Frank Reif
@frank_reif_
Tweeting mainly about decarbonising heat
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25-11-2021 19:50:15
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD But since we can see that green growth won't be compatible with stabilizing the earth system within planetary boundaries, isn’t that exactly why we need to reject the normalization of such imaginaries as dominant? As Malm and Carton are trying to warn... versobooks.com/en-gb/products…
In this exclusive Novara Media Downstream IRL, Ash Sarkar will meet with Andreas Malm to talk about how to break out of the deadly state of ‘business as usual’.
“Adding insult to injury, this absurdity [Drax] gets millions a year in government subsidies. This is on the pretence that it’s somehow ‘green’. Such delusional behaviour is perhaps related to the fact that hardly any ministers were any kind of scientist.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
. Dale Vince is pushing Daily Mail-type falsehoods about heat pumps while promoting a much worse alternative: his highly damaging, ecologically illiterate attempt to turn millions of acres of the UK into biogas fields. I hope the government ignores him. theguardian.com/environment/20…
George Monbiot Dale Vince In Denmark, biomethane has de facto won over heat pumps. It's incredibly expensive and locks us to combustion.
1. There comes a point in the trajectory of ultra-rich people at which their money becomes their identity. However much good they did in the past (and Dale Vince has done plenty), they start to slip into a new persona. This, to my great sadness, is, I believe, his moment. 🧵
