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17 connected korrents · 14 moments on record from 3 Nov 2008 to 14 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about climate change .
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America Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: The upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming. The upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming. Last stated 3 weeks ago
30 Aug 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: China scaled solar and batteries when America refused to because the CCP got scared of climate change. — tap to centre the map on it China scaled solar and batteries when America refused to because the CCP got scared of climate change. Last stated a week ago
14 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions. Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
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David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If the industrial stack is not off fossil fuels within ten or twenty years, the country gets poor twice over — the way Britain did when its coal ran out, and again when Florida floods. — tap to centre the map on it If the industrial stack is not off fossil fuels within ten or twenty years, the country gets poor twice over — the way Britain did when its coal ran out, and again when Florida floods. Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Switching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change. — tap to centre the map on it Switching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change. Last stated 3 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined. — tap to centre the map on it The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined. Last stated a month ago
12 Aug 2026
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Andrew Dessler — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The intense U.S. heat of the 1930s was driven by regional natural variability plus human-caused poor land management (the Dust Bowl), not global warming. — tap to centre the map on it The intense U.S. heat of the 1930s was driven by regional natural variability plus human-caused poor land management (the Dust Bowl), not global warming. Last stated 2 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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Andrew Dessler — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Information is the most fundamental unit of the universe, more fundamental than energy or matter. — tap to centre the map on it Information is the most fundamental unit of the universe, more fundamental than energy or matter. Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. — tap to centre the map on it A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre. Last stated a year ago
5 May 2025
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Janna Levin — holds since 2025-05-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather. — tap to centre the map on it A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather. Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all. — tap to centre the map on it Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all. Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chinese solar panels and batteries are cheap because of automation and a honed supply chain, not because of cheap labour. — tap to centre the map on it Chinese solar panels and batteries are cheap because of automation and a honed supply chain, not because of cheap labour. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken. Last stated a year ago
15 Aug 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-08-15 — tap for who they are
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The upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming.
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China scaled solar and batteries when America refused to because the CCP got scared of climate change.
Holds
Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions.
Holds
If the industrial stack is not off fossil fuels within ten or twenty years, the country gets poor twice over — the way Britain did when its coal ran out, and again when Florida floods.
Holds
Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade.
Holds
Switching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Holds
The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined.
Holds
The intense U.S. heat of the 1930s was driven by regional natural variability plus human-caused poor land management (the Dust Bowl), not global warming.
Holds
Information is the most fundamental unit of the universe, more fundamental than energy or matter.
Holds
A black hole is featureless in the way a fundamental particle is: charge, mass and spin are the whole of it, and no two differ in anything else.
Holds
A black hole is its event horizon, not the matter crushed to a point at the centre.
Holds
A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences.
Holds
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Holds
A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Holds
A solar-powered data centre can cut its power draw a great deal while giving up very little compute, which is how it survives a run of bad weather.
Holds
Below about a thousand dollars a kilowatt of capital cost, the right way to run a plant is intermittently on raw solar with no batteries at all.
Holds
Chinese solar panels and batteries are cheap because of automation and a honed supply chain, not because of cheap labour.
Holds
Nobody will finance new gas turbine factories, because paying one off takes twenty years of a market that solar and batteries will already have taken.
Holds