Author: cne4h
This year, some residents in Tampa, Florida, have been looking for poop. This is unlikely to be possible for city dwellers, but they need it for their new anaerobic biodigesters. Louis: “So it's basically like a very advanced composting system.” Shelby Lewis is the waste diversion and outreach director for the City of Tampa. The city received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to provide these backyard systems to 100 residents, she said. Each unit takes up about as much space as a picnic table. To install it, users add feces and water to create bacterial colonies. Afterwards, they just…
From the Daily Skeptic Chris Morrison The problem with the UK’s green economy, and its damage to the hydrocarbon environment, is that it creates very few jobs. The few remaining “workers” in the governing Labor Party began to spout all the extravagant folly that would further reduce good-paying jobs in their communities. Figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which attempt to estimate the actual number of green jobs, are always a highly creative topic and the latest batch is no exception. Many of the jobs identified are simply substitution activities, with one repair or maintenance occupation replacing…
Original reporting by eugyppius Ladies and gentlemen, grab your popcorn, because Schleswig-Holstein's green energy saga has it all: incompetence, mindless virtue signaling, and an eco-friendly ferry that apparently doubles as a sail. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end well. The tragicomedy goes like this: Once upon a time, in the quiet German countryside, there lived a diesel-powered ferry, the Misunde II. For two decades, this workhorse has reliably transported more than 120,000 cars and 50,000 bicycles every year across the Schlei Entrance, a body of water less than 100 meters wide. Not quite the English Channel. But alas, in the eyes…
September 26th An article on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) website titled “NASA finds that despite future reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, sea level rise in Pacific islands is inevitable” points out that no matter what actions are taken to prevent climate change, small island countries will They are all destined to disappear and change under the waves. This statement is both wrong and irrelevant. This is wrong because actual data shows sea level rise (SLR) in Kiribati and other island nations is much lower than NASA forecasts. Doesn't matter, since it's been documented that many Pacific islands actually grew…
As I see the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, with homes flooded, lives upended and entire communities thrown into chaos, my heart goes out to those facing unimaginable loss. This is a stark reminder of the toll these natural disasters take on humanity. [emphasis, links added] But when we face these tragedies, we must also take a critical look at how we respond to them. Have we truly addressed the root causes, or are we stuck in a cycle of rebuilding in the same vulnerable areas, only to see them destroyed again? The recent hurricane Helen has reignited the debate…
Author: Kate Payne, Jeffrey Collins and Patrick WhittlePERRY, Fla. (AP) — In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, authorities are scrambling to deliver water and other supplies to remote flood-stricken areas across the southeastern U.S. as the death toll from the storm rises.One North Carolina county, including the mountain town of Asheville, reported 30 deaths from the storm, and several other deaths reported in North Carolina on Sunday brought the total to at least 91 in multiple states.Supplies are being flown to surrounding areas of the isolated city. Buncombe County Supervisor Avril Pinder pledged that she would provide food and water…
Even as the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States becomes increasingly apparent, the North Atlantic – currently reaching record warm levels in late September and even reaching its highest temperatures in 2023 – has been spawning other devastating storms. Tropical systems of interest, one of which may be the Gulf of Mexico, will have a named storm to watch next week. Figure 1. Average North Atlantic sea surface temperature as of Thursday, September 26, 2024 (dark red line), and sea temperatures over the years since 1982. That's slightly higher than the previous record for this date,…
not many people know Paul Homewood Hurricane Helen fueled the widespread belief that global warming is making hurricanes more powerful, a belief fueled by media disinformation. I even saw a really stupid comment from someone today where they said they could see climate change happening when they saw Helen's report. Two simple facts show this to be nonsense. First of all, official data shows that the number of major hurricanes in the world, that is, the most powerful hurricanes, is not increasing: https://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?arch&loc=global Second, NOAA made it clear earlier this year that there is no strong evidence of a century-scale…
By Jeffrey Collins, Kate Payne and Patrick Whittle The Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Three days after Hurricane Helene tore through the southeastern U.S., a crisis erupted in western North Carolina on Monday as officials rushed to deliver more medical supplies to flooded areas without power or cellphone service. water, food and other supplies. The death toll from the storm reached triple digits.At least 107 people have died in six states. One North Carolina county, including the mountain town of Asheville, reported 30 deaths. The death toll in Georgia increased from 17 to 25 on Monday.North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper…
Heat from the Central Valley is critical to generating the winds in the San Francisco Bay Area. The heat in the valley creates low pressure, which creates a pressure gradient that draws cool ocean breezes through gaps in the Coast Mountains and our launch site. But too much heat could cause a Central Valley low to expand over the coast, producing weak winds. This image and prediction show how this happens: With the exception of brief outboard peaks at Stick and Coyote and 3rd, the winds weakened significantly at all locations, especially offshore. This sudden wind attenuation occurs when: 1.…