Yesterday I tried to find a garage to fix the cracked exhaust manifold of our 19 years old #volkswagen T5 "Grandpa-Bus" we inherited last year... Yeah that was an unpleasant experience. All of them (including a volkswagen dealership) were - in different words - like "oh, that's sh***y job. we're not interested."
Main takeaways from this: 1) In our late #capitalism society something is broken on a very fundamental level when it is a tough job find a garage that will #repair something on a #car that is more complex than changing oil. And I really don't get behind it. 2) Don't drive #dieselbro vehicles with overly complex #internalcombustionengines! Driving #EV reduces stress. 3) I’m still undecided on what would be more sustainable: keeping an old #fossilfuel vehicle running since the resources have already been spent, or switching to something modern with no local #co2emissions.
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#sustainability #oldtech

It's not unlikely at all. For hybrids it's the next step.
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The world’s largest carmaker said Tuesday that it would develop smaller #InternalCombustionEngines that are more optimized for #HybridVehicles and can accept #AlternativeFuels such as #biofuels, #LiiquidHydrogen, and synthetic #Efuels in an effort to cut down on emissions.

#Toyota’s bet on #hybrids was mocked, then vindicated. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with an unlikely bet on the #CombustionEngine
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-bet-hybrids-mocked-then-202143372.html

As the world burns, some reading:

Climate tipping points
Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
“Climate tipping points are conditions beyond which changes in a part of the climate system become self-perpetuating. These changes may lead to abrupt, irreversible, and dangerous impacts with serious implications for humanity.”
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abn7950

Deep warming
‘Man is unwittingly conducting a vast geophysical experiment’ – an experiment with a highly uncertain outcome, but clear and important risks for life on Earth.”
“We will need to transform the human story... It must become a story of doing less, not more. A novel rupture is needed: Use less energy”
https://aeon.co/essays/theres-a-deeper-problem-hiding-beneath-global-warming

..."You must change your life."
Rainer Maria Rilke, The final line of “Archaic Torso of Apollo"
https://poets.org/poem/archaic-torso-apollo

#Climate #InternalCombustionEngines #CTPs #Transformation #Energy #FossilFuels #Growth #Consumption #ResourceIntensiveLifestyles #MetabolismWithNature #Narrative

The ground shaking
In Australia it is hard to tell the difference between an earthquake and the ubiquitous earth-moving equipment or road noises.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/earthquake-cairns-grafton-tremor-geosciences-australia/102453896
#NSW #Earthquake #Vibrations #InternalCombustionEngines

I have a strong suspicion that allowing the sale of Internal Combustion Engine (ICEs) if they are run on carbon neutral fuels is a feeble excuse. Such fuels are not generally available and are expensive and wasteful to make. If manufacturers are allowed to make and sell ICE cars people will run them on petrol or diesel and we shall continue to destroy the planet. #ClimateChange #EV #InternalCombustionEngines

Ok, so #Germany is going to block the EU agreement on banning #InternalCombustionEngines because #Wissner/#FDP is a fan of #Porsche gas/diesel burners: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-synthetic-fuels-row-threatens-planned-eu-combustion-engine-ban-2023-02-28/

Even #Audi is against blocking the ban at this point: https://www.heise.de/news/Audi-Chef-bevorzugt-EU-Entscheidung-gegen-Verbrenner-wegen-Planungssicherheit-7534794.html

Why do we accept such behavior at this point?