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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Bill McKibben is based.

[–] Cethin 3 points 1 month ago (8 children)

As nice as it would be, a not insignificant amount of coal being transported is destined to steel production. Steel is iron + carbon, and the easiest source of carbon is coal. Steel is pretty important, so that's not going away anytime soon. I wonder if carbon capture could make a product that could be used to replace coal here though, and fairly effectively sequester the carbon in an actually useful form?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

There are efforts to develop green steel, it'll be more expensive than coal, but coal is only so cheap because of the huge amount mined for fuel

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many of us have solar power. I could power all my electric usage (including driving an EV) with the solar I can fit on my roof and a modest battery

I'm impressed by recent vertical axis wind turbines, as when we have a week with little sunlight the wind is usually blowing

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