Fascinating article!

Hell yes! We need more positive news! Good stuff!

This is for EU countries only. UK details here: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/countries/united_kingdom for anyone interested.

Shouldn’t it be the other way around, particularly for solar? Easy to set up, cheaper, flexible to scale, and the more decentralized setup might even help with poor electricity grid, since you can just set them up whereever needed and even have them work insular without connection the the network.

Yeah, I would’ve thought that to, but according to the following report apparently not: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/renewables-are-the-key-to-green-secure-affordable-energy/

But in developing countries, lack of access to finance under reasonable terms makes the costly upfront investments in renewable energy unaffordable. In addition, macroeconomic and political uncertainties discourage private sector investors from supporting renewable energy.

It’s interesting. If you look at the IEA report here: https://origin.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023/executive-summary

Gas, oil and coal demand is reducing globally; however global investment in fossil fuels is increasing, albeit at a far lower rate than renewables. I suspect this is driven by third world countries, where the initial cost can put off investment in renewable infrastructure; however this is also something that is being looked at: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/iea-working-cut-renewable-energy-costs-developing-world-2023-12-22/

Also this report suggests that energy production from coal, gas, oil, hydro and nuclear have starting to plateau from 2021, with solar still showing an marginal increase alongside wind, bio energy and ‘other’: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked

You’re bang on. Bad news is addictive and people on Lemmy etc are hooked: https://www.ramsaymentalhealth.com.au/en/resources-support/addicted-to-bad-news/

You only have to look at how people dog pile any positive news as being ‘out of touch’ or ‘ignorant’ to see how bad things have got. Hardly surprising, if all you’re seeing online is bad news that’s all you can imagine happening. Issue is ‘news’ sites prioritise bad news because it generates more engagement and so the cycle continues: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4

That’s why it’s more important than ever to highlight the good news: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

Unrelated, but what is that black/dark grey thing on the desk?

I wonder what this would be like for anyone living on a planet in that galaxy?

Monopiles are steel tubes driven into the seabed that serve as the foundation for offshore wind turbines and support their weight and wind loads.

In case, like me, you didn’t know what a monopile was.

Tellus would be a cool name for a planet, imo.

Better late than never.

Excellent, now roll it out ASAP.

It’s so good! One of my favourites!

Exactly, proves solutions exist! Good to hear!

Because there’s money to be made in eco products, and a savvy business will realise this: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/consumers-care-about-sustainability-and-back-it-up-with-their-wallets

Sure, but that doesn’t stop if from being a replacement for normal plastic in situations where water permeability isn’t a problem. I’d prefer this replace at least some conventional plastics, wouldn’t you? Let’s not let perfect be the enemy of good here.

Lol, I did. I hadn’t realised that the slow little tree teddys were such a fucking mess of a creature.

Bravo, well said.

Huh, the more you know. Thanks.

Yeah, exactly. If it was the same size as a S7, I might consider it actually small.