When you start to ask more targeted questions, the research tends to concur. “If you say, ‘Is climate change an important priority?,’ you get about two-thirds of people who agree with that,” Matthew Burgess, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, told me. “If you say,...
Trump is struggling to stay awake. His eyes were closed for a short period. He was jolted awake when Todd Blanche, his lawyer, nudged him while sliding a note in front of him.
There’s already some storage: its the #1 source of electricity during the evening peak, but realistically, we’re going to want enough renewables that we sometimes see curtailment
It’s more that people are confused about what an cost-optimal system looks like — if you’re building around renewables, it means there will inherently be periods of excess production, where we’re forced to curtail production, and spill sunshine or wind, and the price drops to zero or below. In California, that means the springtime, when there’s a lot of sunshine, combined with moderate temperatures. There will also be periods where energy is relatively scarce (nighttime winter heating, hot days with lots of AC running) and the price is high.
Yeah, California’s utility-scale storage can only absorb 6GW for about four hours. Will probably be double that by end of year, but still needs a fair bit more to handle the full daily cycle. You can see what that looks like in practice on the CAISO web site showing how electricity was supplied on April 21, 2024
It takes a fair bit of effort to preserve trees during construction; you need to actively fence off the root area, and make sure that nobody drives heavy equipment there or dumps piles of debris on top of roots.
California wants to harness more than half its land to combat climate change by 2045. Here's how (www.latimes.com)
Archived copies of the article: archive.today ghostarchive.org
Are Pollsters Getting Climate Change Wrong? Why climate might be a more powerful election issue than it seems. (heatmap.news)
When you start to ask more targeted questions, the research tends to concur. “If you say, ‘Is climate change an important priority?,’ you get about two-thirds of people who agree with that,” Matthew Burgess, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, told me. “If you say,...
Three Places Changing Quickly to Fight Climate Change | Paris is becoming a city of bikes. Across China, people are snapping up $5,000 electric cars. (www.nytimes.com)
Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet? In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart. (www.nytimes.com)
Underground Thermal Energy Networks May Be About to Have Their Moment (www.wsj.com)
These climate-friendly heating-and-cooling systems are drawing support from states, cities, utilities and developers
These 150-foot-high sails could help solve shipping’s climate problem | Harnessing the power of wind could both reduce emissions from cargo ships and extend the life of these vessels (wapo.st)
I’ll also note that in an all-renewables world, we’ll need a lot less shipping — about 40% of shipping today is moving fossil fuels around.
Beaverland: interview with author Leila Philip (climatewaterproject.substack.com)
How Tabloids Used ‘Catch-and-Kill’ to Trade on Secrets of Celebrities (www.nytimes.com)
We Regulate a Tiny Fraction of the 12,000 ‘Forever Chemicals.’ There’s a Better Way. (www.nytimes.com)
How Trump has become angrier and more isolated on Truth Social (wapo.st)
Clean Creatives: Over 1,000 advertising and PR firms promise to reject fossil fuel clients (www.businessgreen.com)
Opinion | An Octopus Took My Camera, and the Images Changed the Way I See the World (www.nytimes.com)
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power (wapo.st)
I’ll note that right now, this is a seasonal issue, associated with moderate springtime temperatures when there is a lot of sunshine available.
Live Updates: Opening Statements to Begin in Trump’s Criminal Trial (www.nytimes.com)
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Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants (apnews.com)
What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There (www.nytimes.com)
Why Aren’t We Saving the Urban Forests? (www.nytimes.com)