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Does COP have a Prayer? Turns out, Yes. - Climate Crocks (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · Below, Self proclaimed Sadguru has gotten involved in extensive spiritual support efforts at the COP28 meeting. Above, turns out he has a long running, apparently well thought out, tree planting program in India – video by Oregon State Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison.
Among the hubs for climate scientists, activists and fossil fuel lobbyists at the United Nations climate summit is a new addition this year: a place to pray.
The first-ever Faith Pavilion, inaugurated by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, in a video message on Sunday, offers a space for meditation, daily prayers and even a chanting session led by the Indian mystic and ... Read more ...
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We’lI All Need Our Yachts in Water World. Irony Deficiency at COP28 - Climate Crocks (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · Will I need Deck shoes on a Dead Planet?
COP28.com:
The discussion will focus on a variety of technical solutions developed to make the yachting experience more responsible and sustainable. Sunreef Yachts Eco representatives will share an insight into the R&D activity of the company and practical solutions that can be implemented to ensure cleaner boating. This will include a conversation about electric, hybrid and hydrogen propulsion, battery technology, plant-based composites, bottom paints, modern photovoltaics, sustainable interior finishing, water management, energy management, air conditioning. The focus will also be on the evolution of technology and future ... Read more ...
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Good COP, Bad COP. Climate Adam on Petro Politics - Climate Crocks (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · Speaking on behalf of the climate system, this our red line: humanity needs to agree on the phasing out of fossil fuels by 2050, and on stopping net deforestation at the same time.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links Climate Science Legal Defense Fund >.widget.widget_media_image { overflow: hidden; }.widget.widget_media_image img { height: auto; max-width: 100%; } Recent Posts > Is Enough Private Money Flowing to Clean Energy? PBS NewsHour: Excellent ... Read more ...
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Is Enough Private Money Flowing to Clean Energy? - Climate Crocks (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · Good News, a lot of private money being drawn to clean energy.
Bad News, climate change is already costing the US a billion dollars every three weeks.
Adapting will cost more than mitigating greenhouse gases.
Assessment from Richard Mattison, S&P Global Sustainable vice chair, attending the COP28 Meeting in Dubai.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links Climate Science Legal Defense Fund >.widget.widget_media_image { overflow: hidden; ... Read more ...
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Outcry At COP28 President “No Science” Remarks - Climate Crocks (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · That awkward phase when your global climate conference is chaired by the Arab CEO of one of the world’s largest oil companies.
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.
Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”.
The comments were “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial”, scientists said, and they were at odds with the position of the UN secretary general, António ... Read more ...
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PBS NewsHour: Excellent Reporting on Texas’ Renewable Boom - Climate Crocks (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · Excellent PBS report putting Texas surprising renewable boom in context, with appearances by important players like George W. Bush.
At a moment when Michigan has joined states with an aggressive clean energy mandate, important to point out that Texas’ renewable energy standard predated them all – California, everybody.
Includes a valuable summary of the 2021 Blackout, and shows how that was caused by failure of fossil fuels, primarily gas.For more on that, see my essential interviews with experts on that topic below.
You should look in depth at how the recent CA PUC decisions are destroying the largest “rooftop” solar market in the US and ... Read more ...
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Thin Ice Driving Polar Bears into Conflict with Humans - Climate Crocks (Dec 4) |
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Dec 4 · Churchill, Manitoba considers “Bear-dar” for early warning on marauding, hungry bears.NBC’s Anne Thompson has been a hero for her long term reporting on climate impacts.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links Climate Science Legal Defense Fund >.widget.widget_media_image { overflow: hidden; }.widget.widget_media_image img { height: auto; max-width: 100%; } Recent Posts > Is Enough Private Money Flowing to Clean Energy? PBS NewsHour: ... Read more ...
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(Dis)Solving the Wind Turbine Recycling Problem - Climate Crocks (Dec 3) |
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Dec 3 · I’ve reported before on new approaches to the “problem” of wind turbine blade recycling.
I put “problem” in quotes, because, like the “problem” of recycling solar panels, the issue exists mainly in the social media disinformation space, egged on by a small army of misinformers and bad actors from various fossil fuel funded “think tanks” and the like.These flimflammers make a living by relying on the ignorance of the average social media surfer, who has no concept of the scale of current fossil fuel waste streams, especially coal ash, which is the second largest waste stream in the US behind only household garbage.In the ... Read more ...
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Media: EV Sales Down. Kia, Hyundai – “Hold my Beer” - Climate Crocks (Dec 3) |
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Dec 3 · Kia and Hyundai – “Hold my Beer.”
Inside EVs:
Hyundai Motor America reported 70,079 vehicle sales in the United States in November (up 10.7% year-over-year), which is the 16th month of consecutive growth. So far this year, the brand sold 726,031 vehicles, over 11% more than a year ago. And there’s even better news for the Korean giant on the electric front.
Last month, sales of the Hyundai E-GMP-based all-electric cars - Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 - amounted to 2,372 and 1,386 respectively, for a total of 3,758. That’s a 216% increase year-over-year. The share of E-GMP BEVs out of Hyundai’s total volume improved to 5.4%, compared to ... Read more ...
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PBS Newshour: COP28 Update and Concerns - Climate Crocks (Dec 3) |
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Dec 3 · Above, interview with Fred Krupp of Environmental Defense Fund, who lauds new methane commitments.
Below, Guardian account of full on climate denial coming from controversial leadership with ties to the fossil fuel industry.
The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting can reveal.
Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”.
The comments were “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial”, ... Read more ...
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Big Corporations Jostle for Share of Clean Energy Pie at COP - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · The always excellent Diana Olick of CNBC gives quick snapshot as COP28, the annual UN Climate conference, gets started in the United Arab Emirates.Obviously, having a major oil producer host a meeting that’s all about the need to end oil as an energy source, feeds a lot of well justified skepticism.Important to recognize that these meetings are always a great deal of show, while the real work gets done elsewhere.
Doing more of the same expecting different results
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find ... Read more ...
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Exxon Talks Big Game at COP. Numbers Tell Different Story - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · Oil and gas companies, eager to distance themselves from the planet-warming reality of their core business, aren’t shy about touting their investments in clean energy and other low-carbon technologies. But new data shows that their effort on this front remains meager.
According to a new report by the International Energy Agency, last year oil and gas companies accounted for just 1.2 percent of the more than $1.6 trillion invested into low- and zero-carbon technologies worldwide. The industry spent $20 billion on such investments in 2022, equal to only 2.7 percent of its total capital spending for the year. More than 60 percent of that investment came from just four companies: ... Read more ...
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Grey Whales and Sea Ice – It’s Complicated - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · Nice video above gives an incomplete snapshot of an evolving understanding of migrating grey whales on the West Coast of North America.
The video describes a complicated relationship between whale populations and decreasing Arctic sea ice.
It reminded my of my interview with the late Ice expert David Barber, who I caught up with in Lund, Sweden in 2016. Dr. Barber described the complex ways that food webs are influenced by the condition of sea ice.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video ... Read more ...
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Killer Coal Continues Crashing - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · Killer Coal Continues Crashing
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis:
Despite hotter summer temperatures and increased power demand to run air conditioning in some parts of the country this summer, the use of coal has fallen. This is a result of lower prices for gas - coal’s primary fossil-fuel competitor - and a surge in utility-scale solar generation, which was up 20% in July from July 2022, and up 23% in August from a year ago.
The EIA’s current outlook suggests even more deterioration for coal power in the coming months. The energy agency not only sees coal’s November market share returning to the record-low market share in the spring, but also ... Read more ...
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Nigeria’s Push Toward Solar Could be a World Leader - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · A do it yourself revolution in Nigeria’s largest city could create a distributed grid unique in the world.
The end of the long-running fuel subsidy last month has increased interest in solar, operators say, which could accelerate progress toward mitigating climate change in Africa’s largest economy. But experts say the government needs a clear plan to make the most of this new opportunity to advance Nigeria’s climate goals, which include eliminating fossil fuel-run generators widely used to keep the lights on in homes and businesses.
Reducing fuel costs was a popular but environmentally and economically costly system.
The state petroleum company, NNPC, says ... Read more ...
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Pylon Pile-On Holds Up Critical Transmission Lines - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · Good discussion of the permitting barriers facing critical new transmission lines. We will not meet climate goals without new transmission, and keeping the lights on in the face of deteriorating and aging infrastructure, in an age of more extreme climate events, will be impossible if NIMBYs on both sides of the political fence give some ground. I’m especially upset by the short sightedness of purported “green” groups who are unwilling to understand the bigger picture.We’ve seen some giant leaps in permitting reform around the midwest, related to solar, wind, and battery siting. We need to make similar progress for transmission.
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Visualizing: What if All the Ice Melted? - Climate Crocks (Dec 2) |
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Dec 2 · I hear people say, “But, back in the time of the dinosaurs, the world was much warmer, but obviously full of life.”To which I always answer, “Well, that’s an experiment we can run if we want to – but what we do know is that in those times there was no ice on the planet, and oceans were 200 feet higher.”
Usually gets a frown.
No one expects that any time soon, and frankly if things get that warm we will have had much greater worries much, much sooner. But for the sake of making an example, this video is worth bookmarking.
I’d like to know if the sea level was just based on the volume of melted ice (cold water) or if some ... Read more ...
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Coming to a Fairground Near You. EV Truck Pull Contest - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · This video suggests that EV towing power is greatest on a full charge. I’m guessing that a Ford ICE truck will still have its same towing power with half a tank of fuel.
They’re very different beasts.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links Climate Science Legal Defense Fund >.widget.widget_media_image { overflow: hidden; }.widget.widget_media_image img { height: auto; max-width: 100%; } Recent Posts > Peter Zeihan: Small Nuclear at ... Read more ...
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Engineering, Innovation Overcoming Rare Earth Conundrum - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · Get enough engineers on a problem, and in this age of innovation, you will likely solve it.
New Scientist (Paywall):
The US has pledged that 100 per cent of its electricity will be generated from clean energy technology by 2035. Achieving that will require many of the dynamic dozen. But there are long-standing worries about their global supply and the environmental damage of their extraction. Much of the resource is in China, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which the International Energy Agency has described as “a concern from a geopolitical point of view”.
Enter Old King Coal. Coal waste (in the US at least) contains absolutely tonnes of the ... Read more ...
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Graph of the Week: Germany Electrical Generation for November by Source - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · Net Electricity generation, renewable vs coal/gas in Germany for November 2023. Not bad for one of the darkest months of the year!
Breakdown below.
The test will come in the times when the broken jet stream parks arctic air over that country, pushing the demand for home and business heating. (I presume that thermal plants don’t fail from freezing in Germany the way the nuclear power plant did in Texas.)
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links ... Read more ...
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How War Feeds Climate Change, and Climate Change Feeds War - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · And, below, how Climate Change makes Wars worse.
Below, Farmer John Fabian of Rosebush, Michigan, completely gets it. No need for Oxford PhD.
After reading Henry Kissinger’s obit yesterday, humans are pretty good at war without invoking climate change
Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100
Fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were Saudi’s. Yet when the dust had settled on the War on Terror, the primary beneficiary was Saudi Arabia. Not only had the U.S. gotten rid of its regional threat, Saddam Hussein, but had just spent trillions of dollars NOT fighting the War on climate change.
And in many ... Read more ...
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Is “X” Toast? What is the Spillover to Tesla? - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · Henry Ford was a fascist. Steve Jobs was a dick.
Is Elon Musk a psychotic sociopath?
I heard from a Tesla owner yesterday who had actually financed his vehicle purchase with profits from Tesla stock, that had been on a tear a few years ago.Now he’s watching this idiot pulling the rug out of potentially the world’s most valuable company, right on the eve of the rollout of their most important new product.
Reuters:
Tesla’s (TSLA.O) long-delayed Cybertruck will be priced starting at $60,990, over 50% more than what CEO Elon Musk had touted in 2019 and a cost analysts have said will draw select, affluent buyers.
The truck, made of shiny ... Read more ...
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Peter Zeihan: Small Nuclear at Standstill. But Why is He Surprised? - Climate Crocks (Dec 1) |
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Dec 1 · I don’t pay a lot of attention to Peter Zeihan, but a get it that a lot of people apparently do, because he effectively projects an image a dumb person’s idea of what a smart person looks like, and I suspect occasionally he’s right about some things.
Anyway, he’s generally been a bit of a wet blanket on clean tech, and perhaps overly optimistic about things like, well, small nuclear reactors (SMRs). Had he been a regular reader here, he might not have been so shocked in coming to his latest disappointing conclusion.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher ... Read more ...
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PBS: Bangkok’s Battle with Rising Seas, Sinking Land - Climate Crocks (Nov 30) |
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Nov 30 · The description of Bangkok’s building boom reminds me of the “well, duh” discovery that the weight of the buildings in Manhattan is contributing to the lowering of the island (aka “local sea level rise”), something people hadn’t really looked into before.
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With No Mining, This Lithium Resource is Immense - Climate Crocks (Nov 30) |
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Nov 30 · Palm Springs Desert Sun:
The hot brine located in a vast underground reserve beneath the Salton Sea likely contains enough lithium to build batteries for 375 million electric vehicles,according to a new report released Tuesday.
The report from Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory and funded by the Energy Department represents the first time researchers have thoroughly quantified how much lithium might be present in the underground reserve.
That large of a lithium deposit could “enable the United States to meet or exceed global lithium demand for decades,” according to a press release from the Department of Energy.
US Department of ... Read more ...
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Michigan’s Most Controversial New Energy Law: Clean Energy Rights for Farmers - Climate Crocks (Nov 29) |
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Nov 29 · I’ve done a lot of reporting on the experiences of Farmers and Landowners across the Midwest, who have endured far-right wing harassment, abuse and even threats of violence simply for wishing to site clean energy on their land. Michigan’s new energy legislation reflects awareness of that injustice, and provides for State level action if cowed or cowardly local boards tie up projects with “poison pill” ordinances. The state Public Service Commission will stand up new staff to handle such siting challenges, if locals can’t find agreement with landowners and clean energy developers. The legislation provides a number of protections for local interests, as ... Read more ...
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Michigan’s Whitmer Signs Sweeping Energy Bills - Climate Crocks (Nov 28) |
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Nov 28 · Really significant – a heavy lift for a lot of us who worked to make this happen. I felt confident once Gretchen Whitmer put her prestige the line to make this happen.Reaction from the usual suspects has been predictable and intense, so in many ways the work is just beginning, but this gives clean energy advocates some powerful tools, including siting reform that should help keep Facebook frenzied MAGA style Flashmobs from continuing to harass and intimidate local farmers and officials.Above, Governor Gretchen Whitmer surrounded by supporters, including, second from right, farm owner Clara Ostrander, who stood up to a withering barrage from local NIMBYs to assert her rights to ... Read more ...
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Virgin Atlantic Flies First TransAtlantic Low Carbon Crossing. Is SAF a Gaffe? - Climate Crocks (Nov 28) |
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Nov 28 · SAF or “Sustainable Aviation Fuel” as described here, leaves me with a whole lot of questions.Some of it comes from kitchen grease, of which there is nowhere near enough. Some comes from biomass. What biomass? from where?Biomass is something we’re trying to get away from in large scale power generation. Why is it a good idea here?Also, ethanol. Not even close to a solution now. Not seeing how it suddenly becomes a better idea to feed it to jets.
Reuters:
A Virgin Atlantic (VA.UL) passenger jet powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) completed a London-to-New York jaunt on Tuesday, showcasing the potential of low-carbon options, which are a tiny ... Read more ...
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What Slowdown? Hyundai Kicks EV Production into High Gear - Climate Crocks (Nov 28) |
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Nov 28 · South Korea’s largest automaker, Hyundai Motor, is bolstering EV production despite rumors that the market is slowing. The automaker revealed plans to suspend operations at its main factory in South Korea as it shifts its focus toward EVs.
On Monday, Hyundai said it will temporarily suspend activities at its Asan plant in South Korea.
According to Hyundai’s regulatory filing, the suspension will take place between Dec 31, 2023 – Feb 13, 2024. The company will resume operations the following day.
Despite headlines claiming EV demand is slowing, Hyundai is charging ahead. Senior leaders told Reutersahead of the LA Auto Show earlier this month that they are still ... Read more ...
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EIA: As Prices Fall, EVs, Hybrids Take Hold in Light Truck Market - Climate Crocks (Nov 27) |
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Nov 27 · Look for a headline writer to tell us this is “Bad for Biden.”
US Energy Information Agency:
Sales of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) in the United States rose to 17.7% of new light-duty vehicle sales in third-quarter 2023, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEVs have accounted for 15.8% of all new light-duty vehicle sales in the United States so far this year, compared with 12.3% in 2022 and 8.5% in 2021.
The share of total light-duty vehicle sales for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and BEVs rose due to both a decline in sales of non-hybrid gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles as ... Read more ...
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How Long Will Taxpayers Subsidize Growth in Climate Risk Areas? - Climate Crocks (Nov 26) |
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Nov 26 · People keep moving to climate high risk areas, coastal or inland flood plains, or wildland-urban interface areas.Part of me says, “Well, have at it hoss.”Another part of me says, we are all going to be paying for this, in increased insurance rates, higher infrastructure costs, and ultimately bailouts when inevitable disasters occur. But for how long?
Climate change is accelerating, with an increasing likelihood of widespread disruptions to the financial sector, including the insurance sector. – Bank for International Settlements
As insurers start to pull out from markets battered by the fallout of climate change, governments are increasingly at risk of ... Read more ...
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Sodium Batteries Part of Lithium Price Slump - Climate Crocks (Nov 26) |
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Nov 26 · It’s a mistake to assume the materials we use for batteries, magnets, and other high tech applications today, will still be the standard in 10 years. Batteries are a classic lesson in the impacts of technology on commodities. It’s been said, the cure for high prices, is high prices. Never more true than today.
Battery giants are starting to put their money on new sodium-based technology, a sign that there could be yet another shakeup in the industry that’s crucial for the energy transition.
Sodium - found in rock salts and brines around the globe - has the potential to make inroads into energy storage and electric vehiclesbecause it’s cheaper and far more ... Read more ...
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60 Years Ago Today - Climate Crocks (Nov 22) |
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Nov 22 · CBS from 10 years ago features the breaking news clips as reports of Kennedy’s assassination came out.
Ask anybody that was around then. That’s when things started getting weird.
"The sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube." - TreeHugger "@PeterWSinclair is a national treasure." - Brad Johnson, Publisher Hill Heat Follow @PeterWSinclair Pages > About Overview – Find the right video Peter Sinclair: Photos and Bio Links Climate Science Legal Defense Fund >.widget.widget_media_image { overflow: hidden; }.widget.widget_media_image img { height: auto; max-width: 100%; } Recent Posts > 60 Years Ago Today Death Spiral? Big Batteries Crowding ... Read more ...
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Climate Anxiety on the Rise. I Can Relate. - Climate Crocks (Nov 22) |
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Nov 22 · Wildfire along I-40 near the TN/NC state line tonight… video from Brook Richardson pic.twitter.com/DdZpGwMFzk
BBC:
Studies also suggests that women are more affected by climate anxiety than men.
The rise of wildfires, floods and droughts around the world are just some of the highly visible signs of climate change.
What is reported less is the impact of climate change on human minds.
Climate anxiety – defined as feelings of distress about the impacts of climate change – has been reported globally, particularly among children and young people.
Data from Google Trends shows that search queries related to “climate anxiety” have ... Read more ...
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Death Spiral? Big Batteries Crowding out New Gas Generation - Climate Crocks (Nov 22) |
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Nov 22 · Death spiral in progress for gas generators.Very interesting Reuters reporting.
Reuters:
Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide.
The long-term economics of gas-fired plants, used in Europe and some parts of the United States primarily to compensate for the intermittent nature of wind and solar power, are changing quickly, according to Reuters’ interviews with more than a dozen power plant developers, project finance bankers, analysts and consultants.
They said some battery operators are ... Read more ...
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3 Reasons why Battery Tech Still in Infancy - Climate Crocks (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · Reasons why progress and price drops on battery storage will continue.
Above, breakthrough in Silicon nano-tech makes much more energy dense, faster charging battery possible.
Below, advances in Sodium ion technology promise batteries with no Lithium, nickel, or cobalt. Recharge News reports the new cell is “safer, more cost-effective and sustainable than ones based on nickel, manganese, cobalt or iron phosphate chemistries. It is also produced with minerals such as iron and sodium that are abundant on global markets.”
Swedish battery maker Northvolt AB has developed its first sodium-ion product, a technology that could cut reliance on scarce raw ... Read more ...
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Assessing a Small Reactor Failure - Climate Crocks (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · What the hell happened with NuScale?!#nuclear #nuscale #SMR#nuclearenergy #cleanenergy #nuclearpower pic.twitter.com/kQErqDCOvT
Generation Atomic is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, that works with its 501(c)4 political advocacy arm GAMMA (Generation Atomic Movement Mobilizing Alliance) to save today’s nuclear reactors and lay the groundwork for deploying the reactors of tomorrow.
Science:
A plan to build a novel nuclear power plant comprising six small modular reactors (SMRs) fell apart this week when prospective customers for its electricity backed out. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), a coalition of community-owned power systems in seven ... Read more ...
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Battery Materials Prices Plummet, Cheaper EVs Soon. Press – “Why That’s Bad for Biden” - Climate Crocks (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · As I’ve recently posted, promising signs we will see sub-25k priced EVs in the coming year.
One big reason? Battery prices dropping precipitously.Underlying that, lithium prices that had been skyrocketing, have collapsed.
Media response? Why that’s “bad news for Biden.”
WSJ:
America’s transition to electric vehicles is running into an unexpected snarl.
A surprising crash in prices for lithium, cobalt and other metals used in EV batteries is hitting mining companies, which are suspending or delaying new projects and expansions. The disruptions are threatening to deepen shortages of those materials in coming years and hit the ... Read more ...
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Ramping Renewables Requires Ready Resources - Climate Crocks (Nov 21) |
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Nov 21 · Headlines this week about US and China goals to triple renewable deployment globally by 2030.
With nuclear stumbling, it’s never been more clear that any zero carbon scenario requires a LOT of wind and solar. Solar is easiest to build, but as a new report makes clear, a balance of generation makes most sense.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance:
The global average capacity factor for solar in 2022, according to BloombergNEF data (which may well exclude some small-scale generation), was 13.2%, assuming the average new solar farm came online mid-year. In contrast, wind farms had a global average capacity factor in 2022 of 27.2% by the same methodology. Hydro plants ... Read more ...
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Argentina’s Climate Denier Lunatic Gives Glimpse of a Trump Administration 2 - Climate Crocks (Nov 20) |
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Nov 20 · Argentina’s Climate Denier Lunatic Gives Glimpse of a Trump Administration 2
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - What many deemed impossible just months ago is reality: Right-wing populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s presidency.
The fiery freshman lawmaker’s victory Sunday night has thrust the country into the unknown regarding how extreme his policies will be following a campaign in which he revved a chainsaw to symbolically cut the state down to size.
With almost all votes tallied, Milei handily beat Economy Minister Sergio Massa, 55.7% to 44.3%. Milei won all but three of the nation’s 24 provinces, and Massa conceded even before the electoral ... Read more ...
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