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I’ve lived in California car-free for 5yrs, fueled by European stubbornness. Similarly, many here stick to their cars, even in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Bay Bridge into SF. So how can we facilitate sustainable behavior shifts? Improving alternative travel options is a big part of it.

They shouldn’t be doing that, & got fined for it. They rapidly built a supply-chain to 7 Mt annually: it requires huge oversight. From what I’ve read, the vast majority of it works well. And it can & should work better, the new sustainability requirements reflect this.

CCGT was on the cards if the biomass didn’t go ahead, but whether it would have replaced all the coal, we don’t know; either way, the alternative to bioenergy would have been increased fossil fuel use vs what we have now.

If Drax didn’t convert from burning coal to burning biomass over ten years ago, the UK would not be coal free in 2025. Many people don’t like biomass burning, but it is undeniably much better for the climate than burning fossil fuels.

Look at that rain forecast map!! I decided to be sensible this morning and take my bike on the bus down the hill on my commute to work.

Pine martens are also near my hometown in mid Wales, which is very cool. Haven’t seen one yet, I hear they are very secretive.

San Francisco has been particularly affected by hybrid/remote working changes since 2019. Still, with car traffic second only to NYC there’s a massive opportunity to get more stressed and delayed motorists out of cars and onto Bay Area trains!