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  1. ML


    One point I realised when researching my book DARK AGES: The looming destruction of the Australian power grid (Connor Court 2023), is that any...

  2. Tom Kirkman


    Not much to add to this article from the New York Post.  Elon's snake oil days seem to be coming to an end. Elon Musk...
      

  3. AV


    According to scientists from the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food studying the impact of food choices on the environment, a typical summer...

  4. JF


    https://www.energy-storage.news/news/sonnen-residential-batteries-ready-to-compete-with-fossil-fuels-and-nuclear Still early days yet really. But with storage combined with distributed power may well become the way to go. For now it can work...

  5. DD


    Based on projects that have been auctioned and will be in development over the coming years, renewable energy will end up being competitive or...
      

  6. nb


    Pinched off LinkedIn and made me chuckle "Building one wind turbine requires 900 tons of steel, 2,500 tons of concrete and 45 tons of plastic."...

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  7. Jay McKinsey


    https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42495

  8. NW


    Another step up in size. How long before we get to 20 MW? https://www.marinelink.com/news/siemens-gamesa-launches-mw-offshore-wind-478602

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  9. Rodent


    Solar power may be getting cheaper to produce, but does that mean it's cheaper to buy? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/california-utilities-want-wealthy-defectors-to-pay-up-for-power In a nutshell: power companies bought solar power under long-term...

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  10. ML


    We have to thank a BP report out this week for this graph This seems about right.. note that its total energy so it includes...
      

  11. JM


    So, the famous left wing darling, baseball cap wearing big man, Michael Moore, was the executive producer of a documentary about renewable energy.  When I...

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  12. SP


    According to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), climate change is having a negative effect on global agriculture and is driving up the number...

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  13. Marc J. Rauch


      Ethanol critics with glass arguments shouldn't throw stones Marc Rauch I have a friend in the petroleum oil business. I know this may surprise many people...
      

  14. Marina Schwarz


    I came across some news story about Japan becoming a net importer of oil products again and that got me thinking. Given their technology...
      

  15. MP


    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53450688 Includes picture of solar panels piled three stories high in a market in Lashkar Gah. Growth in solar utilization is doubling every year.
      

  16. ronwagn


    Ontarians now suffering from forcing wind turbines on the consumers. https://climatechangedispatch.com/ontario-green-act-disaster/
      

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  17. ML


    A project to build a A16 billion ($US11.1 billion) undersea cable linking renewable energy projects in Australia's top end (North, lots of sun) with...

  18. Marina Schwarz


    Plant extinction 'bad news for all species' I made the effort of taking a screenshot of all the headlines. Spot the differences.  
      

  19. OS


    Since 1988, nearly half of the planet’s plastic trash has been sent to China, where the material is recycled to make more plastic goods....

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  20. Marina Schwarz


    Climate change: England flood planners 'must prepare for worst' Well, Brits in England, are you preparing?
      

  21. MP


    According to the CIA World Factbook, there are 7.85 billion cell phone subscriptions world wide. 7 billion of these are likely to be 'smart phones',...

  22. rainman


    India is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on Oct. 2, officials said, in its most sweeping measure...
      

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  23. Jay McKinsey


    More fantasy to fuel @markslawson 's nightmares. Oh wait, this is reality... Batteries are usurping the role of gas in the power system. Grid scale battery...

  24. MP


    https://www.umass.edu/news/article/new-green-technology-umass-amherst  

  25. PP


    Chile sets sights on 100% renewables by 2040. The country elected conservative businessman Sebsatián Piñera as president in December. According to Acera, Pinera's renewable...
      

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  26. SL


    http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/sea-of-solar-panels-turns-mexican-desert-green/article/520548 Quote The $650-million project came online in December and is due to produce 1,700 gigawatt hours when fully operational later this year -- enough to power...

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  27. Marina Schwarz


    "Plans by oil and gas majors to spend $4.9 trillion on fuel exploration are "poles apart" from the goal of the Paris climate deal...
      

  28. RJ


    Anybody has any insigths to this?  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-29/don-t-throw-out-the-used-vegetable-oil-it-may-power-world-trade  Still seems to be at test stage? Does anybody how far it is from commercial applications? 
      

  29. ronwagn


    https://evadoption.com/2030-20-million-more-ice-vehicles-will-be-on-the-roads-in-the-us-than-in-2021/ EV Sales & Marketshare, Future, Mass Adoption, Regulation and Incentives, Vehicles in operation May 8, 2021 5 Comments 2030: 20 Million More ICE Vehicles Will Be on the Roads in the...
      

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  30. ML


    Let’s give a big shout out to the government of South Africa which has managed to completely mismanage the country’s state-owned power grid over...

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