$130tillion Climate Solutions - Avoiding “Carbon Traps” and Other Misbranded Environmental Efforts - an Executive Summary, specific posts to follow
An Executive Summary by?Benjamin Liker?and?Thomas R. Ward
Climate change and environmental degradation are serious existential threats of our time. In all our history, as humans on this earth, never has there been such a catalyst, drive, and action by each of us, for all of us. Environmental activists have been shouting from the treetops for over a century, governments have slowly begun to shift toward “green” thinking in the past decade, and finally, the private sector innovation has been catching on in recent years as well. Terms like “ESG” and “sustainability” have become buzzwords in the media, government, and corporate landscapes in an attempt to center planet-conscious actions in a world where market forces and social movements dominate headlines; and driving executive decision-making. Is such Balanced, Circular, and Rational per the drive for a great reset / "New Normal"??
Our expanding Series Table of Contents: by co-authors, which we seek your collaboration. As such, this page will be updated below / with links to the framework series of posts to follow such as:
Solar and Wind 4 PENDING - CA Green Solar https://lnkd.in/giR_7Bsq & Utility push back?https://lnkd.in/ecHf5WpQ and more blackouts coming https://lnkd.in/gAktc37G Solar and wind delusions?https://lnkd.in/g_idFu6U & https://lnkd.in/gnqahfaq?and NetZero Solar?https://lnkd.in/gFca5gpH Green tax relief for rich (solar)?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/andreas-marciniak-82a87752_taxpayer-subsidies-for-rooftop-solar-designed-activity-6950367178076356608-D524
Market - Crude Oil prices Crude Price bull market https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6936930668698353664?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6936930668698353664%2C6937564428812910592%29 70s soon - 8.6% inflation?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6941019142271512576?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6941019142271512576%2C6941130825065279488%29 Policy reforms to address inflation?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6941107689699631104?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6941107689699631104%2C6941117552580325377%29
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Role and impact of:
10 Things you did not know about WB Climate?https://lnkd.in/gXsb8e9W?and Pressure https://lnkd.in/gPVxyDMu?and?https://lnkd.in/gahUDkir Climate Explainer WB/IFC??https://lnkd.in/gapenRv4
WSJ Op - World's rich hypocrisy?with climate?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944978926242840577?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6944978926242840577%2C6945260942863597568%29
WH factsheet on workgroups of Economic means to address climate? https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6943553047637737472?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6943553047637737472%2C6945045384364789760%29
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This has led to and result of conferences such as COP26, the latest annual United Nations Climate Change Conference with Net-Zero ~ $130 trillion was pledged (and add COVID ~$29+ Trillion too) there is a race to collect. Such conferences are large meetings for world leaders in both the public and private sectors to meet and exchange ideas and analyses seeking to form for key decisions then and later make with an aim to fight back against climate change. At the recent COP26 and preceding events such as the 2015 Paris Climate Accords, a common headliner was that corporations and governments are aiming to fight climate change by reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions.?Interestingly, in light of New Normal and COVID, has there been much of an climate change and impact; with parallel funding agendas. What can be learned from history that often repeats... and read / watch 1950's Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Michael Crichton's State of Fear; PBS' "The Commanding Heights" about oil and "The Men who Made America" about?Nineteenth-century Industrial barons that included J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and John D. Rockefeller; and note President Teddy Roosevelt. Much cost in play such as https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.com/news/business-60135833.amp and https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/jimvinoski_who-broke-climate-science-claremont-review-activity-6916010466964037632-6wXb
This said, such government-led proclamations alone are not game-changers nor sustainable in their ultimate results.?While a worthwhile pursuit by itself, focusing environmental action of just carbon emissions, while steamrolling other environmental actions into and under it, may end up causing more collateral, bi product harm to the world than current leaders anticipate. Over the past 5 years, reducing CO2?emissions has become nearly synonymous with that term mentioned earlier: “sustainability.” We must not lose sight that denotatively, to be sustainable is to be “able to be maintained, kept going or upheld”- in essence, a quality of endurance, in perpetuity. Truly sustainable systems can go on forever, and sustainable solutions are ones that don’t merely address single-generational struggles, but ones that last centuries. Such solutions are time- and system-agnostic, applicable now and a hundred years from now, in our current society and in ones not even imaginable yet. This summary presents a few areas for discussion, which we will have a series of posts dedicated to focused topics.
A key part of emphasizing these true sustainability is integrating them into the financial system through truly sustainable tools and methods. Efforts to mitigate carbon emissions through Cap-and-Trade policies doesn’t strike at the root of the problem, rather such merely a means of shifting burdens between one financial vehicle to another. Government subsidies, are likewise non-sustainable because centralized public spending can change between different heads of state - presidential, prime minister, and gubernatorial administrations. Relying on financial climate solutions like these merely puts a band-aid on the larger problems the planet faces, attempting to buy time from a bank that’s nearly empty. More resilient and innovative solutions are necessary to provide financial incentivization of responsible climate action; a good place to start is the humble Private-Public Partnerships (PPP/P3s) and assurance of "bankable" activities - full life cycle. P3s have existed as long as modern society has, and using international and domestic networks and innovation of public and private sector cooperatives will allow sustainable systems to endure long past our lifetimes. Generally speaking, the more complex and interconnected systems and institutions are, the more resilient they become over time to disruptions and shocks. Market-based, incentive approaches are central to sustainable solutions, as opposed to transitory policies and proclamations.?It is a lot easier to design planet-conscious systems that have endurance baked-in when multiple stakeholders rely on them. In many cases, more moving parts introduces complexity that hinders progress and efficiency, but in the case of P3s, more groups involved in various domains adds to the strength of the endeavors. Success of P3 is innovation, financing and risk, with market incentives.?Carbon pricing challenges ahead https://www.wsj.com/articles/efforts-to-expand-global-carbon-pricing-run-into-economic-headwinds-11653408191 and Industrial Policy justification led by the French Napier - How to Survive the New Normal economics / financehttps://youtu.be/KWhGsWaXI7o?
Aside from P3s, sustainable requires financing some potential financial instruments are: green bonds, asset-backed cryptocurrencies, and policy environmental ratings (i.e. ESG and other models), and audits along with regulations (fees, fines, etc.) that offers potential tools to help in a successful transformation to sustainable solutions from the financial, to corporate, to public services, and thus a shift of practice from merely caring about money for wealth’s sake to using money and policies as tools to affect positive change for people via its elastic properties as a currency). In the modern capitalist world economy, money is the main currency that communicates information about the value of things: The value of different types of labor, intrinsic usefulness of products, supply and demand of commodities, etc. It is imperative that financial institutions, corporations, and governments accurately assess and add the short and long term environmental impact of actions to that list of communicable information through innovative financing. Many entities may resist such a paradigm shift.?After all, it bucks against the trend of short-term profit-seeking behavior by many firms and its shareholders; but in the long run implementing these sustainable systems into the financial sector will benefit us all.?P3s - a Sustainable Option?https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/sources-p3-information-artifacts-wbg-course-tom-ward??and?https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/artbas-2017-national-workshop-state-local-advocates-p3-tom-ward?
P3s can also provide a framework for needed investments, innovation and risk transfer means. P3s can be large-scale sustainable projects and “green” financing vehicles that avoid government interference. Many active government regulatory agencies were originally created in the early 20th century to protect consumers from monopolistic business practices and unethical corporate behavior; over time, driving factors and incentives have changed, and with such, these once-bastions of regulatory economic and the regulated industrial engines freedom have become hindrances to the next industrial technological progress and in such might block environmentally beneficial projects from getting off the ground. Take California for example: Due to a few bad/outdated environmental regulations, in many urban and suburban communities, lawsuits and environmental reviews are often are means to stop projects that would benefit the greater good of society. Environmentally-beneficial endeavors such as high-speed rail, metro lines (with potential post-911 issues), and urban parkways often never get off the ground and cost much more than projected due to environmental regulations being weaponized politically. Such is in order, in particular anti-trust provisions aimed to prevent single companies from developing a monopoly over an entire industry, courts and public officials have put passing and enforcing strong regulations along with antitrust laws high on their agenda. Of course, necessary regulations must be put in place to ensure consumer protections and a 2nd industrial revolution of barons and per COP also prevent heavy environmentally-threatening methods such as clear-cutting of forests and mountaintop strip mining; but otherwise, regulations deserve greater scrutiny per the progress they prevent. If the opportunity-cost of regulations outweigh the risks they seek to mitigate, governments should at a minimum reconsider their positions and role as decision-making bodies. As the “rulemakers” of the modern world, governments have a unique obligation to use policy to shape production, trade, and behaviors of individual actors to the benefit of all. By setting environmentally and truly sustainable agendas, governments can set guidelines and provide structures that incentivize long-term benefit over short-term profit without the need for costly and unsustainable subsidies and tax asymmetries. Using their positions as publicly-entrusted bodies with access to more financial resources and power than most other institutions, they can help to mitigate risks for private entities to work more efficiently and utilize free-market principles in the promotion of equitable, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly growth and ensure Field of Dreams. IF YOU BUILD IT ...?Myths and Realities about America’s Infrastructure Spending by?Edward L. Glaeser??www.city-journal.org/html/if-you-build-it-14606.html Also as noted above times have changed say from times of FDR / 2004 UCLA study -?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6667798882954608640?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6667798882954608640%2C6667799624138465280%29??4 pictures of destroying economic base?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/sir-snell-570523226_activity-6880704616812609536-_ZMf and lesson of regulations -?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/prof-theuns-pelser-932a7743_beer-a-short-and-bitter-history-of-regulation-activity-6835217403798929408-3PPG and The reality is cities are some 2-5 degrees warmer than out in the country and science "fix", I added a comment of caution and maybe lessons from COVID too https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6916320246249263104?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6916320246249263104%2C6916699031784030208%29 and WSJ COVID and Climate -?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6683040389156409344?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6683040389156409344%2C6686510828310536192%29 and and how it ties for Climate -?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6672119540735913986?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A6672119540735913986%2C6672130319132479489%29
Implementing mixed-use housing in urban centers allows for walkable communities where residents simply don’t need a car—a bike can do the job just fine. Smarter suburban and urban public transportation reduces the need for personal vehicles to get between home and work. Constructing urban parkways can reverse some of the community degradation that has occurred as a result of building massive freeways through the politically sensitive areas. Building suburban communities around people, not cars, in theory would result in better quality of life, community-building, and ecological restoration as urban sprawl threatens both the environment and people’s lives. Aided by technological improvements such as Web 3.0 / Smart Cities, collective energy on sustainable solutions, master-planned “Neo-cities” are an increasingly popular form of P3s that combine different sustainable systems (such as those mentioned above) to solve current problems and prevent future ones. The building Neo-city movement promotes an intertwinement of culture and society into collaborative efforts of municipalities, states, countries, land developers, renewable energy providers, agricultural producers, tech firms, small businesses, and other stakeholders who seek to make the world a better place while bettering the standard of living of individuals, families, and communities.?
Outside the financial sector, there are other parts of our society that need further scrutiny to make sure our current solutions don’t end up doing more damage down the line. One such “solution” is the transition from internal combustion engine (“ICE”) vehicles to electric vehicles (“EVs”). EVs are being presented as a decentralized way to reduce carbon emissions from vehicular pollution by using demand-side pressures. And for that purpose—reducing CO2?emissions and other air pollutants—transitioning to EVs suggests it's a worthy pursuit, as offloading energy conversion requirements from individual cars (chemical potential to kinetic energy) to energy grids allows for the energy to be sourced from renewables. In the short time, however, there are glaring problems that affect the Earth and its people that cannot simply be dismissed. For producers of and sellers of vehicles, the seeming reduction of its life from about 10 to 5 years has many impacts on the economy and environment. For example, EV battery technology (at best 5 years currently) is a giant problem for the planet: mining Lithium and Cobalt for EV batteries causes significant environmental damage that is simply hidden from consumers and through substitution exported to other nations. Instead of the environmental damage being done at the point of consumption (where the cars emit CO2?and other pollutants), it is outsourced to the point of production (mines, refineries, and factories). For example, a car driver in Los Angeles may be thrilled about her Tesla, but just ask a Cobalt miner in the Democratic Republic of the Congo what he thinks about higher EV demand and mines needed. Suddenly that EV future doesn’t seem as rosy. DRC for minerals?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6872139002410078208?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6872139002410078208%2C6872176440545161216%29 US treasury sanctions DRC https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6873696081683738625?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6873696081683738625%2C6873720816618508288%29 and WSJ the scramble for EV materials is just beginning?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6873065523182084096?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6873065523182084096%2C6873447697290948608%29
Europe risks increasing energy dependence on Russia as it teeters towards using more natural gas (such as Germany). https://www.dw.com/en/eu-states-split-on-classifying-nuclear-energy-as-green/a-59792406# https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-04/europe-s-energy-supply-crisis-has-the-eu-at-the-mercy-of-putin-and-the-weather / https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/activity-6884286458660757504-hbA-
Unfortunately, most solutions to problems such as with transportation electrification are not any more elegant than the problems electrification substitution seeks to solve to begin with, along with supply dependency issues as well. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles may offer one solution, but their energy efficiency is currently significantly lower, not all hydrogen produced is “green hydrogen” (made with renewable power), and electrolyzers require rare-earth metal catalysts to operate that bring similar environmental concerns as batteries (albeit at smaller scales). A truly sustainable solution involves striking at the root of the problem while building bridges that make the solution stronger over time; and for transportation, that solution may initially suggest reducing the demand for and reliance on personal vehicles.
The Urban / Rural source, production, cultural/political rubs and divides, can be opportunities. This includes hybrid options like moving growth of crops closer to population centers like urban farms and hydroponics reducing distance of transportation of goods across the value chain from production to consumer, the latter suggests less consumption of water as well.
Another dependency and carbon “trap” that we must be wary of is a rushed transition to renewable energy and with so many supply chain issues. Several governments, NGOs, and innovative companies, have floated a quick switch from an oil-based energy grid system to liquid natural gas as a way to transition away from fossil fuels to renewables. This may be possible in time, however there is the need for underlying infrastructure and technology to be identified, engineered, and built. Natural gas is indeed a cleaner-burning fuel replacement compared to oil and coal, releasing far fewer toxic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides into the air when burned; in such there is a trap of transfer dependency and with such supply pricing / inflation. Moreover, even the Natural gas alternative still releases carbon dioxide when burned, as is the case with all hydrocarbon fuels, including various biofuels and ethanol. And just like oil and coal, LNG is non-renewable and extracting it from the earth had environmental impacts; while cleaner it still isn’t necessarily clean in both production and burning for energy conversion. Also there is the lost of energy in the conversion and transmission, not to mention fires too due to power grids. Global supply chains must also be taken into account when considering what energy sources we use and said conversions / substitutions. China is the global source for ~85% of the world’s rare-earth metals, which are necessary for the production of water electrolyzers for Hydrogen gas production, as well as for photovoltaic cells in solar panels and other energy inputs. For solar power, panels also require vast amounts of silica (sand), which causes significant environmental degradation when mined (and the sun doesn’t shine 24/7). Note sand extraction for both solar and typical infrastructure - roads and buildings?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/bruce-matheson-3741877_sand-mining-is-the-global-environmental-issue-activity-6872887175348805632-FcOO. Wind energy is a potential solution that is renewable, environmentally "non-damaging" except turbine and blades that have a limited life line and and currently non-recyclable. Why wind (and water turbines) doesn’t require rare or complex materials; they too have technical and practical properties limitations (e.g. not everywhere is windy and where it maybe a 'windy' location such is not 24/7).?Does "harnessing" winds (and water currents) result in a change the flows that cool and waters the surface? And the reality check of Mother Nature's power https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/trward_christmas-take-time-to-reflect-pray-and-activity-6877633020099145728--S8s
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There are also off grid-scale energy sources, geothermal and hydroelectric power generation are fairly low-cost (both financially and questionably to the environment) to set up and operate, but unfortunately there are limited locations globally where they are practical and still require a 'grid'. Speaking of 'grid' there are also push for micro grids and directly self contained non-grid like a home, car, building — either geography or ecological impact diminishes the number of suitable locations. Nuclear power is another renewable alternative that has been gaining in popularity among many energy experts recently, except in California and Germany which the last reactors are shutting down. Nuclear fusion, which promises infinite clean power through creating a “star on Earth,” is often referred to by scientists as “always being 30 years away,” and the technology likely won’t be ready for decades, if not centuries—far too late with short term business and political decision makers. Nuclear fission, on the other hand, is a tried-and-true energy production method that has come a long way since its early use (and some accidents). Public opinion seems to be the biggest problem for the widespread adoption of nuclear fission energy, as incidents such as Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island, Fukushima, and still loom large in many minds. However, new technologies allowing for safe, decentralized fission reactors along with waste recapture methods provide potential sustainable solutions to the hindrances to nuclear adoption across the globe. Per kilowatt-hour, nuclear fission comparatively economical and environmental 'green' as it produces very little waste, causes nearly no direct environmental damage (absent an accident), requires relatively less in construction materials, sources fuel from an internationally-cooperative nation in Australia, and provides competitive costs at both the points of construction and production. However, there is still a long way to go in terms of adoption (outside France, China and some 28 states in the US), as stigmatization of Nuclear, short lifespans, drawn-out semantic battles over where to put nuclear waste combined with influence of various lobby groups. Although tiered rankings of both adoptability and impact emerge, no energy source is without both benefits and drawbacks, so the question is: which ones will we prioritize?
It is unavoidable that humanity will continue to grow develop over centuries of time, it has steadily moved onwards; as societies have risen and fallen, languages have formed and faded away, billions of people have been born and died. The struggle for our Earth, our home, is ubiquitous and will last far beyond our short lifetimes. Over the past few centuries, making short-term decisions to benefit the few have resulted in catastrophe for the planet, and it is now up to everyone—of all ages, ethnicities, religions, and creeds—to work together and set up societal infrastructure for sustainable coexistence. The solutions we create today will likely need to go beyond just solving the problems of today and that of generations to follow: Reducing CO2?emissions, stopping environmental degradation, fighting poverty and disease; they must be so interwoven into our culture and values that they are able to be utilized by our great-great-great-great-grandchildren for problems of the future, problems we can’t even imagine! Together it is up to us, the citizens of this small blue dot in the sky, to work together to build that bright future for the people we will never get to meet.
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. - DAKOTA PROVERB?
Putting our Children First, we must correct / change of mindset that "We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow(ed) It from Our Children." - Anonymous?
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References:
The Guardian on Big Oil and Climate https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6930127812733349888?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6930127812733349888%2C6930168160625061888%29
EU need of strategic energy materials including from Russia https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6929788343203332096?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6929788343203332096%2C6929843203823075328%29
China turns back to Coal?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6924279397424230400?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6924279397424230400%2C6924359881189724160%29
COP26 may usher of new weapon?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/f-c-h_china-climate-nations-activity-6866456085612572672-wAJg?and comments
Climate is rift with $Ts https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6875089139969114112/
EU Climate initiatives and P3s funding vehicles such as CREAM https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6711252209746624512?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6711252209746624512%2C6711265522958245889%29
WB Clean Energy Procurement https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6873735193337884672?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6873735193337884672%2C6875318019543842816%29
WSJ COVID and Climate https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6683040389156409344?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6683040389156409344%2C6686510828310536192%29 &?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6672119540735913986?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A6672119540735913986%2C6672130319132479489%29
https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/centralbank_for-green-finance-climate-policy-is-the-activity-6892182498583945216-JXUh
Another movie before us... https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6882263063932743681?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6882263063932743681%2C6882302816161959936%29 see more per my 2 comments & Dancing with the Giants https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6876162121441259520?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6876162121441259520%2C6876228256819904512%29
The US (and globally) Clean Energy problem - China dependency via control of supply chain?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6875813795084726272?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6875813795084726272%2C6875823755470389248%29 &?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6880218025610547200?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6880218025610547200%2C6880230428314214400%29?& WSJ - WH to address supply chains?shortfalls?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/trward_white-house-lays-out-broad-changes-to-address-activity-6902669277351284736-Pv7Z
WSJ Innovation of the private sector?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/trward_how-to-measure-how-well-a-company-does-on-activity-6875736183830323200-ds1H
IMF supporting bigger govt and new normal reset?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/dan-mitchell-9101a65_the-imf-special-drawing-rights-and-expanding-activity-6872227482217521152-uMDx & The Economist -- Push for New Normal big government 1 of 3 comments https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6867181090830974977?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6867181090830974977%2C6868488789614977024%29 where are the Fund$ for issues we face? IMF Central Banks Asset Purchases graphically?https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6884569223520235520?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6884569223520235520%2C6884577048828948480%29
Global Debt $300t 1 of 3 comments to more https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6865813074960547840?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6865813074960547840%2C6865968442504163328%29
Impact of printing $s -- Nov 6.8+% inflation?https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/trward_us-inflation-hit-a-39-year-high-in-november-activity-6875102739689476096-pU7t?click "see more" at the top...
1 data set, 2 opposing "studies"?who pays? Can science out smart mother nature? https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6838060793175650304?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6838060793175650304%2C6838076897365131264%29
China/DRC Cobalt https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-congo-china-hits-roadblock-in-global-race-forcobalt-11647081180
UN Power play?and more https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6882295549777784832?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6882295549777784832%2C6882322968685375488%29
EarthX.org, GetRealAlliance.org, publicpower.org
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