Time for one of the wealthiest collections of humans on Earth to stop walking and start running towards climate solutions. Decarbonization alone is not enough.

There is nothing wrong with the article.

Please consider judging things on their own merit.

There isn’t a conspiracy. It’s simply that most of the older islands have cooled and the studies necessary to find the right conditions are incredibly expensive. The Big Island is where the opportunity is, and they are expanding the existing plant as part of the carbon-free 2045 plan. The state is also funding exploration on Maui.

https://energy.hawaii.gov/geothermal/

I love the idea of geothermal, but the reality is difficult. You need to drill to find the right conditions. There’s also the H2S emissions. Solar and wind resources are much easier to confirm and build.

It is not an error. The Trump administration opposes renewable energy and heavily favors fossil fuels.

He simply speaks out more against wind as he holds bizarre views unsupported by science about its health effects.

It is bizarre how hostile to humans we build cities.

Reducing the urban heat island effect is the easiest countermeasure to mitigate some of the effects of climate change. A tree canopy is cheap with additional benefits to psychological well-being and air quality.

Not necessarily. The answer could be to make clean electricity prices so low that even normal gasoline prices are more expensive.

I’ll hold until RDNA 5.

Yes, it is possible to make some cheeses in an apartment.When I got into it 15 years ago, it was just my family and internet instructions. The mozarella and ricotta turned out fine. More complex, not really. Start with these.

I love linen and I love rayon (lyocell) but I’ve never seen a blend. It sounds heavenly. Congratulations on the find.

My family all bead except for me. They’ve done it for 25 years and love it. Yes, there is some gear, but it’s not terrible as far as hobbies go. That said, there must be at least 10,000 beads in my house now. It bothers me as a minimalist, but it makes everyone else happy so they stay.

Europe and Asia are rapidly rejecting oil for transportation and I doubt it will ever come back.

If they can’t work with the high prices Trump created with his war, they can’t work with anything.

I hope they enjoy the long-term global demand destruction.

Here’s how I did last month on my solar punk journey as a minimalist in South Florida.

My solar subscription generated 2,283 kWh against 2,209 kWh used including charging for my electric car (likely a wash with data center usage for the family). I also had my last round interview at an amazing local ESG company which will allow me to escape my toxic culture fossil fuel job. The few clothes I own are falling apart, but rather than buying new, I’m off to Goodwill to see if I can find some natural fabrics that work. Sadly, my local grocery store closed which will make me more reliant on driving and delivery to get food. At least both are electric.

I hope you are also making steps on your paths and would love to read about them and get ideas.

Yes, on the first screen it is an absolute total. On the second it is a percentage share.

So if something is growing, but slower than the growth of the rest, its share is declining.

Yes, it is a major deal humanity-wise, but India has been sovereign since 1947 and in the last 12 years made decisions to have the hottest and most polluted cities on the planet. Hellish urban heat island (UHI) construction predominates. Coal power and ICE vehicles ownership were rapidly expanded.

Global climate change, for which the West bears primary fault, is responsible for 1.5c of warming. UHI effects, through decisions India made, are responsible for 6-8c in the NCR alone and 3-5c in most other major cities.

I beg Indians to step up and start making the smart decisions to mitigate the wave of heat deaths drawing closer that will rival the British-created Bengal famine.

Then go to your HOA meeting and speak for amending the bylaws to allow them. It doesn’t take much to get changes.

That is a Ayam Cemani. They are an entirely black Indonesian chicken breed that is the most expensive to buy in the United States. Their meat is supposedly higher in protein, and also entirely black.

And Canadian.

Iran is a sovereign country able to set their own targets. They are members of the IPCC but deliberately chose non-participation for 15 years up to 2023. Furthermore, they had unfettered access to Chinese solar panels and wind turbines until recently. As they are the main supplier of oil for Chinese teapot refineries, trade for solar panels would have been simple.

Iran bears full responsibility for their outlier status no different than the current US regime.

Private investment almost invariably has negative returns, and even ESG ETFs are sketchy as you note.

As others have written, for positive returns, focus on capital investments in your own life. I have a solar subscription with a 10% IRR and recently replaced my pool pump with a variable speed one: $2,000 installed that saves $300/annum with an average lifespan of ten years for an 8.1% IRR.

Go solar. Replace your gas heat with a heat pump. Install on demand or electric heat pump water heaters. Swap your gas car for an electic.

Vote both at the ballot and with your wallet against MAGA policies.