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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The original report is more comprehensive and may answer some of your questions https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/european-electri...
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
Per-capita emissions: US: 14.9 tonnes EU: 6.0 tonnes From https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/co2?facet=none&country=...
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The linked article is poor. The original report covers all the different aspects to the reduction in fossil electricity generation. See https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/european-electri... For a summary
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Solar will supply almost all growth in U.S. electricity generation through 2025(cleantechnica.com)
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Source data https://cms.ferc.gov/media/energy-infrastructure-update-sept...
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I'm going to comment on the post the doomberg article links to: https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2023-2-8-we-must-de... It states: > Jacobson goes on with endless mumbo jumbo about how his fantasy syste
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
This contains data up to Jun 2023 for the EU. https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/eu-fossil-genera... "The first half of 2023 saw a collapse in EU fossil generation, leading to the lowest output on re
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
I'm basing this on the huge increase in battery production. From https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/annual-grid-s... : * Annual grid-scale battery storage additions went from 0.76 GW in 2016 to 11.
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
I'm for more nuclear (a decent amount is generated in the UK), but I think your statement: "So we need something to replace coal, which provides the grid’s base load. That thing can basically only be nuclear at this point." d
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
> Wind and solar are terrific but unreliable. What if it’s not windy or sunny? Battery storage can fill the gap. This blog post makes a good argument why battery storage and over provisioning of renewables could solve this problem - htt
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Polestar will begin testing StoreDot's 5-minute charge battery(arstechnica.com)
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The next paragraph explains the problem with the Cruise AV. >> The [Cruise] vehicle evidently did not detect that the injured pedestrian was trapped underneath the vehicle. The person, who has not been identified, was critically injur
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
This Lex Fridman interview with Greg Lukianoff, the CEO of FIRE organisation mentioned in the article, provides more useful information on the subject matter: https://lexfridman.com/greg-lukianoff/
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
Apologies for the lazy comment (I know I could do the research, but I'm busy atm). I 100% agree this is an affect of caffeine, but I'm also interested in what research on the following shows: 1. How does caffeine compare to other
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Uber starts offering autonomous Waymo rides in Phoenix(engadget.com)
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My experience of roundabouts includes single lanes ones in sleepy residential neighbours all the way up to the infamous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempst... . I'd argue that 1 lane rounda
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Radical new forecast shows how rapidly the energy economy is changing(arstechnica.com)
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I disagree. As a pedestrian, I only have to worry about cars coming from 2 directions (on to/off the roundabout) instead of 4 at an intersection. I'm confused by your comment that drivers merging into a roundabout are too distract
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The article is based on data from https://robbieandrew.github.io/EV/ . You make fair points on how other variables can influence fuel consumption. However, if you look at the "Distance travelled" section there
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The referenced study https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-023-01086-2 says "a mouse model" and "non-human primates": "We show that pGal–antigen therapy induces antigen-specific tolerance in a
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The world’s largest offshore wind farm is getting its first turbines(electrek.co)
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Original Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w
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Vegan diet cuts environmental damage, study shows(theguardian.com)
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My understanding is it's because of lack of house in the places with highest demand. The article gives the following example: "The economist Paul Cheshire notes that between 1980 and 2018 the declining industrial areas of Burnley
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
This article is quite confusing with the links in this article pointing to a press release and tweet from March 2022. Also, I can't find the quote from Tim McPhie. It could be this article is related to this EU publication, but that&#x
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The data on the global Electricity Mix provides evidence there is an energy transition - https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
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Microsoft: 2022 Environmental Sustainability Report(blogs.microsoft.com)
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I'll repost this from another comment reply as it indicates that, in the US, money is not going to natural gas for electricity generation: The FERC "Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2022" [1] reports that between 202
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
The role of gas in replacing coal in the US is now diminishing and could be over in the coming years. The FERC "Energy Infrastructure Update for December 2022" [1] reports that between 2021 Jan - 2022 Dec Wind and Solar additions
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by kieranmaine 3y ago
To reach your value of 36% are you assuming that a gas power plant has a capacity factor of 100%? Depending on the type of gas power plant the capacity factor could be 56.7%, 13.7%, 13.6% or 18.8% based on https://www.eia.gov&#x2

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