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CelloMomOnCars

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Climate-friendly cars that fit the planet and the budget - and the cello
Plus climate news

http://www.cellomomcars.com/

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LukeBornheimer, to random
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Bike Bus is in The @washingtonpost 👏

Bike Bus’s positive benefits — environmental, social, health, transportation — are critically needed, and government should do more to enable Bike Bus, including through funding and the installation of protected bike lanes and modal filters.

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CelloMomOnCars,
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@LukeBornheimer

A few years ago we surveyed students of the local high school, asking them to sketch on a map their route to school, and how they get to school.

The number coming in their parents' car was distressingly high (many students hate it), and some parents bring their teen to school from literally half a mile away.

Yes, yes we do need a way for students to walk or bike to school, and safely.

BuT tHe CaR pArKiNg eh.

aaron.rupar, to random

OMG Swalwell refuses to stop talking as Republican try to interrupt his soliloquy about Republicans being in a cult

CelloMomOnCars,
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@aaron.rupar

I was joking to a Canadian friend that Trump would be denied entrance if he tried to visit Canada -- but this ^^ video taught me that there is a long list of countries that deny entrance to felons.

The United States, by the way, is one of them.

https://people.com/donald-trump-barred-entering-37-countries-convicted-felon-8657038

CelloMomOnCars, to renewableenergy
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"Spillage, or , is an expected and efficient feature of systems.

For example, we don’t build additional highway lanes to accommodate traffic for the busiest hour on an Easter weekend.

Coal generators prefer to continue to generate, even at negative prices, rather than completely shut down [which is even more costly. So] renewable energy is spilled, rather than coal shutdown. We actually have a glut of coal, rather than renewables."

https://theconversation.com/should-we-worry-about-wasting-renewable-energy-heres-why-spilling-excess-power-is-expected-and-efficient-229489

CelloMomOnCars, to Korea
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"According to a survey conducted by ’s national weather agency, 89.9 percent of 1,706 respondents said they believe global warming is bringing their country to a crisis ― a result demonstrating an overwhelmingly united public view on the issue.

Even more people (90.1 percent) said they have felt it is already affecting their lives through unusual weather patterns, and a fall in the production of certain grains among other changest."

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/06/113_375945.html

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with and cooling

"The neighborhood will be part of a pilot solution that connects 37 homes and businesses with a highly-efficient, underground heating and cooling system.

Other networked geothermal projects exist in the U.S., including the Texas community of Whisper Valley and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Eversource says this is the first utility-led installation in the U.S."

https://apnews.com/article/geothermal-ground-source-network-heat-pump-climate-emissions-8c4409240fe221e822c24f7d06900364

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"Diplomats meet every June in Bonn to try and advance the stickiest points in climate negotiations so that political leaders can finalize agreements at the year-end COP summit.

At this year's Bonn talks, which run until June 13, the main issue is money — how much wealthy nations should pay to help low-income nations cope with climate change."

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-climate-diplomacy-averted-worst-scenario-but-more-action-needed/7640824.html

CelloMomOnCars,
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"India and the Arab group of countries, led by Saudi Arabia, have said rich countries should provide at least $1 trillion a year, while other developing country governments have repeatedly pointed to needs reaching into the “trillions”."

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/06/03/great-enabler-of-climate-action-un-urges-bonn-progress-on-new-finance-goal/

CelloMomOnCars,
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@JeffC1956

"Spending money on climate" is the framing of the mainstream and conservative media.
The money pipeline is indeed the driver of what happens, and we can keep doggedly subsidising the planet wreckers, or we can direct that money to help vulnerable places become more climate resilient. There is also the justice aspect, within as well as between countries.

As for population: Did you know we're already at peak child?
People - economists - now starting to worry about the "baby bust".

CelloMomOnCars,
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@JeffC1956

There are lessons from Japan, where the total fertility rate has been below 2.1 (the "stable population" rate) since the 1970s.

And soon South Korea, where TFR is now 0.8.
Yes, that means, 0.8 babies per woman on average.

Look up "total fertility rate" for various countries, there are some surprises.

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"Even if nations make good on their net zero promises, ... we are still on track for 2.4°C of global warming.

I know these numbers are hard for most people to absorb, so perhaps the best way to grasp the reality of in Australia is to consider the impacts we’ve already witnessed so far with 1.2°C of global warming."

https://theconversation.com/an-intergenerational-crime-against-humanity-what-will-it-take-for-political-leaders-to-start-taking-climate-change-seriously-231383

CelloMomOnCars, to NewZealand
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This report finds "catastrophic" impact for Wellington, , even for an moderate emissions scenario (global warming reaching between 1.7 and 3.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2100).

  1. Warming of 1.7C is not moderate, at least for Wellington.
  2. Maybe time for reports to include current impacts, which are starting to become clear.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/518624/climate-change-could-have-catastrophic-impact-in-wellington-by-2100-report

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"By 2100, even under a low-emissions scenario, the surface area of endorheic on the will increase by over 50 per cent (around 20,000 sq km [7,722 square miles]) and water levels will rise by around 10 metres [32 feet] relative to 2020. Endorheic lakes, also known as closed lakes, do not have an outlet to drain into.

This has mostly been driven by increases in net precipitation."

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3264833/tibetan-lakes-are-estimated-expand-50-2100-chinese-study

CelloMomOnCars, to california
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"Searing heat and fire danger will quickly ramp up in and the West this week as a summerlike parks over the region. Thermometers will top triple digits for the first time this year in some locations as the early season heat wave sends daily records tumbling."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/03/weather/california-heat-dome-wildfires-west-climate/index.html

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Changes are the Washington Post:

Interim editor is a Wall St Journal guy;
Eventual editor comes from The Telegraph stable.

Later, WaPo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/06/02/sally-buzbee-steps-down-executive-editor-washington-post-matt-murray-rob-winnett-take-editorial-leadership-roles-new-newsroom-structure/

CelloMomOnCars, to Mexico
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Claudia Sheinbaum claims sweeping mandate to become #Mexico's first female president.

A woman, a progressive, and a climate scientist.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/claudia-sheinbaum-claims-sweeping-mandate-become-mexicos-first-female-president-2024-06-03/

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Sheinbaum unveiled her climate platform on March 18, a national holiday commemorating the 1938 nationalization of Mexico’s oil reserves."

50 percent of Mexico’s electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2030;
Investing $13.6 billion in renewable energy;
Nearly 2,400 miles of transmission lines; Expanding on her work as mayor of Mexico City in expanding electrified mass transit via buses and passenger trains.

https://newrepublic.com/article/182099/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-president-climate-scientist

sbarolo, to random
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@sbarolo

"Imma cut emissions by 50% by 2030."

"Captain, it's 2024."

CelloMomOnCars, to renewableenergy
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" accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.

The surge in clean electricity is expected to power a 2% decrease in global fossil fuel generation in the year ahead, according to Ember."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Wind and #solar power generation in the #EuropeanUnion increased by 46% from 2019, when the current European Commission took office, to 2023, displacing a fifth of the bloc's #FossilFuel generation, a report by think tank Ember showed.

Without this expansion, fossil generation would have fallen just 1.9% (21 TWh) instead of 22%."

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/eu-wind-solar-growth-displaces-fossil-fuel-generation-report-says-2024-06-02/
#EnergyTransition

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign
"Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money/

CelloMomOnCars,
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"“It certainly meets the definition of as the founding fathers would have used the term,” Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said about Trump’s audacious $1bn request for big checks to top fossil-fuel executives that took place in April at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Whitehouse added: “The – so called – is so very evident … I can’t think of anything that matches this either in terms of the size of the bribe requested, or the brazenness of the linkages.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/trump-big-oil-campaign-pitch-corruption

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative , foresee at least 2.5C of global heating, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit would be met.

Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

CelloMomOnCars,
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"The #climate #SocialScience community starts their teaching and research where the bulk of the “climate scientists are despairing” type articles end their discussions.

“Hope is a practice.”

"There is a collective feeling of responsibility on the part of climate social scientists to work to advance long-term transformations towards sustainability and justice."

https://theconversation.com/heres-how-climate-social-scientists-are-finding-their-way-in-the-era-of-climate-crisis-229861

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"The Department of Energy on Wednesday announced its initial selection of 10 federal corridors for the development of multistate, ultra-high-capacity electric transmission lines.

And acting under its own authority, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could approve the right-of-way for a power line located within a national interest corridor, overriding the objections of state officials if necessary."

https://www.eenews.net/articles/doe-unveils-critical-grid-corridors-for-biden-climate-goals/

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Twenty-one states are joining a push by the #Biden administration to modernize America’s aging #ElectricGrid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing power generation mix. and severe weather.

In exchange for federal technical and financial assistance opportunities, participating states will “prioritize efforts that support the adoption of modern grid solutions to expand grid capacity and build modern grid capabilities on both new and existing lines.”"

https://alabamareflector.com/2024/05/29/21-states-join-biden-administration-in-bid-to-modernize-nations-aging-grid/

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-fred-gradient-new-york-city-queens-b2510714.html

CelloMomOnCars,
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@dr2chase

Wouldn't that be nice if it came to be.
One well for the whole street sounds like a cheaper way than each individual home owner for themselves.

@Thebratdragon

CelloMomOnCars,
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@Paxxi

I'm just curious: what are the most commonly installed brands in Sweden?

@justafrog

windrunner, to disability
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Has anyone out there in Mastodon land ever bought a van and then later converted it for full wheelchair accessibility? If so, would you please share details?

I'm disabled but ambulatory enough to transfer. We're looking for something with a hoist for now and then be able to put a ramp in later.

Please boost for reach.


CelloMomOnCars,
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@windrunner

Inside Japan, you don't need to convert your van.

Honda, for instance, has several solutions for mobility challenged people, including on-ramps into the back of the van.

https://www.honda.co.jp/ACCESS/welfare/

The Honda Freed is one of several with an optional passenger seat that swivels out and down to street level (!).
https://www.honda.co.jp/ACCESS/welfare/freed_passenger_lift/

(I know, I don't read Japanese either. But I can look at the pictures, AND the URLs are sorta English)

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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“[The report shows that] tackling global will not overshoot global budgets, as is often claimed. Failure to address the power and privilege of the polluter elite will. These are related because reducing carbon consumption at the top can free up carbon space to lift people out of poverty.”

As with many things, distribution, not the average, is the important thing.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/emissions-divide-now-greater-within-countries-than-between-them-study

CelloMomOnCars,
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"There is a growing consensus on the need for some kind of ."

Other possibilities include a levy, and a carbon fee on international .

"This inequality is true not only between developed countries and developing ones, but within each country. Failing to address these inequalities could damage public acceptance of the measures needed to tackle the climate crisis." -- Laurence Tubiana

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/04/global-rich-pay-more-climate-crisis-architect-paris-deal

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