The reality of energy abundance due to cheaper than ever electricity is going to be interesting in coming decades.
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Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, waxes lyrical about EVs:
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More news from Australia, this time the figures from the financial year just finished:
I don’t have a copy, but apparently the Economist has some good news:
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UK Labor to expand renewables, with a bit more nuclear:
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Researchers from twenty institutions have developed a plan to prevent the extinction of endangered species with as little land and financial expenditure as possible. The group writes in the journal “Frontiers in Science” that this would only require 1.2 percent of the land area, spread over almost 17,000 sites, which are referred to as “conservation imperatives”.
The reason for the small amount of land required is the fact that most endangered species are also rare and only have a small distribution area or a low distribution density.
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This is a lovely story:
My mum was a theater nurse for 52 years, training in Kalgoorlie when she was 18 and retiring at 70. The number of times we got a call during dinner or an evening movie…
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China’s emissions may have already peaked ‘It’s good news’: Scientists suspect history about to be made in China
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Hey @osamu, long time no see bro!
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Hello Bhante, indeed it has been a long time.
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Maybe it’s a good news, in case one doesn’t know, that climate isn’t for sure, but related to one’s strong Nissaya (Upanissāya). Yet surely worthy to think about it, the upanissayapaccaya.
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I think these channels are well worth bookmarking, even if you’re not a Red Dwarf fan:
There’s definitely a sense that the energy transition is actually happening, and Robert Llewellyn’s crew do a great job of telling the tale as it happens. I mean he even got Ford CEO Jim Farley on for a full hour’s podcast just the other day.
Give it a go, well worth it, and if you’re in Sydney, the live shows might be worth attending.
Cold winter coming to UK early this year, already hitting record lows around and about.
The plants were right…
But to keep this post on the good news front, I’ll be going sledging! 
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Mexico just elected a climate scientist as president. She will face significant challenges in transitioning Mexico’s energy infrastructure, but at least someone who knows the situation is now living in the National Palace, so I’ll count that as good news all things considered 
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Global solar capacity doubles in two years:
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Even buddhist teachers, seemingly so concerned with climate change, travel all over the world. What do all these words about climate concern really mean?
I see the same in my surrounding. People find it normal to fly 2-3 times a year to Ibiza, Bali, Marocco. Climate change…oh yes really important…but not that important that i will stop making huge footprints. People seem so principle, so concerned, yes with words…
Yes we need to rapdily decreasing emissions…but not me, and not now…
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In theory, we could all just sit inside our dwellings and never travel anywhere, with the idea that we can affect climate change patterns. On an individual level, we can be mindful as to how we contribute to carbon emissions. We can do more with Zoom and less with travel. But, climate change is a global issue. Until countries and continents change emissions standards, a few teachers staying home isn’t going to make a scintilla of change. Electing global leaders that can coordinate the reduction of carbon emissions might make a dent in what is inevitably going to be a catastrophic issue for many regions of the planet, eg: drought, flooding, massive hurricanes and tornadoes, wildfires. All of this we are seeing in the US in recent years in regions that did not experience these catastrophes before.
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Giles Parkinson reports on another report from the Australian Energy Market Operator:
A South African court has ruled that new coal plants violate the right to public health:
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