Climate Letter #734

How the G20 countries compare with each other, and the rest of the world. Here are nine key charts.  What they show could not be made more clear, and it’s interesting.  E.g., the US still has 24% of global GDP, 4% of population.  India, the biggest wild card, now burns more coal than the US, etc.

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What big international insurance companies are now saying about climate change.  More than any other kind of business, they understand what is happening, what the risks are really like, and what needs to be done about it.
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An example of something terribly destructive that has to be stopped.  But who has the authority and the power to do the stopping?  A massive amount of publicity in all sorts of media, all over the globe, might get something started.  The scale for potential damage here is on a par with drilling for oil in the Arctic, which gets far more attention.
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An exciting new technology for solar cell production.  This was developed by MIT and its partner in Abu Dhabi, the Masdar Institute.  The method is said to double the practical efficiency of today’s standard silicon cells at much lower costs than those of other high-efficiency type cells.  Where will it go from here?  “Fitzgerald, who has launched several startups, including AmberWave Systems Corporation, Paradigm Research LLC, and 4Power LLC, thinks the step cells might be ready for the PV market within the next year or two.”  Can this be real?
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Flow batteries for household application are attracting strong interest in Australia.  They provide competition for Tesla’s Powerwall, and are said to have certain advantages.  The market for solar-plus-battery combinations in Australia is set to explode, as prices keep falling, and because of extraordinarily high utility rates.
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Robert Fanney (aka “robertscribbler”) tells his own story, and more.  Robert has become one of the most effective persons out there who works tirelessly to research events and then expose the dangers of climate change through his blog—as accurately as any scientist, I think.  Here he makes a strong personal statement along with a challenge to anyone who is a believer to become more active, because there is so little time left for procrastinating.  Take a quick look at his followup reader responses.
Carl

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