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Our society is energy blind. Especially our economists are. Truly understanding energy changes 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 and sometimes one paper is all you need to "learn how to see".
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teapaw.org/Gordon90s/status/12643…
Paper Notes | Economics for the future – Beyond the superorganism
by @NJHagens
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Holistic take on economics, energy, ecosystems, finance, society and much more. I.e.:
"Realize that everything connects to everything else."
― Leonardo da Vinci.
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Future Investing retweeted
#climatescam Basic physics tells us that increased CO2 levels must result in increased temperatures, rising sea levels, receding glaciers and land ice, depleting sea ice, acidifying oceans. These and other lines of evidence are all observed.
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Communities near Barrick Gold’s Pueblo Viejo mine report that they experience significant legacy & current environmental contamination. There are communities within half a kilometer of the base of the mine's tailings dam.
$ABX.TO
#disruptPDAC
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Here's some nice visuals from the @Tesla Investor day that underscore the point that resource scarcity is not going the stop the transition to renewables (ht @M_Steinbuch): tesla-cdn.thron.com/static/A…
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Barrick Gold $ABX.TO, a #PDAC gold sponsor this year, states that “recognizing and respecting human rights have long been a fundamental value for Barrick.”
But communities impacted by Barrick's operations globally tell another story 🚱💀⚠️
#disruptPDAC
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Earth-blind @AlexEpstein thinks that if humans are flourishing, everything is fine.
He should listen to a real energy expert.
"Without a biosphere in a good shape, there is no life on the planet. It’s very simple. That’s all you need to know."
--Vaclav Smil
#ClimateActionNow
“My argument is ‘we need to switch our hostility toward impact. This view that human impact is bad needs to be challenged. Human impact is good if it makes the earth a better place for human flourishing.’”
With @jordanbpeterson
Future Investing retweeted
But... but... the minerals!
Clean energy really is just cleaner, even accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from across the lifecycle. Minerals production and refining and all. Study after study confirms. A nice summary here from @IEA
How much cleaner are the clean energy technologies such as renewables, electric cars, heat pumps, and hydrogen compared to the dominant technologies?
Significantly. Here’s a neat summary graph from @IEA’s Energy Technology Perspectives 2023.
iea.org/reports/energy-techn…
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Let's bust some myths about mining and climate change. trib.al/oamxPni
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The Bristol Bay watershed is home to 25 Alaska Native villages and communities and supports one of the last intact, sustainable salmon-based cultures in the world.
We're taking action to help safeguard this essential and precious ecosystem.
➡️epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-h…
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Did you see our ad in Politico yesterday? On behalf of the hunting and fishing industry across the country, we thank @EPA for finalizing Clean Water Act safeguards for #BristolBay. #HuntFishStopPebble
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USGS mineral commodity summary 2023 is out.
Here’s a short take from to critical mineral output & reserve growth.
TLDR: Mine production is growing but the reserve growth is far exceeding the demand. We are not running out of minerals. 1/5
pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication…
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Despite the extensive mining experience @JohnLeePettim13 was not ready for an open & analytical conversation about energy transition mining.
Here's my debunk of his most trending nonsense-thread, which can be easily shared as a fact check when needed.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1…
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Biden to block Alaska gold mine in area rich with wild salmon. #mining #miningnews
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New study underscores we have ample materials for the energy transition and producing them will only eat 1-9% of our carbon budget.
So by all means convince people to reduce consumption, but *please* don't impede the transition to renewables.
However, it excludes batteries...
We see a lot of concern today that renewables and other clean electricity will require too much materials, and producing those will break our remaining carbon budget.
We have a new paper out today we find that these concerns are overblown. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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But even if we have enough materials available, what will producing all these materials do for the climate? Emissions from production are not negligible; meeting a 1.5C target will result in 4 to 29 Gt CO2eq emissions through 2050. But this is 1% to 9% of remaining carbon budget.
