Can Solar & Wind Fix Everything (e.g., Climate Change) with a battery break-through?

[svetz]

... I aksed google gemini to...

That's hilarious, and a fantastic example of misrepresenting the truth. It is true you can spoof an AI into doing things because it keeps context of the conversation. But you could ask any human artist to draw them that way too. It's the sort of half-truth a lot of denierism has.

But, it's not what you get by default as some would have you think. It's also something any can try to validate rather than blindly accept what people want you to believe. For example....

Svetz: create an image of the founding fathers AI: Certainly! The Founding Fathers of the United States were visionary leaders who played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s history. Let’s imagine a scene where they gather to discuss the principles of liberty, independence, and democracy. Founding Fathers George Washington: The stoic and resolute leader, standing tall with wisdom etched on his face. John Adams: Passionate and eloquent, advocating for the rights of the people. Thomas Jefferson: Quill in hand, drafting the eloquent words of the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin: Wise and witty, sharing insights that would shape the nation’s future. Alexander Hamilton: Intense and pragmatic, discussing economic policies and the Constitution. James Madison: Quietly observing, his mind already weaving the fabric of the new government. Their collective vision, determination, and sacrifice laid the foundation for the United States.

Yep, sort of like the pictures I remember from school...

 

[D71]

That's hilarious, and a fantastic example of misrepresenting the truth. It is true you can spoof an AI into doing things because it keeps context of the conversation. But you could ask any human artist to draw them that way too. It's the sort of half-truth a lot of denierism has.

But, it's not what you get by default as some would have you think. It's also something any can try to validate rather than blindly accept what people want you to believe. For example....

Svetz: create an image of the founding fathers AI:

View attachment 202844 Yep, sort of like the pictures I remember from school...

I think you are hopeless and lost…. This was a noted documented problem in several places. The AI was woke and producing bs. Again well documented.
The AI will only be as good as the ppl programming it. If someone pushing climate change can be reversed with money then it will produce that. Or the opposite.

Just a quick check. You live in confidence because you were conned. …..

Why Google's 'woke' AI problem won't be an easy fix

The firm paused its AI image generation tool after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist.

www.bbc.com

 

[svetz]

2024 Dust Forecast​

If you don't live in the tropics this probably isn't something you've talked about (at least not since the dust bowl ; -)

But dust (and volcanic ash) play a role in hurricane formation. With El Niña forming and record warm water temperatures we have a couple of the ingrediants. But here's a site to track the dust forecast: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/tropics-saharan-dust/ (So cool! or maybe dusty?)

 

[aenyc]

“… Hottest Summer Ever, but Climate Change … Barely Made the News”​

“… At an after-work drinks event I attended, a man fainted and collapsed. We gave him water and walked him to his car, through the city. The baking hot streets were utterly deserted. …”

WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news
ABC Science / By technology reporter James Purtill
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We read that extreme heat kills more people in Australia than all the other natural disasters combined.
This has been WA’s hottest summer on record — and the hot weather isn’t over yet.
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At an after-work drinks event I attended, a man fainted and collapsed. We gave him water and walked him to his car, through the city. The baking hot streets were utterly deserted.
As the month progressed, there appeared to be a growing disconnection with the way news outlets were generally covering the ongoing natural disaster.
News stories often showed people “beating the heat” by going to the beach. A prominent politician devoted one sentence of their weekly column to the weather: “Yes, it’s summer, and yes, it’s hot.”
Richard Yin, a Perth GP and deputy chair of Doctors for the Environment, said the lack of acknowledgement in the media about the impact of heat and climate change was “vaguely terrifying”.
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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...ut-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922#

If someone “faints” after a workplace drinking session, climate change is to blame? I can think of some other possible explanations.

The claim extreme heat is Australia’s biggest killer is not borne out by the evidence. The following is by scientists who claim the ration between summer and winter deaths is closing because of climate change – but there are still more deaths in winter.

Increased ratio of summer to winter deaths due to climate warming in Australia, 1968–2018
Ivan C. Hanigan, Keith B.G. Dear, Alistair Woodward
First published: 26 April 2021
The authors have stated they have no conflict of interest.
Abstract
Objective: To determine if global warming has changed the balance of summer and winter deaths in Australia.
Methods: Counts of summer and winter cause-specific deaths of subjects aged 55 and over for the years 1968–2018 were entered into a Poisson time-series regression. Analysis was stratified by states and territories of Australia, by sex, age and cause of death (respiratory, cardiovascular, and renal diseases). The warmest and coldest subsets of seasons were compared.
Results: Warming over 51 years was associated with a long-term increase in the ratio of summer to winter mortality from 0.73 in the summer of 1969 to 0.83 in the summer of 2018. The increase occurred faster in years that were warmer than average.
Conclusions: Mortality in the warmest and coldest times of the year is converging as annual average temperatures rise.
Implications for public health: If climate change continues, deaths in the hottest months will come to dominate the burden of mortality in Australia.
Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1753-6405.13107

Is this really what the climate alarm movement has come to? A dubious claim that extreme heat is the biggest killer, panic over someone passing out after an office drinking party where the manager was likely paying for the drinks, and a long whinge about people enjoying themselves at the beach in hot weather, instead of focussing on the climate crisis?

What a waste of column inches.

 

[aenyc]

"AI" is make shit up on the fly lol

Google AI: “Significant Limitations To Our Certainty About Global Mean Temperatures”!

AI admits global historical weather data was sparse … “significant limitations to our certainty about global mean temperatures.”

wattsupwiththat.com

 

[Checkthisout]

VW Places Battery Unit IPO on Backburner

Volkswagen AG is pushing back plans to seek outside investors for its battery unit after slower demand for electric vehicles dims prospects for the business, with the industry facing an increasingly daunting reality in the EV transition.

www.bloomberg.com

"Customer resistance:" Volkswagen cuts EV production as it fails to keep up with market

Volkswagen is blaming ending incentives and inflation for cutting production of its electric vehicles at its factory in Germany. However with European and global EV sales surging to their highest levels in June, is this the real reason?

thedriven.io

The company says the production cuts are due to “strong customer reluctance” to buy their EVs.
According to German newspaper Nordwest-Zeitung, Volkswagen was canceling the late shift in the production of the ID.4 and ID.7 electric SUV and sedan for 14 days. The paper also reported that the three-week holiday for employees working on EVs would be extended by an additional week.
Further to this, Volkswagen also recently announced that 300 of the 1,500 temporary workers at the Emden plant would no longer be employed from August.
“We notice the reluctance of customers in the electrical world very vehemently,” works council chief Manfred Wulff told Nordwest-Zeitung noting that demand is almost 30 per cent below original forecast production figures.

Mercedes-Benz Delays Its EV Plans, Will Keep Making Combustion Engines

Mercedes-Benz wanted to go fully electric by 2030 but now plans to continue selling ICE cars well into the next decade.

insideevs.com

Aston Martin postpones its EV debut due to lack of interest

Although its EV is delayed until at least 2026, Aston Martin says that it will continue to build hybrid cars to maximize the benefits that both types of motors can bring.

www.themanual.com

BMW Delays Electric Motorcycle Because People Don't Want One

BMW Motorrad boss Markus Flasch says the company is in no rush to launch an electric motorcycle. The technology is ready but customers are not.

www.bmwblog.com

Oh but according to Svetz, people aren't buying EV's due to right-wing misinformation. That is why we need censorship.

Right SVETZ?

Even though Svetz bought a plug-in hybrid.......

 

[aenyc]

Well, Svetz made a statement that its ok for officials to make policy behind closed doors, so there is that lol.

 

[Checkthisout]

Well, Svetz made a statement that its ok for officials to make policy behind closed doors, so there is that lol.

To hide it from us morons who are victims of oil company misinformation.

Even though Svetz bought a hybrid.

 

[D71]

Lay Men they screw us and take our money then call us lay men..... That is fine for the gay men ...they like it.... anyone else notice how vax, climax, and trans are all tied together?

 

[42OhmsPA]

That's hilarious, and a fantastic example of misrepresenting the truth. It is true you can spoof an AI into doing things because it keeps context of the conversation. But you could ask any human artist to draw them that way too. It's the sort of half-truth a lot of denierism has.

But, it's not what you get by default as some would have you think. It's also something any can try to validate rather than blindly accept what people want you to believe. For example....

Svetz: create an image of the founding fathers AI:

View attachment 202844 Yep, sort of like the pictures I remember from school...

I concur. It's only as good as the info it was given. Machine learning....

 

[svetz]

What's in a Word?​

If you happen to be reading something about climate change in the popular media, be sure to keep an eye out for certain words. The one in this case is 'deceitful'. Why? Because it's an emotive word. It's a good sign that the writer is not a scientist but someone with a political axe to grind. [ref]

Trigger words like that are ripe in any website that wants to manipulate you rather than explain to you. Many outlets (e.g., fox, Corbett) go to extremes to tell you how dumb the other side is as a part of tearing them down to disprove their science. It's an easy way to spot those trying to manipulate you into believing a point of view rather than give you information to form your own views.

Can animals and plants adapt to global warming?​

The five biggest mass extinction events in Earth’s history, and most of the smaller extinction events, were driven by rapid climatic change. When climate changes too fast for species to be able to adapt, extinctions are bound to occur. Figure 1 shows prior extinction events and atmospheric CO2 concentration over the last 420 million years. Each colored circle denotes an extinction event, with the “Big Five” mass extinctions in red (end-Ordovician, which occurred 444 million years ago, is not shown) and lesser extinction events in pink.

Human-caused climate change is occurring too rapidly for species to be able to adapt. Plants and animals are currently dying off at a rate that is 100 to 1000 times faster than the average rate of extinction over geological timescales. Because of this, there is mounting evidence that we are heading towards a mass extinction event.

Science too can be alarming. Is it possible we'll go over 1000 ppm when we're ~425 ppm now?

The scale of that image above is in millions of years and stops at 0 A.D; it doesn't show that in no time at all it's shot up to 425. In the image above, humans have only lived on the planet for the last couple of pixels. So let's blow up just that flat part of the graph on the right edge and add in the current and future predictions. Brr... those dips are all ice ages and were deadly to humans. So, before 0 AD is natural. After 0 AD, that us. Yes, we know that because of the radioisotopes of carbon in the atmosphere. It's not just volcanoes or the sun.

At the rate we're emitting you're probably wondering when we get over 1000 ppm when mass extinctions are more likely -- or if we even if we will given the IPCC expects the population to start to decline naturally this century. What do the models say? The answer is: it depends on what humans (and mother nature) actually do. So yes, the models do say we can easily exceed 1000 ppm. Right now, our global policies and projections put us between +2.5 to +2.9°C. Our actions don't currently match that. But, the good news is our actions do seem to have us dipping slightly off the +3.2 to +5.4°C path. One last thing to mention... note how wide the different bands of color get the farther you go out in time. The farther you go out in time the harder it is to predict, what's important to keep in mind is the range rather than a single number.

Update: There are more recent data and graphs in the IPCC's 2023 report, I kept the older (2014) spaghetti image as I think it's a better representation (the new ones are watered down a bit) and we haven't been doing much to combat global warming so the numbers haven't changed much. The 2030 report should be very interesting in regards to policies and actions.

 

[svetz]

Peatlands drying out, carbon sinks to carbon sources​

Who is buying EVs?​

This was really shocking... no pun intended...the graph is breakdown by party affiliation of registered EVs for states Trump and Biden won. Biden's is no surprise... but...

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This is more than just the demographics of Republicans to Democrats, for example in Wyoming it's 57% to 25%. Here's another article...

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Will Hippies return?​

Even more exciting, VW is talking about bringing the Scout back (they bought it back when IH went under).

 

[Checkthisout]

Peatlands drying out, carbon sinks to carbon sources​

Who is buying EVs?​

This was really shocking... no pun intended...the graph is breakdown by party affiliation of registered EVs for states Trump and Biden won. Biden's is no surprise... but...

View attachment 202988​

This is more than just the demographics of Republicans to Democrats, for example in Wyoming it's 57% to 25%. Here's another article...

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Will Hippies return?​

Even more exciting, VW is talking about bringing the Scout back (they bought it back when IH went under).

Svetz, why don't you own an electric vehicle instead of a PHEV?

Your hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness is most apparent here.

It doesn't even bother you that you're the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[aenyc]

The only thing you need to know about GloBULL warming is that every single prediction they made came out false lol.

11 pages of false predictions!!!

Failed Prediction Timeline

FilterTopic1.5 Degree ThresholdAcid RainArctic Sea IceBiodiversityClimate ChaosClimate ModelsDroughtsEnvironmental Disaster/PollutionEnvironmental RefugeesFamineHeat WavesHurricanesLandfillsMelting…

wattsupwiththat.com

 

[aenyc]

ROFL..... you cant make this shit up if you tried

‘Trust science’, Paris mayor boasts as city declares ‘there will be no air conditioning in Olympic athletes’ rooms ‘to cut the carbon footprint’ of summer Olympics​

Reuters – March 14, 2024: There will be no air conditioning in the athletes’ rooms at Paris 2024, which has pledged to host the “greenest ever” Games. … Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo told those nations planning on installing air conditioning at the athletes’ village to “trust the science” instead… With climate scientists warning that global warming has produced more extreme weather patterns in much of the world, organisers of Paris 2024 have said they want to halve the carbon footprint compared with the Rio 2016 and London 2012 Summer Games. “I think we have to trust science on two counts. The first is what scientists are telling us about the fact that we are on the brink of a precipice. Everyone, including the athletes, must be aware of this,” said Hidalgo. “And secondly, we have to trust the scientists when they help us to construct buildings in a sober way that allows us to make do without air conditioning.” ..

Yet, the Olympic Committees from Australia, Brazil, Canada and Norway are among those who believe it will not be enough.

“Our clear wish is that there should be air-conditioning in all rooms,” the Norwegian Committee told Reuters, with Brazil saying “the heat forecast” made it “necessary to invest in renting air-conditioning units for the entire delegation”.

Associated Press in 2023: The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners…The decision is part of the organizing committee’s goal to cut the carbon footprint of the Paris Games by half and stage the most sustainable Olympics to date by installing a special technology to use natural sources to keep everyone cool even during a potential heat wave. Compared to a conventional project, the carbon impact will be reduced by 45% for the Athletes Village during the construction phase and over the entire Olympic cycle, she said. …

The geothermal energy system will ensure that the temperature in the athlete apartments in the Seine-Saint-Denis suburb does not rise above 26 degrees Celsius (79 degrees Fahrenheit) at night, including during a potential a heat wave, said Laurent Michaud, the director of the Olympic and Paralympic Villages. … “Despite outdoor temperatures reaching 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit), we had temperatures at 28 degrees (82 degrees Fahrenheit) in most of these rooms,” Michaud told The Associated Press, detailing the results of a heatwave simulation. … To keep the coolness inside, the athletes will have to follow some basic rules, he added, including making sure the window blinds are shut during the day. … Although some Olympic hopefuls have already expressed concern about the lack of air conditioning, Monnet said athletes should adapt and help contribute to fight against climate change. “We need athletes to set an example when they use the buildings,” Monnet said. “We can build the most virtuous village we want, it is also the use that will be made of it that will weigh on our carbon footprint.” …

Allow only AC in very limited circumstances: “It will be on a case-by-case basis, and for health and safety of the athletes,” Michaud said, adding that ventilators vaporizing water droplets could be installed instead of traditional air conditioning units.

Athletes in Paris at the Summer Olympics will have to make due without air conditioning.
The mayor of Paris is listening to climate scientists who say the Earth is “on the brink of a prescipice,” and athletes should make sacrifices. pic.twitter.com/DLOOcDEn8j
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 14, 2024

Modeling suggests that room temperatures during a heat wave would be 82°F (!)
My goodness, can you imagine competing as a world class athelete and then coming back to recuperate in your room that’s baking > 80°F
Insane risk for heat exhaustion.https://t.co/w7QhVbufiJ
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) March 14, 2024

 

[aenyc]

Wrong, NBC News, Climate Change Doesn’t Threaten Minnesota Ice Fishing

That is clearly a short-term weather pattern, not climate.

wattsupwiththat.com

 

[aenyc]

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

ROFL..... you cant make this shit up if you tried

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Allow only AC in very limited circumstances: “It will be on a case-by-case basis, and for health and safety of the athletes,” Michaud said, adding that ventilators vaporizing water droplets could be installed instead of traditional air conditioning units.

just to be honest, as long as all of them are in the same circumstances with the same heat index by room... who cares? their numbers should all tally the same. if all of them are living in 90+°f rooms then their performance should all balance out... and if they cannot.. tell them to apply to be a women in their chosen line of endeavors.

IE: clean the sand out of your vagina's

the original olympics did not have AC... bugger off and pull the sacred monkey out of your mouth.

 

[Bongbong]

@svetz

I wholeheartedly agree that we should do more, I will go further and say we should have done more, but that is when we stray into politics and to my surprise I see a few Americans?, especially those who want to "make America great again", rooting for the US to fail in the renewable energy business. And this on a forum that is dedicated to helping each other with DIY renewable energy???

I think many of your post are great reads, you might wan to consider a different place where you have people interested in learning as well as sharing relevant information.

 

[Daddy Tanuki]

@svetz

I wholeheartedly agree that we should do more, I will go further and say we should have done more, but that is when we stray into politics and to my surprise I see a few Americans?, especially those who want to "make America great again", rooting for the US to fail in the renewable energy business. And this on a forum that is dedicated to helping each other with DIY renewable energy???

I think many of your post are great reads, you might wan to consider a different place where you have people interested in learning as well as sharing relevant information.

attempts at shaming people who do not agree with you is dishonest.. try again.