Jenny Chase

I do think about big stones flying about, blades whirling, dust etc. Even with cheap panels, you don't want to be regularly breaking them.

Tbh if your current fence is meeting your fencing needs, I would not replace it.

The question of whether to buy solar is separate and will depend on power pricing regime and other factors. A fence might be the best solar site if there is no football or vegetation management requirement.

I think because they are examples where they were nearly removed, and their reintroduction / re-establishment had a very visible impact on the ecosystem and its ability to support a large amount of biomass and number of species?

I am absolutely not an ecologist but aren't the classic examples wolves / lynx (reduce deer numbers), sea otters (eat urchins) and wildebeest (have browsing habits that promote diverse vegetation)?

(Feel free to explain why these pop science examples are wrong).

I wrote this up here: geese.ch/faq

And good luck!

Oh, that one's true (okay for some standard of "fencing"). A 450W solar panel at bulk prices is under 40 euros.

... I mean, that's still not very much money per year. But Zurich is a prime example of a modern city where it makes sense for rich people to take public transport - for most journeys, just massively more convenient.

(This is somewhat true for the rest of Switzerland).

On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.

The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)

Direct democracy!

If you're good at admin, do admin for a wind developer. If you're bad at admin, do it for a chain of petrol stations.

Get a heat pump, get a job installing insulation or selling EVs, go to local council meetings in support of bike lanes or solar parks or dense housing near public transport. Run for political office, or at least vote. Recommend flight-free holiday destinations to others. (Delete as applicable).

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Going to work on an update to my annual solar opinions thread over the next few weeks, when the baby isn't complaining to management.

Any particular topics you'd like me to comment on? No promises, but I'll consider questions.

I think China just wants to prove that it can do solar on the sea (lots of fixed structures as @commercialsolarguy.com says, plus some floating). Shandong province also has a big solar-on-sea target for no apparent reason.

Oh @aptshadow.bsky.social is here, while I'm praising him.

He's one of those authors who writes so much that the individual books don't get the attention they deserve.

Also really enjoyed 'Bee Speaker' by the same author, a murder mystery in a bizarre dystopia where everyone could be so, so much worse.

(Love Irae and Malkin).

The best book I have read on maternity leave so far is Adrian Tchaikovsky's 'Service Model'. It's funny at first, and then cold fingers start to play down your spine.

The AI does not hate you. The AI just has pre-set priorities completely inappropriate to the situation. Which is lethal.

Cool!

It's still probably harder to harvest than open fields. But hey, if it works economically...

Seeds that have been buried in mud for a thousand years can still grow?!

Corporations can fail, and I hope some do, but ultimately all the people involved are still better off for the transition happening.

I mean, allowing failure is kind of what corporations are for.

"The line between optimism and delusion is fine one"😂... we should have used that as a subtitle for our latest report;)...

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I don't like war metaphors for the energy transition or for climate action, because there doesn't have to be a loser here.

But nobody ever got fit, or developed better habits, or kicked an addiction, by saying "this is impossible and hopeless".

It's important to celebrate even quite small reasons for climate optimism, because otherwise you will succumb to despair, and that will help nobody.

Sure, the line between optimism and delusion is a fine one, but you have to get out of bed in the morning and sometimes for that you need delusion.

Sometimes a number is just a number.

But if you were measuring energy wealth, especially for countries where many people are energy poor, it might have value.

Land isn't the constraint for solar deployment. Electricity demand in sunny hours / sunny parts of the year is.

Nah there's a trough of water there to splash down into, don't worry!

Not yet, I think BESS is still too unstable technologically. It's definitely up and coming though.

One day they will remember more than you think, and when you are gone they will wish they had listened harder.

(I fear the loss of my father's knowledge of the natural world when he dies. Sure, I carry a lot of it, but not all, and I will not be able to pass all of what I have on.)

They do!

A very beautiful 50 metre outdoors swimming pool, completely empty of people in the September sun, with trees in the background.

I love the local public swimming pool, in Roggwil. Sadly as the days get cooler it is more and more like a private swimming pool, and it closes for the season on Saturday.

Total CO2 emissions declines have also begun in the US, Australia, Japan and South Korea.

(Have an explore of the ourworldindata site, it addresses this).