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HIghs in the low 70s here next few days, a couple days with some rain.  Supposed to hit 80°F in 8 days.

June obviously can have some hot days.

Germany shutting down nuclear plants seems counter-intuitive.  Replacing coal plants with nuclear ones is a fast way to lower CO2 emissions.  Most of nuclear's problems are long-term.  If the emergency is today, it seems like nuclear ought to be a bigger piece of the fix, not a smaller one.

When I see politicians announce commitments to what they will do 20-30 years from now, I do always take that with a grain of salt. 

Most of them won't be in power at that point, so they know it'll be someone else's job to renege on the promises.

Germany has announced it will put its last coal plant offline by 2038, a commitment that still has to be firmed up in the country’s coal exit law.

But didn't you say it really doesn't matter if India/China/Russia aren't falling in Line?I could see if national stock of coal is depleting.Man folks really dissing the coal miners lately

The forecasts of the models is very very dire, far worse than many appear to understand, and we're past the point of no return in effect.

A few years back one of the cable channels did a few episodes of earth w/o Humans or sumsuch.How the earth would adjust and reclaim/regrowth metropolitan areas.Pretty interesting.I'm a big believer of saving as many trees as we can

My point is that coal is going to die eventually. It's just a matter of time. You can create a map of them here: https://www.eia.gov/state/maps.php. California has 1 left, New England has 2 left, New York has 4, New Jersey has none, Oregon / Washington / Idaho have 1 each.

Germany made a shortsighted decision to focus on shutting down nuclear after the Fukushima disaster. I agree that existing nuclear should be kept open as long as possible. The problem is that new nuclear is not even close to being economical. The one in Georgia will almost certainly be the last big new nuclear plant in the country. Nuclear's last hope is smaller-scale plants that will start to be deployed soon, but it remains to be seen if they'll be commercially viable everywhere as opposed to just remote locations in cold climates (eg. Alaska), military bases, and some other specific situations.... Fusion power may still become viable someday, but that's too far out to count on it.