Fossil fuels’ dirty secret: Things look bad, climate action or not : RenewEconomy

Renewables get cheaper while remaining fossil fuels more expensive to extract and no more than 20% can be extracted without Planet total disaster. Fossils are GFC2.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-fuels-dirty-secret-things-look-bad-climate-action-not-19272/

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Government urged to stop Great Barrier Reef tree-clearing ‘frenzy

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-urged-to-stop-great-barrier-reef-tree-clearing-frenzy-20180527-p4zhr0.html

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Tesla leads charge against generators over market access

How big storage has undercut bonanza with peak demand prices and incumbents lobbying to block further transition to renewables, storage and distributed energy.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-leads-charge-against-generators-over-market-access-73544/

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Why blowing the 1.5C global warming goal will leave poor tropical nations sweating most of all

How sad is it that some people still think “more evidence is needed” before action must be taken to reverse global warming? Do they really think we can do any more than ignore damage we’ve already inflicted on the Planet

https://theconversation.com/why-blowing-the-1-5c-global-warming-goal-will-leave-poor-tropical-nations-sweating-most-of-all-96988

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David Suzuki backlash ignores his prize-worthy science

Breakthrough science contribution by David Suzuki, attempts to discredit by advocates of dirtiest oil from tar sands

https://theconversation.com/david-suzuki-backlash-ignores-his-prize-worthy-science-96322

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Small global warming cuts offer huge savings

https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/small-global-warming-cuts-offer-huge-savings?e=81a8983ef7

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Old fossils: What’s at stake if Australia ignores global EV transition : RenewEconomy

Not just cars… BYD in Shenzhen are building 2,000 electric buses per week. Shenzhen has replaced its whole diesel fleet with electric buses in just 2-3 years. Last time I was in Hong Kong (last April) I saw the city of Shenzhen’s skyline from Lantau Island for the first time in 5 years. Coincidence or less diesel fumes? BYD have recently opened an electric bus factory in California. Here’s a link…..
https://www.scmp.com/video/…

https://reneweconomy.com.au/old-fossils-whats-at-stake-if-australia-ignores-global-ev-transition-83160/

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Australia imports almost all of its oil, and there are pitfalls all over the globe

IEA directive we should construct 90 day buffer stock of vehicle fuels is not recent, as long ago as 1972, she’ll be right mate, plan by Minister F promised for Christmas

http://theconversation.com/australia-imports-almost-all-of-its-oil-and-there-are-pitfalls-all-over-the-globe-97070

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Can Canberrans really live without fossil fuels

This is leadership, not just PV panels but reducing energy consumption, especially disconnecting from gas and conversion of transport to electric. Great leadership.

https://amp.canberratimes.com.au/politics/act/can-canberrans-really-live-without-fossil-fuels-20180520-p4zgen.html?__twitter_impression=true

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Unions have plan to help close coal dinosaur Liddel, still Feds without any plan(s)?

https://reneweconomy.com.au/unions-support-liddells-clean-energy-transition-76946/

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