Ok, this global warming shit is getting out of hand...

[old goat]

sorry no, no attraction there.

pedophiles seem to flock to the left and democrats as sex with anything seems to be okay for those types and isn't one of the most important things by the left and democrats "climate change" ?

Ski Coug falls for satire again thinking it was real LOL!

apparently he believes in pizzagate too

But in fairness to the Coug--stuff has gotten so weird lately that it's gotten almost impossible to tell the satire from the real stuff.

[rideit]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/c...UDqK1W5CpM-idI

[k2skier112]

apparently he believes in pizzagate too

But in fairness to the Coug--stuff has gotten so weird lately that it's gotten almost impossible to tell the satire from the real stuff.

[frorider]

Haaaaaaa how many times has teh scoug done that now? Scoug is the definition of zero self awareness

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Skougin’ it, in other words.

I for one appreciate having the misinformed right wingers on the forum, especially someone good-natured like Skougs. Gives a window into the cesspool dragging down our democracy without forcing you to wade in it directly.

[SumJongGuy]

Skougin’ it, in other words.

I for one appreciate having the misinformed right wingers on the forum, especially someone good-natured like Skougs. Gives a window into the cesspool dragging down our democracy without forcing you to wade in it directly.

I'd agree that Scoug's one of the innocent sheep following the more nefarious wolves. Just a good olde boy who wants to believe that we're not in any real imminent danger and that the American Dream is alive and well for everyone.

[The AD]

There are plenty of Scougs out there and that's the really scary thing.

[basinbeater]

There are plenty of Scougs out there and that's the really scary thing.

That's not the scary thing. The scary thing is they vote.

sent from Utah.

[rideit]

I certainly would rather have the Scougs in Houston, and not one of the great places.

[rideit]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...ing-heat-wave/

[rideit]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...XXLs6u_K61IHDY

[old goat]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...XXLs6u_K61IHDY

23,000 euro per sqft. Holy fuck.

[byates1]

https://youtu.be/7W33HRc1A6c

[rideit]

Anyone notice RJ’s absence?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...limate-change/

[k2skier112]

Anyone notice RJ’s absence?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...limate-change/

Dayum them scientists are getting rich with all the funding they get

[old goat]

Dayum them scientists are getting rich with all the funding they get

They don't get rich but at least some of them--like the glaciologists I met on top of Lamarck Col-- do get paid to spend time in some cool places. How many glaciers are there in the world? Any scientist worth his salt should be able to find one no one has reported on and make it their own.

[k2skier112]

They don't get rich but at least some of them--like the glaciologists I met on top of Lamarck Col-- do get paid to spend time in some cool places. How many glaciers are there in the world? Any scientist worth his salt should be able to find one no one has reported on and make it their own.

that was dripping with passive aggressive sarcasm. that power-point probably took a few weeks to make....

[uglymoney]

Dallas Morning News poking the bear. Love it.


https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/e...n-of-the-year/

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[WMD]

https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/...dgetBucket.mp4

[Bunion 2020]

Well that is depressing.

[rideit]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/d...v1UXqZpxG1vFyg

[WMD]

Well that is depressing.

Yes, but hopeful at the same time as we haven't overshot the carbon budget. Yet.

[k2skier112]

Climate change had arrived at this island near the bottom of the world, and the giant kelp that flourished in its cold waters was among the first things to go.

Over recent decades, the rate of ocean warming off Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state and a gateway to the South Pole, has climbed to nearly four times the global average, oceanographers say.

More than 95 percent of the giant kelp — a living high-rise of 30-foot stalks that served as a habitat for some of the rarest marine creatures in the world — died.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...ange-tasmania/

In Oregon sea urchins are an issue;
Beneath the waves, once towering kelp beds are collapsing from an unprecedented perfect storm that has been brewing below the surface. First, a massive epidemic wiped out sea stars, then a marine heatwave and El Niño, and now an explosion of sea urchins. This means bad news for kelp. The combination of abnormally warm water and a huge number of sea urchins have taken a toll on once healthy kelp beds

https://oregonmarinereserves.com/2019/10/24/urchins/

[WMD]

A new global study shows that that transitioning to 100% renewable energy would pay for itself in under 7 years:

"A global effort to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 would cost nations $73 trillion upfront — but the expense will pay for itself in under seven years, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford University. The study also found that the shift to a zero-carbon global economy would create 28.6 million more full-time jobs than if nations continue their current reliance on fossil fuels."

The report, published in the journal One Earth, presents detailed roadmaps for how 143 countries that account for 99.7 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions could successfully transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. The report is a follow up to a 2015 study by the same research team that generated state-by-state plans for the United States, findings that helped lay the groundwork for the Democratic Party’s proposed Green New Deal.

“There are a lot of countries that have committed to doing something to counteract the growing impacts of global warming, but they still don’t know exactly what to do,” Mark Jacobson, a civil and environmental engineer at Stanford and lead author of the new report, said in a statement. “How it would work? How it would keep the lights on? To be honest, many of the policymakers and advocates supporting and promoting the Green New Deal don’t have a good idea of the details of what the actual system looks like or what the impact of a transition is. It’s more an abstract concept. So, we’re trying to quantify it and to pin down what one possible system might look like. This work can help fill that void and give countries guidance.”

Total land required globally for new renewable energy infrastructure.
Total land required globally for new renewable energy infrastructure. JACOBSON ET AL, 2019
The roadmaps call for increased energy efficiency and the electrification of all energy sectors, including transportation, buildings, heating and cooling, industrial processes, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and the military. The blueprint also finds it is technically and logistically feasible for countries to get 80 percent of their energy needs from wind, hydroelectricity, and solar by 2030, and 100 percent by 2050. The analysis excludes nuclear power, biofuels, and clean coal. New renewable energy infrastructure would require just 0.17 percent of the 143 countries’ total land area, as well as 0.48 percent of land for “spacing purposes,” such as the area between turbines, according to a press release.

In the U.S., reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 will require an investment of $7.8 trillion. It will involve building 288,000 new 5-megawatt (MW) wind turbines and 16,000 100-MW solar farms on 1.08 percent of U.S. land (85 percent of that land will be used for spacing purposes, and could serve other functions, such as for farmland). Such an initiative would create 3.1 million more jobs than if the U.S. stayed on a business-as-usual trajectory, and would save 63,000 lives from air pollution every year, the report said. The decarbonization plan would also reduce energy costs by $1.3 trillion per year, because renewable energy is cheaper to generate over time than fossil fuels. In addition, the plan would cut health and climate costs by $700 billion and $3.1 trillion annually, respectively, compared to current fossil fuel infrastructure.

“There’s really no downside to making this transition,” Jacobson told Bloomberg News. “Most people are afraid it will be too expensive. Hopefully this will allay some of those fears.”

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/the-glo...gy-73-trillion

[Bunion 2020]

https://gordonbuttepumpedstorage.com/

Promising technology

[WMD]

Gordon Butte is a very interesting project. There are more storage options than just lithium ion. The CEO behind it used to teach skiing at Bridger too.