Look fab labs, hacker space, maker spaces or whatever it is named in your area. Those are not exactly everywhere, but common enough to have a look at. Another somewhat related space would be a repair cafe. That would give you not only access to a workshop, but also a bunch of folks for inspiration.
Other then that look up Arduino and RaspberryPi solar projects. It is pretty easy to find some lists. 3d printers are pretty common, as are many other similar tools. Home automation can also be interesting, but that might not be that great of an option, if you rent. Micromobility can also be somewhat interesting(elector skateboards, self assembling a bicycle....). It is also rather easy to set up a solar system in a flat, as long as you can easily install it outside it on a balcony or whatever. There is also a pretty large diy loudpspeaker community, which apparently is pretty easy to built.
Honestly there are lots of projects. Just think of something you would like to have and look up diy version of it. Seriously people built nearly everything at home. There even was a supersonic kit plane sold once, which apparently never managed to go supersonic and had a habit of killing its pilots, but you get my point.
Seasonal storage is mostly not needed. Close to the equator it is not due to not really having a season problem. Further to the poles you have stronger winds in winter.
Imho hydrogen on trains is only a good idea, for long distance trains running on not electrified track. Hydrogen is more energy dense and easier to refill then a battery so a good idea for say US freight trains.
However Germany has all its mainlines electrified. In this case all three towns have electrified main stations. Battery trains are a good solution for that relativly short sections of unelectrified track, as long as charging can be done in stations. This would be the case here, as in most of Europe to be honest.
This law aims to put measures in place to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050....
With larger turbines you need fewer for the same capacity. This means less manufacturing, easier maintenance, they are taller, which means more stable and stronger wind, and a lower price of construction. However larger turbines also lead to greater stresses on the system, so that can again increase maintenance and large blades are hard to transport on land.
So it is a compromise. Up to now offshore wind turbine manufacturers always built bigger turbines with newer generations. However the engineering challenges increases, so many have stopped going for bigger then 14-16MW and instead go for increased numbers of turbines with higher reliability.
This is hardly massive news. It was very predictable since years. Germany started up a lot of coal power plants to replace gas power plants in Germany and for its neighbours. With Putin cutting gas supply to most EU countries that was needed. So as of right now German coal power plants have to competete with what was already a relativly strong built up of renewables, which again is going on for years. Coal power plants have lost money in 2019 and the only reason the are still running as much as they do is the still high gas price. They are being squeezed right now and most forecasts I have read claim a pracitcal end for coal in Germany in 2028.
So Germany being super entreneched in coal is just bs. The German coal industry was saved by Putin.
No, lignite is not energy dense enough to make it worth it. The power plants are right next to the mines, to make it econonomical. Those power plants are among the largest in the world in terms of electricity production. There is a bit of exports, but most of it is for soil improvment.
Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Sorry, but economic theory and even more economic practise is how we solve the climate crisis. Scientists have warned us of the problem with pretty good data and models, engineers have developed the technology to have a good life within planetary boundaries. At this point the problem we have to solve is how we distribute that technology, while limiting further emissions and provide an at least reasonable qualtiy of life for everybody on the planet. This is very much an economics problem, with an economic solution.
Capitalism is just an economic system. It is not the only one. Please do not fall for that trap, created by decades of neoliberalism.
What is happening for deacades? Sorry, but the most I can see is a bit of regualation by countries with a stronger government and a lot of green growth, which fits in perfectly with capitalism. Any sort of big change like setting limits to consumption, socializing ownership of production, set up systems like UBI to limit the impacts of the transition and so forth, which in any way threaten capitalism, but are obviously economic solutions, have been called way to radical.
So please explain to me where in the world we are chaning our economic system to fight climate change in a big way, because I can not see it
Russia is fighting for bullshit reasons, so how heavy losses are they willing to accept as a people for basically nothing? At what point will it be enough?
Right now Russia is not forcing anybody in combat. They are mainly taking people dumb enough to volunteer and see them die. This will carry on for some time, but they are also starting to send foreigners to die. Also Russia is one of the most unequal countries in the world. So Putin spending a lot of money on soldiers and the worker shortages and increased war production mean plenty of well paying jobs for many Russians. Many Russians profit from the war. They can afford to buy cars, houses, dish washers, fridges and toilets, when they did not before.
So the Russian economy has to collapse and due to worker shortages, falling oil sales, higher import costs due to sanctions and a lot more it seems like it is starting to happen. However this will take time and that means thousands of deaths.
If only Germany would not be willing to recognice Palestine, then this might happen, but that is not the case. France and Italy the two next most powerfull countries do not recognice Palestine either.
Germany is usually fairly happy with the current state of the EU. The things Germany wants to change are usually also supported by Spain and that means blackmail is harder. The only exaption to that is finance. However Spain is not going to let billions go to waste to have Palestine recogniced. That is just more of a symbol, rather then massivly important.
Also Germany leaving the EU would cause some massive problems in other EU countries as well. They would hardly be cheering for it.
Spain has grown faster then Germany for most of the last decade(besides 2020). Out of PIIGS Portugal and Ireland also have done pretty well. Greece got hit hard and Italys economy has problems since the 90s(aka not a EU/Euro problem).
Russia is using anti ship missiles to hit land targets. The launchers for those are only on ships. That does not mean, you can not put them on land, but it is going to be some engineering work.
Maybe more importantly those missiles are a threat to Ukranian shipping.
Add to that people of fighting age leaving Russia to not get drafted. The men dieing are the potential fathers of the next generation. We also saw what happens to birth rates and migration, when Russia is in an economic crisis. We pretty much know that Russia is heading towards another one right now.
Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures....
Which still means that fossil fuel power plants loose money in those periods due to low electricity prices. Those low prices also lead to electricity storage and more electricity consumption. The later is good, when it replaces other fossil fuel consumption(usually that is).
There are basically three options to deal with overproduction:
export
storage
shutting it done
The cheapest way of using wind and solar actually includes shutting done some of it at excellent days, so the capacity is enough to provide enough power at just okay days. The other problem is that storage is an issue. Right now pumped hydro and batteries are the only ways we have economically somewhat able to actually store electricity economically and both are at the expensive end. So they are usually just used to balance the grid. Hence the optimum is more in having overcapacity. The other option is to use the water reservoir of large hydro river plants, to vary the electricity production. that works rather well. The other big one is exports. As soon as a grid is large enough(continent sized), the weather matters a lot less. So you might see a lot of hvdc lines going from your country to other ones being planned, built and finished.
However most of the world is not even close to that. At 30% and a lot of it hydro, renewable electricity production is mostly just replacing fossil fuel.
Vermonts electricity was 48% clean energy(renewables and nuclear). To go to 100% they need to add storage, a lot more renewable generation and upgrade the grid. All of that requires planning, ordering the parts and then building it. Doing it in a decade is a realistic, but ambitus target.
Oil companies usually do not, but electricity companies do. The problem is that oil companies are great in geology, drilling and chemistry. Geothermal is a similar skill set and chemistry can be used in other products, but the first is small business and the other not renewable nexessarily.
European intelligence agencies issued a major warning and accused Russia of “plotting violent” acts of sabotage across the continent as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate....
I found these kind of cool as an idea, as they can be added rather easily to existing cities and provide some greenery without taking up space, while providing shade:...
If you built dense cities, like this you massively reduce land usage of cities. It also removes the need for cars and allows for easier sharing of many other resources. This means dense cities have a much lower carbon footprint then other forms of living. London for example has per capita emissions of 3.3t. Skyscrapers are not the best solution for density, but they work and in this case thats mid density housing.
This is a good way to have some greenery in a place, where planting a tree is difficult. This is a 6m wide street with shops on both sites, which is mainly used by pedestrians. If you plant a tree on the sites of the street, it does not get enough light. In the middle of the street it ends up blocking trucks from resupplying the shops, which is also not an option.
It does have an irrigation system. You can see the pipe assembly on the left. It is that big white thing running through. That goes to a water tank, which collects the rainwater from the sails and then pumps it back up when needed.
I. Occupations are effective because they are disruptive. The April 1968 occupations shut down the entire university for over a week. This forced the administration to concede to their demands, even after the movement faced repression....
And communists and anarchists do not necessarily a problem with personal possessions. The idea is to seize the means of production aka companies and to use those for the public good by transferring them into public or collective ownership. However for consumer goods like clothes, furniture, food, bicycles and so forth would in most cases remain private property, within reasonable levels(no mansions).
So most people would actually gain property in this case, as they have a share in public and collective property.
You have to keep in mind that the decline in profits is mainly from selling fossil gas, that is the gas not liquid, to the EU. Blowing up oil infrastructure is a new thing.
The Biden administration’s new automatic braking rule is “impractical,” auto industry says ( www.theverge.com )
Good DIY projects with limited space/for apartment living?
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The exponential growth of solar power will change the world ( www.economist.com )
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Lhyfe and Deutsche Bahn cooperate on development of trains powered by green hydrogen ( www.renewableenergymagazine.com )
I've never jumped on the hydrogen bandwagon. I know it's technically renewable, but I feel hydrogen is a stop-gap resource.
Nature restoration law: EU Council gives final green light ( www.consilium.europa.eu )
This law aims to put measures in place to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050....
CATL, BYD To Slash Battery Prices By 50% In 2024. BOOM! EVs Win! - CleanTechnica ( cleantechnica.com )
Germany plans to increase offshore wind built up from 40GW to 50GW by 2035 and 60GW by 2037 ( energynewsmagazine.at )
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Vehicle damage claims in Wales fall 20% since speed limit cut to 20mph, says insurer ( www.theguardian.com )
China installs world’s 1st 18 MW wind turbine, to power 36,000 homes/yr ( interestingengineering.com )
Germany set a new renewable power generation record in Q1 ( electrek.co )
Capitalism Can Not Solve The Climate Crisis: Here’s Why ( youtube.com )
cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/14253829...
Italy deploys 1.72 GW of new PV systems in Q1 ( www.pv-magazine.com )
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 23.05.24 ( lemmy.world )
Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 23.05.24 (орієнтовно)...
Israel Threatens 'Severe Consequences' for Nations Who Recognize Palestine ( www.commondreams.org )
The Ukranian Navy confirmed the destruction of the Russian "Tsiklon" missile ship, the last cruise missile carrying ship in the Black Sea. ( sopuli.xyz )
https://t.me/ukrainian_navy/6455...
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 15.05.24 ( lemmy.world )
Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 15.05.24 (орієнтовно)...
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply ( www.theguardian.com )
Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures....
Vermont just passed a 100% renewable electricity mandate ( electrek.co )
"...across all the state’s utilities by 2035."...
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption ( www.theverge.com )
Multiple European intelligence agencies accuse Russia of plotting sabotage across the continent ( www.firstpost.com )
European intelligence agencies issued a major warning and accused Russia of “plotting violent” acts of sabotage across the continent as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate....
Generate shadows without trees: vegetable awnings, a new way to generate shadows in the city. ( www.singulargreen.com )
I found these kind of cool as an idea, as they can be added rather easily to existing cities and provide some greenery without taking up space, while providing shade:...
First We Take Columbia: Lessons from the April 1968 occupations movement ( illwill.com )
I. Occupations are effective because they are disruptive. The April 1968 occupations shut down the entire university for over a week. This forced the administration to concede to their demands, even after the movement faced repression....
Gazprom slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with Europe hit ( www.theguardian.com )
Profits were expected to be halved from the 2022 1.2 tn Rubles, but instead they made a loss in 2023 of 629bn Rubles or £5.5bn.
3 Old Technologies For A Sustainable Future ( www.resilience.org )