The continual characterisation of non-renewable infrastructure for harnessing renewable energy as "clean" gives the impression that it is clean (i.e. does not adversely impact the environment in any way). It is not clean. I wish that it was characterised correctly but I guess I'm whistling in the wind.
Ethiopia is sick of spending its country's treasury on importing fuel.
They're going all in on a green economy. Their big new hydroelectricity dam (GERD) has come online, they just made it illegal to import ICE cars, they're building factories for assembling new EVs and Chinese electric semis, they've got plenty of sun and a large region with a lot of shallow geothermal (part of the African rift).
This is just one example where the Chinese sphere of influence expanding in the Global South is helping to wean countries off of fossil fuels. The spiking global oil and LNG prices will accelerate that. (Though I do think it's possible that more countries will revert to coal-burning as cheaper than gas plants until they can make the transition.)
So right on, Dr Hausfather!
The way it's going, we will burn up unless we put an end to war. No more killing, ecocide, and waste of resources on weapons and militaries.
Dang! I live in a pipemare where people will wage war, buy guns, and destroy my planet til it 🔥 up.
I need a nice awakening.
The army class is the enemy.
Fear is the enemy humans must transcend, and military means fear.
The continual characterisation of non-renewable infrastructure for harnessing renewable energy as "clean" gives the impression that it is clean (i.e. does not adversely impact the environment in any way). It is not clean. I wish that it was characterised correctly but I guess I'm whistling in the wind.
Ethiopia is sick of spending its country's treasury on importing fuel.
They're going all in on a green economy. Their big new hydroelectricity dam (GERD) has come online, they just made it illegal to import ICE cars, they're building factories for assembling new EVs and Chinese electric semis, they've got plenty of sun and a large region with a lot of shallow geothermal (part of the African rift).
This is just one example where the Chinese sphere of influence expanding in the Global South is helping to wean countries off of fossil fuels. The spiking global oil and LNG prices will accelerate that. (Though I do think it's possible that more countries will revert to coal-burning as cheaper than gas plants until they can make the transition.)
Let's make wind energy REALLY CLEAN and fashion the turbine blades from industrial hemp,!