#fossilfuel — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/16/fossil-fuel-advertising-contracts-all-time-high. WHY is this being permitted? Would we allow drug-pushers to #advertise their wares freely? Yet #fossilfuels are just as #lethal, to #humans, to non-human #animals, to #nature, & to the #planet. #Protesters against the #Fossilfuel #companies get locked up, but their #directors make millions, as do their #shareholders, the companies are heavily #subsidised, & make enormous #profits.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/trump-fossil-fuels-industry. "Some of the #motivations for the #Trump administration’s pro-carbon, anti-green #policy postures have to do with cold, hard #cash. #Fossilfuel #companies have given a staggering amount to Trump over the past several years... But part of the Trump’s love of #fossilfuels - & his accompanying hostility to #Climatechange #mitigation, #green #initiatives, & #nature #conservation - might be less #transactional than #libidinal." See: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305829818775817 (abstract only).

Vidalia onion season begins, bringing sweet and mild flavor straight to stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/14739/ #Business #ColorImage #ConceptsAndIdeas #energy #FossilFuel #FuelAndPowerGeneration #FuelPump #GasNozzle #gasoline #Georgia #GeorgiaDining #GeorgiaFood #GeorgiaGroceryStores #GeorgiaRestaurants #Horizontal #HumanHand #OilIndustry #Photography #refueling #Transportation

Vidalia onion season begins, bringing sweet and mild flavor straight to stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/14739/ #Business #ColorImage #ConceptsAndIdeas #energy #FossilFuel #FuelAndPowerGeneration #FuelPump #GasNozzle #gasoline #Georgia #GeorgiaDining #GeorgiaFood #GeorgiaGroceryStores #GeorgiaRestaurants #Horizontal #HumanHand #OilIndustry #Photography #refueling #Transportation

Vidalia onion season begins, bringing sweet and mild flavor straight to stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/14739/ #Business #ColorImage #ConceptsAndIdeas #energy #FossilFuel #FuelAndPowerGeneration #FuelPump #GasNozzle #gasoline #Georgia #GeorgiaDining #GeorgiaFood #GeorgiaGroceryStores #GeorgiaRestaurants #Horizontal #HumanHand #OilIndustry #Photography #refueling #Transportation

Vidalia onion season begins, bringing sweet and mild flavor straight to stores https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/14739/ #Business #ColorImage #ConceptsAndIdeas #energy #FossilFuel #FuelAndPowerGeneration #FuelPump #GasNozzle #gasoline #Georgia #GeorgiaDining #GeorgiaFood #GeorgiaGroceryStores #GeorgiaRestaurants #Horizontal #HumanHand #OilIndustry #Photography #refueling #Transportation

Greenland, Antarctica lose over 12 trillion tons of ice in 47 years

‘Threat is crystal clear’: Over 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica lost in 47 years About…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Antartica #CA #Canada #climatechange #Earth #Environment #EuropeanSpaceAgency #flooding #Fossilfuel #glacier #globalwarming #GreenhouseGas #Greenland #heat #ice #JakobshavnGlacier #melt #ocean #Retreat #Satellite #Sealevelrise #sknd #temperature #Water
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/898354/

#US #DataCenters Set to Burn More #NaturalGas Than Most Nations
Only China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S. itself are expected to use up more of this #fossilfuel.
US #AI data centers projected to become 5th-largest natural gas consumer in world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15B cu ft/day
Many #datacenter projects have already been delayed by the lack of available power infrastructure. It’s for this reason that many developments have turned towards onsite generators
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

#US #DataCenters Set to Burn More #NaturalGas Than Most Nations
Only China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S. itself are expected to use up more of this #fossilfuel.
US #AI data centers projected to become 5th-largest natural gas consumer in world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15B cu ft/day
Many #datacenter projects have already been delayed by the lack of available power infrastructure. It’s for this reason that many developments have turned towards onsite generators
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

#US #DataCenters Set to Burn More #NaturalGas Than Most Nations
Only China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S. itself are expected to use up more of this #fossilfuel.
US #AI data centers projected to become 5th-largest natural gas consumer in world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15B cu ft/day
Many #datacenter projects have already been delayed by the lack of available power infrastructure. It’s for this reason that many developments have turned towards onsite generators
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

#US #DataCenters Set to Burn More #NaturalGas Than Most Nations
Only China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S. itself are expected to use up more of this #fossilfuel.
US #AI data centers projected to become 5th-largest natural gas consumer in world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15B cu ft/day
Many #datacenter projects have already been delayed by the lack of available power infrastructure. It’s for this reason that many developments have turned towards onsite generators
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

#US #DataCenters Set to Burn More #NaturalGas Than Most Nations
Only China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S. itself are expected to use up more of this #fossilfuel.
US #AI data centers projected to become 5th-largest natural gas consumer in world by 2035 — consumption to grow by 15B cu ft/day
Many #datacenter projects have already been delayed by the lack of available power infrastructure. It’s for this reason that many developments have turned towards onsite generators
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

Grass of empire - Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

"The lawn – the “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” – arrived in this country with the British. The ones established over here were intended to mimic and to elicit an emotional connection with the ones left behind."

"Like the introduction of other exotic flora and fauna, pastoral farming and parliamentary government, the laying down of the lawn was one of the ways in which colonisation marked this land."

"Perhaps not at the very beginning, when most new arrivals would have been busy felling trees, draining wetlands and burning bush. But once the footholds had been established and life had become a little less precarious, it was time to take up the challenge of civilising the new colonial spaces by reproducing the landscapes of Home. Time to impose order upon chaos and inscribe empire on the land. Time to cultivate the lawn."

"This is also the lexicon used by those who colonise to characterise what must be done to those who have been colonised. Indigenous people need to be kept in their place just as much as indigenous flora does, and for much the same reason: give them half a chance and they’ll get away on you."

"Of the knowledge that colonisation is not just about the movement of people and power across time and space. Ideas, too, are instruments of empire. As is grass and the land it grows on." >>
https://theconversation.com/mowing-the-lawn-the-colonial-ghosts-haunting-our-suburban-ritual-283270
#lawn #mowing #suburbia #SettlerSociety #ExoticGrass #FossilFuel #pollution #NoisePollution #colonisation #TheColonialProject #British #empire #ColonistGrass #flora #extinction

Image: The “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” at the Mid North Coast of NSW. The palms were in the way of the machinery and had to go. The leaves will soon be blown onto the road/drain by a leaf blower.

Grass of empire - Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

"The lawn – the “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” – arrived in this country with the British. The ones established over here were intended to mimic and to elicit an emotional connection with the ones left behind."

"Like the introduction of other exotic flora and fauna, pastoral farming and parliamentary government, the laying down of the lawn was one of the ways in which colonisation marked this land."

"Perhaps not at the very beginning, when most new arrivals would have been busy felling trees, draining wetlands and burning bush. But once the footholds had been established and life had become a little less precarious, it was time to take up the challenge of civilising the new colonial spaces by reproducing the landscapes of Home. Time to impose order upon chaos and inscribe empire on the land. Time to cultivate the lawn."

"This is also the lexicon used by those who colonise to characterise what must be done to those who have been colonised. Indigenous people need to be kept in their place just as much as indigenous flora does, and for much the same reason: give them half a chance and they’ll get away on you."

"Of the knowledge that colonisation is not just about the movement of people and power across time and space. Ideas, too, are instruments of empire. As is grass and the land it grows on." >>
https://theconversation.com/mowing-the-lawn-the-colonial-ghosts-haunting-our-suburban-ritual-283270
#lawn #mowing #suburbia #SettlerSociety #ExoticGrass #FossilFuel #pollution #NoisePollution #colonisation #TheColonialProject #British #empire #ColonistGrass #flora #extinction

Image: The “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” at the Mid North Coast of NSW. The palms were in the way of the machinery and had to go. The leaves will soon be blown onto the road/drain by a leaf blower.

Grass of empire - Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

"The lawn – the “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” – arrived in this country with the British. The ones established over here were intended to mimic and to elicit an emotional connection with the ones left behind."

"Like the introduction of other exotic flora and fauna, pastoral farming and parliamentary government, the laying down of the lawn was one of the ways in which colonisation marked this land."

"Perhaps not at the very beginning, when most new arrivals would have been busy felling trees, draining wetlands and burning bush. But once the footholds had been established and life had become a little less precarious, it was time to take up the challenge of civilising the new colonial spaces by reproducing the landscapes of Home. Time to impose order upon chaos and inscribe empire on the land. Time to cultivate the lawn."

"This is also the lexicon used by those who colonise to characterise what must be done to those who have been colonised. Indigenous people need to be kept in their place just as much as indigenous flora does, and for much the same reason: give them half a chance and they’ll get away on you."

"Of the knowledge that colonisation is not just about the movement of people and power across time and space. Ideas, too, are instruments of empire. As is grass and the land it grows on." >>
https://theconversation.com/mowing-the-lawn-the-colonial-ghosts-haunting-our-suburban-ritual-283270
#lawn #mowing #suburbia #SettlerSociety #ExoticGrass #FossilFuel #pollution #NoisePollution #colonisation #TheColonialProject #British #empire #ColonistGrass #flora #extinction

Image: The “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” at the Mid North Coast of NSW. The palms were in the way of the machinery and had to go. The leaves will soon be blown onto the road/drain by a leaf blower.

Grass of empire - Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

"The lawn – the “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” – arrived in this country with the British. The ones established over here were intended to mimic and to elicit an emotional connection with the ones left behind."

"Like the introduction of other exotic flora and fauna, pastoral farming and parliamentary government, the laying down of the lawn was one of the ways in which colonisation marked this land."

"Perhaps not at the very beginning, when most new arrivals would have been busy felling trees, draining wetlands and burning bush. But once the footholds had been established and life had become a little less precarious, it was time to take up the challenge of civilising the new colonial spaces by reproducing the landscapes of Home. Time to impose order upon chaos and inscribe empire on the land. Time to cultivate the lawn."

"This is also the lexicon used by those who colonise to characterise what must be done to those who have been colonised. Indigenous people need to be kept in their place just as much as indigenous flora does, and for much the same reason: give them half a chance and they’ll get away on you."

"Of the knowledge that colonisation is not just about the movement of people and power across time and space. Ideas, too, are instruments of empire. As is grass and the land it grows on." >>
https://theconversation.com/mowing-the-lawn-the-colonial-ghosts-haunting-our-suburban-ritual-283270
#lawn #mowing #suburbia #SettlerSociety #ExoticGrass #FossilFuel #pollution #NoisePollution #colonisation #TheColonialProject #British #empire #ColonistGrass #flora #extinction

Image: The “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” at the Mid North Coast of NSW. The palms were in the way of the machinery and had to go. The leaves will soon be blown onto the road/drain by a leaf blower.

Grass of empire - Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual

"The lawn – the “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” – arrived in this country with the British. The ones established over here were intended to mimic and to elicit an emotional connection with the ones left behind."

"Like the introduction of other exotic flora and fauna, pastoral farming and parliamentary government, the laying down of the lawn was one of the ways in which colonisation marked this land."

"Perhaps not at the very beginning, when most new arrivals would have been busy felling trees, draining wetlands and burning bush. But once the footholds had been established and life had become a little less precarious, it was time to take up the challenge of civilising the new colonial spaces by reproducing the landscapes of Home. Time to impose order upon chaos and inscribe empire on the land. Time to cultivate the lawn."

"This is also the lexicon used by those who colonise to characterise what must be done to those who have been colonised. Indigenous people need to be kept in their place just as much as indigenous flora does, and for much the same reason: give them half a chance and they’ll get away on you."

"Of the knowledge that colonisation is not just about the movement of people and power across time and space. Ideas, too, are instruments of empire. As is grass and the land it grows on." >>
https://theconversation.com/mowing-the-lawn-the-colonial-ghosts-haunting-our-suburban-ritual-283270
#lawn #mowing #suburbia #SettlerSociety #ExoticGrass #FossilFuel #pollution #NoisePollution #colonisation #TheColonialProject #British #empire #ColonistGrass #flora #extinction

Image: The “telltale patchwork quilt of European settlement” at the Mid North Coast of NSW. The palms were in the way of the machinery and had to go. The leaves will soon be blown onto the road/drain by a leaf blower.

Suburban sprawl and public transport deserts

"From the 1950s, sprawling low-density suburbs have been built on the assumption that households would own cars and that public transport was unnecessary."

“It’s really too late to do much in the short term, because we’ve spent 70 years planning in the other direction...The hole has been dug.”

“If we’re interested in equity and justice in our cities, then we need to be providing people, no matter where they live, with a good quality level of public transport access that allows them to get jobs, services and education that are available to people in inner-city areas." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/10/fuel-crisis-australia-public-transport-not-an-option
#FossilFuel #petrol #CarDependency #Suburbia #sprawl #biodiversity #extinction #PublicTransportDeserts #MobilityDesign #inequality #war #ClimateDisruption #CarMinds #malls #parking #obesity #walking #infrastructure #SmallShops #TyrannyOfDistance