Climate Change...
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the "industry" of selling rich white people the idea of wilderness maybe......
Climate contrarians predicted the world would cool—it didn’t
The anticlimate-science blogosphere’s trophy cabinet is bare.
arstechnica.com
IPCC 6: Get off your ass and do something or die:
Some slightly better news to go with the apocalyptically bad:
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/china-makes-a-hard-turn-towards-clean-hydrogen
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/china-makes-a-hard-turn-towards-clean-hydrogen
don't rub the skin off chang, think long term. You're gonna need that thing later.
So. Here we are:
www.ipcc.ch
Sixth Assessment Report — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
This means you making changes to your life. Yes, you. It means stopping the industries that pollute. It means governments legislating and leading. All of the above.
PM Modi Announces Hydrogen Mission, Self-reliance in Energy by 2047 - News18
Delivering his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he said India can achieve self-reliance in energy through a mix of a gas-based economy, doping sugarcane extracted ethanol in petrol and electric mobility.
www.news18.com
U.K. Plans Subsidy-Driven Hydrogen Boost on Path to Net Zero
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-16/u-k-models-hydrogen-drive-on-offshore-wind-to-reduce-emissions
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-16/u-k-models-hydrogen-drive-on-offshore-wind-to-reduce-emissions
not directed at you or anything but I'm getting real tired of the need to use that qualifier before zero
This I did not know. Not all hydrogen is "green"
arstechnica.com
“Blue” hydrogen is worse for the climate than coal, study says
Findings could throw national climate policies into disarray.
arstechnica.com
This I did not know. Not all hydrogen is "green"
“Blue” hydrogen is worse for the climate than coal, study says
Findings could throw national climate policies into disarray.
"net"
offsets, credits, "trade ya for" is all just complete bullshit
Yup there is a veritable rainbow of hydrogen colours depending on how it is made, briefly a few important ones:This I did not know. Not all hydrogen is "green"
“Blue” hydrogen is worse for the climate than coal, study says
Findings could throw national climate policies into disarray.
Green: made with only renewables, genuinely carbon free.
Blue: Made by steam reformation (Haber Bosch process) with carbon capture. Not very green at all all actually and luckily increasingly been seen as such.
Brown: As above but without carbon capture, almost the worst.
Pink: Made from nuclear power. YMMV on the benefits of this.
Black: Made from coal off-gassing, terrible but not much used.
There are others but whateverz
I'll keep saying it, using electricity from a grid for hydrogen that is still burning shit is still bad. Yeah there may be a windmill farm down the road but that should be replacing coal+CNG plants before making hydrogen.
we should be powering our steam generators off wildfires right now
has anyone done a BTU inventory analysis on rich white people?
You don't burn children, too much water. Have to render them down first.
Probably more energy in boomers anyway.
Folks like Brian are so dense it can't take much to start a fusion reaction. Then all your hydrogen can do some good no matter the source.
Ok, now how much for an Oklahoman?
Thorium reactors in the short term look possibly decent…except they can’t breed nuclear weapons, so that’ll never work….
Hmm interesting new form of fusion research,
www.bbc.com
Still a long way to go to create an energy source we can rely on though.
US lab stands on threshold of key nuclear fusion goal
A US science institute is on the verge of achieving a longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research.
www.bbc.com
Still a long way to go to create an energy source we can rely on though.
Just been having a bit of a read about this lab's work. Seems they are arguably, genuinely at 'ignition' energy levels (self sustaining fusion energy output) but IRL their system is not in any way optimised to actually do this sustained reaction. There are a few private orgs who I believe are actually closer to this.
However there are a few articles where they hint at some of the really exciting shit that comes as a free bonus with the already amazing promise of eventual near-free fusion energy; make your own elements. How cool will it be when not only do we get an energy source that is super powerful, abundant and clean but also lets us produce rare or useful elements as a tuneable bi-product? Of course this is another step of research away but we already see this is what stars do naturally.
However there are a few articles where they hint at some of the really exciting shit that comes as a free bonus with the already amazing promise of eventual near-free fusion energy; make your own elements. How cool will it be when not only do we get an energy source that is super powerful, abundant and clean but also lets us produce rare or useful elements as a tuneable bi-product? Of course this is another step of research away but we already see this is what stars do naturally.
@Changleen will appreciate the net result of this.
I just ran the math on installing panels on the house. Looking at my 1yr avg electric bill, backing out fixed expenses, the cost of solar is only an adtl $30/m. Given rates are going up and adjusting to usage hours in a few months and temps are going up, so more a/c usage, I can expect more near-term starting, permanent electricity usage. Even with a 3.99% 10yr loan on the panels, it's still effectively flat or cheaper than electric prices.
So guys, go look at panels. Seriously. The math is really good right now, let alone the climate benefits.
I just ran the math on installing panels on the house. Looking at my 1yr avg electric bill, backing out fixed expenses, the cost of solar is only an adtl $30/m. Given rates are going up and adjusting to usage hours in a few months and temps are going up, so more a/c usage, I can expect more near-term starting, permanent electricity usage. Even with a 3.99% 10yr loan on the panels, it's still effectively flat or cheaper than electric prices.
So guys, go look at panels. Seriously. The math is really good right now, let alone the climate benefits.
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Lemme know who you go with... we're going to be due for a new roof, I'd wager, in the not-too-distant future and that'll be the prime time to do it...
We don't have too much roof facing south, our main exposure is to the west. I think our roof is 7 or 8 years old.
Someone advise me
Someone advise me
Rotate your houseWe don't have too much roof facing south, our main exposure is to the west. I think our roof is 7 or 8 years old.
Someone advise me