Renewable energy ≪ Fossil Carbon. EV ≪ ICE. Honest government ≪ DOGE. Heat pumps ≪ HVAC. Induction cookers ≪ gas, and much safer. Wind turbines in fields give farmers steady income. Global Warming will cost hundreds of trillions of dollars, while curing it will save all of that and much more. So what’s wrong with the people, especially the people who claim to be all about money, who can’t wrap their minds around such facts?
We know about the oil and gas companies mired in the Gambler’s Fallacy over their sunk costs, which amount to $10 trillion or so, who are certain that they can make money on their stranded assets. We know about the ultra-MAGAites who value owning the libs over money and even life itself. We know about Christianists who claim that God does not permit what the rest of us know as reality. There are some who don’t believe in legal tender, only crypto.
But what about Wall Street? What about stock and bond and commodity markets where even Nobel Prize winners ply their trades? Well, we know about them, too. Hordes of them get caught in every asset bubble and crash, and advise all other investors to do the same. The Great Depression. The Bush Housing debacle. This Time is Different vs. The Big Short. Even Nobel Laureates have lost billions on Wall Street.
And here we are again.
But there are still lunatics building huge data centers while demanding that they be supported by fossil fuels and nuclear power.
The AI revolution is likely to drive up your electricity bill. Here's why.
A report from Schneider Electric, a company that specializes in digital automation and energy management, projects that electricity demand will increase 16% by 2029, mainly due to the proliferation of data centers. Most data centers rely on the nation's electrical grid for energy, meaning it will be Americans ratepayers who pick up the tab, Mark Wolfe, executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, a group that represents states on energy issues.
"As utilities race to meet skyrocketing demand from AI and cloud computing, they're building new infrastructure and raising rates, often without transparency or public input," he told CBS MoneyWatch in an email. "That means higher electricity bills for everyday households, while tech companies benefit from sweetheart deals behind closed doors."
AP: The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 190,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 860,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,380,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,840,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... ⚒️🧪
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— Zack Labe (@zacklabe.com) June 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Hey, bozos! This is the way to do it!
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Looks like Meta signed an agreement with XGS Energy 150 MW of geothermal energy. This is their second after they signed last year with Sage Geosystems.
I'd very much enjoy watching a little Big Tech-fueled nuclear vs geothermal competition.
www.esgtoday.com/meta-xgs-sig...
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— cookpj.bsky.social (@cookpj.bsky.social) June 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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In search of scaleup, direct air carbon capture meets mineralization.
cleantechnica.com/2025/06/16/d...
#carboncapture #ccs #dac #carbon #carbonsequestration #carbonremoval #iceland #geothermalenergy #renewableenergy #renewables #energy #geology #iceland #icelandgeothermal #rocks #minerals
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— Tina Casey (@tinamcasey.bsky.social) June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last month, the average price of a used EV in the United States was $31,110, down $2,993 compared to the same month last year. Meanwhile, all used cars got more expensive by $630 year-over-year and reached an average of $32,317.
Any guesses as to why? Could it be that ICE cars don’t change that much from year to year, while EVs get startlingly greater range, shorter charging times, a wider choice of makes and models, and much more every year? At the lowest end, the earliest Nissan Leafs, in 2011, had a range of 73 miles, while later models, since 2018, have a range of 226 miles.
Doesn’t that sound like time for another upgrade? Oh, wait, will you lookit that N7 there?
World’s most isolated grid wants big batteries to last longer to fill gaps as last coal shuts down
The default storage setting for big batteries in Australia’s biggest state is about to be lifted to six hours duration – or even more – as grid authorities prepare for the closure of its last coal fired power station at the end of the decade.
Western Australia – host to the world’s biggest isolated grid, with no connections to other states or countries – has become one of the hotspots for battery storage in the last couple of years as it seeks to soak up its extraordinary amounts of rooftop solar and provide grid support in the evening peaks.
Its first big battery – at Kwinana – only began production two years ago, but within the next two months it will finalise commissioning of what will be the two biggest batteries in the country – Neoen’s 560 MW, 2,240 MWh battery and Synergy’s 500 MW, 2,000 MWh, both located in the coal town of Collie.
There are at least another half a dozen big batteries under construction or which have won government contracts and will be built soon. And, from a standing start, W.A. has led the way in the development of four-hour battery projects, with total capacity of 1.3 GW and 5.2 GWh.
Jessiestaf: From the GNR newsroom, its the Monday Good News Roundup
Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia saw a 33% drop in deforestation in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the environment ministry said Thursday, citing stronger community coordination and a crackdown on environmental crime.
Speaking at a press conference, Environment Minister Lena Estrada Añokazi said deforestation fell from 40,219 hectares in early 2024 to 27,000 hectares this year. The government identified 18 active deforestation hot spots, including 13 in the Amazon and others in regions like Catatumbo, Arauca and the Pacific north.
“In the Amazon’s national parks, deforestation dropped by 54% ... which is a very good result,” Estrada said, highlighting gains in Amazonian parks Tinigua, Chiribiquete and La Macarena.
Great news protecting the rain forests.
Good morning Monday gnusies and thanks Jessiestaf, Bhu, Killer300 and the GNR Discord for making this good news diary possible:
In good news, a new technique in recycling plastic is now being commercialized. The new technique using an enzyme results in higher quality plastic than current recycled plastic:
My thanks to Edward Song for this next item, in a comment to the Monday GNR.
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Plastic-Recycling Enzyme Discovered in Compost Heap Close to Commercialization Through German Startup
https://www.europesays.com/uk/182640/
Before and After: A container of PET after 24 hours of contact with the enzyme leaves only dye…#uk #news #uknews
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— uk-news.bsky.social (@uk-news.bsky.social) June 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A German bio-tech company has developed a naturally-occurring enzyme discovered in a cemetery into a near-market ready solution for recycling plastic without any loss of quality.
In 2022, GNN reported on a paper published by Leipzig-based scientists who first identified the enzyme. At the time, the enzyme was subject to a small side-by-side test, and caused the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic to decompose by a whopping 90%.
Fast forward to the spring of 2025 and those same scientists have perfected the capabilities of that enzyme, called PHL7, and have founded ESTER Biotech to bring those capabilities to market….
For full article see www.europesays.com/…
Denial and Obstruction
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“My constituents don’t want more handouts to Big Oil, they want clean, affordable, and renewable energy.”
WATCH @repyassansari.bsky.social call out Secretary Burgum for trying to give our public lands away to Big Oil 👇
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— LCV – League of Conservation Voters ❌👑 (@lcv.org) June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bo-o-o-o-ogus.
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NYTimes:
When Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act in ‘22, no Republicans voted for it. But nearly 80% of the more than $841 billion in announced clean energy investments that followed the law have flowed to Republican districts, from wind farms in Wyoming to battery factories in Georgia.
— Eco Knuckles (@noisefactor.bsky.social) June 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
