We're Turning The Planet's To Shit: Climate Change & Humanity's Ability To Ruin Anything Good

[Grand Potentate]

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair argues nuclear power isn’t a climate solution

Building new nuclear reactors in the US has been a “complete fiasco,” he says.

www.theverge.com

Pimpernel Smith

 

[Arnathor]

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair argues nuclear power isn’t a climate solution

Building new nuclear reactors in the US has been a “complete fiasco,” he says.

www.theverge.com

Pimpernel Smith

A lot of assumptions there and nothing to plug the gap of unreliable renewables that somehow will deliver the USA to carbon free energy by 2030. Which is a fantasy unless you want to get medieval.

I will be attending this in May:

World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition

The Global Platform Where Hydrogen Deals Get Done

www.world-hydrogen-summit.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

A lot of assumptions there and nothing to plug the gap of unreliable renewables that somehow will deliver the USA to carbon free energy by 2030. Which is a fantasy unless you want to get medieval.

I will be attending this in May:

World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition

The Global Platform Where Hydrogen Deals Get Done

www.world-hydrogen-summit.com

Be very interested in hearing about that

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Be very interested in hearing about that

I'll give the lowdown after the event. They're trying to make Rotterdam a hub for the new hydrogen industries, we're starting to see hydrogen power project business streams now, but still experimental stuff and nothing on the scale of a big oil & gas project.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Great Barrier Reef on verge of another mass bleaching after highest temperatures on record

Exclusive: ‘Shocked and concerned’ US government scientists say heat stress over Australia’s ocean jewel is unprecedented

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain

Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.

www.wired.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?

Phoenix’s new ‘heat tsar’ is betting on less asphalt, more green canopy and reflective surfaces to cool the sprawling heat island

www.theguardian.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points

Anthropogenic climate change profoundly alters the ocean’s environmental conditions, which, in turn, impact marine ecosystems. Some of these changes are happening fast and may be difficult to reverse. The identification and monitoring of such changes, which also includes tipping points, is an...

www.pnas.org

 

[Grand Potentate]

Harvard Study Finds Link Between Fracking and Premature Deaths

Seniors who lived downwind of fracking wells were more likely to die prematurely, the large study found.

gizmodo.com

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain

Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.

www.wired.com

Don't worry about that, acid rain's died a death hasn't it? Never get's a mention anymore, except in that article.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Don't worry about that, acid rain's died a death hasn't it? Never get's a mention anymore, except in that article.

what point are you attempting to make here?

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

what point are you attempting to make here?

Acid rain was going to kill us all in the 1980s and 1990s, it now never gets a mention.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Acid rain was going to kill us all in the 1980s and 1990s, it now never gets a mention.

Because we mostly solved it?

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Because we mostly solved it?

Yes and no, it was overblown. Plastics was always a bigger issue and I do believe a bigger environmental threat than climate change, especially in the oceans. Along with heavy metals, don't want to be eating too much tuna and crab now do we?

That's why all my new polos are going to be RL Earth ones.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Plastics was always a bigger issue and I do believe a bigger environmental threat than climate change

so if thats the case why did you dismiss the plastic rain piece i just posted?

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

so if thats the case why did you dismiss the plastic rain piece i just posted?

Comparison to acid rain is not a good ticket to ride.

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Austin Samsung Facility Spills 763,000 Gallons of Acidic Waste into Local Tributary, "No Surviving Aquatic Life"

Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Samsung's only manufacturing center in the U.S., had spilled over 700,000 gallons of acidic waste into its stormwater pond and an unnamed tributary of Harris Branch Creek in Northeast Austin over a period of several months, according to a memo shared on the city's...

www.thefpsreview.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Fwiffo]

I hope it doesn't ruin the lagoon in Lagos.

 

[Grand Potentate]

US household air conditioning use could exceed electric capacity in next decade due to climate change

Average U.S. households can expect up to 8 days without air conditioning during summer heat if steps are not taken to expand capacity, increase efficiency and mitigate climate change, according to a new study.

news.agu.org

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

End of the world climate models all wrong, UN and even AOC attempt to walk back:

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

A Staggering Amount of Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Last Month

Deforestation has increased rapidly under Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as new satellite data reveals.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds

Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday.

www.reuters.com

 

[Fwiffo]

U.S. megadrought worst in at least 1,200 years, researchers say

The drought also shows no signs of letting up, with increasing temperatures causing the atmosphere to suck up more moisture. “It’s a slow-motion train wreck,” one scientist said.

www.nbcnews.com

I guess those houseboats might turn into that dried up fish.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Devastating NOAA Report Warns Sea Levels Along U.S. Coasts Will Rise a Foot by 2050

Coastal flooding will become more common and more severe as ocean levels rise.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Grand Potentate]

Megadrought in Southwest US worst in a millennium

A study has found that the American West has not seen such drought since the time of Charlemagne.

www.bbc.com

Since Charlemagne

 

[Fwiffo]

Climate change: Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China

An abrupt drop in emissions due to the pandemic played a key role in record rainfall in China in 2020.

www.bbc.com

"Scientists say that a rapid drop in emissions because of Covid played a key role in record rainfall in China in 2020.

The decline in greenhouse gases and small particles called aerosols caused atmospheric changes that intensified the downpours.

Hundreds of people died and millions more were evacuated during a summer of record rainfall.

But long-term cuts in emissions are unlikely to trigger similar events."

We have to watch it if we're going to do a mass one time cut over to fusion.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Fossil Fuel Industry Emitting 70% More Methane Than Official Numbers Show

Huge methane emissions have been sneaking under the radar, new figures from the International Energy Agency reveal.

gizmodo.com

WHOOPSIE

 

[Grand Potentate]

The Free Market Can’t Lead a Clean Energy Transition

Decarbonization won’t be achieved through market-led solutions. It’s only by democratizing the economy and resisting privatization that a meaningful and sustainable transition to green energy can be won.

jacobinmag.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Europe’s Sustainable Taxonomy Is a Sideshow | naked capitalism

The EU taxonomy grossly simplifies a complex and dynamic world. It might help prevent green-washing but other tools are needed to guide green investment.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Pimpernel Smith you'll appreciate this one.

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Europe’s Sustainable Taxonomy Is a Sideshow | naked capitalism

The EU taxonomy grossly simplifies a complex and dynamic world. It might help prevent green-washing but other tools are needed to guide green investment.

www.nakedcapitalism.com

Pimpernel Smith you'll appreciate this one.

A game of semantics and trading systems with the question of how can wind turbines made out of hydrocarbons be considered sustainable? Through trade-offs of course. A one way ticket to rely on Putin's oil & gas...oh wait, we're already here.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Climate change: IPCC report warns of ‘irreversible’ impacts of global warming

IPCC scientists outline a harrowing summary of climate impacts already hurting people and species.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

5 signs of how climate change is unraveling Earth’s ecosystems

Global warming is taking a bigger toll on wildlife than we previously thought, a new IPCC report shows.

www.vox.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Lake Powell Is in Big Trouble

The crucial reservoir is set to hit a worrisome new low this month, after an exceptionally dry winter.

gizmodo.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

i dont know this seems to be not good

Holes the size of city blocks are forming in the Arctic seafloor | CNN

Marine scientists have discovered deep sinkholes -- including one larger than a city block of six-story buildings -- and ice-filled hills that have formed "extraordinarily" rapidly on a remote part of the Arctic seafloor.

www.cnn.com

could be wrong though lets wait to hear what we're going to do about russian gas...

 

[belinmad]

https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/spirals/