30 August, 2021 − People who deny that climate change is happening have something in common with people who believe in a flat Earth.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/climate-denial-flat-earth-whats-the-difference/
27 August, 2021 − In a hotter world, periods of extreme heat are on the increase. And that presents a massive threat to life and health.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/more-people-face-greater-risk-from-extreme-heat/
Conventional aircon runs out of cooling and causes more emissions for every degree above 40degC
Central Banks Helping Funnel Trillions of Dollars into Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Pledges, Research Finds – DeSmog
— Read on www.desmog.com/2021/08/25/central-banks-helping-funnel-trillions-of-dollars-into-fossil-fuels-despite-climate-pledges-research-finds/
Are bankers worse than small children? Sing song time, “Money is the root of all evil”
An overview of the basic ideas related to the concept of energy
— Read on home.uni-leipzig.de/energy/energy-fundamentals/04.htm
Just a spontaneous web search:
US and German citizens consumed, per day, in 2019 about 219 and 120 kWh, while world average is 58kWh. If population increases to 10Billion, all aspiring to USA habits, demand will be 6 times higher for energy!! Are we junkies for energy or what?
‘Everything is on fire’: Siberia hit by unprecedented burning | Russia | The Guardian
— Read on www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/everything-is-on-fire-siberia-hit-by-unprecedented-burning
Starting in April and expected continuing until Oct, bigger than all other fires combined, 1.5Million hectares, smoke 3000km to North Pole, then whole of Russia, previously smoke from California all the way to New York, get your hopes up for COP26!!
Australia COVID: Scott Morrison’s reopening plan is as easy as A, B or C
— Read on amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/morrison-s-election-plan-it-s-as-easy-as-a-b-or-c-20210825-p58ln6.html
“Morrison has also sought to mask his failures by saying “we” have saved 30,000 lives since the beginning of the pandemic, a number calculated by averaging the COVID fatality rate in OECD nations.“
Cecilia Malmström warned climate change is an urgent global crisis and Australia, as a big economy and big emitter, needs to do more
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/25/australia-is-more-and-more-isolated-on-climate-says-former-eu-trade-commissioner
The goal is to prevent “carbon leakage” – or the movement of emissions-intensive industry – to countries with less ambitious climate policies. The policy also aims to encourage producers globally to reduce their emissions and for countries to adopt greener policies.
ANALYSIS: Victoria has leapt out in front on climate change. Again. This time with an infrastructure plan of action that leaves similar agencies and jurisdictions lolling in the shade.
— Read on thefifthestate.com.au/business/government/victorias-goes-mandatory-in-plans-to-fight-climate-change/
But no testing during final inspection to make sure if efficiency
23 August, 2021 − Trees are vital for solving the climate crisis. But there’s nothing simple about the forested world, as forest people know.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/forest-people-offer-the-best-hope-of-saving-them/
but don’t our sad leaders insist it’s so simple, monoculture tree farms, with perfect spacing, water, fertiliser, so simple that it can’t possibly be true
Letter to editor
Just in case you missed it, web search doesn’t find any stories in mainstream media, we’re in danger of being slugged with fees on electricity bills, to keep coal power in business.
Capacity Payment, by ESB (EnergySecurity Board) is supposed to improve reliability and keep prices down. It will do neither. Last year, Australia experienced 200 days of failures of coal power stations. Capacity Payment will cost more than Julia Gillard’s carbon price and do nothing to reduce emissions.
While there’s so much fuss about “fair transition” for people working in the coal industry, our Minister for Energy, Angus Taylor keeps slogging on with ideas supported only by foreign owned coal companies, possibly also by mainstream media, anything to prop up ad revenue.
In other countries, auctions are held for planned new power capacity needed in 4 or 5 years. Obviously renewables and storage are included but fossil fuels can try. Whichever kinds of winners, it’s clear old coal fired power needs orderly retirement plan, not slam bam closure. So fair transition is planned. Process even provides for plan/fine tuning with emission reductions, to stay below 1.5 and/or 2 degrees warming.
In our backyard, how crazy that mainstream media just goes nuts, when possible closures mentioned. Lies about price spikes when Hazelwood closed, lies that renewable energy increases prices. Meanwhile Snowy Mountain, owned by us taxpayers, is now expecting $660Million for gas plant at Kurri Kurri. It’s to make sure Tomago aluminium smelter keeps running, in case $10Billion and counting, Snowy 2.0 pumped(by fossil fuel) hydro or grid connection fails during climate change extreme weather. Obviously Tomago, to be export competitive, will pay less than one tenth of the cost of electricity, from either Snowy2 or Kurri Kurri gas power station.
It’s now only 9 weeks until UN Climate Conference COP26 in Glasgow. Australian emissions track record places us in ugly company with big polluters like Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Look out for headlines from Glasgow about big cuts we need to make to protect all our exports from CBA(Carbon Border Adjustments) which make prices fair, compared with markets of our importing customers, or they’re banned, And fees on your electricity bill to prolong the agony with arthritic coal fired power,
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