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October 26, 2024

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Ralph Torrie | Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change |  23 Oct 2024 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Ralph Torrie | Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change | 23 Oct 2024 13:30 ET | CACOR Live

Topic: Old Fashioned Trade War Trumps Climate Change Speaker:   Ralph Torrie Time: Oct 23, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Climate change considerations have been trumped in the decision by Canada to align with punitive American tariffs on affordable electric vehicles from China.  On closer scrutiny, the official rationale for denying Canadians access to affordable EVs does not …

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Ted Manning | Systems Perspective on the Problematique - Can it Provide Understanding? | 30 Oct 2024 | CACOR Live

Ted Manning | Systems Perspective on the Problematique - Can it Provide Understanding? | 30 Oct 2024 | CACOR Live

You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Live meeting. Topic: Systems Perspective on the Problematique  - Can it Provide Understanding? Speaker:  Ted Manning, Ruben Nelson, Andrew Welch Time: Oct 30, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89328223182?pwd=QTdYTXJsTmd6dTY1TitUVVozTmk1QT09 Meeting ID: 893 2822 3182 Passcode: 583497 Summary: CACOR presentations on the global problematique have often focused on global causes (e.g. …

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Doubts and confidence

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. -Theodore Roosevelt, …

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Doubts and confidence

APHA on new government website: The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative

APHA on new government website: The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative
Research To Reduce Health Threats from Climate Change The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative (NIH CCHI) is an urgent, cross-cutting NIH effort to stimulate research to reduce health threats from climate change across the lifespan and build health resilience in individuals, communities, and nations around the world, especially among those at highest risk. Latest from the Climate Change and …

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Powerwalls for parity: Australia’s biggest VPP opens up to community housing

The South Australian Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP), backed by the government and developed by Tesla, is expanding to include low and moderate-income community housing tenants. This initiative aims to provide affordable renewable energy to public housing residents, helping them reduce energy costs significantly.

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Tesla PowerWall batteries

Nuclear Energy and the Global Problematique.—From CACOR Archives.

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Nuclear Energy and the Global Problematique. This paper by Fred Boyd dealt with nuclear power: the use of nuclear energy to produce electricity and the contribution of nuclear power in meeting energy demand. However, there are many other beneficial applications of nuclear science and technology, including radioisotopes for medical diagnosis, medical treatment, food preservation, industrial radiography, well logging, and polymerization. …

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Repurposing old tech to deal with new AI power demand

A startup from Miami has developed a system to provide emissions-free energy for data-intensive AI companies, addressing the projected rise in electricity demand due to the expansion of data centers. Their innovative approach utilizes thermal energy storage and vintage technologies to capture and store solar energy, aiming to deliver reliable clean power at a fraction of current costs.

Categories: Articles, Climate

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All-around hell-raising

All-around hell-raising
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and author (1941-2022)

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Climate Migration

World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move within their countries by 2050 Climate change, while not the sole driver of displacement and migration, increases pressure on existing systems and communities The 2022 floods affected 33 million people in Pakistan. UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen shared this photo of her visit to the Sukkur Barrage …

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Climate Migration

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

Generation Dread - a book about the next generation's eco-anxiety & how we can help

Generation Dread Why the emotional angle on the climate and wider environmental crisis? Have you ever felt real discomfort when buying a plane ticket because you don’t want to fly but another part of you really wants that trip? Have you ever cried upon reading that a species you love is going extinct? Have you ever lost a coastline you …

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Farewell to all solar panels in America: This silent wind turbine gives you 1500 kWh free at home

The silent wind turbine that could change your energy bills forever The LIAM F1 UWT is one of a kind designed by a Dutch startup company known as Archimedes. The LIAM F1 UWT does not look or sound like a conventional wind turbine, which can be noisy and unattractive in large urban environments. Measuring only 1.5 meters in diameter and …

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submarine base placed on its own microgrid

GROTON, Conn. (WTNH) — The Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton is now on its own grid. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the microgrid was held Wednesday — a decade after the work began. “It allows you to generate your own electricity onsite, and use when you need it most, such as during the interruption of power from the …

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The 10 tactics of fascism | Jason Stanley | Big Think

"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists."

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Very Affordable EV coming soon - Aptera Update — August 2024

In August, the team received the essential components for our PI vehicle builds, including the BinC parts and chassis components. The team showcased Aptera to big crowds at the Pebble Beach Automotive Week and will be in San Francisco with US Capital on September 13th.

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The Saboteur's Dilemma: The Risk of Using Proxies for Espionage

The Saboteur's Dilemma: The Risk of Using Proxies for Espionage Analysis Oct 21, 2024 | 17:42 (UTC) The past few weeks have seen a flurry of official Western government statements, media investigations and other reports alleging that multiple foreign countries are increasingly working through proxies to sponsor a wide range of illegal operations, including lethal violence, harassment and intimidation, and …

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OEB Chief Commissioner Mid-Year Update 2024-25

With the first half of fiscal year 2024-25 complete, and as a follow-up to the mid-year review letter sent to you by Ontario Energy Board (OEB) CEO Susanna Zagar on October 10, I am pleased to provide a mid-point update on the OEB’s adjudicative work. Our Adjudicative Dashboard, launched three years ago and updated twice yearly, remains a key indicator …

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Using The James Webb Space Telescope, Canadian Scientists Have Found A Steam World In The Constellation Pisces

A team of Canadian scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to reveal new insights into the atmosphere of an exoplanet orbiting a star in the constellation Pisces about 98 light-years away from Earth. The exoplanet is designated as GJ 9827 d, and the star is GJ 9827. They found that the exoplanet’s atmosphere had a high concentration of …

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Raymond Leury in discussion with another CACOR member on climate change solutions

“You are engaging in wishful thinking that someday (in the future) we will implement existing solutions and somehow do it faster.” My point here is that existing solutions have the two characteristics which make them viable: They technically work – for example, solar, wind, EVs and batteries work very well (as does hydrogen – more on that later) Most of what we need is already the …

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