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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">1. Morocco is building a 10.5 gigawatt solar and wind farm with 5 GW of battery storage to supply England with 8% of its energy needs. The power will be transmitted by the world’s longest marine cable.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">2. For the first time, a majority of Americans think the country is being harmed right now by the climate crisis. 76% consider that it is happening, and 70% are worried about it.
</span><a href="https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADY3M2IwNjNlLWY1ODItNGUxMi04MGY0LTE4OWQxNGM3ZWNlNAAQAGUAx8djVnpEq7sUuIGYnSM%3D"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADY3M2IwNjNlLWY1ODItNGUxMi04MGY0LTE4OWQxNGM3ZWNlNAAQAGUAx8djVnpEq7sUuIGYnSM%3D</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3. There is no generational difference among the 70% of English people who say that the climate crisis is serious enough to warrant lifestyle changes. A similar number say they are ready to make sacrifices. In a generational difference
detected by the survey, a third of the youngest group polled, Gen Z, believe that we are lost no matter what we do, but only 19% of Boomers, the oldest, are so bleak. The general impression that older people are more resigned to the crisis and less likely
to take action is opposite to what the survey found. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><a href="https://phys.org/news/2021-09-climate-action-myth.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://phys.org/news/2021-09-climate-action-myth.html</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">4. Ford is putting $11 billion into two new factory complexes near Memphis and Louisville which will manufacture electric trucks and the batteries to power them. Ford intends to be 40% electric by 2030; GM says it will get rid
of gasoline engines by 2035. </span><a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2021/09/28/fords-11-billion-dollar-bet-on-evs/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://climatecrocks.com/2021/09/28/fords-11-billion-dollar-bet-on-evs/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5.</span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">China and the EU are ahead of us in electrification of transportation.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Norway may sell its last gasoline car as early as next year.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2021/trends-and-developments-in-electric-vehicle-markets"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2021/trends-and-developments-in-electric-vehicle-markets</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">6. It has been two years since fossil fuels contributed the majority of new power generation capacity in the US. In 2021 Q2 they contributed 5%, which was more than in 2020 Q3 or Q4. The energy transition is well underway.
<a href="https://ilsr.org/new-power-gen-update-2021-q2/">https://ilsr.org/new-power-gen-update-2021-q2/</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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