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Climate-friendly cars that fit the planet and the budget - and the cello
Plus climate news

http://www.cellomomcars.com/

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$2.4 tn needed annually by 2030 in developing countries to meet climate goals and protect their societies from extreme weather.

The Arab group of countries suggest a UN target of US$1.1 trillion per year, with US$441 billion coming directly from developed country governments in grants.

Loans provided at market rates, export credits should not count, as climate funding offered as loans is pushing poorer nations further into debt."

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/st-explains-the-global-fight-over-climate-change-funding

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This is an unsurprising outcome, as developed countries are in deep denial over their responsiblities in the climate crisis, and still suffer from a colonial mindset.

"Rich developed countries talked at length about what they can't commit to and who else should pay but failed to assure developing nations on their intent to significantly scale up financial support," Greenpeace International's Tracy Carty said in a statement.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/06/14/un-climate-chief-deplores-lack-of-progress-at-talks-ahead-of-cop29-in-november_6674759_114.html

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Feeling down about the continued dominance of fossil fuels? This RMI report is a good antidote:

The Cleantech Revolution
It’s exponential, disruptive, and now

Slide after slide documenting the exponential rise of clean energy technologies.
I hate the over-use of the word "exponential"; I only use it when I mean it.

https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2024/06/RMI-Cleantech-Revolution-pdf.pdf

Also, don't believe the naysayers, they've been wrong at every step of the way to 100% renewable electricity.

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RMI report

Electrify everything, they say.
That is happening, and nowhere faster than in Asia.

The signs are unmistakeable: #FossilFuels are in decline.

No-one knows better than the oil and gas industry that the Öldämmerung, the twilight of oil, is upon us. Why do you think they work so hard to spread the disinformation, and to buy the politicians, and to suppress climate protests.

https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2024/06/RMI-Cleantech-Revolution-pdf.pdf

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The surprisingly not-so-doomed effort to force US drivers to stop speeding
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/12/24176403/intelligent-speed-assistance-iihs-safety-limiters-governor
People love to speed, but with traffic fatalities rising, would they accept new technology that would make it harder to drive recklessly?

CelloMomOnCars ,
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@kim_harding

Wow.
There is a whole book of proven recipes to calm traffic: you design the road so that drivers WANT to drive the speed of your choice, and they feel happy doing that.

But no let's haul in the technology.
THAT's what makes the money, amirite.

chu , to random
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Mediocre man leading a company through decreases in sales and revenue definitely deserves pay increase as he diverts resources from company to other pet projects. Definitely deserved because he bring in "value" 🙄

In case you haven't figure it out yet, capitalism is playing y'all the fool.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/13/tesla-shareholders-approve-elon-musk-pay?utm_source=press.coop

CelloMomOnCars ,
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@chu

$ 45 bn payout.
Tesla is worth $ 572 bn.
Twelve more years of payment like this and he will have run Tesla down to zero.

Who needs private equity firms to bleed a company dry.

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Expecting the Unexpected Could Help Us Prepare for Climate Extremes

"A new paper argues that too little consideration of high-impact, low-likelihood events has left us unprepared for the worst of ."

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/expecting-the-unexpected-could-help-us-prepare-for-climate-extremes

In other words, it's time to be hunting for a : an event that is extremely unlikely, and if it does occur, extremely devastating. Here is an opportunity for compulsive pessimists to potentially save lives.

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Read the paper which is accessible to laypeople:

"A common metaphor for global warming is that rather than causing disasters directly, it “loads the dice,” changing the probability of high-impact weather events such as extreme rains, droughts and storm surges. But increasingly events occur that appear unprecedented, even previously considered virtually impossible—we are playing with a new set of dice. "

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004297

Thanks to @Doug_Bostrom for the link.

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@seachanger

What it tells you is that we really, but really, don't have a firm grasp of the workings of our planet.

You'd think we'd keep our hands off the thermostat.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@atthenius @Doug_Bostrom

The distribution shifting and broadening could still be called loaded dice though.

"Different dice" is when people die because they can't get out of basement apartments that flood. When the aquifer recedes below the intake of your pump. When hurricanes make landfall way north of where they're "supposed" to hit. When diseases show up in places beyond their usual boundaries.

Situations very, very few (all Cassandras) thought of before they happened.

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Heat is here.
Been searching for the maximum operating temperature of a and finding that so far, people have been fixated on the minimum operating temperature. But in a climate-changed world you have to worry about the maximum temperature also.

(For a Mitsubishi "hyper heat" compressor, it's -15F to +115F).

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@etchedpixels

It's not helping that compressor units are outside where they can be in the blazing sun.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@justafrog

Right? "We don't know what will happen" if it gets hotter than X.

We don't know but we urgently need to find out, before we need to know.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@ixtility

A heat pump just moves heat from one place to another. If your heat pump compressor were in your basement, it would heat up your basement in the summer (big time) and chill it in the winter (even bigger time). That's why it needs to be outside the house.

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DTE Energy is building the region’s largest energy storage center at old Trenton coal plant

“ is the first state in the Midwest to establish an standard, which is now the third most ambition in the nation,” said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “’s new center here in Trenton will help us meet 10% of the statewide storage goal all by itself.”

https://wdet.org/2024/06/11/dte-energy-is-building-the-regions-largest-battery-energy-storage-center-at-old-trenton-coal-plant/

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#UK election 2024: What the manifestos say on energy and #ClimateChange

"With the exception of climate-sceptic Reform, all major political parties continue to back the UK’s net-zero climate goal. Heading into the election, however, they have talked about the target in very different ways, with the Conservatives focusing on costs and Labour on benefits."

The election is on 4 July, 2024

https://www.carbonbrief.org/uk-election-2024-what-the-manifestos-say-on-energy-and-climate-change/

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"A closer look at the UK [#Conservatives'] proposals suggests that they are either poor (and eventually expensive) solutions for people and the climate, or suggest processes that are already in place through existing legislation.

The question in #climate policy is no longer how much adopting net zero technologies will “cost” us. It is how quickly the savings from their adoption can be realised to benefit households, the economy and above all the climate."

https://theconversation.com/the-conservatives-climate-change-plans-show-they-have-tried-but-failed-to-reinvent-net-zero-232417

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The UK Green Party struggles to be heard in an election where climate change is on the back burner

"The Green Party is battling a political system that makes it hard for small parties to win seats in Parliament, and a political climate that discourages expensive, long-term environmental promises."

https://apnews.com/article/uk-election-climate-change-green-party-e4456e757db67c6aad4f1f5d340467a6

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This Is Your Brain on : How the Heating Planet Causes Psychological Changes

"Living on our heating planet doesn’t just affect our lungs, hearts, and immune systems but also can harm our brains, affecting our moods and behavior."

https://www.prevention.com/health/a60986884/climate-change-causes-brain-changes/

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"Seven to 9 billion tons of CO₂ per year must be sustainably removed from the atmosphere by mid-century if the world is to comply with the 1.5°C Paris Agreement limit."

Currently:
2 bn tons: tree planting
1.3 million tons (0.1%): "novel methods"
0.6 million tons (0.06%) permanent storage

"The report notes that companies involved in this issue have high ambitions. However, these ambitions have little credibility at present."

Politespeak for "hype".

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-billion-tons-atmosphere-year-paris.html

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@lightning

First thing is to stop carbon emissions.
Also to stop deforestation.

We're still digging that hole deeper, it needs to stop.

There's tree planting, "blue" carbon sequestration, re-wilding, ..... there are lots of ways that don't get discussed, I suspect mostly because they don't make anyone much money.

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"Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial UN talks later this year."

make up two-thirds of 's GDP.
I think the attempt to include fossil fuel interests in the COP negotiations, whether companies or nations, is not working.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/12/azerbaijan-accused-of-media-crackdown-before-hosting-cop29

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The world could soon see a massive glut. Here's why.
"Oil supply capacity will be a "staggering" 8 million barrels a day beyond projected demand by 2030.

Among the drivers for rising oil supplies are expectations that Americans and consumers in other developed nations will continue to shift to ."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-oil-supply-international-energy-agency-2030/

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Milei’s libertarian agenda:
– privatise public companies,
– beef up his executive powers,
– austerity measures.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/13/clashes-between-police-and-protesters-erupt-as-argentina-debates-reform

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DeSantis declares state of emergency for South as torrential rain brings heavy

" warnings were issued for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties, where rainfall rates of several inches an hour submerged streets and snarled traffic.

The storms are part of a stalled system that's pummeled Florida, dumping a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours, with more rain forecast this week."

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/torrential-rain-flooding-south-florida-miami-dade-broward-counties-desantis-state-of-emergency/

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@Blinxeto

DeSantis said no thanks to federal money for climate resilience, but would he really turn down FEMA money?

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"When we hear about the threat of #flooding and #SeaLevelRise caused by #ClimateChange, that may appear like a distant future. It’s not — and this week’s torrential rainfall proves South #Florida is not fully ready for increased water levels despite local governments and the state having spent millions of dollars to keep streets dry."

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article289224359.html

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Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat

" is the biggest offender, accounting for nearly three-quarters of human-related, in the 10 years to 2020, the report said.

Other culprits were fossil fuels, waste and wastewater, and biomass burning.

In the four decades to 2020, agricultural emissions of the gas surged 67 per cent, it found, with most of the blame placed on nitrogen-based and animal waste."

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/esg/nitrous-oxide-emissions-surge-climate-threat-study

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"The research, published in Earth System Science Data, finds that nitrous oxide emissions from human activities rose by 40% over the past four decades, partly driven by growing global demand for and dairy.

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a long-lasting greenhouse gas that is around 270 times more potent than CO2. It is the third-largest contributor to climate change, after CO2 and methane."

https://www.carbonbrief.org/agriculture-major-driver-of-rise-in-nitrous-oxide-emissions-over-past-40-years/

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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That small portion of farmers who took to the streets loudly protesting calls for reducing nitrogen emissions:

I want to know what they have to say about this finding. I want to know what farmers' parties have to say. I want to know what the politicians who caved to their loud demands have to say, after ignoring all the farmers who DID want to farm more sustainably.

Damnit Europe, you're riding a nitrogen bubble. And it just popped.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@dgfeist

Nitrogen is a huge problem in the Netherlands.
They're the hog and vegetables producers for a lot of other countries but get saddled with the pollution.

No politician dares to undertake real action against the farmers (or Schiphol airport, another large nitrogen source). Because the lobbies.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@dgfeist
ah you're right.

CelloMomOnCars OP , (edited )
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@jamesgbradbury

Yes, same study.

And that is quite a graph they chose for the article: it's beyond hockey stick. Appropriately as we're talking about agriculture, this curve is more like a scythe.

CelloMomOnCars OP , (edited )
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"This is more than a problem. N₂O also depletes the layer, which protects humans from harmful solar radiation. And runoff from fields pollutes waterways, increasing harmful algal blooms and creating oxygen-depleted dead zones."

https://theconversation.com/food-has-a-climate-problem-nitrous-oxide-emissions-are-accelerating-with-growing-demand-for-fertilizer-and-meat-but-there-are-solutions-231372

h/t @jamesgbradbury

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@dgfeist

Sounds like we need to put N2O observation in place, like yesterday.

Farmer's won't ilke it, of course. But farming is already becoming very difficult, at 1.2C warming, and set to become extremely difficult if not impossible. Someone farmers trust needs to connect those dots.

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Disinformation is rampant about recent flooding events.

"[Lying climate deniers] are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya."

https://phys.org/news/2024-06-climate-misinformation-overshadows-worldwide.html

The article calls then "skeptics" but that's altogether too polite to describe their destructive and coordinated action.

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"A growing body of research, she said, suggests that “particulate matter from is more harmful to human health than particulate matter from other pollution sources.” To limit wildfires, she said, society must better manage forests and do more to rein in warming."

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/wildfire-smoke-deaths-california

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The new coalition put out a bullshit proposal that wants to forbid pension funds from considering ethics in their investment choices, and instead guarantee that they go for maximum returns.

It's not something that the government should be involved in to begin with, which makes this another attempt to rally their base against ‘woke’ investment decisions that prioritise environment, human rights, health, and so forth over profit 😒

They might stop funding the assholes, after all.

https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/nieuws-politiek/10549625/coalitiepartijen-willen-verbod-op-activistisch-beleggen-echt-verwerpelijk

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Thread continues from here;

https://ngmx.com/@sindarina/112561837708182014

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CelloMomOnCars ,
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@sindarina

Why are we not surprised.

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"Searing heat and fire danger will quickly ramp up in and the West this week as a summerlike parks over the region. Thermometers will top triple digits for the first time this year in some locations as the early season heat wave sends daily records tumbling."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/03/weather/california-heat-dome-wildfires-west-climate/index.html

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@Streetsweeper

Yes, and those who use air conditioning like that also make their lives more brittle to disruptions like power outages.

Time to lobby the local planning board to add thermal resilience to the list of items they require in new construction.

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‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, is no longer enough

"Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/air-conditioning-protect-extreme-heat

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Dengue fever, once confined to the tropics, now threatens the U.S.

" is a viral fever caused by four different viruses and spread through mosquito bites. It’s common in many tropical regions across the globe, but has begun to appear in more temperate climates. One 2019 study predicted an additional 2 billion people will be at risk for dengue fever by 2080."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dengue-fever-climate-change-mosquitos-tropical-disease-rcna149366

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"Rates of are surging in driven by climate change and the spread of , the EU’s disease agency has warned."

https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-drives-surge-in-dengue-in-europe/

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Biden administration puts $830M to helping protect from -fueled

"Most of the funding, $621 million, will go toward 36 projects aimed at bolstering the resilience of existing infrastructure through things like improving draining, moving roadways, and lifting up bridges.

An additional $119 million will go toward protecting, strengthening, or removing at-risk coastal infrastructure like highways."

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4587007-biden-administration-puts-830m-to-helping-protect-infrastructure-from-climate-fueled-extreme-weather/

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for

" is exploding in the U.S. — a trend that’s only accelerating as [Biden's] Inflation Reduction Act gives a boost to the industry through 2031.

“When we look at developing utility scale renewable energy projects, they’re very commonly in rural areas of America.
That means all those wind tech will be rural jobs, and high-paying ones at that. The median income for wind techs is just under $62,000 a year."

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/06/10/clean-energy-boom-jobs-rural-communities/

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International court rules violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women

"The court ruled that the Swiss government had violated some of the women’s due to “critical gaps” in its national legislation to reduce planet-heating emissions, as well as a failure to meet past targets.

It marks the first time the court has ruled on climate litigation. There is no right of appeal and the judgment is legally binding."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/climate/international-court-judgment-human-rights-climate-intl/index.html

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Swiss parliament snubs European court climate ruling

"Bern's lower house on Wednesday followed in the steps of the upper house and passed a non-binding motion with 111 votes in favour and 72 against blasting the court's "judicial activism". It argued there was no reason to take further action because , warming at more than twice the global rate, was already doing enough."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swiss-parliament-considers-snubbing-european-court-climate-ruling-2024-06-12/

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"The [European Court of Human Rights] in April ordered Switzerland, which has so far failed to meet is targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to do more.

The court’s rulings are binding for member states, and this decision was unprecedented."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl55ggjqvx7o

Switzerland thumbs its nose at the court.
Anyone want to openly cancel their holiday to Switzerland?
CH has less and less snow, global warming makes summer mountain hikes dangerous, and they'll run out of water soon anyway.

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, 2023 edition

"The lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after a February heat wave followed by two late-spring frosts.

and agricultural groups said they can’t remember a more devastated crop.

Peach prices climb"


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/business/georgia-peach-shortage/index.html

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"“Two years ago, we produced 500 tons of oil, and last year, 70,” he said. “The reduced production shattered my dreams.

Athanasios Molasiotis, a professor of agronomy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, said that higher-than-usual temperatures, which are attributed to #ClimateChange, are affecting the Greek #OliveOil sector in multiple ways."

https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/production/farmers-in-greece-witness-the-impacts-of-climate-change-after-historically-low-harvest/132043

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@justafrog

Absolutely.
This is why this thread is a climate inflation thread.

If you worry about inflation you need to worry about climate change: that has a direct bearing on your grocery bill.

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The #ClimateCrisis will make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like a walk in the park. With ice cream.

" Rising seas, bigger #floods, and other increasing #climate hazards have created a dangerous instability in the U.S. financial system. "

That, on top of developers building in flood plains and wildfire-prone places, and the US government providing the #insurance.

#ClimateChangeIsTheLastStraw
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/04/bubble-trouble-climate-change-is-creating-a-huge-and-growing-u-s-real-estate-bubble/

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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Lots of ideas being discussed, but the bottom line is that the risk is rising fast, which means that the premiums must rise as well.

The other message: insurance works well if everyone is in it, not only the high-risk categories.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/06/11/imagining-a-post-insurance-world-00162849

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@Lyle

I guess it's up to the rest of us to call them out on that.

I'm starting to call it climate inflation: all the additional costs from climate change that makes life more expensive for all of us.

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