It's so hot! Like an oven!

[...]"their behavior exaggerated and theatrical."  

YA' THINK?  🤣 VIDEO ⏬ ⏬ ⏬ ⏬ ⏬ 

Grumble, complain, whine, kvetch [repeat ad nauseam for centuries]. 

"You don't understand! 3,000 years ago we were promised air conditioning on demand!" 

OH! TEH DRAMA!

Salting atmosphere test launched quietly.

Scientific American: Geoengineering Test Quietly Launches Salt Crystals into Atmosphere.

A solar geoengineering experiment in San Francisco could lead to brighter clouds that reflect sunlight. The risks are numerous.

The experiment, which organizers didn't widely announce to avoid public backlash, marks the acceleration of a contentious field of research known as solar radiation modification. The concept involves shooting substances such as aerosols into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth.

The move led by researchers at the University of Washington has renewed questions about how to effectively and ethically study promising climate technologies that could also harm communities and ecosystems in unexpected ways. The experiment is spraying microscopic salt particles into the air, and the secrecy surrounding its timing caught even some experts off guard.
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"The idea of interfering with nature is so contentious, organizers of Tuesday's test kept the details tightly held, concerned that critics would try to stop them," the Times reported. The White House also distanced itself from the experiment, which is being conducted with the cooperation of a Smithsonian-affiliated museum.

"The White House distanced itself from this experiment." Shocker! We know if asked about it, Kareem Abdul-Jean Perrier will, "refer to the University of Washington and the Smithsonian for further details."

"The world is our guinea pig!" These kinds of experiments need to stop.

 

California's next storm may bring 'life-threatening' flooding.

LA Times (Yahoo): 'Prepare now': California's next storm may bring 'life-threatening' flooding.

Officials across Southern California are warning residents to prepare for what could be "life-threatening and damaging flooding" beginning Sunday, as a storm system fueled by a massive atmospheric river brings heavy, sustained rainfall and dangerous waves to an already soaked region.

This storm could dump more than double Thursday's rainfall, which caused significant flooding, road closures and water rescues across the region.

"This is a potentially dangerous situation, and we are urging everyone to be preparing in advance," Ariel Cohen, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said Friday.

Where are the Amish Space Lasers to dry things out?

The Guardian: Would you drink toilet water? California approves wastewater for human consumption.

No, I wouldn't. Environmentalists have fought against, and won, in court cases against the construction of desalination plants. The alternative is drinking their own filtered urine. If only Cali was near a large body of water . . . 

Thank Bill Gates for recycled water from urine and feces. He's been pushing this idea for over ten years ⏬

LifeGate (2015): Bill Gates drinks water distilled from human faeces and urine.

Illegals Complain That Winter Is Too Cold.

Twitchy: Illegals Complain That Winter Is Too Cold Here.

Hit the Twitchy link for more.

A Brown Christmas!

It'll be in the mid-50's today. A Very Brown Christmas in the Twin Cities and most of Minnesota.

December brought a few dustings of snow, but it melted fast.

I know many people like snow for Christmas. I don't miss the snow one bit.

We'll have some rain instead. I can deal with that just fine! 

Keep that Global Warming a'coming!

Germany blanketed in snow.

LINK

That's not really that bad. Maybe for Germany's weather?

Daily Mail: Flights are cancelled in Germany and Switzerland while avalanche warning hits Austria after snow sparks travel chaos on continent.

Burning Man attendees told to shelter in place.

CNN: Burning Man attendees told to shelter, conserve food and water.

Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said.

Attendees were surrounded by thick, ankle-deep mud and organizers halted vehicles from traveling in or out of the festival after heavy rains started saturating the area Friday evening.

Hannah Burhorn, a first-time attendee at the festival, told CNN in a phone interview Saturday the desert sand has turned into thick clay and puddles and mud are everywhere. People are wrapping trash bags and Ziploc bags around their shoes to avoid getting stuck, while others are walking around barefoot.

ABC News: Entrance to Burning Man in Nevada closed due to flooding. Festivalgoers urged to shelter in place.

The entrance will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert where the festival is being held.

More than one-half inch of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said. At least another quarter of an inch of rain is expected Sunday.

Organizers urged festivalgoers to conserve their food, water and fuel.

Officials haven’t yet said when the entrance was expected to be opened again.

Conserve fuel? Aren't these the granola-headed, vegan, no fossil-fuels, solar/wind power, anti-establishment crowd?

Oh, not the Burning Man Festival! How Sad! Let's hope they're not trapped there forever 'n ever!

Al Gore SPAZ OUT at WEF.

Breitbart: Al Gore WEF Meltdown: ‘Boiling the Oceans,’ ‘Rain Bombs,’ a Billion ‘Climate Refugees’.

Former Vice President Al Gore said that “greenhouse gas pollution” was “boiling the oceans,” causing “rain bombs,” and creating “climate refugees” during remarks at a World Economic Forum (WEF) event in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday.

Gore joined a panel discussion ostensibly examining what the WEF and the White House regularly describe as a “climate crisis” driven by consumption of fossil fuels. One of the panel’s hosts framed it as a “planetary crisis” driving “mass extinction” while “really putting humanity’s future at risk.”

Total SPAZZING starts at the 5 minute mark and escalates:

Albert Gore, JUNIOR...asswipe of the World.

Too Cold, Too Snowy Meme-A-Thon!

How's the weather in your area? Drop a comment!

YES! Bring the pets inside!

Oh noez! Europe is having a Wind Drought. So much for turbine power.

Green Matters: European Wind Turbines at a Standstill Amid an Ongoing "Wind Drought".

But as of recently, barely even a breeze has made its way through the through the winter air.
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"Britain is in the middle of a wind drought — and the timing couldn't have been worse. For several days now, the U.K. and western Europe have been calm, with barely a breeze," Thomas Moore writes for Sky News.

"It is not until Wednesday, or even Thursday, that speeds pick up in Scotland and the North Sea, where most of our wind farms are. That shows in the mix of energy being used in the freezing conditions."

"The risks could increase with global warming," [🤣 - DD] he continues. "Scientists working for the United Nations' intergovernmental panel on climate change have looked at what could happen to wind speeds in future. Even if the world reaches net zero soon after 2050, limiting the rise in temperature, winds will weaken significantly in the northern hemisphere." ["Even if." FFS. Retardicus Maximus. - DD]
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According to Yale Environment 360, the phrase "wind drought" is exactly what it sounds like — it refers to an extended period of time that an area lacks wind, or experiences slower-than-usual wind speeds. In 2021, wind speeds were 15 percent slower than in previous years, making for one of the least windy periods in the U.K. in nearly 60 years.

What are "usual wind speeds"?

Git yer fans out folks, them turbhans ain't gonna spin themselves!

Story Archived

UK's National Grid retracts panic alert on blackouts and running out of energy.

The Mirror (November 22): National Grid sparks panic after warning of blackouts in alert before cancelling.

National Grid sparked panic this evening after an automated alert said the firm's capacity was "tight" and warned of blackouts - before cancelling it.

The firm put out a warning that homes could experience power issues tonight causing panic at 7pm this evening.

The alert was later cancelled.. [sic] It had originally said there was would be a tight margin when consumption would naturally increase as people come home from work and school.

On Twitter National Grid ESO wrote: "The ESO has now withdrawn the Capacity Market Notice issued at 2:33pm today."

Earlier it wrote: "The ESO is confident that electricity margins are sufficient for this evening. However, a capacity market notice (CMN) has been triggered by the automated system.
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The National Grid issues warnings when supplies are likely to be under pressure. This comes when insufficient power is being generated to supply the demand across the country.

The National Grid website says: "The notices are intended to be a signal that the risk of a System Stress Event in the GB electricity network is higher than under normal circumstances."

One worried person on Twitter wrote: "National grid has apparently announced that its struggling to cope with the amount of energy being used in the UK and we could have a blackout from 7pm tonight. Let’s hope it’s a bunch of b****t and doesn’t happen."

Another added: "So, the National Grid warns about possible blackouts tonight and then cancels the alert...we haven't even had a frost yet."

It comes as National Grid had previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality as winter hits its peak and icy weather bites.

A Panic Test Run? World Governments and Agencies have learned to push that panic button and watch too many freak out and it doesn't take much. "A respiratory virus that has a 99.8% change of survival? Shut down the world, wear a mask, stay six-feet apart from other and WARSHHHHA YOUR HANDS!"

Who Is The National Grid: 

We move electricity round Great Britain’s system to keep homes and businesses supplied with the energy they need 24/7, 365 days a year.

Everything wrong that's happening everywhere is all by design. No one person and no group of people could possibly be so grossly incompetent.

A Constant State of Panic. Not playing along.

77" of snow since Thursday and more on the way.

Lake effect snow storm, Western, NY.

Accuweather.

I feel for them.

An Extra Click and a Pause.

Sorry for the Extra Click to enter. 

Nothing in content is going to change. There's not going to be any "Adult" content. Everything will remain as juvenile as always.

I'm seeing more people on the Blogger Platform enabling "Sensitive Content Warning" and it's a good idea. There are a few snowflakes who can't handle what they read here. A Happy Fuck You to Them. 

They're now aware they're voluntarily clicking to agree to the terms of entering this Blog and that they might encounter something that offends their delicate snowflakeism that doesn't agree with their LibFuck Narrative. TFB. 

And a Pause. Need a break from this. Tired of politics and current events. I don't believe for a minute that the 2022 election was, "the most secure election in the history of our.......................................democracy." 

Republicans might as well play the same game in future elections and rig and cheat to their advantage. You don't win a fixed fight by playing fair. What's happening in Maricopa County, AZ is an insult not only to the people who live there, but the entire country.

You realize everything is shit, right? And it's all the fault of Democrats, their supporters and the Globalists.

The most depressing part is seeing report after report online or in the news, when asked how people are dealing with Bidenomics and the higher costs of everything, their answer 9 out of 10 times is, "cutting back on food." This is fucking sad. This is how, historically, populations have been killed: starvation, and it's intentional. Add the ClotShot to the mix, and the Globalists have another Kill Tool in their cart. They should all be dragged out, faced against a brick wall and (AAAAAAAAhem)...fed cake. Lots and lots of cake. 🎂🎂🎂🎂 Everybody likes cake!

Looking forward to SMOD the size of Saturn hitting Earf. Huzzah!

If I never return and this ends up being the last post, it means I died or am incapacitated and unable to return. Neither of which I anticipate, but you never know when your time is up. 👊👍

I'll check in for comments on an infrequent basis, so feel free. Until next time...

Climate Expert asked, what should we do with petrochemicals. Expert can't answer so... "You Racist!"

LINK and Thread

He's Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA). She's Raya Salter, a clean energy advocate.

Higgins asked her a perfectly reasonable question. She didn't have an answer. What's the usual response when Liberals can't answer a question? Accuse the other person of being racist, sexist, misogynistic...they default to their favorite "ist", "ism" or "tic".

 

There are no answers because we haven't yet reached technology, with something economical and viable, that allows us to replace petro-based products. Some day, maybe, but not now or in the foreseeable future.

The Former Bronx Bartender and rooftop dancer who pretends she's a relevant member of Congress chimed in with her grandstanding response. She's part of the same committee. When it was her time, she REE'ed about Higgins because she too can't answer his question so..."He Racist! And a Big Meanie!" Scroll down the Twitter link under the above video and somewhere you'll find her "I'm ready for my close-up,"  moment.

The Left conveniently forgets Liberal Senators condescending behavior and derisive treatment when they questioned Amy Coney Barrett.

Lightning strikes near White House. At least 4 in "critical condition."

LINK

BNO News: 4 people in critical condition after apparent lightning strike near White House.

How's the global warming going? Oh, it's bad. Look at the maps!

UK heatwave triggers national emergency.

The National News (July 16, 2022): Second Cobra meeting called as UK heatwave triggers national emergency.

Londoners urged not travel on Monday and Tuesday with 80 per cent chance record temperature could be set and warning lives are at risk.

BBC (January 28, 2021): Renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels for first time as UK's biggest source of electricity in 2020.

For the first time, renewable energy overtook fossil fuels to be the biggest source of electricity in the UK in 2020.

Wind, solar, bio-energy and hydro (water) power generated a record 42% of UK power last year, while fossil fuels - mostly gas - produced 41%, according to a report by energy experts Ember and Agora Energiewende.

In 2019, renewables generated 37% of the UK's electricity, compared with 45% for fossil fuels.

How's that green, renewable energy working? The AC running good? Better get those child laborers in third-world countries to hurry up and increase their lithium and cobalt production. The Stiff-Upper-Lippers are having a heatwave.

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Update/Addition: Ooof ..hit the BBC link and scroll all the way to the bottom (which I didn't do the first time) and READ THE COMMENTS. They kind of all read like this:

"This is awesome, great news."

"The world will live longer." 🤣🤣🤣

"This is awesome."

"This is great news that renewable energy overtakes fossil fuels."

 I hope these same commenters enjoy their heatwave.

If only California was located near a large body of water.

Yahoo: As climate-change-fueled drought worsens, California issues water restrictions for millions of residents. 

Officials in California, now in its third year of drought that scientists have linked to climate change, have issued unprecedented water restrictions for millions of residents.
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...the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) has issued restrictions on roughly 6 million customers. The cutback, which begins on June 1, prohibits residents from watering lawns and plants more than one day per week.
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“We are seeing conditions unlike anything we have seen before,” Adel Hagekhalil, the district’s general manager, told the Los Angeles Times. “We need serious demand reductions.”

Story Archived.

No, Adel, there is a demand for more water and you're unwilling to do what it takes to supply it. If you provide what the public needs, they can't be controlled and manipulated.

Tech Waste. An Existential Threat? "Climate Change" is more popular and financially rewarding.

Scientific American: Tech Waste Is a Danger to Us All.

Hardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have taken over our lives so quickly that few of us have had the chance to think about what happens to them when we no longer use them. The answer is that they become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South’s landfill sites.

We don’t hear much about this problem because it is out of sight, out of mind.

Electronic waste is currently 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase exponentially as more of us own multiple smartphones, laptops and power banks—few of which are likely to be repaired or recycled at the end of their lives.
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There is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, and governments do not have bottomless pockets, especially when their green policies are focused on more high-profile issues like carbon emissions.
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Only the manufacturers can fix this, by creating a circular hardware economy.

No, this is not a problem that "only manufacturers can fix". Not any different than blaming manufacturers of plastic and the hysteria of the pearl-clutching-crowd crying for bans on plastic bags and bottles. People use and buy based on their wants, needs and what they feel is a good return for their money. Much of it is packed with plastic.

Do you want that plastic band around your ice cream container so you're assured no one the super market, opened it, licked it and returned it to the freezer? I'm betting no matter how much you hate and want to ban plastic, you like that plastic band.

Look around your house. How much plastic is there is in everything? I'm betting, at some point in their journey, fossil fuels were used in transporting those items to your home. Plastic is versatile and affordable, same for fossil fuel.

Consumers play a large part in tech waste. The question is, is the Tech-Obsessed-Must-Have-the-Latest-Device-Crowd willing to do their part? And a circular hardware economy has a limit, it's not an endless loop.

Tech Waste can wait. We have to solve the Existential Threat of Climate Change first.

I've referenced the stories below in the past and I'll use them again:

Amnesty.org: Child labour behind smart phone and electric car batteries.

GreenTech Media: With demand for cobalt and lithium surging, companies need to be aware of where they’re sourcing from.
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Scientific American Archived
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(Feb. 17, 2020 typo fix "is" to "in")

Is there anyone, anywhere, who gets more time off the job than Congress and federal employees?

Josh Kraushaar @ Twitter:

I hope "The Gang of Eight" is apprised of this and they approve.