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Stay Informed
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CACOR's weekly newsletter
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Welcome to Stay Informed, CACOR's weekly newsletter. It contains all the latest updates to the CACOR Website. Signup and previous weekly newsletters are available here.
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The complete list of the CACOR Zoom series from
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presentation #1 on 2020-04-15 to the spring of 2023
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To CACOR Members:
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"A CACOR group focused on GHG reduction techniques integrated into a plan to survive an extinction event." If any CACOR member wishes to join this group, contact Richard van der Jagt or Art Hunter.
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Archived Articles Revisited:
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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Speaker: Dr. Jack Alpert Topic: A non-injury producing civilization (part 2) of three parts. Time: Oct 5, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: Our civilization is not viable. It is headed for collapse. It's going to injure most of the people and much of the environment living this century. Governments, religions, economies cannot find or will not pull the levels …
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You are invited to a scheduled CACOR Zoom meeting #118 Speaker: Dr. Nicole Morgan Topic: Famine as a Mass Destruction Weapon Time: Oct 12, 2022 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88506153661?pwd=NUxTN0ZJZ2F2cFlXWTVQVWNtZnIxdz09 Meeting ID: 885 0615 3661 Passcode: 767821 Summary: Dr Morgan will present an update of a previous CACOR conference held on October 16th 2018 …
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The Environmental Consequences of War ENVIRONMENT,WORLD 01/03/2022 V. RAMANA DHARA A satellite image shows grass fires and damages at Antonov Airport in Hostomel, Ukraine, February 27, 2022. Photo: Maxar Technologies/Reuters Health impacts of conventional and unconventional war range from physical and mental injuries, and loss of life in the hundreds to millions. The world’s armies have been known to produce …
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Categories: Articles, Trending
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There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (30 Sep 1928-2016)
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Categories: Articles, Quotes
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In September 2002, T.D. Dougherty (CACOR member) exchanged emails with the Office of the Prime Minister (PMO) regarding Canada's on-going production and use of fossil fuels (oil, bitumen, natural gas, and coal). So often in the recent past, when CACOR has communicated with political offices such as the PMO, we have either received no personal response or acknowledgement. At most, …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Writers
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From soaring coastal redwoods to dinosaur-era Wollemi pines and firs that make the perfect Christmas trees, even our most revered woody plants are in an awful lot of trouble. But it turns out that losing some species won't just endanger local forests; it will threaten entire ecosystems, says a new study. Last year, a global assessment titled State of the World's Trees found a shocking one-third of all …
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Categories: Articles, Climate
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The Alarm Bells of Civilizational Collapse Are Ringing — But Are We Listening? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gni10l3nWZo Right about now, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed. With all the chaos out there. This is the Age of Too Much Chaos. Every day brings a new catastrophe, it seems, and with it, an ever-mounting sense of dread, urgency, anger, and helplessness — the weird, upsetting feelings …
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Categories: Articles, CACOR Groups
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Globally, the electricity sector is shifting from large, centralized grids powered by fossil fuels to smaller and smarter renewable local networks. By: By Soheil Mohseni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Alan Brent, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington One area of strong interest is “energy arbitrage”, which allows users to buy and store electricity when it is cheaper and …
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Categories: Articles, Solutions
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Europeans are opening their energy bills with trepidation these days, bracing for hefty price hikes as utility companies pass on the surging cost of natural gas, oil and electricity tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Many are trying to conserve by turning down the heat and shutting off lights this winter. Not so the people of Feldheim, population 130. Located about an …
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Categories: Articles, What are you doing
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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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This is an excerpt from The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg to be published on October 27 in the UK and early 2023 in North America Writers and activists including Thomas Piketty, Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben suggest positive steps we can take now. A short and powerful read.
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Just Have a Think Utility scale batteries have been dismissed by some as no more than a useful bolt-on to our existing electricity grids to help with a little bit of demand stabilisation here and there. But dramatic cost reductions, improved efficiencies, and a plethora of new innovations in how to store energy that can be delivered into the grid …
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HONOLULU, Hawaii — In March, Oahu, the most populous island in Hawaii, launched a grand experiment to pay households for sharing clean power from home batteries during the island grid’s high-demand hours. Six months in, nearly 1,800 families have heeded the call, while concerns about the long-term certainty of the compensation scheme have kept others away. The Battery Bonus program offers thousands of dollars of …
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Just Have a Think Concrete accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions and it's usage is set to skyrocket in the coming decades as the world's population grows and moves towards more urban environments. So removing carbon from the process is a crucial part of the climate mitigation challenge. And now, several start-up companies have stepped up to meet that …
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Vermont is well advanced in microgrid development. COLCHESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - Green Mountain Power says it’s changing the traditional electric grid to focus on storing and spending energy through batteries across the state. The programs are centered around using Tesla Powerwall batteries in peoples’ homes and large microgrids to pull energy on peak days and create weather-resilient communities. The goal …
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Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) has reported producing its first renewable hydrogen in a microgrid. The microgrid project, named the Innovation Experience, is located in Downey in the southeast of Los Angeles and features a 185m2 home that can use hydrogen on a 24/7/365 basis. Solar panels will provide power, with the excess converted into green hydrogen, which can then be …
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The objective of this presentation is to introduce a fair and effective means to assist in climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience while reversing the cost escalation of electrical energy for ALL Ontario consumers. MICROGRIDS NOW on Vimeo
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At its heart, Tesla is a hardcore technology company. I was stunned at how Tesla grinds performance and efficiency at every level, with design for manufacturing in mind. Chips, busbars, memory, data transfer, compilers, thermal management, etc...Dojo addresses every process. For FSD, the transformation of neural net architecture over the past two years reveals Tesla's willingness to abandon inferior strategies …
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