[GWSG] 13% BEVs; looters departing; Duke's energy mgt.; Duke as looter abettor; Congo peat threat; TRC on windows

[Tilley, Al]

1. Battery electric vehicles in September were 13% of global car sales. China, Australia, South Korea, and Japan lead in sales increases. The article supplies info on sales by brand and model.  https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/31/100-electric-vehicles-13-of-new-vehicle-sales-globally/

2. The oil and gas companies are looting as they leave town. Opposition is rising as reports of their swollen profits emerge. https://climatecrocks.com/2022/11/01/a-windfall-of-war-bidens-warning-to-big-oil/

3. In a packed 5-minute video, Brian Savoy, Duke Energy Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer, describes how Duke balances output from over 5,000 MW of solar, wind, and battery power nationwide to maintain a steady energy supply. https://climatecrocks.com/2022/11/02/in-the-renewable-control-room-at-duke-energy/

4. Duke has more gas plants planned than any other utility, and is under heavy criticism for the pace and content of its conversion plans. https://www.wfae.org/energy-environment/2022-10-12/duke-energy-and-its-critics-battle-over-its-clean-energy-transition

5. The 42m acres of peatland in the Congo basis is drying out, in danger of reaching the point at which its embodied carbon will be released back to the atmosphere. The dangerous tipping point might still be averted if we control the fossil fueled emissions which bring the added heat. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/carbon-timebomb-climate-crisis-threatens-to-destroy-congo-peatlands

6. Buildings (and cars and trucks) could reduce their energy consumption for cooling by 31% if they coat their windows with transparent radiative cooler (TRC), a clear substance which not only blocks heat from the sun but radiates inside heat.  https://techxplore.com/news/2022-11-window-coating-cool-energy.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

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