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I completely agree with this sentiment. We should either remove the sulfur scrubbers from ships, start solar dimming around the poles, or both. It's an emergenc
by TSiege 3y ago
I completely agree with this sentiment. We should either remove the sulfur scrubbers from ships, start solar dimming around the poles, or both. It's an emergency and we're feeling the shocks right now.
Another example, the war in Ukraine is accelerating the clean energy revolution in Europe, cutting down on air pollution. How's that going to help their drought? Will the EU act on national interests?
- bee_rider 3y agoWhat’s the implied EU national interests here? Start some geo-engineering projects unilaterally?
- TSiege 3y agoYes
- hutzlibu 3y ago"Another example, the war in Ukraine is accelerating the clean energy revolution in Europe, cutting down on air pollution." Maybe in the long run it helps, but right now, not really: "European coal-fuelled power generation climbed last year as countries scrambled to replace Russian gas, but the increase was smaller than feared as renewable energy helped to plug the gap, ...Outright coal generation in the EU increased by 7%, or 28 terawatt hours (TWh), in 2022, pushing up power sector CO2 emissions by nearly 4%." https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-coal-rebound-smaller-than-feared-2022-energy-crunch-2023-01-31/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-coal-rebound-smal...
- bee_rider 3y agoAlso tanks get bad gas mileage. But the Ukrainians seem to have a lot of fight in them, and we are willing and able to support them solo from the US. So, I suspect the fastest path, of the options that the EU can actually pick from, is: maximum support, get it over with.
- TSiege 3y agoThis is likely season/already out of date https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/11/crossover-solar-wind-power-producing-more-electricity-than-fossil-fuels-in-eu/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/11/crossover-solar-wind-po...