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Things are Starting to Heat Up - Part X 13

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

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Carbon change can be pricey...

"By putting a price on the cost of carbon, the Government of Canada aims to curtail greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but it comes with an increased risk for financial lenders and borrowers with high carbon emissions.

In a first-of-its-kind study, University of Waterloo researchers analyzed the effects of Canada's carbon price regime on the economy. The results indicate that as carbon costs rise, high-emitting carbon industries such as mining and energy are at the greatest risk of default, with total assets of $256 billion at risk of being lost and almost a quarter of the Canadian GDP exposed to climate risk."


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That could change...

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The CO2 levels seem to increase. The increased plant growth doesn't seem to be working so well. A huge carbon sink provided by the Amazon rainforest is diminishing.... dunno, I'm not so sure. [ponder]

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Tomfh -

Are Biofuels really trees? The biodiesels that I read about aren't trees, but plants and bushes.... maybe waste products from farming and such.
 
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Dik,

The story about Canada just shows that your country is a leader in destroying its own economy.
 
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I don't know hokie... the scary part is that it may be an issue all countries have to face in the not to distant future.

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Whoda thought they would underestimate things? What else are they underestimating?

"A critical federal analysis of extreme rainfall is vastly underestimating the chances of flood events, with grave implications for everything from new roads and bridges to the rising cost of flood insurance, according to a new analysis.

Intense rain events, like atmospheric rivers and torrential, training thunderstorms, are quickly making the idea of a “1-in-100-year flood event” obsolete, according to the report from First Street Foundation, a non-profit focused on weather risk research.

It found half the American population lives in a county where a 1-in-100-year flood is at least twice as likely now as it had been in the past, coming once every 50 years, on average, rather than 100.

The problem: The federal rainfall analysis, which is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is updated infrequently and has not kept up with the climate crisis, which is intensifying precipitation events."


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Maybe not this time...

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Maybe we're not doing so well...

"LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry's Statistical Review of World Energy report said on Monday.

Last year was marked by turmoil in the energy markets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which helped to boost gas and coal prices to record levels in Europe and Asia."


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Australia may be trying to emulate Texas... like so many things... we'll have to wait and find out.

"Australians should brace themselves for hot and dry conditions through the upcoming summer and late winter period as experts predict the high likelihood of an El Nino weather cycle returning this year.

With global ocean temperatures and fluctuations in wind circulation steadily on the rise, forecasts are that Australia will experience high heat and bare minimum rainfall, contrasting the wet conditions brought on by the last unusual years-long cycle of La Nina."


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Australia and Texas have historically had similar weather...
 
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Not sure why anyone should be surprised about El Nino and La Nina cycles. Australia's weather has little to do with Texas, but lots to do with California. When Australia is wet, California is dry, and vice versa. Doesn't always follow that simply, but over time, that's the way it works. The "never-seen-before" headline is BS.
 
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Some good news... but a little more is needed:

"Wind and solar power has generated more electricity than coal for the first time ever in the U.S, according to new federal data.

Wind and solar sources produced a combined 252 terawatt-hours in the first five months of 2023, compared with coal's output of 249 TWh, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) seen by E&E News has revealed. This marks the very first time that renewable energy has outperformed coal without including hydroelectric power in the count.

The milestone is a consequence of the continuing decline of coal usage in the U.S., as coal facilities shut down and are replaced by renewable energy and natural gas energy sources. At its peak in 2007, coal accounted for 49.9% of the U.S.'s energy production."


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They should keep an eye on the weather news from Texas to get an idea of what they might be in for...

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"You know what they say about the weather in Texas? If you don't like it wait a few minutes."

Apparently this is an adaptation of a quote in Field and Stream magazine circa 1909. Don't tell me they had extreme weather back then, too.
 
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Regarding an earlier comment about how forests were doing.

"An area of tropical forest the size of Switzerland was lost last year as tree losses surged, according to new research.

It means that a political pledge to end deforestation made at COP26 by world leaders is well off track.

Some 11 football pitches of forest were lost every minute in 2022, with Brazil dominating the destruction.

But a sharp reduction in forest loss in Indonesia shows that reversing this trend is achievable."


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And why are we losing so much forest? Does it have nothing to do with sustainable palm oil production?
 
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