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The John James Newsletter 49
7 March 2015
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The Great Transition: Shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy by Lester R. Brown
The link is to Chapter One. “While France is completing construction of its last nuclear plant, it is in the process of developing 25,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity, of which 8,300 megawatts were already online in 2013. It is aiming to drop its nuclear share of power to 50 percent by 2025. China, which has 16,000 megawatts of nuclear generating capacity, has developed a world-leading 91,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity.”
www.earth-policy.org/images/uploads/book_images/EPI_TGT-ch01.pdf
Climate Change Hastened Syria’s Civil War
Drought in Syria, exacerbated to record levels by global warming, pushed social unrest into an open uprising in 2011. The conflict has since become a major civil war with international involvement. Drought from 2006 to 2011 forced many farmers into the cities. The influx added to social stresses already created by refugees from the war in Iraq.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-hastened-the-syrian-war/
Australian science research facilities prepare for shutdown as government refuses to secure funding
Some of the facility’s 94 staff – all but three of them researchers or technicians – will take jobs overseas, and one has already left for Canada The uncertainty means the facility has not entered into any commercial contracts past the end of June, meaning revenue will likely fall even if the government money comes through.
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/04/research-facilities-prepare-shutdown-government-refuses-secure-funding?CMP=ema_632
A Mediterranean diet is ‘better than exercise’ and can halve the risk of heart disease
Those who stuck to the diet, consisting of fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans, olive oil, fish and even a glass of red wine were 47 per cent less likely to develop heart disease over a 10 year period.
http//;www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2979508/A-Mediterranean-diet-better-exercise-halve-risk-heart-disease.html
Wind Power Beats Nuclear in China
http//:www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2015/highlights50
Delhi Gang-Rape Convict Blames Victim
“When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape,” Mr. Singh says in the BBC film. “If she hadn’t resisted, the rapists would have dropped her off after ‘doing her,’”.
blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/03/02/delhi-gang-rape-convict-blames-victim-for-the-attack-bbc/?
Intergenerational Report fails at first hurdle – ignores climate change
Peter Costello introduced Intergenerational reports to assess the economy over the next forty years. Climate change is mentioned just 12 times – and only in passing – in the 175 page report. This is a massive oversight because the environment is the very foundation stone of Australians’ livelihoods and way of life
reneweconomy.com.au/2015/intergenerational-report-fails-at-first-hurdle-ignores-climate-change-51863
Russia ready to repel any nuke strike, retaliate
Nationwide war games of Strategic Nuclear Missile Forces were conducted in February, with 30 missile regiments training in 12 regions of Russia. Missilemen performed ultimate combat operational readiness, counteraction to subversive groups and perfected defences against airborne precision weapons
rt.com/news/236573-russia-repel-nuclear-strike/
U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran
“The only way in which the Obama administration can credibly stick with its strategy is by implicitly assuming that the Iranians will carry most of the weight and win the battles on the ground,”
www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/world/middleeast/us-strategy-in-iraq-increasingly-relies-on-iran.html
Police investigate Save the Children whistleblowers over Nauru abuse report
staff had anonymously written a submission outlining cases of sexual and physical abuse of children, and acts of self-harm. “We believe that the children have been subjected to multiple violations of their human rights and wrongdoing from multiple parties.“
http;//www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/04/police-investigate-save-the-children-whistleblowers-over-nauru-abuse-report?CMP=ema_632
New Silk Roads and the Chinese Vision of a Brave New (Trade) World
The Beijing leadership vision of a potentially mind-boggling infrastructure, much of it from scratch, that will connect China to Central Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe. Such a development will include projects that range from upgrading the ancient silk road via Central Asia to developing a Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor; a China-Pakistan corridor through Kashmir; and a new maritime silk road that will extend from southern China all the way to Venice. Don’t think of this as the twenty-first-century Chinese equivalent of America’s post-World War II Marshall Plan for Europe, but as something far more ambitious and potentially with a far vaster reach.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175959/tomgram:_pepe_escobar,_inside_china%27s_%22new_normal%22/#more
New Study Shows California Droughts Driven by Climate Change and Here to Stay
The increasingly frequent and severe droughts that have punished California over the past two decades are primarily the result of human-caused climate change and will likely grow even worse. This new research analyzes historical records and computer simulations of global warming, to investigate the role of changing temperatures.
www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/03/new-study-shows-california-droughts-driven-climate-change-and-here-stay
Carbon crash, solar dawn: Deutsche Bank on why solar has already won
Their report suggests solar will become the dominant electricity source around the world as it beats conventional fuels, generates $5 trillion in revenue over the next 15 years, and displaces large amounts of fossil fuels. But by 2030, the solar market will increase 10-fold, as more than 100 million customers are added, and solar’s share of the electricity market jumps to 10 per cent. By 2050 solar’s share will be 30 per cent of the market.
reneweconomy.com.au/2015/carbon-crash-solar-dawn-deutsche-bank-on-why-solar-has-already-won-51105
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Energy storage to reach cost ‘holy grail’, mass adoption in 5 years
reneweconomy.com.au/2015/energy-storage-to-reach-cost-holy-grail-mass-adoption-in-5-years-18383
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Dear NEVILLE,
It has been revealed that are plans in NSW for a massive rollout of new coal and coal seam gas projects on an unprecedented scale.
The three biggest and dirtiest energy companies – AGL, Energy Australia and Origin, who most Australians buy power from – are all involved in coal seam gas (CSG) and coal mining. They’ve also been lobbying the government to cut our Renewable Energy Target, a critically important policy that drives investment in renewable energy.
We’ve got a really fast, simple, high impact way to stop them in their tracks and protect our our communities, water supplies and environment – by switching power company right now, en masse.
NEVILLE, you pledged to switch your home or business electricity retailer when the Better Power campaign launched the campaign here. Already, over 5,348 GetUp members in Victoria have made the switch. Now, it’s time for NSW to vote with our feet and switch to a power company that, like us, is anti-CSG and a real champion of renewable energy:
Click here to find out more and make the switch.
We know that our collective consumer power can stop AGL’s plans to grow their CSG operations in NSW. Just last month global financial analysts Citi Research said:
“We think there are early warning signs of negative connotations around Gloucester (CSG) impacting AGL in some retail customer segments. If these negative associations become more mainstream, walking away from/disposing of Gloucester may become the right option to protect the larger retail brand and earnings.1“
That’s huge! Put simply, what Citi are saying is that if enough of us leave AGL the company will have no choice but to dump its plans for CSG in NSW.
We’re excited to have partnered with Powershop, rated the greenest elecritiy retailer in Australia by Greenpeace and the Total Environment Centre. For every person that switches as part of this campaign, Powershop makes a small payment towards our campaigns to stop CSG, damaging coal mining, and to save renewables.
It’s really quick and easy to switch. It takes about 5 minutes, and it’s all done online. You don’t even have to contact your old, dirty power company. And Powershop doesn’t lock you into a contract or charge exit fees so there’s no risk. Can you switch to better, cleaner power now and help stop the roll out of CSG and coal in our communities? http://www.getup.org.au/BetterPowerNSW
Getting together with other Australian consumers to use our financial power to fight for a clean energy future will have a direct, immediate and hard hitting impact. You’ll be sending the strongest message possible to the dirty power companies – if you attack renewables and support dirty coal and CSG your customers will leave you. And at the same time, you’ll be supporting a pro-renewables, anti-CSG company that over 5,000 GetUp members have switched to already.
We’ve got an ambitious target – we need 50,000 people to switch before the Annual General Meetings of AGL and Origin.
Ready to use your power as a consumer to start the shift? http://www.getup.org.au/BetterPowerNSW
Together we can create an unstoppable shift to clean up our energy market, starting with our choice of who we buy our power from. Let’s make the switch massive NSW!
James, Paul and Michael for the GetUp team.
PS – The dirty power companies who dominate the NSW electricity market – Origin, EnergyAustralia and AGL – are all invested in CSG, and coal fired power stations and have been trying to wreck the Renewable Energy Target. It’s time to switch to a better, cleaner power company who, like you, is opposed to CSG and is fighting to save the Renewable Energy Target. Join the switch now and forward this email to your friends and family: www.getup.org.au/BetterPowerNSW
PPS – If you have want more information you will find an FAQ here.
[1] AGL Energy: Alert: Upstream gas restructure, a material prize worth chasing. Citi Research.18 February 2015
