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silence7 OP , 5 months ago to world in 2024 Begins With More Record Heat Worldwide | On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records.

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silence7 OP , 5 months ago to news in Greta Thunberg: Case thrown because of 'no evidence'

There was a pedo-sexualization harassment campaign aimed at her when she was younger. Any reddit post mentioning her would get flooded with posts suggesting a desire to rape her. It was really ugly, and this feels like the tail end of that.

Source: moderate r/climate and c/climate

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in UK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDF

It happens with almost every nuclear reactor built, no matter when

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in UK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDF

At the cost it comes in at, it competes with longer-duration energy storage. Very expensive, and only has value to the extent that it reduces the need to build storage instead.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in China’s Economy Is in Serious Trouble

Per the article:

Now, these problems have been fairly obvious for at least a decade. Why are they only becoming acute now? Well, international economists are fond of citing Dornbusch’s Law: “The crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought.” What happened in China’s case was that the government was able to mask the problem of inadequate consumer spending for a number of years by promoting a gigantic real estate bubble. In fact, China’s real estate sector became insanely large by international standards.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to technology in China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film

Per the article:

Sekisui Chemical, a supplier to display makers, is tackling the moisture issue. It says it has developed sealants that allow its cells to last 10 years.

Not nearly as good as silicon, but perhaps good enough for a lot of applications

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally

I see lots of renderings and press releases…but nothing about what it actually cost once built, and I don’t see others rushing to do the same, which suggests that the project didn’t come in anywhere near the promised cost per unit volume of desalinated water.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally

Huh? Plenty of desalination going on already. Brine gets diluted back into the ocean.

The reason it’s limited is that desalination requires a lot of energy and is therefore too expensive for most agricultural use

silence7 OP , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to world in Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally

Sadly you can’t desalinate without a significant energy input.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in See How Hot 2023 Was in Two Charts. Hint: Record Hot.

There has started to be change. The US and EU are actually cutting emissions already, and it looks like China is about to.

It’s that we’re not cutting emissions to zero quickly enough yet. That’s going to take a lot of work to make it happen.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in See How Hot 2023 Was in Two Charts. Hint: Record Hot.

We’re at the point we’re pretty bad things happen, but not yet at the point where they’re bad enough to take down civilization. Acting quickly will keep it from getting that bad

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in See How Hot 2023 Was in Two Charts. Hint: Record Hot.

It’s not about ‘fucked/not fucked’ but a matter of degree.

We’re at the point where we go into what is essentially a minefield where we’ll see individual ecosystem components fail. We don’t know exactly when each of those will happen, but we do know that every 1/10 of a degree of warming we can avoid sharply lowers the risk from here on out.

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to world in See How Hot 2023 Was in Two Charts. Hint: Record Hot.

Probably used a color palette calibrated to use the blue end of the spectrum for the cooler temperatures since the late 1800s. Those low temperatures have stopped happening.

silence7 , 6 months ago to technology in U.S. Moves Closer to Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple

Here’s a gift link you can edit into the URL in your post so everybody can access the article

silence7 OP , 6 months ago to technology in Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too.

You can, but the result is that a bunch of navigation, tire pressure monitoring, and other features break