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I was looking to see how many have fled Newcastle but anyway I came across this instead.Nah we aren't a slave to coal! We is a smart city...winned a prize and all.
I was looking to see how many have fled Newcastle but anyway I came across this instead.Nah we aren't a slave to coal! We is a smart city...winned a prize and all.
To have any hope of limiting global warming to 2℃ this century—the upper limit of the Paris Agreement—each person in the developed world should only be emitting about two tons of CO2 per year. We must start getting used to this lifestyle change now. But through sports-related travel alone—mostly driving—some Victorians are emitting almost one ton of CO2 a year.
These sport-related emissions equal the total CO2 a person in Pakistan or Africa emits in a year.
Nothing to see here! Precious cargo comes back as new mountain bikes and shiny red AlfasNah that's confused with another Newcastle. No way would all those coal ships on the horizon be moving coal!
Nothing to see here! Precious cargo comes back as new mountain bikes and shiny red Alfas.
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Don’t go half arsed give up mountain biking all together![]()
You're probably emitting an astonishing amount of carbon dioxide in your daily routine
Few people would stop to consider if their sporting activities damage the environment. But our research shows Victorians use a huge chunk of their "personal carbon budget" driving to and from sport events each year—either to watch or participate, or to transport children.phys.org
Try not to drive to a trailhead peeps!
Alfalfas don't come in Rosso Corsa (red) sadly, only British racing green.Need more alfalfas!
Coal aside, don't overlook our grain silos and chemical plant when it comes to dusting up the place. We've got so much more depth to our pollution than just the coal bed.
Its ok though. We can just carry on with our lives as though nothing has happened.
I forgot about the potline asthma.Its ok though. We can just carry on with our lives as though nothing has happened.
You are breathing in that shit!Alfalfas don't come in Rosso Corsa (red) sadly, only British racing green.
Industrial fallout is a shit thing all round. I live beside a main road and I can dust furniture off and about a day later it looks like you never cleaned it.
Yeah unfortunately so, when I wipe the windows down the microfibre towel looks like it's collected black soot. I often run a water evaporator fan with a filter in it.You are breathing in that shit!![]()
Just an excerpt from the article, read it.4 January
Temperatures in the Sydney basin hit a new high of 48.9C, the latest in a series of records in Australia. Bushfires create a 620 miles (1,000km) wide, 21 miles high smoke cloud, three times bigger than anything seen in the world before. It spreads so far that black charcoal reaches Antarctica. Scientists describe it as “a new benchmark on the magnitude of stratospheric perturbations”.
In the meantime, Australia’s energy transition continues to play out between the states, business and households.
Veteran environmentalist Bill McKibben makes the point that, on climate action, winning slowly is the same as losing. Are we winning fast enough? No, but we are accelerating.
Are we accelerating fast enough? Maybe.
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2020 was dismal in many respects but it was a landmark year for renewables in Australia | Simon Holmes à Court
As we kick off 2021, state governments are embracing decarbonisation to popular acclaimwww.theguardian.com
The main issue with this article is the conflation of electricity & energy.
As of a coupe of years ago, Australia's total energy needs were 23% met from the electricity grid. So crowing about the electricity grid being increasingly run by renewables ignores the fact we need to transition the other 77% of energy needs to non-FF sources. In other words, electrify everything, or use hydrogen or whatnot. The task ahead is enormous, the time we have left is tiny.
Maybe? Maybe? It's science & maths, the answer is no!
We still have time, its the rate of emissions reduction that's become virtually impossible to meet.