Climate Letter #860

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Carl Campbell
Biological extinction will get high-level attention at a conference this week, sponsored by the Vatican.  Paul Ehrlich and other renowned biologists and thinkers will make presentations to a broader group interested in determining effective solutions.  Apparently references to population control will be part of the agenda, which is interesting because of the location, showing how deadly serious this subject has become.  The results will be published in a working paper, and should be highly educational.

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Trump is establishing task forces with the aim of eliminating job-killing regulations (Washington Post).  There is no reason to doubt that highly aggressive actions will be taken, enough to ensure huge controversy.  Trump’s desire to accelerate economic growth does have a fair amount of public backing, along with the approval of a number of major industries.  The opposition must make sure that the benefits of each targeted regulation are clearly publicized, so they can be properly weighed in the balance by anyone.
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According to Scott Pruitt, the EPA is a special target for really massive deregulation:
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A favorable sign for wind power in India.  In the first auction of its type for the region the low bid for wind came in at 3.46 rupees per kwh, equal to five cents.  This compares with a recent low bid of 3.33 rupees for solar, which means both are now economically competitive with coal.  India is likely to be the world’s largest market for new electric power for the next few decades and for the sake of the planet must have good reasons to avoid coal as the source.
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What does the future of electric cars look like?  The author of this post is someone who knows this subject very well, having written about it almost every day for years.  He sees nothing in the way of the kind of explosive growth experienced by other familiar products that suddenly become “hot,” and has some interesting polling data to support that assumption.
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Pumped hydro offers viable storage for renewable energy.  Just as with conventional coal plants it can be used to even out the load in an economical way, regardless of the time of day constraints.  All that is needed is elevated sites in a convenient location.  A study shows how well it would work for most Australians.

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