See also: www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3608... @ketanjoshi.co?

Here's the other problem: as @climateactiontracker.org point out in the report Gates' staffers either didn't read or chose to ignore - the shifting projections from 'bad' to 'less bad' STOPPED SHIFTING after covid and MIGHT BE SHIFTING BACK TOWARDS MORE BAD

climateactiontracker.org/documents/12...

Yes, NZ penalty is $45/g, Aus A$100, EU 95 euro. No penalties will be paid for a while as ironically there are heaps of credits left over from 2023.

Note that hybrid cars at 110 gCO2/km themselves only just meet the standard of 112.6g, so shifting petrol sales to hybrid won't help. To meet the standard requires e.g. lifting monthly BEV sales from 664 to 2510 and PHEV sales from 585 to 1585.

The International Mathematical Union's advice to policy makers: "Assign resources based on expert-led assessments rather than bibliometric data. Avoid relying on commercial journal rankings. Discourage the use of university rankings."
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.09877

6 million units up for auction on 3 December, no way will they reach the floor price of $68. Another failed auction coming up.

The designers are probably stamping and talking to themselves like William Morris. (Ref: The Last Utopians)

I'm not certain – as far as I know long-run daily data is not publicly available. Would be worth asking the Electricity Authority. The previous lowest quarter for coal was Q4 2022, which averaged 1.3 GWh per day – we are sure to beat that this year.

Already there mate. 9 January 1982

That can't be the endgame but at least we are heading in the right direction and it will shake things up a bit.

At these levels it doesn't prop up the price which has been averaging 3c/kWh lately – was over 20c earlier in the winter. I think we will be entering a new regime of longer and longer fossil-free periods; generators will only be able to make money during during "shortages".

greenjihad.com/2023/10/06/i...

The owners' other ships are apparently called Climate Respect, Climate Ethics, and the Climate Pledge?!

Full report: unece.org/sites/defaul...