Do you think a lot of people who identify as Liberals fit this description?
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Vin53 · M
3 things you can be certain you know of
1) conservatives do not want progress in our country because if it was good enough for their great great greatparents its better not to delve forward.
1) conservatives do not want progress in our country because if it was good enough for their great great greatparents its better not to delve forward.
marke · 70-79, M
marke · 70-79, M
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As the need for more electricity grows here in America, we are finding out that coal plants are needed more than ever.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/25/22641178/global-power-sector-emissions-rise-pandemic
SCIENCE/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
Rising electricity demand is keeping coal alive
/ Renewables aren’t growing fast enough
By JUSTINE CALMA / @justcalma
Aug 25, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT|0 Comments
How China Took an Oil Town and Turned It Into a Green Energy Hub
Wind turbines in front of a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of the new city area of Yumen, Gansu province, China, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Wind turbines in front of a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of the new city area of Yumen, Gansu province, China, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
As people ventured out from their pandemic cocoons this year, they gobbled up more electricity than they did before COVID-19 shut the world down. But there still isn’t enough clean energy to meet rising demand, so coal is making a comeback. Global electricity demand climbed 5 percent above pre-pandemic levels in the first six months of 2021, according to an analysis published today by London think tank Ember. Electricity grids turned to more coal to meet that demand, and power sector carbon pollution rose 5 percent compared to the first half of 2019.
“We are building back badly”
“Catapulting emissions in 2021 should send alarm bells across the world. We are not building back better, we are building back badly,” Dave Jones, global program lead at Ember, said in a statement today. “The electricity transition is happening but with little urgency: emissions are going in the wrong direction."
As the need for more electricity grows here in America, we are finding out that coal plants are needed more than ever.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/25/22641178/global-power-sector-emissions-rise-pandemic
SCIENCE/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT
Rising electricity demand is keeping coal alive
/ Renewables aren’t growing fast enough
By JUSTINE CALMA / @justcalma
Aug 25, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT|0 Comments
How China Took an Oil Town and Turned It Into a Green Energy Hub
Wind turbines in front of a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of the new city area of Yumen, Gansu province, China, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Wind turbines in front of a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of the new city area of Yumen, Gansu province, China, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
As people ventured out from their pandemic cocoons this year, they gobbled up more electricity than they did before COVID-19 shut the world down. But there still isn’t enough clean energy to meet rising demand, so coal is making a comeback. Global electricity demand climbed 5 percent above pre-pandemic levels in the first six months of 2021, according to an analysis published today by London think tank Ember. Electricity grids turned to more coal to meet that demand, and power sector carbon pollution rose 5 percent compared to the first half of 2019.
“We are building back badly”
“Catapulting emissions in 2021 should send alarm bells across the world. We are not building back better, we are building back badly,” Dave Jones, global program lead at Ember, said in a statement today. “The electricity transition is happening but with little urgency: emissions are going in the wrong direction."