Podcast host and long time climate reporter David Roberts interviews the owner of Energea, a company that enables individuals to invest in solar panel installations in Brazil, Columbia, parts of Africa, and the USA. locals pay for electricity to do what they want to do, the profits from that electricity go to investors.

Locals get to access cheap reliable electricity far earlier than otherwise, and investors are able to enjoy incredibly consistent and safe ROI.

Im a new writer, and im working on a solarpunk novel. I also have a short story that i want to try to get published in an anthology. Im aware of a few solarpunk and cli-fi anthologies that have been published, but i have no idea where to find an anthology thats currently being assembled. Does anyone have any leads for me?

Also, let's share some of our favorite stories collections! Im currently reading The Last Catastrophe by Allegra Hyde. Its very fun. I also have Sinkhole and Other Inexplicable Voids by Leyna Krow. on my shelf. Some that ive heard of but know little about are Bright Green Futures by Susan K Quinn, and AfterGlow by Grist.

Im 28, ive known that im non binary for about 8 years. I dont experience much dysphoria so I havent thought much about any kind of transition, outside of facial hair removal. But lately, ive been thinking it would be really euphoric to have some modest mommy milkers. Has anyone here done a small amount of transitioning to achieve tiny titties? Or if you were endowed with a small chest by your first puberty, are there any thoughts you feel would be good for me to know?

If there is a readily accessible hydrocarbon to metabolize, life will evolve a way to metabolize it. Bacteria, fungi, and even some insects have already shown scientists they have figured out how to do this with certain types of plastic. Where does this lead?

One great thing this leads to is an eventual future where microplastics are cleaned up by the tiny organisms beneath our notice. Yay the pollution will clean itself up. Unfortunately, that also means that those hydrocarbons will be broken down, turned into CO2 or Methane, added to the atmosphere. Will this be a significant amount? I am unable to answer.

More startlingly, the other conclusion i draw is that all plastic in the world will someday be food for bacteria, mold, and grubs. Look around and note where you see plastic. It holds our food, it is the siding on some houses, it could be your building's insulation, it is the insulation on the wires in your house and outside. It holds your car together to varying degrees. It is the structure of many decks, benches, mobility aides etc.

Someday, these items will all be eaten slowly, or perhaps quickly. When will this begin in force? When will it affect our daily lives and health? Will we be able to prepare?

The economics of running fossil fuel infrastructure rely on having an economy of scale. As that scale decreases, the cost efficiency will plummet, leading the public sector to abandon them, most likely. We will either need to nationalize some of these things and run them at a loss as the sunsetting happens, or people will be left behind on the old fuels they can no longer access.

Don't be a harm increaser SMH