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Mr Gates’ book #HowToAvoidAClimateDisaster has indeed solutions aplenty & with IIndia’s rapid transition in the energy sector - these things can come handy. *However, unless the civilians are part of such transition - results are unlikely.
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24 Jun 2022
In #HowToAvoidAClimateDisaster, @BillGates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse.. NGN 8000
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#newinthelibrary How to Avoid a Climate Disaster @BillGates In this urgent book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. #howtoavoidaclimatedisaster #stedwardsoxford
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Study cited in #HowToAvoidAclimateDisaster “An electric cargo truck capable of going 600 miles on a single charge would need so many batteries that it would have to carry 25% less cargo”
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To answer the question of where emissions come from. #HowToAvoidAClimateDisaster
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Transportation only contributes 16% of emissions globally - but it IS the biggest source of emissions in the US - because Americans drive and fly a lot #HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster
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Current read - #HowToAvoidAClimateDIsaster Pigs produce a lot of emissions - don’t eat them (not that some of us needed any further discouraging) The emissions produced by cows depend on where and how they were raised
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If you’re a fan of hydropower, it’s the concrete that makes the dam possible. If you brushed your teeth today (hope so!), chances are fossil fuels were involved in the manufacture of that toothbrush #HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster is good on #WhyToAvoidAbsolutistThinking
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Love the reminders throughout the book on what we actually do to contribute to carbon emissions (and how much) - brilliant way of reminding ourselves what we’re trying to solve for #HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster
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Today’s reading - the reason why electricity (had) become so cheap was because fossil fuels (were) so cheap #HowToAvoidAClimateDisaster See the opportunity?
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Useful table from @BillGates#HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster - on what activities contribute to emissions
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The world needs to provide more energy so the poorest can thrive, but we need to provide that energy without releasing any more greenhouse gases. #howtoavoidaclimatedisaster by @BillGates
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29 Apr 2022
“There are no realistic paths to zero that involve abandoning [fossil] fuels completely or stopping all the other activities that also produce greenhouse gases” - from #HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster
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29 Apr 2022
Current reading: making electricity accounts for only 27% of all greenhouse gas emissions - there’s still a lot else to solve for #HowtoAvoidAClimateDisaster
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Just finished #howtoavoidaclimatedisaster by @BillGates. Great overview of the challenges we need to solve for to get to net zero by 2050. 3 things everyone can do right now to help accelerate on climate change:
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