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  1. ... people’s needs — food, shelter, water, transportation — are not always explicitly connected to energy, and even when they are, there are ways to dramatically reduce the amount of energy required to meet them.
    That conclusion contradicted several decades of economic theory that suggested that increased energy use and, by extension, increased consumption would always equate to a longer lifespan and improved quality of life.
    “Fossil fuel use does not contribute significantly to improvements in life expectancy.”
    - https://theintercept.com/2023/05/08/energy-transition-electrification-consumption/

    #IPCC #IntergovernmentalPanelOnClimateChange #JuliaSteinberger #Demand #SupplyAndDemand #PlannedObsolescence #TheIntercept #EnergyTransition #ExtractiveIndustry #Lithium #Chile #AtacamaDesert #TheaRiofrancos

  2. #World on 'thin ice' as #UN #climate report gives stark warning | #APNews

    "#Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of #ClimateChange’s #future harms, a top #UnitedNations panel of #scientists said Monday.
    But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of #carbon #pollution by 2035, the #IntergovernmentalPanelOnClimateChange said. The United Nations chief said it more bluntly, calling for an end to new fossil fuel exploration and for rich countries to quit #coal, #oil and #gas by 2040."

    apnews.com/article/un-climate-