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UK still well off track on pledge to cut methane emissions, study says

Analysis suggests government policies would achieve reduction less than half target of 30% by 2030 — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/12/uk-off-track-on-pledge-to-cut-methane-emissions-study-30-per-cent-2030 $100M taxpayers money invested to find ways to make in-natural gas viable when as much as 30% CO2 coming out of … Continue reading

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Concentrated solar power is an old technology making a comeback. Here’s how it works – ABC News

Concentrated solar power is an old technology making a comeback, with the CSIRO forecasting it’ll be a cheaper form of storage than pumped hydro. Here’s how it works. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-04-06/concentrated-solar-power-technology-comeback-electricity-mirrors/102184372 What goes around welcome when it comes around

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Poles and wires super-profits causing energy price spikes, and foreign takeovers

As foreign takeovers swirl, a hidden super-profit is being levied by electricity network providers costing Australians $1bn a year. — Read on michaelwest.com.au/energy-superprofit-brookfield-origin-energy/ How can we vote for Australian interest when our governments are so generous for foreign big business?

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Unsold Gasoline Cars Plunge in Value as Swiss Banker Predicts Global Auto ‘Glut’, Price War

China may be coaxed into delaying an emissions rule that was set to leave auto dealerships with a glut of worthless, non-compliant gasoline cars, but an electric vehicle expert says the crisis is a sign that the global auto industry … Continue reading

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Selling social isolation – cars

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IPCC report 2023: Climate change worsening; deep emission cuts could curb warming, UN, scientists say

IPCC report 2023: Climate change worsening; deep emission cuts could curb warming, UN, scientists say — Read on amp-smh-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/we-have-everything-we-need-to-fix-the-climate-crisis-but-we-need-to-do-it-now-20230320-p5cthx.html Makes you wonder if the word hope has any meaning any more.

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Regular Old Intelligence is Sufficient–Even Lovely

Thinking through the other possible apocalypse — Read on billmckibben.substack.com/p/regular-old-intelligence-is-sufficient why risk unpredictable consequences of AI like GPT4?

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World’s first completely roll-to-roll printable perovskite solar cell

Swansea University has established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking, for the first time, the potential for perovskite solar cells to be manufactured at scale. — Read on http://www.inceptivemind.com/worlds-first-completely-roll-roll-printable-perovskite-solar-cell/30036/

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EU Vote Limits Pedelecs to 250 Watt

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Yesterday afternoon the European Parliament voted on the new type approval legislation on two- and three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. The Parliament decided to keep the original European Commission proposal: only pedelecs with a maximum speed of 25 … Continue reading

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Why Are E-Bike Regulations So Random?

The Province of Ontario is a poster child for everything that is wrong in e-bike regulation. — Read on http://www.treehugger.com/why-are-e-bike-regulations-so-random-5184868

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