glossary_climate	glossary_sci	glossary_chemistry	glossary_stat
Research	OutReach	Azolla	insulate
people,Orgs	ePowerGen	eCountries	IPCC_SR15
GW_Controversy	deniersOrg...	Climeworks

Project Overview

This 'ClimateFix' project is about home owners reducing, possibly eliminating their carbon footprint. Ideally, the ideas are attractive enough that they can be rapidly spread, exponentially, to huge numbers of people.

Phase 1

1. "Research". Read up! Learn! See and
   • reference list: source info, texts, videos
   • people to remember (authors, experts, companies, suppliers).
   • glossary of climate-related terms


2. "MyHouse", a project. Apply acquired info in planning changes to 'my house'. This serves as a concrete expression of the research info. Doing such a project also tests the concepts learned during the research phase. This effort should enhance the participants' credibility.
   • strategy
   • measurements. A part of this effort is visible in the table here.
   • products. considered, chosen, reviewed
   • insulation, dual pane windows, power mgmt. azolla. sci amer 7/15/2015 TODO ok here?
   • costs
   • summary. time, money, performance, lessons learned


3. "ClimateTalk". This effort produces and tests material to be used in selling the ideas and experience to locals.
   • Design/write web pages summarizing the previous stages.
   • 'OutReach' == write, test the speeches and texts made during this stage
     • reality check. "kicking the tires"
     • summarize what works, what doesn't


4. "outReach" (was ClimateCoax,ccSpread). Distribute ClimateTalk and MyHouse exponentially, like chain-letters.
   • needs a centralizing website/database to award 'points'== how many I've affected
   • a participant ?should be able to interact w/ their 'decendants list' (?)
     • encourage, advise, compliment
     • any way to measure (accumulated) progress?
   • ?how to keep ppl fm cheating? (which would make a farce out of it)
   • rewards, newpaper etc


5. Help define a 'soft landing' for fossil fuel companies, employees...
   Some are rich and powerful; some not. Their employees R US. Difficult industries to redirect.
   • The SoCalGas story
   • Refineries. eg Valero in Benicia
   More: link

Phase 2, Beyond 'MyHouse' (perhaps 'YourHouse' !)

• write congressional rep some entries in Ideas, eg 440mph air travel
• Grow, document small scale farming expertise. Hydroponics (?)
• Industrial Scale Carbon Capture. Convince politicians and the investor class that oil industry longevity requires the REMOVAL of CO2 from the air.
• Sequestration, concept and some examples, possibly an Azolla glossary
Azolla project

Industry problems

SoCalGas story is sad even from the company's perspective. The company is trying SO hard, even cheating, to be allowed to grow. While their dishonesty makes them easy-er to dismiss, there is a sad human side to their story, one that probably attends similar, fossil fuel ventures. In short, they have built a large physical network of gas piping to serve their communities. That network requires maintenance to be safe (remember the San Carlos fire/explosion ?). Their biz model was/is? to expand that network and charge users for the delivery of NatGas. How does one wind down such a business? How do you assist (if possible) the change to an alternate energy source (electricity)? How do keep talented staff? SoCalGas wants to add "biogas" to the gas they're piping on the argument that a "carbon neutral" fuel like biogas will reduce the pollution impact to acceptable levels.

The 1911xx story of Utah's desire to ship coal to the far east is similar. Imagine the funding and plans to dig out the coal, only to find that no west coast ports will allow coal to be shipped. Last heard, they're considering asking Ensenada, Mexico, to be a port for them.

CC could push insurance companies to the brink Economist ref, page 77

Status, by region

United Nations summary

75% emissions come from 12 (richest) economies ref02,p14 now wind and sun are 7% of world's total gen. ref02,p28 recurring question (ref02, many places) "what do {oil,NatGas,etc} workers do when their product no longer sold". Applies to Std Oil, Chevron, Valero...

  
UN "Agriculture is responsible for 80% of global deforestation.
    Climate & environmental impacts of food production must be minimized."

UN "food systems release 29% of global GHGs"

UN "Ag accounts for 70% of freshwater use"

Austrailia. 90% citizens think govt not doing enuf. ref02,p46
Austrailia: several large fires. 191111

Brittain (England mostly)
Brittain has basically stopped using coal, ref02,p85
Brittain (France & Denmark) "legally bound" to "net-zero" by 2050
ref02,p63 {
north sea. 4 wind turbines every 7 days. end goal 174, Hornsea 1 (#2 will be bigger)
2018 brittain had 8 GW (1.3 x germany's). by 2030 30 GW.
urgency partly from spread of electric cars.
competitive auctions
longer blades will have dia 167m  !
wind is now 1/4 of B's renewables.   price will lower to B'$ 57 per mWhr
// B'$ 140 is about 3x wholesale price.   B'$ == pounds
don't have the batteries to support lots of wind.
}

California
aiming for "net zero" by 2045

Canada
2019 already 'plastic free' ! (hd to believe(?))

Chili
considering signing up for "net zero" by 2050

China is biggest polluter. plan to peak by 2030 but econ worries. more coal req'd
output 9.8 Gt (of 31 Gt total/yr).  ref02,p30
With the abdication of the US, China has become a world leader.
"Belt and Road" where they are teaching other countries how to fix their carbon output. ref02,p46
ref02,p47 {
1/3 of world's wind power now in china
Coal has been china's main source but it's reducing. now less than 60 percent
building more nuclears. has 47
there's a push to peak at 2025, not 2030
economy slower. 300+ coal plants requested !
shanghai threatened by sea level rise
China and India make 70% of coal powered electricity. ref04,p90
Coal also used in steel and cement industries. China 50% of world's coal use.
}

Costa Rica  1 of 4 countries
98% renewables already! 100% renewables (1of4) well before target date
electric busses. lotsa solar!
2019 already 'plastic free' !


Europe (as a whole)
output 4.9Gt (of 31 Gt total/yr). ref02,p30


France
using a lot of nuclear and 'life is good'.
France (Brittain & Denmark) "legally bound" to "net-zero" by 2050 ref02,p85
(France isn't even mentioned in several books about climate...)


Germany
germany's efforts probably made solar less expensive for all. ref02,p14
    "wind and solar farms have become cheap enough, in many instances, to
    outcompete even gas"
coal ppl want 2030 targets moved to 2038 ref02,p60
{ they mine 'brown coal' (lignite), very dirty.
miners asking for 2030 goal to be moved to 2038
germany will subsidize coal areas w/ 44bn$; utilities worried
enviro's want 1995 levels x 0.55 by 2038
2/3 of lignite workers are over 45.
?? possible hydrogen plant?
carbon price...
}

Iceland. 100% renewables (1of4). has geothermal, hydro

India{  ref02,p46
last 3 yrs, has invested more in renewables, lg tax on coal, cheaper solar, 300d/yr sunny.
Has said they won't build more coal plants, in part b/c their plants
have been so unreliable. ref04,p90

as of 2009, india still had 400m ppl w/o electricity. night lights candles, kerosene.
Now have per-house solar panels, $200. $40 solar lanterns. 'Green Power' chapter, p93+
} india

Italy ref02,p61{
Puglia Italy. boot. olive trees dying. bacteria
climate not root cause - but it is helping the spread
Venice: worst flood in 50 years 191112

}

Norway. 100% renewables (1of4). has hydro, wind

Panama. drought. not enuf water in canal for largest ships. refEcon p38

Paraguay 100% renewables (1of4). has hydro

Portugal. yields down ref02,p61

Spain  ref02,p61 {
has water shortage.
}

USA
output 5.3Gt (of 31 Gt total/yr). ref02,p30
among young, 85% believe in CC
morgan stanley ad for 'green bonds'. ref02,p15,
Trump LOOSENED regulations on methane ! ref02,p31

ref02,p32{
57% americans view CC as "major threat". Democrats 84%
chart shows mostly Repub states getting hurt by CC
"phase out subsidies for fossil fuels". they exist !!
some have idea to tax goods fm countries which aren't trying.
aid for zero-emissions electricity in poor countries. - to
    counter China's support for coal.
politicians. dems in coal areas, L Graham, M Gaetz
2 R's support carbon tax
climate skepticism is R doctrine

USA has a tariff against chinese solar panels (to support USA's businesses)
but it results in a net loss of installation jobs. ref04,~p89
}



Sea level rise has passed tipping point so it'll continue to rise !

Bangladesh, 9/16

from @MikeHudema
Bangladesh has been installing 50000 solar systems per month on residences for, on average, the last 100 months (5 million). Population 163 million.
(while US and Canada are still talking about pipelines).

Britain, 9/19

85% of the populace "worried"

California

from Jude Clemente:
Since California first installed its Renewable Portfolio Standard in 2003, NatGas' share in the power generation mix has actually risen from 47% then to 61% in 2016.
NatGas efficiency generating electricity. (caution: this writer seems pro-oil) Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring California's utilities to obtain 100 percent of their electricity from zero-carbon sources by the end of 2045 (including 60% renewable energy sources by 2030) California accounts for 38.9% of U.S. solar capacity and 31.7% of solar jobs. (https://solstice.us/solstice-blog/solar-energy-statistics/)

China 9/16

from @MikeHudema:
produces 2/3 of world's solar panels.
built the world's largest floating solar farm in S China
doubled its solar capacity last year
installs enough solar panels every hour of every day to cover ___.
has already exceeded its 2020 goals for solar capacity.
new goal is 213 GigaWatts of solar power by 2020.
installs a new wind turbine every hour.
Renewables are still only has 20% of china's energy.
outstripping its own solar and wind power targets.

Iceland

generates all needed electricity using renewable energy

Netherlands

The Netherlands will cut its 1990 greenhouse-gas emissions level by 95 percent— exceeding the Paris Agreement goals.

Norway

generates all needed electricity using renewable energy

USA, in general 9/16

Greta: more Americans worried but < 40% expect to make "major sacrifices". Oil industry is pushing NatGas as a "clean alternative" (to coal). coal plants have been closing at a good rate. ref04,~p87 Still talking about new pipelines. soltice.us There are over 1.47 million solar panels in use across the contiguous 48 states, according to satellite machine learning from researchers at Stanford. solstice.us: Solar energy accounts for 1.6% of total U.S. electricity generation. == 7¤7 mTons CO₂.

Related Projects

Ideas

/* central parking area for ideas */ cover CCC shopping center parking lots w/ solar panels PGE: what's needed to put panels over a large parking lot? 2 directional pwr kickback for solar(?)

_FLOAT_ solar panels in backyd pool ? would need to remove and stack...

Slow down airplanes from 550 to 440. on the numerous short-ish flights(?) search for 'Slow down airplanes'

powering ships w/ ammonia !? ref02,p85
CONTAIN bovine gases in structures. cover structures w/ panels
road transport could be electrified, ref02,p14
don't waste time urging investors to dump fossil-fuel stocks. B Gates
float solar. wide channel, south of Rio Vista?, 'pond' nr CCR, near outlet of Napa River

GoFundMe

"To get something done, go see your mayor!" (Early in Bloomberg/Pope book)

EBtimes, Barbara, Twits: papers should run series on converting houses to noGas. write Barb; visit newspaper(s)

trashCo: prep to take CO₂-making appliances(?)

{_realtors_ know what block of houses ('tract') were made to roughly the same design and time. A small number of such 'tract' houses could be examined to determine the size of the stove area, how the electrical was connected and distributed. eg 'Eichler homes'. Ask Steve! or the woman who represented the seller for 39pw. }

what to do w/ charcoal? grind and bury in soil? (returning carbon to the soil...).
Charcoal-based composts(?!), refBloom, p209

YouTube. "a CC solution that's right under our feet". Asmeret Asefaw Berhe. 13:42 _soil_ is the answer. author a soil scientist. ocean and soil are absorbing 1/2 of CO₂. natural ecosystems will be saturated after a while. degradation. more carbon in soil has 2x { all the plants, trees, and in air } plants (decaying in the absence of oxygen) make CO₂.

Stacked Solar. cylinder(?)

could build calc sequences using Javascript. as done for electric car page:
    Rcalcs // for insulation (?)
    Power Calcs.
    mileage // van. odometer. GHG. when van purchased
    solar wiring.

Reducing airplane pollution: october
The gallons/mile is proportional to the aerodynamic drag which is
proportional to the square of the airspeed. I think jets fly at 550
miles per hour. But if they fly at 440 mph, 0.8 of 550, the
instaneous fuel use would be 0.8 x 0.8 = 0.64 of the present value.
     440   440
     --- x ---  gives the proportion of fuel use rate at the slower speed
     550   550

Unfortunately, at the slower speed, the plane takes longer enroute,
by the opposite fraction

     550
     --- is how much the flight time stretches at the slower speed.
     440

Putting it all together, the net fuel is 'fuel use rate' x 'flight time'

     440   440   550   440
     --- x --- x --- = --- = 0.8   so we saved 20%
     550   550   440   550
           ^^^^^^^^^
           cancels

So... the flight time is longer by 550/440 = 1.25 and this would be painful
on an already long flights - but maybe it wouldn't be as unpopular on the
(more numerous) short haul flights.


Planting Trees (several countries are doing this)
Pakistan plans over a billion trees !
There are several types of 'fake trees'
- sorta look like a tree
- some blobs just act like a tree wrt absorbing CO2
- some are metal things with 'branches' and various energy generating gadgets spinning.