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There’s a comment on number theory, statistical physics, supersymmetry and climate finance stuck in the filter at the tail end of S-47.
“The maximal number of supersymmetry generators possible is 32. Theories with more than 32 supersymmetry generators automatically have massless fields with spin greater than 2. It is not known how to make massless fields with spin greater than two interact, so the maximal number of supersymmetry generators considered is 32. This is due to the Weinberg–Witten theorem. This corresponds to an N = 8[…] supersymmetry theory.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry#General_supersymmetry
“In 2021, supersymmetric quantum mechanics was applied to option pricing and the analysis of markets in finance,[23] and to financial networks.[24]”
2021 The Physics of Financial Networks
Click to access 2103.05623.pdf
“Financial Networks are not only a playground for the use of basic tools of statistical physics […]”
“[…] various dynamics of financial contagion as well as applications in financial network inference […]”
“We believe that this analysis is particularly timely since financial stability as well as recent innovations in climate finance, once properly analysed and understood in terms of complex network theory, can play a pivotal role in the transformation of our society towards a more sustainable world.”
It is not known how to make massless fields with spin greater than two interact
Who writes this nonsense?
“*Any views expressed are solely those of the author(s) and so cannot be taken to represent those of the Bank of England or to state Bank of England policy.”
MAY 4, 2023
‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather
Describing the properties of space waves and the mechanisms that cause them to intensify is key to understanding and forecasting space weather, Kavosi noted, “Space weather events represent an increasing threat, yet in many cases, we don’t understand exactly what controls it. Any progress we can make in understanding the mechanisms behind space weather disturbances will improve our ability to provide forecasts and warnings.”
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-space-clues-weather.html
Green energy movement hijacked by the ‘eco-industrial complex’
May 6, 2023 | vermontdailychronicle.com ~~
“We must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war on Planet Earth. They are not our friends.” —Jeff Gibbs, filmmaker, Planet of the Humans
Jeff Gibbs drove all the way from his home in Michigan to share his documentary – Planet of the Humans – at the Essex Cinemas in Vermont last week. What began as a quest to save the planet and shed light on the widespread environmental damage happening at alarming rates, his film quickly evolved into an urgent plea and exposition of the dangers and deceptions within the “green” energy-related movement ever since it was hijacked by corporations and investors out to make a profit.
Gibbs refers to this situation as the ‘eco-industrial complex.’
Planet of the Humans chronicles the environmental movement and the controversial role of renewables. Vermont has a starring role.
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2023/05/07/green-energy-movement-hijacked-by-the-eco-industrial-complex/
“Space weather events represent an increasing threat”
I’m sure our politicians can dream up a new tax to save us!
7,000 Year-Old Preserved Road Found in Adriatic Sea Off Korcula
7 May 2023
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/travel/67124-7-000-year-old-road
A longer article about this…
https://www.sciencealert.com/road-built-7000-years-ago-found-at-the-bottom-of-the-mediterranean-sea
Paris agreement’s police force begins with rebuke to Vatican
Published on 11/05/2023
The Pope’s home state has not yet issued a climate plan, which is against the rules of the Paris Agreement it ratified last year
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/11/paris-agreements-police-force-begins-with-rebuke-to-vatican/
Tut-tut 😎
Out of this world control on Ice Age cycles
Date: May 15, 2023
Source: National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Summary:
A research team, composed of climatologists and an astronomer, have used an improved computer model to reproduce the cycle of ice ages (glacial periods) 1.6 to 1.2 million years ago. The results show that the glacial cycle was driven primarily by astronomical forces in quite a different way than it works in the modern age. These results will help us to better understand the past, present, and future of ice sheets and the Earth’s climate.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230515132024.htm
May 16, 2023
Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Directors Dismissed
On May 12, 2023, the UK High Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by ClientEarth against Shell’s Board of Directors, finding that ClientEarth failed to establish a prima facie case against the Board for its management of climate risks. The lawsuit asserted that the directors violated duties under the Companies Act, which creates a duty to promote the success of the company and to act with reasonable care, skill, and diligence. ClientEarth claimed that, among other things, Shell was required to adopt and implement an energy transition strategy consistent with the Paris Agreement in discharge of these obligations.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/climate-lawsuit-against-shell-directors-6141876/
You’ll have read it here first? coming our way sometime soon: Epizootic haemorrhagic disease: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/epizootic-haemorrhagic-disease#full-publication-update-history : The Jetstream , Euro wind direction, etc FLying insects and Midges from Europe: look out, or rather DON’T ! keep the stock in – in fly-free environment. https://www.agrarheute.com/tier/rind/symptome-blauzunge-neue-seuche-macht-rinderhaltern-sorgen-606948 Brexit to blame
Theft Of Heat Pumps Installed Outdoors Spreads In Germany, Insurances Refuse To Cover Loss
By P Gosselin on 14. May 2023
https://notrickszone.com/2023/05/14/theft-of-heat-pumps-installed-outdoors-spreads-in-germany-insurances-refuse-to-cover-loss/
and if you didn’t want Brexit: Die EU-Kommission plant, dass zahlreiche Waren unter einem Wert von 150 Euro zollpflichtig werden. ,,EU Komm plans that many Goods with a value under €150 will be due for Duty payable ……
https://www.lebensmittelzeitung.net/politik/nachrichten/eu-zollreform-onlineshopping-in-drittstaaten-koennte-teurer-werden-171335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news-politik&utm_term=&crefresh=1
‘Loud’ heat pumps could spark noise nuisance complaints
Another setback to switch from gas boilers as review examines fears over volume
20 May 2023 • 9:30pm
The Government has launched a review of heat pumps over fears they might be too noisy, it has emerged.
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Heat pumps, which are positioned outside a home, tend to emit a constant hum of between 40 and 60 decibels, about the same as a fridge or dishwasher.
Even though individually that is below the level usually considered annoying, there are fears that the cumulative impact of many heat pumps in a residential area could tip over into disturbance.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/20/head-pump-noise-disturbance-complaints/
A synchronized two-dimensional α − Ω model of the solar dynamo (2023)
M. Klevs1,2 · F. Stefani1 · L. Jouve3
We have further confirmed the prior results of Stefani, Giesecke and Weier
(2019) (Figure 10) and Charbonneau (2022) (Figure 10) that this type of synchronization requires a certain proximity of the tidal forcing’s period to half
the “natural” period of the undisturbed dynamo. The Sun, therefore, may just
be in the lucky situation of being orbited by a Jupiter with a period that fits
nicely to half the “natural” period of the undisturbed dynamo. It remains to
be seen whether some peculiar features of the solar dynamo, e.g its somewhat
unusual cycle period (Bohm-Vitense, 2007) and, in particular, “its comparatively
smooth, regular activity cycle” (Radick et al., 2018), could find an explanation
at this point.
Click to access 2301.05452.pdf
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See — https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2023/04/22/jupiter-earth-and-venus-tropical-alignments-point-to-the-mean-solar-cycle-length/
‘It’s new territory’: why is Betelgeuse glowing so brightly and behaving so strangely?
After the ‘great dimming’, the closest red giant star to Earth is pulsating twice as fast as usual and lighting up the southern hemisphere’s early evening sky
Fri 26 May 2023
The paper Dupree co-authored with other scientists from Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley, concludes that it will be five to 10 years before Betelgeuse returns to its normal 400-day cycles.
“Since the dimming, Betelgeuse’s light and radial velocity curves have been markedly different from its past,” the authors write.
“It’s new territory,” says Webb. “We haven’t seen this before.”
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While Betelgeuse is very unlikely to explode in our lifetimes, “we don’t know”.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/26/its-new-territory-why-is-betelgeuse-is-glowing-so-brightly-and-behaving-so-strangely
Calif. snow survey finds 241% of average. More from that warming causes excess snow then? https://www.farmprogress.com/conservation-and-sustainability/calif-snow-survey-finds-241-of-average?PK=UM_WFPTOP5&NL=UM_TOP5&utm_rid=CPG02000003393405&elq2=c1212ff00d964405b2268f04d9fa1794&sp_eh=246848a92c53a85456ba776c405922f1de36ce616297c6c2a37279b7e73a9cc9
Overview of the Spectral Coherence between Planetary Resonances and Solar and Climate Oscillations (2023)
by Nicola Scafetta and Antonio Bianchini
Abstract
The complex dynamics of solar activity appear to be characterized by a number of oscillations ranging from monthly to multimillennial timescales, the most well-known of which being the 11-year Schwabe sunspot cycle. Solar oscillations are important because they also characterize the oscillations observed in Earth’s climate and can thus be used to explain and forecast climate changes. Thus, it is important to investigate the physical origin of solar oscillations. There appear to be two possibilities: either the oscillations in solar activity are exclusively controlled by internal solar dynamo mechanisms, or the solar dynamo is partially synchronized to planetary frequencies by planetary forcings. The latter concept has recently gained support from a growing amount of evidence. In this work, we provide an overview of the many empirical facts that would support a planetary hypothesis of the variability of solar activity and emphasize their importance for climate research. We show that the frequencies produced by the complex interactions of all of the planets are coherent with the major solar activity and climate cycles, from monthly to multimillennial timescales, including the well-known Schwabe 11-year solar cycle. We provide some persuasive theoretical and empirical support for the planetary hypothesis of solar and climate variability. [bold added]
https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/4/77
This one fits in to a different Climate discussion – of Fear & Control and politics: How young is an Adult How old is a Juvenile: 25? Medic Graduates from wealthy families may have already had half a dozen Bairns, yet cannot do this or t hat unless with severe Age penalties, Woke culture and under 25 …. etc
BUT in my field, now ( for the REMOANERS ) according to https://www.agrarheute.com/land-leben/traktor-fuehrerschein-16-bald-verboten-607275 (J)/Yaddling on about Ag Machines being much slower than the traffic ( Jings here they go OVER their allowed speed limit of 40k AND it’s the slow cars holding up the general traffic + Cyclists is more a cause of grief ) However , it’s what happens there, soon happens here: we haven’t really left the EU yet, have we ? and so on. Crash tests are like Climate models, sain know More
Maybe AI , since it is being suggested as so clever and a threat to school and other EXAMS, should be used to solve, NAY, SORT out our Crises: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/poll-should-ai-development-be-paused
Yes
41.05% (172 votes)
It’s too late to do anything about it
32.46% (136 votes)
No
26.49% (111 votes)
After decades on €1B taxpayer funds, clever Fusion researchers transfered the duty to publish statefunded research to a private financed entity Proxima Fusion (€7M, just an apple and an egg). Perhaps now my search for the thermodynamic of their cooling system, for continous operation, will surely come up with blank answers.
NOAA predicts a near-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
El Nino, above-average Atlantic Ocean temperatures set the stage
May 25, 2023
NOAA is forecasting a range of 12 to 17 total named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher). Of those, 5 to 9 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 1 to 4 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA has a 70% confidence in these ranges.
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/2023-atlantic-hurricane-season-outlook
Apparently today is / was, by now, World Grower’s Day. Hmm that’s how much the UK media is concerned about our food security. China wants less Grain, Forecast yields are up so prices forecast to fall …. ? https://www.agrarwelt.com/markt/getreide-raps-und-duenger-preise-im-rueckwaertsgang.html
Proxima Fusion looks to take stellarators commercial
30 May 2023
Munich-based Proxima Fusion has secured €7m in pre-seed funding make stellarator fusion power plants a commercial reality.
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“Experimental progress from W7-X and recent advances in stellarator modelling have radically changed the picture,” said Francesco Sciortino, co-founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion.
“Stellarators can now remedy the key problems of tokamaks and truly scale up, radically improving the stability of the plasma and reaching high performance in steady state.”
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The Munich startup says it aims to deploy a new high-performance stellarator in the coming years and its first fusion power plant within the 2030s.
“Stellarators offer the most robust and clearest path to fusion energy,” said Plural’s co-founder Ian Hogarth.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/proxima-fusion-looks-to-take-stellarators-commercial
Wooden transistors, anybody? Muss I’ denn? will never be the same. https://www.techspot.com/news/98514-scientists-create-wood-transistor-runs-about-1hz.html
JUNE 1, 2023
Space solar power demonstrator wirelessly transmits power in space
by California Institute of Technology
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-space-solar-power-wirelessly-transmits.html
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Not going to be cheaper or as reliable as fuel burning power stations any time soon?
Hmm, next time you see me in the field, bending down at a large rut Puddle, I’ll be playing with my fingers to mimic that. Does that mean that on Earth, we can do away with all those PowerLines? how wonderful!
Wouldn’t like to be the birdie flying in the way… or does it have double yellow lines?
The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. How did it vanish without a trace?
May 29, 2023
On June 30, 1908, an asteroid flattened an estimated 80 million trees in Siberia over 830 square miles (2,150 square kilometers). Dubbed the Tunguska event, it is considered the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. Yet no one has ever found the asteroid fragments or an impact site.
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A paper published in 2020 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggested a large iron asteroid passed through Earth’s atmosphere, then curved away from Earth without breaking up. This, the team said, would explain why no trace of the asteroid has ever been found.
Another paper posted to arxiv last month put forward yet another hypothesis — that the asteroid broke apart and scattered across the landscape. While many fragments would have burnt up in the atmosphere, the team said smaller chunks could have survived and hit Earth over a “strewn field.”. This paper suggests rocks from the asteroid could be about 10 to 12 miles (16 to 19 km) northwest of the epicenter, “even if the mud and vegetation could have made any trace disappear.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/tunguska-event-biggest-asteroid-impact-150047293.html
Sunday evening after a pretty good day for plants – dissolved CO2 + H20 = global cooling….. uhuh.
HOWEVER! anyone thought of looking for Sprites and the other ones, anyone seen “Fireball” Lightning today or tonight ? Skies clearing after sunset and odd flashes being noticed above the horizon … Sleep well.
Och here’s something again that the daft Deutschens are up to: Carrying out Rhine water quality testing: of concern, at least, is the Micro Plastics. Fair enough _ I used to think that Particle filters in Engines was a no-go ( although I am still not impressed with the grief it causes, etc etc. )
However they refer to the Rhine being now like the Elbe maybe was – a Sewer. So! – if we can filter particulates in exhausts and “Catch ( ha-ha) CO2 in the atmosphere) why don’t “we” filter ALL our rivers and then go on to filter the SEAs – the OCEANS and remove the plastic! I’m not giving anyone some daft ideas: the politicians etc don’t subscribe to these articles, do they?
Meanwhile the very rare ( up here) thunder or thinder on the bbc ( “Storms” ) give us a little dissolved CO2 + H20 which is also washing the atmosphere: removing some more moondust ( Yellow this time ) Like the Aphid induced sticky sap from Sycamores, it is just another layer on the soil and vehicles to be removed .
Global warming: confrontation between the West and Russia
https://journalistenwatch-com.translate.goog/2023/06/15/globalen-erwaermung-konfrontation-zwischen-dem-westen-und-russland/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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The theory of the anthropogenic cause of global warming will soon be at the center of the confrontation between the West and Russia.
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The work of the Russian Academy of Sciences will be presented at the end of November/beginning of December at the COP-28 in Dubai.
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I didn’t know that my presence on Earth changed my Peception on it: problems with Sat Reception: simply standing beside the Dish resolved reception issues! Ah well – at least I can watch something again.
on 3Sat this morning: THREE Women seem to have got the message in a discussion https://www.3sat.de/gesellschaft/sternstunde-philosophie/wer-rettet-den-kapitalismus-vor-sich-selbst-100.html something about renewables / aka Green Energy costing x40 Hydrocarbon fuels…. and then some of us want to use that green energy to sook out the CO2 from the air… how ridiculous is that? – they got it. Does it take “3 women in a man’s world” to sort the problem? Maybe time for the Mothers on Earth to whack the Lugs of the Bairns and Hubbies to go out and get a job done properly?
Recent talk of / about record high temps: only in daylight hours – cause there’s also the record night-time LOWS which affect our Hobby Plants, be it the Maize ( which a local young farmer grew in the mid70’s opposite Inverness- and then no more -Global Cooling? ) and we struggle to grow but last year realised our best harvest, so I forgot about my Soil Temp Thermometer been stuck in a pot somewhere. Well it was used t’other day when it was sooooh hot. Huh, Hot dry ground 15C ONLY when air temp was 26-27C ( 80F on scale). ….So does anyone record UK Soil temps on a daily basis for PUBLIC Viewing and consumption? ‘drole-the weather girl, doesn’t tell us anything like that – just pretty pictures amongst much gesturing. So the fruit trees don’t like this weather – too cold and wet, not enough soil heat to grow out of/away from pathogenic ailments. No harvest we could starve…well, the vegans would. Thank providence for the Haggis roaming the Glens.
Regarding physics of the Universe: Find it interesting and thought provoking but beyond my Uni Maths Level Grade. However with the magic of the Looking Glass in the rabbit burrows: https://youtu.be/tcQVrD7RnNI?t=1316 Have we missed a trick on the design of the galaxies and what we should be looking for: Before and after( the big bang) ?
THe tragic events in the Atlantic: has ANYONE ever considered how much we rely upon OIL to get out there and attempt a rescue? and back on Terra Firma, has anyone else had difficulty in re-filling their battery from a larger battery from a larger battery from a larger battery from a larger battery from a larger battery from a larger battery etc until the Wind or Solar starts up again. Gridwatch shows little generation this now – past few “days”, Germany has had sever storms , past few days: getting to locally hurricane force winds + extreme rainfall, and of course Lightning. a grand mix for reliability. Meanwhile Diesel and Kero is rising in price again, World Markets for Grains Jittery on the UP. … just pointing it out for the record, and all we get is that Brexit and Ukraine causes our inflation.
European Commission Report on Geoengineering Governance
June 20, 2023
The conclusion of the paper suggests the need for governance of the deployment of geoengineering, instead of addressing the need to prohibit geoengineering in order to protect all biological life on Earth.
https://zerogeoengineering.com/2023/european-commission-report-on-geoengineering-governance/
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The blind leading the blind 🙄
NextGenerationEU
The future will be driven by technology. So we’re making the next 10 years Europe’s digital decade! With NextGenerationEU:
. . .
artificial intelligence will help us to fight climate change
https://next-generation-eu.europa.eu/index_en
Sure 🤪
Climate, Agricuture,Brexit, Scammers, Forgotten already what the 5th “C” was – overload of Info this morning since 5am. bbc world service news about the 4-C’s Climate Covid Costofliving & summatelse ( O I – CO2!!- how could I forget ) then later the 5th C….. huh, go german news ZDF Info Food sourcing trademarks etc Peppers, MOZERELLA ….Oh my! RIp offs ( Oh it just got better – Agro MAfia – incl Milk powder from abroad https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/lebensmittel-auf-dem-pruefstand–mozzarella-kuehe-bueffel-und-mafiosi-100.html )
but then fell over this https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2014/02/19/German-sugar-companies-fined-280m-for-price-fixing SUGAR. €280m for price fixing; If the EU regulators can do this, what has gone wrong in UK with energy prices, and other prices. Just blame it on the many C’s, eh?
We’ve pumped so much groundwater that we’ve nudged Earth’s spin
The shifting of mass and consequent sea level rise due to groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander nearly a meter in two decades
Date: June 15, 2023
Source: American Geophysical Union
Summary:
By pumping water out of the ground and moving it elsewhere, humans have shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) east between 1993 and 2010 alone, according to a new study.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230615183147.htm
Yes, oldbrew, I’d read that too and got me considering why it’s taken so long for the Researchers to pick up on it…. like how much COAL, OIL, METAL Ores, Population Migrational shifts and the like: must have an effect too. WeenMulls affecting the local micro( or not micro) climate, But never mind, look what else we may be able to do now :https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/scientists-successfully-divert-lightning-strikes-with-lasers/
[reply] capturing it might be more useful 🤔
The Mysterious Case of Ireland’s Missing Earthquakes
The Emerald Isle has far fewer earthquakes than neighboring Britain. Now scientists think they know why.
23 June 2023
Ireland and Britain should be, seismologically speaking, equally boring. The two islands lie thousands of kilometers from the nearest plate boundary and are not volcanic hot spots. But though the ground rarely rumbles in Ireland, neighboring Britain experiences plenty of weak and moderate earthquakes.
The lithosphere—Earth’s outermost rocky veneer, which includes the crust and the solid upper mantle—is thicker and cooler beneath Ireland than it is beneath Britain, new research has suggested. Cool, thick lithosphere is mechanically stronger than warm, thin lithosphere, which could explain the Emerald Isle’s puzzling paucity of earthquakes. The new results, published in Geophysical Journal International, hinted that lithosphere thickness could underpin patterns in seismic activity in other places far from plate boundaries.
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There are still more puzzles—such as why Ireland’s lithosphere is thicker than Britain’s.
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However, “while lithosphere thickness tends to correlate with cooler temperatures, it doesn’t necessarily have to”.
https://eos.org/articles/the-mysterious-case-of-irelands-missing-earthquakes
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Question: Why are there no moles in Ireland?
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-daily-mail/20181129/282325386032760
“Question: Why are there no moles in Ireland?”
No snakes either!
Part quote from above “– groundwater withdrawal has caused the Earth’s rotational pole to wander–“.
Angular momentum vector cannot shift from internal distribution-redistribution of mass. Unless what is reported is the axial position relevant to earth crust, and the latter shifts.
But axis shifts due to external planetary torques/influences.
65 ( Sixty-Five – No, NOT the tractor model ) is the new number (%). THat’s what they’re all talking about. https://youtu.be/WNMDTy08zQY or if you prefer Julia HB + Guest +/- from here: https://youtu.be/73oQvX4PDmM … and so on it goes. Fed up hearing about it all
Better news to come here: and you all enjoy it! https://youtu.be/h6l2AhwdQ6Y . … and No, I’m not selling Snow to the Eskimos. ( hope that’s no’ ..’st talk! )
Scientists discover that universe has a background ‘hum’
June 29, 2023
Astronomers have made a discovery that confirms the existence of gravitational waves, which sound like the hum at a large gathering. These ripples in space-time were proposed by Albert Einstein over a century ago.
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The motion of black holes and other massive objects can produce these gravitational waves. The previous research was conducted using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
Hazboun said, “We now have compelling evidence of gravitational wave hum in a new frequency range. These frequencies are significantly smaller, around 10-12 orders of magnitude, compared to those detected by LIGO, and they have wavelengths spanning light years.”
He further added, “The most straightforward explanation for these gravitational waves involves a collection of supermassive black hole pairs orbiting each other in our cosmic neighborhood. However, alternative explanations could involve intriguing new physics related to the early stages of the universe, near the Big Bang, approximately 13.8 billion years ago.” [bold added]
https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-discover-that-universe-has-a-background-hum/a-66063369
Ho Hum tweedly Dee: Remember hydrogen-fuelled steel plants ? Look at
this and then you’ll see.. https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/inside-ovako-s-hydrogen-fuelled-steel-plant-3
saighdear says: July 4, 2023 at 1:32 pm
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this plant uses fossil-free electricity to split purified drinking water into hydrogen and oxygen, which are then combined into oxyfuel for injection into the furnace.
Expensive.
“It’s inspiring and so good that people are listening to us and watching us because we can spread the word and help drive down emissions worldwide.”
Toytown twaddle.
Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project
PMIP is initially focussing on the mid-Holocene (6,000 years before present) and the Last Glacial Maximum (21,000 yr BP) because climatic conditions were remarkably different at those times, and because relatively large amounts of paleoclimate data exist for these periods. The major “forcing” factors are also relatively well known at these times. Some of the paleoclimate features simulated by models in previous studies seem consistent with paleoclimatic data, but others do not. One of the goals of PMIP is to determine which results are model-dependent. [bold added]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoclimate_Modelling_Intercomparison_Project
The climate of Mars changed dramatically 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds
A shift in Mars’ climate 400,000 years ago produced a change in wind direction that left its mark in the erosion of bright sand dunes.
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From orbit, Tianwen-1 observed 2,262 bright dunes across Mars, and based on the number of craters that have impacted on top of the dunes, the research team estimates that they formed between 2.1 million and 400,000 years ago. That means the dark TARs must have formed on top of them within the past 400,000 years.
These dates coincide with the start and end of Mars’ last major ice age. For the TARs to have formed at a different angle to the dunes implies that the wind direction in the lower mid-latitudes must have changed with the end of the ice age.
The ice age began and ended because of changes in the angle at which Mars spins, brought about by Milankovitch cycles. These cycles involve a periodic wandering of a planet’s rotational axis relative to the plane of its orbit, caused by the combined effects of the gravity of the sun, Jupiter and the other planets, as well as the shape and precession of the planet’s orbit.
Both Earth and Mars experience these cycles, which correspond to climatic shifts. In the case of Mars, its angle of rotation (referred to as its obliquity) varied between 15 degrees and 35 degrees between 2.1 million and 400,000 years ago, playing havoc with its climate. Today, Mars’ obliquity is about 25 degrees. [bold added]
https://www.space.com/mars-climate-shift-china-mars-rover-zhurong
Changes in Tilt of Mars’ Axis
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15095.html
Researchers forced into retraction of paper because Mann et al didn’t like its conclusions – Roger Pielke Jr. reports…
https://climatechangedispatch.com/whistleblower-shares-shocking-details-of-peer-review-corruption-in-climate-science/
In the news this now – new battery factory TATA then. 64GW of power. Something like a multi-thousand gallon tank assembly line then. Who/ How is it going to be filled then ( not edwards!)? Just more batteries / tanks to put on the shelves. 2nahalf Gig wind and 6nabit Gig Solar today = 8Gig = 64/8 = 8Days worth – IF, note IF there is all day BOGOF deals in the SolarWind power branch. Didn’t a Sunderland factory go FLAT recently?
This is fun…
Many of the commenters are having fun too…
strativarius says (July 21, 2023 2:54 am):
“But the study authors don’t look at that finding the same way you probably do.”
Clearly they do not. Man, what an inconvenient result. CO2 today is ~138ppm higher and yet there are no signs of green in Greenland.
So what went wrong?
They used an ensemble of ice models…
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UN-funded one-variable climate theory is fading fast.
See also the desperate spin here…
Greenland melted some 416,000 years ago, shows high risk of causing sea level rise today
Now, using advanced luminescence technology and rare isotope analysis, the team has created a starker picture: large portions of Greenland’s ice sheet melted much more recently than a million years ago. The new study presents direct evidence that sediment just beneath the ice sheet was deposited by flowing water in an ice-free environment during a moderate warming period called Marine Isotope Stage 11, from 424,000 to 374,000 years ago. This melting caused at least five feet of sea level rise around the globe.
“It’s really the first bulletproof evidence that much of the Greenland ice sheet vanished when it got warm,” says University of Vermont scientist Paul Bierman.
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The team’s new study in Science, combined with their earlier work, is causing a major and worrisome rethinking of the history of Greenland’s ice sheet. “We had always assumed that the Greenland ice sheet formed about two and a half million years ago—and has just been there this whole time and that it’s very stable,” says Tammy Rittenour, a scientist at Utah State University and co-author on the new study. “Maybe the edges melted, or with more snowfall it got a bit fatter—but it doesn’t go away and it doesn’t dramatically melt back. But this paper shows that it did.” [bold added]
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‘Worrisome’ because alarmist CO2 theory is crumbling before the evidence of their own eyes?
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-greenland-years-high-sea-today.html
European Warehouses Are Overflowing With Chinese Solar Panels
By Rystad Energy – Jul 20, 2023
Around €7 billion worth of Chinese-manufactured solar panels are currently stored in Europe, which could power approximately 20 million homes per year.
Despite this surplus, imports continue to increase, with the first few months of 2023 showing higher import levels than the previous year, and annual imports expected to reach 120 GWdc, far surpassing expected installations.
The solar panel oversupply in Europe is attributed to the desire to meet renewable energy targets, Chinese manufacturers undercutting competition on price, and challenges in European solar supply chain development.
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The Netherlands was the standout leader in Chinese PV imports in 2022, bringing in almost 45 GWdc alone, more than ten times the amount of panels installed domestically across the year. Spain, Germany and France also imported more panels from China than they installed from any source. Greece has a similar profile to the Netherlands but on a smaller scale, with the country installing the equivalent of only 15% of the capacity imported from China.
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/European-Warehouses-Are-Overflowing-With-Chinese-Solar-Panels.html
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‘solar panels…which could power approximately 20 million homes per year’
The usual media gibberish – the clue is in the word *solar*.
Hmm, Oldbrew, I thought we weren’t encouraged, or is that not the same as encouraged NOT to, to buy Chinese stuff “…Overflowing With Chinese Solar Panels” Those who control our lives, don’t seem to know what they want or are not consistent…. Don’t we already know that ? Jisslike the beeb keeps broadcasting “facts” in the news about what happened on talk tick, encouraging more to go there and see for themselves . Sure could use some TODAY / NOW since there’s a bright star shining in the Eastern sky. sure hope it’s not something else from Your Crane. Cranes? the Herons .. some have flown to gather a small harvest: only 27GW demand, but they can only find 20% of that: must be the high Water temps affecting the fishing: Jings even the small whales have come to the beach . ……
Dunno what to make of these climate idiots: to call them junkies would be an insult to….. So now it’s HYDROGEN and the Dutch are at it. Gas supplier says several market participants have reserved capacity in the first salt cavern for large-scale hydrogen storage near the Dutch city of Groningen. More at https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/07/25/the-hydrogen-stream-gasunie-reports-strong-interest-in-salt-cavern-h2-storage/
It’s NOT Science is it? ( but then again most science is not science now either) … this may be a flag waver for the future: beware. Britain proposes stricter company payout rules after Carillion collapse … from 2025.https://www.construction-europe.com/news/britain-proposes-stricter-company-payout-rules-after-carillion-collapse/8030400.article
… and then France chooses site for pair of new reactors in Eastern France… Eastern ? – between Lyon & Geneva ( on the RHone). Hmmm?
From reading at EMSmith’s “Near as I can tell, our “Legal System” is now part of an….” . Is there something like that going on in the rest of the world / UK’s Engineering department? Follow the science, follow the engineer, follow the train, follow …. https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/uk-ccus-industry-needs-to-address-skills-issues-report-warns . Huh, Gramps says that back in the old days… would he have liked to do this sort of work now? Depends, I guess, on what you’ve been taught and guided. Schools teach to “follow da monee…” and that’s it? and so what’s the Canadian Military been following? what about our own? and so how’s our “Carbon Release” faring with all these strikes? no doubt frustrated by the other wildfire strikes… well that’s English language for you !
When Henry Ford went down the wrong road…
In what was undoubtedly a shopped interview with The New York Times in early 1914, Henry Ford personally confirmed the rumors.
Within a year, I hope, we shall begin the manufacture of an electric automobile. I don’t like to talk about things which are a year ahead, but I am willing to tell you something of my plans.
The fact is that Mr. Edison and I have been working for some years on an electric automobile which would be cheap and practicable. Cars have been built for experimental purposes, and we are satisfied now that the way is clear to success.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/116-years-before-the-mach-e-henry-ford-built-this-barebones-battery-powered-model-t/
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The article also notes an earlier (1897) conversation:
Though Edison was heavily invested in electricity, he was then skeptical about using the technology as the foundation for automobile or truck powertrains. Banging on the dinner table for emphasis, Edison agreed with Ford that liquid fuels were more practical. [bold added]
Oldbrew, Henry & Thomas, up a tree, procrastinating, Chewin’ , what will be! https://youtu.be/pRJJkppM80o?t=8 why Tommy was right. Each machine here to
day MAY cost in the region of a $1/2 to $1 Million, + Entourage of Chaser Bins& Tractors @ around $1/4 to$1/2 Mill. again: can they AFFORD to get plugged in and wait for recharging ?
“This video may be inappropriate for some users. I understand and wish to proceed ” Eh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AKUCvqppy8 but I thought it would be of general interest: Imagine making/building special equipment and have to source 1-off EV Motors ? ( Let alone Metagurgltube’s ignorance of Life )
Of course these Suckers will be swooning around in these; https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/alef-flying-car-gets-federal-airworthiness-approval/
Monckton exposes the nuclear fusion fraud/con/boondoggle or whatever you want to call it. Going nowhere fast, severe safety issues.
ITER, therefore, is now likely to be decades late and tens of billions over budget.
JULY 31, 2023
Insolation affected ice age climate dynamics, researchers suggest
– by Heidelberg University
Using stalagmites in the European Alps, they were able to demonstrate that warm phases appeared primarily when the summer insolation reached maxima in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-insolation-affected-ice-age-climate.html
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No kidding.
Whilst hydrogen technology in vehicles is still in its infancy, DVSA have an interim process for the requirements for these vehicles presented at statutory test. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKDVSA/bulletins/3682c70
We expect the driver of the vehicle to have a good knowledge of the hydrogen system. ( I would have as in do, but it doesn’t, expected drivers to have good knowledge of Diesel & Petrol Engines – when and how to use efficiently, etc )
As with gas vehicles (CNG, LNG and LPG), we want to make sure they are leak free before taking them inside the facility. …. does that include indoor parking facilities? and ferries? How about using EVs? … EVs powered by hydrogen?
Record-Breaking Detection of Solar Photons
August 3, 2023• Physics 16, s107
The HAWC Collaboration presents the first detection of TeV gamma rays from the Sun, a finding based on more than six years of data. The flux is much higher than predicted, indicating that the interactions between the cosmic rays and the solar atmosphere are remarkably efficient at producing gamma rays. Moreover, the TeV-gamma-ray flux varies in inverse proportion to the level of solar activity, suggesting that the Sun’s magnetic field affects the flux—a result that will be useful for modeling.
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s107
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NASA: Researchers have long known that cosmic rays go up when solar activity goes down.
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/ray_surge.html
New study claims heat pump efficiency is 4x gas boilers https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/new-study-claims-heat-pump-efficiency-is-4x-gas-boilers
but WHERE do you get this cheap electricity, … and if WindNill power is related to gas prices…at current gas price cap of 7.5p/kWh … say no more!
So where does one get electricity for the prices quoted by John in his comment on the article ” …. my Octopus Go tariff which is electricity at 30.23p/kWh and gas at 7.51p/kWh (4.03 price factor) but which also includes 4 hrs overnight to charge our EV and run washing machine etc at 9.5p/kWh …..” Huh – don’t ask – the sweetner for EVs…. Licence to waste!
Gridwatch : 30GW demand, 4GW + 3GW supplied by the (what can I call it – such a useless facility) ( THe draft & Sun shines out of the same place ! ) Go figure
End of the line for H2…battery-electric models “are cheaper to operate”.
No more hydrogen trains | Rail company that launched world’s first H2 line last year opts for all-electric future
3 August 2023
State-owned LNVG to buy 102 battery trains and 27 catenary-connected models in order to phase out diesel, says Lower Saxony government
https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/no-more-hydrogen-trains-rail-company-that-launched-worlds-first-h2-line-last-year-opts-for-all-electric-future/2-1-1495801
‘The misery line’
https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/the-misery-line-world-s-largest-hydrogen-train-fleet-still-not-fully-operational-six-months-after-service-began/2-1-1462885
well, another wet day ahead: Dry first thing in the morning to do the rounds. Dr Renee about ESD / ESG, ahah, hmm, uhuh. Hydrogen to battery, eh? Think Energy density of fuel , convenience, etc DIESEL. Been watching / missing interesting bits from the theme day series bergbahnen-der-schweiz. ( Mountain trains of CH. ) Looking at the installation of the Rails: The different forms of Rail Racks for traction, + the necessary pair of gauge rails, but not content with so much expenditure, It’s a Tech Jump from the still used STEAM ( coal) to Overhead ELECTRIC power. Soooo, they plant Steel or concrete ( CARBON !!!! ) posts to carry the power lines.
So I ask: Why in ‘good ol’ germanee’ are they NOT using Overhead power lines ?… Surely the Losses an d limitations of battery packs should NEVER have been considered? . Scene change:- Myanmar on ARTE TV – “Geo Reportage” watching the locals with their Outboards on a stick, ‘onda-type engines with a long propshaft – can you see them with All the “California-Regns” paraphernalia on those petrol engines to suit the Enviros ? WE,_ The Arrogant West trying to save the planet ( for whom, from what ). … thought for the day.
[reply] see — https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2023/08/05/end-of-the-line-first-adopter-of-hydrogen-trains-last-year-opts-for-all-electric-future/
Published: 26 January 2023
Evidence for lunar tide effects in Earth’s plasmasphere
The essential question now is how does such a lunar tide with diurnal and monthly periods occur in the plasmasphere? The motion of the cold plasma in the plasmasphere is primarily subject to E × B drift (where E is electric field and B is magnetic field) and thus the electric field is essential in determining the position of the plasmapause.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01882-8
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Evidence found of tidal impact on the plasmasphere
February 1 2023, by Bob Yirka
The group found that they were able to isolate tidal variations in the shape of the plasmapause that could be associated with the position of the moon, clear evidence that the moon does exert an influence on the plasmasphere. They also found that they were able to see monthly periodicities in the changes in plasmapause.
Click to access 2023-02-evidence-tidal-impact-plasmasphere.pdf
An illustration comparing the moon’s impact on ocean tides (blue) with its impact on plasmasphere tides (orange). (Image credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences)
What Miles Mathis thinks of it all…
Click to access tide6.pdf
Interesting ( beyond my education) Hmm, Plasma: what Mass does it have? Unlike the atmosphere where we can feel the Momentum in air movement, How does Plasma interfere? Likewise Magnetism – fascinating “thing”… What SPEED does magnetism act at? Acceleration due to magnetism is… ?? Can we then calculate/ derive anything from Magnetism and Plasma forces?
saighdear says: August 8, 2023 at 1:09 pm
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Plasma:
‘It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe.’
‘The presence of charged particles makes plasma electrically conductive.’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)
Miles Mathis says (link in previous comment): ‘Only I have shown how tides are mainly EM to start with, which of course explains how the Moon can be causing tides in the plasmasphere.’ [EM = electromagnetic]
MM is not to everyone’s taste but has often put forward interesting science ideas.
Bit of Sarcasm here, dare I ? ( UK’s Biggest Renewable Energy ) https://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=33773 ..
Telecommunications cable used to track sea ice extent in the Arctic
Date: August 9, 2023
Source: Seismological Society of America
Summary:
A telecommunications fiber optic cable deployed offshore of Oliktok Point, Alaska recorded ambient seismic noise that can be used to finely track the formation and retreat of sea ice in the area, researchers report.
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The researchers were able to observe the formation of sea ice along the length of the cable, but not how far the ice spread perpendicular to the cable. They did not measure sea ice thickness in the TSR study, but Peña Castro said “in theory it is possible to determine ice thickness using DAS. One difficulty is that ground truth measurements of ice thickness are necessary to validate proposed methods.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230809130548.htm
Umm, to wipe away the nonsense of Climate change discourse, how about some paper: for a wee whilie anyway. https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/paper-recycling/
Oldbrew, Interesting, but really? first the hype about Fibre safety / security, and now it can pick up signals – the glass? or is it the metal wires ( are there any?) within the cable, TWISTED but can still detect things. Hummmm, HiFi and LAN cables spring to mind. I dunno.
[reply] study pdf available here — https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/3/3/200/627503/Tracking-Local-Sea-Ice-Extent-in-the-Beaufort-Sea
Thnx Oldbrew: speed reading that pdf ….. Hmm, Think I’ll add that to the Fourth Power Law “rubbish”. Needs time for further researching.
H/T LBC’s World of Woke
Cruise driverless cars block San Francisco street after ‘TEN’ of the vehicles suffered Wi-Fi failures ’caused by music festival’
— Dailymail.Com • 1d
>> Cruise, an autonomous car company encountered a setback that brought traffic to a standstill in the city, just one day after they increased their presence in SF
>> Footage reveals a scene where a fleet of at least six Cruise cars can be seen impeding traffic flow on Friday evening in the North Beach area
>> Cruise attributed the sudden stoppage to ‘wireless connectivity issues’ stemming from the commencement of Outside Lands, a three-day music festival
‘The San Francisco Fire Department is not against modernization and new technologies but, any vehicle that endangers the people of the City and its visitors in danger and would put its passengers between a fire engine and a fire is not ready for prime time,’ the statement concluded.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401407/Cruise-driverless-cars-block-San-Francisco-street-TEN.html
BBC’s drive to become cool backfires as it haemorrhages street cred
16 August 2023
The BBC was named as the 43rd coolest brand among seven- to 14-year-olds in 2022, but it has now slumped to 71st position in a list of 100 organisations.
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The BBC has been found to be less interesting to young people than Greggs, Sainsbury’s and Ikea in a survey of 60,000 children.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/16/bbc-youth-children-cool-beano-greggs-survey-netflix-viewers/
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Climate cr@p not a crowdpuller?
Huge European wind projects highlight energy security fears ??? more at https://www.construction-europe.com/news/germany-earmarks-18.9-billion-for-green-construction-and-renovation-subsidies/8030868.article, so, Germany plans to raise CO2 prices by €10 to €40 per ton in 2024, two government sources told Reuters. This would increase petrol and diesel prices by around €0.04 per litre, according to industry calculations. .. and what we now hear about our Brexit conditions and competition, …. we, too!
Oil burner…
Wind turbine catches fire off Norfolk coast as Scroby Sands investigation under way
15 August 2023
The German company stated it was the turbine nacelle – the enclosure at the top of the tower which houses the generating components – that had been alight following an incident.
A spokesperson for the operator said the blaze had “extinguished itself” after a short time, admitting it was “incredibly rare” for a turbine to catch fire.
https://news.sky.com/story/wind-turbine-catches-fire-off-norfolk-coast-as-scroby-sands-investigation-under-way-12940692
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‘alight following an incident’ — mysterious.
You cannot be serious…
UK weather: Heat health alert issued as Met Office predicts 28C temperature
17 August 2023
The UK Health Security Agency issued a Yellow Heat Health Alert, which is specifically aimed at the health and social care sector in England.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-weather-heat-health-alert-044340571.html
The US and British government press ahead with their hydrogen support projects…& the German cabinet approves measure to expedite solar deployment…. ( Severe weather storms there, lately: STRONG Wind storms with heavy rain). uhuh, … more at https://www.pv-magazine.com/
Al Jazeera: THe Bottom Line… Jean Tallinn of Skype & Kazaa warns that AI boom is suicide race for Humans. Draws paralles with Climate Change controls, etc Worth a listen: Alarming ? https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2023/8/17/does-artificial-intelligence-pose-a-risk-to-humans
Costly gap: Germany to fall significantly short of EU climate targets
Germany will likely emit 150 million tonnes more of CO2-equivalent gases than EU rules created by the Effort Sharing Regulation permit, which is expected to result in a hefty penalty payment of up to €30 billion.
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At a gap of 150 million allowances, the penalty for missing the effort-sharing targets could be hefty: upwards of €7.5 billion at the very least, although €30 billion could easily be reached.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/costly-gap-germany-to-fall-significantly-short-of-eu-climate-targets/
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Unlucky 🤣
New Scientist looks into its empty climate alarm box, finding nothing of interest…
NZW – How worried should we be, asks New Scientist in a Climate Change Special Issue. The 19th August issue is billed as a guide to a year of extreme weather – “a year of extremes,” when 2023 is barely half way over.
https://www.netzerowatch.com/new-scientist-how-worried-should-we-be-about-climate-change/
As NZW says: Opinions not evidence.
Whilst I am not “for” EVs – in the politician’s PoV, for local work they’d be fine as they always were – if you could avoid them on return journey ( MilkFLoats). However for armchair readers, here’s an interesting Schematic on Batteries & their appreciation, for them: https://iwakiamerica.com/Literature/Rechargeable%20Battery%20Processes%20Product%20Guide.pdf
Can you please publish my article about first sunspots of SC26 polarity, occurring since 2023-07-26 as announced by a 10-month Countdown on the Sun,
and accompanied by LORD’s complaint about Twitter attempt to steal Alphabet letter X…?
And accompanied by huge number 26 in ultra-violet clouds, and 26 written in visible sunspots… (as 26 is number representing the Alphabet, among else…)
Article url:
https://pi-alpha.org/Sc26-started
I understand the topic is somehow controversial, but what is not ?
After all, this Talkshop is healthily controversial as a whole…
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You could also occasionally publish or refer to my article “Nature Loves CO2”, as there has been twice written CO2 in shape of heart on the Sun and then once explicitly “Love CO2″…
(but this one is not so much urgent, it will come out sooner or later too…)
https://pi-alpha.org/Nature_Loves_CO2
(But this one article is mostly just re-iterating known facts about CO2, which are well known at this Talkshop, while they may sound eye-opening elsewhere…)
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Dinosaur Era Had 5 Times Today’s CO2
– published March 24, 2014
https://www.livescience.com/44330-jurassic-dinosaur-carbon-dioxide.html
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They still try to put the cart before the horse and claim CO2 caused the temperatures 🙄
Yes, Oldbrew,…. and in the same vein of what I’m hearing ( no longer listening to), after the recent tragic ongoings in the NHS, other whistle-blowers are jumping upon that train. “can the NHS in Scotland have the same issues, etc after severe / extreme staff shortages in Emergency departments In Aberdeen/Grampian area.? ”
So! What about similar issues in the Police, Local Government, and then UP a gear into the House of Commons….. Talk talk talk…. twist twit twist, but going and DOING something….
Ach, I’ve been out and about today, Think you’d returned to another planet or arrived in the Future at your Home Stomping ground – Oh the STATE of everything …. a Run-Down Countryside & TOWN ( they call it a City – but no-way, Hasn’t got 1/2 of what you get in the City, with now, many folk despite the rhetoric, driving Electric Cars and SMOKING Chipped “NOISE” Cars . Stupidity amongst folk appears to be increasing, very sad. ( Haemorrhaging intelligent people to England(? ! ) they say.)
Ow didn’t Gordie Broon do well years ago when he taxed Cement / Concrete for producing so much CO2. He should have been pasted into the Comic Book of DC THomson. I don’t think he and his cohort ( the twins et al ) ever had the foresightto see this: https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/mit-researchers-store-energy-in-cement/ Researchers Discover Way to Store Energy in Cement – who’d a thunk it?
The climate of rogue files, corrupted systems, the technology not up to it / fit for purpose, now where did I hear that before?
THe way the NATS incident is unfolding…. stories stories stories, People flying from Paris to middle england, THocht we were being taxed heavily on short haul flights etc etc blahblah blah protect the planet nay, SAVE the planet. well what do they want? . look what storms they’re causing, THIS NOW.
https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-states/florida/destin/beach.html & https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-states/florida/sarasota/siesta-key.html and of course the News channels (ALL of them) revelling in it, but where are THEY getting those filmed reports of big waves from – I don’t see any?
Looking at https://www.flightradar24.com/56.77,-0.31/6 last night, I came to another conclusion based on Military aircraft around here past couple of days – before I knew about this “unfortunate” travellers event. Hmmm.
Hi Roger, this takedown of Greenpeace and a gullible newspaper might be of interest, cheers Tony
https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/media/2023/08/greenpeace-takes-the-age-for-a-ride/
You’re just gonna love this site: ARD Deutschland trend ….. why doesn’t the BBC, ITV, or for all that the GBN/TTV brigade do this? Saw it on the news there tonight
a shocker: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/deutschlandtrend You have to laugh at them…. I foresee big changes coming up the Rhine ( pure ?) or would that have been along the Danube? Ha ha!
ARD: ‘only four percent (-2) rely on the Greens, who are responsible for economic issues in the cabinet.’ – There’s your problem 🙄
Can’t get there from here – plan…
Dutch government plans to cut Amsterdam airport’s flights
5 hours ago
Currently, the Schiphol Airport accommodates around 500,000 flights a year, but the Dutch government wants it to be capped at 452,500. Airlines are challenging the move.
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The government plans to reduce noise pollution and CO2 emissions by cutting the number of flights from 500,000 to 452,500 annually from November 2024. That is 9.5% below 2019 levels and lower than a previous proposal of 460,000.
https://www.dw.com/en/dutch-government-plans-to-cut-amsterdam-airports-flights/a-66698076
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Cutting the supply to reduce the demand.
Worth a look…
Geophysical consequences of celestial mechanics
Posted on September 1, 2023 by curryja
The components one finds in sea level, pressure, temperature… must arise from a causal chain going (1) from Jovian planets to the Sun (or directly to Earth), then (2) to inclination changes in Earth’s rotation axis, with (3) consequences on insolation changes (therefore climate), sea level and tides [ref 8, 10, 17].
In the right, or plain wrong ? Bankers: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/banks-pour-trillions-into-fossil-fuel-projects-for-global-south-report. Whose money? whose profit?
At peak capacity, the power drawn from the project is equivalent to charging ONLY 500 EVs simultaneously ( and look at the area occupied by this “filling station” ) https://www.thebuzzevnews.com/electrify-america-75-mw-solar-glow-1/?oly_enc_id=1138E7788801I2V
At peak capacity, the power drawn from the project is equivalent to charging 500 EVs simultaneously
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The Electrify America Solar Glow 1 project is located in San Bernardino County, CA, and has over 200,000 solar panels, encompassing an area of over one square mile.
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So to charge 50,000 EVs simultaneously would require over 100 square miles of panels, and that’s at peak capacity of those panels. But a lot of people will prefer to charge overnight, when there’s no sun by definition.
Top Science Journals Are Refusing to Publish Studies that Contradict the Climate Alarmist Narrative, Says Climate Scientist
BY WILL JONES 5 SEPTEMBER 2023
In theory, scientific research should prize curiosity, dispassionate objectivity, and a commitment to uncovering the truth. Surely those are the qualities that editors of scientific journals should value.
In reality, though, the biases of the editors (and the reviewers they call upon to evaluate submissions) exert a major influence on the collective output of entire fields. They select what gets published from a large pool of entries, and in doing so, they also shape how research is conducted more broadly. Savvy researchers tailor their studies to maximise the likelihood that their work is accepted. I know this because I am one of them.
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/09/05/top-science-journals-are-refusing-to-publish-studies-that-contradict-the-climate-alarmist-narrative-says-climate-scientist/
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It’s been fairly obvious for a long time that this was the case. Money talks.
DEADLINE EXTENSION ! Huh,( sceptical ) can’t be up to much then, eh? chance to let the wider world know about your success and get the recognition you deserve, as The Engineer’s 2023 Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) Awards opens for entries. https://awards.theengineer.co.uk/
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Paleolimnological study attributes Tibetan Empire collapse in 9th century to climate change
Tibet’s population over the last 2000 years matched with Xardai Co lake records of the planktonic to benthic diatom ratio, indicating lake levels and therefore climate change. Credit: Chen et al. 2023.
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-paleolimnological-attributes-tibetan-empire-collapse.html
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Wikipedia says:
The Medieval Warm Period (MWP), also known as the Medieval Climate Optimum or the Medieval Climatic Anomaly, was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that lasted from c. 950 to c. 1250.[2] Climate proxy records show peak warmth occurred at different times for different regions, which indicate that the MWP was not a globally uniform event. [bold added]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Warm_Period
Now look at the graphic above again. The pink part – ‘severe dry and warm’ – fits the c.950-c.1250 description very well but that’s Tibet, not the North Atlantic.
Wikipedia is entirely untrustworthy for anything to do with climate, oldbrew.
Apart from having been thoroughly detoxified of any contrarianism by the egregious “Stoat” Connolly, Jimmy Wales is a director of the extreme Left rag “The Guardian”.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jimmy-wales
And Bill Gates is a major contributor.
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants?q=guardian#committed_grants
[reply] indeed
For something different : on BBC3 this now ( channel hopping only ) “Children of Men” … uhuh, London 2027 – 4 yrs away, I’m Xtal gazing, Smokey 2-strokes and non-electrical vehicles, pulled out the old buses too. SO what do I see ? No Khan do, etc … FYI.
Stuff that lands on my desk and catches my eye: “.. engineer or a (software) developer?” … Is that the reason behind the state of Nations ….’cos everyone wants to Control ie Engineer society or the Planet ? a good read to contemplate: https://cult.honeypot.io/reads/are-you-a-software-developer-or-a-software-engineer/
More Brexit reversals on the Horizon …. Does a Poll encourage SUCH, or ANY, thing ? https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/poll-more-brexit-reversals-on-the-horizon .
Sub-zero temperatures are a heatwave in climate alarm-land?
NEWS RELEASE 8-SEP-2023
Heatwaves hitting Antarctica too
The world’s coldest, dryest continent experienced both record heat and record snowfall in 2022
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Weather phenomena called atmospheric rivers—much like those that fueled record flooding in California this year—contributed to both the heatwave and the record precipitation, Datta said. These storms pull moisture from lower latitudes and delivered warm air and a large amount of precipitation to Antarctica in 2022.
While precipitation in Antarctica typically takes the form of snow, changes in these atmospheric rivers could bring enough heat to contribute to more surface melt or bring rain instead in the future, driving sea levels higher and impacting billions of people around the world, she said. [bold added]
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001023
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Ice losses offset by gains elsewhere – climate system at work. Nothing to do with minor changes to trace gases in the atmosphere.
Re. the ‘heatwave’, temperatures were still well below zero so what melting would that cause?
The temperature recorded at a weather station in the interior of East Antarctica reached a record-breaking 14.7 F (-9.6C) on March 16, 2022, more than 79 F (44 C) higher than the average March temperature at that location. [bold added]
Yes, and ‘record snowfall’. Glass half full or half empty?
Yes, Oldbrew, Atmospheric rivers.. not quite a new term in our book.. but what causes them to FLOOD ? The idea of the Atmosphere flowing as timelapsed over Mountain ranges, etc helps give one the notion of flow and temperature + Gravity / Atmosph. pressure. Well, tractors run in our Blood, and early this morning fell over some historical stuff which led to some climate stuff: River FLOODING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzw6GKsrDTw simple flooding.
where did all that rain go? coupla days ago a plastic wheelbarrow filled to overflowing from a 23.348minute thunderstorm, but all the freshly cultivated soil seemed unperturbed by it all: no pudding custard. so we can go back and continue the work in the field.
RIVERS, aye rivers of …. Heat, Nonsense, e tc. Ach Just come in from intended walk with dog but neighbour told me Sara says its gonnae be ANOTHER HOT day! (6 or 7 in a row) .. eh? Drizzle here, we’ll see! Now IF the UK was attached to the MAinland, would we be a part of France, or ( whatever) THEN could you say that we’d had ‘the hottest… whatever it was’ …. see, I/ve forgotten – because I haven’t been listening to the rubbish and all that heat did NOT apply up here. What I DO KNOW is t hat FRUITING Crops have not done well up here because of the cold nights. So what makes a “Hottest day” ? Total BALONEY – just because a thermometer registered some very high Temp. Yes we need to be measuring ACCUMULATED Degrees: Hi +’s may be balanced by LOW ( or should that be High) -‘s . That’s what I ( in theory) should be doing – Gramps was taught that many years ago, to get the Nitrogen applied to the Grasses for early growth and used with caution as a solution to overcome water shortages in crop yield…. Aye , some of those Rivers of KNOWLEDGE have dried up …. hoh! – maybe been canalised elsewhere! – so its still there !
Africa’s Energy Transition Plan Is Nonsense
Sep 09, 2023
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Africas-Energy-Transition-Plan-Is-Nonsense.html
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Because fossil fuels can create wealth, whereas renewables require it.
NEWS RELEASE 8-SEP-2023
Artificial Intelligence: a step change in climate modelling predictions for climate adaptation
One proposed approach for a step change in climate modelling is to focus on global models with 1-km horizontal resolution. However, the authors explain, although kilometre-scale models have been referred to as ‘digital twins’ of Earth, they still have limitations and biases similar to current models.
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Rather than prioritizing kilometre-scale resolution, authors propose a balanced approach focused on generating large ensembles of simulations at moderately high resolution (10–50 km, from around 100 km, which is standard today) that capitalizes on advances in computing and AI to learn from data. [bold added]
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000959
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Curtail your lifestyle at high cost because AI says…etc. 🙄
… and in all this climate change debacle, we ar e worried about CHEM trails? more likely a load of CON trail so that we can have Royal Commissions over the entrails: Didn’t know we had a PRIVATE Airforce now ? https://www.flightradar24.com/COUGAR31/31fe3d58 and buzzing overhead meantime too ( non-trackable on this website ) What ARE they all upto ? No guesses: https://youtu.be/AzdNMCPNlRg?t=44
How Scientists Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Solar Cycle Prediction
Scientists have struggled to accurately forecast the strength of the sun’s 11-year cycle — even after centuries of solar observations.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-scientists-are-tackling-the-tricky-task-of-solar-cycle-prediction-20230907/
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If they make enough forecasts, one or two might look somewhere near right 🤔
NEWS RELEASE 14-SEP-2023
As Earth heats up, rain pours down
Global warming conjures images of drought and fires in the minds of many, but a new study finds most communities will encounter heavy rainfall, excessive heat and their combined repercussions.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
The team used a series of climate models to project compound climate extremes by the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissoins continue to rise.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001619
Most communities *will*… — say CO2-bound modellers 🙄
What is “Sustainable” .. what does sustainability REALLY mean ? then how about this:https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1720 or this Quote:How is helium a finite resource if we’re constantly wasting it on things like balloons?
It’s a finite resource because we have no practical way to make more of it, so when we exhaust the available supply, we’ll be out.
Now, if you’re asking why we’re wasting it on balloons, the reason is simple: capitalism. from https://www.quora.com/
So then I ask: Why are we wasting, eg OIL or even ELECTRICITY on High Energy consumption cars ? whats the MPG of electric cars ? WHY are we wasting WOOD on Bonfires, etc. etc.
May 4, 2016
Expanding tropics are pushing high altitude clouds towards poles
By Ellen Gray, NASA’s Earth Science News Team
Scientists are working to understand exactly why the tropics are expanding, which they believe is related to a warming climate.
The poleward shift of high altitude clouds affects how much sunlight reaches Earth’s surface because when they move, they reveal what’s below.
“It’s like pulling a curtain,” said Tselioudis.
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2440/expanding-tropics-are-pushing-high-altitude-clouds-towards-poles/
I can’t believe its not (b) Utter ( rubbish) … I’d be saying that the Engineer knows where its bread is buttered: new study claims heat pump efficiency is 4x gas boilers https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/new-study-claims-heat-pump-efficiency-is-4x-gas-boilers
Can’t even drown my sorrows here, just look at all those Pubs closing. We’d considering entering this “Industry (?) ” but all this just puts us off: https://hmrc.imicampaign.uk/seeemailinfull/EmailServlet?campaignkw=notrack&tid=cc-1_1695114346579670561&signature=8DA9CA914AE95D73B685BA4890310F65
Sep 21, 2023
NASA’s Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbor conditions suitable for life. Previous research has shown that beneath its water-ice crust lies a salty ocean of liquid water with a rocky seafloor. However, planetary scientists had not confirmed if that ocean contained the chemicals needed for life, particularly carbon.
Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide in a specific region on the icy surface of Europa. Analysis indicates that this carbon likely originated in the subsurface ocean and was not delivered by meteorites or other external sources. Moreover, it was deposited on a geologically recent timescale. This discovery has important implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s ocean.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-finds-carbon-source-on-surface-of-jupiter-s-moon-europa
I Still don’t know if the Germans( are there any left – what’s in a name – but so many are not recognisable as such) are a-coming round to reality…. https://www.agrarzeitung.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/emissionserfassung-kohlendioxid-kennt-keine-grenzen-108951 translates to “If climate regulations become too strict in the EU, companies may be tempted to relocate production. But this is already being put to a stop. Imported goods bring their carbon dioxide with them, so to speak” …. and further on:a POLL:- Is the EU ready for enlargement?
When it comes to the global power structure, there is no way around it
There is already a shortage of money in Brussels coffers
The Union needs to be fundamentally reformed … I bet you Countryfile or the NFU and Farmer’s Guardian will be telling you that.
‘Our planet’s seasonal dependence of geomagnetic activity has always been a bit of a puzzle’…
VAN GOGH WAVES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE: When Vincent van Gogh painted “The Starry Night” in 1889, little did he know he was working at the forefront of 21st century astrophysics. A paper recently published in Nature Communications reveals that the same kind of waves pictured in the famous painting can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth.
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“We have found Kelvin-Helmholtz waves rippling down the flanks of Earth’s magnetosphere,” says Shiva Kavosi of Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, lead author of the Nature paper. “NASA spacecraft are surfing the waves, and directly measuring their properties.”
This was first suspected in the 1950s by theoreticians who made mathematical models of solar wind hitting Earth’s magnetic field. However, until recently it was just an idea; there was no proof the waves existed. When Kavosi’s team looked at data collected by NASA’s THEMIS and MMS spacecraft since 2007, they saw clear evidence of Kelvin Helmholtz instabilities.
“The waves are huge,” says Kavosi. “They are 2 to 6 Earth radii in wavelength and as much as 4 Earth radii in amplitude.”
(This computer model shows van Gogh waves moving down the flank of Earth’s magnetosphere. Credit: Shiva Kasovi. [full-sized animation] – see link)
Imagine a wave taller than Earth curling over and breaking. That’s exactly what happens. Kelvin-Helmholtz waves naturally break onto Earth’s magnetic field, propelling energetic particles deep into the magnetosphere. This revs up Earth’s radiation belts, triggering geomagnetic storms and auroras.
A key finding of Kavosi’s paper is that the waves prefer equinoxes. They appear 3 times more frequently around the start of spring and fall than summer and winter. Researchers have long known that geomagnetic activity is highest around equinoxes. Kelvin-Helmholtz wave activity could be one reason why.
Our planet’s seasonal dependence of geomagnetic activity has always been a bit of a puzzle. After all, the sun doesn’t know when it’s autumn on Earth. One idea holds that, around the time of the equinoxes, Earth’s magnetic field links to the sun’s because of the tilt of Earth’s magnetic poles. This is called the Russell-McPherron effect after the researchers who first described it in 1973. Kavosi’s research shows that Kelvin-Helmholtz waves might be important, too.
Northern autumn has just begun, which means Kelvin Helmholtz waves are rippling around our planet, stirring up “Starry Night” auroras. Happy autumn!
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=28&month=09&year=2023
what will Venus or Martin think when Pluto is snoring by the fireside after reading this Comic ? https://email.ivtinternational.com/q/11naodHNEVrZ94iK8J3Z1Zn/wv
Do you have to be an Earthling to understand?
Hint: ( Petrol->(gas)-> Diesel -> hybrids -> Electric …… ….. ->Ethanol -> Hydrogen -> Bullets )
New paper by Shirley https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2309/2309.13076.pdf
[reply] Noted, thanks
Too much waffle spoken an written about theoretical non-issues with EVs when Customers likely don’t know which type of battery they have, and technicians likely won’t know either without learning how to identify them https://www.thebuzzevnews.com/identifying-charging-bmw-12v-battery/ with more interesting articles therein.
Carbon offsetting is a ‘waste of time’: Scientists say tree-planting schemes loved by celebrities as an excuse for flying are actually HARMING nature
3 October 2023
Planting trees in vast schemes to ‘offset’ carbon emissions is harming nature, an Oxford study has claimed.
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Single species plantations are harmful to biodiversity and put forests more at risk of fire, it is argued, while they do little to suck up greenhouse gases.
Instead, the authors said we should prioritise conserving and restoring intact ecosystems.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12588683/Carbon-offsetting-waste-time-Scientists-say-tree-planting-schemes-loved-celebrities-excuse-flying-actually-HARMING-nature.html
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Also a potential or actual fire risk.
Yes I saw that headline – didn’t bother reading – kinda know that anyway: We plant lots of different trees without state aid – because we LIKE doing it – for the fruit. but then you get Carbon offsetting via Wastelands , er, I mean Peatlands. same thing in dry lands. just that – a WAsTE of land.
Just been reading “An educational component is key to embracing climate-smart practices…” well that ‘s just it, innit ? Proper education – knowing the wood from the Chaff , sowing the seed and feeding the lights. Composting ? – the shight ! ( rhymes with light ) https://www.farmprogress.com/conservation-and-sustainability/swinging-the-pendulum-toward-climate-smart-ag-
Electric bus inferno…
Venice tourist bus plunges from bridge, killing 21
Published 2 hours ago
The bus company emphasised that the 13-tonne vehicle was electric, discounting earlier reports that it also ran on methane gas. Fire brigade commander Mauro Longo told Il Gazzettino website that the bus’s batteries caught fire and made the task of clearing the bus a complex operation.
Witnesses said they could hear people screaming but the flames were too high to intervene.
A 27-year-old Gambian worker and a colleague were among the first people to reach the scene. He told how he had pulled three or four people from the bus, including a young girl.
One man called Leonardo said he heard the sound of strong braking before the sound of the crash, and he rushed to find out what had happened. “I wanted to help,” he told La Presse website, “but I was prevented by a friend of mine and a policewoman because the bus was still in flames and in danger of blowing up.” [bold added]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67001518
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Crash report awaited.
Endless climate charges – EU bureaucracy strikes again…
Europe’s carbon border tariff starts applying, causing jitters for trade
1 Oct 2023
According to a new report by The Conference Board, a think tank and business membership organisation, CBAM is expected to increase the price of products imported into Europe and influence purchasing decisions, leading to potential consequences on global trade.
The direct cost of the carbon emissions fee and the added administrative cost from CBAM are likely to drive up the price of goods and services.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/europes-carbon-border-tariff-starts-applying-causing-jitters-for-trade/
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UK gov is at it too…
Foisting green levies onto gas bills will cause public health crisis, Sunak warned
Wednesday 4th October 2023 | Press release
https://www.netzerowatch.com/callous-callanan/
Accusations of ‘granny killers’ 😮
Terrible accident that: as our own recent one here last week. Thought it may have been electric when I heard about the kind of fire – never for a moment thought of Methane ( Huh or future ones – HYDROGEN), only reading / hearing part of the story by this morning: ‘funny’ how the MSM has not said much about it. But would YOU have gone on the bus if you knew it was non-diesel powered? Hey Geronimo I hear you all cheer as you jump aboard the new eco-bus. Not for me … but there for the Grace of God, go I. RIP. ( passengers & driver) we all complain about cost of things, ADD procedures to the load on the driver etc … and his responsibility – just saying)
Let us hope that this will serve to RAM HOME the nonsense of all this use of EVs & the induced use of Public Transport. Rails don’t go everywhere and as for 1-way use of cycles etc …. Don’t get me started tonight.
That’s the second time this week a 40 year old coach driver in good health has had a medical episode at the wheel, run off the road and crashed with fatal results.
Interesting or what?
When you think you know a thing or two – as one says ( to oneself ) and you are shocked by the price of recycled Plastic Agri-waste, then Lego Abandons Recycled Bottles Experiment …. what can go wrong ? https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/lego-abandons-recycled-bottles-experiment/ and then I read: ( you want some cheap or maybe FREE PV Panels ? ) European warehouses now storing more than 80 GW of unsold solar panels https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/10/05/european-warehouses-now-storing-more-than-80-gw-of-unsold-solar-panels/ but why should you when you can get this: You have to watch the Thorns though UK firm reveals fuel cell solution “ten times cheaper than current costs” from https://www.ivtinternational.com/news/hydrogen/uk-firm-reveals-fuel-cell-solution-ten-times-cheaper-than-current-costs.html
No ‘boiling planet’ melodramas here…
Accounting for the environment …. Anyone? whatever next. https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2023/10/09/accounting-for-the-environment/
I H A T E paperwork ….
‘Missy’s Twitch’: A Biting And Engaging Satire On Climate Hysteria
https://climatechangedispatch.com/missys-twitch-a-biting-and-engaging-satire-on-climate-hysteria/
THE SUNKEN TOWN OF DUNWICH
DUNWICH, LOCATED IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND, WAS AN IMPORTANT PORT AND TRADING CENTRE, UNTIL STORMS AND COASTAL EROSION ENGULFED THE TOWN, MAKING IT NOW THE LARGEST UNDERWATER MEDIEVAL SITE IN EUROPE.
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Between the 11th and early 13th century AD, Dunwich’s economy and population boomed through the development of the marine fishing industry in the North Sea, emerging as England’s 6th wealthiest commercial centre and trading port.
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In more recent years, an acoustic imaging study by the University of Southampton, and the Touching the Tide project has revealed the ruins of churches, shipwrecks and hundreds of medieval buildings, submerged up to 10 metres beneath the waves.
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/09/the-sunken-town-of-dunwich/141499
Open Access Article
Comparison of Recently Proposed Causes of Climate Change
by Stuart A. Harris
Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada
Published: 3 August 2023
Abstract
This paper compares the ideas contained in the main papers published on climate change since World War II to arrive at a suggested consensus of our present knowledge regarding climatic changes and their causes. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is only suggested as a cause in one theory, which, despite its wide acceptance by Politicians, the media, and the Public, ignores the findings in other studies, including the ideas found in the Milankovitch Cycles. It also does not explain the well-known NASA map of the changes between the global 1951–1978 and the 2010–2019 mean annual temperatures. The other theories by Oceanographers, Earth scientists, and Geographers fit together to indicate that the variations in climate are the result of differential solar heating of the Earth, resulting in a series of processes redistributing the heat to produce a more uniform range of climates around the surface of the Earth. Key factors are the shape of the Earth and the Milankovitch Cycles, the distribution of land and water bodies, the differences between heating land and water, ocean currents and gateways, air masses, and hurricanes. Low atmospheric carbon dioxide levels during cold events could result in too little of this gas to support photosynthesis in plants, resulting in the extermination of most life on Earth as we know it. The 23 ka Milankovitch cycle has begun to reduce the winter insolation received at the surface of the atmosphere in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere starting in 2020. This results in extreme weather as the winter insolation reaching the surface of the atmosphere in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere decreases while the summer air temperatures increase. It heralds the start of the next glaciation. A brief outline is given of some of the climatic changes and consequences that may be expected in western Canada during the next 11.5 ka.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/8/1244
Earthquakes Blamed on Humans in New Climate Alarm Letter from Pope Francis
BY CHRIS MORRISON
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/10/13/earthquakes-blamed-on-humans-in-new-climate-alarm-letter-from-pope-francis/
He’s on shaky ground there 😉
Oh dearie me, it’s not just archaeologists but “argiengineers” at it too ( still) read the first line: https://iagre.org/upload/1690988775.pdf and attend if you will.
There goes another one…
Electric truck maker Volta blames supplier woes as it nears collapse
17 October 2023
Volta Trucks, which had been conducting customer trials across Europe, says it has been struggling to secure funding due to problems with its battery supplier.
https://news.sky.com/story/electric-truck-maker-volta-blames-supplier-woes-as-it-nears-collapse-12986102
Well, like the duelling Banjos https://insight.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/ultimamediatriallz/lz.aspx?p1=Mg8DU5MTM0MjJTOTQ5NDo3MTU5RTI5QTAzNzIwQjg2MjZCNjMwQzExODg2ODc4Qw%3d%3d-&CC=&p=0 How about that then?
Now this ( Light hearted ? ) is definitely NOT SPAM – but also tastes better ‘s takes the spice back for living! Being on the go quite a bit and at different times of the year in some weird places and jobs, one can get fed up of sandwiches or Kerry-oots. So today whilst bogling in the workshop, this happened – and it may be of use / ENLIGHTENMENT to your Singles readership ! Cheap food for the price of a workshop steel dish …. and I discussed this with the Chef in the household . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6S07ds_4U which then led to this where it makes sense ( don’t all rush because I’ve to change my clothes before I go shopping there – Silage & Milk don’t go down well in shops) No product / shop endorsement – I’m only there for the Tin – but I’m not fussy about a change in 1-person meals https://www.trolley.co.uk/product/fray-bentos-steak-gravy-pie/UAS598 and many more. Hope that’s my good deed for the day. and you can continue to stomach the nonsense we’re being fed by the MSM etc.
The ‘lithium lottery’…
H/T Tallbloke
https://tesla-calendar.com/
Forecast: Storm Babet to be ‘possibly unprecedented’ says SEPA…
Red warning for parts of eastern Scotland…
https://news.sky.com/video/uk-weather-storm-babet-will-be-exceptional-and-unprecedented-says-scottish-environment-protection-agency-12987012
Dunno about the calendar – Schadenfreude an’a’ that but as for the storm, I cancelled a job for today as I thought it was about to arrive EARLY. Then a very bright star or something appeared to brighten the day + an early arrival of parts for once, so about to get a job done but now its terribly windy – where’s that from @ 13 POINT9 Cels. so it became coffee break and read the mail. Soil is still wet but disturbed oil still warms up in the afternoon sun so we wait in eager anticipation for tomorrow. Gramps tells us that the older generations experienced all this before – October GALES to help dry out the Stooked OATS or laid flat Crop for combining ( Was the Same OAT variety for Bindering hence going flat in heavy rain ( Big crops up here) ). Tattie harvesting with skoolkids around now used to be after morning frosts… now it’s just Cold, wet miserable and sometimes Clarty, but we have lifted our potatoes now much earlier – different varieties and better understanding of crop growth & Development – so not looking / talking about climate change – just a better & practical + Pragmatic education. But we’re not baling silage – choosing to leave the grass to continue growing, absorbing soil water and providing Keep for the West Coaster’s Sheep. ….
Something slightly different RE: Climate change: NOT – it was our G’Parents generation etc : Norwegian hospital bidding farewell to hazardous fluorescent tubes Who’d have thought that Fl tubes in hospitals were at a great risk of causing any damage? We managed fine in schools before , etc etc . Europe’s mercury-minded ban leads large facility in the north to replace 34,000 tubes with integrated LED luminaires https://www.ledsmagazine.com/architectural-lighting/article/14300251/norwegian-hospital-bidding-farewell-to-hazardous-fluorescent-tubes
Storm Babet: Cork roads remain impassable after ‘worst flooding in 40 years’
LAST UPDATE | 1 hour ago
The storm brought knee-high flooding to parts of Cork, particularly the town of Midleton, where members of the Defence Forces were deployed as buildings flooded and roads were cut off.
The floods have receded in some areas but almost 500 electricity customers in Midleton have remained without power this morning, with network engineers from ESB working to restore supply.
Cork County Council, which said more than a month’s worth of rain fell in the space of 24 hours…
https://www.thejournal.ie/storm-babet-flooding-cork-waterford-6201379-Oct2023/
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‘worst flooding in 40 years’ – not *unprecedented* then?
There goes another one…”spectacular”, sets the corn on fire.
BUT that’s all right, wind turbine in Adair County, not in UK !
Wait until the “fedex” deliveries of Li batteries fall out of the sky: from Detroit to Modena when Shipping is too slow. Read plenty :https://www.ivtinternational.com/ Ther are just SOO Many Manuf’rs going down the EV lane or Methane or Ammonia or Pie in the sky
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Renewable energy battery systems could harness eggshell proteins for electricity conduction
by Murdoch University
“We’ve found that chicken eggshells can be used as electrodes—a conductor of electricity—in powering batteries. Eggshells contain a high level of calcium carbonate, and when they are baked and crushed, their chemical compositions change and they become a more efficient electrode and conductor of power,” Dr. Minakshi said.
“The current lithium-ion batteries used for renewable energy storage typically use fossil fuels.
“Repurposing a bio-waste product like eggshells could add considerable value to the renewable energy market. They also offer a potentially safer option, as the current lithium battery technologies are high-cost and potentially unsafe in the event of catastrophic failure.”
As the world continues to prioritize renewable energy sources, this breakthrough marks a significant step forward, offering hope for a greener and more sustainable future.
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-renewable-energy-battery-harness-eggshell.html
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Another of those believe-it-when-you-see-its.
OCTOBER 20, 2023
New study shows Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai eruption depleted ozone layer
To learn more about the impact of the eruption, the researchers sent balloons with sensors into the atmosphere from nearby Réunion Island just five days after the volcano erupted. In studying the data from the sensors, the researchers found that ozone levels in the plume were approximately 30% below normal levels.
As the balloons continued to monitor the plume as it floated across the Indian and then Pacific Ocean, they found depletion totals of approximately 5%. The depletion, they found was due to ocean water reacting with molecules in the atmosphere that contained chlorine, leading to a breakdown of ozone—in amounts that had never been seen before in such a short time.
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption-depleted-ozone.html
Arctic Scientist at Russian Academy of Sciences declares: ‘Warming is about to end’ & ‘We will inevitably transition to an unfavorable cold’ period around 2030
— 2 October 2023
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS): “In other words, what awaits us is not warming, but cooling. When?”
Andrey Fedotov: “Now we are in a prosperous period, but let’s move on to a disadvantaged one. It’s inevitable. According to my estimates, the transition should occur in 2030–2035.”
RAS: “So the Ice Age has already arrived, but we haven’t felt it yet?”
Andrey Fedotov: “No. When it comes, you will feel it immediately.”
RAS: “And what should be done now? Prepare felt boots, warm clothes, heaters?”
Andrey Fedotov: “I would start with food. Hungry in felt boots won’t last long.”
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Climate control…
The Russians – and not only the lady at Northumberland Uni – Zharkova? – have been saying this for some years.
[reply] Prof Zharkova is Ukrainian 🙂
Anybody who understands basic science, math, and statistics knows that the “human-caused-climate-change” narrative is science fiction. The proposition that more CO2 in the atmosphere inevitably means higher global temperatures is specious nonsense. Elementary statistics informs us of that fact. Correlation analysis of every meaningful period of evidence pairing atmospheric CO2 change with global temperature change conclusively demonstrates NO correlation. No correlation means NO causation is possible. It’s nice to know the rest… what is really important about climate changing (e.g. it is highly correlated with solar cycles), but all that is needed to rebut the narrative is elementary statistical correlation. Correlation coefficients are near zero.
Shell cuts 200 jobs, contracting the hydrogen division
The hydrogen wing of the oil and gas giant is to shrink as the company moves away from work on powering hydrogen cars.
25 October 2023
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Cuts to the low carbon solution division equate to 15% of the roughly 1,300 staff in the department.
Carbon capture storage and nature-based solutions also form the department but will be unaffected, and renewable power will also not be hit.
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Shell had already closed its hydrogen car refuelling points in the UK as consumers chose electric cars.
https://news.sky.com/story/shell-cuts-200-jobs-contracting-the-hydrogen-division-12992387
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‘the low carbon solution division’ — who dreams up this half-baked nonsense?
‘Carbon capture storage’ – we need gas storage for winter, not energy intensive and useless CO2 storage.
So what about their development of Steel production from Hydrogen ( last year ?) German steel left Hy n Dry then ?
Oh C’mon, now look at this … well-timed or . ? Electric Aircraft Makes World’s First Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Flight https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/98016-electric-aircraft-makes-worlds-first-liquid-hydrogen-powered-flight?oly_enc_id=2559D7910323G6W
Electric aircraft, hydrogen-powered cars, steelmaking without fossil fuel, all because of a specious theory that is nonsense. Carbon dioxide is NOT a climate change force. Strong or weak, it IS NOT a climate CHANGE force. It hasn’t impacted global temperature since global temps stabilized within a roughly 10 deg Celsius range. The change in temperature that has been noted for at least a half billion years is entirely independent of atmospheric CO2. That’s the reality.
Windmills, solar farms, hydrogen-powered whatever… all to avoid emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere (that, by the way, are reabsorbed within six years of emission and contribute only trivially to atmospheric CO2)… schemes that are little more then “pipe dreams” based on a deeply flawed specious theory used to bamboozle the public.
Oh the Junk: Neara @ https://www.eu-startups.com/2023/09/london-based-neara-adds-e9-3-million-series-b-to-protect-energy-infrastructure-from-climate-risk/ via this posting: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/opinion/comment-how-ai-can-help-free-grid-capacity How to get out of this Barrel? Getting drunk on their own (daft) Spirit !
How many of the renewables projects in the supposed queue are just placeholders? Nobody knows except whoever put them there.
Honda-GM Ditch $5B Plan To Jointly Develop Affordable EVs
Oct 25, 2023
“After extensive studies and analysis, we have come to a mutual decision to discontinue the program. Each company remains committed to affordability in the EV market,” the companies said in a joint statement carried by Reuters.
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Honda-GM-Ditch-5B-Plan-To-Jointly-Develop-Affordable-EVs.html
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2022: “Honda and GM will build on our successful technology collaboration to help achieve a dramatic expansion in the sales of electric vehicles.”
https://news.gm.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2022/apr/0405-gmhonda.html
2023: Umm…no we won’t.
So EVs will continue to not be ‘affordable’?
Closer to my heart: like the PAIN of Parenthood, Giving up on UK TV but finding the rot has set in the European Barrels as well, what to do? Ah well, eh ( methinks) read the Mag. but Editorial + Content: I can wanna cry with the way its all going … what does mankind want, with Women going on strike in Iceland as per the bbc link from somewhere -If women are ruling the roost but still don’t have equal pay, just what are they doing !! So read this: https://digimagint.dieselprogress.com/magazine/reader/255200?pageNumber=3
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