Interesting stats on EVs and energy use in the US, developments in wind and tidal power, a plastic recycling microfactory, and an "unprecedented collapse" in EU fossil fuel generation.
The US federal government officially banned the sale of virtually all incandescent lightbulbs last week. The new rule is expected to cut 222 million tons of CO2 emissions by 2050, equivalent to the annual emissions of 28 million homes.
This Distilled article offers an interesting look at the bulb ban and how the rapid adoption of LEDs over the past two decades "marks one of the fastest technological shifts in human history."
It also points out that many important climate-solving technologies today are around the same place development and cost-wise as LEDs were back in 2010 and notes, "The story of this technology does, however, prove that change is possible, and sometimes the distance between unthinkable and inevitable is smaller than one might think."
A new study suggests that switching to a reusable packaging paradigm can reduce greenhouse emissions from plastic by up to 69% – AND use up to 70% less water.
