wolfyvegan

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21183236

The last of 75 turbines has been installed at the biggest wind project yet built in South Australia which will help edge the state closer to its 2027 target of reaching 100 per cent net renewables.

The 412 megawatt Goyder South wind project, near Burra, is being built by Neoen Australia and is also the largest wind project in its 10 GW of renewable energy projects currently operating, under construction or in development.

The Goyder renewable energy zone is expected to be one of the biggest renewable energy hubs in the world, combining multiple gigawatts of wind, solar and battery storage – with the final capacity likely to depend on the success of new green industries in the state, and its green hydrogen prospects.

 

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Hydrogen has long been hyped as the “Swiss army knife” of the energy transition, but today – despite billions in investment – it largely remains limited to niche industrial applications.

In a new review article, published in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, we look at where hydrogen could plausibly become competitive – and the applications where it is unlikely to ever be a viable solution.

For each use case, the review looks at the cost and carbon emissions of using hydrogen relative to alternative solutions, identifying the barriers which stand in the way of uptake.

For example, high-profile applications, such as home heating and fuelling cars, are still widely promoted, but are failing to take off.

Fundamentally, this is because hydrogen is an inefficient and costly option in these cases, with Ferraris globally outselling all makes of hydrogen fuel-cell cars combined.

Finally, the review looks at the current state of government hydrogen policy around the world, plus the ways that its potential could be maximised in the future.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Are you sure that the trees aren't Dunstan chestnuts?

 

There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp earth after a rainforest downpour. Increasingly, however, the discipline is moving indoors. A paper published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution by Masashi Soga and Kevin J. Gaston highlights a disconcerting trend: the decline of fieldwork in ecological research and education.

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Agroforestry is recognized as a way to boost local biodiversity, improve soils and diversify farming incomes. New research suggests it may also benefit nearby forests by reducing pressure to clear them.

The study found agroforestry has helped reduce deforestation across Southeast Asia by an estimated 250,319 hectares (618,552 acres) per year between 2015 and 2023, lowering emissions and underscoring its potential as a natural climate solution.

However, the findings also indicate agroforestry worsened deforestation in many parts of the region, highlighting a nuanced bigger picture that experts say must be heeded.

Local social, economic and ecological factors are pivotal in determining whether agroforestry’s impacts on nearby forests will be positive or negative, the authors say, and will depend on the prevalence of supportive policies.

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Agroforestry is recognized as a way to boost local biodiversity, improve soils and diversify farming incomes. New research suggests it may also benefit nearby forests by reducing pressure to clear them.

The study found agroforestry has helped reduce deforestation across Southeast Asia by an estimated 250,319 hectares (618,552 acres) per year between 2015 and 2023, lowering emissions and underscoring its potential as a natural climate solution.

However, the findings also indicate agroforestry worsened deforestation in many parts of the region, highlighting a nuanced bigger picture that experts say must be heeded.

Local social, economic and ecological factors are pivotal in determining whether agroforestry’s impacts on nearby forests will be positive or negative, the authors say, and will depend on the prevalence of supportive policies.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 13 hours ago

Well done. Thank you for this detailed analysis.

Let us not forget also the role of grass in enabling the herding culture.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Hamilton added that it’s also unusual for two North Atlantic right whales to stick together unless they’re mother and calf, which Koala and Curlew are not. Researchers have been tracking Koala since her birth in 2009 and Curlew since hers in 2011; the pair have been seen swimming together for the last several months.

The reason for this will probably never be known except to those two whales, but... it's possible that some whales are gay. And that's okay.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

How's that soapbox coming along? Time is money, and Q2 earnings targets don't exceed themselves!

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Planting native flowers couldn't hurt, but as with their Annona relatives, a decent yield of pawpaws will most likely require hand-pollination. People do it, and it works. The flowers are protogynous (effectively female first, then male), so you'll need to collect pollen from the flowers that are in the male stage and use it to fertilise the flowers still in the female stage, then repeat each day until all flowers have been pollinated. Your devotion shall be rewarded.

EDIT: Thank you for the informative post. Anyone in pawpaw territory would do well to research the plants that you linked.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

My immediate concern is what a sufficiently large asteroid might do to the durian trees. Mangosteen survived Krakatoa by becoming a lesbian, but I wouldn't gamble with durian. Can't some aliens just sterilise the humans instead? (Non-violently, of course.)

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Veganic permaculture food forests using syntropic methods can provide individual and community food security and sovereignty without the bullshit.

In the Amazon especially, some people are already reforesting with fruit trees and other beneficial vegetation, and they invite others to join in the effort.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Veganic permaculture food forests using syntropic methods can provide individual and community food security and sovereignty without the bullshit.

In the Amazon especially, some people are already reforesting with fruit trees and other beneficial vegetation, and they invite others to join in the effort.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

This is precisely what I mean. You and I know that, but the average user might not, and so they would be less likely to discover similar/interesting communities on other instances, especially if they have their account on a relatively small instance, and would not even know to look for them elsewhere. Your explanation here, exactly as you've written it, would be helpful to people new to the Fediverse. If slrpnk.net won't use Lemmy Federate, then perhaps posting this explanation somewhere would let people know that "this is not all that there is" available to them.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thanks for clearing that up.

Perhaps it should be more obviously noted somewhere how the "All" feed is populated. For someone who thinks that what they see there is quite literally ALL of Lemmy, other communities may as well not exist. Of course, that is not a SLRPNK issue but part of how Lemmy works.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It is a less clear proposition for one-way participation (outgoing only)

Could you explain? This would help communities on SLRPNK get discovered on other instances but not flood the "All" feed with any and all communities on Lemmy Federate, right? Would there be any reason not to do so other than for the benefit of those on other instances who are not interested in Solarpunk-related communities?

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

For the longest time, when I would see "AMAB" in someone's profile anywhere online, I thought that it stood for "All Men Are Bastards."

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