The chart from Bloomberg NEF predicts that by 2050 the world will still have 24% of global electricity produced by fossil fuels. We must switch to more renewables sooner or there will be no future. https://theconversation.com/worried-about-earths-future-well-the-outlook-is-worse-than-even-scientists-can-grasp-153091
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2021-01-17 Denial Of Overpopulation Article
Read what Sir David Attenborough has to say about this in his book A Life On Our Planet. As resources get stretched out between more and more people, the people will suffer and die. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/202009/the-psychology-denying-overpopulation
2021-01-13 Big Changes Needed, Fast
My FB reply Karl Thidemann I asked you a question. The regenerative grazing you promote will benefit the land in the same way that hundreds of millions of bison did before they were nearly exterminated by hunters. How long will it take to regenerate the land? Regenerating the land will be pointless if it takes
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2021-01-02 Climate Change And CoVID19 Linked
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01012021/covid-climate-parallels-denial/ Quote: << According to the World Health Organization, climate change is currently estimated to cause more than 150,000 deaths annually. In 2014, the organization estimated that climate change could cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from 2030 to 2050. A study published in 2019 in the New England Journal of Medicine called this
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2021-01-01 Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plans – $2 Trillion
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/08/932160547/biden-will-face-major-limits-to-his-ambitious-climate-plans Quote: << “Investing in renewables and energy efficiency generates more than twice as many jobs as investing in fossil fuels,” says Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute. >>
2020-12-08 Fed Court Rejects Trump’s Approval of Antarctic Offshore Drilling Project
It’s time the world stops expansion of fossil fuels and expand clean renewables. The Orange Orangutan has done enough damage to the US and the world. Waiting for Jan 20 to get rid of Don the Con. And I don’t feel one bit of guilt calling Trump names because he calls HRC ‘crooked Hillary’ and
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2020-12-06 Structurally Integrated Batteries
Also left a comment on JHAT Dec 6. Structural batteries and also integration with motors is a fascinating subject. But it suffers from the same problems that the integrated circuits suffered from over the last several decades. Before the integrated circuits could be highly integrated, the optimal structure had to be determined. Things like 8,
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2020-11-18 1% Causes Half Of Airline Emissions
Seems like people should do more traveling virtually, especially now with the surge in the pandemic. https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/17/people-cause-global-aviation-emissions-study-covid-19
2020-11-11 Spain To Ban New Extraction, Subsidies, Close Coal Plants
Spain will close most of the coal fired power plants within a year. Plans to stop fossil fuel subsidies and ban new extraction. https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/11/climate-heroes-the-countries-pioneering-a-green-future This is what all countries including the US should be doing.
2020-11-05 Where Should I Spend $$ To Fight Climate Change?
How should I spend $1000 to stop climate change? https://grist.org/ask-umbra/how-should-i-spend-1000-to-stop-climate-change/ A quote >> “There is maybe something to be said for investing in climate mitigation or to donate to climate change causes based on qualitative arguments,” added Hillebrandt — essentially, accepting the simple truth that pumping the Earth’s atmosphere with a bunch of extra carbon
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