Plastic bags, climate change, renewable energy,

[hifiandmtb]

It's all here:

Find out when your country needs to be carbon neutral

what does this graph show? It shows when the world or a country needs to stop emitting CO2. In the Paris Agreement, the countries of the world promised to limit global warming to "well below 2 °C" and to "pursue efforts" to limit it to 1.5 °C. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

www.showyourbudgets.org

Each country has differing requirements based on past & current emissions.

Shows Straya has to act faster than most, to achieve parity based on science.

Which we will ignore.

Lovely weather lately, hey?

Read this if you want to see how cunty we really are:

https://www.tai.org.au/sites/default/files/P667%20High%20Carbon%20from%20a%20Land%20Down%20Under%20%5BWEB%5D_0.pdf

 

[Haakon]

So very fucked. Thank goodness CCS and thorium reactors are only a decade or two away from being commercially viable!

 

[Haakon]

How good is gas as a transition fuel eh?

 

[Dales Cannon]

 

[pink poodle]

You fucking hippy @Dales Cannon !

Australia really is the land of stupidity, greed, and ignorance. A reputation well earnt!

Something about wa that confuses me...this place is generally a big flat windy sunburnt crust, bragging about how rich the state is from raping the earth's natural resources. So why am I not seeing massive spending on future proofing the energy generation of this place? Why are the roads and roof tops not listed with wind and solar traps? You'd barely even need to clear the land to make it happen!!!

 

[Freediver]

The radio just told me China just did a big FU and said no more coal imports. Bad luck Scotty.

 

[pink poodle]

The radio just told me China just did a big FU and said no more coal imports. Bad luck Scotty.

I hope that is because they are moving beyond coal?

While this could be very bad for our economy, I guess it is a lesson we need to learn. Time to evolve our systems.

 

[Haakon]

China reportedly orders halt to imports of Australian coal

Industry news sources report that Beijing has told several state-owned steelmakers and power plants to stop imports with immediate effect

www.theguardian.com

 

[Haakon]

Thats not not a big deal...

 

[hifiandmtb]

Nope, not at all!

 

[pink poodle]

So what you're saying is we are both a really bad country environmentally and at capitalising on our role in destroying the planet?

 

[hifiandmtb]

More stunning news:

Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds

Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report

www.theguardian.com

Countries including Australia, Israel and South Africa rank near the top of Swiss Re’s index of risk to biodiversity and ecosystem services, with India, Spain and Belgium also highlighted. Countries with fragile ecosystems and large farming sectors, such as Pakistan and Nigeria, are also flagged up.

Among the G20 leading economies, South Africa and Australia were seen as being most at risk, with China 7th, the US 9th and the UK 16th.

Except no-one is stunned.

Get a ute up ya!

 

[pink poodle]

At least we are good at something. If we ignore these potential issues and stick with what we have always done, we should see jobsandgrowth.

 

[Calvin27]

jobsandgrowth

will be interesting to see the narrative when our population steadies due to covid... oh wait, covid!

 

[pink poodle]

will be interesting to see the narrative when our population steadies due to covid... oh wait, covid!

As in our population size? I don't think we are going to see a massive wipe out...

Or do you mean around "productivity"?

Either way the fossil thinking fossils have been given plenty of chances to modernise this place and snubbed their noses. China have now forced their hand.

 

[Dales Cannon]

Are you sure it simply isnt China renegotiating their terms and pricing? They have done this for ever in my memory. Same with iron ore, same with aluminium. They have no interest in existing contract terms when it suits them.

 

[pink poodle]

Are you sure it simply isnt China renegotiating their terms and pricing? They have done this for ever in my memory. Same with iron ore, same with aluminium. They have no interest in existing contract terms when it suits them.

China don't do posturing and chest beating..

 

[Calvin27]

As in our population size?

As in we have been relying on population growth for economic growth. Yes, 'productivity'

 

[pink poodle]

As in we have been relying on population growth for economic growth. Yes, 'productivity'

Nah...those Victorians have spent most of the year locked down. There is gong to be a lot of babies.

 

[Freediver]

OK I guess this is the place to talk about my idea first. I may be missing something really obvious but I figure I'll throw it out there anyway.
I have a way of creating mechanical energy with hydrogen as a byproduct, maybe. 1kWh of electricity produces about 1 litre of H and about 0.5 litres of O2 which are easily separated into 2 streams (together they can expand rapidly and make a loud noise ). The gases could drive a generator by filling bags to drive a chain, the deeper you go the more energy you could produce but with my high school physics I don't think the depths required would be to great to recoup the kWh for what I understand is 10 W of of upward force from floating.
Happy to be proven silly. Equally happy to share an idea.