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Finland's answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery with 2,000 metric tons of crushed soapstone stores 100 megawatt-hours of thermal energy to cover 1 month of Pornainen's heating demands in the summer and 1 week in the winter, slashing GHGs emissions by 70%
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Finland's answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery with 2,000 metric tons of crushed soapstone stores 100 megawatt-hours of thermal energy to cover 1 month of Pornainen's heating demands in the summer and 1 week in the winter, slashing GHGs emissions by 70%

cnbc.com
u/sg_plumber — 2 hours ago

Would we need geoengineering

I know most environmentalists are against it but.

Even if we stop all fossil fuels today. And if we make the whole world go vegan and ban all flights. The current warming is still going to happen and be devastating for all of us. And I doubt we can do even half of that.

So my opnion it's not a matter of "if" but rather "how" and i think the sooner we start planning for it the better chance we have. Stopping fossil fuels won't be enough at this point. Especially with the fact america is not going to do any meaningful contribution until at minimum 2030

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u/Salt_Initiative_4102 — 3 hours ago
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In a little town in Kansas, people thought 50 wind turbines would replace the ranch way of life, but clean energy provided security and survival in an increasingly uncertain rural economy, while prairie chicken and cows simply kept going, and even benefited from the shadow and access roads.

vitalsigns.edf.org
u/positivesource — 14 hours ago

Researchers find that homeowners whose neighbors install a solar system become more likely to install a solar system themselves, adopt an electric vehicle and reduce their electricity consumption.

pv-magazine.com
u/Economy-Fee5830 — 16 hours ago
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World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest | New analysis based on EEI and filtering of past records' variability suggests higher sensitivity

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As the title says, this study suggests a Climate Response of 1.9-2.6C, with the best estimate at 2.25°C for a doubling of CO2. The EEI based measurement is the less reliable but in my opinion more interesting finding & direction of research, but their reanalysis of past model runs and removing natural variability from the real-life data is also very valuable.

newscientist.com
u/myblueear — 1 day ago

Without action wildfires in Europe will increase 39% even in best-case climate scenario, study finds. However, improvements in fire management however could mitigate increases by more than 70%.

theguardian.com
u/Economy-Fee5830 — 21 hours ago
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Study: A fast energy transition would be cheaper and save trillions of dollars: Achieving Net Zero by 2050 is both possible and profitable

ox.ac.uk
u/Economy-Fee5830 — 1 day ago

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway: Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy

ft.com
u/Economy-Fee5830 — 2 days ago
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Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails: Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale

newscientist.com
u/New_Scientist_Mag — 3 days ago