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October 12, 2024

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This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.




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Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see?

CACOR LIVE Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 Do you see what I see? Test your capacity for deep listening. We had a last minute cancellation of the speaker scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th.  Rather than face dead air, we are taking it as an opportunity to try something new. Join us this coming Wednesday, 9 October, at 1:30 EDT. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86473930222?pwd=ckFPN2swMDhBVERuek1uWTNkSEdGdz09 Here …

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Tom Dougherty and David Harries | Inaugural CACOR Live Debate | 16 Oct 2024 | CACOR Live

Tom Dougherty and David Harries | Inaugural CACOR Live Debate | 16 Oct 2024 | CACOR Live

You  are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Inaugural CACOR Live Debate Time: Oct 16, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88639016871?pwd=T2ZWbFpYa0hGakxaSHpod1VHV2VJZz09 Meeting ID: 886 3901 6871 Passcode: 971206 Summary: This will be an experiment with a different format for CACOR Live.  Two members will debate the pros and cons of the chosen topic.  David …

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Latest Articles

Calgary Water Breaks

Calgary's water emergency is just the startBy Meg Sears | Opinion | June 21st 2024Flooding in Regina neighbourhood following asbestos cement water main break. October 10, 2022. Photo Julian BranchListen to articleThree recent events drew attention to something people rarely think about until it’s too late — the profound fragility and importance of safe, clean drinking water.On June 5, national …

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Calgary Water Breaks

Truth, not enough

Truth, not enough
It's my duty to see that they get the truth; but that's not enough, I've got to put it before them briefly so that they will read it, clearly so that they will understand it, forcibly so that they will appreciate it, picturesquely so that they will remember it, and, above all, accurately so that they may be wisely guided …

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Advancement in Solar Technology: Nighttime Power Generation

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed a groundbreaking solar technology that generates electricity from infrared emissions at night, potentially transforming energy sustainability.

Categories: Articles, Climate

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Photovoltaic solar panels at starry summer night.

Electric Vehicles Are Key to Winning the Climate Fight

Electric vehicle charging cable with a digital battery status hologram and nature in the background.
With the urgency of climate change highlighted by record high global temperatures and extreme weather events, the push to limit global warming is critical. A significant milestone in this effort is China's progress in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, achieving an adoption rate exceeding 35%.

Categories: Articles, Solutions

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How can we find the key to reconnect to Reality? Part 2

How can we find the key to reconnect to Reality? Part 2 Direct Action to connect to the Reality quickly approaching – becoming a “Prepper” If you’ve read part 1 of this reflection you know that we’re about to turn the vague idea that we must “let go” thinking that our current worldview adequately describes the “real world” and to …

Categories: Articles, What are you doing

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How can we find the key to reconnect to Reality? Part 2

A Work-in-Progress toward a Focus Paper on the Whole Economy.—From CACOR Archives.

CACOR Writers Quill Pens
A Work-in-Progress toward a Focus Paper on the Whole Economy. 1997  Series 1  Number 24  Page 23 Diana Smith, Catherine Starrs, and Gail Stewart wrote about their work to develop better economic policies.  In particular, policies ought to be based on understanding and consideration of the biosphere (ecosphere).  They argue for considering the economy as subservient to the ecosphere. Link …

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How well are we doing?

How well are we doing?
Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.

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Breaking News

An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest Challenge for Future Generations’ Health

n the last sixty years, there has been an alarming decline in food quality and a decrease in a wide variety of nutritionally essential minerals and nutraceutical compounds in imperative fruits, vegetables, and food crops. The potential causes behind the decline in the nutritional quality of foods have been identified worldwide as chaotic mineral nutrient application, the preference for less …

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Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries

Form Energy just hit a funding milestone few startups reach, announcing a $405 million Series F financing round on Wednesday that brings its total funding to more than $1.2 billion. That’s a lot of money for a novel long-duration energy storage startup. But it’s commensurate with the challenge it has set for itself — using the chemistry that causes iron to rust to build utility-scale systems capable of cost-effectively …

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The Eight Deadly Sins of Analyzing the Energy Transition

The renewable revolution is advancing at remarkable speed. In fact, the speed of the renewable revolution has defied many leading energy commentators who have continuously underestimated its true trajectory. They have suffered from what statisticians call a systematic bias, that is, an error that consistently skews in one direction. Noise, or a random error, is inherent to forecasting; bias, however, requires a deeper …

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2024 WWF LIVING PLANET REPORT: A System in Peril.

2024 WWF LIVING PLANET REPORT: A System in Peril. CACOR member Ian White circulated this new report in Mid-October 2024. Nature is being lost––with huge implications for us all. Biodiversity sustains human life and underpins our societies. Yet every indicator that tracks the state of nature on a global scale shows a decline. Over the past 50 years (1970–2020), the …

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Everything Electric LONDON 2024 - FULLY CHARGED SHOW EXCEL LONDON - Day 2

My first ever visit to EVERYTHING ELECTRIC in LONDON EXCEL 2024 Day 2. Enjoyed the day and test drove 2 cars (MACH E GT & EV9) Enjoy as there is more videos about heat pump coming up!!! EXCITING LINKS: £5 FREE Charging with Instavolt. Click here: https://driver.emsp.instavolt.co.uk/r... Or Enter LLkIW within the App Octopus Energy: Split £100 with every friend …

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Concrete Products - WJE tests low-carbon, data center slab mixes for tech leaders

The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has tapped construction materials testing and engineering giant Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. (WJE) to measure a set of low embodied carbon concrete mixes for their potential in data center floors. The mixes use supplementary cementitious materials plus a portland cement alternative binder. Derived from feedstocks and commercially available processes, the latter is yet to …

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With new draft rules, Vermont’s clean heat standard faces murky future

Vermont passed its Affordable Heat Act in 2023, marking the official start of the state’s transition from heating homes with fossil fuels to using cleaner alternatives instead — a shift that will be crucial to meeting state climate goals. Last week, Vermont reached a milestone in implementing the law: Its Public Utility Commission (PUC) released draft rules for how the clean heat standard, one of …

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Iceland finds boiling energy under the ice: It is more powerful than photovoltaic and wind combined

While Europe struggles with increasing costs of fossil fuels as well as the shortages of energy, Iceland distinguishes itself as an inspiration of environmental energy procedures. With its distinctive geological composition, Iceland has powered its houses, industries, together with some of the most famous tourist destinations by utilizing geothermal energy. Not only does this obligation to renewable energy exhibit Iceland’s revolution …

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Solar PV with more than 40% efficiency is now achievable.

Just Have a Think Perovskite and silicon appear to be the dream combo for improved efficiency in solar PV technology, with the potential to more than double the performance of anything you may have on your roof today. If you live in America, you can now buy perovskite/ silicon solar panels manufactured in Europe. So what is Perovskite, how does …

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Mysterious form of high-energy radiation spotted in thunderstorms

Mysterious form of high-energy radiation spotted in thunderstorms

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