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CelloMomOnCars

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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 india
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"A brutal #heatwave swept swathes of northwest #India on Friday, with maximum temperatures soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in southwest #Delhi's Najafgarh, making it the warmest place in the country."

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/intense-heat-wave-scorches-northwest-india-najafgarh-in-delhi-warmest-at-47-4-degrees-celsius-622140

CelloMomOnCars, to Europe
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hit by severe in the north and heatwaves in the south

"Heavy rainfall and storms wreak havoc across northern Italy, France and Germany, whilst southern Italy endures an unseasonal .

Milan recorded an unprecedented 130mm of rain in a single day, resulting in flash floods not seen in over 170 years."

https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/18/europe-hit-by-severe-floods-in-the-north-and-heatwaves-in-the-south

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@tmstreet

That's a good sign though: FINALLY the mainstream news outlets are giving climate change the attention it needs.

Now to connect that to what Biden is proposing, and what Trump is proposing. I haven't seen too much of that in the news yet, so it's DIY climate communication in this election year.

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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Eight arrested after activists breach German airport

"Climate group said six individuals had seated themselves on airport asphalt at 4:45 a.m. local time (0245 GMT) to block planes, and it criticised Berlin for subsidising at the expense of .

Germany's transport minister, Volker Wissing, said new laws were needed to punish such actions as criminal, with up to two years in prison. Current laws classify them as minor offences."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/munich-airport-faces-delays-after-climate-activists-breach-runway-2024-05-18/

CelloMomOnCars,
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Climate activists glue themselves at airport to protest pollution caused by flying

"The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying, the most polluting form of transportation.

[accused] the German government of “downplaying” the negative effects of flying on the environment instead of “finally acting sincerely.”"

https://apnews.com/article/munich-airport-blocked-climate-protest-last-generation-8c74ab7f56f5cf419c50ae050a3802e8

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"According to a recent survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter International, a staggering 91% of Indians are worried about , and an impressive 86% support the government’s ‘Net Zero’ commitment to reduce ’s carbon pollution to nearly zero by 2070."

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-write-wing/rising-tide-of-climate-concern-in-india-a-positive-shift-towards-sustainability/

CelloMomOnCars, to HashtagGames
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Burning Down The House is what happens when the MAGA wing control the speaker


CelloMomOnCars, to random
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Vote in a right-wing government, get more gas production.

"The incoming Dutch government said on Thursday it will aim to expand offshore natural gas extraction and nuclear energy production as part of plans to reduce the Netherlands' dependence on "unreliable countries.""

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-dutch-coalition-aims-more-offshore-gas-extraction-nuclear-energy-2024-05-16/

As if Dutch wind is an unreliable resource.
(You can count on it to blow. Usually in the opposite direction in which you're biking).

CelloMomOnCars,
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"In recent years there has at least been a so-called Klimaatakkoord (climate agreement). Wilders and his allies may now slash subsidies on electric cars and solar panels, increase North Sea gas extraction, raise motorway speed limits, give farmers cheaper diesel and halt the closure of large livestock farms. The new government will be perhaps the most environmentally unfriendly in Europe – a bold move for a country in which millions of people live below sea level."

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2024/05/geert-wilders-new-dutch-government-eu

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@precariousmind

Yeah. The one at Borssele is built on land that's all of 3m above the current sea level.

https://ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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New Meta-Study Confirms The Effectiveness Of Carbon Pricing

"A study led by the climate research institute MCC in Berlin found that systems contributed to a reduction in ranging from 5% to 21% during their initial years of implementation."

https://carbonherald.com/new-meta-study-confirms-the-effectiveness-of-carbon-pricing/

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"The paper places a much higher estimate on economic losses than previous research, calculating a to be $1,056 per ton. This compares to a range set out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that estimates the cost to be around $190 per ton.

The cost of transitioning away from and curbing the impacts of , while not trivial, pale in comparison to the cost of climate change itself."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report

CelloMomOnCars, to China
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"Around $200 billion was invested in manufacturing worldwide in 2023 — a 70 percent increase from 2022. China alone accounted for three-quarters of this investment.

As of last year, Chinese factories churned out more than 80 % of the world’s solar modules and battery cells, as well as nearly 65 % of wind nacelles and 56 % of electrolyzers.

is currently the lowest-cost location for producing all of these five key clean technologies."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-manufacturing/chart-global-clean-energy-manufacturing-by-the-numbers

CelloMomOnCars,
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@porrporr

For now, things like wind turbines are produced with fossil fuels., that's true. Once made, they go on producing 30 times more clean energy than the fossil fuels the energy required to make them. So that's a clear win, already. And eventually the manufacturing will also switch to renewable energy.

As for the blood part, I make no statement about that.

elziax, to random
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Ja, lachen al die memes met "Sorry, Pieter". Maar ondertussen krijgen wij waarschijnlijk "de meest milieuonvriendelijke" regering van Europa. Besef dat je (klein)kinderen mede hierdoor worden gedwongen om vluchtelingen te worden, en je stopt met lachen. https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2024/05/geert-wilders-new-dutch-government-eu

CelloMomOnCars,
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@elziax

Zo depri.
Zometeen worden de fietspaden nog van de baan gedaan. Wegens wegverbreding.

🤮

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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"Searing #heatwaves could be a common theme this summer in parts of the United States and might make it one of the hottest on record, according to an updated outlook released Thursday by The Weather Company and Atmospheric G2.

The West Coast, from California to southwest Washington, might be the exception. "

https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2024-05-15-summer-forecast-temperatures-united-states

CelloMomOnCars,
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Early installment:
"Record-breaking heat has struck South #Florida this week and will persist into the weekend, bringing the heat index up to 109 degrees and unusually hot weather to parts of the state not usually seen until the summer months."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/05/16/key-west-hits-115-degree-heat-index-in-may--as-us-prepares-for-another-extremely-hot-summer/?sh=6cb7484c95a3
#heatwave

CelloMomOnCars, to climate
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"While belief in has waned a bit nationally, 90% of Floridians still believe it’s real, according to a recent survey by Atlantic University.

Most Floridians — nearly 70% — want both the state and federal governments to do more to address climate change, the study found."

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/05/14/90-of-floridians-think-climate-change-is-real-much-higher-than-across-the-u-s/

CelloMomOnCars,
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The shade throwing in this title:
"Failed Trump rival bans offshore wind from US state"

https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/failed-trump-rival-bans-offshore-wind-from-us-state/2-1-1645571

CelloMomOnCars,
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More shade (plus real and serious consequences):

"The bill also ends clean-energy grants and fuel-efficiency standards for government vehicles, encourages more natural-gas use and outlaws wind farms (not that hurricane-prone Florida will ever have any).

As a result of DeSantis ending climate change by fiat, we can expect dozens of insurance companies to return to his state immediately. (As of this writing, no insurance companies had returned to Florida.)"

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-18/florida-governor-ron-desantis-solved-climate-change?srnd=opinion

CelloMomOnCars,
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Meanwhile:

Sea levels are starting to rise faster. Here’s how much South Florida is expecting

"Sea levels are rising, swamping roads and homes in South . And it’s picked up the pace in recent years.

It took about 80 years for the first foot. The second one will only take 30 years. The next, 20 years. And Florida could see the next foot in merely a decade after that."

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article288522659.html

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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The Drowning South: The new face of #flooding

Rains fall harder, seas are rising.

"In the Fowl River’s case, unusually high tides slowed floodwaters as they went downstream to drain. This increased the water’s depth and flooded a wide expanse — even several miles upstream. The result was deluged roads, washed out cars and damaged houses from a flood that was larger, deeper and longer-lasting due to #RisingSeas."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/flooding-sea-level-rise-gulf-coast/

CelloMomOnCars,
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are swarming around Houston. The future could bring even more.

"After flood-inducing rain pummeled much of over the past few weeks, another sort of inundation is now swamping the Houston region: Mosquitoes. Lots of them. More than many longtime residents can ever remember.

In tests last week, between 50 and 70 mosquitoes a minute were landing on staffers in some spots in Harris County, Vigilant said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/18/houston-mosquitoes-storms-flooding/

GuettisKnippse, to photography
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#guettisknippse hat was neues!
Ab heute präsentiere ich unter dem hashtag #AufderAnderenSeite Orte meiner Heimatstadt Flensburg, die man gewöhnlich nicht sieht, wenn man als Tourist durch die Straßen geht. Ich werde Hinterhöfe, kleine Gassen und all das fotografieren, was man normalerweise eher übersehen möchte.
Den Anfang macht die Rückseite eines der meistbesuchten Plätze in Flensburg: Der Nordermarkt - von vorn hübsche Häuser mit prächtigen Fassaden, auf der anderen Seite ganz gewöhnliches und vielleicht aus ein bisschen unansehnliches.
(ein bisschen spät vielleicht für den #FensterFreitag, aber gestern war ich einfach noch nicht fertig. 😉)
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𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 - Hinter dem Haus gibt es keinen Glamour.
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There is no glamour behind the house.
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#Flensburg #darktable #FensterFreitag #MeinFlensburg #photography #urbanphotography

CelloMomOnCars,
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@GuettisKnippse

May I beg to differ?
I think that heat pump compressor is totally high glamour!

CelloMomOnCars, to brazil
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"A hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern after days of heavy rains that triggered massive , killing more than 30 people.

The burst dam triggered a two-metre (6.6ft) wave, causing panic and further damage in the already flooded areas."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68948239

CelloMomOnCars,
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"Persistent rains and destructive flooding in the southern Brazilian state have left 150 people dead, 2.1 million affected, 620,000 residents and 807 people injured.

The Guaíba River in , capital of Rio Grande do Sul, could reach unprecedented levels of over 18 feet in the coming days, according to local officials.

"As -driven disasters become more regular and more extreme, inevitably more people will be displaced by those events.""

https://abcnews.go.com/International/catastrophe-strikes-climate-migration-brazil-global-warning-sign/story?id=110271206

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"As the atmosphere warms, it can carry more water.

In fact, we are already observing this. Compared with the floods in 1941, this time the excessive rainfall was concentrated in a much shorter period, meaning the water rose much faster. Future climate projections already indicate that a warmer atmosphere results in an intensification of the flying rivers from the Amazon into south Brazil and adjacent regions, and more precipitation."

https://theconversation.com/floods-in-south-brazil-have-displaced-600-000-heres-why-this-region-is-likely-to-see-ever-more-extreme-rain-in-future-229965

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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Why consider to be a riskier investment than

"By analysing global accounting regulations using data on European banks, our team of researchers identified a structural bias in financial models which are required to assess and report risk.

Alarmingly, they tend to judge carbon-intensive assets as less risky than lower carbon ones."

https://theconversation.com/why-banks-consider-renewable-energy-to-be-a-riskier-investment-than-fossil-fuels-229782

CelloMomOnCars,
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@quixote

Yeah, banks were also caught flatfooted in the 2008 mortgage crisis.

These are on the whole interesting times for actuaries and other risk assessors, who have had the rug pulled from under them by the fast-changing circumstances.

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