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GreenFire

@GreenFire@mstdn.social

Rule-of-law Democrat

Started using Mastodon Jan. 7th, 2022 after getting suspended from Twitter. Moved from climatejustice.social .

Ask me if you don't understand why I have any of my opinions, but don't just tell me that I am wrong without preparing to defend yours with facts.

toots may just be hot air.

Pronouns are he/him

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. ~ Thomas Paine

I do #ClimateCrisis #JustSayin #ClimateProgress, #ClimateSolutions etc.

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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.

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3 of 7

Please keep in mind that even unintended consequences can cause real harm.

Advice for Protesters and especially professors:

  1. Participants and provocateurs outside your campus may not have your best interests in mind.

  2. The US/Israel relationship is complicated. Deteriorating relations have the potential to cause unrest throughout the Middle East, (even worldwide).

  3. The problem isn’t the Israeli people, the problem is Benjamin Netanyahu. He is a narcissist and a fascist.

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Not many people on social media know what I'm talking about when you use the term, working fluids, but I'm hoping to change that.

For every 1kW of electrical input, Heat2O offers threefold hot water output with a temperature of 176°F (80°C), even at freezing outdoor conditions at -13°F (-25°C), said Fischer. He added, “The future of heating is here, and it’s more sustainable than ever.”

I want CO2 to become our main working fluid instead of our main GHG! https://r744.com/atmo-america-mitsubishi-electric-cites-70-heating-cost-reduction-for-co2-heat-pump-water-heater/

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California Governor Gavin Newsome is proposing a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction.

The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms -- while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:

  1. Raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21

  2. Universal background checks

  3. A reasonable waiting period for gun purchases

  4. Banning the civilian purchase of assault weapons

I agree.

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As you think about whether or not to help get Democrats elected or to just let whatever happens happen, please keep in mind that ALL of the Republican nominees publicly called climate change a hoax the other night and today the entire town of Maryville, Louisiana is being evacuated because of

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It should be easy to connect solar systems to your home. That’s why U.S. Department of Energy, through their Incubator program and with help from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, partnered with industry to create an online price and component comparison website.

This tool makes it easy to shop around for installers, solar panels, batteries, inverters, and more, to help save time, money, and energy. https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/articles/eere-success-story-doe-funding-helps-build-one-stop-shop-rooftop-pv-systems

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In July 2022, the price of a used Tesla Model Y (2021 model year) was $71,000. Today, it’s $32,000, reports Edmunds. Most remarkably, a used Tesla Model 3 is now cheaper than the average used gasoline vehicle.

Because of sophisticated cooling hardware and management software, most batteries are expected to outlive their car. Replacing the battery is unlikely to pay the full price of $6,500 to $20,000 cost. Warranty policies generally cover batteries when they fall below 75% of original capacity

GreenFire, to solar
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Did you know that putting floating solar on only 10% of the surface of all the reservoirs that humans have built could provide 110% of the electricity that we now are producing? Well, now you do.

#WeCanDoThis #Solar #PV #EnergyTransition

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It just seems so obvious to me that the anti-Joe Biden violence being ginned up is Kremlin agitprop like so much of the BLM stuff was in 2020 trying to help out the GOP that it's hard for me to keep quiet even though it's certainly not going to make me any friends.

Hopefully enough Americans will choose the boring old policy wonk instead of going for the populist Putinist again this year but it seems about every third social media post is anti-Biden so I'm worried.

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More climate progress in that a major news outlet is recognizing how important Biden's transition of the USA away from fossil fuels is:

Jigar Shah, Biden's director of the Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy, has been named by Time as one of 2023's 100 most influential people.

In his usual humble manner he gives the credit to Secretary Granholm and President Biden.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2024/04/11/the-next-phase-of-electricity-decarbonization-planned-power-capacity-is-nearly-all-zero-carbon/

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Nikkki Haley and all the other Republicans will still be supporting the GOP nominee because the fossil fuel industry is paying them to do that.

I think that should be enough reason for everyone to stop attacking Democrats, but regrettably mine seems to be a minority opinion sadly so I'm nervous as hell about elections this year still sadly.

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Between 2018 and 2022, CO2 emissions from all sources across the San Francisco Bay Area dropped about 1.8% annually, a decrease the researchers attribute to the rise in EVs.

The Bay Area has the highest EV adoption rate in the country: last year, electric cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs made up nearly 40% of new auto registrations in San Jose and 34% in San Francisco.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c09642

#ClimateSolutions #CleanAir #EnergyTransition #EVs

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Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has become far and away the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid. This marks the first time that a European country has held the top spot since the Harry S. Truman administration directed vast sums into rebuilding the continent through the Marshall Plan after World War II.

This chart right here makes it so clear that all these efforts to downplay the aid that the U.S. has provided to are Russian political technology driven.
@anderspuck

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If you're wondering why there's such a vigorous opposition to EVs, it's because of all of the people that get rich off of selling oil.

Oil producers have seen demand for their products increase continually for decades and they don't want to lose that gravy train.

The best way to put them out of business is for everyone to transition away from fossil fuels as fast as they possibly can.

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Kentucky's supermajority of Republicans in our legislature just overrode the governor's veto of their bill mandating that coal power plants to continue polluting.

All over the country we have local efforts funded by the #FossilFools doing everything they can to delay #ClimateAction

We desperately need to make the transition away from fossil fuels a local issue in as many communities as we possibly can because when it comes right down to it all climate action is local.

#ClimateSolutions

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A Chinese specialist on Russia has delivered a grim forecast for Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine: that it is doomed to fail.

Peking University professor Feng Yujun is also cooling on the future of Beijing-Moscow relations, writing in a recent op-ed in The Economist that the two nations have diverging visions of the future of global affairs.

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Greece now has so much solar that they're starting to offer cheaper electricity between 11:00 and 16:00

Due to the high efficiency and large number of photovoltaic systems in Greece, it is becoming more and more common for these alternative energy sources to have to be temporarily taken off the network during the day in order to keep the electricity supply stable and to avoid power failures.

Greece has a further 16 gigawatts of renewable capacity currently under construction.

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House Speaker Republican Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that his office notified Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer’s staff the day before that if the Senate leader does not sign the draft invitation for Netanyahu by Tuesday, he will proceed with inviting the Israeli prime minister to address just the House. The Speaker, however, noted that he would invite senators to attend the speech.

Republicans just don't care what damage they cause in their quest for power sadly.

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Emission reductions in the U.S. have provided $249 billion in climate and health benefits.

Yet another example of the cost of climate action being far, far less than the cost of climate inaction, financially and ethically.

Berkeley Lab's Innovative Methodology Reveals $249 Billion in Climate and Air Quality Benefits from Wind and Solar Energy - SolarQuarter:
https://solarquarter.com/2024/05/31/berkeley-labs-innovative-methodology-reveals-249-billion-in-climate-and-air-quality-benefits-from-wind-and-solar-energy/

GreenFire,
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@TonyStark
Trump has told oil execs he would:

-Immediately expand drilling

-Gift the industry $110 billion in tax breaks

-Reverse environmental protections in exchange for $1 billion in campaign contributions

Yet there are people that will say that there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans so they're not voting.

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Questions asked, questions answered:

The man who once worked to connect Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff to Russia is now chief of staff to Marjorie Taylor Greene.

This is a 2022 article, but our mainstream media has the attention span of squirrels for the most part sadly.

“Do you think Americans give a fuck about Ukraine?!”

—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking to NPR broadcaster Mary Louise Kelly in January 2020
https://newrepublic.com/article/165782/republicans-putin-history-relationship-manafort

TonyStark, to random
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Very tired of suspending accounts rooting on Iran bombing people. And no, none of them are right wing, at least not self-described as such anyway.

Unreal.

GreenFire,
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@TonyStark
I'm getting more and more confident that a big part of why so many people on the left side of the aisle have started to embrace Jihadism has got to be a coordinated FSB political technology campaign.

At yesterday's Trump rally, he paused his rant in order to allow some of the ones right behind him to start a chant of

When both the right and left are chanting the same lies that indicates some nefarious crap to me.

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Compromise is government is normal. Non-compromising extremism isn’t.

House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel, breaking long congressional stalemate | PBS NewsHour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-passes-new-61-billion-aid-package-for-ukraine-after-long-congressional-stalemate

GreenFire,
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@TonyStark @JamesRhodes
Far too many Americans have no clue about geopolitical ramifications that a superpower has to juggle in order to avoid terrible suffering. They are quick to blame the USA for anything wrong in the world though like we control it all though. I've learned a lot about us and overseas these last few years I too must admit.

MTG's chief of staff has a long history with Russia. She was a perfect target for Putin to turn into a useful idiot.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-ed-buckham-abramoff

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Now it's always a good time to decarbonize and the sooner the better, but unless you totally can't swing it now would be a good time to do it in order to get a quicker return on investment.

GreenFire,
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Speaking of investing in decarbonization, did you know that a 2024 Nissan Leaf EV only costs $500 more than a 2024 Toyota Prius gas burner? That's what they say in this story.

GreenFire, to random
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Trump's bond requirement reduction by 60% is frustrating, but is probably a common compromise in our courts. It does not mean that our justice system is broken.

It's certainly a system in which the wealthy and privileged get more breaks than does the average Joe, but that's been a problem that we've had since before the Magna Carta so there's no need to throw up your hands and quit now. We can make progress, but we have to acknowledge that it's going to take a lot of hard work.

GreenFire,
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Oh yeah, this was a nice court ruling today.

Judge dismisses Elon Musk's suit against hate speech researchers.

ELoon sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate after the group published a series of reports detailing an uptick of hate speech on Twitter.

Musk's suit, "is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose," wrote U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in his Monday ruling, "This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech."

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Democrats are willing to take on the fossil fuel industry.

If you are attacking Democrats than you are a useful idiot for the fossil fuel industry,

GreenFire,
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Climate denial and legislative obstruction have
forestalled meaningful government action to avert climate change, “the defining crisis of our time.”

In letters to CEOs of oil & gas companies, Rep. Raskin of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability said, "I write to request any information you may have about quid pro quo financial agreements related to U.S. energy policy that were reportedly proposed at a recent campaign fundraising dinner with ex-President Trump."

https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fossil_fuel_report1.pdf

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FPOTUS Trump has promised to end offshore wind in the USA if he's elected and every Republican supports this position because the fossil fuel industry owns the GOP even more than does the NRA!

Do you want to know why the fossil fuel industry is so opposed to offshore wind? There's enough offshore wind capacity to power the U.S. FOUR times over that's why.

The entire goal of the GOP is to protect FF industry profits. So if you are not supporting Democrats you're supporting global warming!

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