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Climate Change(d)?

Loren Pechtel said:
TV and credit cards said:
If I had to choose, I'd take the discomfort of hot and humid over over the more deceptive dry heat. Having the moisture sucked out of your body without visibly sweating, I found more dangerous as I had to constantly remind myself to drink more water. I've watched people drop from heat exhaustion a few times in the dry heat of Yosemite. Each time it was an active child.
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Dry heat is far more survivable than wet heat. I have had to be out for an extended period in 110F weather multiple times--unpleasant but not dangerous so long as I have enough water (and I've never done it without ready access to water.) 110F of wet heat would be extremely dangerous no matter what precautions I took. I do agree a child could drop from heat exhaustion but said child would drop in wet heat also.
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Wet bulb temps (heat plus humidity, and implications for survivability.) The source here is the well-known cult NASA . :rolleyesa:
 
As humidity goes up evaporation of sweat goes down, cooling effect of evaporation goes down, body temp goes up.
 
southernhybrid said:
Glad I don't plan to vacation in Greece.
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I should hope not!! What kind of monster would travel to Greece while the world is literally burning!11!!!11!!!!1111!

DiCaprio, Bezos and Gates would of course but they are exceptions.

As thousands of tourists have fled the flames devouring the Greek island of Rhodes, locals were left with scorched land, and the ashes of the cypresses, olive trees and pines surrounding their empty bars, shops and hotels.
Many fear their livelihoods have been shattered for now and perhaps for the future, if the visitors, a core source of income for the island, do not return.

“It was green, and now it’s black,” said George Tirelis, who manages some holiday villas in the south of Rhodes, which are now empty and surrounded by charred land. “Tourists are scared now to come.”
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If the climate change/crisis/emergency/apocalypse cultists had their way, tourism would be banned.
 
pood said:
Loren Pechtel said:
TV and credit cards said:
If I had to choose, I'd take the discomfort of hot and humid over over the more deceptive dry heat. Having the moisture sucked out of your body without visibly sweating, I found more dangerous as I had to constantly remind myself to drink more water. I've watched people drop from heat exhaustion a few times in the dry heat of Yosemite. Each time it was an active child.
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Dry heat is far more survivable than wet heat. I have had to be out for an extended period in 110F weather multiple times--unpleasant but not dangerous so long as I have enough water (and I've never done it without ready access to water.) 110F of wet heat would be extremely dangerous no matter what precautions I took. I do agree a child could drop from heat exhaustion but said child would drop in wet heat also.
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Wet bulb temps (heat plus humidity, and implications for survivability.) The source here is the well-known cult NASA . :rolleyesa:
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steve_bank said:
As humidity goes up evaporation of sweat goes down, cooling effect of evaporation goes down, body temp goes up.
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Exactly. That NASA chart only starts at 40% humidity--current "local" (wherever the weather station is) humidity is 9%. 113F with 16 mph winds--that wouldn't be all that bad.
 
I like this.
Democrats’ climate law set off a wave of energy projects in GOP districts. A backlash followed. - POLITICO
President Joe Biden’s year-old climate law triggered a deluge of clean energy spending in almost every state — and it’s splitting conservatives across rural America.

Some communities are welcoming their slice of the $370 billion pot of federal tax incentives meant to accelerate the development of renewable energy and the deployment of electric vehicles as a way to bring back jobs. Others see the Inflation Reduction Act as a vehicle for boosting Chinese businesses and the reach of their government.

While Republicans on the campaign trail and in Congress regularly bash the law — which Biden signed a year ago Wednesday — as big-government overreach by Democrats bent on killing off fossil fuels, its benefits are disproportionately landing in their communities. And as the measure supercharges efforts to combat climate change, it’s also rekindling economies where people have felt forgotten, potentially softening how some voters view Biden as he seeks reelection.

“We always knew that it would fall across America, not in one particular state or another,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in an interview. “We know that rural areas have been neglected, we know that rural areas have fallen behind, and we wanted to help those rural areas. And if some of those rural areas are red, so be it.”
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The kids are alright.
Montana judge hands historic win to young plaintiffs in climate change case
Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said Seeley's findings, including that climate change is a serious health and environmental threat, could "become an inspiration" for lawsuits in states with similar constitutional provisions and make it more difficult for defendants to wave away climate concerns.


It is "the strongest decision on climate change ever issued by any court," he said.
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arstechnica.com

US picks the first two sites for carbon-capture hubs

Up to $1.2 billion in funding for handling "legacy" carbon emissions.
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They also represent a major step globally, as each facility is expected to have 250 times the capacity of the largest currently in operation.

Combined, the two projects are expected to be able to sequester 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year—about 500 times the capacity of any existing DAC facilities. The DOE estimates that will be the equivalent of taking roughly half a million cars off the road.

That's a lot, but the DOE estimates that reaching the Biden administration's goal of a net-zero US by 2050 will require at least 400 million tonnes to be sequestered annually, and perhaps as many as 1.8 billion. So, while this is a key step, reaching our climate goals will require vast capacity expansion.
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Or get it before you emit it:
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Carbon capture is here—it just isn’t evenly distributed

Small installations like CarbonQuest's may provide a key demonstration of the tech.
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I think I saw TSwizzle in the news floating around in his hot tub.
 
And today we are witnessing the hurricane microwave again in the Gulf, where a tropical storm is going to be borderline Cat 3-4 in 30 or so hours. This isn't setting records, but the storm is simply going to run of out of time to intensify as it plunges into the Gulf bend of Florida.

Rapid intensification is just to be expected now. The models are starting to catch up.
 
The Gulf was torched in August 2023. Warmest recorded in most of the region.
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New Orleans set 20 calendar day record highs during the month. It reached its previous all-time high of 102 degrees twice, and then it reached a record-smashing 105 degrees on the 27th. It hit at least 100 on 17 days, demolishing the old monthly and annual record of five such days.
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The gulf is bath water.

Is coastal Florida sustainablee as is gong forward? Maybe not. People live on islands off the shore at sea level.
 
Upper level winds were never particularly favorable for Idalia to intensify like it did. The hot water definitely kicked it up a notch on the scale.
 
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