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Der deutsche Wirtschaftsminister Habeck hat feierlich den Bau eines wichtigen Teilstücks der Nord-Süd-Stromverbindung Suedlink gestartet. Über die Stromtrasse sollen 4 Gigawatt transportiert werden; die Kosten liegen bei 10 Mrd. Euro. https://taz.de/Bau-der-Nord-Sued-Stromverbindung/!5956643/
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when building on unenclosable P2P systems like Holochain, it’s actually possible to have it both ways: clean-energy projects that have the resources for large-scale impact and are not at risk of becoming corrupt in protection of proprietary business interests.
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- competitive advantage: unencloseable carriers
- when building on unenclosable P2P systems like Holochain,
- it’s actually possible to have it both ways:
- clean-energy projects that have the resources for large-scale impact and
- are not at risk of becoming corrupt in protection of proprietary business interests.
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Neue, gigantische Fracking-Projekte in den USA („monster fracks“) verbrauchen enorme Mengen Wasser, so dass die Öl- und Gasfirmen inzwischen auch nach Wasser bohren. Damit wird die durch Übernutzung und globale Erhitzung prekäre Wasserversorgung in vielen Gegenden der USA zusätzlich belastet. Analyse und Reportage in der New York Times, die herazusgefunden hat, dass die monster fracks in Texas inzwischen zwei Drittel der Fracking-Projekte ausmachen. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/25/climate/fracking-oil-gas-wells-water.html
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Spending too much energy on analytically deciding whether the content is worth keeping takes away your energy for being creative. When you spend all your energy on that decision, you have less energy left for valuable steps like making connections, imagining possibilities, formulating theories, and creating new ideas.
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Der britische Premierminister Richi Sunak hat das Ok für die Ausbeutung des Rosebank Field gegeben, des größten noch nicht genutzten britischen Öl- und Gsvorkommens in der Nordsee. In der ersten Phase sollen ab 2026/27 245 Millionen Barrel Öl sowie Gas gefördert werden. Eiine Woche zuvor wurde die Verschärfung der Umweltstandards für Heizungen und Autos in Großbritannien aufgeschoben.
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Dark sides of REP
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-progress trap - commercialization - exclusion - instrumentation - projectification - Responsibilization and overburdening - Hidden systemic repurcussions
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Die International Energy Agency prognostiziert zum ersten Mal, dass der Verbrauch fossiler Energien vor 2030 seinen Höhepunkt überschreiten wird. Die voraussichtliche Abnahme sei aber bei weitem nicht ausreichend, um das 1,5°-Ziel zu erreichen. IEA-Chef Fatih Birol kündigte in der Financial Times die Kernaussagen des nächsten World Energy Outlook-Berichts der IEA an. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/beginning-of-the-end-of-fossil-fuel-era-approaching-says-iea
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Die Abgeordneten des europäischen Parlaments haben dafür gestimmt, die EU-Länder zu verpflichen, den Verbrauch erneuerbarer Energie bis 2030 von 22% auf 42% zu steigern. Die Renewable Energy Directive muss noch vom Europäischen Rat angenommen werden. Biomasse gilt weiterhin als erneuerbar. https://www.liberation.fr/environnement/les-eurodeputes-votent-pour-faire-doubler-la-consommation-denergie-renouvelable-dici-a-2030-20230912_WMEQYLIL65G6LC7CVDD6CV5AOQ/
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Bei dem afrikanischen klimagipfel in Nairobi zeichnen sich Konflikte über einen Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien ab. Einige Länder, darunter Nigeria und Senegal, wollen die vorhandenen und zum Teil gerade entdeckten Ressourcen ausbeuten.
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- institution: Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI)
- topic: climate finance
- country: Senegal
- project: East African crude oil pipeline
- NGO: Power Shift Africa
- region: Africa
- expert: Mohamed Adow
- NGO: Africans Rising
- event: African Climate Summit 2033
- country: Gabon
- institution: Global Wind Energy Council
- expert: Hardi Yakubu
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Another concern is that these emerging economies could be simply trapping themselves in more debt with these agreements.
- for: debt trap, economic colonialism, progress trap, JETP, UETP, Invesitgate, investigate - JETP
- progress trap
- in building out renewable infrastructure, these loans and grants may further increase debt to disenfranchised countries
- then it is no longer Just energy transition but becomes Unjust Energy Transition Partnerships (UETP)
- if not done right, JETP can turn into UETP
- This definitely requires further investigation!
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he agreements aren’t perfect. For example, they may not rule out oil and gas as bridging fuels between coal and renewables
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- fossil fuel bridging fuels can be very problematic
- the carbon budget is shrinking fast
- instead of rich nations and peoples transferring the remaining carbon budget to those in need of development, it is simply being wasted on high carbon lifestyles of the rich and famous and to a lesser degree, the middle class
- we are making a tradeoff between high carbon lifestyle choices and transferring that carbon to those in developmental need
- this is where the "bridging fossil fuels" come into play, to compensate for the high carbon life style
- If the transfer from the elites to the energy disenfranchised actually happened, perhaps we would not even need those bridging fossil fuels!
- fossil fuel bridging fuels can be very problematic
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- Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) are happening in South Africa and also Indonesia, Vietnam, Senegal and possibly India.
- Will these actually happen? Will they be enough to avoid the highest risk of planetary tipping points?
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Ramalope says they also don’t go far enough. “I think the weakness of JETPs is that they’re not encouraging 1.5 [degrees] Celsius,”
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- the JETPs do not go far enough. This is dangerous as it still allows significant amounts of fossil fuel emissions that will breach 1.5 Deg C and increase chances of breaching severe planetary tipping points
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Just Energy Transition Partnerships, or JETPs, an attempt to catalyze global finance for emerging economies looking to shift energy reliance away from fossil fuels in a way that doesn’t leave certain people and communities behind.
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China steigert die Produktion von Strom aus Kohle weiter. Im Augenblick wird pro Woche eine zusätzliche Kohleverbrennung genehemigt, die ca. 2 durchschnittlichen Kraftwerken entspricht. Diese Entwicklung steht im Widerspruch zu den offiziellen Klimazielen Chinas. Das Hauptziel ist dabei offensichtlich kurzfristige Energiesicherheit. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/29/china-coal-plants-climate-goals-carbon
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In Grönland ist die Bevölkerung gezwungen, sich extrem schnell an die globale Erhitzung anzupassen, die am Polarkreis viermal so schnell verläuft wie im globalen Durchschnitt. Manche Verantwortliche verstehen sich als Pioniere der Klima-Anpssung. Dazu gehören intensive Forschung, Umstellung und Entwicklung von Branchen. Traditionelle Lebensformen wie jahreszeitliches Nomadentum können Vorbildcharakter für andere Regionen haben. Reportage in der Libération.
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- Empty the cup: start from beginning (see Alan Watts on this), let go of what you know, let new things come by removing the old
- calling out fire energy/good aggression from within
- create balance to this energy, by meditating etc.
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- title: The Energy Transition Is a Technological Revolution — with a Deadline
- subtitle: What historical transitions — from water wheels to semiconductors — can teach us about today’s energy transition.
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- Laurens Speelman
- date: Aug 10, 2023
- source: https://rmi.org/the-energy-transition-is-a-technological-revolution-with-a-deadline/
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According to the International Hydropower Association, or IHA, a facility with two reservoirs roughly the size of two Olympic swimming pools, and a 500-metre height difference between them, would have an energy capacity of about three and a half megawatt hours. And they last for decades,
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- According to the International Hydropower Association, or IHA,
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- two reservoirs roughly the size of two Olympic swimming pools,
- a 500-metre height difference between them,
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- an energy capacity of about three and a half megawatt hours and
- they last for decades,
- a facility with:
- According to the International Hydropower Association, or IHA,
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www.derstandard.de www.derstandard.de
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Standard-Artikel über die Schwierigkeiten, in Österreich Großprojekte zur Energiewende administrativ und gegen den Widerstand lokaler Initiativen durchzusetzen. Die drei ausgewählten Beispiele zeigen, dass die Probleme und die Motive für den Widerstand sehr unterschiedlich sind. Die EU will mit dem Net Zero Industry Act die Zeit bis zur Umsetzung von Projekten auf maximal anderthalb Jahre verkürzen. https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000182417/ueberforderte-behoerden-und-protestierende-buerger-bremsen-die-energiewende-aus
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Die schwedische Mitte-Rechts-Regierung will zehn neue Atomkraftwerke errichten, um das Land klimaneutral zu machen. Fachleute und NGOs sprechen von Symbolpolitik, weil Atomkraftwerke nicht rechtzeitig für die jetzt notwendige dekarbonisierung errichtet werden, und weil die Kosten für Atomenergie bei weitem zu hoch sind. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/sweden-criticised-over-plan-to-build-at-least-10-new-nuclear-reactors
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In Deutschland sind im ersten Halbjahr 2023 nur halb so viele Anträge auf die Förderung von Wärmepumpen eingegangen wie im Halbjahr zuvor. Als eine wichtige Ursache dafür sieht ein Branchensprecher die Auseinandersetzungen in der Bundesregierung.https://taz.de/Probleme-bei-der-Waermewende/!5949274/
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We might view human social organization in general in this lens: social organization exists to maximize the extraction of energy from the environment to the group and individual (X), and the efficiency of the conversion of extracted energy into offspring (E). This is identical to the claim that social organization exists to maximize the fitness of the group (Wilson and Sober 1994) and/or the individuals which compose the group (Nowak et al. 2010), given an energetic definition of fitness.
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- human social organization exists to maximize
- the extraction of energy from the environment to the group and individual (X), and
- the efficiency of the conversion of extracted energy into offspring (E). -This is identical to the claim that
- social organization exists to maximize the fitness of the group (Wilson and Sober 1994) and/or the individuals which compose the group (Nowak et al. 2010),
- given an energetic definition of fitness.
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Ricklefs and Wikelski 2002)]. In this context, Pianka (1970) argued that, “…natural selection will usually act to maximize the amounts of matter and energy gathered per unit time.” Brown et al. (1993) likewise offered an energetic definition in which fitness is “reproductive power, or the rate of conversion of energy into offspring.” This reproductive power was taken to be a function of both the rate of assimilation of energy from the environment and the rate of conversion of energy to offspring (but see (Kozlowski 1996)).
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- Pianka (1970) argued that, “…natural selection will usually act to maximize the amounts of matter and energy gathered per unit time.”
- Brown et al. (1993) likewise offered an energetic definition in which fitness is “reproductive power, or the rate of conversion of energy into offspring.”
- This reproductive power was taken to be a function of both
- the rate of assimilation of energy from the environment and
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Thus, we seek to build a conceptual evolutionary model of the human socio-ecological system that is consistent with these insights from agricultural systems but is more evolutionary and more general and incorporates extra-somatic energy, defined as energy that is used by humans but not used in direct human metabolism (Price 1995).
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This increasing energy extraction could then, contra Malthus, support an exponentially growing population.
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- increasing energy extraction via cultural evolution of new energy saving and extraction technologies allows a population to continue growing exponentially instead of crashing due to limits of energy extraction growth.
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Der frühere Taifun Doksuri hat in Peking die schlimmsten Regenfälle und Überschwemmungen seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen verursacht. Auch andere Teile Chinas sind von Extremwetter betroffen. So wurden in der Nachbarprovinz Hebei 800 000 Menschen wegen der Überschwemmungen evakuiert..https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/02/beijing-reports-heaviest-rain-140-years-china-g20-climate-talks
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Gut recherchierter Artikel über die Abhängigkeit Österreichs von russischem Gas und die enge Verflechtung von österreichischen Eliten und russischen fossilen Interessen. Hervorgehoben wird u.a., dass in Österreich Entscheidungen, die die nationale Sicherheit betreffen, bei der OMV, also einer privaten Firma getroffen werden. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/business/energy-environment/austria-natural-gas-russia.html
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Der Guardian hat Fachleute zu Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) befragt. Die britische Regierung legitimiert neue Öl- und Gasbohrlizenzen mit gleichzeitigen CCS-Projekten. Einige Experten sind nach ersten Erfahrungen sehr skeptisch, was die grundsätzliche Realisierbarkeit von CCS an vielen Stellen der Erde angeht. CCS werde vor allem zur Dekarbonisierung von Industrien gebraucht werden, die bisher nicht CO<sub>2</sub>-frei betrieben werden können, es sei aber keine Rechtfertigung für neue fossile Entwicklungsprojekte. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/01/is-carbon-capture-and-storage-really-a-silver-bullet-for-the-climate-crisis
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fertiliser, the challenge is more real, but there is still an important and obvious first step – eat less meat. A large part of the world’s agricultural system is dedicated to growing crops and vegetables to feed animals, which we then eat. Reduce the last part of this equation (i.e. eat less meat), and the huge inefficiencies in the system mean far less fertiliser is required.
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However, CCS on a powerstation is not going to stop CO2 being released from burning kerosene in an aircraft. The only near-medium term answer for this sector is a rapid, massive and fair cut in aviation use – at least until zero-carbon aircraft have replaced most of the current fleet.
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Erneruerbare Energien wachsen weltweit deutlich schneller als von vielen erwartet. Ein neuer Bericht der Internatiionale Energiebehörde IEA stellt fest, dass die Erzeugungskapazität inzwischen bei 340 Gigawatt liegt. 2022 wurden 1.600Millionen Dollar in Erneuerbare investiert. Der Marktanteil von Elektroautos stieg auf 15%. berichte von anderen Institutionen bestätigen diese Trends. https://taz.de/Klimaneutralitaet-2050-technisch-moeglich/!5948817/
IEA-Bericht: https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-clean-energy-progress-2023
Bericht des Rocky Montains Institute zur Energiewende: https://rmi.org/insight/x-change-electricity/
Studie des World Resources Institute zu den 8 Ländern mit dem schnellsten Wachstum von Erneuerbaren: https://www.wri.org/insights/countries-scaling-renewable-energy-fastest
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Der Energieminister der G20-Staaten konnten sich bei ihrem Treffen in Goa nicht über einen schnelleren Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien einigen. Russland, China, Saudi-Arabien, Indonesien und Südafrika lehnten eine entsprechde Initiative offenbar ab. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/g20-energieminister-treffen-100.html
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In Peking und den acht chinesischen Provinzhauptstädten wurden in den vergangenen Tagen Rekordtemperaturen gemessen.
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Die EU hat eine Liste von 34 Rohstoffen formuliert, die von kritischer Bedeutung für die Industrie sind, vor allem für die Energiewende. Ab 2030 soll keiner dieser Rohstoffe zu mehr als 65% aus demselben Land stammen. Einige dieser Rohstoffe stammen im Augenblick zu einem wesentlich höheren Teil aus China. Grund für die Verlagerung sind die niedrigen Kosten für die Förderung bzw die Verarbeitung https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000179305/warum-kritische-rohstoffe-trotz-europaeischen-potenzials-anderswo-abgebaut-werden
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- Experts on the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimate that
- reducing energy demand could produce between 40% and 70% of the emissions reductions that need to be found by 2050.
"Our research is indicating that public support for energy demand reduction is possible if the public see the schemes as being fair and deliver climate justice."
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- it takes decades to build out supply-side infrastructure that can replace fossil fuel systems
- therefore, significant demand side reductions are necessary to delivery the reductions in carbon emissions needed now
- https://hyp.is/lOljjiV1Ee65J2N_QMPZhw/kevinanderson.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Edinburgh-presentation-Oct-2013.pdf
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One option is to cap the top 20% of energy users while allowing those people who use little energy and have poverty-level incomes to be able to increase their consumption levels and improve their quality of life.
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- Cap the top 20% of energy users
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- if international climate change targets are to be met, warn researchers.
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Bei einem von der Firma ABB organisierten Event haben Urbanismus-Fachleute Konzepte für eine nachhaltige urbane Infrrastruktur vorgelegt. Stefano Boeri sprach sich für Städte als Archipele von energieunabhängigen „Inseln“ aus, Entscheidende Faktoren seien Energie-Gemeinschaften und Smart Grids.
ABB-Broschüre zu nachhaltiger städtischer Infrastruktur:https://cataloghi.it.abb.com/view/522012665/
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Der Kommentar des Guadian gibt einen Überblick über die Ergebnisse des Green Deal in Europa sowie über die wachsende Opposition dagegen. Angesichts der ökonomischen Vorteile der Energiewende drohen vor allem anderen Komponenten des Green Deal an dieser Opposition zu scheitern, etwa die Renaturierung.
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Die österreichische Regulierungsbehörde E-Control hat einen Zehnpunkte-Plan vorgelegt, damit Strom aus Photovoltaik schneller ins Netz eingespeist werden kann. Mit 3,5 Terawattstunden stammten 2022 ca. 7% des in Österreich produzierten Stroms aus Photovoltaik. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000177910/r
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Die Treibhausas-Emissionen durch fossile Energie sind 2022 um 0,8% gestiegen. 82% des globalen Energieverbrauchs stammen weiterhin aus fossilen Quellen, Der weltweite Energieverbauch wuchs 2022 um 1%. Deshalb hat das Wachstum bei den Erneuerbaren nicht dazu geführt, dass die Emissionen sinken. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/26/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-global-energy-industry-still-rising-report?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2023-06-26&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+26+06+2023
Presseaussendung zur Statistical Review of World Energy: https://www.energyinst.org/exploring-energy/resources/news-centre/media-releases/ei-statistical-review-of-world-energy-energy-system-struggles-in-face-of-geopolitical-and-environmental-crises
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Die britische Energy Transition Commission hat errechnet, dass jährlich 130 Milliarden Dollar nötig sind, um die Abholzung der am meisten bedrohten Regenwälder wirksam zu stoppen - zusätzlich zu wirksamen Verboten. Zur Zeit werden aber nur 2-3 Milliarden Dollar dazu ausgegeben. Das Geld ist vor allem für wirtschaftliche Alternativen nötig und konkrete z.T durch CO2-Steuern aufgebracht werden. Auf Dauer würde ein wirksamer Waldschutz, der nötig ist, um die Erhitzung der Erde zu stoppen, eher eine Billion Dollar erfordern. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/19/dont-fool-yourself-billions-more-needed-to-protect-tropical-forests-warns-new-report-aoe
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Im ersten Jahr nach der Invasion der Ukraine im Februar 2022 hat Großbritannien für 19,3 Milliarden Pfund Öl und Gas aus anderen autoritären Petrostaaten als Russland bezogen. Eine Analyse von Desmog ergibt, dass Großbritannien in diesem Jahr für 125,7 Milliarden Pfund fossile Brennstoffe importiert und damit zum ersten Mal die 100-Milliarden-Grenze überschritten hat, obwohl eine Reduktion des Verbrauchs von Öl und Gas dringend nötig ist. Trotz des Embargos verkaufte auch Russland eine Rekordmenge an Öl in diesem Jahr. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/09/193bn-of-fossil-fuels-imported-by-uk-from-authoritarian-states-in-year-since-ukraine-war
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Der deutsche Wirtschaftsminister Habeck plant, den Umstieg deutscher Industriebetriebe auf erneuerbare Energien zu fördern, damit diese dadurch keine Mehrkosten haben. Ulrike Herrmann beurteilt diesen Plan in der Pfalz positiv, schränkt aber ein Komma dass Angaben über die gesamtstrommenge, die erneuerbar produziert werden kann, fehlen. In Deutschland können nicht genug Strom für Industrie Heizung und Verkehr zusammen produziert werden. Er müsste deswegen entweder z.b über ammoniak-porte aus Namibia eingeführt werden oder – ein Verstoß gegen Tabus der Industriepolitik – energieintensive Industrien müssten in Länder mit mehr sonnen und Windenergie ausgelagert werden. https://taz.de/Klimasubventionen-fuer-Unternehmen/!5936015/
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In Deutschland wurden im ersten Quartal 14% mehr Gasheizungen verkauft als im Vorjahresquartal. Die taz berichtet über den Boom bei Heizungen. Vor allem Besitzer älterer Häuser kaufen weiterhin Gasheizungen, oft weil sie über Kosten und Förderungen nicht informiert und durch die öffentliche Diskussion verunsichert sind.
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Der Inflation Reduction Act hat in den USA deutlich mehr Investitionen in Erneuerbare und in Elektromobilität ausgelöst als vorausgesehen. Einer der Architekten des Gesetzes, das u.a. Investionen in bisher von fossilen Energien abhängien Gebieten fördert, zieht in der New York Times eine frühe Erfolgsbilanz. Er weist aber auch auf fehlende Regelungen bei der Infrastrukturplanung, Investionsanreizen und Abkommen mit Partnerländern hin. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/opinion/climate-clean-energy-investment.html
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Die taz analysiert ausführlich den letzten Ember-Bericht über den Anteil erneuerbarer Energien an der Stromproduktion. Insgesamt wächst dieser Anteil sehr schnell. Allerdings steigt der Verbrauch fossiler Energien wegen des wachsenden Strombedarfs weltweit trotzdem. In Bezug auf einzelne Länder zeigt die Analyse, dass unter ganz unterschiedlichen Bedingungen eine Energiewende möglich ist, wenn sie politisch gewollt ist .https://taz.de/Globale-Energiewende/!5935675/
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Österreich konnte demnach seine Abhängigkeit zwar verringern, liege aber noch immer weit über dem EU-Durchschnitt. Positiv hob die EU-Kommission hervor, dass der Anteil des russischen Gases in Österreich an den gesamten Importen 2022 rund 57 Prozent betrug - waren es im Jahr davor noch 80 Prozent
Die EU-Kommission hat gemengelt, dass Österreich keinen klaren Plan hat, um sich von russischem Erdgasunabhängig zu machen. Unter anderem wird Österreich aufgefordert, schneller auf erneuerbare Energien umzusteigen.
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www.liberation.fr www.liberation.fr
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Für die energiewende in Frankreich gibt es bisher keine realistische Finanzierung Punkt der Präsident verweigert sowohl eine höhere Verschuldung als auch Steuererhöhung. Die Vibration analysiert diese Situation ausgehend von einem finanzierungsvorschlag eines der wenigen sogenannten linken Macronisten.https://www.liberation.fr/politique/transition-energetique-lorteil-de-la-jambe-gauche-du-macronisme-bougerait-il-encore-20230526_QWGQZDQ3IVCGFG4DGSYVVE3JSE/
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Das deutsche Wirtschaftsministerium hat unter Habeck und Graichen die Energiewende energisch vorangetrieben, vor allem durch sehr viele Gesetze und Verordnungen. Die taz hat Esperten zu der zentralen Figur Graichen und zur Zukunft der deutschen Energiepolitik befragt. https://taz.de/Gruene-Klimapolitik/!5932974/
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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China hat viermal so umfangreiche Projekte zur Kohleverstromung genehmigt wie im Vorjahr. Die Leistung wird damit um 50 Gigawatt gesteigert. Hinter dieser Politik steht die Angst vor Energieknappheit. 2022 würden in China Kapazitäten für 87 Gigawatt erneuerbare Energien geschaffen, sich das ist ein Rekord.
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Bidens Inflation Reduction Act löst offenbar wesentlich mehr Investitionen in Erneuerbare aus als zunächst erwartet. Angekündigt sind Investitionen von mindestens 150 Milliarden USD.Damit werden aber auch deutlich mehr Steuereinnahmen in Subventionen dieser Energien fließen, was zu heftigen Konflikten mit den Republikanern führt. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/business/ira-climate-tax-breaks-biden.html
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www.derstandard.de www.derstandard.de
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Der jährliche Energiebedarf für Bitcoin ist zur Zeit etwa doppelt so hoch wie der österreichische Stromverbrauch. Der Artikel im Standard führt (unkritisch) gleich eine ganze Reihe der manipulativen Argumentationen auf, die von den Crypto Bros verwendet werden, um diese tatsache zu verstecken oder zu rechtfertigen. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000146147512/der-klimasuender-bitcoin-in-zahlen-und-wie-er-dieses-image
Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI): https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Die italienische Rechtsregierung will Schlüsselposten des italienischen Energiesystems mit Männern besetzen, die die große Abhängigkeit von russischem Gas mitverursacht bzw. sich gegen Investitionen in Erneuerbare in den USA ausgesprochen haben. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/04/pro-putin-paolo-scaroni-pick-to-chair-italy-energy-firm-enel
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www.euractiv.com www.euractiv.com
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Auf Druck von FDP und SPD steht die deutsche Regierung offenbar kurz davor, ihre Unterstützung für die EU-Gebäude-Richtlinie zurückzuziehen, die minimale Energiestandards in der EU durchsetzen soll.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/berlin-considers-withdrawing-support-for-eu-buildings-directive/ (via https://graz.social/@AnnikaJoeres@mstdn.social/110253409723826586)
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www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com
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Bericht von Bloomberg Green über grüne Investitionen von Venture-Kapitalisten. Im Vordergrund stehen - oft mit öffentlicher Beteiligung - nicht mehr die schon eingeführten Technologien zur Energieerzeugung sondern Elektrifizierung neuer Bereiche und auch das Speichern von CO2. 2022 würden ca. 70 Milliarden USD venture Capital und insgesamt 652 Milliarden in Climate Tech investiert. Der International Renewable Energy Agency zufolge müssen sich die Investitionen jährlich vervierfachen. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-climate-tech-startups-where-to-invest/?srnd=green&leadSource=uverify%20wall
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www.news24.com www.news24.com
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David Robert Lewis, the founder of the Muizenberg Electricity Crisis Committee
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Title: Proposed electricity co-op in Muizenberg as residents are 'fed up' with load shedding
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www.linkedin.com www.linkedin.com
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"The transition to renewable energy, it is based on a longstanding ideology. And the longstanding ideology is that human ingenuity can solve our problems." Lisi Krall explains the downsides of renenwable energy, arguing that it isn't the answer to our problems.
Where there is a problem to be solved, there is a focus of attention Where there is a focus of attention, there is simplification of a complex system Where there is simplification of a complex system, there is a vast amount of knowledge relationships that is ignored Where this is a vast amount of ignored knowledge relationships, there is the potential for a progress trap
The systemic problem is the way our form of progress formulates problems and the inherent (over) simplification that comes with.that.
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Informationsreicher Artikel des Guardian über eine neue Anlage von #ExxonMobil zum chemischen Recycling von Plastik im texanischen Baytown-Komplex. Viele Basis-Informationen zu dieser umweltschädlichen Technik und ihrer Verwendung durch die Ölindustrie, um von der wachsenden Produktion von Single Use-Plastik abzulenken. Anlagen zum chemischen Recycling werden vor allem in räumlicher Nähe von Communities, die bereits extrem und der Verschmutzung durch Plastik und Abgase leiden Chemisches Recycling gehört auch zu den Geschäftsfeldern der #OMV-Tochter #Borealis. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/10/exxon-advanced-recycling-plastic-environment
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Die globalen Kapazitäten für Windenergie sind im vergangenen Jahr auf 906 GW gestiegen. Daran hat China den größten Anteil. Die Autoren des Global Wind Report 2023 rechnen damit, dass schon 2024 100 GW erreicht werden.
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650 Wissenschaftler fordern vor der COP15, auf Bioenergie aus Wäldern zu verzichten und Bioenergie nicht länger als erneuerbare Energie anzuerkennen.
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www.frontiersin.org www.frontiersin.org
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Title: Unintended Consequences: Unknowable and Unavoidable, or Knowable and Unforgivable?
Abstract - Paraphrase - there are multiple environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate, - potential negative outcomes of seemingly positive actions need to accounted for. - “nexus” research is consistent with the above - it recognizes the integrated and interactive nature of water, energy and food systems, - and aims to understand the broader implications of developments in any one of these systems. - This article presents a novel framework for categorizing such detrimental unintended consequences, based upon: - how much is known about the system in question - and the scope for avoiding any such unintended consequences. - The framework comprises four categories: - Knowable and Avoidable - Knowable and Unavoidable - Unknowable and Avoidable - Unknowable and Unavoidable - The categories are explored with reference to examples in both: - the water-energy-food nexus and - planetary boundary frameworks. - The examples: - highlight the potential for the unexpected to happen and - explore dynamic nature of the situations that give rise to the unexpected. - The article concludes with guidance on how the framework can be used - to increase confidence that best efforts have been made to navigate our way toward - secure and sustainable water, energy and food systems, - avoiding and/or managing unintended consequences along the way.
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www.unendlich-viel-energie.de www.unendlich-viel-energie.de
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Water-Food-Energy Nexus in Global Cities: Addressing Complex Urban Interdependencies
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Understanding how water, food, and energy interact in the form of the water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is essential for sustainable development which advocates enhancing human well-being and poverty reduction.
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The application of the WFE nexus has seen diverse approaches to its implementation in cities across the globe.
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- have the most potential to encounter resource shortages (i.e., WFE limitation)
- are systematically underrepresented in literature
- Southern hemisphere cities can benefit from knowledge transfer because of their limited urban intelligence programmes.
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wattcarbon.substack.com wattcarbon.substack.com
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Among the most deplorable habits of greenwashers is the procurement of unbundled Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). In places like Texas, favorable economics encourage renewable energy deployment, but neither the state energy office nor the grid operator particularly care if the generated electrons are renewable or not. As a result, RECs from these projects are sold separately to offtakers looking to burnish their green credentials.
This is presumably because there is no RPS for this, and the generation is commercially viable anyway?
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Tribes, landowners and communities find themselves wrestling with the not-so-green side of green energy.
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manufacturing EVs requires about six times more minerals than traditional cars.
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www.aquathermie.nl www.aquathermie.nl
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Rekentool warmtepotentie waterzuiveringsinstallaties
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www.pnnl.gov www.pnnl.gov
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Energy Storage Cost and Performance Database
Energy Storage Cost and Performance Database. U.S. Department of Energy
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Extrem interessanter Artikel von Alex Turnbull über die unzureichenden Modellierungen von Waren- und Rohstoffströmen, vor allem in Bezg auf fossile Energien. Politische und wirtschaftliche Entscheidungen werden aufgrund unzureichenden Wissen über Logistik und Infrastruktur getroffen.
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But that’s just one way to get batteries into low-income customers’ homes. Sunrun also acts as a third-party owner of solar and battery systems that Grid Alternatives installs for customers that can’t or don’t want to borrow money to finance it. Third-party owners can monetize the value of federal tax credits for low-income households that don’t pay a large enough federal tax bill to take advantage of the credits themselves.
This feels like the project partner thing from before - income households can't access the support themselves, so you need an intermediary to arrange someone with a tax bill to recude, and presumably take a cut in the process.
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Participants will get zero-interest loans to finance the equipment and installation costs, plus monthly credits in exchange for allowing MCE to tap that equipment to reduce its need to buy high-priced energy during the peak hours of 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The program is open to households that currently lack rooftop solar as well as households that have already had solar installed by Grid Alternatives and want to take advantage of that self-generated power to heat their homes or charge their cars, said Alexandra McGee, MCE’s manager of strategic initiatives.
If it's cheaper to deploy batteries in low income communities than build peakers, then the flipside is that they have to accept less reliable power. At this way communities are compensated, though I guess?
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forum.zettelkasten.de forum.zettelkasten.de
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Expansion is led by focus. By taking time to edit, carve up, and refactor our notes, we put focus on ideas. This starts the Great Wheel of Positive Feedback. All hail to the Great Wheel of Positive Feedback.
How can we better thing of card indexes as positive feedback mechanisms? Will describes it as the "Great Wheel of Positive Feedback" which reminds me a bit of flywheels for storing energy for later use.
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ember-climate.org ember-climate.org
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The latest electricity demand, generation, capacity and CO2 data for as many countries and regions as possible, available freely and easily to help others speed up the electricity transition.
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ellenmacarthurfoundation.org ellenmacarthurfoundation.org
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"There's so much pressure and emphasis on getting the Green Revolution happening that it's almost by any means necessary without that pause of 'well it is green, but is it as green as it should be?"
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Ca 4% des Ökostroms in Deutschland gehen im Augenblick verloren, weil die Netzinfrastruktur unzureichend ist. Am stärksten betroffen ist offshore-Windkraft. Drei Viertel der fehlenden Kapazitäten entfallen auf die Übertragungs-, ein Viertel auf die Verteilungsnetze. Produktionsverzicht und überflüssige Produktion führen zu Kosten von fast anderthalb Milliarden Euro im Quartal.
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In Italien lag der Gasverbrauch in den ersten Monaten des Herbstes um 17% unter dem des Vorjahres. Die Industrie verbrauchte 20% weniger, was offenbar mit einem leichten Absinken der Produktion verbunden war.
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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how would the energy systems be different in the new system under your Maslow hierarchy framing? 00:43:15 Simon Michaux: I've been giving some thought about what energy actually is and how does it serve us. At the moment, energy is used for transport a lot. So our energy systems will have to empower transport somehow differently. And so this is the whole electric vehicles and buses. So I think the electric system will happen, but at least substantially smaller. 00:43:42 Excuse me. So for example, we would see more buses, more communal transport, and less individual cars. We might have the idea of car sharing where instead of owning a car, we might book a car in. This is the idea of the self-driving car. That might happen in a small scale. It won't be enough to replace our existing systems. 00:44:05 So the form of energy comes when it comes. It will be different to what we have now. And everything around it, including our technology, will have to evolve. And part of that I can see for example, instead of one big giant seamless power grid that delivers sinusoidally pure power all the time, and our electronics cannot cope with anything else, I can see a situation where we will evolve an engineering electronics that can 00:44:29 cope with variable power. So if a power grid goes up or down, if we get power blackouts, it doesn't cook the electronics. So instead of seamless, we now have a non-linear production of power and its outcomes. So that means- Nate Hagens: There would be no demand for such a product now. Simon Michaux: No, no. Because no one thinks it's necessary. So if instead of one big grid, we had lots of micro grids that are connected together. 00:44:54 And they sometimes transfer power between them. And sometimes when things get difficult, they could shut down one or all of them without actually damaging themselves and they could start up at any time. And each of those micro power grids will be around an industrial activity of value. For example, a power grid will be around a hospital. And that hospital will then also be surrounded by a community of people who operate that 00:45:18 hospital. And the food systems for that hospital, but all comes off that one power grid. It's reason to be is that hospital. And we might attach schools to it, that sort of thing. And so our energy will be organized very differently. And so it may well be things like solar panels, wind turbines. But we should also consider unconventional stuff, like some of the really weird ones, like the kinetic kites are an unusual energy system. 00:45:43 I don't know if they're viable in the current environment. But if things get more difficult, we might try such things. All unconventional and unorthodox ideas must be looked at and taken seriously, and the alternative is we go without. That's how I sort of see energy going.
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But 80% of the sector is already off fossil fuels. Our entire transport sector is fossil fuels. And that's actually the main challenge. But we've got a lot of heavy industry here like smelters and factories, and they're all 00:03:52 running on non fossils fuel energy. And so we can actually run an industrial sector without fossil fuels right now, which is amazing.
Finland renewable energy stats: 80% is renewable transport sector is still dependent on fossil fuels heavy industry such as smelters and factories all run on renewables
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In Deutschland scheitert der Ausbau der Windkraft nach wie vor an Vorschriften und an mangelndem Engagement von Landes-, aber auch Bundesbehörden. Die taz dokumentiert die aktuelle Lage ausführlich, unter anderem mit einer interaktiven Karte, die zeigt, wo Windkraftanlagen möglich wären. Sie hat dazu Claudia Kemfert und Thorsten Lenk von Agora Energiewende befragt.
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In Italien kündigt der Unterstaatssekretär für Kultur Vittorio Sgarbi einen Kulturkampf gegen Windräder und Photovoltaik an - auch gegen den Energieminister in der eigenen Regierung.
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In Frankreich ruft der Wirtschaftsminister Bruno Le Maire einen Kulturkampf für die Atomkraft aus. Dabei geht es einerseits um mehr Einnahmen für den komplett verstaatlichten Konzern EDF und andererseits darum Atomkraftwerk zu einem Exportschlager zu machen. Im Januar will man eine Leistung von 45 GW erreichen, im Jahr wieder 430 TWh.
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France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
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Der österreichische Energieverbrauch beträgt zirka 404 TWh (1 Terawattstunde = 1012 Wattstunden) und steigt jährlich um mehr als 2 %. Etwa 25 % davon stammen aus erneuerbaren Energiequellen. Eine grobe Betrachtung zeigt, dass etwa je ein Drittel des Energieverbrauchs auf Verkehr, Industrie und andere Verbraucher entfällt. Ein Anteil von etwa 60 TWh wird in der Form von elektrischer Energie verbraucht. Durch die günstigen natürlichen Gegebenheiten in Österreich können etwa 60 % davon aus Wasserkraft gewonnen werden. Auf Grund des stetig steigenden Verbrauchs und in geringerem Ausmaß wegen der Liberalisierung der Strommärkte erzeugt Österreich seit dem Ende der 90-er Jahre auch bei der Elektrizität nicht mehr selbst seinen Eigenbedarf. Im europäischen Vergleich hat Österreich - vor allem auf Grund der Wasserkraft - einen hohen Anteil an erneuerbarer Energie. In Europa erfolgt die Stromgewinnung zu etwa 85 % aus fossilen Rohstoffen sowie Kernenergie und zu 15 % aus erneuerbaren Quellen. Es ist also derzeit in allen Bereichen eine überwiegende Abhängigkeit von fossilen Energieträgern gegeben.
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Bei seinem Besuch in Amerika wird Emmanuel macron vor allem über die Konsequenzen des Inflation reduction act für die europäische Wirtschaft sprechen. Die US-Regierung wird den Übergang zu sauberen Energien so subventionieren, dass die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette in den USA bleibt. Macron behandelt das einerseits als ein unfreundlichen Akt und setzt sich andererseits für entsprechende Subventionen in Europa ein. Der Artikel in der Libération erwähnt auch die geopolitische Dimension dieses interessenkonflikts, weil Europa auf das amerikanische Engagement für die Ukraine angewiesen ist
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Frankreich zahlt ca. 500 Millionen Euro Kompensation an andere Länder, weil es als einziges europäisches Land die EU-Ziele für den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien nicht erreicht hat.
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The novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler said he avoided reading books written by someone who didn’t “take the pains” to write out the words. (It used to be common for writers to dictate into a recorder then have an assistant transcribe those words.) “You have to have that mechanical resistance,” Chandler wrote in a 1949 letter to actor/writer Alex Barris. “When you have to use your energy to put those words down, you are more apt to make them count.”
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Koodankulam: What the Media Didn’t Tell Us
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Dit gaat waarschijnlijk gelden voor een gemiddeld verbruik tot 1.200 kubieke meter gas en 2.400 kilowattuur stroom. Voor al het verbruik boven deze grenzen betaal je de hogere marktprijs. Het kabinet schat dat huishoudens hierdoor 190 euro korting per maand krijgen.
Hoe is dit berekend? Ik zit op een gemiddeld verbruik qua gas, en kennelijk 1000 kWh bovengemiddeld qua stroom (gem 2400kWh) / jr. Maar ik betaal, ondanks flexibel contract, niet zoveel dat 190 korting per maand zelfs maar mogelijk is. Er is 100 in de maand bijgekomen in de loop van het jaar. Zijn de verschillen zo groot tussen leveranciers dan? (Wellicht die tussenhandelaren die geen eigen productie hebben? Altijd een een leverancier kiezen die zelf productie heeft zou ik zeggen). Of zijn de bedragen het gemiddelde bespaarde tijdens het stookseizoen en de verbruiksgetallen op jaarbasis?
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Renewable energy critics argue that wind and solar are not reliable sources because of their variability. Others argue that wind farms encroach on pristine environment and destroy a country’s natural habitat, as is the case with the installation of thousands of wind turbines on scores of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. How would you respond to such concerns, and are there ways around them?
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How Fast a Low Carbon Transition? Or: Is Vaclav Smil Wrong?
Title: How Fast a Low Carbon Transition? Or: Is Vaclav Smil Wrong? Author: Mark Trexler Date: May 21, 2022
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we used to have 500 years ago a small human system a big pile of natural resources and a small pollution plume 00:46:47 an industrial ecosystem of unprecedented size and complexity that took more than a century to build with support of the highest calorifically dense source of cheap energy the world has ever known that would be oil 00:46:59 in abundant quantities with easily available credit and unlimited mineral resources and now we've got a system that's a human system that's really large 00:47:10 a depleted natural resources [Music] portfolio compared to what we had but we've now got a massive pollution stream so now we seek to build an even more complex system with very expensive 00:47:24 energy a fragile finance system saturated in debt not enough minerals with an unprecedented number of human population embedded in a deteriorating environment 00:47:35 so at this point i'm going to say this is probably not going to go as planned
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it also is summed together so everything we need is summed together per metal and that gives us this column here total metal required to produce one generation of technology units to phase 00:40:15 out fossil fuels and so that the that we've got these numbers here the next column is global metal production as it was from mining in 2019 00:40:28 so this is all from the usgs and the bgo the final column is how many years of production at the 2019 rate um would be needed to hit the actual 00:40:42 volumes needed so 2019's the last year before covert is the last year of stable data that's why i've used it so you might notice some of these numbers are rather large 00:40:55 like we will need seven thousand one hundred and one years of production to produce the needed number of volume of vanadium that's your uh your redox batteries
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the idea that we're going to do this in seven or eight years is very amusing so then the question is oh we'll just open more mines it's simple right
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if we want to deliver a thousand terawatt hours a year using these systems you could use 142 00:29:07 coal-fired power stations or 30 000 solar pv arrays or 12 309 wind turbine arrays of average size 00:29:18 where each array is like 10 win windows this is this is where we're getting the extra numbers from so each of these sites will have to be built and constructed and maintained and then when they wear out they need to 00:29:30 be decommissioned so renewables have a much lower energy return on energy invested ratio than fossil fuels and they and the the truth is they may not be strong enough to power the next industrial era 00:29:45 so gas and hydro power generation has to balance with demand supply and demand has to balance otherwise the grid will age
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let's put the electrical power systems together these electrical power 00:22:29 systems that this is actually on the low side because most industrial action happens with the consumption of coal and gas on site and then it's converted to energy on site this is what's just been drawn off the power grid 00:22:42 so there's a vast amount of energy associated with manufacturing that is not included here and that is actually a huge piece of work to include that so these numbers i'm showing you are very much on the low side 00:22:55 so we're going to put it all together we need 36 000 terawatt hours all there abouts that's a that's a very low estimate
!- key insight : minimum power of energy transition, excluding the large amount of energy for industrial processes ! - for : energy transition, degrowth, green growth
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assessment of extra capacity required of alternative energy electrical power systems to completely replace fossil fuels
Title: Assessment of extra capacity required of alternative energy electrical power systems to completely replace fossil fuels Author: Prof. Simon Michaux, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) Year: 2022
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- Aug 2022
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royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org
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Results indicate that participants were more likely to interact with their smartphone the more fatigued or bored they were, but that they did not use it for longer when more fatigued or bored. Surprisingly, participants reported increased fatigue and boredom after having used the smartphone (more). While future research is necessary, our results (i) provide real-life evidence for the notion that fatigue and boredom are temporally associated with task disengagement, and (ii) suggest that taking a short break with the smartphone may have phenomenological costs.
We grab our phones when tired or bored at work. But it seems to make us more tired and more bored. Does the same apply for internetbrowsing before mobile?
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thoughtcatalog.com thoughtcatalog.com
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As Raymond Chandler put it, “when you have to use your energy to put those words down, you are more apt to make them count.”
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iea.blob.core.windows.net iea.blob.core.windows.net
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The energy sector contains a large number of long‐lived and capital‐intensive assets. Urban infrastructure, pipelines, refineries, coal‐fired power plants, heavy industrial facilities, buildings and large hydro power plants can have technical and economic lifetimes of well over 50 years. If today’s energy infrastructure was to be operated until the end of the typical lifetime in a manner similar to the past, we estimate that this would lead to cumulative energy‐related and industrial process CO2 emissions between 2020 and 2050 of just under 650 Gt CO2. This is around 30% more than the remaining total CO2 budget consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 °C with a 50% probability (see Chapter 2)
Emissionen durch die Verfeuerung der vorhandenen Assets: 650 Gigatonnen
Das bedeutet eine 30prozentige Überschreitung des CO2-Budgets für 50% Wahrscheinlichkeit des 1,5°-Ziels
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now we talk i talk about a few ideas good regulators requisite variety self-organized criticality and then the 01:35:04 free energy principle from active inference um and uh maybe i'll just try to briefly talk mention what's what those means for what those ideas mean for people who 01:35:15 aren't familiar so good regulator really came from the good regular theorem or whatever it's called really came from cybernetics ash ashby yeah a lot his law of requisite 01:35:33 variety and uh the it's the concept is that a organism or a you know a system must be must be a model of that which it but 01:35:47 that needs to control
These are technical terms employed in this model: * Good regulators * Requisite variety * Self-organized criticality * Free energy principle
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- Jun 2022
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In basic English, “it takes two coal workers, 169 solar workers and 1,100 wind workers to equal the work of one natural gas worker.”
One has to compare all the factors. Fossil fuels are dense but are nonrenewable. Once installed, renewables continue generating as long as the infrastructure is intact. Extending the lifetime of the infrastructure increases the cost competitiveness further. What is the net energy produced by low energy density renewables over its lifetime and how does it then compare with high density fossil fuels?
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www.linkedin.com www.linkedin.com
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Energy efficiency has never been more crucial! The time to unleashing its massive potential has come
Will this conference debate rebound effects of efficiency? If not, it will not have the desirable net effect.
My linked In comments were:
Alessandro Blasi, will this conference address the rebound effect? In particular, Brockway et al. have done a 2021 meta-analysis of 33 research papers on rebound effects of energy efficiency efforts and conclude:
"...economy-wide rebound effects may erode more than half of the expected energy savings from improved energy efficiency. We also find that many of the mechanisms driving rebound effects are overlooked by integrated assessment and global energy models. We therefore conclude that global energy scenarios may underestimate the future rate of growth of global energy demand."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121000769?via%3Dihub
Unless psychological and sociological interventions are applied along with energy efficiency to mitigate rebound effects, you will likely and ironically lose huge efficiencies in the entire efficiency intervention itself.
Also, as brought up by other commentators, there is a difference between efficiency and degrowth. Intelligent degrowth may work, especially applied to carbon intensive areas of the economy and can be offset by high growth in low carbon areas of the economy.
Vaclav Smil is pessimistic about a green energy revolution replacing fossil fuels https://www.ft.com/content/71072c77-53b3-4efd-92ae-c92dc02f09ad, which opens up the door to serious consideration of degrowth, not just efficiency improvements. Perhaps the answer is in a combination of all of the above, including targeted degrowth.
Technology moves quickly and unexpectedly. At the time of Smil's book release, there was no low carbon cement. Now there is a promising breakthrough: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/28/carbon-free-cement-breakthrough-dcvc-put-55-million-into-brimstone.html
As researchers around the globe work feverishly to make low carbon breakthroughs, there is obviously no guarantee of when they will occur. In that case then, with only a few years to peak, it would seem the lowest risk pathway would be to prioritize the precautionary principle over a gambling pathway (such as relying on Negative Emissions Technology breakthroughs) and perhaps consider along with rebound effect conditioned efficiency improvements also include a strategy of at least trialing a temporary, intentional degrowth of high carbon industries / growth of low carbon industries.
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- May 2022
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mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za
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The advantage of ocean currents is their stability. They flow with little fluctuation in speed and direction, giving them a capacity factor — a measure of how often the system is generating — of 50-70%, compared with around 29% for onshore wind and 15% for solar.
Have other coastal countries other than Japan explored the capacity factor for tidal energy of the currents off their shoreline? Are other currents as promising as the Kuroshio current?
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www.usmcu.edu www.usmcu.edu
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One example of a siloed approach to critical infrastructure is the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection’s framework and action plan, which focuses on reducing vulnerability to terror attacks but does not consider integrating climate or environmental dimensions.39 Instead of approaching critical infrastructure protection as another systems maintenance task, the hyper-response takes advantage of ecoinnovation.40 Distributed and localized energy, food, water, and manufacturing solutions mean that the capacity to disrupt the arterials that keep society functioning is reduced. As an example, many citizens and communities rely on one centralized water supply. If these citizens and communities had water tanks and smaller-scale local water supply, this means that if a terror group or other malevolent actor decided to contaminate major national water supplies—or if the hyperthreat itself damaged major central systems—far fewer people would be at risk, and the overall disruption would be less significant. This offers a “security from the ground up” approach, and it applies to other dimensions such as health, food, and energy security.
The transition of energy and other critical provisioning systems requires inclusive debate so that a harmonized trajectory can be selected that mitigates against stranded assets. The risk of non-inclusive debate is the possibility of many fragmented approaches competing against each other and wasting precious time and resources. Furthermore, system maintenance of antiquated hyperthreat supporting systems as pointed out in Boulton's other research. System maintenance is a good explanatory concept that can help make sense of much of the incumbent financial, energy and government actors to preserve the hyperthreat out of survival motives.
A template for a compass for guiding energy trajectories is provided in Van Zyl-Bulitta et al. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333254683_A_compass_to_guide_through_the_myriad_of_sustainable_energy_transition_options_across_the_global_North_South_divide which can also be a model for other provisioning systems.
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accesspharmacy-mhmedical-com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu accesspharmacy-mhmedical-com.gate.lib.buffalo.edu
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Healthy, normal nutrition status, minimal illness severity: 20-25 kcal ABW/kg/day (84-105 kJ ABW/kg/day) ++ Illness, metabolic stress (BMI <30 kg/m2): 25-30 kcal ABW/kg/day (105-126 kJ ABW/kg/day) ++ Illness, metabolic stress (BMI ≥30 kg/m2): 11-14 kcal ABW/kg/day (46-59 kJ ABW/kg/day) or 22 to 25 kcal IBW/kg/day (92-105 kJ ABW/kg/day) ++ Major burn (≥50% total body surface area [TBSA]): 25 kcal/kg ABW (kg) + 40 kcal per % TBSA burned (adult) (which is equivalent to 105 kJ/kg ABW (kg) + 170 kJ per % TBSA burned [adult]) or 25-35 kcal/kg/day (105-146 kJ/kg/day) in nonobese patients and 21 kcal/kg/day (88 kJ/kg/day) in obese patients.
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orsted.com orsted.com
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Need for Speed How offshore wind and renewable power-to-X can help solve Europe’s energy crisis
Scaling-up renewables can help solve Europe's energy crisis
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The steel tower is a giant mechanical energy storage system, designed by American-Swiss startup Energy Vault, that relies on gravity and 35-ton bricks to store and release energy.
Like pumped hydro with rocks
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- Jan 2022
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www.kiwiheatpump.co.nz www.kiwiheatpump.co.nz
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While heat pumps are the most cost effective way to use electricity to heat your home during the cooler months, leaving them running day and night is not economically efficient. According to Energywise, you should switch off your heat pump when you don’t need it. This is to avoid excessive energy waste.
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bio.libretexts.org bio.libretexts.org
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Figure 6.5.16.5.1\PageIndex{1}: Enzymes lower the activation energy of the reaction but do not change the free energy of the reaction.
On the image, ΔG must be instead of ΔH.
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www.eia.gov www.eia.gov
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www.economist.com www.economist.com
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A related risk is that the coverage will have gaps. California is a choice spot for installing chargers, but is anyone keen on investing in Nebraska?
Again, the question of energy equity. What about infrastructure in the global south?
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By 2040 around 60% of all charging will need to take place away from home,
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Today’s mostly wealthy owners can often plug in their EV at home or at work. But many less-well-off EV drivers will not have a drive in front of their house or a space in the executive car park.
One of the main questions we need to address in the energy transition is equity of access to the infrastructure that enables the transition.
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Yet the charging business suffers from big problems. One is how to co-ordinate between the owners of charging points, the owners of the sites where they will be installed, planning authorities and grid firms.
The challenge of building an ecosystem of partners who historically have not worked together. There’s also the question of compatibility with the past and future EV fleet.
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schoolsweek.co.uk schoolsweek.co.uk
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Classroom carbon dioxide levels three times above guidelines. (2021, November 26). https://schoolsweek.co.uk/classroom-carbon-dioxide-levels-three-times-above-watchdog-guidelines/
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- Nov 2021
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www.annualreviews.org www.annualreviews.org
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As the emerging field of energy humanities (168) is beginning to show, the traditions, cultures, and beliefs of contemporary, industrial societies are deeply entangled with fossil fuels in what have been called petrocultures and carbonscapes (169). Future visions are dominated by such constrained social imaginaries (170), and hence rarely offer a “radical departure from the past” (171, p. 138).
Constructing social imaginaries that are alternatives to the petrocutultural, carbonscape ones is critical to shift the mindset.
Carbon pollution cannot be disentangled from colonialism and social imaginaries must consist of stories that tell alternative futures narratives that address both simultaneously.
Replace petroculture with ecoculture, doughnut economics, living within planetary boundaries and eco-civilization
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blog.archive.org blog.archive.org
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Respect, Trust, and Equity
How does this correspond with the social, economic, and political as it relates to the qualities of love and the unified quantum field of consciousness: connection, energy, and power?
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- Oct 2021
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www.surfdome.com www.surfdome.com
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Biolite Firepit+ Cooking System
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imaginaxiom.com imaginaxiom.com
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Time, energy, and matter
This article refers to the site I created to document the design process for the builders collective: time, energy, and matter, which redirects to timeenergyresources.com.
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time as the new currency
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Time: The New Currency
Women tend to be excluded from the national economy because their work is not paid and therefore not value or factored into the Gross Domestic Product of a nation. Money, then, is a mechanism for disempowerment.
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As the emerging field of energy humanities (168)is beginning to show, the traditions, cultures, and beliefs of contemporary, industrial societies aredeeply entangled with fossil fuels in what have been called petrocultures and carbonscapes (169).Future visions are dominated by such constrained social imaginaries (170), and hence rarely offera “radical departure from the past” (171, p. 138).
Constructing social imaginaries that are alternatives to the petrocutultural, carbonscape ones is critical to shift the mindset.
Carbon pollution cannot be disentangled from colonialism and social imaginaries must consist of stories that tell alternative futures narratives must address both simultaneously.
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If the Bauhaus existed today, what would it look like?
What would the Bauhaus do differently, learning from the mistakes of the past and how modernism was co-opted by neoliberal capitalism.
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ7CyM1Zrqc
An interesting experiment to change one's schedule this way.
I feel like I've seen a working schedule infographic of famous writers, artists, etc. and their sample work schedules before. This could certainly fit into that.
One thing is certain thought, that the time of waking up is probably more a function of the individual person. How you spend your time is another consideration.
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” ― Picasso
“Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it...myself included.” ― Picasso
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. —Picasso
see also: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/07/child-art/
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ucpcdn.thyssenkrupp.com ucpcdn.thyssenkrupp.com
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For the coming reporting year we are aiming for energy efficiency gains of at least 80 GWh.
NLP Script - Energy Consumption Objective - Confidence : 0.8245
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publicstack.net publicstack.net
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citsci-wg.github.io citsci-wg.github.io
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Good [open] scientific practice
Would be interesting to look at adding a contribution from the Open Energy Modelling Community. Open Energy is concerned with bringing open science practices to the models for planning energy infrastructure. In effect this means how new energy generation and use will be brought online in our communities and cities for rapid decarbonisation. Since this effects peoples surroundings it is valuable for them to be brought into the decision making process - about how models work, options they throw up etc. In Germany this community has been developing in a very interesting way and in the US the first workshop was held in 2019.
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reviewing code takes energy!
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The Dogger Bank windfarm is an engineering feat that marks a step change in the growth of renewable energy. Each steel structure, weighing 2,800 tonnes, has been designed to soar more than 250 metres from where their heels are buried in the seabed to the top of each 107-metre blade
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www.plymouth.edu www.plymouth.edu
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ATP
ATP better known as Adenosine triphosphate is an energy carrying molecule found in all living things cells. ATP takes the chemical energy from the process of breaking down food molecules to releases it as fuel for cellular processes.
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www.vox.com www.vox.com
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At the far horizon of EGS is “super hot rock” geothermal, which seeks to tap into extremely deep, extremely hot rock.
siphoning off energy from the spinning magnetohydrodynamic EM shield of spaceship earth seems like an obviously just terrible awful gobsmackingly bad plan for the future.
there's absolutely no renewing this energy source. yes it's a big battery. but one that we really really hope never runs out. let's not tap it?
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The graphs of ground state confinement energy againstsize (radius) for zinc sulfide nanoparticles in Figure 14 showthe dependence of confinement on the size of quantum dots.The result shows that ground state confinement energy is
Las graficas de la energía de confinamiento en su estado fundamental en contra del tamaño (radio) por nanopartículas de sulfato de zinc en la Figura 14 muestran la dependencia de confinamiento en el tamaño de los puntos quánticos. El resultado muestra que el estado fundamental de energía en confinamiento es inversamente proporciona al tamaño (radio). Por lo tanto, cuando uno incrementa su radio (tamaño) la energía de confinamiento decrece pero nunca llega a cero. Eso es, el energía mas baja posible para el punto quántica de muestra no es cero. El confinamiento comienza cuando el radio del punto cuántico de muestra es comparable o del orden del radio exciton de Bohr.
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inference-review.com inference-review.com
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Come on, harvest me! I’ll just change your world some more.
I wonder a bit here about the idea of what in a meme might have a substrate type of effect to decrease the overall energy of the process to help it take off.
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bonkerfield.org bonkerfield.org
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Similar to my recent musings (link coming soon) on the dualism of matter vs information, I find that the real beauty may lie precisely in the complexity of their combination.
There's a kernel of an idea hiding in here that I want to come back and revisit at a future date.
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Australian research gets billion-dollar boost in sweeping stimulus budget. (2020). Nature. Retrieved October 09, 2020, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02835-y?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews
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- Sep 2020
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tailwindcss.com tailwindcss.com
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You aren't wasting energy inventing class names. No more adding silly class names like sidebar-inner-wrapper just to be able to style something, and no more agonizing over the perfect abstract name for something that's really just a flex container.
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osf.io osf.io
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Fell, M. J., Pagel, L., Chen, C., Goldberg, M. H., Herberz, M., Huebner, G., Sareen, S., & Hahnel, U. J. J. (2020). Validity of energy social research during and after COVID-19: Challenges, considerations, and responses [Preprint]. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/pe6cd
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Chen, Y., Yang, W.-H., Huang, L.-M., Wang, Y.-C., Yang, C.-S., Liu, Y.-L., Hou, M.-H., Tsai, C.-L., Chou, Y.-Z., Huang, B.-Y., Hung, C.-F., Hung, Y.-L., Chen, J.-S., Chiang, Y.-P., Cho, D.-Y., Jeng, L.-B., Tsai, C.-H., & Hung, M.-C. (2020). Inhibition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 main protease by tafenoquine in vitro. BioRxiv, 2020.08.14.250258. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.14.250258
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Knittel, C. R., & Ozaltun, B. (2020). What Does and Does Not Correlate with COVID-19 Death Rates (Working Paper No. 27391; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27391
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Rosenbloom, D., & Markard, J. (2020). A COVID-19 recovery for climate. Science, 368(6490), 447–447. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc4887
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Sharma, R., & Hossain, M. M. (2020). Household air pollution and COVID-19 risk in India: A potential concern [Preprint]. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4ghde
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COVID-19 and the Future of Energy Markets: Will Coal Remain Dominant? (2020, May 24). FSI Stanford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDglurSkTWc
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- Jun 2020
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chem.libretexts.org chem.libretexts.org
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In order to measure energy, we need a unit for it. In the metric system, the standard unit of energy is the joule. The formal definition of a joule is: A joule is the amount of energy expended when an object is moved 1 meter against a resisting force of 1 newton. (You can learn all about the concept of force in a physics class.) As for the joule, here are some statements that may help you visualize this unit. A joule is… …enough energy to lift a one kilogram object 10.2 centimeters. …enough energy to heat one milliliter of water from 20ºC to 20.24ºC. …enough energy to keep a 60 watt light bulb glowing for 0.0167 seconds. Obviously, a joule is a very small amount of energy, and in fact it is an inconveniently small amount when we describe chemical reactions. Chemists usually report energies for reactions in kilojoules (1 kJ = 1000 J).
In order to measure energy, we need a unit for it. In the metric system, the standard unit of energy is the joule. The formal definition of a joule is: A joule is the amount of energy expended when an object is moved 1 meter against a resisting force of 1 newton. (You can learn all about the concept of force in a physics class.) As for the joule, here are some statements that may help you visualize this unit. A joule is…
…enough energy to lift a one kilogram object 10.2 centimeters.
…enough energy to heat one milliliter of water from 20ºC to 20.24ºC.
…enough energy to keep a 60 watt light bulb glowing for 0.0167 seconds.
Obviously, a joule is a very small amount of energy, and in fact it is an inconveniently small amount when we describe chemical reactions. Chemists usually report energies for reactions in kilojoules (1 kJ = 1000 J).
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www.financialexpress.com www.financialexpress.com
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sectoral break-up of PPP projects, we would find that almost all of the projects have come up in economic infrastructure (power, transport, and telecom) compared to social infrastructure.Social infrastructure (like water supply, solid waste management, health and education) have low cost-recovery and, consequently, face massive resource-crunch.
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Le Quéré, C., Jackson, R.B., Jones, M.W. et al. Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0797-x
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www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com
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Rathi, A. (2020, April 30). Renewables Are the Only Winners in Historic Decline in Energy Demand. Bloomberg.Com. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/renewables-are-the-only-winners-in-historic-decline-in-energy-demand
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Following this observation, the same group conducted a cross-sectional analysis to assess the association among 140 patients with EE and TH replacement hypothyroid treated with LT4. In this study population, REE did not differ significantly between patients achieving low-normal (TSH ≤ 2.5 μIU/mL) vs high normal TSH (TSH >2.5 μIU/mL). Conversely, free T3 level showed a direct correlation with EE, but also with indices of adiposity including body mass index (BMI), body composition, and fat free mass [49]. This latter observation is consistent with other cross-sectional studies that have clearly defined the positive association between circulating levels of T3 and adiposity [50, 51].
This is consistent with my previous assertion that T3 may result in greater energy expenditure than T4.
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The authors demonstrated an inverse correlation between TSH and REE with a change of 15% for a TSH ranging from 0.1 to 10 μIU/mL. Of interest, free T4 remained within the normal range in all of the study volunteers. Nonetheless, the changes in REE with different LT4 doses were demonstrated in every patient [46].
Thus, a 15% expected increase would be reasonable for a euthyroid subject such as myself. However, since T3 reduces weight compared to T4, it is possible the weight loss indicates greater energy expenditure.
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feelthebern.org feelthebern.org
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We must stop building new nuclear power plants, and find a real solution to our existing nuclear waste problem.
We urgently need a debate to discuss and rethink this idea against nuclear energy. I strongly opine that nuclear power generation will be necessary at-least in the short term during the transition into clean energy, hopefully eventually leading to purely sustainable energy and minimizing nuclear energy.
This article expresses the same point and points out to the German experience of not being able to contain carbon emmissions despite going green energy sans nuclear - https://theweek.com/articles/862988/what-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-wrong-about-nuclear-power
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ourworldindata.org ourworldindata.org
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It goes completely against what most believe, but out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
Nuclear energy as the safest energy
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Eliminating the fraction of demand that occurs in these spikes eliminates the cost of adding reserve generators, cuts wear and tear and extends the life of equipment, and allows users to cut their energy bills by telling low priority devices to use energy only when it is cheapest.
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- Jun 2019
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Smil notes that as of 2018, coal, oil, and natural gas still supply 90% of the world's primary energy. Despite decades of growth of renewable energy, the world uses more fossil fuels in 2018 than in 2000, by percentage.
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In the Chernobyl disaster, the moderator was not responsible for the primary event. Instead, a massive power excursion during a mishandled test caused the catastrophic failure of the reactor vessel and a near-total loss of coolant supply. The result was that the fuel rods rapidly melted and flowed together while in an extremely-high-power state, causing a small portion of the core to reach a state of runaway prompt criticality and leading to a massive energy release,[22] resulting in the explosion of the reactor core and the destruction of the reactor building. The massive energy release during the primary event superheated the graphite moderator, and the disruption of the reactor vessel and building allowed the superheated graphite to come into contact with atmospheric oxygen. As a result, the graphite moderator caught fire, sending a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over a very widespread area.[
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- Mar 2019
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www.climaterealityproject.org www.climaterealityproject.org
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It’s clear that we need to make the switch to clean, reliable sources of renewable energy like solar and wind. Unlike fossil fuels, renewables don’t add greenhouse gases to our atmosphere.
We need to change to renewable energy
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www.thehindu.com www.thehindu.com
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The local electricity linesmen, electricity inspectors, and other nodal officials in the electricity department also have key roles to play. Building their capacities to disseminate such information and handle consumer queries and concerns, and providing basic training in billing and metering for solar power can go a long way in improving consumers’ experience.
Why will Discom want to disseminate the information when:
- They themselves don't understand how the system works
- They feel that rooftop solar will cut into their revenues? Here, instead of a top-down approach or bottom-up approach, RE generators and regulators need to have a 2 pronged synchronous approach to educate people about the technologies.
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- Feb 2019
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Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all struck lucrative arrangements—collectively worth billions of dollars—to provide automation, cloud, and AI services to some of the world’s biggest oil companies, and they are actively pursuing more.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-courts-a-wary-oil-patch-1532424600
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iphysresearch.github.io iphysresearch.github.io
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Maximum Entropy Generators for Energy-Based Models
【能量视角下的GAN模型】本文直接受启发于Bengio团队的新作《Maximum Entropy Generators for Energy-Based Models》,作者给出了GAN/WGAN的清晰直观的能量图像,讨论了判别器(能量函数)的训练情况和策略,指出了梯度惩罚一个非常漂亮而直观的能量解释。此外,本文还讨论了GAN中优化器的选择问题。http://t.cn/EcBIwqJ
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- Nov 2018
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www.bmj.com www.bmj.com
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Objective To determine the effects of diets varying in carbohydrate to fat ratio on total energy expenditure.Design Randomized trial.Setting Multicenter collaboration at US two sites, August 2014 to May 2017.Participants 164 adults aged 18-65 years with a body mass index of 25 or more.Interventions After 12% (within 2%) weight loss on a run-in diet, participants were randomly assigned to one of three test diets according to carbohydrate content (high, 60%, n=54; moderate, 40%, n=53; or low, 20%, n=57) for 20 weeks. Test diets were controlled for protein and were energy adjusted to maintain weight loss within 2 kg. To test for effect modification predicted by the carbohydrate-insulin model, the sample was divided into thirds of pre-weight loss insulin secretion (insulin concentration 30 minutes after oral glucose).Main outcome measures The primary outcome was total energy expenditure, measured with doubly labeled water, by intention-to-treat analysis. Per protocol analysis included participants who maintained target weight loss, potentially providing a more precise effect estimate. Secondary outcomes were resting energy expenditure, measures of physical activity, and levels of the metabolic hormones leptin and ghrelin.Results Total energy expenditure differed by diet in the intention-to-treat analysis (n=162, P=0.002), with a linear trend of 52 kcal/d (95% confidence interval 23 to 82) for every 10% decrease in the contribution of carbohydrate to total energy intake (1 kcal=4.18 kJ=0.00418 MJ). Change in total energy expenditure was 91 kcal/d (95% confidence interval −29 to 210) greater in participants assigned to the moderate carbohydrate diet and 209 kcal/d (91 to 326) greater in those assigned to the low carbohydrate diet compared with the high carbohydrate diet. In the per protocol analysis (n=120, P<0.001), the respective differences were 131 kcal/d (−6 to 267) and 278 kcal/d (144 to 411). Among participants in the highest third of pre-weight loss insulin secretion, the difference between the low and high carbohydrate diet was 308 kcal/d in the intention-to-treat analysis and 478 kcal/d in the per protocol analysis (P<0.004). Ghrelin was significantly lower in participants assigned to the low carbohydrate diet compared with those assigned to the high carbohydrate diet (both analyses). Leptin was also significantly lower in participants assigned to the low carbohydrate diet (per protocol).Conclusions Consistent with the carbohydrate-insulin model, lowering dietary carbohydrate increased energy expenditure during weight loss maintenance. This metabolic effect may improve the success of obesity treatment, especially among those with high insulin secretion
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- Oct 2018
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chem.libretexts.org chem.libretexts.org
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In contrast to his concept of a simple circular orbit with a fixed radius, orbitals are mathematically derived regions of space with different probabilities of having an electron.
In this case, the QM model allows for probabilistic radii, not fixed radii, and the quantization is the energy level. An electron with principal quantum number n = 2 will always have quantized energy corresponding to \( E = R(1/n^2) \), but the exact minimal and maximal radial distance from the nucleus is not specified as in the Bohr model of the atom. Similar to the Bohr model though, the most probable radial distance is quantifiable, and that is the radius the electron is most likely to inhabit, however it will be found elsewhere at other times.
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- Aug 2018
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spokeandhub.blog spokeandhub.blog
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I learned a valuable lesson that the haters have all the energy in the world to share their outrage but the people you really want to reach respect you, your time, and what you’re doing and they are often too busy to take the time to express gratitude.
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- Jul 2018
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psolarz.weebly.com psolarz.weebly.com
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Good source to use on closing digestive system unit- explains energy well
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- May 2018
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the ADM massmcan be computedusing the curvature ofgas follows1: Consider(1.3)mI(r) =1(n−1)(2−n)ωn−1∫Sr(Ric−12Rgg)(X, νg)dσg,where Ric andRgare the Ricci tensor and the scalar curvature ofgrespectively,Xis the Euclidean conformal Killing vector fieldxi∂∂xi,νgis the unit outward normal anddσgis the area element onSrwithrespect tog.
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- Feb 2018
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accessengineeringlibrary.com accessengineeringlibrary.com
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Early inventories of emission sources show that electric power generation in India is mostly done using a polluting fossil fuel like coal and to some extent oil. Oil and petroleum products for transport are also mostly imported.
This is interesting!
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- Dec 2017
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www.ecowatch.com www.ecowatch.com
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A study from Finland's Leppeenranta University of Technology and Berlin-based Energy Watch Group claims that the entire world could transition to 100% renewable electric power by 2050.
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- Nov 2017
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courses.openulmus.org courses.openulmus.org
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created by Google
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- Sep 2017
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en.huntkey.com en.huntkey.com
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Notebook Adapter
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- Jul 2017
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wayback.archive-it.org wayback.archive-it.org
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Commentary Media Releases Feb. 25, 2014 OP-ED: More pieces to B.C.'s LNG puzzle than you think By Kevin Sauvé Feb. 25, 2014 OP-ED: Seeing the full picture on pipelines and the oilsands By Clare Demerse Feb. 24, 2014 BLOG: Calling all leaders in energy efficiency By Ed Whittingham Feb. 20, 2014 BLOG: Closing the downtown–suburban divide By Cherise Burda Feb. 20, 2014 BLOG: Piecing together B.C.’s LNG fiscal framework By Matt Horne
Pembina has a highly-visible section for blog posts on its main page. Contributors are mainly directors and other staff members.
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Cuomo agreed to help keep the plants running with the aid of a multi-billion dollar bailout to be financed by monthly surcharges on the bills of ratepayers.
I find this confusing. If the plants are running at a deficit can't the price be raised? If the "bailout" is financed by surcharges isn't that effectively the same as an increased energy cost for consumers except that there's now the government as an additional intermediary of that transfer of funds? The only thing I can imagine is that maybe energy costs are regulated?
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- May 2017
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sierraclub.typepad.com sierraclub.typepad.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.bizjournals.com www.bizjournals.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.politico.com www.politico.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.thefreelibrary.com www.thefreelibrary.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.sourcewatch.org www.sourcewatch.org
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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thinkprogress.org thinkprogress.org
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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www.prnewswire.com www.prnewswire.com
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
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