Never underestimate the ability of humans to overestimate their own intelligence. - moi

2024.12.31 Methane is more than 100 times as potent as CO2 on a 10-year timeframe. Stopping leaks is our biggest bang for the buck on climate change.

Methane leaks are supercharging the climate crisis - here's what we must do, now (The Hill)

2024.12.31 Climate change is not increasing food production, it's disrupting food production and supply lines. Fine, if people don't need to eat.

More than half the world's land is drying out and it's jeopardizing food production (National Observer)

2024.12.31 Climate change includes sea level rise, stronger storms and surges; and the end of habitation on some islands and coastal communities.

'In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama island (The Guardian)

2024.12.30 You can believe the oil industry, gas vehicle producers, bought media - OR - data.

Residual value on a gasser you buy today will be zero in 3 years. In 2028, the 2030 bans on gassers will be staring you in the face.
US Electric Car Sales Up 474% Since Q3 2019, Fossil Car Sales Down 15% (CleanTechnica)

2024.12.29 Battery technology, be it for mobile devices, household storage or electric vehicles is just getting better. Internal combustion seems to be getting worse.

Inventor reveals 'secret sauce' in making phone batteries last longer: 'We need a next generation' (CleanTechnica)

2024.12.29 It's just another wake-up call with facts and data, your government will continue hitting the snooze button.

2024 Wrapped: Yes, Climate Change Will Probably Kill You (Antarctic Sapiens)

2024.12.28 If you thought big electric trucks were yet to come, you're behind the times. Fleet operators value reliability and keeping costs down, so they're going electric.

Contargo logistics adds 20 Mercedes eActros 600 electric semis to fleet (electrek)

2024.12.27 CCS originally stood for Carbon Capture and Sequestration, and was co-opted by the oil industry to mean Carbon Capture and Storage.

Then that term - when we were being somewhat honest - into CCUS or Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage. That was the leap that connected Candian 'carbon capture' to its real value, which is Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). EOR actually results in more GHG emissions than if the original carbon dioxide had not been 'captured' in the first place. As a result, Canadian taxpayers supply credits to the mostly foreign-owned oil industry so they can actually create MORE GHG emissions, and increase production a profits, by pumping it into declining wells, much of which is then brought back to the surface in the produced oil, gas, water, etc. So not stored in perpetuity. Good deal for the industry, not so much for humans.
What are the health and safety risks of storing our CO2 forever? (National Observer)

2024.12.26 US$75 Billion seems like a big number, but is it enough to get the attention of big fossil fuels? Or just the cost of doing business?

New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law (Reuters)

2024.12.26 Canadian taxpayers still footing fossil fuel industry bills (e.g. TMX, subsidies, RCMP goon squads), while foreign-owned industry takes record profits

Trans Mountain Pipeline Cost Burden Looms As Oil Exports Surge (The Energy Mix)

2024.12.25 Albertans are investing in solar panels and green agriculture, in spite of their provincial and federal governments

How agrivoltaics is marrying food production with green energy in Alberta (CBC)

2024.12.25 Law Holds Fossil Fuel Companies Responsible for Impact of Pollution on New York Communities, Broadens State Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

Governor Hochul Signs Landmark Legislation Creating New Climate Superfund (New York State)

2024.12.20 Despite the oil and gas industries' rising emissions, Canada overall is reducing GHG emissions, thanks in part to the Climate Action Incentive.

It's especially heartening to see the massive drop in emissions from the electricity generation sector, despite Doug Ford's sweet deals for Enbridge.
With world demand for oil and natural gas - and the economic failure of LNG and wasteful hydrogen production imminent, we can expect emissions wins there.
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions dropping but major reductions still required (National Observer)

2024.12.19 While Musk is showing his colours lately, which are as bad at the Cybertruck, the Tesla Semis hold real promise for pollution reduction.

Tesla delivers electric semi trucks to another customer, confirms efficiency (electrek)

2024.12.19 Climate change is going to make it harder to feed the human population.

Canadian farmers scramble after staple crop gets devastated: 'What we're seeing now is consecutive years of loss' (MSN)

2024.12.19 My point here is that away-from-home EV charging solutions are continuing to arrive to meet market demand.

More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: The Rise Of The Drop-In EV Charging Station (CleanTechnica)

2024.12.19 Again, my point here is that EV batteries keep getting better and less expensive.

A new EV battery could last more than 8 times longer, travel farther (National Observer)

2024.12.19 Does DAC ever win over using the same green elecricity if just used to avoid making CO2 from fossil fuel combustion?

Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates (Canadian Press)

2024.12.18 Turns out potatoes don't like being cooked while they're still in the ground

Researchers developing heatwave-resistant potatoes (BBC)

2024.12.17 While everyone was wondering where Chrystia Freeland went, and if Justin Trudeau has a walk in the snow scheduled,

the Canadian government's Fall Economic Statement had some news of it's own, like another $17 billion gift to (mostly) the oil and gas sector. Merry Christmas, fossil fuels extractivists! That makes the 'HST tax holiday' a rounding error. That should cover the $11 billion Imperial Oil wants for their carbon capture fantasy project to pretend to reduce emissions. Let's see Poilievre call out that extragance.
Key climate takeaways from a dramatic Fall Economic Statement (National Observer)

2024.12.17 Hey Alberta, how are you doing on reducing GHG emissions?

Quebec's emissions dropped in 2022, below pre-pandemic levels (CBC)

2024.12.17 Australians are buying more EVs

Big shift on Aussie roads as electric car market hits 'major milestone' (Yahoo News)

2024.12.17 It's not about policy, ideology or the environment. It's about a rational assessment of lifetime total cost of ownership. Fleet owners do that.

Don't tell the Canadian government; they have a different plan and are sacrificing a Canadian electric truck pioneer.
Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US (CleanTechnica)

2024.12.17 Climate change is making coffee more expensive.

Coffee companies issue serious warnings after beans become nearly impossible to grow - here's what's going on (TCD)

2024.12.16 The issue for carbon credits is credibility; is the product real?

Carbon Credit Companies Vie to Outlast a Two-Year Slump (Wall Street Journal)

2024.12.16 Imperial Oil wants Canadian taxpayers to fund 75% (about $11 billion) of its newest tarsands greenwashing project

To date, no carbon capture project has worked as advertised, and there's no reason to believe this one will break the mold.
Imperial Oil Wants More Government Aid for $16 Billion Carbon Capture Project (EnergyNow)

2024.12.12 Will humans ever understand that the oceans are not an infinite dumping ground for our trash, even CO2, and there are always consquences?

Apparently not.
Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (MIT Climate Portal)

2024.12.06 Oil industry mouthing support for climate change mitigation is a sham. Always has been.

Opinion | As environment minister, I believed the oil sands sector would help us save the planet. I was wrong. (Climate & Nature Solutions)

2024.12.01 Even in the U.S., which still burns coal for electricity production, increased EV use is reducing GHG emissions - and the grid is getting greener

EVs Help Vehicle Emissions Drop To Historic Low In The U.S. (Inside EVs)

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