Reminder: switching from gas boilers to electric heat pumps would *cut gas demand by two-fifths*, even if all the electricity you need comes from gas power plants
James Hansen sounded the climate alarm in 1988. To this day, emissions are rising. His latest paper announces the era of "accelerated warming". Focusing on the average anomaly of the past 4 months of +0.44°C, he warns:
"If this relative anomaly is maintained through this El Nino (through Northern Hemisphere 2024 spring) the peak 12-month mean global warming will reach +1.6-1.7°C relative to 1880-1920. Decline of global temperature following an El Nino peak is 0.20.3°C. Thus, if this El Nino peak is as high as we project it will be, global temperature will oscillate about the yellow region in Fig. 2. The 1.5°C global warming level will have been reached, for all practical purposes. There will be no need to ruminate for 20 years about whether the 1.5°C level has been reached, as IPCC proposes"
Source paper: https://t.co/IA4Zr2jKQV
Electrification is just more efficient!
Induction: ~3x more efficient than gas range (https://t.co/pYgwbD1eBN.)
EV: >4x more efficient than internal combustion engine (tank/battery to wheels)
Heat pump: ~3-4x more efficient than a boiler (HSPF 10-14 https://t.co/UesRdk9rf9)
▶️ "The greenest building is one that is already built."
▶️ "Heritage conservation is environmental conservation. They're one and the same thing."
#ClimateEmergency#AdaptiveReuse@arconserve
Save a building, fight climate change https://t.co/yntWSSRXck @CBCNews
In three years this #solar installation at a high school in Arkansas turned the district budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus and they're using the surplus to pay teachers more.
We have the solutions. #ActOnClimate#climateaction#climate#BuildBackBetter
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SunTap is pleased to once again sponsor the London Heritage Awards. Although there won't be an exciting gala this year, we look forward to celebrating the award recipients!
#LdnOnt#solarandheritage
By oversizing #solar electric systems, any excess can be stored, sold to the grid, or simply dissipated because of how inexpensive solar equipment has become.
Time to max out your roof! ☀️
#solarenergy#solarpower#sustainability