SHINIGAMI: My jsme celkem prumerna domacnost s 2 detmi a beznymi spotrebici + el. ohrev vody obcas. Celkova rocni spotreba ~3MWh. Kdyby jim ta turbinka davala realne 40% vykonu, tak to +- sedi. Nevim, jestli je 40% realisticke, nebo jestli je to na mori v praxi vice.

SHINIGAMI: jak se to u vetrniku pocita? ten vykon 15MW je za den/hodinu/minutu?

Global Warming, as Depicted by 30 Years of Strategy Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n78WYo-SQQ&t=0s

destabilizovat klima, degenerovat ekosystem. accelerate!

Bolsonaro uvolnil ruce těžařům. Amazonský prales mizí zase o něco rychleji
https://denikreferendum.cz/...sonaro-uvolnil-ruce-tezarum-amazonsky-prales-mizi-zase-o-neco-rychleji

Brazilský prezident předminulý týden slíbil, že do boje proti nelegálnímu kácení vyšle armádu. Ekologové však upozorňují, že má Bolsonaro ve skutečnosti zcela opačné plány. Mimo jiné tlačí na brazilský Národní kongres, aby schválil jím navržený zákon, který by zlegalizoval vlastnictví půdy zabrané protizákonně či násilím.

Carolina Marçalová z brazilské pobočky Greenpeace uvedla, že by tím Bolsonaro přestal jen potichu tolerovat odlesňování a začal mu aktivně napomáhat. „Bolsonarovy kroky jsou kriminální a musí okamžitě přestat. Všem domorodým komunitám, které se nemají jak bránit proti koronaviru, hrozí vinou prezidenta zánik. Ať už zavlečením viru anebo zničením jejich domova,“ obává se Marçalová.

Lesní expert Daniel Brindis, který pracuje pro Greenpeace ve Spojených státech, pak kromě Bolsonara z rychlého ničení pralesa viní také fungování celosvětového obchodu. „Banky investují do rozšiřování nebezpečné infrastruktury v pralese, korporace ve velkém skupují dřevo, nerostné suroviny či hovězí maso. Ačkoliv se o krizi amazonského pralesa mluví dlouho, korporace kvůli vlastnímu profitu tolerují porušování lidských práva a prohlubování klimatické krize,“ vysvětlil Brindis.

In a new post, @Ken_Medlock, senior director of @CES_Baker_Inst, and his coauthors explore new processes for steel and iron production that could reduce #emissions and potentially provide both environmental and economic benefits.

Steel, Hydrogen and Renewables: Strange Bedfellows? Maybe Not… – Baker Institute Blog
http://blog.bakerinstitute.org/.../05/15/steel-hydrogen-and-renewables-strange-bedfellows-maybe-not/

Hydrogen-based DRI has received increasing attention as an enabler for renewable energy use and CO2 emission mitigation with pilot projects in Germany and Sweden, among others. A DRI enabled EAF route that uses hydrogen from renewable power reduces CO2 emissions by 80-95%, compared to the blast furnace. However, significant investment is required to realize such scalable reductions in CO2 emissions across the steel industry. Based on forecasts for steel production and considering an increase of 15-29% in the DRI route for primary iron production, 350 Mt of new DRI capacity would be needed by 2050, a six-fold increase from today. This translates to roughly 200 GW of electrolyser capacity to produce 5 EJ of green hydrogen, if all DRI routes were to use hydrogen. In a country context, Germany would need 100 terawatt-hours (TWh) of renewable power (20% of today’s national electricity consumption) to fully decarbonise the steel sector alone with DRI from green hydrogen.

Under certain conditions, renewable hydrogen-based iron production can become the least-cost supply option at a CO2 price of around US$67 per tonne, assuming the availability of low-cost renewable electricity. Of course, future projects will drive learning and innovation and tend to reduce this, which highlights the role that continued research and development can play. Indeed, hydrogen-based iron making is technically feasible, and various producers are working to develop this option further. A core step is direct reduction based on pure hydrogen rather than on natural gas. Projects in the pipeline include a facility to be deployed by Thyssenkrupp (electrolysis) and MIDREX (DRI plant) with Arcelor-Mittal in Hamburg to produce 100,000 tonnes per year of DRI using green hydrogen from electrolysis. The plant will initially operate on natural gas; hydrogen will be considered once low-cost offshore wind has ramped up. Four pilot-plants in Europe will come in operation over the coming years to produce green hydrogen-based steel. In the US, flash ironmaking is being explored

According to @Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, the company has just started front&engineering design study for Power of Siberia 2, a new gas pipeline from Russia to China via Mongolia with a capacity up to 50 bcm/year. https://t.co/A7tdpG6LD0

Study finds emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology - Green Car Congress
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/05/20200519-chalmers.html

The results indicate that it is technically possible to halve road construction CO2 emissions with today's best available technologies and practices, to abate more than three-quarters of the emissions by 2030 and achieve close to net zero emissions by 2045. 

Deforestation in Africa accelerates ~ UN food agency | CGTN Africa
https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/05/07/deforestation-in-africa-accelerates-un-food-agency/

Africa is the only continent in the world where deforestation is accelerating, according to key findings of a five-year report released Thursday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

“One explanation is certainly population growth in the region. Much of the deforestation in the region is due to small-scale subsistence agriculture,” Branthomme told AFP.

Insufficient poverty reduction, combined with population growth, “is increasing the pressure on forests, which is very unfortunate since forests in Africa are also a very important source of food, firewood, wood energy,” she added.

At the global level, forest loss has continued to slow, though this positive trend has weakened over the past decade.

Amid Oil Price Crash, Climate Change Protesters Urge Divestment From Fossil Fuels
https://foreignpolicy.com/...crash-revives-fossil-fuel-divestment-campaigns-climate-change-activism/

“There might not be another moment where there is the political and economic window to take the drastic action on climate that is necessary,” said Connor Chung, the communications coordinator for Divest Harvard, a student activist organization. “We don’t have the luxury of trusting that we can nudge the industry into behavior or that the market will fix the problem by itself.”

Divestment organizers—climate activists who are pushing government and financial institutions to divest from the fossil fuel industry—have been using the pandemic’s ripple effects throughout the global economy, most notably through the oil and gas sector, to demonstrate just how dire the need to remove pension funds and other investments from the struggling sector really is.

biden / climate

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1262110174698811392.html

We're seeing climate policy teams emerge to try and fill the deficit in Biden's plans & the void left by the suspension of the Bernie campaign,& it's important to understand that they aren't offering unique policies: this may be a strategic shift, and one that is questionable. /1

Let's start with the basics: writing policy isn't hard. Most of the ideas were born from the frontlines & organizers, with feedback into academic/policy spaces- primarily to legitimize them. What's hard is navigating political landscapes, which have shifted. /2

The big prize is defining Biden's climate plan right now, which is garbage. Biden needs the youth vote to win,& youth care about climate. That gives us tremendous leverage.

These climate think tanks are positioning themselves as a solution for Biden & climate activists /3

The big question is 'whose side are they on?' It can't be both, even if they believe it.

So it's important to understand their self-interest- whether it's career-building, saving the planet for kids, etc. & it's VERY important to understand their theory of change. /4

If their theory of change relies on closed-door deal-making, climate activists will lose. This has been the strategy for decades, & it's cost us dearly.

If it's grounded in leveraging the power of a mass movement to win demands that they turn into policy, that's better /5

My concern is that there is more focus on getting positioned within the Biden camp than enabling the movement, & the fear of another Trump presidency is being used to excuse a strategic shift to focusing on a primarily inside vs. outside strategy./6

Here's the thing: Biden will lose without the youth vote, which is more diverse & concerned w/ justice & climate than other generations. He will need to make large concessions to build enthusiasm for his campaign. I don't think attempts to manufacture consent will be enough. /7

The movement is in shock right now, but PEOPLE still have the power. If climate policy groups are conceiving their value as connecting Biden w/ voters, then they need to authentically represent the will of people. Not through grasstops 'consultation,' but by aligning w/ them /8

People need to be making grassroots demands. The demands need to be winnable, have science-driven timelines, materially improve people's lives,& alter the relations of power.& we must fight for them.

This criteria is important for policymakers too-esp altering power relations /9
The Biden climate taskforce may host some of these dynamics. It may be good that Bernie appointed people that have a theory of change anchored by people power.

Policy groups will compete for influence.
But the participation of people will determine its value. /10

A return to closed-door deal-making would be the nail in the coffin of real change. The power to win real change ultimately lies with PEOPLE, & policy groups w/ interest in real change need to join movements & adhere to the will of people-not replicate hierarchies of power. /11

We can't allow fear to drive us back toward familiar patterns of "change-making" that have failed to deliver the progress we need. There is too much at stake to stop fighting- we have leverage right now. The New Deal wasn't gifted: it was a concession to prevent revolution /12

We are powerful, and we must be brave enough to use our power for authentic victories. If we stick together, we can win. A better world is still possible. 13/13