Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Mar 15, 2024

Market solutions are, after all, designed to make money for the principals of the business. BUt maybe that's not going to provide beneficial solutions to problems

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/money-carbon-credits-zimbabwe-conservation-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Yet another #failure of the #NeoliberalMyth to deliver as advertised - another #FalseClimateAction

‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes

Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive

The Guardian
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Nov 26, 2023

The PR re Sustainable Aviation Fuel (#SAF) continues. And this article touches on some of them - such as is there enough waste cooking oil to support the need at today's demand for flying.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/26/can-uks-jet-zero-hopes-take-off-with-a-plane-fuelled-by-used-cooking-oil?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

But there is another demand issue: If we want to dramatically reduce fossil C extraction (esp oil), then we need substitute feedstocks to supply the feedstocks for critical chemical processes. Waste cooking oil and other food and organic waste may well be the best source - if we can convert it to SAF, we can convert it to useful chemicals that now come from oil. Yet there is not enough organic waste to support SAF demand, let alone for all the paints, lubricants, polymers, medicines, ... we rely on. (And if we continue to insist on wasting resources on single use plastics, such as PET food and beverage packaging, the problem is even worse)

#FalseClimateAction is a threat, and SAF is likely in that category as a long-term strategy.

#HANPP #Biofuel #FalseSolutions #biomass

Can UK’s ‘jet zero’ hopes take off with a plane fuelled by used cooking oil?

Experts debate whether Tuesday’s transatlantic trip heralds a greener way to fly or a misguided stunt

The Guardian
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Nov 9, 2023

The SMR, beloved of the nuclear power advocates because it's so low cost, can't get people to pay for it. Is the market sending a signal?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/09/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-that-was-hailed-by-coalition-as-future-cancelled-due-to-rising-costs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

are nukes #FalseClimateAction?

#WWS faster & cheaper

Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

Opposition climate and energy spokesperson had pointed to SMRs as a solution to Australia’s energy needs, but experts raise questions over price tag

The Guardian