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Global Warming - Right & Wrong
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"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
I've always been a huge fan of good political cartoons; this one was a Masterpiece:
"First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
- Niccolo MachiavelliOgden, UT, USA
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Well other than oil and theocrats about all they have is sand and sunlight. I maybe wrong but that looks like the Stirling concentrated thermal solar method. They were going to use it out west but chose to do different things instead. For daylight hours there is no more efficient method.JohnInCarolina said: -
Bet Shelbyville wished they had global warming about now:
I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.
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The thread is interesting because they keep swatting back climate denialists."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
“Michigan is not the globe”. 🤭Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin
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These people that are sabotaging substations in various parts of the country, need to be publicly shamed and put in jail for a very long time… Shameful!!!
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After having all of their worldly goods confiscated to pay for the repairs.johnmitchell said:These people that are sabotaging substations in various parts of the country, need to be publicly shamed and put in jail for a very long time… Shameful!!! -
"First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
- Niccolo MachiavelliOgden, UT, USA
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I wonderBotch said:
How much is the coal generator to charge the car. There's already 2200 pounds ready to heat the house.....fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea."First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
- Niccolo MachiavelliOgden, UT, USA
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Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
^^^ worth more than a quick pass.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.
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You are also trading local nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions for a distant point source, usually outside of cities. The coal plant also usually has emission controls. Add to that thermal efficiency and efficient electric motors and not many cars other than a Prius can match it. Then also we have to consider recent advances in battery recycling.JohnInCarolina said:
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership. -
Rich folks relocating their pollution to poor areas. Pretty much stealing clean air.Gulfcoastguy said:
You are also trading local nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions for a distant point source, usually outside of cities. The coal plant also usually has emission controls. Add to that thermal efficiency and efficient electric motors and not many cars other than a Prius can match it. Then also we have to consider recent advances in battery recycling.JohnInCarolina said:
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership.I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.
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Herschel was rightOzzie_Isaac said:
Rich folks relocating their pollution to poor areas. Pretty much stealing clean air.Gulfcoastguy said:
You are also trading local nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions for a distant point source, usually outside of cities. The coal plant also usually has emission controls. Add to that thermal efficiency and efficient electric motors and not many cars other than a Prius can match it. Then also we have to consider recent advances in battery recycling.JohnInCarolina said:
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership.Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin
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"If I wanted my balls washed, I'd go to the golf course!"
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Not exactly a new thing , the coal plant locations predate the modern electric cars, but in this case the emissions are being released in an area that has far fewer people that are far further apart. Also in the South East many of the coal plants have been replaced by natural gas plants that emit far less pollutants per kWhr.Ozzie_Isaac said:
Rich folks relocating their pollution to poor areas. Pretty much stealing clean air.Gulfcoastguy said:
You are also trading local nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions for a distant point source, usually outside of cities. The coal plant also usually has emission controls. Add to that thermal efficiency and efficient electric motors and not many cars other than a Prius can match it. Then also we have to consider recent advances in battery recycling.JohnInCarolina said:
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership. -
For sure there have been a lot of advances over the last decade, and I’m fairly certain an EV is a better choice for the environment than the alternative. And of course as renewables continue to come online that will only improve.Gulfcoastguy said:
You are also trading local nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions for a distant point source, usually outside of cities. The coal plant also usually has emission controls. Add to that thermal efficiency and efficient electric motors and not many cars other than a Prius can match it. Then also we have to consider recent advances in battery recycling.JohnInCarolina said:
There was a study done years ago by a prof around here, might have been at UNC - looking at the environmental impact of EVs. He considered everything from the battery production to the power supply. In the end what it came down to was that they’re better for the environment (from a carbon perspective) in parts of the country where enough of the energy comes from renewables. But where it’s coal… not so much. There you’re mostly just trading your local CO2 source (from a gas powered car) for a remote one (with the EV and the coal plant). So people who buy EVs to save the environment were telling themselves a bit of a lie, depending on where they lived.HeavyG said:Botch said:I was wondering too, if he was being sarcastic, or biting, or just plain clueless. No idea.
I'm guessing he knows that Utah generates most of its electricity from coal fired plants so he just wants to make sure he can continue to "fill up his tank".
That study was maybe 15 years ago. It’s possible there’s something more recent. But what I remember is that it was really thorough, and took into account the entire life cycle from production through ownership.
The main point is that the power to charge up the batteries comes from somewhere, and sometimes that is a coal fired power plant that pumps plenty of CO2 into the atmosphere. So those “zero emissions” bumper stickers aren’t always accurate."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
Or people can just complain about pollution and climate change.
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meanwhile…
"I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.
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And some say TSLA is still overvalued.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
It's starting to look like a failing Bitcoin stock😁fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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Watch Musk repurchase all of the stock that he dumped at 10% of the price that he was paid when he sold it.
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He is a genius…Gulfcoastguy said:Watch Musk repurchase all of the stock that he dumped at 10% of the price that he was paid when he sold it."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat -
This makes senseGulfcoastguy said:Watch Musk repurchase all of the stock that he dumped at 10% of the price that he was paid when he sold it.fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
It's starting (excerpt from WaPo):
Arizona city cuts off a neighborhood’s water supply amid drought
Updated January 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EST|Published January 16, 2023 at 8:24 a.m. EST
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The survival — or at least the basic sustenance — of hundreds in a desert community amid the horse ranches and golf courses outside Phoenix now rests on a 54-year-old man with a plastic bucket of quarters.John Hornewer picked up a quarter and put it in the slot. The lone water hose at a remote public filling station sputtered to life and splashed 73 gallons into the steel tank of Hornewer’s water hauling truck. After two minutes, it stopped. Hornewer, one of two main suppliers responsible for delivering water to a community of more than 2,000 homes known as Rio Verde Foothills, fished out another quarter.
“It so shouldn’t be like this,” Hornewer said.
Some living here amid the cactus and creosote bushes see themselves as the first domino to fall as the Colorado River tips further into crisis. On Jan. 1, the city of Scottsdale, which gets the majority of its water from the Colorado River, cut off Rio Verde Foothills from the municipal water supply that it has relied on for decades. The result is a disorienting and frightening lack of certainty about how residents will find enough water as their tanks run down in coming weeks, with a bitter political feud impacting possible solutions.
The city’s decision — and the failure to find a dependable alternative — has forced water haulers like Hornewer to scour distant towns for any available gallons. About a quarter of the homes in Rio Verde Foothills, a checkerboard of one-acre lots linked by dirt roads in an unincorporated part of Maricopa County, rely on water from a municipal pipe hauled by trucks. Since the cutoff, their water prices have nearly tripled. The others have wells, though many of these have gone dry as the water table has fallen by hundreds of feet in some places after years of drought.
“This is a real hard slap in the face to everybody,” said Hornewer, who has been hauling water to his neighbors for more than two decades. “It’s not sustainable. We’re not going to make it through a summer like this.”
"First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
- Niccolo MachiavelliOgden, UT, USA
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NYTimes had coverage also: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/us/arizona-water-rio-verde-scottsdale.html
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
The water situation in the west is so f-ing scary. Nothing has been done about it for decades and this is just the beginning. Utah (especially southern UT) has little to no regulation or plans for improvement. Their solution about 5 years ago was a pipeline from lake Powell. You all can imagine how that panned out. This is what climate change denial is going to bring us all.Botch said:It's starting (excerpt from WaPo):
Arizona city cuts off a neighborhood’s water supply amid drought
Updated January 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EST|Published January 16, 2023 at 8:24 a.m. EST
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The survival — or at least the basic sustenance — of hundreds in a desert community amid the horse ranches and golf courses outside Phoenix now rests on a 54-year-old man with a plastic bucket of quarters.John Hornewer picked up a quarter and put it in the slot. The lone water hose at a remote public filling station sputtered to life and splashed 73 gallons into the steel tank of Hornewer’s water hauling truck. After two minutes, it stopped. Hornewer, one of two main suppliers responsible for delivering water to a community of more than 2,000 homes known as Rio Verde Foothills, fished out another quarter.
“It so shouldn’t be like this,” Hornewer said.
Some living here amid the cactus and creosote bushes see themselves as the first domino to fall as the Colorado River tips further into crisis. On Jan. 1, the city of Scottsdale, which gets the majority of its water from the Colorado River, cut off Rio Verde Foothills from the municipal water supply that it has relied on for decades. The result is a disorienting and frightening lack of certainty about how residents will find enough water as their tanks run down in coming weeks, with a bitter political feud impacting possible solutions.
The city’s decision — and the failure to find a dependable alternative — has forced water haulers like Hornewer to scour distant towns for any available gallons. About a quarter of the homes in Rio Verde Foothills, a checkerboard of one-acre lots linked by dirt roads in an unincorporated part of Maricopa County, rely on water from a municipal pipe hauled by trucks. Since the cutoff, their water prices have nearly tripled. The others have wells, though many of these have gone dry as the water table has fallen by hundreds of feet in some places after years of drought.
“This is a real hard slap in the face to everybody,” said Hornewer, who has been hauling water to his neighbors for more than two decades. “It’s not sustainable. We’re not going to make it through a summer like this.”
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