Bread and CircusesJul 25, 2023

In case you didn't already know, Net Zero is a scam promoted by the fossil fuel industry and their financiers to perpetuate Business As Usual for as long as possible...
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"Why Net Zero is not enough"

More than 4,000 governments and companies around the world have pledged to go Net Zero. This includes more than one-third of the world’s largest publicly traded companies.

That sounds like a step in the right direction, right? If every organisation “stops emitting”, our world will be great again.

Well, not exactly…

If we continue to be in a collective delusion that Net Zero is the solution, we will be proved terribly wrong.

In "Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough", Holly Jean Buck discusses the implications of chasing Net Zero from various frames — looking at it not only through an environmental lens but a social justice perspective as well.

Instead of telling us to do better, this book provides different stakeholders concrete steps for planned phase-out on top of sound arguments and justification for it.

Simply put, the framework of Net Zero and its concentration on emissions diverts public and policy attention away from the fundamental task of ensuring effective and lasting climate change mitigation, which requires an unwavering end to the fossil fuel sector.
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Always remember, Net Zero is NOT zero.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://archive.li/VQBar

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Show threadmike805Jul 26, 2023

@breadandcircuses Has anyone pointed out, global warming is going to massively increase the consumption of energy?

A/C is now life support rather than comfort in a lot of places.

If solar gets cheap and good, everyone with no reliable grid power will want a solar system. Making that equipment will require a lot of energy.

If electric cars are cheaper to run than gas cars, people will use them more.

We need to figure out how make green tech with a small and decreasing amount of fossil fuels.

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@mike805 @breadandcircuses the Biden Admin target is a renewable grid by ‘35. We are adding enough renewables to meet it. But we need to get serious about energy storage.
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Show threadmike805Jul 26, 2023

@MMJohnsen @breadandcircuses Agreed.. Here in CA the power peak is now after the sun goes down. Solar is making up quite a bit of the afternoon A/C load.

LiFePho batteries seem to be best in terms of long lifespan and high energy density.

If batteries are a consumable that wears out after a couple of years, they are "too expensive" and not green either.

If they can last decades, like Nickel Iron and now LFP, they are permanent infrastructure and can be financed over 30 years like a house.