Cynan

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Accelerating Asia's clean energy transition 💡
@ Tara Climate Foundation
🌇Singapore
🛠https://www.taraclimate.org
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CynanJan 31, 2023

Incredible figures from Energy Innovation:

In the US it is now cheaper to replace 99% of existing coal plants with new-build renewables. This is up from 62% just 3 years ago.

https://energyinnovation.org/publication/the-coal-cost-crossover-3-0/

Good policy (the IRA) has rapidly accelerated the tipping point away from fossil power plants

#energy #energytransition

The Coal Cost Crossover 3.0

<p>New analysis finds 99 percent of existing U.S. coal plants are more expensive to run than replacement by local wind, solar, and energy storage resources. Transitioning to clean energy resources would save enough to finance nearly 150 gigawatts of four-hour battery storage, and would generate $589 billion in new investment across the U.S.</p>

Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
CynanJan 30, 2023
Amy WesterveltJan 27, 2023
I was not surprised to learn recently that the gas industry has known for 100+ years that gas stoves contributed to dangerous levels of indoor air pollution. I *was* surprised to learn that the government pub'd reports on it and the media covered it in a big way in the 1980s and fuck-all happened. Jesus how many versions of this story are we gonna live through? https://www.drilledpodcast.com/gas-knew-too-everything-you-need-to-know-on-climate-this-week/
Gas Knew, Too + Everything You Need to Know on Climate This Week

As the whole gas stove "culture war" rages on, it's important to remember that gas companies have known for over a century (?!) that breathing gas in your home is quite harmful to human health. Seems like a no-brainer right? But I know I was definitely of the mind that cooking

Drilled
CynanJan 27, 2023
Agroecology LabJan 25, 2023
CynanJan 27, 2023
Show threadJeff GilchristJan 25, 2023
When money is involved, these people understand the risks and what mitigations to put in place to help reduce them. It is obvious that the WEF doesn't think COVID is mild or they wouldn't have gone to this much trouble implementing all of their safety measures ( https://www3.weforum.org/docs/AM23_Health_and_Safety_Measures.pdf ). 6/
CynanJan 27, 2023
Dr Suzy J StylesJan 27, 2023

Ever seen auto-generated subtitles turn to mush because they couldn’t handle a speaker’s accent or figure out what language they’re speaking after a switch?

The #MerlionChallenge at #Interspeech23 tests how well teams can build a language detection system for real-world Code-Switching between English and Mandarin Chinese in >300 Zoom recordings.

Join the challenge or boost to help build more robust speech systems for multilingualism 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏿

https://toot.community/@suzyjstyles/109713790862725145

Dr Suzy J Styles (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I’m sure I have a bunch of #Multilingual #LangDev, #SpeechProc #NLP and #CogSci friends over here 🦣 We’ve prepped >30hrs of our English/Mandarin code-switched child directed speech for the #MerlionChallenge at this year’s INTERSPEECH >300 files, >100 voices 🙀 (+ training data) We’re looking for speech systems that can figure out which language is spoken when! The #MerlionChallenge will see whose system does the best job 💪🏼 Join or help us boost the message: https://sites.google.com/view/merlion-ccs-challenge/

toot.community
CynanJan 27, 2023
Sheril KirshenbaumJan 27, 2023

Nature is full of surprises. Meet Costasiella kuroshimae, an adorable species of sea slug known as “leaf sheep.”

At no more than 8mm, these tiny ocean critters graze on algae & keep chloroplasts in their bodies for up to 10 days. They supplement their diet through photosynthesis to create energy, which is why they’re sometimes referred to as “solar-powered sea slugs.” https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210324-the-odd-sea-creature-powered-by-the-sun #nature #science #SharedPlanet

The 'sheep' that can photosynthesise

Much like its herbivorous namesake, the ocean-dwelling "leaf sheep" grazes for food; however, it supplements its diet in a unique way: through the power of the sun.

BBC
CynanJan 27, 2023

Plastic waste + CO2 + sunlight = fuel?

Fascinating development at Cambridge, hope it stands up outside the lab

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/01/sunlight-converts-plastic-and-carbon-dioxide-into-useful-chemicals/

#energytransition #circulareconomy

Solar powered reactor converts plastic and CO2 into fuel

In a step toward a more circular economy, chemists have developed a reactor that turns two of the world’s most problematic waste streams into useful products

Anthropocene | Innovation in the Human Age
CynanJan 6, 2023
Jan RosenowJan 5, 2023
Polluting SUVs have the carbon footprint of a major industrial nation.
CynanDec 1, 2022

Animal-free ‘Dairy milk’ is now on sale in Singapore. It has identical proteins to cow milk, but produced with 99% less water and 97% less GHG emissions.

#PrecisionFermentation is going to reshape so much food production globally. The sooner the better for #climate, but we might be soon talking about just transitions for many ag livelihoods…

https://mothership.sg/2022/11/very-dairy-animal-free-milk/

Dairy milk made without cows available at S'pore supermarkets for S$4.95

Not made by cows, but microbes.

CynanNov 29, 2022
Micah LeeNov 25, 2022

Elon Musk just banned the culture jamming anarchist publication CrimethInc. from Twitter after a request from Andy Ngo, the fascist activist who's beloved by multiple mass shooters.

CrimethInc. has had a Twitter account since 2008, has never violated Twitter policies, and has never been suspended until now.

https://crimethinc.com/2022/11/25/elon-musk-bans-crimethinc-from-twitter-on-request-from-far-right-troll

Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. from Twitter at the Urging of Far-Right Troll

At the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account—a partisan move paving the way for fascist violence.

CrimethInc.