Historic Heatwave

The press says we are having an historic heatwave in the US, with record breaking temperatures.

Only one of the 1,218 USHCN stations set their record temperature through June 22 this year.

Through June 23, most USHCN record temperatures are above 100F.

This year the peak is much lower, centered around 90F.

The percent of stations reaching 90F sometime from January 1 to June 23 is sixteenth lowest on record.

On this date in 1988, we had an actual heatwave.

Jun 11, 1986, page 2 – Jackson County Floridan at Newspapers.com

Jun 24, 1988, page 1 – The Miami News at Newspapers.com

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Science-Free Journalism

Nothing in this Scientific American article has anything to with science.  It looks like propaganda from Langley or Ft. Meade.

“CLIMATEWIRE | In November 2022, the United Nations resolved that Russia should pay reparations for the losses, damages and injuries caused by its invasion of Ukraine. Now, some scientists say those payments should include compensation for climate damage, too.

The first two years of the war have produced at least 175 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report by the Initiative on GHG Accounting of War, a network of scientists investigating the climate impacts of Russia’s war.

That’s the equivalent of about $32 billion in damages, they say.

Their calculation uses a figure known as the social cost of carbon, a metric designed to estimate the economic costs of greenhouse gas emissions. A recent study put that cost at around $185 per ton of CO2, which is the figure the new report used. That’s less than the Biden administration’s own estimate, which prices the social cost of carbon at $190 per ton.

“The Russian Federation can be held accountable for these emissions and the resulting damage to the global climate as, without its act of aggression, these [greenhouse gas] emissions would not have happened,” the report says.”

Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Produced $32 Billion in Climate Damage | Scientific American

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Why Is Venus So Hot?

“It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.”

Richard P. Feynman

 

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Color Or Monochrome?

The original version of Dr. Strangelove was funny

“Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film Dr. Strangelove is a black comedy that ends with the world being completely destroyed in a nuclear war. Many aspects of the film might seem absurd, but according to Daniel Ellsberg, who worked as a nuclear war planner in the 1960s, it’s actually pretty close to reality.”

‘Dr. Strangelove’ Is Basically a Documentary | WIRED

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AI Doublespeak

AI is only as good as its training, and has no problem with regurgitating mutually exclusive ideas about climate.

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AI Doublespeak

ChatGPT says doubling CO2 would be an Apocalypse.  It also shows that earth thrived last time CO2 levels were this high.

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Net Zero Intelligence

Wind power is inherently unreliable and requires full backup from reliable energy sources. The UK has some of the highest electricity rates in the world, because their politicians believe their own lies.

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“The Green Party dropped nearly 9 per cent”

“As the provisional results for the European election came in on Sunday, the shock to the German system ran deep. All three parties of the ruling coalition haemorrhaged votes with the Greens plummeting particularly low. Anti-establishment parties made gains. The far-right achieved record results. With regional elections in the autumn and federal elections next year, Germany could be headed for the biggest political upset in the history of its post-war democracy.

On paper, the results read like a stunning reversal of fortunes. The Green Party dropped nearly 9 per cent. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) reached a new low of 14 per cent, down nearly 2 points from their previous worst in 2019. His coalition partners, the Free Liberals (FDP), came in at 5 per cent. Less than a third of German voters opted for the ruling parties combined.”

Olaf Scholz has been humiliated – and Germany is now in crisis

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Fake Record Heat In India

Endless fake news from the press about record heat.

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RFK Jr’s Plan For $12 Gas

Taxpayers have paid seven billion dollars for seven electric charging stations, and RFK Jr. wants $12/gallon gas to force consumers into purchasing EV’s .

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