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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9786 on: April 23, 2024, 11:22:19 AM »
We have bins for glass that I use.  Two more bins are for compostables, I use that too.  We have a large dumpster labeled for recycling but most of the stuff I see dumped in there is barely different from general garbage.  I asked for a bin for aluminum cans but that didn't happen.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9787 on: April 23, 2024, 11:23:20 AM »
I worried mostly about paper and cardboard
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9788 on: April 23, 2024, 11:34:06 AM »
In an industrial setting, there can be so much waste cardboard not intermingled with other crap as to make it workable.

Polystrene foam can be recycled IFF it's source separated, but I don't think anyone bothers to do it.  There are so many different kinds of plastic that even a waste source that is only plastic is almost unusable.  Even PE mixed with PP is a problem.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9789 on: April 23, 2024, 12:19:41 PM »
Just 10 percent in new poll have heard a lot about Biden climate action  | The Hill
Just 10 percent in new poll have heard a lot about Biden climate action  | The Hill

Nearly half who said climate change is important said they have not heard or have heard very little on what the Biden administration has done on the issue. Another 41 percent said they have heard some of what the administration has done.
Among those who believe climate change is important, 42 percent said Biden has done too little to address the issue. Roughly 26 percent said he has done the right amount and 4 percent said he has done too much, according to the poll.
Respondents were mostly split when asked whether they favored Biden’s or former President Trump’s polices on climate change. Thirty-six percent said they favored Biden’s, 35 percent favored Trump’s and 29 percent said they favored neither.
More than half of respondents also said there would be no effect on climate change if either Biden or Trump was elected in November. About 44 percent said Biden’s policies would make no difference, while 51 percent said the same about the former president.


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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9790 on: April 23, 2024, 12:37:24 PM »
The project is estimated to cost about $12 billion — $3 billion of which the Biden administration greenlighted last year.
The trip is expected to take slightly longer than two hours, with trains traveling as fast as 180 mph. This will be nearly twice as fast as driving.
Advocates for the project hope the rail line will lessen transportation costs and reduce traffic and emissions. An estimated 16 million people drive from Las Vegas toward Southern California on Interstate 15 every year through the Mojave Desert.
Brightline estimated the project could slash 3 million car trips every year. The company is hoping construction will be done in time for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

So, about 6 million people projected to use this per year, at a cost of say $200 each.  That would be gross revenue of about $1.2 billion a year.  Let's presume expenses are $0.2 billion to use round figures, so they are investing $12 billion to make, maybe $1 billion, if all goes well.


Government threw in $3 billion, nice of them.  I expect they don't want any return, so $9 billion to make $1 billion, or about 11% ROI, maybe.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9791 on: April 23, 2024, 12:45:21 PM »
Prediction:

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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9792 on: April 23, 2024, 12:48:21 PM »
My guess is it gets built, opens around 2030, but has disappointing ridership numbers, and then gets bailed out by government.

I presume the California HSR project is still out there muddling along.  If ANYONE thinks that can succeed, I'd love to hear how.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9793 on: April 23, 2024, 12:50:31 PM »
Despite some progress, high-speed rail is $100 billion short and many years from reality - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

“Schedules are stretching out, demand estimates have fallen and financing is inadequate and unstable,” said high-speed rail peer-review group chair Louis Thompson at a recent state legislative hearing. The state-appointed panel advises the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

[color=var(--primary-body-link-color)]Rail Authority Chief Executive Brian Kelly[/url], who plans to step down this year, and other rail officials have also acknowledged the questionable funding of a rail system with less than a quarter of its length under construction three years after the the first phase was supposed to be completed.[/font][/size][/color]


The current focus centers on the Central Valley, where officials estimate the 171-mile line from Merced to Bakersfield will be finished between 2030 and 2033.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9794 on: April 23, 2024, 01:34:02 PM »
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9795 on: April 24, 2024, 12:42:56 PM »
Biden administration sets national goal to cut freight emissions to zero | The Hill

The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a national goal to cut emissions from freight shipping down to zero. 
A White House fact sheet did not include a date for this goal, but it comes on top of existing goals to reach net-zero emissions for the the transportation sector, as well as the whole U.S. economy, by 2050. 
The administration also said that its strategy, announced in tandem with a Wednesday meeting with zero-emission freight, will seek to prioritize high-pollution areas. 


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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9796 on: April 24, 2024, 01:28:59 PM »
I'm sure it will all work out just fine.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9797 on: April 24, 2024, 01:32:33 PM »
Most European trains are electrified from what I saw.  We "could" do it here, probably with some rather massive funding.

I "love" goals with no time set.
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9798 on: April 25, 2024, 08:07:53 AM »
I wish I could do a free share on this one. No link available to do that. But if you get QSJ ($4/month) you should read this.

New EPA Emissions Rules Squeeze Coal Plants - WSJ
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Re: Weather, Climate, Environment, and Energy
« Reply #9799 on: April 25, 2024, 05:46:12 PM »
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