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CelloMomOnCars

@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social

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

http://www.cellomomcars.com/

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CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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Quoth the raven, "Just one more"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFBxqLzNIzc


CelloMomOnCars, to Michigan
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Climate Movement Cheers Michigan AG's Plans to Sue Big Oil

"I don't know that there's a bigger issue facing the state of #Michigan than climate change," Nessel told the outlet. "We are talking about billions and billions of dollars in damages and we're already starting to see that on a day-to-day basis. We know this is only going to get worse."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-change-in-michigan

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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" is forecast to see more than usual events in 2024, including heatwaves and hailstorms, as climate change continues to have an impact."

https://asianews.network/climate-change-intensifies-vietnams-extreme-weather-events-in-2024/

AAronL1968, to random
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Adobe Tells Users They Can Be Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

CelloMomOnCars,
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@AAronL1968

Graphic Converter for me.
For $40 you can OWN it, forever.

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Priest, 82, and retired [biology] teacher, 85, smash case holding copy of in environmental protest

"The Magna Carta is rightly revered, being of great importance to our history, to our freedoms and to our laws," Parfitt said. "But there will be no freedom, no lawfulness, no rights, if we allow breakdown to become the catastrophe that is now threatened."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/magna-carta-british-library-environmental-activists-smash-arrest/

These women have my utter respect.

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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Yes, that's ^^ electricity.

Renewables make up about 13% of worldwide primary energy. But remember that for fossil fuels, usable energy (what you need to compare with renewable energy) is 25-40% of primary energy, because fossil fuels are that inefficient. This means that renewables make up significantly more than 13% of the world's usable energy.

https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix

CelloMomOnCars,
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"The US gets just 23 percent of its electricity from .

The [Biden] administration’s ability to mandate a transition to cleaner energy is limited after SCOTUS decided in 2022 that the EPA shouldn’t be allowed to determine how the US generates its electricity. Since then, the ’s long-awaited rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have leaned on getting energy companies to capture carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151375/renewable-energy-global-electricity-report-us-gas

CelloMomOnCars,
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" are meeting 95% of ’s electricity needs.

Fossil gas met just 9 per cent of demand in the first four months of 2024, with gas consumption in the power sector halving compared to the same period in 2023."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/10/renewables-are-meeting-95-of-portugals-electricity-needs-how-did-it-become-a-european-lead

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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US face data challenges, Fed analysis shows

"In the exercise, undertaken over several months in 2023, the central bank aimed to understand how lenders would manage the risks of rising temperatures and changing external policies.

"Participants suggested that climate-related risks are highly uncertain and challenging to measure," the report said."

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/us-bank-climate-change-exam-highlights-data-modelling-challenges-says-fed-2024-05-09/

So banks are flying blind into the climate storm. That really inspires confidence </sarc>

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"Hotter and drier conditions brought on by may lead to a decrease in areas suitable for transmission starting from 2025.

However, the news is not all positive. The decrease in malaria-friendly areas may come at the cost of reduced availability."

https://www.theheritagetimes.com/climate-change-may-reduce-malaria-transmission-in-africa-but-theres-a-catch/

Seems a high price to pay for having fewer mosquitos and less malaria 😥

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"For many decades, the world's have been the Earth's 'get-out-of-jail card' when it comes to .

Not only do they absorb around a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans produce, they also soak up around 90% of the excess heat.

But over the past year, the oceans have displayed the most concerning evidence yet that they are struggling to cope, with the sea surface particularly feeling the heat."

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68921215

Get ready for hurricanes and typhoons.

BruceMirken, to random
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Remember, kids, whatever issues you have with the Democrats -- and I have plenty -- when control things, everything decent turns to s**t. Today's example (h/t @knittingknots2) https://thehill.com/business/4658227-trump-appointed-judge-halts-biden-administration-credit-card-late-fee-cap/

CelloMomOnCars,
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@Paul_stilgar @BruceMirken @knittingknots2

Also Europe:
Want to build EV chargers? Great!
Your charger will take type 2 plugs, and any credit card.

CelloMomOnCars, to brazil
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Fort residents told to be ready to evacuate on short notice due to wildfire threat

" Wildfire MWF-017 is currently classified as out of control at 1,000 hectares."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-evacuation-alert-1.7201442

Fort McMurray is tar sands capital of Canada.

noblessefemina, to random
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So I'm keeping a list of things that are about to be gone or severely restricted (in the next 10 years) due to climate change, so far the list has been growing:

  • Avocadoes
  • Potatoes
  • Olive Oil
  • Cocoa / Chocolate
  • Tomatoes
  • Salmon and pretty much all things from the ocean.
  • Mangoes (added by @337guanacos)
  • Almonds (added by @neverbeaten)

Anything more to add?

CelloMomOnCars,
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@noblessefemina @sashin @keith

Potatoes are shorter, so french fries are shorter when it gets too hot.
(And overall yield goes down).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/05/uk-chips-an-inch-shorter-after-summer-heatwave-report

mekkaokereke, to random
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If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

CelloMomOnCars,
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@mekkaokereke

18 percent of all cars sold worldwide in 2023 were EVs.

https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/executive-summary

But in the US, it's only 6.5%.

https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/articles/percentage-of-electric-cars-in-us.html

Why? Because Americans are by and large offered the most expensive EVs.
Those of us with more modest means get priced out, and the more affordable EVs aren't allowed into the US.

Because profits.

CelloMomOnCars,
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@luxmoore @mekkaokereke @WeeDramAtic

I think having a captive audience in a Drive Or Die society helps you sell cars period. And I suppose you could in that case get away with leaving the smallest cars out of your lineup, because people must buy a car anyway.

But American lawmakers have been complicit in that outcome for decades.
David Zipper: "The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars"

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution

CelloMomOnCars,
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@dr2chase @InkySchwartz @mekkaokereke @WeeDramAtic

The EV revolution comes on TWO wheels.
(American media tends to miss that, being in a car centric culture).
Here's a threadlet:
https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/110514322162088397

(Disclosure: I have a summer bike, a winter bike, a shopping bike, a touring bike, a romancing CelloDad bike.
It's one and the same bike.)
All I need is real - real safe - bike infrastructure.

CelloMomOnCars,
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@dr2chase @jbenjamint

That's me also: errands and romancing, as I'm not the athletic type. I only go to the next town if there's a good meal to be had over there.
But we do it down to 10F and up to 95F.
(I was on a bike at 0F once, that was nippy).

CelloMomOnCars,
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@dr2chase @NewNordicNormal @InkySchwartz @mekkaokereke @WeeDramAtic

Many public transit buses now have bike racks on the front: that's how I get to the faraway bike shop.
(Try it: it's awesome. Also gets you to faraway parks, other cities, etc. Bus drivers are super nice and help me lift my e-bike up).

For simple repairs that I can't handle myself I call my itinerant bike repair guy: he comes and does the job at my house. I found him after my favourite bike teenagers have gone to college 🙂

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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The need for protopia fiction:
"Protopias are achievable. They present a realistic, better tomorrow."

"Murdoch could not find a single YA show or book that portrayed a positive vision of the future, at least not a plausible one that didn't involve superheroes or dragons."

"Really, the last time we dreamed about a better future was Star Trek," she said. "It was 1964."

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1240026582/dystopias-are-so-2020-meet-the-new-protopias-that-show-a-hopeful-future

CelloMomOnCars,
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@susankayequinn

Wow what a great collection!
I will start exploring.
Thanks!

GreenFire, to random
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Yet another 🧵 1 of 7

So, I know I keep saying that I'll drop out of the U.S. campus anti-Joe Biden protest movement debate. I jumped in since I worry so much about our climate crisis that anything that might help out the GOP is something to worry about.

I've seen now how small the anti-Biden movement actually is despite how loud they are I'm not so worried except that since I monitor what motivates voters in the USA the true tiny size of this crowd may belie their political danger.

CelloMomOnCars,
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@GreenFire

I'm curious to know what makes you say the anti-Biden movement is loud but small? (I mean, I know they're loud).

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"After four decades of war, ranks as one of the countries least prepared to face the effects of , which is spurring extreme weather and warping natural environments.

Foreign aid to Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban takeover in 2021, with donors wary of backing a government considered a pariah, leaving poor and climate-vulnerable communities further exposed."

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/taliban-government-joins-climate-change-talks-for-first-time-5516129

CelloMomOnCars,
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"More than 300 people were killed in that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the UN's World Food Programme said Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.

Many people remain missing after heavy rains Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land in several provinces, causing what one aid group described as a "major humanitarian emergency"."

https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2194645.html

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Stranded Assets Thread

Big Oil and its allies are attacking the International Energy Agency for forecasting a relatively imminent peak in fossil-fuel demand and the rapid uptake of

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-25/climate-change-iea-critics-are-wrong-about-energy-security

The fossil fuel industry is shooting the messenger, because the message contains the words "stranded assets".
If the banks hear that message, that industry is DONE.

CelloMomOnCars,
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Shut down the

"The 15th annual Banking on Climate Chaos (BOCC) report looked at how the top 60 in the world are underwriting and lending to over 4,200 firms.

Since the Paris Agreement to limit global warming was signed in 2016, these banks have financed fossil fuels with $6.9 trillion (€6.4 trillion). The report says $3.3 trillion (€3 trillion) - almost half of this amount - went towards fossil fuel expansion alone."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/13/banks-are-propping-up-the-fossil-fuel-industry-to-the-tune-of-65-trillion-new-report-finds

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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We really need to stop buying into the argument that are "radical" or "destructive". The opposite is true: the nature of the protests have been peaceful and, on the whole, pretty tame.

The idea that, say, sitting on a road is "radical", "extreme" and "criminal" came from a bunch of aligned think tanks, parroted by the media.
Reject them.

The framing needs to be: Fossil fuel companies are radical, extreme, criminal.


https://newrepublic.com/article/175488/meet-shadowy-global-network-vilifying-climate-protesters

CelloMomOnCars,
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"An assortment of conservative and far-right politicians started using words like "criminal" and "terrorist" to describe the activists, seeking to spark a debate about the line between activism and extremism."

It's effective:
"It was just so smartly all put together that (the crackdown) just slowly suffocated us and didn't punch us off the street.
So we kind of reached a maximum amount of people that are ready to take that risk upon themselves."

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/article/christian-and-his-friends-have-taken-direct-action-over-climate-change-theyve-been-labelled-criminals/gwhlipga1

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