A net energy gain for fusion in a lab is a landmark scientific achievement but we're decades away from commercialization according to experts. We have to decarbonize the planet by 2050. Will fusion energy contribute? Utility solar farm that lays the panels flat on the ground is commissioned. The Salton Sea in California could provide all the United States lithium needs and then some (CNBC video link). And it could be the greenest lithium in the world. The Keystone pipeline spills its wares all over Kansas. Will traditional nuclear energy be effective to reach our climate goals? A study casts shade on that idea. 17:36 - The fusion breakthrough in California. What it doesn't mean for the race to net zero and what it does mean for our grandchildren. Free New York Times article on this. As well we’ll have stories on Canada cancelling fossil fuel subsidies, sorta, an update on the people shooting at a power substation causing blackouts, sails for cargo ships, people who hate wind turbines are more likely to think the moon landing was fake, plus a new study on traditional nuclear helping or not helping the fight against global warming, and much more! A listener in Virginia asks us about a proposed new community solar farm near him and how he should deal with the misinformation floating around. Buy us a cup of coffee with PayPal Donate!or e-transfer to cleanenergyshow@gmail.com Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod Our YouTube Channel! @CleanEnergyShow Your hosts: James Whittingham https://twitter.com/jewhittingham Brian Stockton: https://twitter.com/brianstockton Email us at cleanenergyshow@gmail.com Leave us an online voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/cleanenergyshow See you next week! Transcript Clip: Simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. Brian: Hello, and welcome to episode 143 of the Clean Energy Show. I'm Brian Stockton. I'm James Whittingham. This week fusion breakthrough, all clean energy needs have been met. This podcast is no longer necessary a go. Listen to Joe Rogan. Oh, wait. I'm hearing in my ear that people are overreacting to this. News and commercialization is still decades away. The world's first utility scale solar project is going ahead. With solar panels sitting flat on the ground, these green energy hippies were just too lazy to put them up on a proper mount. The salt and sea in California apparently has more lithium than Nevada's. Lake Mead has dead bodies. Some think there's enough lithium to power the entire United States. And then some. Huge congratulations to TC Energy's keystone pipeline that has successfully leaked more oil than any other pipeline since 2010. Wait, I'm being told that's a bad day as well. We have stories on Canada canceling fossil fuel subsidies. While sort of an update on people shooting at power stations sales for cargo ships, people who hate wind turbines, and more are more likely to think that the moon landing was fake. Plus, a new study on traditional nuclear helping or not helping the fight against global warming, and much more on this week's edition of The Clean Energy Show. Yeah, so first up for me is an update. As you know, I'm trying to get rid of fossil fuels in my own house because I love the planet, and I don't want to burn any more fossil fuels than I have good fuel. So made a little bit of progress. Been speaking to a contractor who could put in an Arctic type air source heat pump so I can get rid of my natural gas furnace. And the latest update is that it's 16 weeks from when you order it because there's a backlog four months and they want you to pay upfront. Oh, you got to pay upfront. You got to pay up front. Yeah. So the point being this week, because we talked about these kinds of subsidies upfront 100%, right? You got to pay 100% upfront. Why is heat pump and then wait 16 weeks? Because there's just huge demand for them, which is basically what's going on all over the world. Like, there's a couple of stories here. I've got one from Clean Technica. The title is Heat Pumps Are on Fire globally. They mean, as in getting more popular, heat pump sales rose 15% in 2021, and they're expecting for something similar or greater this coming year. Europe. They rose by 35% in 2021. And of course, they're very much trying to get off of Russian gas in Europe. And heat pumps is definitely one of the ways to do it. And there's another story here from China. China is actually the world leader on heat pump adoption. Of course, they have a very large population. They do things big in China when they, when they do them. So sales are up 35% in Europe and 45% in China for heat pumps. So I bring this all up because we were talking in the last couple of weeks about subsidies that are available for things like heat pumps. So I'm in the Greener Homes Grant in Canada, so I should get about ...
