[GWSG] Renewables an even greater bargain; flooded EVs ignite; people flock to trouble spots; my FL Climate Week tape

[Tilley, Al]

1. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, the cost of renewable energy continues to fall. On a global average, solar PV power is now 56% below the cost of energy from fossil fuels; onshore wind is 67% less. https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wind-less-than-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels-as-price-falls-continue/
The IRENA report on which the story is based: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2024/Sep/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2023
2. Some EVs, at least some Teslas, caught fire in Hurricane Helene when salt water entered their battery chamber. The Clean Technica article is the best I have seen on the issue. Until the conditions of the conflagrations are clearer and fixes made, I intend to keep my Bolt from wading. I know that Helena left many without the option. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/29/flood-fire-risk-with-evs-at-least-some-ev-packs-need-better-water-sealing/
3. People in the US are tending to move to the areas most greatly exposed to climate risk, including the state of Florida and Asheville, NC. https://thinc.blog/2024/10/02/moving-into-the-maw-americans-flock-to-climate-risk-areas/
4. The Volo Foundation has organized a program of events for Florida Climate Week, Oct. 7-12. I think you will find many of the offerings worth your time. At 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, I have a half hour tape: The Planetary Health Diet, Your Most Effective Climate Action. https://floridaclimateweek.org/schedule-of-events/ I am representing the Sierra Club’s Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team, which is undertaking a campaign to invite people to try the diet. Agriculture is the emissions area most difficult to approach, because it depends on people undertaking to change their behavior. Regulation and subsidies will have a difficult task in reducing our intake of hamburgers and pork barbeque—though if we moved our food subsidies from beef to beans it would be a boost.
My tape is pretty rough. I have an editing program which I hope to learn before I undertake to polish the presentation a bit, but here is the current state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wncGBT9bJvI

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