To complement the “intermittency” of solar (zero at night) and wind (zero when calm), utilities need “grid level storage.” Lithium for batteries is rare and expensive; iron is plentiful. Is this promising?
A CCL leader in Michigan has put together two 15 minute presentations, one for conservative audiences and one for progressives. This can help your conversations about carbon fee and dividend.
Senator Whitehouse is a leading voice for a carbon price in the Budget Reconciliation Bill. See the YouTube message to us (1:30)
Anschutz is building a 732-mile high voltage power line from southern Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las Vegas, destined for Phoenix and Los Angeles. It can supply 3/4ths of Los Angeles’ energy needs with renewable energy.
Things happen fast once you “fix the economics,” Imagine what happens to these curves if carbon pricing were imposed on natural gas!
Nevada is the only state with Lithium deposits. This project may proceed as previously planned.
by Bill Miller, Reno
“Assuming rational behavior,” most people would support CF&D NOW. But “cognitive biases” and social psychology create formidable hurdles. Good news: Smart messages can still work.
The G20 countries committed to transition to a low-carbon economy but still are subsiziding fossil fuels.
Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced a plan on Monday to tax iron, steel and other imports from countries without ambitious climate laws. Will this be part of the “Reconciliation bill?”
Here’s a one-page summary developed by the liaison to Senator Cortez-Masto in response to her request for info on how climate change impacts Nevadans’ health.
by Rita Ransom, Las Vegas
Our recent terrible heat wave has certainly garnered a lot of attention and understandably stoked concerns that we’re in for more of the same this summer.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) will discuss his “Save our Future Act,” on Wednesday, July 28th, at 3 PM ET / Noon PT. Register Now (free)
