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ordinarymachines:


Panels above show the temperature increases predicted to occur during a 40-yr transition of 1 TWe of generating capacity. Warming resulting from continued coal use with no alternative technology sets an upper bound (solid black lines), and the temperature increase predicted to occur even if coal were replaced by idealized conservation with zero CO2 emissions (dashed lines) represents a lower bound. The colored bands represent the range of warming outcomes spanned by high and low life-cycle estimates for the energy technologies illustrated: (A) natural gas, (B) coal with carbon capture and storage, (C) hydroelectric, (D) solar thermal, (E) nuclear, (F) solar photovoltaic and (G) wind.

— Ken Caldeira and Nathan Myhrvold, “Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity,” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 7 no. 1 (March 2012). [pdf]
Here’s what you need to know:
The climate benefits of transitioning from coal-based electricity to any form of alternative energy will take decades to kick in.
We are already locked in for significant climate change and weather effects through about 2040. 
Climate change and its effects will get worse after 2040 unless we make the energy transition immediately.
Only truly clean, renewable electricity sources will do us any good. Using natural gas and/or carbon capture and storage as “bridge” technologies will only make things worse. 
[IOP press release / Climate Progress analysis]

ordinarymachines:

Panels above show the temperature increases predicted to occur during a 40-yr transition of 1 TWe of generating capacity. Warming resulting from continued coal use with no alternative technology sets an upper bound (solid black lines), and the temperature increase predicted to occur even if coal were replaced by idealized conservation with zero CO2 emissions (dashed lines) represents a lower bound. The colored bands represent the range of warming outcomes spanned by high and low life-cycle estimates for the energy technologies illustrated: (A) natural gas, (B) coal with carbon capture and storage, (C) hydroelectric, (D) solar thermal, (E) nuclear, (F) solar photovoltaic and (G) wind.

— Ken Caldeira and Nathan Myhrvold, “Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity,” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 7 no. 1 (March 2012). [pdf]

Here’s what you need to know:

  • The climate benefits of transitioning from coal-based electricity to any form of alternative energy will take decades to kick in.
  • We are already locked in for significant climate change and weather effects through about 2040. 
  • Climate change and its effects will get worse after 2040 unless we make the energy transition immediately.
  • Only truly clean, renewable electricity sources will do us any good. Using natural gas and/or carbon capture and storage as “bridge” technologies will only make things worse. 

[IOP press release / Climate Progress analysis]

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Woman on Meth Burns Down World's Oldest Tree

hotbitchonahorse:

It’s actually the world’s fifth-oldest tree, but the fact still stands that this is my new favorite news story ever.

She was smoking inside the tree, using an open flame, and then took pictures of it brining down on her phone and showed them to friends, saying “I can’t believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus.”

(Source: horseybooks)