this post was submitted on 03 May 2025
104 points (100.0% liked)

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

6517 readers
392 users here now

Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:

Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
silence7@slrpnk.net
104
Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US (www.wired.com)
submitted 6 days ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/climate@slrpnk.net
38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

These systems dont keep the lights on when the grid is down. That may not be what you're insinuating, but it is a common misconception.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

They offload some of your electrical usage to a free source to lower your bill and help the environment. Its not a replacement for grid electricity. Its a supplement. Since it seems like whoever you were replying to thought these were supposed to power your whole house.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No body thinks these power your house.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You clearly did.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Quote me or fuck off 💋

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

“I don’t understand why people won’t pay outrageous prices for something that can only charge a laptop during an economic collapse”

You are clearly dissatisfied with the power output. I may be hyperbolizing, but obviously you were expecting more.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, more than a laptop—does not mean a house. Anyone with half a brain can understand that.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the insults 👍 its been a pleasure.

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world -1 points 4 days ago

Have the day you voted for 💋

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I’m not insinuating anything. I’m suggesting they cost a lot and the power they give is not worth the investment. If they were significantly lower and cost or significantly higher in power, regardless of being able to fully power your home, then they might be a better solution.

But you were commenting on my comment of economic collapse which is laughing at the person who suggested that nothing’s wrong. So, they are eithernot paying attention to anything or dumb as fuck

[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

They pay for themselves in two years or less. Legal 800 W feed-in limited still allow for 2 kWp total module power and increasingly there are buffer batteries.