Jonathan SchofieldEvery day, I do more work than I get paid for, using electricity without which I could not do that ‘work’.
Given where we are, and where I am, I’m not anti-electrification.
I’m anti over-simplifying our friends electric
…“A little ray of hope may be peeking over the horizon” wrote The Guardian on TACO Tuesday, ht @StevePLMarquis:
https://regenerate.social/@StevePLMarquis/116373489133296054
From 24 to 29 April, Colombia and the Netherlands host the “First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels”: https://transitionawayconference.com
…In The Guardian’s words, the https://transitionawayconference.com will see:
“climate activists, leaders of Indigenous peoples, trade union representatives and other civil society voices, share ideas and experiences on how to make the abstract goal of phasing out fossil fuels a practical reality”…
…to “sequence the decline of fossil fuel investment with the rapid scale-up of clean energy”.
First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders that recognize the need to implement a transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equ
…The focus is clearly on creating a “coalition of the willing” to align finance somewhat with thermodynamic reality.
That’s much needed.
I’ll be paying close attention to how the Conference delegates articulate themselves.
I hope they can temper their rhetoric with realism and a minimum of hyperbole
…Representation at https://transitionawayconference.com will include:
Angola
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Colombia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
Guatemala
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Luxembourg
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Portugal
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tuvalu
UK
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vietnam
First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders that recognize the need to implement a transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equ
…For the 47 countries named above, plus any others that join over the next 2 weeks, the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels will have 2 segments:
24 to 27 April:
stakeholder-led dialogues
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28 to 29 April:
high-level segment:
“Plenary and parallel thematic sessions with ministers and high-level representatives and civil society, aimed at discussing concrete courses of action”.
…Stakeholder-led dialogues:
24 to 25 April:
academic dialogues
- - -
26 April:
parliamentary chapter:
climate action network +
global campaign to demand climate justice +
permanent council for the just energy transition
- - -
27 April:
sub-national governments dialogue:
trade unions +
private sector +
people’s assembly.
Count Holdem@urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.
China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.
@CountHoldem we’ll find out, I guess.
Once the true cost of what’s already done starts to become more tangible
EvoScale@CountHoldem @urlyman Perhaps one of the greatest crimes against humanity, was the suppression of Thorium reactors in favor of fossil fuels laden, armament build out during The Cold War. Pursuing uranium was a far shorter route for Western Capitalism profit, toward nuclear warheads and further abuses of power.
The continued development of TMSR tech would've eventually eclipsed where China is now, and the inevitable worldwide distribution following - if the US was far less greed driven - would probably be reaching peak performance by now.
This is an egregious breach of ethics, and despicable behavior, at any scale.