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@gusseting How much of that gas usage is spent cooling methane for export? Gas networks for homes and industry are already worrying about death spirals as heat pumps replace them for heating, and state gov. incentives discourage gas cooking. Where did that data come from? It seems like coal usage should have reduced more than that recently. 2/2

@gusseting It is a petrostate, with all the corruption that implies; but renewables are the cheapest form of new electricity generation, EVs are cheaper than ICE vehicles. The grid getting cheaper and greener benefits all, even though it currently favours home owners (roof top solar + batteries). 1/2

@bjn @gusseting For remote mining sites, renewables + batteries is a competitive edge. Trucking diesel is very expensive.

@nickofnz The South Australian grid is almost an isolated one. The transmission link to Victoria is very constrained. Such a small geographic area (albeit one with great solar and wind resources) going 100% renewable is proof it can work everywhere. Energy intensive industries are starting to move there for the cheap, reliable power.

@gusseting @JulianOliver Trucking should be aggressively decarbonised now electric trucks are here, but this government isn't investing in the charging network needed for that process to start 2/2

@gusseting @JulianOliver Some nuance: if that 9% figure is correct, it would be skewed by the massive mining (and to a lesser extent) farming industries. There is very little cargo shipped by rail, with some ocean going traffic - most is moved by road in trucks. The electricity grids are much greener than total energy use, with rooftop solar providing a lot of savings. 1/2

@gleick For your safety, do not argue with waffle house experts.

@djsf @Bellingcat America never signed the Ottawa treaty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty And that is only for anti-personnel mines.

@JamesBaker "Video games cause violence" was a disinformation strategy funded by weapons manufacturers trying to avoid regulations in America. It's hilarious that the social science experiments that found a link between games and aggression were invalidated when someone realised the effect was caused by frustration at wonky control schemes. And entire frivolous field of study that could have been avoided by playing Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.

@JamesBaker I don't see social media criticism as a panic. Fascist internet oligarchs using their power to spread dangerous ideas, undermine democracy; and even instrumentalism multiple genocides; is a real concern. 2/2

@JamesBaker Must recommend Sarah Marshall's fantastic podcast on the satanic panic "The devil you know". https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/2054-the-devil-you-know-with-sarah-marshall The interviews from the victims of the panic are amazing; the social trends and how it relates to today's trans panic is even better. The idea these panics are really about control and reactions to progressive trends in societies is illuminating. 1/2