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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I am happy that my baby is fat! We are very fortunate.

Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

I kind of like that series in a whimsical "here are some simple recipes and techniques you would not have thought of otherwise" way... but yeah, usually the waste reduction is trivial / worse than useless, as in this case.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

Still on maternity leave. Baby fat? Yes, baby very fat.

Jenny Chase holding Child 2, a fat eight-week-old baby.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

Like, I have just eaten a vegetarian pizza in the village restaurant, it was fresh made in a wood oven and expensive enough that the Guardian would probably approve, and I am quite sure the carbon footprint of that pizza is horrifying compared with a meal of Doritos and M&Ms.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

(Sorry. I am annoyed by The Guardian's war on ultraprocessed foods, not because an ultraprocessed diet is in your best interests (it isn't. Eat vegetables!), but because the Guardian is making spurious arguments as to why.

The main dietary driver of environmental impact is animal products!)

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

This article is just bollocks, isn't it? There are lots of good reasons not to eat many Doritos, but the carbon footprint of the corn going into them isn't one of them, because eating almost anything else would be worse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 1d

That is universal, but the basic principle of carbon trading isn't wrong.

It makes no sense for rich countries to spend hundreds of euros per tonne of CO2e reduced, while poorer countries lock in to higher-carbon pathways for want of relatively little money.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 2d

That depends on the cap, and how quickly it is reduced. The EU ETS works decently well and delivers a set volume of emissions reduction for (approximately) the lowest total cost.

But the devil is in the detail and most schemes are indeed junk.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 3d

I do think about big stones flying about, blades whirling, dust etc. Even with cheap panels, you don't want to be regularly breaking them.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 5d

Tbh if your current fence is meeting your fencing needs, I would not replace it.

The question of whether to buy solar is separate and will depend on power pricing regime and other factors. A fence might be the best solar site if there is no football or vegetation management requirement.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 6d

I think because they are examples where they were nearly removed, and their reintroduction / re-establishment had a very visible impact on the ecosystem and its ability to support a large amount of biomass and number of species?

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 6d

I am absolutely not an ecologist but aren't the classic examples wolves / lynx (reduce deer numbers), sea otters (eat urchins) and wildebeest (have browsing habits that promote diverse vegetation)?

(Feel free to explain why these pop science examples are wrong).

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote this up here: geese.ch/faq

And good luck!

FAQ | geese.ch

Answers to frequently asked questions about keeping domestic geese, making them friendly geese, raising goslings and looking after your domestic geese.

geese.ch

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, that one's true (okay for some standard of "fencing"). A 450W solar panel at bulk prices is under 40 euros.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 9d

... I mean, that's still not very much money per year. But Zurich is a prime example of a modern city where it makes sense for rich people to take public transport - for most journeys, just massively more convenient.

(This is somewhat true for the rest of Switzerland).

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 9d

On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.

The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)

Direct democracy!

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 9d

On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.

The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)

Direct democracy!

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10d

If you're good at admin, do admin for a wind developer. If you're bad at admin, do it for a chain of petrol stations.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10d

Get a heat pump, get a job installing insulation or selling EVs, go to local council meetings in support of bike lanes or solar parks or dense housing near public transport. Run for political office, or at least vote. Recommend flight-free holiday destinations to others. (Delete as applicable).

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 11d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11d

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following!

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 15d

Going to work on an update to my annual solar opinions thread over the next few weeks, when the baby isn't complaining to management.

Any particular topics you'd like me to comment on? No promises, but I'll consider questions.

Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · Sep 28

Time to make 2024 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread.

If you like these, the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon is new this year. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of October.

www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon

www.worldscientific.com

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 15d

I think China just wants to prove that it can do solar on the sea (lots of fixed structures as @commercialsolarguy.com says, plus some floating). Shandong province also has a big solar-on-sea target for no apparent reason.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 17d

Oh @aptshadow.bsky.social is here, while I'm praising him.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 17d

He's one of those authors who writes so much that the individual books don't get the attention they deserve.

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 17d

Also really enjoyed 'Bee Speaker' by the same author, a murder mystery in a bizarre dystopia where everyone could be so, so much worse.

(Love Irae and Malkin).

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 17d

The best book I have read on maternity leave so far is Adrian Tchaikovsky's 'Service Model'. It's funny at first, and then cold fingers start to play down your spine.

The AI does not hate you. The AI just has pre-set priorities completely inappropriate to the situation. Which is lethal.

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