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Did you know there's a way to switch to Solar and have the banks pay and you save?

I am saving J$45K monthly by switching to solar. It cost me J$3.5M upfront, BUT the bank is paying for it, and I keep the savings.

The Sun is free. This is my story, folks! #Thread

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Imagine opening your JPS bill, and you owe a whopping J$77,026.40. That's was me last summer. This was close to twice my average.

Solar seemed complicated. Kilowatt hours, inverters, batteries, all Greek. But with my JPS bill through the roof, I HAD to Maths it out.

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Here's the key: Buy enough solar panels for day consumption and batteries for the night. I ended up with 17 panels, 1 inverter, and 2 batteries.

The price tag? J$3.5M. I went the bank, borrowed at 10% (J$350k annually or J$30k monthly), and paid the solar company in full.

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Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji addressed the post-budget webinar to disseminate the vision of the budget on Infrastructure & Investment. Hon’ble PM applauded PM #GatiShakti and Bharatmala Pariyojana.
#UnionBudget2023 #AmritKaalBudget
He emphasised on use of alternative construction materials so that it can also boost the local manufacturing sector. He also invited the industry and domain experts to share their ideas and suggestions for effective implementation of the budget.
#UnionBudget2023 #AmritKaalBudget
This year's budget has infused new vitality into the growth of India's infrastructure sector. A fundamental component of the country's #GreenGrowth strategy is its Vehicle Scrapping policy.
#UnionBudget2023 #AmritKaalBudget
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3 confessions from #ClimateActivists & #ClimateEconomists seeking to tackle the #ClimateCrisis

We were wrong

-2 promise apple pie & motherhood sans costs
-2 repeat solar PV cheapest form of power sans caveats
-2 dismiss any trade-off between climate & development

#Thread
Back in the day those, including me, who worked on many different versions of the #greendeal all focused on the win-win scenarios ... #greenjobs #greengrowth #justtransition etc. and tho the context has changed completely this win-win farming remains even in the year 2023
Had we mobilised on a war-footing back then, invested at scale, imposed #carbontaxes, innovated like mad & massively increased financial & technological support 4 developing economies to shun coal & adopt #renewables, the #greendeal may have worked, albeit not without real costs
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1. The U.S. sees a vital role for the Security Council to tackle the negative impacts of climate on peace and security.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said this when he addressed the U.N. Security Council on the impact of climate change on security.

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2. Blinken said climate change is taken into account at every foreign policy decision because of its devastating implications and the cascading effects on virtually every aspect of our lives, like #agriculture, infrastructure, public #health, or food. theplanet.substack.com/p/the-us-sees-…
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3. Blinken said: "The consequences are falling disproportionately on vulnerable and low-income populations. And they're worsening conditions and human suffering in places already afflicted by conflict, high levels of violence, instability".

🧵 #UNSC
theplanet.substack.com/p/the-us-sees-…
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More conspiracy theory from Financial Times:

"With a new US admin., & [] the vaccination rollout under way, now is a good time for the major economies of the west (& ideally the world) to sit down & devise a new international #monetary order."

#GreatReset h/t @johnsteppling
"As part of that there should be widespread #debt cancellation, especially the gov't debt held by #central #banks. We estimate that amounts to approximately $25tn of gov't debt in the major regions of the global economy."

ft.com/content/39c53b…
"Whether debt cancellation extends beyond that should be central to the negotiations between policymakers as to the construct of the #new #system ...The implications for bond yields, post-debt cancellation, need to be fully thought through and debated."
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🔴 #HappeningNow Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatland Restorations: Synthesis and Way Forward

Join us ➡️ ow.ly/UCYd30roDTS

@CIFOR_hutan @usaidindonesia @FAOIndonesia @BRG_Indonesia @UNEP #PeatlandsMatter #SWAMP
You may also follow our coverage in Bahasa Indonesia with @CIFOR_hutan here ⤵️
The #SWAMP Webinar Series began in September; and today’s culminating session aims to facilitate interactive discussions and present a synthesis of new insights and information exchanged during the past webinars

Learn more ➡️ ow.ly/9Zkp30roXpX

#PeatlandsMatter
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Dec 9, 2020: "Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass... human-made mass – driven mostly by enhanced consumption & urban development – exceeds the overall living biomass on Earth."

#IndustrialCiv #Capitalism "Green" #Growth #GND

theguardian.com/environment/20…
"On average, every person in the world is responsible for the creation of human-made matter equal to more than their bodyweight each week, the paper published in Nature says."

This is poor (perhaps deliberate) framing.

Remember:
Corbyn: "The Climate Change Committee's report shows the scale of transformation & investment that is needed to tackle the climate emergency. We need a #netzero strategy w/ social justice at its heart."

There is no justice in destroying what remains to "save" climate. #Language
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Wohl wahr: Wie wir bislang wachsen, ist nicht nachhaltig. Aber was folgt daraus? Ende des Wachstums ist reine Illusion angesichts einer wachsenden Weltbevölkerung (=> 10 Milliarden), der rasanten Urbanisierung.. 1/9
faz.net/-iu4-a4pbn?pre… #fplus
.. dem Streben von Milliarden Menschen nach einem besseren Leben. Für sie bleibt sozialer Fortschritt an wirtschaftliches Wachstum gebunden. Also bleibt uns nur die Flucht nach vorn: zur Entkopplung von Wohlstandsproduktion & Naturverbrauch. Das ist kein Abrakadabra. /2
Ja, es gibt biophysische Grenzen des Wachstums, die wir respektieren müssen. Verfügbarkeit von Rohstoffen ist das kleinste Problem. Kritisch sind Klima, Artenvielfalt, Belastbarkeit von Böden & der Meere. Aber daraus folgen keine absoluten Grenzen für ökonomische Wertschöpfung /3
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🌳 #NewRoots for the economy: #Degrowth 🐌

That's huge! In an open letter published today, over 1,100 scientists, experts, artists, activists from 60 countries call for a shift away from our obsession with economic growth in the wake of the #CoronaCrisis.
opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/…
The letter was published in five countries and four languages so far, more to come.

Besides on @openDemocracy it was published by @Mediapart (France) ... blogs.mediapart.fr/projet-de-decr…
on @ctxt_es (Spain): Decrecimiento: nuevas raíces para la economía
ctxt.es/es/20200501/Fi…
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Yes. This is beyond grotesque. Klein references a Bolivian initiative under the Morales gov't - as a lure to promote the GND - without a single acknowledgment to the coup itself.

What Klein does not reference is far more compelling: the 2010 People's Agreement of Cochabamba.
The Cochabamba People's Agreement (April 2010) came out of the Bolivian World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth conference. It was Indigenous-led, with people attending from around the world. #Bolivia

theartofannihilation.com/350-agent-sabo…
#Whiteness and racism played a key role at this conference.

350's (Klein serves on the board) sole purpose for attending the conference in Bolivia was to literally undermine the host country’s official policy position on climate change (300 ppm, 1ºC limit, etc.)
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I would hate to miss #FridaysForFinance

Let's start with this.

Oct. 15 2019, Thunberg:

"I have never said that we can’t have economic growth. I have just said that instead of focusing on economic growth & talking about money, we should talk about human lives & ecosystems."
That sounds a lot like this from Klein:

"But I have never said that we need to "slay" "ditch" or "dismantle" #capitalism in order to fight climate change."



@empathiser
@empathiser No wonder Susan Rockefeller (pictured), Angel Gurría, The Guardian etc. etc. - all love Klein so much.

#GreenGrowth
#FridaysForFinance
#SavingCapitalism
#Rebrand
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