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Magoo48

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1. As we race towards the looming cliff which is Climate Catastrophe,

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu Jan 27, 2022, 02:21 PM

Jan 2022

we focus on a dozen avoidance issues.

But, it’s ok, even if every other issue goes our way, we will not look up and truly see. Lots of greenwash will splash here and there, and billions will be wasted on ineffective placebos while Big Oil clowns of the apocalypse keep dancing the greed and profit rumba.

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The first daily reading above 420 ppm this year has appeared at the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory. [View all] NNadir Jan 2022 OP

As we race towards the looming cliff which is Climate Catastrophe, Magoo48 Jan 2022 #1

It is now 5:03 AM in Berlin; Germany's carbon intensity has fallen below 400 g CO2/kwh... NNadir Jan 2022 #2

German carbon intensity falls to 320 g CO2/kwh. Wind at 28.8 GW, coal at "only" 20.1 GW. NNadir Jan 2022 #3

Wow! Wow! Wow! The wind's blowing. German CO2 intensity has fallen below 300 g CO2/kwh! NNadir Jan 2022 #4

Wind John ONeill Jan 2022 #5

From my perspective, there is no defense of wind energy. Using wind and nuclear, Sweden this... NNadir Jan 2022 #6

Let's give our German friends credit when things are good and the wind is blowing. German carbon... NNadir Jan 2022 #7