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Canadian Carbon tax exemption on home heating oil sets climate policies back, advocates say
  • Heat pumps are efficient at very low temperatures now, and are suitable for the vast majority of homes.

    However, in the literal Arctic you probably will need an additional heat source. This could be resistive electric, but tbh so few people live that far north that I'd be fine with them using fossil fuels. Their emissions would be a rounding error on a global scale.

    If we want to completely ban fossil fuels then biomass could be another option for the Arctic in winter.

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  • I actually do have seven bins.

    1. Cans and plastic
    2. Paper and cardboard
    3. Glass
    4. Food waste
    5. Garden waste
    6. Black bags "normal" waste
    7. Yellow bags hygiene waste (nappies etc.)

    Monmouthshire.

  • China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles
  • They're also deploying coal faster than anyone else.

    I've heard this argument before about the efficiency of burning centrally, usually in a European context to defend running EVs on a grid powered mostly by natural gas, but not for coal.

    Now I'm genuinely curious whether efficiently burning coal to power EVs is less bad for the environment than burning petrol in ICE cars. Is there any research on that?

    I agree that ultimately EVs are the future, and I do drive one myself and strive to charge it on renewables whenever possible. However, in places with dirtier grids I'm not sure they're a great idea.

  • China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles
  • Yes, this is vitally important. Switching from petrol to EVs will be a net negative for the environment if all that energy comes from burning coal.

    They have to clean up their grid, which unfortunately isn't happening at the moment. They're building new coal plants.

  • Norway: World’s biggest floating wind farm will power oil and gas platforms
  • Well, that's not ideal, but the oil and gas platforms have to be powered by something. They'll exist either way, but without these turbines they'd be powered by oil and gas.

    Power demand is power demand. If we get all precious about who can use our wind power, they're not just gonna go "ok, I guess we'll shut down these oil rigs" 🤷‍♂️