Personal Cost of Climate Change

How to Amplify Environmental Change Beyond Rooftop Solar and EVs

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For individuals looking to amplify the environmental outcomes of their investments, it’s crucial to consider larger-scale solutions. In this article, we’ll explore how you can maximize the environmental impact of your investments beyond rooftop solar panels and EVs. The Limitations of Personal Green Investments Rooftop solar and EVs are too limited in scope and scale […]

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Why Rooftop Solar is Struggling, and Utility-Scale Solar is Not

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Rooftop solar installations can be a good way to reduce your environmental impact. However, they come with significant challenges that limit their ability to drive the systemic changes needed to combat climate change. Utility-scale solar farms, by contrast, are rapidly becoming the preferred choice for investors and environmental advocates alike.

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The Economic and Environmental Reasons Coal Is on Its Way Out

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Shifts are happening in the global energy landscape. The decreasing consumption of coal for energy and the increasing demand for renewable energy sources are driving these changes. In 2023 alone, the world added 50% more renewable energy capacity than in 2022. Nearly three-quarters of this was solar energy, and the trend isn’t slowing down. Renewable energy capacity is expected to more than double by 2028, driven largely by solar power.

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How Much Will Climate Change Hurt Your Finances

HOW MUCH Climate Change Will Hurt Your Finances – Part 4: Insurance

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Insurance is a bellwether for risk, and that’s perfectly by design.  I am focusing on property insurance for this article since the next article in the series will discuss health, and I will include health insurance as part of that analysis. Insurance is an entire industry that uses history, hard data, and complex predictive algorithms

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How Much Will Climate Change Hurt My Finances

HOW MUCH Climate Change Will Hurt Your Finances – Part 3: Transportation

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Transportation is the economy’s lifeblood.  All things human, animal, and inanimate travel from place to place, usually repeatedly throughout their lives.  Workers travel daily to their offices, and tourists travel around the world. Vehicle parts cross international borders back and forth, and raw materials are trucked down the street or shipped across the globe. Every

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How Does Climate Change Affect Finances

HOW MUCH Climate Change Will Hurt Your Finances – Part 2: Food

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It’s hard to overstate climate change’s impact on global food production; unfortunately, the issues are compounding.   The food system is hyper-complex and relies on interdependent systems, nearly all susceptible to climate change. Food supply was already under threat from decades of unsustainable farming and fishing practices, population growth, the maldistribution of food, weather, war, biodiversity

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How Does Climate Change Affect Finances

HOW MUCH Climate Change will hurt your finances – Part 1: Housing

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Climate change is going to be expensive.  Because the cost of climate change is a complex subject, I have broken it into six parts and will post them over a few weeks. If the other parts aren’t available, check back later for the rest!  The total costs of climate change globally are hard to estimate,

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