Ringrás

@[email protected]

Uncoverin environmental issues, and diverting the Faroe Islands onto a better path. Calling out hypocrisy as a pastime.

[Ringrás @ring_ras]

1/9 The #FaroeIslands are in a similar situation as @DavidSuzuki describes in this excellent video. @Tinganes is ignoring the catastrophic environmental and climatic implications, globally and locally, of the rapidly warming and melting #Arctic, ...

https://t.co/pwqJ599mHN

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh made a video claiming gasoline hybrids are the future. They even smell nice!

She has 1.3 million followers so the wretched thing was viewed 230k times in the first 23 hours!

I wrote a blog explaining why she's wrong.
And this 🧵
https://t.co/1KyEC4oGBw

[Michael S. Taylor @mtaylor_nz]

IEA governments public R&D spend facts FROM THE @IEA :

- Fossil fuels receIved more funding than renewables EVERY year between 1974-2006 (& again in 2008 & 2009)

- Renewables received more than nuclear in just 2 of 48 years (2012 & 2013)

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

The record warmth the world experienced in July means that 2023 is now quite likely to end up as the warmest year since records began in the late 1850s, though its still unlikely to exceed 1.5C.

I run the latest numbers over at The Climate Brink: https://t.co/3YJlIJ5XF6

[Michael S. Taylor @mtaylor_nz]

There goes OPECs scenarios for oil demand...

[Fatih Birol @fbirol]

The shining example of the growth in clean energy investment is solar, which in 2023 is set to attract more capital than global oil production for the first time ever

This reflects the changing tide in world energy

Read more in @IEA's new report 👉 https://t.co/TQ0jvhAbNh

[Fatih Birol @fbirol]

A major shift is taking place in global energy

5 years ago, for $1 invested in fossil fuels, the same went to clean energy. But since then, a big gap has opened up.

This year, for $1 invested in fossil fuels, $1.70 is going to clean energy ➡️ https://t.co/rVJUZP9xC3

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

ExxonMobil is investing $17 billion over 3 years in its low-carbon business https://t.co/kDeLGTByFS

ExxonMobil gave $30 billion back to shareholders in dividend & buybacks THIS YEAR alone. https://t.co/42iEkoGlZF.

We are to believe they are serious about the energy transition?

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Great thread by @JesseJenkins pointing out oil & gas companies are giving windfall profits to shareholders instead of re-aligning towards clean energy.
I don't believe they can change. So I think governments should aim to starve and bankrupt them a.s.a.p.

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Let's be absolutely clear: this is a corruption of science and research. The most important single mission on climate is to STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. Not give fossil fuel companies propaganda cover by pretending green tech fairies will come along eventually to clean up the mess.

[Michael S. Taylor @mtaylor_nz]

Love the smell of stranded assets in the morning

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

How has Twitter changed for climate scientists since Elon Muck bought it?

Fewer active scientists, fewer tweets, fewer likes per tweet, fewer retweets per tweet, and less likely to go viral.

A thread with some data. 🧵

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

Noticed that pro-climate-action accounts were stagnating or shrinking, and that denier accounts seemed to be ballooning. So - I checked, with some help, and....yep.

Elon Musk has made Twitter into a safe space for pro-fossil fuel disinformation. A 🧵

https://t.co/VacwRrVQ3Q

[Alexander Ač @Lacertko]

Let's see how this prediction holds. It really seems, we are on verge of breaching FIRST TEMPERATURE limit set by Paris Agreement by next year.

[NaomiOreskes @NaomiOreskes]

New Shell Oil Documents: "Dirty Pearls" Investigation 2023 - Climate Files https://t.co/qEcgdtP18M

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

@Jones_MattW @gcarbonproject @OurWorldInData This is how the contributions to warming from fossil fuels and land use are changing over time.

It's not that agricultural and land use emissions are disappearing. Fossil fuels have just been increasing more rapidly.

7/

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

We are in far more trouble than most people understand. It’s insanity that most people are not familiar with this graph because what it shows will define the rest of all of our lives #climate

[Chris Stark @StarkClimate]

Today we publish our report on a reliable, resilient and decarbonised power system - over a year in the making @theCCCuk

We set out to answer the question: “can we rely on an electricity system based mainly on variable renewables?”

Yes, you really can
https://t.co/hZuaL0YZaf
🧵

[Tzeporah Berman @Tzeporah]

We're measuring subsidies by the trillion now?!!

Not only are oil companies raking in outrageous profits, they're also getting subsidized outrageously. Name one other industry that gets subsidized while making record level profits.

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

"There is mounting evidence that CCS is ineffective. Numerous projects have failed or underperformed. Some studies indicate the technology does little to reduce emissions, and may even increase carbon and other air pollution."
https://t.co/c5I5z8Ty8P

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Sorry, but this has a clear additionality problem. How will you prove that the activists were not going to sabotage industrial infrastructure even in the absence of payments for delayed emissions? 🤣

The methodology is a hilarious read (ton year accounting and all!)