As Lloyd says it, the real issue here are people and their habits of abusing the climate. These issues have been getting more and more serious as the years go by. And the people and their governments have been ignoring the coming threat of increasing heat. The attitude has been, we can fix it tomorrow. […]
A heat dome that covered southern New England finally moved on yesterday. The highs touched 100°F, and with the humidity, the heat indices were five degrees higher. I have a feeling this won’t be the last of it. “The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June, pushing past records set during the 2023–24 […]
Some introduction and then explanation. A rather brief take on what is going on with the Electric Car in the United States and why it did not succeed. Think Trump . . . President Trump has ordered the elimination of the EV mandate and termination of federal support for EVs. “Quantifying Trump’s impacts on EV […]
We never had air conditioning when I was young and still had years before hitting 19 when I left home forever. Some how in their homes after I left had air conditioning. Abd I was down at Lejeune or in Cuba. Humidity versus a dry heat, Both were uncomfortable even with your sleeves rolled up. […]
Report on Oil coming out of the middle east as Trump and Iran try to find common ground. This is way out of the ordinary and pretty much did not have to occur except for an oversized ego in the western hemisphere trying to make his mark globally. I am sure people will remember this […]
From the archives: In praise of slow bikes – by Lloyd Alter Carbon UpFront Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Slow Food movement, has died. He inspired many other slow movements over the years. I wrote about many of them and believe I was the first to call for a slow-car movement, somewhat in jest. But I […]
Recently, I read a bit about climate change. Apparently, it is felt we did what we could do to minimize what we do today and to minimize Climate Change from our own actions. It was more likely than not, not enough, In AZ and even though it is illegal, Many vehicles have altered exhaust systems. […]
Partial of a report by Oil Price is dated May 17 as written by Irina Slav. As expected, the United States is headed for a shortage while our president fiddles away with attacking Iran. He started something which is going to be difficult to end and has put the US as well as other countries […]
We do have recycling here in AZ. They give you an ~55-gallon container on wheels. You fill it up and set it out on a Tuesday. Since it is just Jan and I, we do not have many recyclable throwaways. I carve boxes up so we can get more things in the container. I do […]
The Earth was always experiencing natural warming and cooling cycles. What is occurring today is different and concerning. Climate scientists: “every decade since 1850 has been warmer than the last four decades”. The ten hottest years have all happened since 2000, because of human activity. Rising temperatures does not just mean hotter weather. The Earth’s climate is complex. […]