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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/ In the inevitable crescendo of hype and greenwashing that’s coming our way, we’ll doubtless hear a lot about industrial carbon capture technologies that attempt to remove carbon dioxide from the...

Duh... was anybody expecting otherwise with these bozos in charge?

Check this out: https://www.autoweek.com/news/a46014861/unplugged-performance-off-road-version-of-tesla-cybertruck/?source=nl&date=120523&user_email=77fa71d4d13547e1e782b7ceb190cfdd6064e19314f9ca3547a39f1c92135900&GID=77fa71d4d13547e1e782b7ceb190cfdd6064e19314f9ca3547a39f1c92135900

I think the "acceleration" contest is irrelevant. This is a truck, not a sports car.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/opinion/climate-change-europe-conservatives.html?smid=nytcore-android-share For years, the European Union has been laying the foundation for what may be the world’s most ambitious climate policy: the European Green Deal, which puts Europe out in front in the...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/05/sellafield-nuclear-site-leak-could-pose-risk-to-public?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Sellafield, Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site, has a worsening leak from a huge silo of radioactive waste that could pose a risk to the public, the Guardian can...

Forests and grasslands sequester carbon faster, cheaper and on a potentially larger scale than any industrial process. Clearing land has been a large contributor to rising CO2.

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204

Of course they won't consider restoring all of the land that has been cleared to make way for animal agriculture

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/05/record-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-get-access-to-cop28-climate-talks?CMP=usbriefing_email At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop28 climate negotiations, according to an analysis. The figure calculated by...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-chair-of-ohio-utility-regulator-surrenders-in-60-million-bribery-scheme-linked-to-energy-bill

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-chair-of-ohio-utility-regulator-surrenders-in-60-million-bribery-scheme-linked-to-energy-bill

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/business/energy-environment/clean-energy-hydrogen.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Hydrogen is magical — when you burn it you release water, so there are no carbon emissions to warm the planet,” said one of the scientists, Jacques Pironon, a senior researcher...

His job is to spread disinformation. He knows the science. The COP gives him a big platform to spread disinformation and sell more oil. The idiots who decided it would be a good idea to have the COP in UAE are complicit.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels?link_id=8&can_id=3d5ef7814e223d3313fe353ca8e82013&source=email-texas-republicans-officially-ok-nazi-embrace&email_referrer=email_2132637&email_subject=texas-republicans-official...

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/30/what-drives-this-madness-on-small-modular-nuclear-reactors/ This was, of course, in the week when NuScale inevitably imploded, a story I’ll return to as I unpack some of the motivations behind those thinking a bunch of lab technologies that have been around...

That's frightening.

They said they will be switching away from solar on the boats to battery swap. They also have solar charging stations.

No. This is just the power companies maximizing profit

They had an opportunity to do that after the last big fire when PGE went bankrupt but they opted to bail them out. Bought and paid for.

Governor and politicians are all bought and paid for by PGE.

Well, the new pricing is substantially above the pre-launch pricing (even accounting for inflation... and also for the much cheaper cost of batteries). Rivian honored the pre-launch pricing and Tesla has honored it for other vehicles. I guess they figured with that many reservations they could...

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/02/1216263306/why-solar-powered-canoes-could-be-good-for-the-future-of-the-rainforest In an effort to minimize that destruction, Kara Solar is investing in what it describes as the "ancestral highways" of the rainforest: rivers. By pairing...

https://electrek.co/2023/12/01/teslas-botched-cybertruck-event-is-good-news-for-rivian-other-ev-truck-makers/ Tesla delivered the first Cybertrucks yesterday to a lukewarm reaction, given revelations on its specs, pricing, and availability. But Tesla’s miss might be other EV truck makers’ gain...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/climate/biden-methane-climate-cop28.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C00.JS_g.WG8aWuI5QcDX&smid=nytcore-android-share Methane is not as widely discussed as the carbon dioxide that results from burning fossil fuels, but it has become a rare area of progress this...

At least he didn't say f*** the customers.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/intermittent-renewable-energy-smart-algorithms The erratic nature of solar and wind power often raises fears they may destabilize power grids. Now a new study finds that accounting for power-flow imbalances can reveal better ways to incorporate renewable energy into...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/30/one-identical-twin-went-vegan-while-the-other-didnt-this-is-what-bay-area-scientists-found/ Healthy twins who ate a vegan diet for eight weeks had lower “bad” low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol, better blood sugar levels, and greater weight loss...

Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn Airlines Race Toward a Future of Powering Their Jets With Corn Corn is a water-intensive crop and it can take hundreds of gallons to produce a single gallon of ethanol. But as airlines embrace the idea of ethanol, prompting...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/a-biodiversity-catastrophe-how-the-world-could-look-in-2050-unless-we-act-now-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other The continued destruction of nature across the planet will result in major shocks to food supplies and safe water, the disappearance...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/the-climate-crisis-explained-in-10-charts-co2-green-energy-cop28?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

In Texas during cold snaps, the gas supply freezes and electricity goes out so you can't use your gas furnace

I agree. I have lived at Lake Tahoe for 47 years. If R3, you shouldn't be on the road. I've never been checked for "carry chains" but if you don't have snow tires, it's a good idea to have them. Chain control usually only looks at tread depth so worn tires won't pass.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/air-pollution-from-fossil-fuels-kills-5-million-people-a-year?CMP=usbriefing_email A new modelling study suggests air pollution, from the use of fossil fuels in industry, power generation, and transportation, accounts for 5.1 million avoidable...

In a Shaky Oil Market, OPEC Has Bitter Decisions to Make https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/business/energy-environment/opec-oil-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CE0.OSlp.Noz_UNuCRlYZ&smid=nytcore-android-share These are tricky times for the world’s major oil producers: Prices are lower, the...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/plans-to-present-meat-as-sustainable-nutrition-at-cop28-revealed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Big meat companies and lobby groups are planning a large presence at the Cop28 climate conference, equipped with a communications plan to get a pro-meat...

OPEC is upset at IEA ;) https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/OPEC-Slams-IEA-over-Moment-of-Truth-for-Oil.html Last week, the IEA published a report saying that a “moment of truth” is coming for the oil and gas industry as most companies are watching the energy transition from the...

Yes, we all understand that the sun doesn't shine at night. Just install more solar (it's cheap). The point is the batteries! Batteries are dispatchable on a sub second time frame which makes them superior to any other source. Your proposals are interesting but why cripple batteries with...

Headline and the paragraph I posted seem accurate. The council has predicted a 14.4 percent chance that it could order controlled outages if Texas experiences a storm similar in nature to the late 2022 cold snap that left more than a million homes across the U.S. without power from December 22...

Try reading the UN post again. Only a 14% chance of limiting warming to 1.5 C under the most optimistic scenario. (Not 14% chance of 1.5C warming)

This flight had no paying passengers so was a complete waste. Just greenwashing.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/28/former-world-leaders-seek-25bn-levy-on-oil-states-revenues-to-pay-for-climate-damage?CMP=usbriefing_email Such a levy would shave off only a small fraction of the bonanza that oil-producing countries have made in recent years, and would help...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil Little was known about the oil demand sustainability programme (ODSP) but the investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of fossil fuel-powered cars, buses and planes...

Now that BEVs a dropping in price to be comparable to ICE, more people will be attracted to the low operating costs. Of course, Toyota is ramping up the FUD about BEVs but people will eventually figure it out. Toyota has been hyping high battery costs for BEVs but battery costs are dropping...

Capitalists don't have any "good will". It's just profits.

I love to see the intersecting S curves of EV adoption increasing and ICE decreasing.

Fear mongering by ERCOT?

Unfortunately, the capitalists control the world and their greed encompasses all. We should keep fighting but there are rich, powerful forces against us.

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-outages-extreme-weather-winter-1846777 The council has predicted a 14.4 percent chance that it could order controlled outages if Texas experiences a storm similar in nature to the late 2022 cold snap that left more than a million homes across the U.S...

Hi His job is to sell oil. COP 28 is just a trade fair for him.