One Finite Planet

One Finite Planet

Covid-19 Cases

Date Published:

I plan to record snapshots of points in time where the epi/pandemic is up to at the those times. I will reference this data in updates. See the Q&A for why the data varies so much.

January 28th Status

March 17th Reports

Country

Norway

Cases

1,322 (but gov states infections will be more)

Fatalities

3(0.2%)

8,236 (274,000 tested)

75(0.9%)

181,000

7,128 (3.9%)

24,700

1,800(7.3%)

3,059

6(0.19%)

USA

4,077

71(1.7%)

UK

1,543

55(3.6%)

368

6(1.6%)

425

4(0.9%)

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Country

Cases

Deaths

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Australia as a clean energy superpower? Yeah…nah!

The third largest exporter of fossil fuels behind only Russia and Saudi Arabia, Australia could already be regarded as a fossil fuel superpower, but can Australia become a “clean energy superpower” as suggested by many including recently by the Fully Charged Show.

What is a clean energy superpower? There are several different possible interpretations ranging from greenwashing to world changing. Inspired by the Fully Charged video that looks at one modest by realistic interpretation, this is a deeper look at the possibilities.

Despite the rhetoric and enormous potential, Australia shows little commitment to any more than an attempt to move from “clean coal” to “clean gas” and miss potentially huge opportunities, not only for Australia, but perhaps even for the planet.

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