Production of a passenger car with a long-range battery *does* use more energy than building a gasoline car, by about 68%. However, *driving* such a car makes up the difference in about 18,000 miles. A long-range electric consumes about 1-1.2 MJ/mile, while a gasoline car @30 mpg uses 4.3 MJ. To the extent the electric is powered by non-fossil sources, the carbon emissions are even less.
That's pretty much what I say. Then he comes back with, "where do you think that lithium comes from?" and I come back with "they dig it up. Where do you think your gasoline comes from?", and the argument dies at that point.
insideclimatenews.org
We simply can't change as quick as we really should, without drastically change our lifestyles, ruin lives and jobs. We have almost no other choise than to change, little step by little step. That is way to slow for nature and climate. But will will not halt the global pollution growth within a few decades, let alone reduce it. But we still have to make every effort we can. We have to start somewhere and hope for the best.Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don't Expect Big Changes Soon - Inside Climate News
On the western shore of Lake Erie in Michigan, the Monroe Power Plant has been burning coal since the mid-1970s. Its owner, DTE Energy, has no intention of shutting down the massive power plant any time soon, despite its new pledge to cut its company-wide carbon emissions to net zero. DTE’s...
Possibly. We don't really have any idea. Ending our CO2 emissions today might do nothing more than slow down the rate of global warming without changing the end result. For instance, there's no guarantee we can stop the methane output from thawing permafrost, which could outstrip our emissions. Research is showing that thaw is happening faster and deeper than expected (the usual mantra of climate science).
That's just daft.
Disrupting the lives of people who quite literally can't feed their family if they miss a paycheck isn't contributing to a solution. If anything, it's reinforcing the idea that climate change mitigation is a force to be resisted because it will erode quality of life.
More protests at a nearby station:
www.theguardian.com
"Global heating makes our homes uninhabitable - Lets contribute to global heating by doing even more useless air conditioning."
The whole article is worth reading.
Yes, and the day will come when I die, too, but I'm not planning to do that before I have to.
I’ve been seeing tweets that XR has a diversity problem, and I wonder if mistakes like these are the result of it. There’s no good climate activism without social justice.More protests at a nearby station:
Extinction Rebellion activist dragged from roof of London Underground train
Commuters clash with demonstrators over morning rush hour disruption
Apparently they were disrupting the Docklands Light Railway because
It's also the only Underground route into the rest of central London if you live in the predominantly working-class areas of outer East London.
Anyone from Shadwell and Canning Town heading for work in the financial districts of Docklands and the City will far more likely be working there as a cleaner, kitchen staff or security guard than as a broker, and many of the commuters will have been undertaking a longer journey into central or west London for a similar job there.
I read through the Comments section and quite a few people pointed out that A/C units create heat as well, due to the inefficiency of engines. So the power used to create cool air funneled in one direction is also creating yet more heat that is dumped elsewhere in the system. That begins to sound like a desperate arms race.
