A study finds that users of advanced driver-assistance systems drive 4,888 more miles per year than similar drivers without the feature.
— Read on www.wired.com/story/driving-partially-automated-people-drive-more/
Can we expect AI cars to take themselves for a drive, so we don’t need to bother?
1 June, 2021 − In a heatwave, global warming driven by fossil fuels becomes an act of self-harm. It causes 1 in 3 heat-related deaths.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/global-heating-causes-1-in-3-heat-related-deaths/
sudden loss of 2000 megawatts of generation capacity led to an almost 300-fold increase in the spot price of electricity in Queensland from $50.31 to $15,000 per megawatt in approximately one hour.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/customers-left-in-the-dark-by-surging-prices-after-callide-coal-explosion/
31 May, 2021 − Timber homes could do more than just save energy, and stall climate change. They could be a sound investment.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/timber-homes-are-a-good-investment-for-the-future/
With timber from sustainable forestry, gotta be the way to go, especially compared with 1 ton emissions for 1 ton concrete
TrueGreen Mobility says BYD T3 all-electric vans will go on sale next month for as little as $A35,000 with the backing of Trevor St Baker and Evie Networks.
— Read on thedriven.io/2021/05/31/turning-point-fleets-of-byd-electric-vans-to-hit-australian-roads-by-september/
C’mon Aussie c’mon, surely this must be it, cars will be here before vans
27 May, 2021 − Human reliance on fossil fuels is resulting in worse and longer droughts. It’s a familiar message across the world.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/fossil-fuel-use-leads-to-worse-and-longer-droughts/
…amount of clearing in Amazon is now size of square with sides Melbourne to Brisbane. Look out…
28 May, 2021 − We are obliterating other life: oblivion’s malign impact could bring extinction faster than at almost any time known so far.
— Read on climatenewsnetwork.net/fossils-show-oblivions-malign-impact-on-nature/
even if we don’t make it any worse, recovery will take longer than after meteor crash causing dinosaur extinction
…we’ll get to net-zero as long as the technology works for carbon capture,” Robo said during S&P Global Sustainable 1’s’ Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability virtual conference on May 26. “But the reality is that carbon capture technology doesn’t work and you’re not going to come up with a magic small reactor that will be cheap enough.”
— Read on ieefa.org/nextera-ceo-says-net-zero-targets-are-disingenuous/
FERC should change its excessive reliance on business contracts in approving pipelines and consider real energy needs and markets
— Read on ieefa.org/ieefa-u-s-ferc-neglects-energy-needs-in-pipeline-decisions/
more shonky Finance, for gas infrastructure projects, abandoned, but consumers liable to keep paying
People don’t warm the planet — fossil fuels do.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/05/25/slowing-population-growth-environment/
“Meanwhile in low-income countries, whose share of the global population has almost doubled, demand for resources has stayed constant at just about 3 percent of the global total.“
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