. This PBS Newshour article (9 mins) shows how the Disinformation Dozen are corrupting the minds of the vaccine hesitant. There is hope: one of the women they interviewed was an antivaxxer but changed and got out of the cult. No more Qanon, no more conspiracy theories,
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