"a sharp cry against myopic Democrats who block new ideas and govern through checklists, leading to what the authors call 'an endless catalog of rules and restraints'” - NYT

A book for thoughtful progressives: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson a.co/d/a3vToH9

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...

The clean energy revolution is being driven by fundamental technological and economic forces that are too strong to stop. Trump’s policies can marginally slow progress in the U.S. but they cannot halt the fundamental dynamics of technological change.
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When we make cement we make CO2, when nature makes rocks it absorbs CO2. Low-carbon cement, based on the process by which corals form their skeletons, is gaining traction.

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Also EMF levels drop off dramatically with an increase in distance from the source making the effect of wind turbines on human health a nonissue.

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2025 is off to a fiery start. This is not fine, our house is on fire. It's time to take action.

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Solar energy compares favorably to fossil fuels in terms of levelized cost.

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Did you know that switching to a heat pump can save up to 6.5 tons of CO2/year? That's the same as planting 260 trees, or having solar panels for almost 2 years! How cool is that?

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A move away from high-end emissions scenarios

The move away from high-end emissions scenarios in the literature reflects a broader recognition that the world is undergoing an energy transition away from a future of continuing fossil fuel expansion.

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Wind and solar overtake US coal for nearly all of 2024

While solar and wind rose 27% and 8% year-on-year respectively, coal fell 5% – continuing its two decades of decline.

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'Sun Machines' - From The Economist -- But what if…? "Once you start to think in terms of energy being really copious and all-but free, at least at some times and in some places, brute-force approaches to all sorts of problems begin to appear."

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Biden’s industrial policies have created a massive boom of private manufacturing investment in the most strategic industries. In fact, the amount of private investment utterly swamps the amount of actual government spending commitments.

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“Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.”
— E.B. White

Wise words for the new year!

“We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising.” - Carl Sagan

Climate Stripes are a visual representation of temperature change for a county, state, or country. Here's my county, each bar represents the avg temp each year between 1895 and 2023. Check out your area at:

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Compared to conventional jet fuel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produces up to 80% less CO2 emissions over its lifecycle, a clear example of circular economy principles put into practice.

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