Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part X 13

[dik]

For earlier thread, see:

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

Yup... with a little malfeasance sprinkled in... reconsidered... 'with a lot of ...'. I was being too kind.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[enginesrus]

There was no geoengineering 14k years ago when our Earth has a maximum ice level...

Nor was there an agenda that needed support.

Future of fossil fuels?

Since there are no "fossil fuels" there is no future for them.
That term is the agenda's catch word, and nothing more.

 

[dik]

...and the population was approx 4,000,000 too. It's now about 8,000,000,000 or about 2,000 times as great.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

We've been through this already and I've posted links stating there are. I wish I had a horsesh*t emoji...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

This is a step in the right direction, albeit a small one.

"Effective as of May, the BC Building Code introduced changes to require better energy efficiency in most new buildings in the province, and either encourage or require lower carbon emissions in new buildings.

The newly introduced changes to the BC Energy Step Code require 20 per cent better energy efficiency for most new buildings in the province. Further, the new Zero Carbon Step Code provides tools for local governments in the province to encourage or require lower emissions in new buildings."

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

Solar Power...

"There’s no doubt about it — China leads the world in solar power growth and Spain leads the world in solar power as a share of electricity — but India deserves some praise, too. Asian giant #2 had its biggest year for solar power growth — and it wasn’t even close."

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/29/solar-82-of-power-capacity-growth-in-india-in-2022/

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[GregLocock]

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[TugboatEng]

The experts are here to save us:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/white...-manipulating-sunlight-prevent-climate-change

Brilliant! Let's block the sun and slow photosynthesis.

 

[SnTMan]

But the models say...

LOL

The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand

 

[dik]

Things are staying warm in Texas... can the world be far behind? Is this just the beginning?

"Record-breaking heat is becoming the new normal in Texas, an analysis of temperature data by The Texas Tribune shows, as climate change steadily warms the planet and shifts the range of typical temperatures higher.

A dangerous heat wave this month has brought three weeks of 100-degree temperatures from the state’s border with Mexico all the way to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The heat wave has shattered records and prompted excessive heat warnings across most of the state.

Such heat waves — and the record-breaking temperatures they bring — are becoming more common and severe due to climate change, scientists told the Tribune.

Over the last 10 years, there were more than 1,600 days when a heat record was matched or broken at one of 22 weather stations across Texas. That’s more than 1,000 more record-breaking days than the 561-day average at those stations in the decades prior to 2013, the Tribune’s analysis found."

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/27/texas-climate-change-heat/

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[BridgeSmith]

Things are staying warm in Texas... can the world be far behind?

Yes. Texas is not the world.

Is this just the beginning?

Maybe, maybe not. It could be the end.

 

[SnTMan]

I guess we'll have to wait and see...



The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand

 

[dik]

Clarification about Greta:

"A Harvard University professor warned in 2018 that steps were needed over the next five years to reduce carbon pollution to preserve Arctic ice. Climate activist Greta Thunberg then shared a tweet that misquoted the professor. But recent social media posts have distorted Thunberg’s tweet to falsely claim she predicted human extinction by 2023."

https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/v...-thunberg-tweet-warning-about-climate-change/

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[hokie66]

Well, she was guilty of the misquote. So she earned the ridicule.

 

[bradrs]

Things are staying warm in Texas... can the world be far behind? Is this just the beginning?

"Record-breaking heat is becoming the new normal in Texas, an analysis of temperature data by The Texas Tribune shows, as climate change steadily warms the planet and shifts the range of typical temperatures higher.

An indepth analysis of the temperatures by a left leaning "climate scientist" "journalist" based in Austin? I am sure that was researched with an open mind.

We had a mild spring here in central TX. It's warm now, but it doesn't seem that bad. We've had rain to cool things off some days. I wonder how many people complaining about the heat are still wearing their covid protocol face masks? That will get you hot, and I do see people still doing that in the Austin area..

 

[dik]

Effect of forest fires:

"The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study.

Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that, since 2000, summer wildfires have expanded in boreal forests, which wrap around the northernmost parts of the Earth.

Boreal forest fires usually make up 10% of global wildfire-related carbon pollution. But in 2021, their contribution soared to 23%, according to the study, as extreme drought and heatwaves in Siberia and Canada helped drive intense fires.

“Boreal forests could be a time bomb of carbon, and the recent increases in wildfire emissions we see make me worry the clock is ticking,” said study author Steven Davis, a professor of earth system science at the University of California at Irvine, in a press release."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/world/boreal-forest-fires-study-climate-scn-intl

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[Tmoose]

I wonder where the decades of forest mis-management RE: fire prevention fits in, at least in California's wildfire problems.

 

[dik]

or raking the forest floor...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

Maybe some big changes happening to shipping...

"The massive shipping industry is responsible for transporting nine-tenths of our goods around the world.

But it doesn't yet have a goal for cutting emissions to "net zero".

A UN summit starting on Monday hopes to change that.

Reaching "net zero" would mean that any remaining shipping emissions were matched by actively removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Some delegates want this to happen by 2050 and for emissions to be halved by 2030.
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These vessels often burn highly polluting fuels which contribute as much as 3% of the world's global carbon dioxide emissions, roughly the same amount as that of Germany or 243 coal plants."

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66064838

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[SnTMan]

I guess we'll have to wait and see...



The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand