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Don’t say I didn’t tell you

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Quote from UN: There is “no credible pathway to 1.5C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means the only way to limit the worst impacts of the climate crisis is a “rapid transformation of societies”. I have been blogging now for around 2 yrs and here … Read more

Status Report on Renewables – kind of

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(Not sure if anyone reads this blog but at the end of the day, represents where my head is at and the progress (or lack of) that humanity is making on addressing Climate Change.  Like a broken record, I will repeat the ‘ Our View of the Situation’  which has not fundamentally changed: that our … Read more

total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert

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A new book out ‘ Hothouse Earth’ by Bill McGuire give a painfully realistic view of the challenges ahead – SZ The publication of Bill McGuire’s latest book, Hothouse Earth, could not be more timely. Appearing in the shops this week, it will be perused by sweltering customers who have just endured record high temperatures … Read more

Aloha

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Well, I find myself in Hawaii (Oahu) for my wife’s family reunion.  Ah, paradise but with a few observations – Almost no EV cars here but they are super conscious about plastic (yea!!).  In the news, Joe Manchin is say no to climate change legislation (I suspect he is planning to run for President and … Read more

‘The world is trying to reduce emissions, and you just don’t see it,’ federal scientist says, as carbon dioxide hits highest levels in human history

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Carbon dioxide levels rose to a peak of 421 parts per million in May, according to federal scientists. At the start of the industrial revolution, carbon dioxide levels were around 280 ppm. A growing body of research links the heat-trapping gas with warmer temperatures and extreme weather. Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide hit a new official record in … Read more

Population Growth: The elephant in the living room

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I spend almost all the time in these blog posts talking about Climate Change and the challenges it will present but if you go to the home page, you will note that  in ‘Our View of the Situation’, population growth sits at the bottom of an inverted pyramid and drives everything that we humans are … Read more

Ice on Fire

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Been awhile since my last post and not much has changed which is not good news.  While Climate Change continues its relentless march forward, governments are dealing with the war in Ukraine, inflation and election posturing.  Oh, well….  Anyway, although a bit late on my part, came across the movie, Ice on Fire, which provides … Read more

Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll

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(Interesting article that is a commentary on human nature in light of an almost insurmountable challenge – SZ) From “Don’t Look Up” to Greta Thunberg videos to doomsaying memes, we are awash in warnings that we are almost out of time. But the climate crisis is outpacing our emotional capacity to describe it. By Amanda Hess … Read more

And the beat goes on

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For those of you who have read my blog, you know that I have been speaking out about things like tipping points (climate change drivers that once started, continue to feed the warming cycle regardless of human contribution or efforts to reduce) such as permafrost melting, the albedo effect, forest fires, AMOC circulation stopping, etc….  … Read more