Climate Letter #867

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The psychology involved when people are in denial, reviewed by Scientific American.  According to Peter Dykstra, “Freudian fingerprints are all over modern climate denial.”  Deniers do not necessarily have doubts about what is true, they simply cannot face it.  A number of different escape mechanisms are discussed.  The author could perhaps have said more about people who readily believe the basic science but are in denial with respect to the part about how catastrophic the outcome might be within their own or children’s lifetime, which leads to passivity.
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In these four European countries the most common earmarks of denial are not as powerful as what we see in the countries that have a stronger oil lobby.  A major new polling study in UK, France, Germany and Norway “dispels the idea that global warming is widely seen as a future problem, and also shows strong support for action to tackle global warming.”
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How multiple stresses are developing in the oceans due to climate change.   New research predicts the futures of four different kinds of stress and how they interact, depending on the rate of CO2 buildup.  The full set of dangers is explained very well in this article from Carbon Brief.  All marine ecosystems are affected plus a primary source of nutrients for a billion humans.  The researchers believe that whatever changes to the marine environment occur are “unlikely to be reversed.”
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Total worldwide solar installations had a good year of growth in 2016, up 50%.  The US and China led the way.  While costs are rapidly declining, the importance of having stable and proper government incentives in place is still clearly necessary.
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A new process for manufacturing silicon solar cells offers several advantages.  It will reduce costs by up to 25%, add to the efficiency of energy absorption and reduce the environmental impact from manufacturing.  Products such as solar shingles will benefit from better appearance of the exposed surface.
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Lithium-sulfur batteries are of low cost and have five times the energy density of lithium-ion.  The problem is their performance quickly degrades when put to use with repeated cycling.  A largely Chinese research group now claims to have identified the problem and found a solution that works.  Moreover, their technique “can be seamlessly coupled to current industrial battery manufacturing processes.”
Carl

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