| Author | Message | ||
     Aesquire |
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/now_i ts_megafloods_that_will_destroy_the_whole_world.ht ml Rain 100 days? Jehovah only needed 40. With insane brush/forest "conservation" laws and a half completed and crumbling water/ flood control system, So Cal doesn't need a 100 day storm to wash into the Pacific. ( hyperbole, hysteria fear mongering exaggeration for conversation effect ) Ironically there is an apocalyptic weather event possible over the Great Lakes, theoretically, that makes the hysterical 100 day agitprop "prediction" above seem like a passing sprinkle. Meteorologists ( not "climate experts", but actual weather scientists ) using Chaos Theory, got a computer model going where a Hurricane rolls up the East Coast and slides over the Great Lakes, drawing energy from the warmer water and stays there. Not stalled out and dissipate, builds and stabilizes. And doesn't stop, possibly for centuries or more. Like the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. And it won't stop until it deposits so much water, as snow, in the North East, that the lakes are depleted enough to freeze over, solid, in Gale force winds. It's theoretical, probably unlikely, but a real possibility, unlike nearly everything "predicted" by the Climate Cultists. 100 days? Ha! How about 100 year storm? | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.city-journal.org/green-war-on-clean-en ergy | ||
| Chauly |
Excellent find, Patrick! | ||
| Aesquire |
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/08/13/the-europea n-climate-megadrought-which-happened-482-years-ago / Climate change is real. Always has been. After some as yet not agreed upon massive change ended the Long Summer of the Dinosaurs, the planet has been in a periodic Ice Age to brief Thaw cycle. The cold times last longer than human civilization has existed. Many of them. ( The Cold Times ) Just look at the Vostok Ice core graphs. Keep in mind the Antarctic ice cores only go out back to AFTER the island continent moved away from the other land masses and got to the polar region. And after the Endless Winter there started piling snow hundreds of feet deep, into glaciers on a land that was formerly tropical with abundant life, like ferns and big critters, all now buried. But the record does go back MULTIPLE Ice Age and brief Thaw cycles and clearly show hundreds of thousands of years of Periodic Cycles. I also point out one of the EASIEST ways to lie with figures is to cherry pick your start & end points. If you're clever, you don't even have to fake the data and outright lie, just be misleading. Typical Greenie Lies have usually picked start dates around 1960s, to paint the misleading picture from a Cold time to the minor peak, ( about 1998 ) and when they go back a century or more, they HAVE to start outright lying about the data, ( since 1938 was hotter than today ) and thus we have the now Systemic Dishonest rewriting of past numbers. It would have been far easier to cherry pick other start dates, like the little ice age mentioned in the article above, but then any reasonably competent student could show the implied dishonesty easily. Thus systemic fraud in records. Simply, If you pick the depths of thousands of years of rock bottom cold as your start, then "holy cow!" We are burning up! Ahhhh! If you pick the peak of the current brief warm cycle, instead, it's obvious the trend is cooling. And if you actually look at the Vostok graphs over the entire record, it's Obvious we are, TODAY, in the last centuries of the Warm Period and the Long plunge into Apocalyptic Cold. Exactly when? We don't know. It's inevitable, periodic, and absolutely coming, but because we aren't certain what triggers the plunge, and the record shows centuries of variability, it could be any time from now to over 400 years, or a few more centuries. Seriously, it's that broad an uncertainty. Compare that statement that's as truthful as real science can be, to the fraction of a degree Absolute Certainty of the Con. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/08/13/doomsday-cl imate-predictions-meltdown-arctic-sea-ice-extent-r eaches-12-year-mid-august-high/ Looks like a good year to snowmobile to the North Pole. Which I wouldn't, since I'm not that particular crazy. But a well equipped snow kite expedition could make it, without the fuel mass problems, ( similar for snowmobiles and dog sleds ) But utterly dependent on winds. Personally, I'm going to stick to the smaller lakes in my area that routinely support Ice fishing shacks since falling in an invisible bridged crevice to my doom isn't on my bucket list. Currently looking for garage sale skis to build a sled for kiting, I'll post pictures of the project when it's done. Might be a good time to shop for used snowmobiles, too. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/10/30/wheres-the- sea-ice-right-where-its-been-for-most-of-the-holoc ene/ | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/08/ger many-finally-facing-energy-reality.php Intermittent power, wind, solar, in Germany, has hit the wall on useable generation. They literally can cover the entire country with solar panels, ( which stops agriculture and outdoor recreation, so don't suggest it the WEF ) and the lights will still go out this winter. And people die. I haven't run the numbers, but if Germany Conquered the African mines that produce raw materials for batteries, assuming insanely stupid Reliance on Lithium chemistry ( a past complaint of mine ) they might have enough to build stupid choice battery backup for a few weeks of winter weather. The rest of the planet, except China, would have to give up electric vehicles and intermittent power, then. Which might be a good thing, since it's probably impossible to mine enough raw materials for solar to work for just the U.S. as a replacement for nuclear and fossil fuels. Consider the owners of, say Cobalt. https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing /battery-metals-investing/cobalt-investing/largest -cobalt-mines/ | ||
| Aesquire |
Home battery costs are a mirror on larger scale projects. https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/is-the-tesla-pow erwall-the-best-solar-battery-available Afaik, no one sells a comparable home power storage system using different chemistry. Since I'm old, and don't keep up with the latest battery tech, ( I wait until I can buy it. Only then can you know how close it is to the early hype ) I'll point out that an Edison Iron Acid Wall Battery would be probably 5 times the size. At least a decent garden shed size. And it would need to be outdoors, or properly plumbed, for venting the Hydrogen released, safely. ( same as Lead Acid batteries ) But the electronics would be only a little cheaper. You don't need the fine control over charging you want for Lithium cells, but the AC/DC conversion and load sensing is the same. The advantages to offset the much higher weight and volume, are indefinite lifespan, easy refurbished cell packs, Much lower cost, if mass produced, and no rare materials in the battery itself. ( The electronic part is the same ) Really, I should apply for a Federal Grant, to start a production company. The problem is IMHO, that an Administration that would be open to breaking the Chinese grip on battery power, probably wouldn't invest in mass battery storage. And the current Administration both wouldn't support breaking the CCP grip on the market, & wouldn't give grants to start-ups that didn't bribe them. And they already took huge bribes to keep the CCP and existing Billionaires from competition. But I could be wrong. Bet? | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.dailyfetched.com/germany-faces-power-g rid-collapse-as-demand-for-electric-heaters-soar/ | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/dod ge-says-goodbye-to-its-challenger-and-charger-mode ls/507-bb680456-6989-4e05-876f-1625cc9f52b8 Car makers have created the most powerful, least polluting, most fuel efficient cars in history. And it's history. | ||
| Ratbuell |
...until nobody buys them... | ||
| Zane |
In Biden's new bill there is a $7500 dollar subsidy if you buy an EV. If EVs are so great, why does the government have to pay people to to buy them? | ||
| Whisperstealth |
Good question Zane. The cynic in me thinks there are kickbacks from the EV industry headed to certain people's pockets. Even if that's not true, the Biden agenda is to eliminate gasoline powered vehicles. One way to help do that is with subsidies. Subsidies which seem to only help those already in a decent financial position. It will be interesting to see how those without the ability to buy new electric cars are going to react to gas vehicles being outlawed altogether. It's coming. And sooner than I care to think. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Their solution to "don't like gas prices? Buy an electric vehicle" is the same as "don't like being homeless? Buy a house." Stu. Pid. | ||
| Zane |
Ratbuell, you're right. If I have trouble spending $5.00 for a gallon of gas, how am I going to spend $65,000 for an EV car? | ||
| Zacks |
I'm tired of the government stealing my money and giving to someone else to buy something I CAN'T AFFORD! | ||
| Aesquire |
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/08/17/the-science -was-just-as-settled-110-years-ago-as-it-is-today- except-for-the-bits-in-the-middle/ | ||
| Aesquire |
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/08/18/jordan-pete rson-peddlers-of-environmental-doom-have-shown-the ir-true-totalitarian-colors/ It's now at the "shut up or you to go jail" stage for the extremely wealthy that will profit from forcing you to buy their products. At gun point in the near future. Oh, but you don't have to buy a windmill/solar/electric car? Ok, maybe you don't pay taxes, buy anything, and live off your own farm off the grid. In that case, congrats, but you'll never know it, since you don't have internet either. Otherwise, you already are paying for the yacht and beach compound of billionaires who own the factories and mines. And if you try not to, nasty men with guns will be mean to you and take you away to prison. This year, there'd be a trial. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.designboom.com/technology/jetson-compl etes-worlds-first-ever-evtol-commute-06-21-2022/qu ote I'm not commenting on the Jetson flying toy, but a home builder flew a plastic bathtub with big drone style motors from his home to the 7/11 while videoing it a few years ago, and the FAA had a fit. Despite there being no laws yet written to forbid it. The FAA really doesn't want to deal with maverick man carrying multicopter flight. ( I don't blame them, imagine one flying into a crowd ) So they'd much rather deal with companies. And they still haven't written the rules. Again, I understand. What few want to admit or confront, is that a "whole craft" reserve parachute system, like the one in my closet, needs a minimum altitude to work. And when, not if, the multicopter has a failure, it either drops like a rock, or tumbles Violently, into the ground with zero control over location or vector or speed. ( in fact, "partial" failure can lead to impact far faster than a dropped anvil. ) I know people working on the technical problems. And I'm well aware of the technology involved. ( even though I don't do RC stuff, I'm a customer for the parachute tech stuff. And I pay attention to the multicopter tech. ) Bottom line, is there is a Deadly Zone between a few dozen feet up where you might survive impacting the ground or a tree or a house, ( greatly dependent on design & Luck ) and the few hundred feet where a well maintained ballistic parachute system can save you. We may see Martian Lander type airbags soon to fill the gap. You can buy the motorcycle jacket version, now. | ||
| Aesquire |
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/shut_ down_the_green_agenda_and_go_nuclear.htm Safer reactors that Fail Safe if the power supply is cut, or terrorists ( or careless forklift operator ) break the cooling water system, are both possible and known technology. Thorium liquid salt reactors, & other designs exist, and just need permission to be built. We are in a bizzaro world where High Priests of a Cult tell everyone they must freeze to death in winter because they fear fire. It's not wrong to fear fire. It's insane to refuse to see it can be controlled, and more insane to insist that Any Risk is too much. It's sane to work to reduce risk. And,, sure, there may be risks too high to accept. Antimatter batteries in trucks might be too risky.  Parking your Chevy Electric car in your attached garage?! Depending on Microsoft Windows to run your missile cruiser? | ||
| Ducbsa |
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/over-1000-sc ientists-and-professionals-sign-formal-declaration -there-is-no-climate-emergency/ | ||
| Ebutch |
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| Aesquire |
More on Ducbsa's post above. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/08/wha t-climate-crisis.php Net Zero has nothing to do with climate. And everything to do with tyranny. But I may be overly optimistic. | ||
| Hootowl |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_ power Starship heavy might take care of the cost to orbit barrier. | ||
| Aesquire |
I'm all in for space solar. The big problem, now that SpaceX is reducing cost to orbit, is psycho-political. "Death Rays From Space!!!!" Nevermind that if using Tesla inspired microwaves, they can't be the frequency used in ovens. Wouldn't penetrate the moisture in the air. So it's just harmless radio waves, and the antenna is just a big grid of wires, preferably up on, say, half to full typical telephone pole height. Just to make the wiring easier. ( less insulation than buried cables ) And you can use cattle or sheep range land, or Farm land ( taller poles to clear tractors ) with little ecological impact. Sure, a bunch of poles and the associated holes, but near zip blocking the sun. And you can set them up under wind farms, or more likely dead wind farms. They should have the power lines even if the wind generators are short-lived and uneconomical. But... It's Power to the People. Thus not desired by the Watermelon Cult, and they will sue and seek injunctions, and launch a full press media wave of panic propaganda. Death rays! Mutant Cows! Mind Control!!!! And possibly the worst long term effect the Climate Cult has wrought is tearing down any trust in "experts". ( then came the CCP biowar... ) So even if it turned out that orbital solar, or ear buds, caused brain damage, no one except the ignorant useful idiots would believe it. Many, come to think of it, habitually wear ear buds. Hmmm. | ||
| Ducbsa |
Speaking of dead wind farms, I drove by this windmill boneyard in July, when there was more junk blades, etc.:  | ||
| Aesquire |
There's a small pile of cut up dead blades just outside of Bath NY. Guessing 5+ acres 30 feet tall this summer. That's from local active arrays. Iirc, it was South Dakota that ran out of room to pile the nigh eternal blades at a huge land fill, & had to refuse to take more. If you think of the blades as hundred foot long Corvette bodies, you can form a mental picture of the decomposition process. UV crumbles the resin, where the protective coating/paint is gone, ( like the cut lines where they are sawn into semi tractor lengths for moving ) and the glass fibers fray into the air, blown away on the wind. Bake, blow, repeat. There will still be piles by the next warm trend after the upcoming mini ice age. ( in this bigger cycle ) Personally I think they are best shipped to form a barrier around D.C. a new Glass Curtain. Just to remind the Elite of their policy triumphs, as they fly over them on their way back to their country mansions. I wonder what the next civilization will think they were? In a utopian future, our land fills will be strip mined, the organics turned to chemical feed stocks and the metals reclaimed, leaving parks behind like the best coal mining does now. In a less appetizing future, the poor will dig the dumps out by hand and burn the rotting garbage to reclaim the metals like today in India, China, etc. Massive air pollution and toxic runoff into dead streams. I'll let you guess which scenario comes from which ideology/religion. | ||
| Ebutch |
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| Aesquire |
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/canad a_takes_giant_leap_towards_room_101_in_the_ministr y_of_love.html | ||
| Gregtonn |
"I'm all in for space solar." You've described your vision of the receiving grid. What does the orbiting transmission mechanism look like? Would the energy needed to launch it into orbit be more or less than it could generate over its operational life? As a side note, I can tell you from personal experience, connecting a grain wagon to a tractor while under power transmission lines can knock you on your ass. Think of tractor and wagon as the two plates of a giant capacitor in an electrical field (pun intended). G |
