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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4032 on: February 05, 2021, 06:01:49 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on February 05, 2021, 03:44:44 PM
so, why wasn't the earth warmer 100 years ago, before the 2nd industrial revolution?
Ya Pittsburgh should have been like Boca Raton
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4033 on: February 05, 2021, 06:04:04 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 05, 2021, 03:49:13 PM
The cause, and scope, of the Little Ice Age remains a mystery.  Some suggest the sun went into a period of reduced activity.
Some claim it only happened in the northern hemisphere.  Some claim it was due to a volcanic eruption (for 300 years?).
Might have been the Indians in a Pennant Chase
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4034 on: February 05, 2021, 07:34:57 PM »
Ignore this!  We need much more bureaucratic mandates.
After all, if we don't, where are the opportunities for graft?
And it deprives those on the left opportunities to virtue signal.




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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4035 on: February 05, 2021, 07:37:57 PM »
Not suppose to get above 22 deg for the next week,11 tonite,below 0 mid week,been about 4 -5 yrs it has been this consistently cold.But it is a dry cold,Had 3 people this week go thru the ice in Medina County.Shouldn't be a problem next week
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4036 on: February 05, 2021, 08:04:59 PM »
didn't get to 20 today, not supposed to get above 9 degrees for the next 10 days

gonna be some double digit negatives for over night lows
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4037 on: February 06, 2021, 12:49:40 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on February 05, 2021, 08:04:59 PM
didn't get to 20 today, not supposed to get above 9 degrees for the next 10 days

gonna be some double digit negatives for over night lows
fore?
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4038 on: February 06, 2021, 07:08:14 AM »
:D
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4039 on: February 06, 2021, 09:20:28 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 06, 2021, 12:49:40 AM
fore?
we do have simulators around here at bars, golf courses and casinos

the newer simulators are pretty good, but I'm not a huge fan
I'd rather go to Top Golf or Top Shot, but too damned cold for that
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4040 on: February 07, 2021, 04:53:14 AM »
Interesting, more coal to be burned?



You can see that nonhydro renewables is increasing in increments of 2% a year.  Do you think that pace will increase now?  How much?  Coal is obviously the worst option for CO2 generation.

If that 2% stays constant (and it would struggle as the figure gets larger), we'd be at 32% by 2030, which would be a nice chunk, but not really enough to impact climate change.

And of course any increase in coal usage is going the wrong way fast.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4041 on: February 07, 2021, 09:13:05 AM »
nuclear and hydro going down
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4042 on: February 07, 2021, 09:56:46 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on February 07, 2021, 09:13:05 AM
nuclear and hydro going down
Yes, this is one of the challenges of course, and demand will go up, a lot, once EVs really take hold.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4043 on: February 08, 2021, 08:06:13 AM »
I will be interested in seeing what sort of "plan" our government contrives in DC this round, not that I think much can pass.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4044 on: February 09, 2021, 07:44:32 AM »
Ford Makes $29 Billion Commitment to EVs and Self-Driving Cars (caranddriver.com)

So, Ford and GM both are going heavily for EVs.  That doesn't mean they will of course, the market will determine that, but I think  it clear that we are headed to an EV future.  I would guess by 2040, most new cars in the US will be EVs, maybe 90% of them.  Of course, that doesn't mean 90% of car on the road will be EVs.  The percentage is still low today obviously.

Could we hit 50% by 2040?  It's possible.

That would increase our need for electricity by 15% or so by itself.
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Re: Weather, Climate, and Environment
« Reply #4045 on: February 09, 2021, 09:59:10 AM »
I'm not safe behind the wheel now.  20 more years and they'll take my license.
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