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Happy Earth Day 55: Perpetual Sustainability Book

ByPiAdmin

April 22, 2025 marks the 55th Earth Day. That’s 55 years since millions first took to the streets in 1970 to demand a cleaner, more just, and more sustainable future. But this year, we don’t just mark the day—we recommit to the journey. From Sustainability to Regeneration Sustainability was the starting point. But sustaining broken systems is no longer enough. We need to regenerate—our ecosystems, our communities, and our approach to progress. That’s the heart…

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GenAI on Earth Day 2024: Part 2

BySustainMe

Earth Day, April 22.  See the OVERVIEW. This is Part 2 of 2 of the discussions with GenAI ChatBots. GenAI on Earth Day 2024: Part 2 Q:  What is the consensus on how soon we have to phase off of fossil fuels and move to carbon neutrality? Q: What are the key factors that agreements like the Paris agreement promote in order for the world to become carbon neutral?  #EarthDay #Sustainability #RE100 #ReduceReuseRecycle  #RegenerativeDynamicArticle #RefractiveThinker…

Oil & Gas Spills in North America Since 2010
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Oil & Gas Spills in North America Since 2010

BySustainMe

A question I sometimes ask of people who think that fossil fuels are here forever more and that electrification of everything will never happen…  Has there ever been an oil spill in Yellowstone National Park? If so, how many? The answer I get surprisingly often is “none”. It is, after all, a National Park, right?  ArcGIS does a map overlay with the data of your choice. In this case the data is documented oil and…

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The EV Hurricane Disaster: a 1-sided scenario, part 2

BySustainMe

Read  The EV Hurricane Disaster: a 1-sided scenario on our sister blog ScenarioPlans.com (also DelphiPlan.com). The EV disaster article analyzes a viral email that talks about how horrible it will be when a hurricane is storming into a population center and the electric vehicles are all stuck on the road with no possibility for charging. The unauthored and undated email makes the implied conclusion that we shouldn’t go to EVs because they could be problematic in…

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Solar and wind just passed another big turning point, Cheaper n Better

BySustainMe

Solar and wind just passed another big turning point: So solar and wind power generation is reaching a threshold where renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuel-based power in Germany and UK. That is before counting the subsidies for renewables, and ignoring the massive externality costs of our historically favorite dirty black fuel. Note the discussion of the virtuous cycle of renewable fuels. As base load power moves up from 5% renewables the costs of traditional power…

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Energy Efficiency & Renewables… Good signs for both.

ByPiAdmin

In one recent edition of the New York Times, there were two very positive articles on energy efficiency and improving the cost/kwh of renewables.  The Monday, November 24, 2014, issue featured “Good News on Energy,” by Ralph Cavanagh of theNatural Resources Defense Fund, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/good-news-on-energy.html? and “Solar and Wind energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels,” by Diane Cardwell, http://nyti.ms/1yJq2r0. From Cavanagh, peaked energy use occurred in the US in 2007 and has trended downward since…