In the loop.

My @smh cartoon.

There we are.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

@auscandoc

Land used for solar farms doesn't become dead land, especially if the panel mounts are designed properly. It can be fallow, like your example, or grazing land.

Same for wind farms. There's no reason wind and solar installations have to be isolated and cleared.

Tsars and stripes.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

Boys’ club.

My @smh cartoon.

Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnquigginblog/p/australias-cost-of-living-crisis?r=254ji5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

Increased patronage on Sydney-Melbourne train. The antiquated rail journey that takes 11 hours is seeing a resurgence, growing 47% in 2023, and is now higher than before the pandemic. But still just 5% of aviation market. Sydney - Melbourne aviation route is listed as the 2nd or 3rd busiest domestic route globally.

Often extra carriages are needing to be added to the twice daily service to meet demand. New trains have been ordered and will have internet and charging connectivity, but no sleeping berths.

Potential upgrading about 200km of track between Sydney-Melbourne could also slash travel times from 11 hours to 6 hours.

#transportEmissions #FlyingLess #Australia

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/06/sydney-to-melbourne-sleeper-train-services-return

Honing the words.

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According to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, November 17th was the first day when global temperature was more than 2°C above 1850-1900 (or pre-industrial) levels, at 2.06°C

https://www.axios.com/2023/11/20/earth-2c-warming-threshold-passed-report