And finally, levelized costs ($/Mw hour) for both coal & natural gas already exceed those for wind & solar. Now imagine that they have to pay for the cost of capture & sequestration on top of that!
To those who say, "let the market decide!" I say, yeah, let the market decide.
A few times, when I’ve told people I follow a plant-based diet for environmental reasons, they’ve responded “oh, so not for moral reasons then?”
Yes, absolutely for moral reasons.
Environmental reasons are moral reasons.
A 21st Century crisis requires a 21st Century ethics.
Some very good points in this article. But still: the problem isn’t what we call these targets but what they contain and that they’re now being used as excuses to postpone real action. They've proven to be very loophole-friendly while leaving out huge parts of our emissions. 1/n
Young people’s “fundamental rights to a human future” are threatened by climate inaction, according to today’s court ruling. This can change so much, not just for us here in Germany but for activists worldwide. #FridaysForFuture https://t.co/FekyI57C5F
This is DANGEROUSLY misguided and unhelpful take from @BillGates (https://t.co/LcPL9c8am4). It promotes classic #NewClimateWar (https://t.co/qhjjM2qHvL) climate inactivism tropes. Among these are: 🧵
So apparently California will continue to extract oil for another 2,5 decades... And yet this is somehow seen as “good news”.
The gap between the urgency needed and where the discussion is at is becoming more and more absurd.
#MindTheGap
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A @sciencemuseum should be a place of knowledge & learning, not a place for polluters to greenwash their reputations.
#DropShell NOW: https://t.co/ZMjqmiLPdy