Emissions from WA gas project with world’s largest industrial carbon capture system rise by more than 50% | Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Chevron development off Pilbara coast was approved on condition the company store about 4m tonnes of CO2 a year
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/emissions-wa-gas-project-chevron-carbon-capture-system-pilbara-coast

But watch Canberra turn a blind eye, despite Chevron huge profits while paying zero tax

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CATL shares energy-dense battery that will power electric planes

CATL shares energy-dense battery that will power electric planes
— Read on electrek.co/2023/04/19/catl-energy-dense-battery-will-soon-power-electric-passenger-planes-ev/

But any chance possible pigs might fly any time soon? Remarkable possibilities.

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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 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 gas wells. How good is that?

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Safeguards and Offsets per Bowen/Abbot, inadequate

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/01/11/australia-ambitious-emissions-plan-offsets-reforms/?su=QWZQbUdxMTgvMUQxRW8vSEozblcyUT09

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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 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 must accelerate EV production.
— Read on www.theenergymix.com/2023/04/04/unsold-gasoline-cars-plunge-in-value-as-chinas-new-emissions-rules-approach/

Does it look like China is more responsive to emissions reduction than we are led to believe?

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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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