Lars Knoll
@larsknoll.bsky.social
CTO, Conclude. Former Chief Maintainer and CTO of Qt. Creator of KHTML. Lives in Oslo.
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"Too Much Heat, Past and Present" by Robert Hunziker for Pressenza
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Too Much Heat, Past and Present
The ultimate consequences of global warming are difficult to truly understand by the public, policymakers, and by pretty much everybody. In their hearts,
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January 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
"Too Much Heat, Past and Present" by Robert Hunziker for Pressenza
www.pressenza.com/2024/01/too-...
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I still don't think people realise how quickly renewable energy is expanding around the world
🇪🇺New renewables built over the past 5yrs were enough to power the entire EU
🇺🇸🇨🇦New renewables expected in the next 5yrs wld be enough to power the US & Canada
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
🇪🇺New renewables built over the past 5yrs were enough to power the entire EU
🇺🇸🇨🇦New renewables expected in the next 5yrs wld be enough to power the US & Canada
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
January 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
I still don't think people realise how quickly renewable energy is expanding around the world
🇪🇺New renewables built over the past 5yrs were enough to power the entire EU
🇺🇸🇨🇦New renewables expected in the next 5yrs wld be enough to power the US & Canada
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
🇪🇺New renewables built over the past 5yrs were enough to power the entire EU
🇺🇸🇨🇦New renewables expected in the next 5yrs wld be enough to power the US & Canada
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
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Now that Bitcoin ETFs have been approved, let's recap the colossal waste of resources in BTC mining over the past year.
During 2023, Bitcoin's proof-of-useless-work mechanism consumed almost as much electricity as the entire traditional financial sector combined.
During 2023, Bitcoin's proof-of-useless-work mechanism consumed almost as much electricity as the entire traditional financial sector combined.
January 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Now that Bitcoin ETFs have been approved, let's recap the colossal waste of resources in BTC mining over the past year.
During 2023, Bitcoin's proof-of-useless-work mechanism consumed almost as much electricity as the entire traditional financial sector combined.
During 2023, Bitcoin's proof-of-useless-work mechanism consumed almost as much electricity as the entire traditional financial sector combined.
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The COP process is broken - broken *by design*. Can it be fixed, or should it be bypassed altogether? I explore some options.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Mon...
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 9, 2023 at 11:08 AM
The COP process is broken - broken *by design*. Can it be fixed, or should it be bypassed altogether? I explore some options.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ok - look - I had to do a line-by-line breakdown of ADNOC CEO and COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber's remarks to Mary Robinson, because they are *so bad*
Ultimately they showcase something simple: fossil fuel companies use words as weapons to protect their bloody profit and even bloodier expansionism
Ultimately they showcase something simple: fossil fuel companies use words as weapons to protect their bloody profit and even bloodier expansionism
The Man In Charge uses words as a planet-wrecking weapon
COP28 president and fossil CEO Sultan Al Jaber gets weirdly offended at a bunch of reasonable criticisms. Here's why.
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December 3, 2023 at 10:30 PM
Ok - look - I had to do a line-by-line breakdown of ADNOC CEO and COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber's remarks to Mary Robinson, because they are *so bad*
Ultimately they showcase something simple: fossil fuel companies use words as weapons to protect their bloody profit and even bloodier expansionism
Ultimately they showcase something simple: fossil fuel companies use words as weapons to protect their bloody profit and even bloodier expansionism
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Unfortunately, climate science denial is still an issue ahead of #COP28. My commentary at Realclimate.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28
It is 33 years now since the IPCC in its first report in 1990 concluded that it is “certain” that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities “will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on...
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November 29, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Unfortunately, climate science denial is still an issue ahead of #COP28. My commentary at Realclimate.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
So Norway is exporting fuel equivalent to 300 tons of CO2 per inhabitant and year.
And the government is still like ‘utvikle, ikke avvikle’….
And the government is still like ‘utvikle, ikke avvikle’….
November 29, 2023 at 10:39 PM
So Norway is exporting fuel equivalent to 300 tons of CO2 per inhabitant and year.
And the government is still like ‘utvikle, ikke avvikle’….
And the government is still like ‘utvikle, ikke avvikle’….
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1. This is a thread about waste plant and animal fats, which for 20 years have been promoted as the magic potions that would solve all our transport problems. It doesn’t matter how often this story gets debunked: unlike these commodities, it appears to be endlessly recyclable.
November 29, 2023 at 7:04 AM
1. This is a thread about waste plant and animal fats, which for 20 years have been promoted as the magic potions that would solve all our transport problems. It doesn’t matter how often this story gets debunked: unlike these commodities, it appears to be endlessly recyclable.
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New, on substack: “why can’t our tech billionaires learn anything new?”
I rip into Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto.
…It’s a lot like the Frasier reboot, actually.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-cant-o...
I rip into Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto.
…It’s a lot like the Frasier reboot, actually.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-cant-o...
Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
davekarpf.substack.com
October 18, 2023 at 11:46 AM
New, on substack: “why can’t our tech billionaires learn anything new?”
I rip into Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto.
…It’s a lot like the Frasier reboot, actually.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-cant-o...
I rip into Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto.
…It’s a lot like the Frasier reboot, actually.
davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-cant-o...
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📢📢📢 "Converting the nation’s 40 million acres of ethanol corn farms into solar-plus-food facilities would generate 1.5 times our nation’s electricity needs, while also powering a 100% electrified passenger vehicle fleet."
H/T Bill Mckibben ✅
pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/s...
H/T Bill Mckibben ✅
pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/s...
Solar+food in ethanol fields could fully power the United States
Converting the nation’s 40 million acres of ethanol corn farms into solar-plus-food facilities would generate 1.5 times our nation’s electricity needs, while also powering a 100% electrified passe...
pv-magazine-usa.com
October 18, 2023 at 1:34 AM
📢📢📢 "Converting the nation’s 40 million acres of ethanol corn farms into solar-plus-food facilities would generate 1.5 times our nation’s electricity needs, while also powering a 100% electrified passenger vehicle fleet."
H/T Bill Mckibben ✅
pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/s...
H/T Bill Mckibben ✅
pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/03/10/s...