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Renewable Tuesday: Objectives in Media are Closer than They Appear [1]

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Date: 2023-08-22

Peak Coal: 2013. Peak Oil: 2023. Peak Natural Gas: Definitely before 2033. Peak Carbon: Before you know it. Where will the Greenwashers and the Oil and Gaslighters retreat to next? Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani once noted that

The Stone Age came to an end, but not for lack of stones.

Like the flint above.

The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

Both China and the US, the world's top carbon emitters, are racing ahead with solar panels and wind turbines. It is even looking like we may soon see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

The main body of the article is paywalled. But this isn’t.

NYT: The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think

The United States is pivoting away from fossil fuels and toward wind, solar and other renewable energy, even in areas dominated by the oil and gas industries. Across the country, a profound shift is taking place that is nearly invisible to most Americans. The nation that burned coal, oil and gas for more than a century to become the richest economy on the planet, as well as historically the most polluting, is rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels. A similar energy transition is already well underway in Europe and elsewhere. But the United States is catching up, and globally, change is happening at a pace that is surprising even the experts who track it closely. Wind and solar power are breaking records, and renewables are now expected to overtake coal by 2025 as the world’s largest source of electricity. Automakers have made electric vehicles central to their business strategies and are openly talking about an expiration date on the internal combustion engine. Heating, cooling, cooking and some manufacturing are going electric. More than $1.7 trillion worldwide is expected to be invested in technologies such as wind, solar power, electric vehicles and batteries globally this year, according to the I.E.A., compared with just over $1 trillion in fossil fuels. That is by far the most ever spent on clean energy in a year.

More manufacturing than you think: Carbon-neutral cement, steel, and ammonia, for example. Even carbon-negative cement is being tested. Long-distance electric aircraft, which we have looked at before, as soon as the battery power density is great enough.

x The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has updated its long-term battery energy storage system (BESS) costs through to 2050, with costs potentially halving over this decade. https://t.co/BNTsm0YXhv — Christian Breyer (@ChristianOnRE) August 19, 2023

And thousands of times as much sun as it needs. It is going to be a major supplier to Europe via undersea cables at Gibraltar, Sicily, and elsewhere.

x "UAE awards contract for huge 1.8GW solar park addition at record low prices."



Interesting how oil states are investing in renewable energy. They can see the future. https://t.co/F8b75rmJ6e — Climatehope (@Climatehope2) August 18, 2023

Climate Strike -- Restorative Justice (week 58)

Renewable (Information) Resources

Meteor Blades: Each week’s Renewable Tuesday gets linked and excerpted in the Spotlight on DK climate and eco-diaries (8/7-13/23). Thanks, MB. (He and I both worked on this line for years before he retired.)

Origis Obtains $750 Million Financing for Large-Scale Solar

Cooperative buying programs open whole communities to solar installation

Last decade saw solar generation boom, natural gas slowdown in California

Since 2012: Solar generation increased nearly twentyfold from 2,609 gigawatt-hours (GWh) to 48,950 GWh.

Wind generation grew by 63%.

Natural gas generation decreased 20%.

Coal has been nearly phased out of the power mix.

Hoosiers To Lead Rural Solar Power Revolution

Indiana has been drifting around in the solar power doldrums, but it is poised to lead the transition to agrivoltaics throughout the US agricultural industry. US farms are beginning to transition from energy-sucking, water-guzzling, habitat destroying epicenters of greenhouse gas emissions into hosts for solar power plants, biodiversity havens, and carbon sinks. That can translate into an economic lifeline for farmers, and that explains why the rural solar power movement is steamrolling ahead, with Indiana providing a good example despite its red-state political profile.

Now to turn that into votes.

Disinformation

Deniers Bug Out Over Biden Calling Climate Change An 'Existential Threat by ClimateDenierRoundup.

Guardian: How electric cars became a battleground in the culture wars

In my coastal district, Nancy Mace voted against combating the climate crisis.

Cowboy State Daily Takes Advantage Of Local News Deserts to Launder Climate Disinfo

Sign the petition: The fossil fuel industry broke the law with their lies. Hold them accountable!

The fossil fuel industry has advanced lies, deceit, and the climate crisis for too long by Erin Tulley.

Earth Matters: Mike Huckabee pushes climate BS on kids by Meteor Blades.

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