Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is designed to capture government subsidies and not carbon. 🙃

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Drawing the Line on the April Degrowth and Postcapitslism reading list at Nowtopia.
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After Comfort: A User’s Guide. 17/x

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“what struck me most about those who are protesting is how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that...” - Toni Morrison

Unfortunately this shows the lack of ambition of the Democratic Party. Those pathways are way too close together. Biden trajectory, especially the flattening out after picking the low hanging fruit, will bring chaos and uncertainty to millions.

Where is the ‘Target’ candidate?

‘Non-compensable heat’ is a term northern hemisphere colleagues might want to get familiar with as the summer approaches- when you can’t take it anymore, what can you do?

after comfort: a user's guide... 16/x

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‘Viable paths to’ seems a bit optimistic. I mean, technically, but how’s that been going? Maybe better - ‘opportunities for resistance and intervention that might limit warming’…

Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald on the violent hubris of petrowealth… and the gleeful participation of too many architects.

This subhead: ‘fossil fuel groups and investors’ need to start paying attention. In this fantasy the problem isn’t government policy and subsidy for largest corporations ever who just made record profits. It’s that some groups need to pay attention! ft.com/content/6f8581…

Big oil feeling no pressure to phase out, draw down, or do anything but maximize profit for the few. This gets very dark. newrepublic.com/article/179949…

Oh well. Please adjust all your net zero by 2050 spreadsheets accordingly

we need to take the carbon costs into account as we explore the benefits of computation and generative AI

After Comfort: A User’s Guide, 14/x

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Energy transition?!?!?

Net zero = permission structure for BAU

Smil keeping it real