The Green Room

[Mulezen]

From Siberia to US west, wildfires spewed record carbon emissions this year

Climate crisis fanned intense blazes that emitted 1.76bn tonnes of carbon globally in 2021, says EU’s monitoring service

www.theguardian.com

 

[Prairie Dog]

Here in Alberta there’s seems to be no shortage of sunlight even during the wintry season. The Travers Solar Project near Lamond, AB is a prime example of why this part of the Canadian sunbelt was chosen for its location and is refuted to be the largest solar field in the country. The double-sided panels are also able to capture the rays reflecting off the snow making them super efficient.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/travers-solar-project-vulcan-1.6233629

On a recent bike trip to Water Valley/Cremona, we also came across several area farms that have adopted solar arrays into their operations.

 

[PedalUma]

A 250 mile long trail of tornado damage is not normal.

 

[Gordon71]

A 250 mile long trail of tornado damage is not normal.

No but it may be the new normal.

 

[dodgeman]

4/21/67, Illinois. To say any given single event is not normal is hard to say.

 

[Gordon71]

4/21/67, Illinois. To say any given single event is not normal is hard to say.

That one was in April which is pretty much the middle of tornado season.

 

[DaveMatthews]

4/21/67, Illinois. To say any given single event is not normal is hard to say.

I think the point is that these abnormal events (including in my area) are increasing in frequency.

 

[Mulezen]

Tornado frequency on the East Coast has been on an upswing. More energy in the atmosphere
I post this article because I think it emphasizes the wide variety of uses of Hydrogen in the world today. We tend to focus on transportation yet that is only the most visible of the CO2 equation.
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-advanced-catalysts-hydrogen-production.html

 

[PedalUma]

That one was in April which is pretty much the middle of tornado season.

 

[BlackHand]

Violent tornadoes that travel hundreds of miles are certainly not normal by almost any definition.
Neither is winning the lottery, but I hear that still happens to people. I'm afraid by the time we can confidently attribute such tornadoes to climate change we'll be well and truly screwed.

 

[Mulezen]

The quote is from Washington Post
Fueled by record-setting warm temperatures, the disaster was unprecedented in many ways for the time of year and is raising questions about the possible role of human-caused climate change.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/11/tornado-path-mayfield-kentucky-deaths/

 

[Gordon71]

Violent tornadoes that travel hundreds of miles are certainly not normal by almost any definition.
Neither is winning the lottery, but I hear that still happens to people. I'm afraid by the time we can confidently attribute such tornadoes to climate change we'll be well and truly screwed.
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We may already be past the point of no return.

 

[john peck]

We may already be past the point of no return.

Tornados are natural ocurrences science can explain, but they also represents nature´s wrath.
That wrath is indiscriminate. We have yet to see it´s profound rage. I fear that.

 

[tomjasz]

We really should do this, seems so simple and straightforward!

My neighbor got solar from Tesla, and he said it sucks. We've got to get solar, but we have to replace the roof first, and before that, I have to find the ladder in the garage so I can check on the roofers while they're working, but first I have to fix the garage door, which means I have to find the 10W-40, which is in a cabinet under the sink, but my wife won't let me do that until I fix the water damage from the leaking drain pipe, which means going to the hardware store for a piece of plywood, but the neighborhood hardware store went out of business, and I don't go to big box stores. So until COVID is done, or the local economy recovers, I'll be spending a lot of money on electricity and throwing tarps over the computers and guitars in my home office when it rains.

I think we're running a micro-model for the collapse of civilization in our house!

Las Vegas, Clark County wouldn’t give me a permit for a solar hot water panel. Nucking futs!! 1990’s

 

[Handlebars]

Violent tornadoes that travel hundreds of miles are certainly not normal by almost any definition.
Neither is winning the lottery, but I hear that still happens to people. I'm afraid by the time we can confidently attribute such tornadoes to climate change we'll be well and truly screwed.
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Is it your understanding that the arrow pointing right indicates increasing understanding? It seems about understanding, right? So what do they mean by low understanding? And why should we not disregard terrifying opinions based on low understanding?

 

[Handlebars]

We may already be past the point of no return.

If not in this way, then in that way. It's known as a one-way trip however it unfolds;
"The sun will go red giant and consume the earth in 5 billion years"
"Oh, thank goodness! I thought it was 5 million!"

 

[kmccune]

Solar assisted hot water is THE low hanging fruit…short payback. It should be required in new homes.
I believe hot water uses 25-30% of household energy

Thats basically what another Chap told me, He had some PV and Solar collector, He said it felt like the collector would give you a payback. The water coming out of a green plastic hose laying in the sun will almost scald you in the summer( feels like it anyway) Taking that into consideration you really wouldn't have to be that "Anal" retentive about constructing a solar collector, think batch heater for instance or loops of "Pex" in the attic( with provisions for catching the condensate or "sweating" that will invariably happen.( ever heard of a "brine" pond?)

 

[kmccune]

Solar is next to useless here in the rain forest, so is wind. Mini-hydro is a possible, but wave or tide
generated might do for Puget Sound. Solar is ideal for the desert, with wind second. The shade
provided cools the soil & helps retain moisture. I´d like to see some solar along with the wind farms
on the plateaus above the Columbia Gorge. That, & more biodiversity instead of just wheat.

Yes, we are setting up for "famine-monocultures bad) of the 200 or so plants, grains or seed we can eat we selectively concentrate on about five, we had a road job near some cornfields and there was amaranth in there 6 ft tall,I thought they were growing it, turns out it was just a "weed" in the corn. Disappointed Me, used to have hope for a bright,shining future, these days not so sure.
Every time I gather up Moms , My Wifes, and next door Neighbors trash am appalled, everybody but Mom can generate 30 gals of trash a day average, I want to see paper bags reinforced with hemp fiber and People carrying their own reusable bags to Aldis, Kroger, etc. I am fairly good about recycling soft plastics( wrappers, bubble wrap, shopping bags, etc.A lot of times if it's just an item or two no bags for me. I am looking forward to that day when I no longer need to be changing oil.

 

[kmccune]

Last February we had 10 inches of snow covering our panels for the whole month. Total production ... 0 kwh for the month.
Over the whole year it averages out, but not much sunshine over here in midwinter.

Lake effect? One of my Friends told Me how dreary Erie could be( no pun intended.)

 

[kmccune]

I may look now at other choices since Musk is such an ass…and I hate what he’s doing to the night sky even though I exist on dialup

Be thankful He is not orbiting a "solar night light" like some Jackasses have suggested( I can't even stand the neighbors"Burglar assist" night light)