Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part XII 23

[dik]

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

A step in the right direction:

"The Stack in Vancouver set a milestone in Canada’s real estate, by being the first commercial high-rise office tower to achieve the Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC’s) Zero Carbon Building – Design standard certification.

Co-owned by Oxford Properties Group Inc. (Oxford) and CPP Investments, The Stack, designed by renowned architect James K.M. Cheng in collaboration with Adamson Associates Architects, is a 37-storey, AAA-class office tower located at 1133 Melville Street in downtown Vancouver. It features a unique design resembling boxes stacked on each other.

The Stack’s zero carbon status contributes significantly to Vancouver and British Columbia’s 2030 zero-carbon goals. Innovative features, including low carbon building systems and a high-performance triple-pane glazing system, minimize carbon emissions and energy intensity. Smart building technology optimizes energy management, while a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panel array generates 26,000kWh of energy annually."

https://www.constructioncanada.net/...nable-builds/?qnewsletter=20230920&en_click=1

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[BridgeSmith]

while a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panel array generates 26,000kWh of energy annually."

That's almost enough to power my house, but likely not a significant percentage for a 37 storey office building.

 

[hokie66]

You use too much power. That would power my house about 4 times, but still puny in comparison to the high rise office building.

Edit: My usage will be unrealistic to many here, as we don't need to heat, and have only a few days each year when we need AC for a few hours.

 

[dik]

In addition to carbon reduction, there will likely be a reduction in power usage to go with it. Just how much, it's a matter of waiting.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

Turdeau on the carpet again...

"Speaking at the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was grilled for Canada’s massive oil and gas expansion at a time when climate science demands fossil fuels be rapidly phased out.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Melissa Fleming invited Trudeau to speak but before he did, she noted Canada was one of the largest expanders of fossil fuels last year and asked what Canada is doing to align with the Acceleration Agenda — a series of steps rich countries should take, which the UN says can rescue the Paris Agreement from failing like so many climate accords of the past.

The Acceleration Agenda calls for rich countries to set net-zero by 2040 targets, phase out coal power by 2030, end fossil fuel subsidies, set ambitious renewable energy targets, implement fair, equitable and just energy transitions, and for new standards of climate justice to guide decision-making."

https://www.nationalobserver.com/20...mate-summit-over-canada-fossil-fuel-expansion

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[hokie66]

I hope he told them to pound sand.

 

[CWB1]

You're reduced to posting a year-old 'we're running out of coal, gas, and oil' meme? Of course, you can find stories just like it going back at least 50 years

The doom and gloom goes back at least 150 years to the mid-1800s when academics were screeching that England would run out of coal and wood by the late-1800s, which were their two major forms of energy at the time.

 

[BridgeSmith]

The Acceleration Agenda calls for rich countries to set net-zero by 2040 targets, phase out coal power by 2030, end fossil fuel subsidies, set ambitious renewable energy targets, implement fair, equitable and just energy transitions, and for new standards of climate justice to guide decision-making."

So, that means China needs to clean up their act, and the US (which is $33 trillion in debt) should be exempt, right?

 

[dik]

Both bad, and not doing enough...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[BridgeSmith]

I think the US is doing really well at keeping actual pollution low. Our water and air are very clean. Our CO2 output/energy production ratio is far better, too, not that I think we should be concerned over CO2 output, anyway.

 

[dik]

You're still on the +ve side and at the top... that has to stop.

The US is at the top for reduction, thought... China, Russia, and India are still increasing...

and another chart...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[btrueblood]

Per capita is bs, dik.

 

[dik]

Not at all... it adjusts for the fact that China and India have 5x the population of the US...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

We're in totally new territory...

"Here are four climate records broken so far this summer - the hottest day on record, the hottest June on record globally, extreme marine heatwaves, record-low Antarctic sea-ice "

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66229065

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[BridgeSmith]

You're still on the +ve side and at the top... that has to stop.

No it doesn't.

CO2 is plant food, not pollution.

and another chart...

A totally useless one, without a legend to inform the reader of what's being charted.

 

[GregLocock]

BBC report is wrong, in 1966 the Antarctic ice situation was much the same as today.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[dik]

Keep up the good work, then... we'll have to wait and see where that takes us...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

It appears that California is trying to do something about it.

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom drew loud cheers and applause on Wednesday when he spoke at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit in New York, after pointedly calling the climate crisis “a fossil fuel crisis.”

He told the room full of global leaders, climate advocates and non-governmental organizations the world needs to phase out oil, gas and coal and castigated the fossil fuel industry for “deceit and denial.” He was also the lone US official who spoke at the UN secretary general’s hand-picked summit, though climate envoy John Kerry also attended.

It was an overwhelming response from an audience of people who, while optimistic about humanity’s ability to solve the climate crisis, are cynically used to hearing leaders give the issue watered-down lip service."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/us/california-climate-lawsuits-bills/index.html

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

Does it matter that he drew applause at an event with a restricted guest list? What a joke of an article.

 

[CWB1]

There's real irony in a state-level politician from one of our most-polluted states who has defended hiring environmental "experts" with fake degrees, pointing fingers about an "environmental crisis" to an international audience. Terrible ethics and sadly, a large portion of the.media paints him as a hero.