Got an email from NYSERDA about all the things NYS is doing to #electrify.

In NYC, huge safe #LiFePo4 batteries in apartments and an electrical supply that is cheaper at certain times of the day.

Running thick cables in old buildings will never fly.

Beefing up the grid is not going to happen.

Induction ovens, on demand water heaters need a decentralized grid.

The same for workplace and public chargers. Huge freaking batteries getting charged when its cheapest.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-08-15/despite-climate-goals-california-will-let-three-gas-plants-keep-running-boiling-point

#RegulatoryCapture: instead of using a settlement to #electrify homes impacted by a massive #gasleak, SoCalGas will get a break, the CEC will extend the license to operate turbines whose #EnvironmentalJustice health impacts are in #lowincome #communities, and everyone will wait for Federal Inflation Reduction Act to replace methane appliances.

#ParisUnAligned #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #DisposablePeople

From @Janet_MASSPIRG RT by @MassSierraClub: "It's not like writing a term paper in college--we can't start the night before & be done the next morning. We need to start now to electrify #commuterrail." #electrify #trains #rail #goelectric

From @Janet_MASSPIRG RT by @EnviroLeagueMA: "It's not like writing a term paper in college--we can't start the night before & be done the next morning. We need to start now to electrify #commuterrail." #electrify #trains #rail #goelectric

Planning for Reduced #Emissions from #RoadConstruction
"The construction sector accounts for about one-quarter of global carbon dioxide #emissions. The main contributing factors are manufacture of carbon-intense structural materials, such as steel and cement, and heavy transport needed to bring materials on site. Many lifecycle assessments have evaluated the carbon footprint of road construction or elements of it. But few studies have taken a comprehensive view of options to reduce #GHG emissions along the entire road #construction #SupplyChain".

https://blog.bluebeam.com/road-construction-emissions/
#Roads #Asphalt Cars #HeavyMachinery #Climate #Bellingen #GlenniferRd
#Electrify #ConstructionEquipment #Earth #Boundaries

This new training program will put people to work as heat-pump installers https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/this-new-training-program-will-put-people-to-work-as-heat-pump-installers

This is perhaps one of the most crucial part of mass electrification: there is massive lack of training/knowledge about heat pumps and how they’re wildly better and overall cheaper than fossil fuel or inefficient heating & cooling appliances.

Not just for consumers themselves, but for the people who sell, install, and maintain these systems.

#electrify

#FossilFuels, a zero sum game: the court interpreted EPCA’s definition of “energy use,” ruling that “the quantity of #energy directly consumed by a #consumer product at #PointOfUse” must include scenarios where the quantity of energy is zero.

#KeepItInTheGround #ClimateChange #electrify #ExpandTheCourt

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ninth-circuit-strikes-down-berkeley-s-ban-natural-gas-new-construction-dealing-blow

Reiterating this request for technologists working on climate solutions since I didn't get a lot of responses: https://ruby.social/@olivierlacan/110269142600482418

Boosts welcome.

#climate #climatesolutions #climateaction #electrify

It’s #Thursday Apr. 27 – and a Happy Birthday to Lizzo! ✨🪈✨

Our top 3 stories this #morning:

🔥 Nob #wildfire burning in #SanBernardino Mountains
⚡️ California’s mission to #electrify everything
🏛️ Does L.A. really need more #CityCouncil members?

👉 Listen to The L.A. Report at https://apple.co/3XMRcii, #podcast apps, or at https://laist.com

#LosAngeles #California #Local #News #SoCal

Monthly reminder to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act while you still can get generous tax credits and net metering.

Interested? Check out Rewiring America's IRA savings calculator: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator

If you decide to get solar installed: prefer local solar co-ops over big companies (overbooked, often sloppy), oversize your system if you can afford (if net metering, or batteries), don't worry about batteries (yet), compare dollar per kiloWattHour cost.

#electrify

A groundbreaking supply deal with Japanese truck giant Hino and Volvo’s Mack will spark growth at start-up SEA-Electric, an electric vehicle company that struggled for a decade to deal with Australia’s policy vacuum before fleeing to the more fertile ground in the US.

#EVs #Electrify #Volvo #Hino #ElectrifyEverything #Electric #trucking

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/from-verge-of-collapse-to-international-deal-ev-start-up-signs-with-global-giants-20230420-p5d22b.html?btis

@Reuters Does it take into account the entire life cycle of the car though?
Or are we looking only at the "use" part of the "make - ship - use - discard" cycle?

#climate #ev #electrify #enviroment

#ClimateAction #electrify #heatpump #home #homeheating

Good news from China, moving towards the end of big oil #GreenEnergy #Electrify

Making Steel with Electricity using hydrogen in a process called direct reduction https://industrydecarbonization.com/news/making-steel-with-electricity.html

We should vigorously encourage large scale and rapid industry decarbonization. The amount of resources used and emissions generated from materials plants to create steel & concrete for buildings and machines is enormous.

But improved processes often depend on higher electric (vs. fuel) use, making makes nuclear reluctance & coal/methane dependence so much worse.

#electrify

As expected, I'm deeply delighted by the Mazda MX-30 EV (previous CX-30 owner).

I think most folks would prefer Mazda's approach to all other EV vehicle interfaces.

As for range, it's the EVs equivalent of owning a pool as an adult.

- You don't need it.
- You'll use it very rarely.
- You'll constantly have to maintain it regardless.

PS: countless videos describe the MX-30 as sluggish: Torque is 200 lb-ft (271 Nm) vs the '21 CX-30 (186 lb-ft / 252 Nm). People are ridiculous.

#electrify

Concerned Health Professionals of New York has joined with other forward-thinking health groups in the state, urging rapid action to address the serious public health problems associated with burning gas and other fossil fuels in the home.

We urge a rapid, just transition to all-electric buildings!

#Electrify #ChildrensHealth #Asthma #EnvironmentalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #ElectrifyBuildings #OffFossilFuels

Press release: https://concernedhealthny.org/2023/03/nys-health-groups-health-professionals-urgently-call-upon-governor-and-legislature-to-enact-strongest-and-soonest-possible-all-electric-building-act-as-part-of-nys-budget
Letter: https://concernedhealthny.org/2023/03/nys-health-organizations-and-health-professionals-for-the-all-electric-building-act/

This is why diversity matters a lot when building out solutions for new technologies. https://19thnews.org/2023/03/electric-vehicles-gender-gap/

A roomful of young men from similar socioeconomic & ethnic groups might not blink when building charging stations in (cheap) remote location without nearby shops or human presence.

Yet a population routinely preyed upon and victimized in such locations obviously wouldn’t feel safe.

We need to pressure & incentivize fossil fuel stations to #electrify their offerings.

Well, that's an electrifying episode of Technology Connections to wake up to. ☺️

Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVLLNjSLJTQ

#electrify

#California is racing to #electrify #trucks. Can the industry keep up?
As frontline communities demand relief from #diesel #pollution, #trucking advocates warn the state is moving too fast. https://grist.org/transportation/california-is-racing-to-electrify-trucks-can-the-industry-keep-up/ #EV #climatechange #ClimateCrisis