tingilinde

line 3

Moving more tar sand oil through America - the sort-of sequel to Keystone.

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And that’s what puts the Biden administration in an impossible place now. Enbridge wants to replace Line 3, which runs from Canada’s tar sands deposits in Alberta across Minnesota to Superior, Wis., with a pipeline that follows a new route and would carry twice as much crude. It would carry almost as much of the same heavy crude oil as planned for the Keystone XL pipeline — crude that is among the most carbon-heavy petroleum on the planet.

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a safer and more efficient way to heat and cool indoor spaces

People have used radiant heating since fire's been around.  Chairs with high sides and backs became micro heating zones when pointed at a fire in a fireplace.  It makes sense - rather than heat the whole room, focus on where heat is needed.

Greg points to advances in radiant cooling.  The beauty is air circulation and cooling can be decoupled (air conditioned air is often very stagnant) so you could have fresher and healthier indoor air. Hopefully serious progress will be made.

 

 

wednesday saw two steps in the right directon

A ruling against Shell.

and Exxon-Mobil investors stir up the board

 

 

biomass is the wrong solution

Some countries, particular in Europe, have focused on biomass to reduce their CO₂ output. The problem is it does more harm than good.  Some commentary. 

 

recycled wind turbine blades

A complaint the fossil fuel crowd uses against wind power is you can't recycle the huge turbine blades. It's a problem, but a very small one compared to the issues with fossil fuel use ..  but it's used to cast doubt.  

Now that changes - Vestas has announced a blade recycling technology.

 

wind turbine emergency exit

they've already lost

Wyoming doesn't realize they've already lost.

 

on the rush to mine lithium

There are large untapped reserves, but environmental issues are involved.

 

fighting heating system electrification

There is a stealth fight against electrification in the US - here's an example.

 

 

streetlights and light pollution

and a surprising result