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Why We Went Extinct

Big car companies have been fined by the #eu for working in a cartel that had the goal to not become more ambitious than strictly necessary for their recycling goals for electric vehicles. By that they have probably put the break on innovation in that area. The cartel existed from 2002 up to 2017.

If you have ever wondered why the change to a more sustainable economy is going slow...

ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc

European Commission - European CommissionCommission fines car manufacturers and association €458 million over end-of-life vehicles recycling cartelThe Commission has fined 15 major car manufacturers and the European Automobiles Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) a total of around €458 million for participating in a long-lasting cartel concerning
#clue#cartel#environment
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Why We Went Extinct

This TED Talk is one that I often think about when I need to remind myself that leaders and other guru's who suggest we can approximately keep living as we currently do, are liars.

The numbers might have changed, but I'm sure the numbers will not add up if we continue like we do now.

ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_r

And we are not continuing like we did in 2012, we're making it worse.

iea.org/news/growth-in-global-

#ThrowbackThursday#clue#renewables
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Why We Went Extinct

An old 'insight' by McKinsey in what is necessary to get at the 1.5 degree goal: "Every scenario would require rapid reforestation to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere."

By 2030 we would need at least 80 million hectares of forest more than in 2016 (if we meet our deforestation goals, which we don't).

mckinsey.com/capabilities/sust

Unfortunately the trend up to 2022 still seems to be that the global forest area is declining.

statista.com/statistics/129217

McKinsey & CompanyThe 1.5-degree challengeHolding warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels could limit the most dangerous and irreversible effects of climate change.
#ThrowbackThursday#clue#climatechange
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 "An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature; and if, as some suppose, at one period of its history, the air had mixed with it a larger proportion than at present, an increased temperature from its own action, as well as from increased weight, must have necessarily resulted." ~Eunice Newton Foote

If you ever ask yourself 'since when did we know that?' The answer is 1856. Not 1972, not 1997: 1856.

scientificamerican.com/article

A caricature illustration of a woman in profile looking at a scientific flask that's bubbling up to the sun
Scientific American · The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse EffectBy Zoe Kurland
#clue#climatechange#climatecrisis
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TIL that ‘clue’ comes from ‘clew’, the Old English word for a ball of wool. It’s a rare example of a modern meaning taken from a story, that being the clew of thread that Ariadne gave to Theseus to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.

#Language#OldEnglish#Clew
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