Yes, you can get it on the right site under exports as an .csv file
MrMakabar
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As soon as you have a large enough grid, you really end up needing very little storage. For the EU solar, onshore wind and offshore wind last year look like this. Real data from last year:
As you can see no day, without electricity production and the variability is not that insane. The worst day has half of average production of solar and wind. So with a combination of overbuilding, some storage and a strong grid, you are fine.
So basically in terms of climate policy: USA Biden is better then Trump. India does not matter as nobody is really changing current policies. EU is probably going to the right, but the parliment does not have too much power, so it probably does not matter that much. Russia Putin wins. Indonesia does not matter who wins, it will get worse.
So basically only the US elections really matter in terms of climate.
There are a lot of natural sources of methane and the biggest human sources are oil and gas wells and some coal mines. So Europe for example tends to have low methane leakage. However that is using the current satellites, which are not able to detect smaller emission sources.
The other really big one are methane deposits in permafrost and the ocean depths, which could be released, when we reach certain temperature increases. Especially permafrost starts to release methane today, which is one of the earliest tipping points. So we really want to know when that starts to happen.
EDIT: Also methane does not stay in the atmosphere too long. So it lowering emissions would decrease temperatures relatively quickly.
We could just lower the number of ETS certificates and send the extra money raised to help poorer countries out a lot. This sounds more like not wanting to pay, rather then a good solution. The EU has emitted 16.7% of cumulative CO2 emissions with 5.6% of the global population. So sending some money to poorer countries who have emitted far less is just being fair.
Published: 7 September 2015
This is nearly a decade old. Since then prices for wind and solar have come down a lot. Solar panels were at 0.68$/W in 2015 and ended up at 0,26$/W in 2022. This obviously makes renewables more competitive. Also looking at current UN population projections. They project peak population in Asia in 2055. Less people means less consumption. So that should help. Some countries, like China, Japan and South Korea have declining populations today.
So honestly it is a built it once and then just keep it running kind of situation. Obviously Asias countries are in very different situations as well. Pakistan really should improve the material condition of its population, whereas Japan, should focus on replacing its fossil fuel infrastructure.
Suffering in this case means the material life quality of 1960 Switzerland for everybody on earth with significantly fewer hours worked. I am not talking human sacrifice. As for intentional suffering, the fact that the behavior of the rich is unethical.
Degrowth means suffering for millions, but a better life for billions. The richest 10% of the world are resposible for half the worlds emissions. The world primary energy consumption is 18.2% low carbon. As energy consumption and emissions are linked that means by cutting smartly we can half our global emissions that way. Btw a lot of people in rich countries are not in the global 10% either. Really only the USA and richest European countries have even roughly half their population in the global 10%.
Exactly!!! The destruction of earth is the biggest violent act of our times.
The problem with that is that electrolysers are currently very expensive and they are needed for all sorts of e-fuels.
However electric boilers are cheap and storing a lot of heat is also very cheap and easy. The only thing you need is a giant tank and some insulation around it. There are a lot of under ground caverns from mining to work with. Then you can use the heat for district heating or for industry.