Climate Letter #506

Another source of information about Exxon’s early climate knowledge.  This was published in the Los Angeles Times, with research assistance from Columbia University, as the first in a new series of stories.  It complements the work we have been reporting from Inside Climate News.

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What do all these stories mean for Exxon?  The Union of Concerned Scientists seems to be suggesting that the repercussions will not be trivial.  This post also contains a link to a story in the New York Times that constitutes a major volley of new publicity.  The entire story cuts the legs from beneath the entire complex of deniers, which includes a host of Republican politicians, Fox News, the Heritage Foundation, and so on.
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An early ice age was preceded by a massive removal of CO2 from the air.  This happened some 450 million years ago.  The ice age itself has already been demonstrated as a fact.  Now researchers have found a way to demonstrate the actuality of a CO2 reduction that was large enough to cause the ice age.  The cause of the CO2 drop has yet to be fully explained, but could very well be tied to the massive increase in global plant life that was going on at that time.
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A deep study of India’s energy crisis, from the MIT Technology Review.  This piece will give you much added insight to my recent postings, plus some outstanding photography.
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Competition for high efficiency solar panels is coming on strong.  Following Solar City’s announcement of a 22% module we have Panasonic ready to sell at 22.5% efficiency and Sunpower not far from having 23% ready.  The trend will certainly not stop advancing from this level.
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Meanwhile perovskite solar cells, which have great flexibility and are much cheaper to produce, continue to overcome problems that have hindered efficiency.   A 15% target is in hand and 20% on the horizon.  For an example of what flexibility means, these cells could simply be painted onto the roof of an electric car.
Carl

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