Climate in the 21st Century

[Nugnewbie]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/29/climate/trump-dismisses-climate-report-authors/index.html

 

[injinji]

They usually only hold power for a few hours, discharging those batteries to meet peak evening demand when people are home and using power but the sun is already setting.

I'm sure that is the case. I got my information from the charter boat captain (who is leasing the timberland beside me) who talked to the night watchman.

 

[injinji]

I don't think I've mentioned my new earth friendly religion here. I use Crown Prince Tutmose, the real dude behind the Moses character as my deity. Anyway, Neil is both a Prophet and a Saint according to Tutmosian dogma. He's been spreading the gospel for almost 50 years now.

 

[ttystikk]

I'm sure that is the case. I got my information from the charter boat captain (who is leasing the timberland beside me) who talked to the night watchman.

This kind of generation facility is rapidly becoming cheaper than all other options.

 

[Nugnewbie]

Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions

The Justice Department is suing four states over climate action. The office argued in filings Wednesday that a lawsuit out of Hawaii and pending litigation from Michigan against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change would infringe on the federal government’s authority.

apnews.com

 

[laddyd]

I wish there was some practically unlimited source of power that was free to use all day every day and couldn't be monopolized...

 

[Nugnewbie]

Meanwhile in Alberta, Canada...., because renewable sources of energy don't carry near the capital expenditure, or profit margins. Wind projects have been shelved according to a local that runs a fleet of pilot trucks who had been servicing the transport of blades and related hardware. If I remember what he said correctly, for the next 5 years. I have no credible news source to back this up, but it jives with the ideology of this provincial government under the Premier Danielle Smith. I will investigate further...

 

[ttystikk]

I wish there was some practically unlimited source of power that was free to use all day every day and couldn't be monopolized...

It cannot be consolidated and monopolized by a few to overcharge the rest of us, so it must be banned!

 

[ttystikk]

Meanwhile in Alberta, Canada...., because renewable sources of energy don't carry near the capital expenditure, or profit margins. Wind projects have been shelved according to a local that runs a fleet of pilot trucks who had been servicing the transport of blades and related hardware. If I remember what he said correctly, for the next 5 years. I have no credible news source to back this up, but it jives with the ideology of this provincial government under the Premier Danielle Smith. I will investigate further...

I was born in Alberta and left very shortly thereafter, and I am yet to return even for a short visit.

I hope they don't screw the place up irrevocably before I get the chance.