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Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part X 13

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A UN Summit rarely changes anything, so I wouldn't put too many eggs in that basket. Sail power, perhaps?
 
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Reduce the speed of the ships by 30% and you'll halve their fuel consumption. You will of course need to build 30% more ships.

Meanwhile 'they' are developing a new sort of private jet that will fly at M1.6 , which will of course use 3 times as much fuel as the current ones. But that's OK, somehow we need to get the climate conference attendees to their nice holiday resorts.



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"Raking the forest floor"

I spent some years in the past doing just that. That is what a huge rake is for on a large 40 to 75 ton bulldozer.
Goes to show the ignorance of the ones that have no idea of how to manage to forests.

Here is one example of a rake that I'm talking about. There are others not so wide and fit better in areas of large trees.
This is a lot more healthier than purposely burning, as many animals can get away. Prescribed burning is beyond belief, and
has many times turned into huge out of control wild fires.

 
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Maybe they won't need really long extension cords. I don't know, but maybe it is a work in progress.

"A new invention from researchers at MIT could help the aviation industry shrink its carbon footprint immensely. The invention would finally allow larger aircraft to take full advantage of electronic motors, which has only been possible with small all-electric plans previously. That’s because the megawatt motors needed to lift a larger aircraft off the ground are difficult to create without overloading the plane.

Now, though, MIT researchers may have finally found a way to, at the least, make a hybrid system that utilizes both an electrical component with a gas turbine aero-engine. The 1-megawatt motor that these MIT researchers are working on could be a very important stepping stone to creating an all-electric aircraft somewhere down the line."


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High speed trains...

"China's next-generation high-speed train has set a new record as it sped at 281 miles (453 km) per hour during a test run, EurAsian Times reported. Its relative speed, when two trains move in the opposite direction, reached a mind-blowing 553 miles (891 km) per hour.

High-speed rail systems offer a highly efficient mode of transport to haul people and cargo between destinations. In an age when countries are looking to reduce their carbon emissions, electrified and energy-efficient trains can offer eco-friendly alternatives to air transport.

By clocking at higher speeds, trains can further reduce the time deficit of travel between the two modes of transport. For instance, the distance between the capital city of Beijing and Shanghai could take only 2.5 hours on a train traveling 248 miles (400 km) an hour, similar to what a flight typically takes."


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Renewables and Texas...

"Renewable energy is helping to keep electricity costs from skyrocketing in Texas as the state sweats beneath a heat dome.

The big picture: The heat dome is toppling records. Multiple locations in Texas set monthly and all-time temperature highs last week.

And with air conditioners humming relentlessly, the state hit a new record for electricity usage on June 27.
Meanwhile, Texas' renewable energy production also climbed to new highs amid outages from a large number of fossil-fuel plants."


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The high electricity demand is not likely the result of higher temperatures but instead the moronic shift to electric natural gas compressors.
 
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Something to look forward to and something to remember of the past?

"Surprise! This summer is extremely hot.

How hot? July 4 was the hottest day on Earth since record-keeping began more than 40 years ago, according to scientists at the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer project. As Americans grilled burgers and set off fireworks, the global average temperature reached 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit (17.2 degrees Celsius).

And that’s just the average — this week in New York City the heat index neared 100 degrees. That’s nothing compared to the 120-degree temperatures that baked parts of Texas in late June, smashing dozens of records, straining the power grid, and sending thousands of Texans to the emergency room with heat-related ailments. More than a dozen people in the state have died.

There’s little relief elsewhere. On one day at the end of June, more than 120 million Americans were under some form of heat advisory, according to the National Weather Service. That’s more than one in every three people."


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...and even Australia may join in.

"An El Niño event has arrived, according to the World Meteorological Organization, raising fears of record high global temperatures, extreme weather and, in Australia, a severe fire season.

The El Niño is a reminder that bushfires are part of Australian life – especially as human-caused global warming worsens. But there are a few important considerations to note.

First, not all El Niño years result in bad bushfires. The presence of an El Niño is only one factor that determines the prevalence of bushfires. Other factors, such as the presence of drought, also come into play.

And second, whether or not this fire season is a bad one, Australia must find a more sustainable and effective way to manage bushfires. The El Niño threat only makes the task more urgent."


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dik said:
July 4 was the hottest day on Earth since record-keeping began more than 40 years ago, according to scientists at the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer project.
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Why does the time since record keeping began seem to be getting shorter and shorter?
 
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dik said:
The El Niño is a reminder that bushfires are part of Australian life
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Bushfires are essential for turning biomass into CO2 and preventing it from becoming CH4.
 
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"Why does the time since record keeping began seem to be getting shorter and shorter?" Because they are using the satellite temperature record now, rather than the instrumental record. It's probably a better solution but has its own problems.


One advantage to the chicken little crowd is that it captures the Arctic better than land based thermometers, and since that's where most of the warming is, you get a stronger global trend. The other difference over sea is that it measures temperature somewhat above the surface of the sea, the old records used jars thrown into the sea, or engine coolant intake temperature, hence were measuring the temperature underwater.

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New here? Try reading these, they might help FAQ731-376
 
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I liked the name quoted in dik's thread..."Climate Reanalyzer project". At least they are honest about their intent.
 
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If you look at the temperature 'bar code' for Australia for the last 130 years, there appears to be a bit of a shift...

AUSTRALASIA-Australia-20of3E-1888-2022-BK_sluwu1.png


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Yes BoM have been very succesful in manipulating the temperature record. Luckily the satellites keep them honest now, so they just cool the past isntead.

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It was hot here a couple days ago, but less so now :)

The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
 
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Still cold here. We're 30 degrees below normal this week. I think we've only been above 80 a few days so far this year. Weather happens. Some places are hot; some are cold.
 
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Same here... it's been bouncing between 30C and 15C for the last week or so...

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In CA we've had a pretty cool year. It's starting to heat up a bit, but still cooler than normal.
 
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