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Observer Interview: Peter Kalmus

May 21, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Interview – Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’ Ian Tucker May 21, 2022 The Nasa data scientist explains why inaction on the climate crisis pushed him to chain himself to an LA bank – and why trusting in the ‘people in charge’ is so dangerous: ==================================== Do you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: civil disobedience, climate crisis, Cop26, fossil fuel, fossil fuel industry, grief, humans, madness of billionaires, money in politics, Opec, Peter Kalmus, profit, the future

Commentary: Utility profits the unspoken factor in California’s rooftop solar fight

March 30, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Commentary: Utility profits the unspoken factor in California’s rooftop solar fight

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Politics, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: California, Pacific Gas & Electric, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rooftop solar, San Diego Gas & Electric, solar farms, Southern California Edison

In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things

March 28, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the New Yorker, Bill McKibben wrote an essay titled “In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things” Here, he references many new reports which fortify the case for moving to renewable energy now and reinforcing the need to stop burning. On the last day of February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: climate change, fossil fuel, IPCC, World On Fire

Energy efficiency guru

March 26, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Interview – Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins: ‘It’s the largest, cheapest, safest, cleanest way to address the crisis’ by John Vidal “Solar and wind are now the cheapest bulk power sources in 91% of the world, and the UN’s International Energy Agency (IEA) expects renewables to generate 90% of all new power in the coming … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Future of Work, Nuclear Industry, Pandemic, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: Amory Lovins, civil engineering, climate economics, climate solutions, energy conservation, Energy efficiency, energy transition, environmental engineering, insulation, renewables, Stanford University, The Guardian

Drought 2022

March 9, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

March 9, 2022, Petaluma CA I just searched this blog for the word DROUGHT and found all the entries dated from 2020. I decided to start this journal due to the household conversations we’ve had on how we are going to ration our irrigation water this year. Water is due to become even more expensive … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: California, Drip Irrigation, drought, Eel River, irrigation, La Niña, Lake Sonoma, Petaluma, Rain, Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Sonoma County, toilet, Water, Water Rationing, water year

‘Noise radar’ in Paris

February 14, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Guardian: ‘Noise radar’ in Paris will catch raucous cars and motorbikes System promises to issue tickets automatically in attempt to address sound pollution in the city Under existing legislation authorities can already sanction the owners of noisy vehicles, but police need to have the necessary equipment and catch the driver in the act. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Noise, Paris, radar, sound pollution

Next Covid strain could kill many more

February 13, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Another article from the Guardian concerning the lifting of COVID protocols in England and some experts reactions: Next Covid strain could kill many more warn scientists ahead of England restrictions ending. Demands grow for government science chiefs to reveal evidence backing move to lift last protective measures … The dangers posed by accepting the widespread … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Pandemic, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: COVID, COVID-19, Delta, Omicron, SARS-CoV-2, spike protein, variant, virus, zoonosis, Zoonotic

Abolish internet shopping in Belgium

February 13, 2022 by sergneri 1 Comment

In the Guardian: Abolish internet shopping in Belgium, says leader of party in coalition Paul Magnette, the Socialist party leader, describes e-commerce as ‘social and ecological degradation’ There are no options for commenting on this idea on the Guardian itself, so after you read it, come back here and let us know what you think.

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Pandemic, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Belgium, COVID, e-commerce, pandemic, shopping, Socialist

Letter to the Editor: ‘Doing our part’

January 17, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

01/16/2022 – Santa Rosa Press-Democrat ‘Doing our part’ EDITOR: Dave Stein reduced home-based solar generation to costs (“Solar power costs,” Letters, Wednesday). He misses one of the basic reasons many of us did invest in solar: to reduce greenhouse emissions. It is the same reason we invested in insulating the attic, installed energy-efficient windows and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Politics, the Anthropocene Tagged: carbon emissions, cogenerate, emissions, energy star, energy-efficient, green energy, greenhouse gases, heat pump, PG&E, solar

The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence

January 7, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the NYT, an interview with Ms. Menker: The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity. When toilet paper shortages happened during Covid and everybody was running to stock up, I was like, “I don’t know why you’re stocking up. I have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Pandemic, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: Africa, agriculture, entrepreneur, Ethiopian, famine, food, food systems, Gro Intelligence, inflation, markets, poverty, Sara Menker, toilet paper
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