7,827 PEOPLE DIED TODAY. Men, women, children, and all religions alike. It was avoidable, it was unnecessary, and the same thing will happen again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, and every single day that we chose to do nothing about Anthropogenic Climate Change
I’ll explain. Let’s just pretend that we have 35 years to do something about climate change, after which it is too late. Let’s also pretend that if we do nothing before that 35 year mark, that 100 million people will die (famine, disease, extreme weather…). That means that we have 12,775 days (365 * 35) left to save 100 million people from an unnecessary death. 100,000,000 people / 12,775 days = 7,827 people / day.
This is just a way to make the intangible feel tangible. There is no precise and scientifically agreed upon deadline, a deadline before which we can still chose to either do “something” or “nothing”, after which it is too late. There are a series of milestones that will be crossed, and most of them only visible in hindsight. There are infinite “somethings” that can be done, and no indisputable delineation between what is the “right” something or the “wrong” something. It is a game of nuance. A game where words such as “assuming”, “might”, and “if” are used a lot. But the end results are definite and dire, that much is known. So to avoid getting lost in the endless mire of debating numbers, I gave it a number.
What really eats at me personally, is how almost without mention we are indiscriminately committing hundreds of millions, if not billions to death and suffering, and they are us, and our children, and it is all completely unnecessary, and the mainstream media and government don’t seem to pay it but the occasional meaningless lip service compared to the immediacy and scope of the problem.
What if they had names? Maybe if we were to arbitrarily chose 100 million people and their unborn children, and every ten minutes another 54 would be listed. Undoubtedly a morbid and interesting ploy, but unlikely to change the course of history. It would be pretty interesting to send that list out to various groups though; news organizations, political organizations. I would love to see that email sent directly to the desks of top fossil fuel executives and the investors who support their companies.
What can be done? Something. Do something. Say something. The silence is deafening. Every day that nothing is done, the problem grows.
I’ll say something; Go fly a kite Rupert Murdoch, I’ll take the truth and spread it. Screw you Exxon, I’ll take your carbon and put it back in the Earth. I am a warrior in a battle to save the Holocene, the best darn climate humanity has ever known.
But somehow, for some reason, this sort of conversation is socially taboo. We don’t talk about it much, lest we be labeled a Debbie downer, or get stuck in endless debates of “if’s” and “maybe’s”. Or perhaps we need new ways to talk about it? I guess in time… but it couldn’t be sooner, because while I have sat here at my desk frustrated, angry, writing, another 326 people died.
This has been a guest post by biocharista Josiah Hunt. We invite others to send us their blogable thoughts for possible publication on The Great Change.
makati1 on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:12 am
Interesting article. “What can be done? Something. Do something. Say something. The silence is deafening. Every day that nothing is done, the problem grows.”
Points to this article…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-18/making-unthinkable-new-reality-hogs-slaughter
“America is a third world country, it’s just not ready to accept that reality yet. Politically it is thoroughly corrupted, economically it is too deeply indebted to ever extricate itself, morally it is without direction, rudderless in dangerous seas and heading for the rocks.”
Let the denials begin…
forbin on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:27 am
“That means that we have 12,775 days (365 * 35) left to save 100 million people from an unnecessary death”
more will die when the oil wars start
Forbin
eugene on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:32 am
When the oil wars start? What the hell do you think we’ve been fighting?
baha on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 9:11 am
Let’s just say…7 billion dead in the next 100 years and work backward from that.
joe on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 9:42 am
Daily there are changes that will impact all of us. A.I and v.r. combined are about to put 100mln people out of work. Imagine being able to speak to a financial adviser 24/7 and paying a couple of bucks for the privledge. That alone should tell you how things will change. Truck drivers will just be guys with their fingers on the emergency stop button, untill we trust self driving, tjen theyll be gone, thats 7 million jobs there. As we move forward were not going to need mass transit the way we do now. Trucks without drivers, dont have to look like trucks, planes without pilots dont have to look like planes, farm equipment without farm hands dont need to be what we think.
The real issue of the next 30 years is getting one clear message into the heads of the masses of humans. They are not needed. So its the social safety net for most people in the West. The economics changes massively when services sector jobs automate. Without jobs, workers cant work to get mortgages so rent will take over and of course bread and circuses will be needed more than ever. Interesting times ahead. If i was planning my kids future now, I would tell them to choose. They can be either a morlok or an eloi.
makati1 on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 9:58 am
joe, you read too much techie propaganda. If you did the math, you would know that all of those things are impossible. Not going to happen. If there are any humans 30 years from now, they will be living a 17th century life, if they are lucky. If you don’t know what that means, do some research.
I remember the same bullshit 50 years ago when everyone was to be living like the Jetsons. Look at where we really are. Living like The Simpsons and soon to be living like the Flintstones.
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:25 am
Meanwhile back at the ranch.
In February, Current announced its first major deal, with JPMorgan Chase, to install LED lighting at 5,000 of the company’s bank branches across the U.S. It is a deal that GE called the world’s largest single-order LED installation, one that would cut the facilities’ lighting-related energy use in half.
“We’ll have some other customer announcements in the next 60 days,” Sylvester said in an interview.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2016/06/19/ge-startup-injects-life-efficient-energy-efforts/85997086/
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:31 am
The solar panels will be atop 14-foot beams, essentially creating carports for employees and allowing for plow trucks to drive underneath during the winter months. There will be six rows of panels above the parking spaces at the facility.
The panels will help to power the 31 Industrial Drive facility, and net electric costs are expected to be cut by 10 percent a month.
On average, company officials estimate they pay around $300,000 a month for electricity, according to Lavoie. – See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/GE-Aviation-to-build-new-solar-panel-car-ports-in-parking-lot#sthash.jXj6OE7y.dpuf
penury on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:37 am
The reality says “too little, too late” tech cannot save the population of the world. It may allow a few hundred thousand people to exist for a longer period of time, but without all of the tech and chenistry we are all goig away maybe not this year it may taje as long as the fall of the Romans but we will be going away. Enjoy today, its the best it will ever be again.
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:44 am
greggiet,
About four years ago, Mexico was importing roughly 1 Bcf/d of U.S. natural gas. That number is up to about 3 Bcf/d now, Seale said. Imports are expected to climb further as Mexico’s domestic gas production is expected to remain in decline until the country can ramp up its own shale gas production, which is years down the road.
According to Genscape Inc., between January 2017 and April 2020 about 6.7 Bcf/d of expansions in pipeline capacity from the United States to Mexico are slated to come online.
http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/106793-more-natgas-pipeline-access-price-transparency-bound-for-mexico
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:48 am
American wind power celebrates Global Wind Day with two-thirds-off sale
The U.S. wind energy industry celebrated the 10th annual Global Wind Day Wednesday by highlighting a 66% drop in the cost of wind-generated electricity in just six years.
“From the corn fields of Iowa to the windswept plains of Texas, by improving our technology and lowering wind power’s costs we’re saving you money,” said Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
He added: “With costs 66% cheaper than they were six years ago, wind power is on sale in the U.S. It’s a credit to American ingenuity and manufacturing. We’re celebrating Global Wind Day by sharing this good news far and wide.”
http://www.windpowerengineering.com/featured/business-news-projects/american-wind-power-celebrates-global-wind-day-two-thirds-off-sale/
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:59 am
Boat, thanks fer sharing that industry advertising. Nothing could be more unbiased and trustworthy. In fact, industry advertising is the very best information source for investing advice. Sign me up today!
shortonoil on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 11:04 am
“Let’s just pretend that we have 35 years to do something about climate change, after which it is too late. “
The unfortunate part is that we have about 13 years before we hit the end of the oil age. After that if you want to get that CO2 out of the atmosphere you will have to figure out how to do it with an ox cart, and a crowbar.
But, hope springs eternal – there is always that magic wand that the Fairy God Mother gave to humanity!
Let us hope that they are entirely wrong about the impact of CO2; otherwise our goose is cooked permanently.
http://www.thehillsgroup.org/
yoshua on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 11:39 am
Nature released 770 billion tonnes co2 into the atmosphere last year and then sucked it back.
Humans released 35 billion tonnes co2 into the atmosphere last year.
The co2 level in the atmosphere is today 400 ppm or 0,04 percent.
Without oil there wouldn’t be 7,3 billion humans on this planet today and we wouldn’t have to worry about peak oil or global warming… or anything at all.
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 11:43 am
One of the most deadly things about the consequences of all the changes we have caused/triggered is the rate of change. Speed kills. The vast majority of species, species we depend on, cannot survive the speed of these changes. We can find no evidence when conditions have changed as much and as fast as they are now. After the asteroid that finished off the dinosaurs hit it took about 30,000 years till they were gone and the Deccan volcanic traps in India were spewing as well and very recent research suggests the dinosaurs were already dying off before the hit.
The dinosaurs were already doomed long before the meteorite hit, scientists find
“Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead.”
http://www.sciencealert.com/the-dinosaurs-were-already-doomed-long-before-the-asteroid-hit
The humans have caused fast changes that are unequaled.
Current pace of environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/january/pace-environment-change.html
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 12:17 pm
shortonoil on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 11:04 am
“Let’s just pretend that we have 35 years to do something about climate change, after which it is too late. “
The unfortunate part is that we have about 13 years before we hit the end of the oil age. After that if you want to get that CO2 out of the atmosphere you will have to figure out how to do it with an ox cart, and a crowbar.”
Just a short (pun intended) 6 1/2 months ago brother short preaches the end of oil in 3 years when oil around the world would be covered in dust. The world as we know it would have ended.
He also claimed no recovery from $30 oil. Later as the price of oil was recovering he changed his mind and said the price was recovering to the price point on a 2013 homemade chart.
So short, why don’t you show that chart and then your apparently new one that added 10 years to the end of oil.
Boat on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 12:26 pm
Statoil makes two more oil finds offshore Newfoundland
STAVANGER, Norway – Statoil discovered two oil fields during its latest exploration campaign in the Flemish Pass basin offshore Newfoundland.
The semisubmersible West Hercules drilled nine wells over a 19-month period over an area around 500 km (310 mi) east of St. John’s.
Three were appraisal wells on the 2013 deepwater Bay du Nord discovery. Four more were on relatively nearby, but previously untested structures, while the other two were drilled in areas farther out.
Both the new oil finds, on the Bay de Verde and Baccalieu prospects, were in the Bay du Nord area, strengthening the resource base for a potential development.
The wells in this area have reduced lingering reservoir uncertainties and confirmed that volumes are within the originally assessed range of 300-600 MMbbl recoverable oil, but possibly toward the lower end.
Erling Vågnes, senior vice president Statoil Exploration, Northern Hemisphere, said: “Based on the improved understanding of the Flemish Pass basin petroleum system, we are maturing further prospects that may add volumes to Bay du Nord.
“The Flemish Pass basin offshore Newfoundland is a frontier area, where only 17 wells have been drilled in the entire basin – in an area that is 30,000 sq km [11,583 sq mi],” he added.
Drilling started in November 2014 and was extended by one month to incorporate the well on Baccalieu in license awarded by the C-NLOPB under the 2015 land sale. Statoil was able to progress from access to the acreage to well-completion in four months.
Paul Fulton, president, Statoil Canada, said: “Work is under way to evaluate the results related to proceeding with a potential Statoil-operated development in the Flemish Pass basin.”
06/10/2016
Newfoundland is a frontier area, where only 17 wells have been drilled in the entire basin – in an area that is 30,000 sq km [11,583 sq mi],” he added.
30,000 sq km left to check out. Hmmmmmmm
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 1:08 pm
BURN, BURN
Climate change or not, power-starved India just can’t help burning more coal
http://qz.com/707432/climate-change-or-not-power-starved-india-just-cant-help-burning-more-coal/
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 3:45 pm
Nothing to See Here, Get Back to Work
“Humans, in their self-proclaimed greatness are intrinsically flawed. Humans are no longer a successful species but rather a component in a wildly successful cancer. Seven-billion RNA packed into cells turning out product and tool to be used against the ecosystem and each other at the fastest rate possible. The most successful species on Earth? Not so. No longer a species like the others, but rather an RNA in a rapidly expanding technological cancer. Humans and their technological civilizations, like cellular cancers, are eating the body which hosts their existence.”
http://megacancer.com/2016/06/15/nothing-to-see-here-get-back-to-work/
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 4:19 pm
May CO2
May 2016: 407.70 ppm
May 2015: 403.94 ppm
Daily CO2
June 18, 2016: 406.92 ppm
June 18, 2015: 401.69 ppm
https://www.co2.earth/
https://www.aip.org/history/climate/co2.htm
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 4:25 pm
Record heat sparks warnings, boosts fires in western United States
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildfires-idUSKCN0Z50MW
energy investor on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 5:52 pm
Who is interested in the scenario of 100 million people over 35 years, as it will not be noticeable in a world where the population increases at 80 million per year?
Who is stupid enough to think they can stop the ocean levels rising during an interglacial period? Where is our modern day King Canute?
Who is foolish enough to believe the world can go “cold turkey” on fossil fuels?
Oh, I am sorry, the answer to these questions is quite obvious….it is the 200,000 scientists who rely on these theories for their funding sources.
Now if they really wanted to do something constructive, one thing they could do is to ensure that only people who can support their children have babies…then the population would fall naturally and the standards of living would automatically rise.
What heresy!
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 6:29 pm
energy investor, you are still one of the dumbest cocksuckers around. Still clinging to the ole “grant money” scam from 20 years ago I see. Can’t you even current with the ever shifting denier excuses? Most deniers have moved onto – ok “it’s happening, but it’s not us”, a few years ago. Try and keep up retard.
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 6:38 pm
energy investor, yet another record broken (daily now somewhere). Hey, I know! Let’s say the thermometer makers are part of the global warming conspiracy too….probably getting a cut of that “grant money” – evil commie, socialist, tree hugging, evolution believing, transgender bathroom loving basterds.
At 118, Phoenix heat breaks record for June 19
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/At-117-Phoenix-heat-breaks-record-for-June-19-383563611.html
makati1 on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 6:47 pm
Ap, I hope your reply to energy investor is satire. Many, if not most, of the so called “studies” ARE government or corporate funded either directly or indirectly and the writers are writing for a paycheck. (Ditto for the daily ‘news’.)
Many college sourced articles ARE supported by grants from either corporations and/or governments. They are bought like any other commodity. Honesty is no longer a part of American life. Integrity is a lost word. The paycheck is king.
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:20 pm
Mak the only corporate climate studies I know of are the ones the big oil companies in house scientists did that they buried until recently.
Maybe, like I did, you should educate yourself on scientific basics and then read the studies yourself. That way you can judge each one based on it’s evidence instead of the ridiculous claim that every study is wrong by default because of the funding source. Who would you expect to fund scientific studies the Martians? Most science has been institutional for about a century now.
Also, a good indicator of solid science is the accuracy of the predictions. Except for the dates, they have been fairly accurate. Underestimated if anything, but it doesn’t matter since the humans are incapable of controlling themselves.
Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago
A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
“But as it turns out, Exxon didn’t just understand the science, the company actively engaged with it. In the 1970s and 1980s it employed top scientists to look into the issue and launched its own ambitious research program that empirically sampled carbon dioxide and built rigorous climate models. Exxon even spent more than $1 million on a tanker project that would tackle how much CO2 is absorbed by the oceans. It was one of the biggest scientific questions of the time, meaning that Exxon was truly conducting unprecedented research.”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/
Exxon: The Road Not Taken
Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago
Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse effect, then led efforts to block solutions.
http://insideclimatenews.org/content/Exxon-The-Road-Not-Taken
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:34 pm
Heatwave kills two as ‘life threatening’ temperatures smother the southwest breaking records, sparking wildfires in Arizona with fears it could ground flights in Phoenix as the mercury pushes 120 degrees Fahrenheit
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3649249/No-cool-summer-southwest-Temperatures-Arizona-climb-record-breaking-triple-digits-threaten-shut-Phoenix-wildfires-burn-three-states.html
Apneaman on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 8:38 pm
How global warming may push the Southwest heatwave past an extremely rare threshold
Top 5 hottest temperatures in Phoenix
122 on June 26, 1990
121 on July 28, 1995
120 on June 25, 1990
119 on June 29, 2013
118 on several days
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/06/17/how-global-warming-may-push-the-southwest-heatwave-past-an-extremely-rare-threshold/?postshare=521466300696105&tid=ss_tw
The top 5 all within the last 25 years. Lots of that going around.
Kevin on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 9:02 pm
Wow. We know the outcome of climate change… and how do we know the outcome of climate change? The people who write these articles are so pompous, it’s not even funny. They make up these straw men arguments like… let’s say we have 35 years to do something about climate change and then after that, it’s too late… they’ve been telling us it’s too late for the past 30 years. It’s not too late and we don’t know the outcome. What we do know is that our species has performed better in warmer times in the past. What we do know is the before the Antarctic was under a miles of ice, there were animals and plants living there that flourished beyond anything we have observed in this present cold period. If you dispense with the assumption that human activity is bad… just because you say so… and look at outcomes objectively, more CO2 isn’t catastrophic. Warmer isn’t apocalyptic. Lose the closed minded attitude and we can have a conversation about climate change… after all, climate has been changing since the world began.
Sissyfuss on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 9:05 pm
It is the best of times, it is also the worst of times depending on your location. But if you think that Gaia, the living Earth is going to allow another 2 billion homo destructus to settle upon her loving sphere, you haven’t been following the trends. Everyday there is less for more and the only answer is that there be less of us. Watch carefully and don’t believe those that would lead you to a future of consumption and waste for this is the only home you will find in this universe, the only one.
makati1 on Sun, 19th Jun 2016 10:31 pm
Ap, I am well versed in the sciences and see the bullshit in many of the articles. 90% of them are selling some government or corporate idea, not reality. I always check their funding for the spin factor. Colleges are big business today, not just education channels. More so than any time in the past.
Climate change is real as is global warming. I don’t question that. But the idea that they almost always have a fairy tale ending “If only…” is a lie to those reading the articles/studies. What happened to facing reality? Is it a dead concept for Americans?
“Reality is a bitch and then you die” – Its a song from the Bertolt Brecht play Threepenny Opera, a play from 1928
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 1:42 am
“What we do know is that our species has performed better in warmer times in the past.”
?????? Links links lets see the links for all your assertions. Where are you getting this?
JuanP on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 7:43 am
Boat, You claim that Short “… also claimed no recovery from $30 oil.” Could you please provide some evidence of that? I have been reading Short’s comments for years and I am quite certain he never claimed anything like that because I would have disagreed with that and questioned him about it which didn’t happen, but maybe I missed it. LOL! You are completely full of shit, Boat! You are just like the manure bags I buy to use as fertilizer.
JuanP on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 7:52 am
“This has been a guest post by biocharista Josiah Hunt.” LOL! This is the first time I read the word “biocharista” and it made me laugh. Cool new word and occupation. I use biochar as a soil amendment in my raised beds and I think it is great. I think Biochar would be an important part of fighting CC in a better world. It is nice to hear someone call himself a biocharista. I have met people who make biochar for a living but this is the first time I see that word used.
JuanP on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 8:02 am
Sissyfuss “But if you think that Gaia, the living Earth is going to allow another 2 billion homo destructus to settle upon her loving sphere, you haven’t been following the trends.” I have been following the trends all my life and I don’t think that the population growing by another 2 billion is impossible. The trend is that the human population increased by around 80 million people last year alone and that number has been growing in the past few years after having stabilized for a while. The trend before that was also more growth. Many people underestimate people’s capacity to survive and breed at unsustainable levels which I find hard to understand in a world with more than 7.3 billion people and a population that grows by 80 million a year.
There is a lot of fat in the system and I fear that population growth may last longer than you think or I wish.
Sissyfuss on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 8:52 am
JuanP, the exact number we cram on the blue dot is superfluous. The 6th mass extinction is gaining speed and the need to double our food production in an unstable, deteriorating climate that is releasing organic GHGs along with the anthro crap guarantees that our numbers will crash before we are ready to counter it.
GregT on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 9:26 am
@Boat,
Do you see any previous comments from me on this article?
“About four years ago, Mexico was importing roughly 1 Bcf/d of U.S. natural gas. That number is up to about 3 Bcf/d now, Seale said.”
The US is still a net importer of natural gas, not a net exporter. Get your head out of your ass.
https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/importsexports/annual/
Boat on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 9:58 am
greggiet,
Never said the US was not a net importer. I just pointed out we would soon be a net exporter. Reversing nat gas pipelines to Canada and building new pipelines to Canada and Mexico is just reality. You love to distort comments and make an issue out of nothing. Why? Your a weird one.
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 10:33 am
4 Dead in Arizona as Southwest Endures Record-Breaking Heat
“Temperature records were shattered Sunday in dozens of cities in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California.
Yuma, Arizona, hit 120 degrees; Phoenix, Arizona hit 118 degrees; Palm Springs, California, reached 118 degrees; and Burbank, California, reached 109 degrees.
Previous records were hit in Albuquerque, New Mexico (103 degrees) and North Las Vegas, Nevada, (109 degrees).”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-heat-intensifies-southwest-states-millions-heat-warning/story?id=39983503
GregT on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 11:12 am
“I just pointed out we would soon be a net exporter.”
“We”? Since when were you involved in the production or distribution of natural gas Boat?
“Would soon be”? Even if true at some point in the future, you act like this would be a good thing. It isn’t. Natural gas is a fossil fuel, and is contributing to the accumulation of CO2 into the environment.
Like I said above Boat, get your head out of your ass.
Davy on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 12:38 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/06/19/strawberry-moon-coincides-with-summer-solstice-for-first-time-si/
Don on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 1:34 pm
I defy anyone to produce a death certificate that says “Death due to Anthropogenic Climate Chnage”.
It doesnt exist.
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 2:52 pm
Don, the death has to occur before they hand out the certificate. You didn’t know that eh? The upcoming one for the humans will have multiple causes on it – stupidity, represented by a picture of you, will top the list.
Humans could be among the victims of sixth ‘mass extinction’, scientists warn
“And the study, which was published in the journal Science Advances on Friday and described by its authors as “conservative”, said humans were likely to be among the species lost.
“If it is allowed to continue, life would take many millions of years to recover and our species itself would likely disappear early on,” lead author Gerardo Ceballos of the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico said”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-20/sixth-mass-extinction-impact-humans-study-says/6560700
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 3:00 pm
The records are mighty – now watch the mighty fall.
More record-breaking heat forecast for Durango
“The first day of summer is poised to be a scorcher in Durango, with a second day of record-breaking heat forecast for the area.
Monday’s high is forecast to be 94 degrees, two degrees hotter than the record set on this day in 2007 at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, said Andrew Lyons, intern meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
By comparison, the average for the day is 83 degrees.
If the Durango area does break a record, it will be the second in a row.
The Durango area broke the record Sunday by one degree when the temperature hit 94 degrees at the airport, Lyons said. The previous record of 93 degrees was recorded in 2006.”
http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20160620/NEWS01/160629988/-1/taxonomy/More-record-breaking-heat-forecast-for-Durango
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 3:03 pm
Fires Break Out in San Gabriel Mountains
“Firefighters were battling two brush fires burning in the Angeles National Forest on Monday amid a record-setting heat wave, fire officials said.”
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Brush-Fire-Burning-Hillsides-Off-Highway-39-Above-Azusa–383670151.html
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 3:07 pm
Another Ridiculous Ridge — Western Wildfires Grow as US Heatwave Casualties Mount
“In Borrego Springs, CA at 10 AM this morning, the temperature was a scorching 116 degrees F. Temperatures today are expected to hit 122 degrees F for this California location — which would tie the all-time high for any date there. But it’s just a microcosm of the record-shattering heat that is now settling in over the US West. Heat that looks like it will remain in place for days and possibly weeks. Heat that is now resulting in tragic instances of loss of life even as it is sparking numerous massive widlfires, melting snowpacks, worsening droughts, and otherwise sparking conditions that are related to a human-forced heating of the globe.”
“In Los Angeles 2,000 firefighters and 23 aircraft were engaged with the Sherpa Fire raging through the Santa Barbara region. By late Sunday, nearly 8,000 acres had burned (12 square miles), a section of a water treatment plant was consumed, and the fire was 54 percent contained. However, 55 mph winds overnight and temperatures rising to or near triple digit heat today were expected to give those fighting the blaze a grueling challenge.
Near Albuquerque, the Dog Head fire had consumed fully 18,000 acres and was only 9 percent contained by late Sunday evening. The swift moving and raging fire had damaged or consumed 45 structures by that time as 1,000 firefighters fought to contain it. Continued extreme heat in the region through at least Tuesday is expected to make fighting the blaze a very difficult prospect over the next two days.”
https://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/20/another-ridiculous-ridge-western-wildfires-grow-as-us-heatwave-casualties-mount/
Apneaman on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 5:27 pm
Only the first day of summer and they’re already sweating over the grid going down.
Heat Wave prompts ‘Flex Alert’ urging Southern Californians to save power
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20160620/heat-wave-prompts-flex-alert-urging-southern-californians-to-save-power
California power grid braces for heat wave, blackout potential
“California’s power grid operators warned homes and business on Monday to conserve electricity as rising demand for air conditioning stoked by a record-setting heat wave across the U.S. Southwest tested the region’s generating capacity.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-california-heatwave-idUSKCN0Z62B8
Davy on Mon, 20th Jun 2016 5:32 pm
“This is What A Fossil Fuel Dystopia Looks Like — The Arctic Sea Ice is Breaking Up North of Greenland in June”
https://robertscribbler.com/
“The Arctic sea ice is breaking up to the north of Greenland during June. It’s the fossil fuel burning global dystopia phrase of the day. Another cognitive dissonance producing instance of something that would have never happened without the added heat kick provided by human-forced climate change. But now, with atmospheric CO2 topping out at near 408 ppm during May of this year, it appears that all sorts of weather weirdness is currently possible.”
Robert Spoley on Tue, 21st Jun 2016 12:10 pm
CO2 is a fossil fuel. Yes. And methane hydrates produce huge amounts of methane every day. It is not a fossil fuel. Forget the word “fuel” and just look at methane and where it comes from. Since nobody is using methane hydrates as a “fuel”, then it’s going straight into the atmosphere. Why not capture that, use it as a fuel and abandon fossil methane. Stop bitching and be constructive. Just not as much fun. WOW!
Kenz300 on Wed, 22nd Jun 2016 10:06 am
Big Coal Funded This Prominent Climate Change Denier, Docs Reveal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-spencer-peabody-energy_us_57601e12e4b053d43306535e
Britain Gets No Power From Coal for First Time Ever, UK EV Drivers Soon to Sell Electricity Back to Grid
http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/11/britain-no-coal/
Pope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches | World news | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/pope-francis-edict-climate-change-us-rightwing
Head Of The Episcopal Church Says It’s ‘Sinful’ To Ignore Climate Change
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/katherine-jefferts-schori-climate-change_n_6949532.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green