Data center demand has created huge backlog of gas turbine orders. They’re not planning on renewables for the next big expansion

They know exactly what the power consumption of that hardware is though. This isnt tough to figure out just because you use a cloud provider

Just this much

Profits for the fossil fuels industry.

A bunch of the states in the Colorado River basin send Republicans to congress, and water constrains agriculture, so its not utterly crazy to think that Congress might act on this

I’m guessing that there are security guards.

They also burn methane gas, not gasoline, which means that sugar probably isn’t an effective sabotage technique.

Xi seems to be putting China on a decarbonization trajectory. Not as fast as we need, but one that’s meaningful

Its on us to prevent that

Encouraging that is a really deliberate thing by the fossil fuels industry.

It shouldn’t be for the next 30d. Common causes of hitting the paywall:

• turning Javascript turned off
• having a device where Javascript has stopped working because you need a reboot
• running a browser extension which removes the access token from the URL

More that the combination of corporate violence, victim blaming, and infiltration and blackmail of vulnerable individuals is something people need to prepare for

I dont think that has been well studied.

IRA = US Inflation Reduction Act, a major piece of climate legislation

They’re taking on the attitudes of the Trump administration which just announced:

We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.

After which they pushed Senator Padilla out of the room for saying his name and trying to ask a question and then handcuffed him.

It was only ever about states rights to enforce slavery.

It was a partial phase-out of sale of new gas powered cars, taking effect in steps over a decade. 20% of new cars could still be plug-in hybrids, which burn gasoline when the battery runs out. No ban on cars people already own or restriction on used cars.

Yeah, it’s a mode of thinking which produces a desired outcome, rather than one that’s consistent with any kind of attachment to reality.

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Problem is that we are also seeing big declines in places without pesticides

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