Things are Starting to Warm Up Part III 6

[dik]

For earlier thread, see

thread1618-496010: Things are Starting to Warm Up.
thread1618-496614: Things are Starting to Warm Up Part II

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

Had they have been able to extinguish it, would it have been that large. I suspect the big California ones would be a lot larger if they didn't successfully extinguish them. Maybe the only reason it got that large was because there was no effort to extinguish it? There's a huge difference comparing a fire that's free to burn to a fire they are containing. This is a problem with data provided by people that don't think global warming is happening.

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

-Dik

 

[Tomfh]

had they have been able to extinguish it, would it have been that large

You're not grasping the magnitude.

 

[TugboatEng]

California currently has a policy to contain all fires. Your use of the word extinguish does show ignorance on the matter. Many of these fires burn for months after containment.

 

[Windward]

Well, Hokie66, Capt. Briggs took the long way around to circumnavigate Virginia, but that was the only way. He sailed up the coast from Norfolk to the St. Lawrence River, up the St. Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago, down the Sanitary Canal and the Illinois River to the Mississippi, down to the Gulf of Mexico and back up to Norfolk.

It was a great way to avoid work and have a blast. I wonder how much diesel fuel he burned up. I doubt that the sails reduced the fuel bill enough to warrant a press release. Since he could afford the time and money for that voyage, I figure that the tugboat business must be highly remunerative.

 

[Guest102023]

Extinguish.

Quite an over the top reaction to what was clearly just a careless choice of one word.

Weaponizing pedantry?

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[Guest102023]

We do all realise that the climate changes, and it always has and always will.

Said no one fleeing a wildfire ever.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[Guest102023]

Tragedy in Kentucky

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[dik]

I sure am... you don't realise that it didn't suddenly appear and start out this big. Was the size a result of it just burning out because it had consumed everything? It's silly to try to compare the size of a historical fire that was uncontained to a modern one that is contained. Apples to Oranges.

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

I wonder what prompted them to develope that silly approach [sarky mode off].

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

A real possible step backwards; Europe to develope new fossil fuel sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/energy/gas-fields-europe-energy-crisis-russia/

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

Big oil pointing the finger:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/NOCs-Not-Big-Oil-Are-Responsible-For-Most-Emissions.html

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

Some people are trying to fix things. I don't know how successful they will be:

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ojects-as-industry-calls-for-policy-certainty

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

-Dik

 

[dik]

TV Forcasters caught between a rock and a hard place:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/01/climate-culture-war-uk-meteorologists-heatwave

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

-Dik

 

[Guest102023]

Northern Europe is just trying to get through the next winter…

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[dik]

...by opening up new sources? ...and the winter after? That seems to be a good place to start.

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

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

“Germany is totally controlled by Russia … They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that is appropriate because I think it's not,”

"I wanted to say that, because of current events, I have witnessed this myself, that a part of Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union. And I am very happy that we are today unified in freedom as the Federal Republic of Germany,"

 

[dik]

Sad... had they had the foresight, they would have been less dependent on the Russians...

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

-Dik

 

[Guest102023]

TV Forcasters caught between a rock and a hard place:

I read that. More like ‘TV forecasters caught between reporting truth and online looney tuners threatening violence.’

NHS had antivaxxers invading hospitals at the height of the pandemic interrupting their work, and even targeting their homes. No surprise so many have quit.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[Guest102023]

dik,

There were objections at the time these deals were signed. I guess the price was too attractive. Today the price is different. But there have been warning signs for at least a decade since Russia started extorting their customers and cutting off supplies.

There has been some serious retrospective handwringing in German political circles.

"If you don't have time to do the job right the first time, when are you going to find time to repair it?"

 

[dik]

Thanks... didn't know the background... but it looks like the turkey has come home to roost.

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

-Dik