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So 50 years is too slow for an ice age?  lol

The 1970s "coming ice age" is a good example of how our media mess things up.  It was a handful of climatologists at the time and they had a concern, the Little Ice Age was a real thing, possibly related to solar activity.  It was very speculative, but TIME picked it up and ran an hysterical cover story on it as if it was real.

Even a basic summary of some climate article is tough to read.  And yet folks have strongly held opinions on the topic.  Based on their politics, not science, which is pretty much beyond most of us, including me, I've tried.

Nearly every article in MSM about science has some errors, often massive ones.  Things like Science News are a lot better, and very readable.

I saw a TESLA SUV hooked up to our new outlets.  Usually the two spaces are empty, so far.

The Little Ice Age is still not well understood.  Some claim it only impacted the northern hemisphere.  But temperatures in parts of the world fell drastically and quickly, coincident with a dearth of sunspots.  Did that cause it?  or some volcanic eruption?  It's still debated.  The drop in T was dramatic apparently, and records of the period note starvation because of it.  So, it is POSSIBLE the current climate change is natural.  I don't think it's likely.




Alpine glaciers advanced far below their previous (and present) limits, obliterating farms, churches, and villages in Switzerland, France, and elsewhere. Frequent cold winters and cool, wet summers led to crop failures and famines over much of northern and central Europe. In addition, the North Atlantic cod fisheries declined as ocean temperatures fell in the 17th century.

Little Ice Age - Changes in large-scale atmospheric patterns | Britannica

A nice short summary of it, our lack of a consistent explanation is interesting.

I took this with my cell phone.  I'm amazed how good phone cameras are today.

I don't know why it has to be "30 years in the future" or even 15.  Think about the smart phone era.  We're not even 15 years into it (if you draw the line at 2007's first iPhone).  Things can change fast, especially if market forces drive them.  Smart phones didn't become ubiquitous because they're cheaper to buy or cheaper to own (they cost much more to buy and much more to operate because you have to have data).  They were just better, and people who didn't need one before suddenly and almost universally need one after.  

EV's will see mass adoption because they will be better.  They will be cheaper to operate, more powerful, and just better.  Right now, as stated in an earlier post, EV's are about an $8K premium over a comparable gas car.  Not sure the delta on trucks, but with battery prices dropping look for that to close as well.  Eventually there will come a day when they are on-par, and then maybe it will be even cheaper to buy the EV.  Once EV is the cheaper choice I think most folks will adjust their habits and go EV, with or without gov't intervention.  

We are currently a 2 car family, with a 10 year old. Both of our ICE's are new enough they should still be operational when she is starting to drive. So unless something unforeseen happens our next car is in 6 years. And I will take a long hard look at an EV then.