#Oil
Demand for #oil & #gas is expected to decline by 2030, with falling prices likely exacerbated by oversupply. Many producing nations will face a significant hole in govt finances, limiting ability to provide public services & threatening stability https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/ #COP28
#Petrostates of Decline analyses 40 countries w high dependence on #oil & #gas revenue. It calculates how much govts rely on O&G revenues & how they're likely to fall from 2023-2040 in an #EnergyTransition consistent with limiting global heating to 1.8°C https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/
Russia's ghost ships an alternative fleet to evade established maritime trade and #sanctions #Putin #Russia #Urkraine #oil #weapons https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/19/the-dark-fleet-of-tankers-shipping-russian-oil-in-the-shadows
I send thanks to the buyer from Missouri who purchased a framed print of
Twilight Romance -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/twilight-romance-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
May the artwork take you to a place of magical wonderment, beauty, and joy.
#love #romance #romantic #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #buyintoart #ayearforart #artist #print #framed #framedart #oil #painting #rowboat #dance #magical #sale #homedecor #dancing #fiddler #music #imagine #couple #fantasy
Anyone who thinks #FossilFuels are ever the 'cheaper'/'more affordable' option (a claim that hasn't been true for years, even within the very blinkered assumptions of conventional economic analysis), hasn't even begun to reckon with the true costs of #dirtyEnergy
A more clear-eyed analysis would see that continuing to burn ancient carbon to power our societies is largely a way to strip wealth from the poor and those not yet born and funnel the vast majority of it into the pockets of a tiny number of #plutocrats.
The time to end our reliance on #coal, #oil and #gas was decades ago, but today is better than tomorrow for taking the most ambitious steps imaginable that remain compatible with the avoidance of societal #collapse and a commitment to #justice.
Another world is not just possible, given #ClimateDisruption, it is inevitable. The degree to which that world is habitable, equitable or even slightly just is very much up for grabs.
8/8
#Sami activist sets up camp outside #Norway parliament to protest #WindTurbines
By Gwladys Fouche
September 11, 2023
OSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - “An Indigenous Sami activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament on Monday to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by Sami #reindeer herders, saying he will stay there as long as the turbines remain in place.
“Norway's supreme court in October 2021 ruled that two wind farms built at Fosen in central Norway, part of Europe's largest onshore wind farm, violated Sami rights under international conventions. But the turbines remain in operation today.
“The Fosen case is one of many conflicts that Norway has yet to resolve, with #ClimateChange and technology enabling #MineralExtraction, #EnergyProduction and #tourism while also threatening #TraditionalWays of life.
“The government has said that the supreme court, while ruling that the licenses of the two farms were illegal, did not give instructions on what to do next and that the conflict should be resolved through talks.
“‘It has been 700 days of human rights abuse and the Norwegian state has not done anything to stop it. So I have chosen to come here and set up camp until the human rights abuse stops,' Sami activist #MihkkalHaetta, 22, told Reuters, dressed in a traditional gakti outfit worn inside out as a sign of protest.
“‘I believe that there is only one solution and that is to tear down the wind turbines at Fosen.'
“In February #IndigenousProtesters including Haetta occupied the lobby of the #oil and energy ministry before police removed them.
“They later occupied the entrances of 10 ministries and were joined by #Greta Thunberg, who said #HumanRights had to go hand-in-hand with #ClimateProtection and #ClimateAction.
“Since the protests, the government and the reindeer-herding families affected by the #FosenWindFarm have been involved in mediation to resolve the conflict but no concrete measures have been announced yet.
“The reindeer herders have said the only solution to the conflict is that the turbines be torn down.
'We still hope that the mediation process will be able to lead to an amicable solution to the matter. It would be the best for all parties,' Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters in an emailed statement.
“’It is too early to say anything concrete about when a solution might be in place, but I am focused that the mediation track can be followed as long as there is hope for a solution.'
“About Monday's protest, Aasland said 'the right to free expression is a founding democratic right I have great respect for’.”
#CulturalGenocide #IndigenousActivism #EnvironmentalRacism #SamiPeople #TraditionalLifestyle #EndangeredSpecies #BigEnergy #ClimateJustice
#Mining #billionaire #oligarch #AndrewForrest in scathing attack on #oil and #gas industry.
Australian magnate-turned-green-evangelist says companies that don’t stop burning #fossilfuels will have ‘blood on their hands’
#COP28 is the biggest #capitalist kick-the-can on #ClimateChange run by a 'no science' #oil baron & think tanks which debate wording of forthcoming 'commitments' to enact in >>30 years<<
every #environmental resolution promises 'within 30 years'
generational kick-the-can… so, business as usual, until the next 30yr proposal…
the wealthy & corporations will survive & governments will war over resources
the poor will suffer
in the meantime… 'responsible yachting'
https://cop28.com/en/schedule/responsible-yachting-today-tomorrow
August 2023 saw the highest US oil output in history at 403 million barrels.
Meanwhile average retail gas prices are down 35% from the high in 2022 and falling fast.
While the average price of $3.44/gal is 75% higher than the recent Trump era low of $1.96 in April 2020 back then the oil production per month was a full 12% lower and exports were 105M barrels, a full 16% lower than now.
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(https://www.ipcc.ch/2023/10/09/mena-climateweek-ipcc-chair-jim-skea/):
"Such net-zero #CO2 energy systems would have three elements:
- a substantial reduction in overall #FossilFuel use,
- minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and
- use of carbon capture utilisation and storage in the remaining fossil fuel system.
In the middle of the range of assessed pathways likely to limit warming to 2°C, #coal use would fall by 85% by 2050, #oil use by 30% and #gas use by 15%. The declines would be even greater under a 1.5°C scenarios"
Dangerous proximity of ships, pipeline led to California oil spill; investigators urge reform #California #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #ships #pipeline #oil #OilSpill https://phys.org/news/2023-12-dangerous-proximity-ships-pipeline-california.html
Save endangered polar bears from Big Oil’s Arctic drilling! #Arctic #wildlife #endangered #bears #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #oil https://action.foe.org/page/60740/action/1
Here are some of the most painful investing mistakes that I made, and saw others make. Warren Buffett said that the most important quality of an investor is their temperament, not their intellect. My younger self didn't believe that. I do now.
“We need just a simple understanding that there’s only one question we should ask, which is: when are you going to stop burning fossil fuel? Any industrialist, any politician should receive that simple question. "
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/07/mining-billionaire-andrew-forrest-in-scathing-attack-on-oil-and-gas-industry
#FossilFuel #Oil #Gas #OPEC #Capitalism
#art to start 🎨
...eyeing freedom
'The Hawk' by Françoise Gilot
#painting #oil #oilPainting
#JeffBezos' #Superyacht Is So Massive It Had To Be Docked Next To #Oil Tankers In #Florida
#Bezos the #billionaire's #sailing #yacht, the #Koru, completed its journey from the Mediterranean to the U.S. where it towered over other vessels. https://jalopnik.com/jeff-bezos-superyacht-is-so-massive-it-had-to-be-docked-1851049214
Putin meets MBS in a bid to save oil based economies by attempting to increase cost of oil.
#russia
#saudi
#saudiarabia
#oil
#terrorism
#putin
#mbs
https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-told-saudis-mbs-we-meet-moscow-next-time-2023-12-07/
https://unctad.org/news/unrealized-potential-palestinian-oil-and-gas-reserves
Israel granting oil & gas drilling rights off Gaza’s coast in October tells everyone clearly why the west has put so much military & political muscle behind Israel’s contrived excuse for another Nakba there.
The COP26 summit in Glasgow 🏴 made the first tangible progress toward a #FossilFuel exit deal with agreement to reduce coal use, but w/out mentioning #oil & #gas. Will there be an agreement to phase out all fossil fuels at 🇦🇪 #COP28? https://www.reuters.com/world/world-divided-cop28-over-whether-end-fossil-fuel-era-2023-12-06/
A new report finds that the 3 #oilandgas🛢️ companies controlling two-thirds of California's idle #Oil wells have more than enough money to clean up their own damned messes.
#MakePollutersPay to plug dangerous oil & gas wells
#pollution https://www.sierraclub.org/beyond-dirty-fuels/what-created-californias-orphan-idle-well-crisis-how-solve
Demand for #oil & #gas is expected to be in decline by 2030, with falling prices likely exacerbated by oversupply. Many producing countries will face a significant hole in govt finances, limiting ability to provide public services & threatening stability https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/
Whatever #JoeBiden's pious word the US #oil sector does not look to be stepping back from record production anytime soon... indeed, the oil price is being kept low at a time of #OPEC capacity limits but this US production.
#Exxon are planning 10% uplift in production, but they (as the cart shows) are not alone.
This does not look like the twilight of #fossilfuels before a #geeentransition to address the #climatecrisis does it?
... on for 18 months. The planned one-day walkout would mark the first general work stoppage at the Post since the bitter, 20-week pressmen's strike of.
LONDON: Unionized journalists at The Washington Post said they would stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday to protest staff cuts and what they call management’s failure to bargain in good faith in contract talks that have stretched on for 18 months.#Jubail #Al-Ahsa #Al-Kharj #Taif #Qatif #oil #Dammam #Abha #Asir #Yanbu #islam #jobs #sports #Khalijtimes #gulfnews #saudigazette #Riyadh #Tabuk #Mecca #Medina #AlMadinah #Jeddah #Makkah #Hail #Eastern #KingAbdullah #jobsinSaudi #workinsaudiarabia #umrah #Hajj،عربنيوز
Washington Post journalists plan 24-hour strike amid prolonged contract talks
Since the #Plastic industry doesn't really care about how it contributes to global #pollution it's time to do your part and start reducing your daily reliance on #SingleUsePlastics. Many of your daily-routine products have non-plastic alternatives.
#Oil #OilIndustry #SingleUse #Recycle #Recycling #Pollution #AbcNews #Expose
Winding ever on,
The road twists and turns and bends,
Teasing me onward.
Country roads have a personality all their own, meandering around their landscapes as opposed to plowing through them. It makes travel slower, but what you see as you're moving is well worth seeing.
North Fork Touchet canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/north-fork-touchet-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#road #travel #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #country #rural #painting #oil #nature #adventure #poem #haiku #writing
🟢+0.0425p | #Oil | 10 minutes ago
U.S. GASOLINE INVENTORIES ACTUAL: 5420K VS 1764K PREVIOUS; EST. 1335K
https://app.moodix.market/topic/Oil/65709398e388583a3247a768
In the dance of life, we are sometimes given a partner with whom to go through it, step by step, holding one another close, determined to be with one another when the music is playing, and when it is not.
Just the Two of Us framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/just-the-two-of-us-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#dance #love #romance #romantic #ArtAdventCalendar #stevehenderson #art #artwork #couple #mastoart #fediart #lights #buyintoart #ayearforart #magical #wedding #painting #oil #quote #artist #ballroom #lights #glow #joy #feelings
#art to start 🎨
...waiting for a bite
'Fishing' by Alexandra Nedzvetskaya
#painting #oil #oilPainting #surrealism
All you need to know about #oil & #climate is the Saudis opening the spigot by another 1m barrels/day last week, and Putin getting the royal treatment in Abu Dhabi today, all while Dubai is hosting #COP28
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/oil-production-biden
06 #ArtAdventCalendar - In-Between Times -
#Pechelbronn in #Alsace was one of the world's first industrial oil fields: exploitation started in the 18th c. (They used the natural bitumen already in the 14th c.) The famous brothers Schlumberger started here, the know-how was exported to #Texas and #California. A project in photos and text ▶️ https://landscapesofchange.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-world-in-between.html
@writingcommunity
#fossil #oil #petrol #bitumen #asphalt #drilling #histodon #photography #landscape #landscapePhotography #waste
"Allowing #oil and gas to expand while relying on #carboncapture could result in the release of 86 billion additional tonnes of greenhouse gas #emissions worldwide between 2020 and 2050, according to a new analysis from the organization Climate Analytics. This “86 billion tonne carbon bomb” could derail efforts to keep global warming from exceeding dangerous thresholds, the group argues. " https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/05/canada-ccs-subsidy-big-oil-cop28-tax-credits-suncor-ceovus-imperial-oil/
In the 1960s-70s, the scale of global shipping increased. Los Angeles-Long Beach attempted to balance infrastructural commitments to oil with scaled-up shipping, but it was known even in the 1970s that “selling offshore leases for oil drilling in the middle of shipping lanes seemed reckless.”
Now local officials want cargo ships to anchor farther out from the seabed pipelines to prevent a repeat of 2021:
We have many ways to describe the closure of the day: dusk, twilight, gloaming, eventide, sunset. To me, they are all quiet words, ones that complement the feeling of that space between the last of the day's sunlight activity and the beginning of the night's rest.
Moon Rising canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/moon-rising-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#ArtAdventCalendar #sunset #twilight #orange #Tucson #travel #nature #art #mastoart #fediart #stevehenderson #artwork #fedigiftshop #Arizona #southwest #oil #painting #woman
Saudi Arabia's energy minister has slammed the door shut on agreeing to phase out fossil fuels at the U.N.'s COP28 climate talks, setting the stage for difficult negotiations in Dubai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/12/05/resources/saudi-arabia-oil-phaseout-cop28/?utm_content=buffer968c1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #environment #resources #cop28 #saudiarabia #oil #climatechange
What is going on here?
#oil #venezuela #war
https://heatmap.news/sparks/venezuela-guyana-war-oil-nicolas-maduro
I send thanks to the buyer from Florida who purchased a framed print of
Roadside Attraction -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/roadside-attraction-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
May the artwork take you along a winding country road on a calm autumn day, bringing a sense of peace and joy to your heart.
#autumn #fall #landscape #country #nature #travel #journey #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #trees #stevehenderson #art #artwork #artist #sale #homedecor #buyintoart #ayearforart #afternoon #colorful #oil #painting #explore #discover #earth
Living in the shadow of a mountain, it is difficult to pretend that you are bigger than nature, more able to outlast her, with the right to try to conquer and vanquish her.
Would that everybody, especially those who see themselves as "rulers," live in the shadow of a mountain.
Peruvian Landscape framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/peruvian-landscape-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#peru #travel #nature #mountains #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #painting #oil #southamerica #Andes #landscape
@NetworkforCleanAir
"Shocking", yes, we're soooooore shocked.
Anyone who is shocked that the CEO of the national #oil conglomerate is running the world climate convention, has a lot of catching up to do.
These #Oil & #Gas Companies Are Pushing Back on Science Showing Their #Pollution https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-30/pemex-glencore-question-science-behind-satellite-based-methane-tracking #Pemex
To be a parent is to be always alert, awake, protective of the children in your arms and charge. The storms that assail you are relentless, and look less like a force of nature than they do outwardly friendly, smiling faces in three-piece suits and white lab coats.
On Watch canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/on-watch-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#artadventcalendar #nature #storm #family #parenting #love #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #warning #oil #painting #ocean #weather #sea
"Don’t trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution" said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the man running United Nations climate talks runs one of the “dirtiest” oil companies out there.
"They’re much better at capturing politicians than they are at capturing emissions.”
#COP28 #AlGore #Oil #Gas #CarbonPollution
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/al-gore-ap-united-arab-emirates-dubai-cop28-b2458061.html
UN 🇺🇳 climate talks on how to limit global warming have "focused on #renewable energy for too long" according to Darrren Woods, CEO of #ExxonMobil, the biggest western #oil supermajor www.ft.com/content/2217ab4a-2cae-4f4b-9ae0-124f209705da #COP28
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Voters in Venezuela rejected the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) jurisdiction over the country's territorial dispute with Guyana and backed the creation of a new state in the potential oil-rich Esequibo region in a Sunday referendum.
All questions passed with more than 95% approval.
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Nature happens at her pace, not that of governments, corporations, NGOs, experts, "Science," or the media.
There is a sense of rightness, security, normalcy, and health to nature, who does not bow to the desire for power and profits that eats up the soul of certain residents on her earth.
Mountain Stream greeting card -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/mountain-stream-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card
#nature #travel #oregon #mountains #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #spring #river #oil #painting #normal
Newly reported comments by COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber, which throw cold water on a potential commitment to phase out fossil fuels, have been condemned by activists and observers at the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/04/world/science-health/cop28-president-phase-out-comments/?utm_content=buffer460a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #sciencehealth #cop28 #climatechange #emissions #oil #sultanaljaber
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's extreme plans to restart oil exploration won New Zealand the Fossil of the Day award at COP28
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/new-zealand-wins-fossil-of-the-day-at-cop28-for-oil-exploration-plans/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-61913&utm_source=mastodon
#cop28 #climatechange #oil #resistoil #fossilfuels #fossiloftheday
"I know! Let's hold our meeting in a corrupt major oil-producing state! They'll be shamed into reducing production!" they said.
That worked really well.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67513901
#Oil #ClimateHeating #COP28 #GretaIsRight #BlahBlahBlah #FlamingBullshit
Ignorant #Cop28 president denies #science and refuses demands for #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels: Remarks from #UAE’s #AlJaber implying phase-out of #coal, #oil and #gas taking us “back into caves” show he has the mind of a #caveman #BackIntoCaves #FixingGuardianHeadlines https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels
Biden Administration Unleashes Powerful Regulatory Tool Aimed at Climate https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/climate/biden-social-cost-carbon-climate-change.html
"The #Biden administration’s crackdown on #methane leaks from #oil wells is based in part on a new powerful policy tool that could strengthen its legal authority to cut #GreenhouseGas emissions across the entire economy — including from #cars, #PowerPlants, #factories and oil #refineries."
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #JoeBiden #Democrats #USpol #COP28
“The only way to ‘decarbonize’ carbon-based #oil and #gas is to stop producing it. … Anything short of this is just more industry greenwash.” #COP28
https://www.politico.eu/article/cop28-climate-summit-fossil-fuel-use/
Maybe it's because I grew up in small towns and country settings that I prefer to avoid crowds. When I travel to well known spots, like Zion National Park, I enjoy the challenge of finding the isolated, generally undiscovered landscapes that are just as beautiful, or more, than the areas where everyone is flocking.
Hidden Valley framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hidden-valley-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#utah #southwest #nature #travel #art #artwork #stevehenderson #painting #buyintoart #mastoart #ayearforart #fediart #oil
"free" time: when we're away from the workplace, with friends, and doing something adventurous and fun and exciting -- this is a memorable, golden time that warms our heart as it creates memories we are determined to repeat.
Golden Sea art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/golden-sea-steve-henderson.html
#sailboat #sailing #weekend #ocean #artadventcalendar #art #artwork #stevehenderson #mastoart #fediart #outside #outdoors #painting #oil #buyintoart #ayearforart #adventure #nature #gold #golden #glow #seascape #friends
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The report emphasizes the importance of petrochemicals over the long term on the assumption that the transition will pick up the pace and demand for fuels will decline as a result.
Demand data, however, suggests that these forecasts are best taken with a pinch of salt.
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https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/What-The-Future-Holds-For-Oil-Refiners.html
Canada commits $16M to global ‘climate damage fund’.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bakx-cop28-guilbeault-loss-and-damage-1.7045991
Meanwhile, Canada pumps billions in subsidies into obscenely profitable oil companies.
“In 2020, estimates range from $4.5 billion (OECD) to $18 billion (Environmental Defence, including public financing to support pipelines) to $81 billion (IMF, including externalities).”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/fossil-fuel-subsidies-expaliner-1.6371411
$16M/$4.5B = 0.004%
That’s how much we care.
Extended write up of our latest report: 'Petrostates of Decline' in FT Energy Source, explaining how the #EnergyTransition & declining #oil & #gas revenues 📉 will hit vulnerable #petrostate economies https://www.ft.com/content/4b1c8ecc-c4be-4194-8d08-cfa856001b7b #COP28
Demand for #oil & #gas is expected to be in decline by 2030, with falling prices likely exacerbated by oversupply. Many producing countries will face a significant hole in govt finances, limiting ability to provide public services & threatening stability https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/
'#Petrostates of Decline'📉 analyses 40 countries with a high economic dependence on #oil & #gas🛢️ revenue & how far those revenues are likely to fall 2023-2040 in a #EnergyTransition consistent with limiting global heating to 1.8°C https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/ #COP28
Our new report '#Petrostates of Decline'🛢️📉 analyses 40 countries with high economic dependence on #oil & #gas revenue & how far those revenues are likely to fall 2023-2040 in a #EnergyTransition consistent with limiting global heating to 1.8°C https://carbontracker.org/reports/petrostates-of-decline/ #COP28
MASSIVE #SCANDAL: Leaked docs show the president of the #UN global #climate summit #COP28 secretly planned to lobby countries to increase the United Arab Emirates’ oil & gas exports. The man is the head of an #oil company & outcry when he was chosen to lead COP28 was ignored. I wish the world would learn from our #SCOTUS debacle. Conflicts of interest erode #integrity like acid.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dubai-un-climate-summit-oil-and-gas_n_65669d04e4b028b0f3ce3d3c
Not a single U.S. Catholic diocese has announced the divestment of oil, gas and coal assets since Pope Francis' landmark encyclical on environmental stewardship in 2015 urging a break with fossil fuels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2023/11/29/climate-change/pope-climate-us-bishops-fossil-fuels/?utm_content=buffer390e1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #environment #climatechange #vatican #catholicchurch #christianity #popefrancis #us #climatechange #fossilfuels #oil
We can't afford to buy a #car until the old one is beyond repair. Affordable #electricvehicles & the extra for a #car #chargingpoint aren't available. Choice is for the wealthy.
It's not the only issue though. #Electricity for them isn't green & batteries are #toxic & exploiting miners in #DevelopingCoutries. Are we being pushed out of the #climate frying pan & into a #pollution fire? There are solutions but #Governments need to fund them not #oil & #gas production.
#ElectricCars #ClimateCrisis
#ClimateDiary 32/n And of course the big story to add to 🧵 today is the relevation that the #UAE was/is planning to use #COP28 talks to make #oil deals with other countries. Infuriating, depressing - yes; surprising - no. Using official meetings for other, directly contradictory deals is kind of common practice. Perfect opportunity, having everyone together!
But does this mean we should forget about #COP28 and COPs in general? In my view - also no.
#COP28: #UAE planned to use climate talks to make #Oil deals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67508331
With such an agenda, COP talks will never succeed in limiting #ClimateChange nor persuading countries to move totally to #GreenEnergy to prevent a #ClimateEmergency.
Oil giants stand to lose out big-time unless they change dramatically from their current stance.
Humans are so obstinate.
"Everyone else needs to change but not me if it'll mean mega-changes to my ways and routine."
#BBCNews - #COP28 : #UAE planned to use #climate talks to make #oil deals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67508331
#ClimateChange
"As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday."
#US #USA #America #Oil #Environment
https://apnews.com/article/oil-pipeline-leak-louisiana-gulf-2cad7b5e16298f966b5033466822c229
Friday Only Holiday Sale: 25% off all wall art at Steve Henderson Collections -- canvas, framed, metal, tapestries, more.
See the selection at https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/
Sale runs 11/24/23 and ends at midnight, EST.
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Life is complex, similar to the layers of cliffs and rocks we see at the Grand Canyon. Too often, we try to view life like a flat, poorly drawn cartoon, but its beauty lies in its detail, intricacy, diversity, and sheer unfathomability.
It's not something you can wrap in plastic, stuff in a box, and sell.
Canyon Silhouettes canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/canyon-silhouettes-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
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I love a good rainy, blustery, inclement, stormy day -- not because I enjoy getting soaked like a water rat, but because the clouds are dramatic, moody, and broody. They provide the perfect contrast to when the sun slices its way through, casting golden warmth over the landscape.
Break in the Weather art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/break-in-the-weather-steve-henderson.html
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Nature has many songs.
One of my favorites is the soft crooning, almost a lullaby, of spring in the mountains, when the water in the stream murmurs over the rocks. It is gentle, and calm, like a mother rocking her infant to sleep.
Cantata art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/cantata-steve-henderson.html
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She was not aware
That dreams were impossible,
So she just believed.
Children are an inspiration to us tired, jaded adults to keep looking out, gazing forward, seeking onward, and not stop listening to what our hearts speak.
Bold Innocence framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/bold-innocence-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
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Palouse Falls in Washington State is an impressive sight -- a 200-foot drop of water into the pool below. But that's not all there is to see.
Below the falls, the rocks and cliffs create a landscape of wonder that few people discover.
It's always worth going where the crowds don't go.
Below Palouse Falls canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/below-palouse-falls-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
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