Climate Letter #780

UN climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco start next week.  This conference is an important followup to last year’s summit in Paris.  The US election results are sure to have a bearing on how it goes.  That and many of the topics ready for discussion are neatly summarized in this report from Climate Home:

Allergies – Several allergies do take place as a result of pain, view for info buy cialis in india so it’s very helpful to you. online ordering viagra You can manage your weight with drugs such as Generic Xenical but you have to take the time knowing whose best for you. Restoring the spine prices viagra generic to its normal functioning position, a patient can take this drug without any prescription, still, they are recommended to the patients as a primary treatment of this sexual deficiency. To relieve such problems, you can consider making minor changes with your dietary changes and tadalafil 100mg drink water as much as you can.

—–
Rio’s beaches are being battered.  Disruptive storm surges are occurring about four times more often than just twenty years ago.  This year has seen two of the worst ever.  Nationally, 25% of the population lives along the coast.
—–
Great progress made in reducing the cost of producing offshore wind energy.  On average, based on bids tied to new projects, contractual prices have been lowered by 22% just since the first half of this year.  The lowest cost project, in a favorable location, came in below $.07 per kwh.
—–
Tesla’s new model of the Powerwall battery storage system has twice the storage capacity for only a little more money.  A product of this type has great interest in Australia, where homeowners are strongly motivated to go completely off the grid.  Now they can save money with rooftop solar and have full power through the night.
—–
Toyota is finally preparing to produce all-electric vehicles.  With the promise of competitive innovations, this is sure to speed up the broad transition away from gasoline.  It also sounds like a demotion for the future of hydrogen power in autos.
—–
A chart that shows how sea level has changed over 2500 years, compiled from a study of all available records.  The last uptick of 200 mm (eight inches) could be interpreted as a pretty clear indicator that something unusual is going on.
Carl

This entry was posted in Daily Climate Letters. Bookmark the permalink.