The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has unleashed their Special Report on the impact of global warming reaching 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
“This IPCC report is set to outline a rescue plan for humanity,”
“1.5°C is the new 2°C,”
If we stick to Paris Climate Agreement commitments, we could still see a global warming of about 3°C by 2100.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Effects of battery manufacturing on electric vehicle life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.theicct.org/publications/EV-battery-manufacturing-emissions
This briefing reviews recent research regarding greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. We analyze this research in the overall context of life-cycle emissions of electric cars as compared to conventional internal combustion vehicles in Europe.
Electric cars are much cleaner than internal combustion engine cars over their lifetime. We find that a typical electric car today produces just half of the greenhouse gas emissions of an average European passenger car. Furthermore, an electric car using average European electricity is almost 30% cleaner over its life cycle compared to even the most efficient internal combustion engine vehicle on the market today. Plug-in hybrid vehicles, when driven on electric power for most trips, have lifecycle emissions similar to battery electric vehicles. In markets with very low-carbon electricity, such as Norway or France, electric vehicles produce less than a third of the life-cycle emissions of an average combustion-engine vehicle.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Truth is the First Casualty of Global Warming
Dec 18, 2018 BJØRN LOMBORG
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-change-self-defeating-alarmism-by-bjorn-lomborg-2018-12
The truth about climate change is nuanced: it is real, and in the long term it will be a problem, but its impact is less than we might believe. And yet we are too eager to believe the problem is far worse than science shows, and – conversely – that our solutions are far easier than reality dictates.
limate change seems to freeze our capacity for critical thinking: we are too eager to believe the problem is far worse than science shows, and – conversely – that our solutions are far easier than reality dictates.
Consider weather events: it is second nature now to link these to climate change. Whenever a flood hits, the media blames global warming and warns that floods are increasing.
Both European forest fires and US hurricanes are blamed on global warming.
The truth about climate change is nuanced: it is real, and in the long term it will be a problem, but its impact is less than we might believe. According to the IPCC’s last major report, unrestrained climate change would result in an average reduction in income of about 0.2-2% by the 2070s. That is equivalent to the impact of a single economic recession over the next half-century.
Yet, in a race to the bottom with climate-change deniers, green activists have become hyperbolic. Influential campaigner George Monbiot says “climate change” isn’t alarming enough, so should be replaced with “climate breakdown.”
Climate is not breaking down.
Just as activists and the media engender fear by associating every fire, flood, and hurricane with climate change, they generate a false belief that there are simple solutions to the problem, if only politicians and the public would embrace them.
Take the new argument that becoming vegetarian could fix climate change. The reality is that a Westerner abandoning all meat will cut her greenhouse-gas emissions by only a few percentage points.
Another common refrain is that solar and wind are ready to outcompete fossil fuels. But alternative energy remains reliant on subsidies to the tune of $160 billion annually. When these are withdrawn, investments in solar and wind typically plummet.
Globally, solar and wind satisfy less than 1% of our energy needs.
tackling global warming – like everything else – is a question of finding the right balance
It would cost about $20 trillion to avoid some climate damages, ensuring a net benefit of $30 trillion over coming centuries.
to within 2.5°C of preindustrial levels, would drive the cost beyond $130 trillion, leaving us $50 trillion worse off.
Contrast Nordhaus’s careful work showing that a 2.5°C cap is near impossible, with the excitement being whipped up about keeping the rise in global temperature below the much harder 1.5°C threshold. At current emissions levels, this would require us to end fossil-fuel use in ten years
The IEA expects that fossil fuels will still meet three-quarters of global energy demand by 2040.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tutkimus: Luomuviljely kuormittaa ilmastoa enemmän kuin tavallinen viljely
https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000005935449.html?fbclid=IwAR08yDaqKpihXEy_6Nyp4EmXUZYYptN_ujiZG8kYKv_OMbPnXM3BpCWE5wU
Luomu voi paikoin kuormittaa ilmastoa jopa 50–70 prosenttia enemmän kuin tavallinen viljely. Saman ruokamäärän tuottamiseen luonnonmukaisesti tarvitaan enemmän peltoalaa.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Fast Trains Are Energy Efficient (And Fast)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/mass-transit/fast-trains-are-energy-efficient-and-fast
Energy intensity is the key. When I’m the only passenger in my Civic, it requires about 2 megajoules per passenger-kilometer in city driving. Add another passenger and that figure drops to 1 MJ/pkm, comparable to a half-empty bus. Jet airliners are surprisingly efficient, commonly requiring around 2 MJ/pkm. With full flights and the latest airplane designs, they can do it at less than 1.5 MJ/pkm. Of course, public-transit trains are far superior: At high passenger loads, the best subways need less than 0.1 MJ/pkm.
Tomi Engdahl says:
This Incredible Powder Could Help Cut CO2 Emissions
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/this-incredible-powder-could-help-cut-co2-emissions/
With the clock ticking to avoid climate catastrophe, every action is important to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that we release into the atmosphere.
The scientists developed an extremely porous carbon powder that can capture a large amount of the greenhouse gas. The powder is made of carbon nanospheres
Carbon dioxide molecules adhere to the surface of the nanospheres
Once filled with carbon dioxide, the powder would be taken to storage sites and buried, which would have no adverse consequences. Carbon is both abundant and environmentally friendly so this is a great strategic material to use in greenhouse-gas-capturing initiatives.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Climate Change is Pushing Electrical Engineers to Focus on the Environment
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/janesandwood/articles/climate-change-is-pushing-electrical-engineers-to-focus-on-the-environment
Electrical engineers are working with water treatment facilities to help optimize their systems and processes to save time, money, and resources
Electricity generation is a lead contributor to carbon dioxide emissions that affect the environment; in fact, it is expected to be responsible for 76% of total emissions by 2035.
Energy consumption of water treatment facilities
Wastewater systems account for approximately 3% to 4% of energy use in the United States and result in the emission of more than 45 million tons of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) annually.
A recently released document by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noted that saving energy through energy-efficiency improvements can cost less than generating, transmitting, and distributing energy from power plants in order to treat the water. The EPA went on to suggest that wastewater facilities can possibly begin to install anaerobic digesters that generate methane, which can then be burned on-site to power the facility.
Plugging holes in the water system
As water treatment facilities play a crucial role in the overall health and safety of millions of people around the world, engineers have an opportunity to enter the discussion before it is too late.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048/
The apocalypse has a new date: 2048.
That’s when the world’s oceans will be empty of fish, predicts an international team of ecologists and economists.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Climate change: ‘Right to repair’ gathers force
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46797396?ns_source=facebook&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews
Tomi Engdahl says:
ESSAY
Only Nuclear Energy Can Save the Planet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/only-nuclear-energy-can-save-the-planet-11547225861?fbclid=IwAR0k677XsmLTQlP1GGYLTxAqX3aUIFqVBC0Lp4WvMkY4AfEux5EP5kaA8ug
Do the math on replacing fossil fuels: To move fast enough, the world needs to build lots of reactors
Climate scientists tell us that the world must drastically cut its fossil fuel use in the next 30 years to stave off a potentially catastrophic tipping point for the planet. Confronting this challenge is a moral issue, but it’s also a math problem—and a big part of the solution has to be nuclear power.
Today, more than 80% of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ranskalaisen klimatologin kehotus tiedemiehille: ottakaa etäisyyttä IPCC:hen
http://arojouni.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/267459-ranskalaisen-klimatologin-kehotus-tiedemiehille-ottakaa-etaisyytta-ipcchen
To date, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects of global warming remain elusive. In Global Warming – Myth or Reality? . Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction and lays out the scientific cause of the sizable sceptical scientific community that challenges the accepted wisdom.
Lreoux takes a hard and dispassionate look at the reality of the greenhouse effect, the “evidence” from climate models, and the limitations of those models. He then postulates alternative causes of climate change and analyses the trends for global temperatures, rainfall patterns, dynmaics of weather and sea level. He argues that the case for global warming is based on climatology which, with its insufficiencies in the understanding and explanation of weather phenomena do not support this prediction. Leroux highlights a number of priorities that climatologists could consider in order to understand the processes of climate change, integrate them into deterministic climate models, and predict accurately changes of climate of the near future. The most urgent priority for climatology, the author believes , is to leave the IPCC in order that the discipline remains neutral and returns to the pursuit of its proper ends.
Tomi Engdahl says:
We Can (Maybe) Avoid Climate Change Catastrophe, Says Big New Report
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/we-can-maybe-avoid-climate-change-catastrophe-says-big-new-report/
Hope is not lost when it comes to the colossal problem of climate change. According to a massive new report, it is possible to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change, however, it’s going to require some sturdy and immediate action.
The new research, published in the journal Nature Communications, puts forward a wealth of evidence to show how the world could limit the disastrous effects of climate change if we phase out current fossil fuel infrastructure at the end of its expected lifetime.
By their workings, if we allow the current generation of fossil fuel infrastructure – such as power plants, industrial facilities, petrol vehicles, and the like – to run their course, then promptly replace them with zero-carbon alternatives, there is a 64 percent chance of keeping global warming below 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels.
At the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting in October 2018, the world agreed that the rise in global temperatures must be kept below 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels, otherwise, it will spark cataclysmic changes to our world.
Make no mistake, this objective will be hard to achieve, but it’s not impossible.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Far Faster Than Thought, And It May Be Too Late To Act
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/greenlands-ice-is-melting-far-faster-than-thought-and-it-may-be-too-late-to-act/
Just a few weeks ago, a major report found that Antartica is losing six times as much ice each year than 40 years ago. It turns out, the situation isn’t much better in the farthest stretches of the northern hemisphere either.
New research has shown that Greenland’s ice is melting far faster than scientists previously thought and could become a major contributor to sea level rise around the world within just two decades.
Worse of all, it looks like it’s too late to do anything about it.
“The only thing we can do is adapt and mitigate further global warming – it’s too late for there to be no effect,”
“These oscillations have been happening forever,” Bevis added. “So why only now are they causing this massive melt? It’s because the atmosphere is, at its baseline, warmer. The transient warming driven by the North Atlantic Oscillation was riding on top of more sustained, global warming.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
This Dutch Startup Converts Heat Into Cold Via A Stirling Engine, And Could Just Save The Planet
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/01/18/this-dutch-startup-converts-heat-into-cold-via-a-stirling-engine-and-could-just-save-the-planet/#4e7ae2196744
By 2050, almost six billion air conditioners could eat 37% of global electricity, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s because as India and China get richer — and the planet gets hotter — people around the globe are buying A/C units at levels approaching the United States.
This is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen.
change that via a technological marvel that turns heat into cold without requiring energy itself — or any of the nasty gases that most A/C units use today. The technology, which SoundEnergy unveiled at CES last week in Las Vegas, uses a process similar to a Stirling Engine
SoundEnergy’s first customer was Dubai, which purchased a unit for cooling in a plant which condenses drinkable water from the air.
Tomi Engdahl says:
“The Holocene has ended. The Garden of Eden is no more.”
David Attenborough Says The “Garden of Eden” Is No More As We Wreck The Natural World
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/david-attenborough-says-the-garden-of-eden-is-no-more-as-we-wreck-the-natural-world/
“The Holocene has ended. The Garden of Eden is no more.”
These were the words of 92-year-old naturalist Sir David Attenborough at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More than ever, he warned, we are out of touch with the natural world.
“I am quite literally from another age. I was born during the Holocene – the name given to the 12,000-year period of climatic stability that allowed humans to settle, farm, and create civilizations.”
“We have the power, we have the knowledge to live in harmony with nature,” said Attenborough.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Climate Defense: Military Technology Fights Climate Change
https://www.sealevel.com/2018/11/29/climate-defense-military-technology-fights-climate-change/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Record private jet flights into Davos as leaders arrive for climate talk
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/22/record-private-jet-flights-davos-leaders-climate-talk
Experts predict up to 1,500 individual private flights in and out of airfields serving Swiss ski resort for World Economic Forum
David Attenborough might have urged world leaders at Davos to take urgent action on climate change, but it appears no one was listening. As he spoke, experts predicted up to 1,500 individual private jets will fly to and from airfields serving the Swiss ski resort this week.
David Attenborough tells Davos: ‘The Garden of Eden is no more’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/21/david-attenborough-tells-davos-the-garden-of-eden-is-no-more
Human activity has created a new era yet climate change can be stopped, says naturalist
Tomi Engdahl says:
NEWS | January 28, 2019
Warming seas may increase frequency of extreme storms
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2837/warming-seas-may-increase-frequency-of-extreme-storms/
A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century
They found that extreme storms – those producing at least 0.12 inches (3 millimeters) of rain per hour over a 16-mile (25-kilometer) area – formed when the sea surface temperature was higher than about 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius). They also found that, based on the data, 21 percent more storms form for every 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) that ocean surface temperatures rise.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ice-core evidence of abrupt climate changes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC34297/
Ice-core records show that climate changes in the past have been large, rapid, and synchronous over broad areas extending into low latitudes, with less variability over historical times. These ice-core records come from high mountain glaciers and the polar regions, including small ice caps and the large ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why the Midwest’s deep freeze may be a consequence of climate change
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-the-midwests-deep-freeze-may-be-a-consequence-of-climate-change
More than a quarter of the U.S. population is expected to deal with sub-zero temperatures this week. The extreme cold has sparked some public skepticism over global warming, but scientists actually believe it is a consequence of climate change.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Bottom line truth is they just don’t know enough to determine what, how, and at what rate climate change is happening or will continue to happen.
Greenhouse gasses causing trapped heat? Possibly, maybe even probably.
Decreased sun activity causing cooling? Possibly, maybe even probably.
The cool thing about modeling is that in events like climate change you can make a super minor tweak to any of the postulate assumptions and get any result you want.
We still have a lot to learn
here is a possible relevant page to look at.
https://www.livescience.com/61716-sun-cooling-global-warming.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Global Warming vs. Solar Cooling: The Showdown Begins in 2020
https://www.livescience.com/61716-sun-cooling-global-warming.html
The sun may be dimming, temporarily. Don’t panic; Earth is not going to freeze over. But will the resulting cooling put a dent in the global warming trend?
A periodic solar event called a “grand minimum” could overtake the sun perhaps as soon as 2020 and lasting through 2070, resulting in diminished magnetism, infrequent sunspot production and less ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth — all bringing a cooler period to the planet that may span 50 years.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Green New Deal is long on vision, short on details, and a potential windfall for startups
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/07/the-green-new-deal-is-long-on-vision-short-on-details-and-a-potential-windfall-for-startups/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
Proposed by the rising star of the Democratic Party, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Edward Markey, a longtime advocate for decarbonization in both the House and the Senate, the sweeping proposal is a grand vision for what a progressive push to rebuild American institutions for the 21st century looks like. But it’s a plan that’s long on promise and short on details.
And it’s unlikely to gain much traction in Washington.
Recognizing the centrality of climate change to the disasters that have pounded the U.S. in the past five years, and the role the bill declares “the United States must take a leading role in reducing emissions through economic transformation.”
Improving climate resiliency, infrastructure upgrades, water purification and desalination; zero-emission energy sources; clean manufacturing; sustainable farming; vehicle electrification; high-speed rail development; waste cleanup and removal are all dependent on technology being commercialized by startups.
Tomi Engdahl says:
2018 Was The Fourth-Hottest Year On Record And The Trend Is Set To Continue
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/2018-was-the-fourthhottest-year-on-record-and-the-trend-is-set-to-continue/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The “Doomsday Vault” Is In Serious Danger
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-home-of-the-doomsday-seed-vault-is-in-danger-due-to-climate-change/
The Norwegian Island of Spitsbergen, part of the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, is home to the Global Seed Vault where duplicate samples and spare copies of important seeds are stored. The vault, also called the Doomsday Vault, is an attempt to guarantee the seeds are safe even after large-scale or even global catastrophes.
However, a new report by the Norwegian Government shows that the Svalbard Islands are facing significant changes due to global warming.
The increase in heat will lead to a thawing of the permafrost, which will turn the solid ground around the facility into mush
Tomi Engdahl says:
Weather and climate-related disasters cost the US $80 billion in 2018, but go ahead and say climate change isn’t real
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/weather-and-climate-related-disasters-cost-the-us-80-billion-in-2018-but-go-ahead-and-say-climate-change-isnt-real/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. economy $80 billion last year — and have hit the nation’s bottom line to the tune of roughly $100 billion per year over the last five years, according to a new survey from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
That tally comes as NASA reported that 2018 was also the fourth warmest year ever recorded
Tomi Engdahl says:
Get used to the polar vortex: Experts warn the weather phenomenon is set to become more common (and say the current chill could last another EIGHT weeks)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6641721/Science-Says-Get-used-polar-vortex-outbreaks.html
Polar vortex is bringing its icy grip to the Midwest thanks to a sudden blast of warm air in the Arctic
Tomi Engdahl says:
Space Heater Nonsense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jmSjy2ArM
Unless my understanding of the universe is deeply flawed, something about space heaters just doesn’t add up. In this video, I talk about that.
Tomi Engdahl says:
How to decarbonize America — and the world
A roadmap for a viable Green New Deal
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/15/how-to-decarbonize-america-and-the-world/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
The Green New Deal has burst onto the American stage, spurring more conversation about – and aspiration for – ambitious climate policy than at any point in at least a decade.
The Green New Deal is long on vision, short on details, and a potential windfall for startups
Tomi Engdahl says:
Selvitys yllätti: Vanhojen kaupunkitalojen energiatehokkuus on erinomainen
https://rakennusmaailma.fi/selvitys-yllatti-vanhojen-kaupunkitalojen-ernergiatehokkuus-on-erinomainen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR100EFIfLr_WOCyYAQnMuOldDelxGP7AYIy4gt5GJ-zoiMtHeuFc0pYBJ8
Exclusive: Insects could vanish within a century at current rate of decline, says global review
Tomi Engdahl says:
Australian mammal becomes first to go extinct due to climate change
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/02/20/australia/mammal-climate-change-extinction-intl-trnd/index.html
A small brown rat which lived on a tiny island off northern Australia is the world’s first mammal known to have become extinct due to “human-induced climate change,” the government says.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The last five years have been Earth’s warmest since records began
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612908/the-last-five-years-have-been-earths-warmest-since-records-began/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=tr_social
2018 was the fourth warmest year since records began in 1880, according to studies out today from NASA, the UK Met Office, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Tomi Engdahl says:
Scientists Just Pulled CO2 From Air And Turned It Into Coal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/02/27/scientists-just-pulled-co2-from-air-and-turned-it-into-coal/#3283ef124563
Scientists have discovered a breakthrough technology, a way to pull CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it back into coal. This new discovery has the potential to change the way we think about CO2.
Tomi Engdahl says:
How algae could sustainably reduce the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2018-11-algae-sustainably-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere.amp
In collaboration with fellow researchers, chemists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a process that, according to initial calculations, can facilitate economically removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The latest World Climate Report (IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ° C) acknowledges the global relevance of the process.
Tomi Engdahl says:
It’s Official: There’s Only 1-In-A-Million Chance Climate Change Is Not Caused By Humans
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/its-official-theres-only-a-1inamillion-chance-climate-change-is-not-caused-by-humans/
new analysis of 40 years’ worth of satellite data has shown we are as close to certain as we can be that global climate change is actively being caused by humans. No doubt some of you will read this and say, almost certain eh? Yes. The “gold standard” level of certainty in scientific evidence has officially been reached.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/human-activity-in-china-and-india-dominates-the-greening-of-earth-nasa-study-shows
Tomi Engdahl says:
CO2 Converted to Solid Carbon
https://www.designnews.com/batteryenergy-storage/co2-converted-solid-carbon/206299923860346?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=7696&elq_cid=876648
Using a liquid metal catalyst, greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be removed from the atmosphere and changed into solid carbon that can be stored or used for other products.
Carbon capture and storage has fallen out of favor recently. It had been proposed as a way to remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) created by the burning of fossil fuels. However, capturing the gaseous CO2, compressing it to a liquid form, and then transporting it and ultimately injecting it into sites underground has proven to be economically and environmentally unfeasible.
“To date, CO2 has only been converted into a solid at extremely high temperatures, making it industrially unviable, noted RMIT University researcher Dr. Torben Daeneke in a news release. “By using liquid metals as a catalyst, we’ve shown it’s possible to turn the gas back into carbon at room temperature, in a process that’s efficient and scalable,” noted Daeneke.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://meeviren.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/270902-sodoma-ja-gomorra
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sixth mass extinction could destroy life as we know it– biodiversity expert
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/sixth-mass-extinction-could-destroy-life-we-know-it-biodiversity-expert.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=art
Tomi Engdahl says:
In a zero-waste society, people will need to share and repair
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/zero-waste-society-people-will-need-share-and-repair.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=repro
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://jukkakleppalahti.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/271097-tutkijat-erimielisia-ilmastonmuutoksesta-noitavainot-vaarantavat-vapaan-tieteen
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger | TEDxDanubia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-yALPEpV4w
Environmentalists have long promoted renewable energy sources like solar panels and wind farms to save the climate. But what about when those technologies destroy the environment? In this provocative talk, Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and energy expert, Michael Shellenberger explains why solar and wind farms require so much land for mining and energy production, and an alternative path to saving both the climate and the natural environment.
A lifelong environmentalist, Michael changed his mind about nuclear energy and has helped save enough nuclear reactors to prevent an increase in carbon emissions equivalent to adding more than 10 million cars to the road.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Greta Thunberg has done her science homework
https://faktabaari.fi/greta-thunberg-has-done-her-science-homework/
On 21st February 2019 the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, delivered a strong speech [1] at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. Thunberg teamed up with IPCC [2] science and scientists and encouraged politicians to take urgent action to combat climate change.
Thunberg said that politicians should listen to scientists and ”follow the Paris agreement and the IPCC reports”. The speech was considered a success by eyewitnesses [3] and media [4].
Tomi Engdahl says:
Reducing Carbon Emissions With Coal
https://hackaday.com/2019/03/04/reducing-carbon-emissions-with-coal/
It isn’t that hard to extract carbon dioxide from the air, the problem is what to do with it. Storing it as a gas or a liquid is inefficient and expensive, while converting it to a solid makes it much easier to store or even reuse for practical applications.
The liquid metal catalyst is gallium-based and contains, among other things, metallic cerium nanoparticles. The liquid metal resists coking — the coating of the catalyst with the carbon material produced.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Honest Government Ad | Climate Breakdown / School Strike
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8a1YEhk_o
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c49e78ce4b06ba6d3bb2d44?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw&guce_referrer_cs=xcYxP0fETDJGIsaXLX34MQ
A three-year UN-backed study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has grim implications for the future of humanity.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ihmiskunnan ratkaisevat vuodet – Jättiraportti: Ilmaston lämpeneminen voidaan rajata 1,5 asteeseen, jos päästöt nollataan ennätysnopeasti
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10444012?origin=rss&utm_source=facebook-share&utm_medium=social
Kaikki maailman valtiot joutuvat kiristämään päästötavoitteitaan tuntuvasti, mikäli ilmaston lämpeneminen halutaan rajoittaa 1,5 asteeseen.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Air Pollution Now Kills More People Than Smoking, Says New Study
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/air-pollution-now-kills-more-people-than-smoking-says-new-study/
Tomi Engdahl says:
SYSTEMATIC EXCLUSION OF NUCLEAR POWER IN DECARBONIZATION MODELS
https://4thgeneration.energy/systematic-exclusion-of-nuclear-power-in-decarbonization-models/
Nowadays it seems like every week we get another report filled with scenarios on how this or that country, region, or even the whole world, can be shifted almost by tomorrow to a decarbonized one. Time and again, I have wondered why nuclear, which is by any metric a reasonably good and cost-effective technology for decarbonization, is almost always in a marginal role in these scenarios. If it is so good, it should be more present in the models, right?
So why isn’t it?
I did some digging, interviewing and research to find out.
The answer is that many of the modellers cheat.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Maapallon kasvipeitteinen ala kasvaa – tutkijat ihmeissään Kiinan ja Intian saavutuksista
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10668517