The world runs on fossil fuels; renewables are mostly not what you think:
80.5% of all global energy (not just electricity) from fossil fuels
Renewables 14.5%
most from biomass (8.4%)
Solar + wind just 2.9%
Latest global data for 2024, IEA: https://t.co/MVtt8TzcO4
@BulletinAtomic In an era replete with ridiculous ideas about catastrophic anthropogenic climate change, this article stands out as one of the stupidest I have ever read. How could a weather event of any kind affect a nuclear power plant more than it would affect wind or solar plants?
@ronrule Elon Musk has already stated that individuals could purchase the Cybercab and use it as they wished. When the owner was not using the car, they could join the rental agreement and rent it out to other drivers.
A senator that goes along with Uni party finishes their career with generational wealth. You can find the honest senators quite easily by looking at their houses. They live in nice neighborhoods, but the houses are what you would expect from someone that makes less than $200,000 a year. They don’t have multiple homes, island homes, or beach homes.
@5PointSlo Before the O.J. Simpson trial, did jurors get talk-show bookings and book deals? Now it seems the thing to do is get on a jury for a controversial case and collect cash rewards afterward.
@jimmyfailla They had to wait at least a little while after the last time he insulted President Trump or someone else on the right. That way they did not have to fight politically to fire him for not being funny and continuously losing money.
Is there no punishment for a judge,legislature, or president that violates the constitution? Is there no enforcement mechanism for politicians that violate SCOTUS rulings? Impeachment should be the mechanism, but since all branches of government violate the constitution and SCOTUS rulings no one wants to cast the first stone.
@tifany_shemille Indeed, men have a natural propensity to protect children, disregarding the few crazies. I always thought women shared that same propensity. Apparently I have been misled.
When you double a tiny number, you get another tiny number. 400 ppm equals 0.04% of Earth’s atmosphere, and humans contribute only 5% of that tiny amount. To find any contribution to climate change from increased CO2, the data has to be manipulated and massaged. Even after that, the effects of CO2 on the climate are almost too small to measure.
@rs79xx@socratesccost There is no exact temperature for any day or year for planet Earth. The figures used are anomalies, because most of the planet has no weather stations to record temperatures. Temperatures in areas without thermometers are interpolated from the nearest stations.