NBC news story on Hunter Biden

[Dr Exiled]

So, how would you respond to this temperature map that seems to show how temperatures were way hotter pre-humans and how the temperature fluctuates an incredible amount over time?

Thank you! I'll take your picture response as a positive vote for my comment. Thanks again! If it isn't a sign of agreement, perhaps answer how your narrative corresponds to the chart. It seems to me that it doesn't.

[canpakes]

Thank you! I'll take your picture response as a positive vote for my comment. Thanks again! If it isn't a sign of agreement, perhaps answer how your narrative corresponds to the chart. It seems to me that it doesn't.

Could you point out where, on your graph, humans have prospered as a species? Thanks.



https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 7X22009145

[ajax18]

I'd call that a fact, not just an opinion.

Judging from long experience reading your posts, I have very little confidence in what you regard as facts. You unquestioningly accept nearly every lie from Trump's mouth as fact, and you still seem to reject out of hand the hard and increasingly abundant evidence of the reality of potentially dangerous consequences of climate change that nearly 99% of the world's climate scientists agree is real. The few (and highest paid) climate scientists who argue against that are paid shills of the fossil fuels industry, who for obvious reasons promote continuing dependence on fossil fuels, while getting many millions of dollars in government subsidies despite being among the most prosperous industries in history.

I never said climate change wasn't happening. What I said is that your mandates and laws for dealing with it aren't global and they don't work. They cost us a lot of money and they accomplish nothing.

[Gunnar]

I never said climate change wasn't happening. What I said is that your mandates and laws for dealing with it aren't global and they don't work. They cost us a lot of money and they accomplish nothing.

Laws and mandates are not the only way to mitigate the problem, admittedly, but they can motivate people to take effective actions who otherwise would not. Are there any actions to address the problem that you would accept? We have to start somewhere. Are you suggesting that unless everyone in the world immediately chips in wholeheartedly to mitigate the dangers of climate change, we shouldn't even try to do anything about it at all? For example, should we ignore laws against littering and despoiling public parks and beaches because there will always be some people who will do it despite the law?

[ajax18]

Laws and mandates are not the only way to mitigate the problem, admittedly, but they can motivate people to take effective actions who otherwise would not. Are there any actions to address the problem that you would accept? We have to start somewhere. Are you suggesting that unless everyone in the world immediately chips in wholeheartedly to mitigate the dangers of climate change, we shouldn't even try to do anything about it at all? For example, should we ignore laws against littering and despoiling public parks and beaches because there will always be some people who will do it despite the law?

Would you say that you've made financial sacrifices in your life to combat climate change? How much have those sacrifices slowed climate change? Would you say it was all well worth it?

It's not worth it to the American people right now to pay $5/gallon for gasoline. That's why Biden ramped up oil production or unleashed the strategic political reserve after his initial war on fossil fuels he began when he took office. He realized that this kind of environmentalism is unpopular. So is control of population of human beings, which is the only real way you're going to stop anthropogenic climate change, and yet I'm not convinced that the earth's climate would not continue to change, even if you exterminated every last human being.

We'd agree that you can't tell China how much they must sacrifice to slow anthropogenic climate change. I don't think you should be able to dictate that to me either. Our city council chose to buy a $36 million biomass plant instead of a $2 million coal fire plant. The biomass plant now sits idle and rusting because it was too expensive and inefficient to even run it. Ultimately they still built that coal fire plant as well. That money isn't just paper. It's my labor and I claim the right to decide how to spend it. For me that's my choice, not the federal governments or even the city council.

[canpakes]

Our city council chose to buy a $36 million biomass plant instead of a $2 million coal fire plant. The biomass plant now sits idle and rusting because it was too expensive and inefficient to even run it. Ultimately they still built that coal fire plant as well. That money isn't just paper. It's my labor and I claim the right to decide how to spend it. For me that's my choice, not the federal governments or even the city council.

Biomass was promoted more for removing dependence for some markets on solely coal when it first came around but it was acknowledged to be no better than ’carbon neutral’, with some supposed environmental factors taking a back seat to its claimed favorable economics … which were dashed when fracking ended up driving a resurgence in cheap natural gas. In addition, biomass use brings its own set of problems that make it a troublesome option beyond just its cost and poor record. Your rejection of it finds you standing with some unexpected allies:

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/no-burning ... e-friendly

[¥akaSteelhead]

Meanwhile China is doubling their utilization of solar yearly, leads the world in green technology, leads the world in auto exports, leads the world in ev tech and sales, and will be 85% green energy for their power grids by 2040.

While we fiddle.

[Markk]

Meanwhile China is doubling their utilization of solar yearly, leads the world in green technology, leads the world in auto exports, leads the world in ev tech and sales, and will be 85% green energy for their power grids by 2040.

While we fiddle.

How much coal and nuclear is China producing and moving towards. I think we need to look at the whole picture.

Do you have solar? If so, do you like it?

[¥akaSteelhead]

A.I. Overview



China's power generation mix is shifting away from coal and towards solar and wind. In May 2024, China's coal-fired generation fell to a record low of 53%, while solar and wind power increased to 12% and 11%, respectively.
What's happening:
Solar and wind capacity has surpassed coal
In June 2024, China's combined solar and wind capacity surpassed coal for the first time.
China is reducing new coal projects
China is phasing out smaller coal plants and upgrading existing ones to reduce emissions.
China's emissions may have peaked in 2023
The increase in renewable generation led to a 3.6% drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector in May 2024.
Solar power is expected to surpass coal as China's primary energy source
Rystad Energy predicts that solar power will become China's primary source of electricity by 2026.
What does this mean?
China's rapid deployment of renewables is bending the coal consumption curve lower.
Emissions are likely to peak before the end of the decade in line with the government's announced target.
The real outcome for climate depends on how China manages its grid.

China has a cohesive energy policy. We don't. China is looking forward, we are looking backwards.

[Markk]

A.I. Overview



China's power generation mix is shifting away from coal and towards solar and wind. In May 2024, China's coal-fired generation fell to a record low of 53%, while solar and wind power increased to 12% and 11%, respectively.
What's happening:
Solar and wind capacity has surpassed coal
In June 2024, China's combined solar and wind capacity surpassed coal for the first time.
China is reducing new coal projects
China is phasing out smaller coal plants and upgrading existing ones to reduce emissions.
China's emissions may have peaked in 2023
The increase in renewable generation led to a 3.6% drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector in May 2024.
Solar power is expected to surpass coal as China's primary energy source
Rystad Energy predicts that solar power will become China's primary source of electricity by 2026.
What does this mean?
China's rapid deployment of renewables is bending the coal consumption curve lower.
Emissions are likely to peak before the end of the decade in line with the government's announced target.
The real outcome for climate depends on how China manages its grid.

China has a cohesive energy policy. We don't. China is looking forward, we are looking backwards.

Do you have solar?

How many coal plants has China produced in the past five years? What country emits the most greenhouse gases?