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"California is embarking on an audacious new climate plan that aims to
eliminate the state’s greenhouse gas footprint by 2045, and in the process,
slash emissions far beyond its borders. The blueprint calls for massive
transformations in industry, energy and transportation, as well as changes in
institutions and human behaviors.
These transformations won’t be easy. Two years of developing the plan have
exposed myriad challenges and tensions, including environmental justice,
affordability and local rule.
For example, the San Francisco Fire Commission had prohibited batteries with
more than 20 kilowatt-hours of power storage in homes, severely limiting the
ability to store solar electricity from rooftop solar panels for all those
times when the sun isn’t shining. More broadly, local opposition to new
transmission lines, large-scale solar and wind facilities, substations for
truck charging, and oil refinery conversions to produce renewable diesel will
slow the transition."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
