Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part XII 23

[dik]

For earlier threads, see:
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thread1618-497239
thread1618-497988
thread1618-498967
thread1618-501135
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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]

They could all be held by teleconference... without all the airtravel.

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

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

If they were serious.

 

[dik]

It 'kinda' shows they aren't.

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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]

They are serious. About feathering their own nests. Climate change is an excuse for making money.

 

[dik]

hokie... I suspect the cost is going to be 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

 

[SnTMan]

Now there's a statement I think we can all agree on. Benefits (if any) very much less so

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

 

[dik]

Capture...

"Climate technology company Heirloom has opened the first commercial Direct Air Capture plant in the US, which will sequester atmospheric carbon for permanent storage using energy-efficient kilns.

Located in Tracy, California, the Heirloom facility will use a limestone filtration process to capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year, which will be then stored permanently."

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/11/15/h...-scale-commercial-carbon-capture-plant-in-us/

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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]

You mean that they are in it for profit, and not for the betterment of mankind... whodathought

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

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

We are about to experience the impact of one of dik's anti-CO2 actions. One of the berths we service is taking the righteous act of cutting it's CO2 emissions. In order to do so we cannot run our generators when tied to the pier. Our generators burn 1-1.5 gallons diesel fuel per hour. The result this action is that we will have to drive to another berth 15 miles away. That means an hour of transit time in each direction at around 70 gallons per hour.

They are literally asking us to burn an additional 140 gallons of diesel fuel to burn 12-18 gallons somewhere nearby in the name of climate change.

 

[hokie66]

Typical bureaucratic rules. The unforeseen consequences are rarely foreseen.

 

[dik]

Not mine... but I can see a lot more of this stuff in the future... maybe even some sillier. I dunno...

What happens if they determine flying has too big a carbon footprint... or even private transportation, or private aircraft?

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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]

What happens if they determine flying has too big a carbon footprint... or even private transportation, or private aircraft?

That's never going to happen, considering who's flying in those private jets. Sacrifices to save the planet are for the 'little people' to make.

 

[TugboatEng]

Yet you loudly push the rhetoric that causes people support such silly decisions.

 

[dik]

I think you are correct, Bridge...

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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]

"The unforeseen consequences are rarely foreseen."

My state is floundering badly but "appears" to remain "blind" to consequences that were, should have been, and remain foreseeable.

The US Federal government has been legally "bound" to consider cost-benefit since 1981.
'' regulatory action shall not be undertaken unless the potential benefits to society from the regulation outweigh the potential costs to society.''

Just sayin' .

 

[TugboatEng]

Here is a bit of a thought exercise. Exxon is in hot water for stealing climate change information by hacking.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1213...e-hacking-climate-change-activists-exxonmobil

Why is it so threatening for an oil company to have access to climate change data and related communications?

 

[hokie66]

Exxon has not been charged with any offence. They may have used the information, but there has been no inference that they paid for it. Unlike the DNC, who paid for hacking against the Trump campaign. Exxon falls in the category of many news organizations who use information that 'falls off a truck'.

The guy was found guilty of "conspiracy to commit computer hacking, computer hacking, and aggravated identity theft". Sounds like he is a mercenary who got what he deserved.

 

[TugboatEng]

No mention of the the pollution in the Black Sea. If ships destroyed? That's a lot of oil spilled.

https://gcaptain.com/

Alas, it doesn't matter what the pollution is, rather, who is doing it.

 

[hokie66]

What do household electric heat pumps have to do with defense? Another indication that this is all political.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bi...d-electric-heaters-cracks-down-gas-appliances

 

[SnTMan]

Whole of government approach. Constitution and other legal niceties be d*mned.

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