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silence7

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  • How Fossil Fuel Disruptions Lead to Booms in Solar and Batteries

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  • That's what the beginning looks like. We're just at the cusp of where renewables growth gets to be fast enough to start winding down fossil fuel use at a global level and not just for a few big territories or countries

  • Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low

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  • Not burning coal for electricity anymore. They are a bit for steel production I think.

    I think the 1600s was the start of the cutover from wood to coal for heat and cooking

  • Coal plant US Department of Energy ordered to stay online unlikely to run given ‘flush’ power supplies: CEO

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  • Yeah, California utilities are spending a lot on wildfire prevention because they've repeatedly sparked fires that burned down towns. Makes electricity expensive for everyone

  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Feeling the Effects of 260,000 US Federal Jobs Lost | One year in, assessing budget cuts to federal climate and science jobs.

    www.nytimes.com /2026/03/05/climate/climate-forward-science-federal-cuts.html
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change

    www.engadget.com /big-tech/google-pledges-roughly-three-hours-of-its-annual-profit-to-fight-climate-change-164808010.html
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low

    www.carbonbrief.org /analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    What the EU’s new industry and ‘Made in Europe’ rules mean for climate action

    www.carbonbrief.org /qa-what-the-eus-new-industry-and-made-in-europe-rules-mean-for-climate-action/
  • Climate @slrpnk.net
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    Six trillion ways to solve climate change | New research shows that mixing and matching manageable climate policy ‘wedges’ can add up to real solutions.

    yaleclimateconnections.org /2026/03/six-trillion-ways-to-solve-climate-change/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

    www.nytimes.com /live/2026/03/05/us/trump-news
  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
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    Mexico Gets $500 Million EV Charging Boost as Investment Rises

    www.bloomberg.com /news/articles/2026-03-05/mexico-gets-500-million-ev-boost-as-iuc-atx-pledge-transport-investment

  • How Fossil Fuel Disruptions Lead to Booms in Solar and Batteries

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  • What I see is a system that's steadily shifting from direct fossil fuel use to electricity, and with that, reducing the amount of fossil fuels burned. We're not done making the change, but it has definitely started

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong? AI is teaching teenagers about love now.

    www.vox.com /technology/481444/ai-chatgpt-teen-boys-teenagers-dating-relationships
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

    www.nytimes.com /2026/03/05/us/politics/iran-war-republicans.html

  • How Fossil Fuel Disruptions Lead to Booms in Solar and Batteries

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  • That's changing as broader electrification takes hold, and even today, it takes a lot less fossil fuels than just running directly on burning stuff

  • News @lemmy.world
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    Coal plant US Department of Energy ordered to stay online unlikely to run given ‘flush’ power supplies: CEO

    www.utilitydive.com /news/washington-earthjustice-sue-doe-centralia-emergency-order-transalta/813754/

  • Fertiliser disruption from Iran conflict prompts global food shortage warnings | Prices have jumped and exports been hit as war puts pressure on one of the world’s largest producers

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  • I believe it is mostly nitrogen fertilizer that's in short supply, not potassium.

  • Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer

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  • Rakhi Israni is in a different district from Loomer and the others they gave money to. They're not behaving like a Democrat at all

  • Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer

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  • RFK Jr. wants Dunkin’ to prove drinking its iced coffee is safe

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  • Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer

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  • It's on the voters to boot elected officials who don't actually align with the party.

  • To Cut Housing Costs, Some States Are Easing Fire Safety Rules

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  • Yeah, its not completely crazy for less-tall buildings where a ladder can be used for rescue if the staircase is unsafe. Some places allow single-stair where that's possible and it might moderately reduce construction costs

  • Solarpunkification 2026 at San Francisco's Historic Mabuhay Gardens

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  • Yeah, Ethereum kind of tied the two together in my mind.

    IMHO smart contracts are generally high-risk due to their adjudication system being code rather than people

  • Solarpunkification 2026 at San Francisco's Historic Mabuhay Gardens

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  • I'm at friend of friend of friend level with one of the organizers.

    Pretty much anything in the SF area has an effort to shunt cryptocurrencies into it whether or not it makes any sense. This feels like one of those things

  • The Dangerous Munitions Mismatch Between America and Iran | The United States has only so many expensive missiles to send after Iran’s cheap and plentiful arms.

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  • I treat numeric estimates of launchers destroyed very skeptically. The US has a history of double-counting and counting decoys.

    I do expect that a lot are being destroyed, but its a very far cry from that to claiming that the Iranians won't be in a position to have a lot go through in a few days

  • U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

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  • You can't register it for on-road use, with an exception for automakers who agree to destroy the car within a year.

  • How China Built a Big Lead in Global Race for Batteries That Last for Days | Long-duration storage is yet another area where Beijing is charging ahead of other countries.

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  • While the article doesn’t go into it, I think these are big, with a 10+MW discharge rate

  • Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei | Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader

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  • Yeah. It imposes a huge set of risks for leadership if that surveillance system is compromised.

  • U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

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  • Those have the same problem, but less concentrated ownership

  • U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

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  • Globally, the Chinese automakers are taking a huge chunk of market share.

    They're effectively banned in the US, which is why you can't buy a decent new car for $7000