Climate Letter #606

Denmark plans to be completely rid itself of fossil fuels.  For electricity, by 2035; everything else, 2050, with wind power as the key.  Their planning is both comprehensive and credible.  “They have become among the world’s most adept at integrating diverse, distributed, often variable, renewable resources. As a result, Danish electricity supply is the most reliable in Europe, slightly ahead of Germany’s, and about ten times more reliable than U.S. electricity supply.”

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In Scotland there is a plan to heat homes with heat drawn from the North Sea by heat pumps.  Financing has been approved, and for river water sources as well.  If this goes well the upside is easy to imagine.
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A study shows that extreme tornado events have become more common in North America since 1954.  The authors are careful not to speculate on the cause, for lack of hard evidence, but climate change is clearly a leading possibility.
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New record for solar panel efficiency.  Panasonic’s module efficiency is certified at 23.8%, which is up from a recent record of 22.8% set by SunPower.  My guess is that this one will also be broken fairly soon.
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The oil and gas industry wants to delay the transition to renewables for as long as possible.  With assets worth trillions at stake, the principals are deadly serious about doing so, enough to spend really big bucks on capturing political influence that could be of help.  Here are some numbers for the US alone in 2015.  (Republicans are winners, but Hillary is not exempt.)  The public needs to get equally serious about the value of protecting the planet from further decimation, by making it a top-ranked voting issue at all levels of government.
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The best way to start a counter-attack against the oil and gas industry would be by cutting off its subsidies.  From Canada, here is an argument that makes good sense and should be more commonly expressed, as a prelude to any carbon pricing scheme.
Carl

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