How can this PM be so far out of touch? It’s when prime minister Scott Morrison thinks he’s being really clever that he reveals the true level of his ignorance.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/morrison-is-dangerously-wrong-on-gas-and-needs-to-wake-up-to-new-technologies-69578/
Australia has been presented with a credible plan to reach 90 per cent renewables and slash emissions. Why is federal government so idiotically avoiding it?
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/australia-has-a-credible-path-to-a-low-carbon-grid-why-wont-the-coalition-embrace-it-72686/
This latest surge makes Tesla now the first publicly listed US carmaker valued at more than $100 billion in history
— Read on thedriven.io/2020/01/22/tesla-trades-as-100-billion-company-as-stocks-top-us550/
It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here,” James Hansen, a lead NASA climate scientist, told Congress in June. His declaration was front-page news. George H. W. Bush, campaigning for president, promised to do something about it: “Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the greenhouse effect forget about the ‘White House’ effect,” he declared on the trail.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/2019-was-2nd-hottest-year-record-nasa-and-noaa-say/604939/
Alice had 55 days above 40 degrees last year, and recorded street-surface temperatures between 61 and 68 degrees celsius…
Thought, Philip C. Almond, explains why Morrison’s faith means “reducing carbon emissions … may have little intellectual purchase with the PM” – because world’s end means the second coming and, for the chosen, salvation. It’s also why Morrison’s beloved Hillsong church can happily advertise its coming conference, called Breathe Again, with Bishop T D Jakes saying “it’s amazing how God can strike a match in Australia and the whole world catches on fire”. As if the fires were God given…
How tragic is this? #auspol
Experts slam Morrison’s comments on hazard reduction, showing the PM still does not understand the link between climate change and fire.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/experts-slam-morrisons-false-equivalence-between-emissions-targets-and-hazard-reduction-44355/amp/
Curiously, it’s the three states now ruled by Liberal governments that are likely to get to 100% renewables first – Tasmania, South Australia and then NSW #wind #solar @angustaylorMP @aemo_media
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