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mixing here now, 30/28

29/27 here, about an inch or so on the ground, good snow growth

overcast and 28/21, up from a midnight low of 20. no school cancellation here, daughter not happy

freezing rain ?

Prediction: humanity isn't going to acknowledge, and really get serious about this issue, for at least 50 years, and I won't live long enough to see it happen. It's going to take "some sizable percentage of Miami becoming too inconvenient" before there is serious societal change in how we view consumption of fossil fuels and how that is changing our planet I think Don or Tip has previously posted about this conundrum of the human condition: even though humanity has advanced to the point where we can confidently and purposefully choose to shape our future, our evolutionary DNA makes humanity, as a whole, reactionary

it's easy for those of us who live several tens or hundreds of feet above sea level to say this sort of stuff, but doing so is denialism with respect to the real flooding that already occurs in Miami neighborhoods (and other sea level locations around the world), flooding that has increased in extent, frequency and intensity over the years, even during fair weather. and let's not forget that Miami is underlain by porous limestone - the ocean will come in underneath any wall that is built. while rich people can afford to move to higher ground and/or hire companies to raise their ground, that isn't affordable for 90% of the people from the perspective of the person who lives in that house in that neighborhood in the Miami suburbs dealing with increasing frequency and intensity of flooding at their house and neighborhood, my post doesn't seem "alarmist" or "absurdly-hyperbolic" or "ludicrous" at all. It's real. What do they think? How much of their neighborhood needs to be impacted before they consider their property to be affected ? How much of the population / land area of the city needs to be impacted before there is acknowledgement the health of the city is being threatened ? is it 90% ? 75% ? 50% ? And Miami is only one city; there are dozens of low-lying coastal cities across our country and world that are going to see major impacts as coastlines advance to bring this back to the point of the discussion: how much of Miami needs to be inconvenienced/undesirable/uninhabitable before we acknowledge that the cost of climate change is a factor in the cost of a watt of fossil fuel derived power ?

Andover will be fine, but North Andover, watch out ! bring your tire chains

the last few winters were so bad that this one has just got to be better

that source is not credible and should not be trusted on this topic again, it's 10 to 1 we need to be clear about this: at humanity's present fossil fuel burn rate, sea level is going to rise substantially, the science is clear and the scientific community is in agreement. Miami is definitely going under water. We can argue about whether it happens in 2075 or 2125, but those arguments are just semantics; ultimately, the cost is the same, and that cost should be accurately reflected in the price of a watt of fossil fuel energy

there are about $10 in fossil fuel subsidies spent for every dollar of renewable subsidies when all financial factors including tax breaks are included in the evaluation

it's also worth noting that all the explicit and implicit benefits of the current consumption of energy from fossil fuels are exactly the same as those from the consumption of energy from renewables. Ignoring that both sources of energy on a watt for watt basis provide the same current value to society is illogical. No one is questioning that fossil fuels helped accelerate human social evolution. what is being questioned is what is the comparative future costs and benefits of various energy sources moving forward from the current point in time; historic energy sources are irrelevant to this discussion

I like your location for a higher end event.

Facilities reach the end of their operable reliable lives, and then need to be updated at substantial cost to have additional service live. This is all straight forward. Some on here dont understand economics.

took mine out of the shed and greased/changed the oil. in the garage now, since there's a chance

an opinion is a type of interpretation

I would expect a well respected met to update their forecast base on the latest data

forecasts are opinions if everyone's opinion was the same, this forum wouldn't be worth reading

current energy policy is bad for consumers, but good for fossil fuel folks

everyone should switch to Bluesky

I’ll buy an EV when they start offering the kind of EV I want to buy, right now the EVs marketed here in the US are either heavy, bulky high end luxury cars and trucks and SUVs, or ultra small economy compact cars. Where is the 4 door sedan (like a Camry) with the 250 mile range?

lol at using YouTube as a source for insightful scientific commentary the “soul” of science is the scientific method, saying “science has lost its soul” is pure emotion and has nothing to do with science

still warm enough for brunch on the patio ...

Snowflakes flying in the brisk NW wind here in Westport, 39/25

Crossing from Port Jeff to Bridgeport, the sound is angry today, big waves and some rather unsettling creaking and banging from the boat.

imagine unironically posting anything from that windbag grifter Rogan lol !