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Wasting money down under
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Washington Governor Announces Run for President to Fight Climate Change
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee jumped into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary Friday with a promise to put climate change front and center in...- climate change
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California breaks 1 GW energy storage milestone
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How Is Greenland Dealing With Climate Change?
Excellent story of Reuters Nestled between icy peaks and lapped in frozen ocean waters, the tiny town of Tasiilaq in southeastern Greenland is home to...- greenland
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Micro Hydropower Systems Could Provide Energy Wherever Streams Flow All Year
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/buying-and-making-electricity/microhydropower-systems Apparently many small dams never considered any kind of hydroelectric equipment in their planning. It seems like many waterways could be more fully utilized...- ronwagn Replied
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Geothermal Drilling?
It has been suggested that I start a thread on geothermal. I don't know anything about it but I will kick it off.Anyone here...- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Building A $2 Billion Subsea Solar Power Cable From Chile To China
Chile, because Australia and Argentina are on China's ****-list.- Meredith Poor Replied
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is climate change a hoax? $2 Trillion/year worth of programs intended to be handed out by politicians and bureaucrats?
$2 Trillion/year worth of programs intended to be handed out by politicians and bureaucrats? i am old enough to remember the ice age scare of...- SR71 Replied
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What Is Holding Back Geothermal Heating and Cooling?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/great-energy-challenge/2013/10-myths-about-geothermal-heating-and-cooling/#close Why are we not hearing more about geothermal heating and cooling, especially for very cold and hot areas? Mass use would reduce prices. It...- geothermal
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Not Enough Electricity for Electric Vehicles
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2020/12/21/toyota-ceo-agrees-with-elon-musk-we-dont-have-enough-electricity-to-electrify-all-the-cars-n1222999 Wind and Solar cannot keep up with electricity demand only renewables used. RCW Toyota CEO Agrees With Elon Musk: We Don't Have Enough Electricity to...- electric vehicles
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Retired RAF pilot wins legal challenge over a wind farm
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Epic Fail as Solar Crashes and Wind Refuses to Blow
Some amusing weekend reading. China decides to cut government subsidies for new solar projects, and the global solar power industry has a financial conniption. And the...- solar power
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Why hydrogen economics does not work
I have read tens if not hundreds of enthusiastic articles about how hydrogen economics will soon take off, how we will drive hydrogen cars...- entertenter Replied
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Who Will Foot The $40-Trillion Energy Transition Bill?
$40 trillion divided by 30 years = $1,333,333,333,333 per year. $1.3 trillion divided by 4 billion working age adults = $333 per year. Per-capita utility...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Ireland To Ban New Petrol And Diesel Vehicles From 2030
The Irish government plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, as part of their Climate Action Plan. This...- BlackTortoise Replied
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Ocean Heat Could Supply Endless Clean Energy
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401171-ocean-heat-could-supply-essentially-endless-clean-energy-to-islands/ Ocean heat could supply essentially endless clean energy to islands An old idea to use ocean heat to generate clean electricity has long failed to...- Ron Wagner Replied
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Solar Panels at 15 cents per watt
I ran into this on a Chinese wholesale goods website. Whether this number is trustworthy is another matter, however competitive offerings are priced from...- solar
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Michael Moore Has Become a Hero to Climate Deniers
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/09/delingpole-michael-moore-has-become-a-hero-to-climate-deniers-complains-guardian/ How could Michael Moore betray most of his fans by telling the truth about energy? See the free movie, still running on YouTube. RCW Delingpole:...- michael moore
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Overheating the Earth: High Temperatures Shortened Alaska’s Winter Weather
Unusually high March temperatures lopped weeks off Alaska’s long winter and reflect a warming climate trend, state climate experts say. March is normally reliable...- pinto Replied
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Model 3 cheaper to buy than BMW 3 series.
Tesla Model 3 now starts at $37,990. BMW 3 series starts at $40,750. BEV first undercut the high end. Now they have undercut the mid range....- Jay McKinsey Replied
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Nuclear Power Can Be Green – But At A Price
... and green has a price! "All sources of electricity face the same trilemma in the 21st century: carbon emissions, continuity of supply and cost....- rainman Replied
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Let's shut down dissent like The Conversation in Australia
Admittedly this is not strictly renewables but it is about sites like this and about the climate debate which is often used to justify...- markslawson Replied
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Offshore wind in the USA.
Offshore Wind is becoming a BIG attraction. https://www.powermag.com/report-touts-huge-potential-of-offshore-wind/- turbguy Replied
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Gepthermal fracking: how to confuse a greenie
A new article on oilprice: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Is-This-The-Cleanest-Energy-On-Earth.html discusses Geothermal energy. After first confusing ground-loop heat pumps with true geothermal, the article recovers and discusses geothermal rationally. One...- Dan Clemmensen Replied
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Emissions Need To Be Halved To Avoid 3C Warming
Emissions need to be halved by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius but temperatures are on track to reach double that by...- pinto Replied
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Charles Kennedy at OilPrice - "BlackRock’s Plan for an Additional $4 Trillion in Climate Investment"
BlackRock’s Plan for an Additional $4 Trillion in Climate Investment By Charles Kennedy - Nov 28, 2023, 11:30 AM CST https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/BlackRocks-Plan-for-an-Additional-4-Trillion-in-Climate-Investment.html https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/blackrocks-plan-additional-4-trillion-climate-investment The world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock,...- Tom Nolan Replied
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Trump Orders Biofuel Boost
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Norway horrified as new rates make EV charging prices higher than petrol
Just wait until governments *rescind* subsidies for EVs and decide to tax electricity for EVs in the same way they tax gasoline and diesel...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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Solar Is Starting To Replace The Largest Coal Plant In The Western U.S.
On Navajo land in Arizona, a coal plant and coal mine that have devastated the environment are being replaced by solar–with both enormous benefits...- arizona
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Tesla Gigafactory To Be Powered 100% By “Tesla Solar” By End Of 2019
Musk shared on Twitter that Tesla Gigafactory 1 will be powered 100% by Tesla Solar by the end of 2019. The confirmation came as...- Vlad Kovalenko Replied
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