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Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part IX 10

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@rb1957 yes indeed
They've turned the gain up to 11 on that one, the range is +/- 10 in 380

And here's an animation for a whole year. Now I'm confused, NH summer has the highest CO2!


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Greg Locock


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At least Jane is honest about the moral sentiments driving so much climate activism - a pathological hatred of “white men”, and an undying allegiance to the “global south”.
 
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With things heating up, some things may be slowing down:

"Antarctic alarm bells: Observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted."

"But there are signs this circulation is slowing down and it's happening decades earlier than predicted. This slowdown has the potential to disrupt the connection between the Antarctic coasts and the deep ocean, with profound consequences for Earth's climate, sea level and marine life.

Our new research, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, uses real-world observations to decipher how and why the deep ocean around Antarctica has changed over the past three decades. Our measurements show the overturning circulation has slowed by almost a third (30%) and deep ocean oxygen levels are declining. This is happening even earlier than climate models predicted.

We found melting of Antarctic ice is disrupting the formation of Antarctic bottom water. The meltwater makes Antarctic surface waters fresher, less dense, and therefore less likely to sink. This puts the brakes on the overturning circulation."


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Canadian nuclear energy may be an issue.

"In 2021, nine US nonproliferation experts sent an open letter to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In their letter, the experts expressed their concern that the Canadian government was actually increasing the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation by funding reactors that are fueled with plutonium. Earlier that year, the Federal Government had provided 50.5 million Canadian dollars to Moltex Energy, a company exploring a nuclear reactor design fueled with plutonium. The linkage to nuclear weapons proliferation has also led several civil society groups to urge the Canadian government to ban plutonium reprocessing."


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As a solution to carbon proliferation, how about using CO2 as a fuel component?
Aluminum will burn in an atmosphere of CO2.
Rather than sequestering CO@, can we use CO2 along with aluminum to fire boilers?
The aluminum oxide may be reclaimed with hydro energy.
There may have to be many tons of aluminum transported long distances from smelter locations to CO2 boiler locations but fortunately aluminum is quite light. grin


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First step, I think, is we have to cut down on our production of it.

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Some of "we" are, some of "we" are not. What to do?

The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
 
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The 'are' group is pitifully small... and will likely have to improve.

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It's also been unusually cool, cold, rainy in California over the last 9 months or so.
 
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Expect "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". The West can use a lot more water to help make up for the last 20 years... but, there is a limit to how much 'good rain' can fall before it becomes a different type of problem. Contrary to Californians, there are other places than California that will likely be affected. My biggest concern is that the systems are extremely powerful, and I have no idea of what is possible. I suspect strongly, that once they start, it will be really difficult to stop them.

Insurance costs appear to be increasing, too.


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"Bangladesh was also at its hottest in 50 years"

Yes, I see.

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A study of the correlation between temperature and mortality in the Indian city of Pune has found that cold, rather than heat, is by far the bigger killer. This is at odds with warnings and mitigating measures authorities have been taking in anticipation of climate change. Although South Asia is disproportionately affected by global warming, the finding is likely to remain true into the future.

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This goes back to the comments about Katrina and New Orleans. It wasn't the intensity of the hurricane that caused the flooding but the poorly maintained levies. If the federal government isn't going to maintain the infrastructure then of course the insurance companies are going to have to charge more.

The only correlation to climate change is that governments are squandering their money on "carbon" projects and none is left for infrastructure.
 
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Ah, so translated into English, market failure insurer raises rates to help cover replacement costs of more expensive houses built in high risk areas because cheap insurance was available. Not exactly a whole damn lot to do with the climate scary stories.

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