Doomerism: “The Art of the Doomer”
Many people focus on negativity, gloom and doom. We see this in many communities, especially online: – those who talk about the economy are non-stop gloom and doom – those…
Climate, Education: “Portland schools without” air conditioning
Teachers tell KGW they have been documenting their temperature gauge for the past week and have seen it reach 83 to 87 degrees inside the classroom. Source: Portland schools without…
Climate oops: “Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef | New Scientist”
Analysis finds the carbon footprint of cultivated meat is likely to be higher than beef if current production methods are scaled up because they are still highly energy-intensive Source: Lab-grown…
Climate: Portland to create “Zero emissions” downtown core
No one goes to downtown Portland anyway as its been taken over by crime and homeless: Portland officials plan to announce a new pilot project that would restrict a 16-block…
Follow up: “San Francisco – the City That Waits to Die”
The title is the name of a 1971 PBS documentary speculating about a future large earthquake in San Francisco. Long before global warming, the media needed a scary headline based…
Follow up: Lake Mead is going to largely die within 2 years
March 24, 2023 Lake Mead’s water would continue to decline Would fall to Tier 2B in 2024 Would fall to Tier 3 shortage in 2025, necessitating mandatory water cuts to…
Climate: Climate change might be caused by heat storage/release in ocean depths
Rapid Climate Change and Conditional Instability of the Glacial Deep Ocean from the Thermobaric Effect and Geothermal Heating AbstractPrevious results from deep-sea pore fluid data demonstrate that the glacial deep…
Climate, Aviation: Travel may become unaffordable to most
Climate compliance: No More Cheap Flights Is the New Reality for Air Travel – Bloomberg Way down in this link is an item saying “Quadruple-digit plane tickets are about to…
Climate oops: “Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies”
Measures to protect environment have led to stand-off between government and farmers in the Netherlands Source: Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies | Financial Times The…
“Population bomb” theory debunked
50+ years ago, the Population Bomb was published, predicting a dire future of calamity, starvation and war due to population growth. This was followed shortly after by a report from…
Climate oops: Ethanol fuel mandates may increase carbon emissions versus just using gasoline
Abstract The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) specifies the use of biofuels in the United States and thereby guides nearly half of all global biofuel production, yet outcomes of this keystone…
EV sales need to grow 34% every year to achieve 2030 EV goals
To reach 60% by 2030, that means we need to grow EV sales at a compound annual growth rate of 34% between now and then – a similar growth rate…
Evs, Education: “Exposing the structural violence of private electric automobility”
WE MUST BAN ALL PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES AND TRANSPORT SAY ACADEMIC EXPERTS. Electric vehicles are “VIOLENCE”! EVs are a source of “structural violence”: A wolf in sheep’s clothing: Exposing the structural…
Climate Future Followup: Global Warming will cause more baseball homeruns
Abstract Home runs in baseball—fair balls hit out of the field of play—have risen since 1980, driving strategic shifts in gameplay. Myriad factors likely account for these trends, with some…
Follow up: California drought likely to continue into 2023
100% wrong: As California’s 2022 water year ends this week, the parched state is bracing for another dry year — its fourth in a row. So far, in California’s recorded…