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China had its hottest year on record in 2023 Opinion: Obviously the whole world did (see NASA Analysis Confirms 2023 as Warmest Year on Record), but that global average... so some places were normal and some were cooler. Climate Change equals more home runs (15 unexpected effects of climate...

Future Sodium Ion Batteries Could Be Ten Times Cheaper for Energy Storage US discussed 'overcapacity' in Chinese solar manufacturing, coal in climate talks IF12036|U.S. International Climate Finance: FY2024 IF12652|U.S. International Climate Finance: FY2025 Panama: 2024 Elections and U.S...

Ice-age analysis suggests worst-case global warming is less likely Climate change-driven insurance crisis threatens new US states The Cooling Dilemma Amid Climate Change Dhaka launches first-ever Climate Action Plan Opinion: Carbon Neutral by 2050! You sure that was in this thread? I don't...

Migration from climate change Opinion: Interesting study of a microcosm. Not to unexpected, people won't move...until they have to. New to me was the length of time it takes for a community to relocate. There's been a few weather related disasters with deaths in the news and people are angry...

Nope. Look into the data and come to your own conclusions. The science says the climate crisis is real. Your statement about appeal to authority" doesn't even make sense to me, but if you have a reference/link to your data I'd look at it. Can government's or parties be embarrassed regardless...

You can read more about that here: https://skepticalscience.com/cern-cloud-proves-cosmic-rays-causing-global-warming.htm Like rain, too much or too little of anything is bad. Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Will Help and Hurt Crops - NASA Mine is the best car I've ever owned! It also hasn't...

Thread Recap This thread has been a journey. I started off as a skeptic/denier, but bad science is usually debunked after a decade and the whole topic of climate change had been around far too long not to give it a second look with an open mind. So I open Bill Gate’s book How to Avoid a Climate...

No worries ; -) If I had a nickle for every time I did that it would pay for my morning coffee. That idea is based on some pretty solid science whereas none of the other possibilities global warming make sense. Not sure why some are so quick to dismiss it. Not seeing that. Well, two...

So, not really seeing any facts as to why climate change is false or more importantly news on climate change which is what the thread is about. Nonsense, at 80% efficiency in heat extraction that would be 76.8 kWh. But, you could use a heat pump with a COP of 5, so 76.8 kWh of heat would take...

No, I don't believe the government is implementing climate change under any guise. Yes, I believe that history shows starvation, disease, and lack of resources will cause migration and civil unrest. Your ancestors almost died then too (ref). The planet just is, it doesn't adapt. The...

Fossil fuels have a great density! But a math question! Sure! Being forewarned of my disclaimer below let's see... 5 gallons of propane burned in a generator varies depending on load but at best is about 30 kWh. If you burned it in a fuel cell you could get a lot more, but most of that...

World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for climate change damage World experienced hottest April on record Green home codes? Mexico Water Problems World's top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C Opinion...

I agree we should not be giving away our way of life. As to "force something that will happen anyway"? That I disagree with. Had the government taken action earlier we could have held the line at 1.5C. To late for that now. But at least we're off the over 3C trajectory. But by not...

In another thread @Bob B posted a video on Tesla's layoffs (thanks Bob! Great video!), at 8:15 Sandy makes the point that newspapers have the slogan if bleeds it leads and how they love to post apocalyptic crap, all just to make money. It's a point I've made numerous times, all the crap...

Observations show that the temperature is increasing more rapidly than ever before in our planet's history. What accounts for this change? Changes in CO2 concentration have been modeled to show a precise fit (more). As you can see from the graph to the right, it's not an increase in solar...

Except those aren't so much pitches as they are explanations as to why believers think the climate is warming. We certainly don't know everything, and certainly scientists are aware of that. So much so they can give a range to the accuracy of the predictions (although that cone gets pretty...

VPP bill passes Maryland Assembly They weren't science scams in my opinion. Sure I lived through them, but headlines like "Florida to disappear under rising oceans" or "World entering Ice Age" were scams to sell newspapers and not perpetrated by scientists. People tend to forget there's a...

It's a little hard to tell from your graph, but the natural cycle downswings take 1,000s of years. So it would be a few more generations of Tommy's before coats were needed from natural climate change in summer. Hopefully your future generations can help solve some of those problems. No...

Always. Roughly a 16% chance to take a direct hit here historically, but easy to not have basic services (e.g., power, medical) for days even with a miss. I don't always evacuate when instructed to do so because sometimes it just doesn't make sense (e.g., the evacuation route is threatened by...

The Green Premium Opinion: I like solutions more when instead of a premium you get a credit (e.g., solar power today) ; -). The video is three years old, so the carbon capture numbers are lower today than then video (assuming the numbers aren't bamboozling us with false data from fossil...

Off topic, but interesting viewpoint in terms of ways businesses bamboozled people and governments. That the advertising was paid for by the big companies when they knew it couldn't work is probably the strongest argument.

Canadians lose the protection of assessments A Burst of Saharan Dust Opinion: That real estate has been doing it for centuries... how is not underwater? Where does that 0.01% of a mountain/yr annually of dust end up? Saharan Dust & Hurricanes. Developing an Ad Hominem typology for...

Ah, church leaders and the young. One group that gets stuck in their dogma and the other that rebels as a natural part of finding their own way. I can't speak to all church leaders, but the ones I know don't deny science. Quite the opposite. If you go to a religious wedding buy the...

Churches in the U.S. seem opposed to climate change. The biggest institutions Catholics, Muslims, Jewish are all solidly on board (e.g., Pope slams climate change deniers as 'stupid'). AFAIK, denialism seems to stem mostly from the paid for campaign fossil fuel companies are apparently still...

EV Sales picking up in the U.S. & E.U. Looks like EV registrations are picking up in the EU... (ref) This reference, with March's registration numbers, show new EV car sales are up...

Opinion: Which is why we need carbon taxes which go towards actually removing carbon. Opinion: 😲 $75 billion in damage from one hurricane, and little of it in Florida. Didn't realize how much they affect the rest of the country.

So much Saharan dust...

FERC Affirms Decision to Hold Utilities Accountable for Interconnection Delays Opinion: Good news! Currently we're wasting ~2 GW. Sabine recently said Germany is fighting the same problem with 3 GW currently stranded. Residential Rooftop PV reduces need for new Transmission Infrastructure and...

Lithium iron phosphate batteries don't even use cobalt and they don't catch fire. And yes, some EVs do use them (e.g., Tesla Model 3, Ford Mustang).

Thank you! Hasn't happened to me yet. Lucky I guess. Well, your reference explains why they explode into fireballs... so I guess it's been a thing for a while. I do remember the Pinto was pretty prone to that. Think the NHTSA fixed most of those issues because other than movies you don't...

With triple redundancy backup according to Sandy Monroe's tear down video on it. Got a chuckle out of @Hedges post on EV's losing control because of a fire... my first thought was "why would you be driving a car when it's on fire?" There was also an inaccuracy... ICE vehicles catch fire...

Well tell us about it! What do you love/hate about it? What did it set you back, if you turn your head fast does Jarvis making retching sounds? ; -) Diabatic Air Engine Compressed air to move our cars is slow and inefficient, but heat that air up with renewable fuels for 200 miles per...