Thank for giving it straight from the shoulder although I don't think many will care. They will go blindly on in their trance, either avoiding the obvious or not believing the scientists that warn them.
Thanks. Straight from the shoulder — or heart — is all I do. While I don't like our odds there is growing dissatisfaction in Trump's base. Perhaps common ground can be found as the economy fails, if not on climate then at least on being able to keep a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and have decent medical care.
The last capitalist will sell the next-to-last capitalist the password to his gold-filled office safe plus a pair of fins and a snorkel. Sadly, that snorkel will be defective.
Same in Buffalo, NY. We had temperatures here for most of the summer into the mid 80s, a rare occurrence when I went to college here 35 years ago. Winters are far milder and the blizzard we had a couple of years ago was because Lake Erie didn't freeze over.
Even a halfwit can see what is happening. I doubt there are more than a few true deniers left. The rest of the deniers are either fogies entrenched and chained to old positions or are acting under other, ignoble, motives.
I don't have a strong feel for the awareness out there. Casual conversations on errands reveal significant unawareness though. Occasionally I meet someone clued in, but the feeling of helplessness and simply struggling to stay alive day-to-day keeps their heads down.
It's rare for me to get an outright denier to my work. I let the last one's comments stand without retort. Ignorance speaks for itself.
I hope I am persuading at least a few of my silent readers to understand the reality of our situation. I have no illusions about my efforts, a pebble in the ocean, and I'm disappointed by the slow growth of my readership this year. I suspect the Substack algorithm has something to do with this. They are clearly emphasizing high paying writers. Money is helpful in this endeavor, but not my goal.
Substack's algorithms leave a lot to be desired but it's a business I suppose. I have steadily reduced my subscriptions from over 60 to 20 (yours is one of the surviving 20) with an emphasis on climate newsletters
In a perfect world I would be a paying subscriber to each but all my subscription money is allocated elsewhere unfortunately.🙁
“You see what want to see and hear what you want to hear.”
Where are you going with that? Don't you know, "Everything HAS to have a point" Geoff. I can remember watching this on live TV. OMG does that take me back. Memories like this are dangerous for a person with near eidetic recall, you can get lost in them so easily and lose a lot of time in "replay mode".
Thank you for that, it was actually one of the cooler things I ever watched and totally unique.
As far as the Climate System goes,
We are at +1.5°C in a La Nina year with an albedo that has DIMMED enough to QUADRUPLE the ASR input into the Climate System. From +0.4W/m2 in 2004 when the Rate of Warming was +0.18°C/decade to the current +1.6°W/m2 and RoW of around +0.43°C/decade.
We are going to hit +2°C (sustained) Warming by 2035.
Multiple studies indicate over 70% agricultural output declines in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and parts of China at +2°C. With smaller (-30% declines) in India, parts of South America, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
At +2°C of warming. Over the next 10 years.
We are standing on the edge of the precipice and most people don't even know it.
"The Point" is truly an icon of the era. I have a copy of the animation and a MP3 version of the album. It became a favorite of my daughter at the sweet age of six. Even though I was a kid I miss that era for its creativity and the people who were willing to stand up against the status quo which has led us to the brink.
The implications for agriculture the world over are profound and frightening. Agriculture is a huge issue for the US as well. As no doubt you are aware, California, now the 5th biggest economy in the world has pumped its aquifers to literal collapse in some places. Lake Meade continues to be at historic lows, and a couple of summers ago we saw the Mississippi briefly become impassable. Like the Colorado, it feeds agriculture.
With the fall of agriculture comes the fall of civilization and any thin veneer of civility, and Gaza is indicative of what is to come at greater scale. It's fearsome to contemplate.
And you're right, we're standing on the edge and most people have no idea. As much as I "enjoy" doing this work, knowing that I am for the most part preaching to the choir is a constant frustration.
Thank you for your work, Richard, it's appreciated.
Do you find your eidetic memory to be a blessing or a curse?
It's REALLY useful for learning new things but it doesn't give mastery, it doesn't INTEGRATE the information. I learned that the hard way with calculus and physics, doing the homework was still necessary or you will flunk the final. Even if you have the equivalent of a "cheat sheet" in your head.
And you still "forget" things. You can have memories that you have "forgotten" were there. Things that you just NEVER thought about again, get lost in the mental warehouse of boxes labeled childhood, high-school, and college. To find/recall those memories you need a "trigger", which is what you provided.
I had completely forgotten watching "The Point" until you gave me that trigger. Then it all came back in 3D surround sound. I literally "rewatched/relived it in my mind's eye. That was a good memory.
Not all of my childhood memories are so good. My father was abusive.
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse because it's the way I have always been. I remember things, that's just my reality. It took me decades to realize other people didn't. It makes some things easier, but let me tell you, it doesn't make you popular.
Many years ago 60 Minutes had an episode on your kind of recall. Marilu Henner (the actress on the old show Taxi) was one of the participants. The ability of the group to answer random questions from the past down to the minute was astonishing.
Yes, it's probably better if some memories get blurred by time.
Smell is an interesting trigger. I have an old mantle clock that when I open the door to wind, takes me somewhere else. The wood and faded tobacco smell transports me. I'm careful not to indulge too often because I know that will cause it to lose its power.
For years now as an exercise I have wanted to chronologically write down all of my memories. I think that would be an interesting and possibly revealing exercise. My earliest memory preceded walking, zooming around under the folding tables at a laundromat in a baby walker. Apparently, that was an exciting moment presaging my love for all things on wheels and thrill for speed.
I can understand how such recall could really piss people off if not used carefully!
Or care. And all of these climate goals are out of reach without a world at peace and functioning world governance. One cannot sit there and try to write policy for many other peoples in many other cultures esp from a nation which is the biggest war-monger in all of history, planning, along with its mentor the Zionist entity, attacks on Iran and Venezuela which is merely to road to defeat BRICS by taking out Brazil. The high emissions allowed this high population, both must be wound down IN TANDEM. Until there is world governance based on meritocracy (not the US-style crap democracy), sitting there and pointing out all the problems is just futile. The US military is presently blowing off more emissions than a medium-sized country, while making the world a much more dangerous place.
I should add one other item here. The main thing that propels overconsumption is easy “credit,” meaning easy access to debt to allow you to live beyond your means. As we are doing to the whole planet! Therefore, a simple method to tend toward degrowth is elimination of access to debt. And on a global scale, financialization (of everything) is amounting to almost $700T per year, several times the global actual economic output. Debt, once initiated, never goes away, except by actually paying it off, or by default. On top of that, debt grows exponentially, at a higher rate than supposed “growth” in the economy. But if you eliminate debt, doesn’t that kill off the main driver of the economy - the elimination of human boredom? Should I care?
Thank for giving it straight from the shoulder although I don't think many will care. They will go blindly on in their trance, either avoiding the obvious or not believing the scientists that warn them.
Thanks. Straight from the shoulder — or heart — is all I do. While I don't like our odds there is growing dissatisfaction in Trump's base. Perhaps common ground can be found as the economy fails, if not on climate then at least on being able to keep a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and have decent medical care.
I asked a meteorologist about adding Cat 6. He quipped, "After Cat 5, what's the point?"
Thanks for the gallows laugh.
The last capitalist will sell the next-to-last capitalist the password to his gold-filled office safe plus a pair of fins and a snorkel. Sadly, that snorkel will be defective.
I prefer to think their bunker security forces will eat them.
Mmmm! Probably with a dash of Bill Penzey’s “Justice” seasoning. 😄☘️
October is the new September in the Arctic Rick Thoman reports. Same down here in Oregon. It's kinda scary seeing this heating occur in real time.
Same in Buffalo, NY. We had temperatures here for most of the summer into the mid 80s, a rare occurrence when I went to college here 35 years ago. Winters are far milder and the blizzard we had a couple of years ago was because Lake Erie didn't freeze over.
Even a halfwit can see what is happening. I doubt there are more than a few true deniers left. The rest of the deniers are either fogies entrenched and chained to old positions or are acting under other, ignoble, motives.
I don't have a strong feel for the awareness out there. Casual conversations on errands reveal significant unawareness though. Occasionally I meet someone clued in, but the feeling of helplessness and simply struggling to stay alive day-to-day keeps their heads down.
It's rare for me to get an outright denier to my work. I let the last one's comments stand without retort. Ignorance speaks for itself.
I hope I am persuading at least a few of my silent readers to understand the reality of our situation. I have no illusions about my efforts, a pebble in the ocean, and I'm disappointed by the slow growth of my readership this year. I suspect the Substack algorithm has something to do with this. They are clearly emphasizing high paying writers. Money is helpful in this endeavor, but not my goal.
Substack's algorithms leave a lot to be desired but it's a business I suppose. I have steadily reduced my subscriptions from over 60 to 20 (yours is one of the surviving 20) with an emphasis on climate newsletters
In a perfect world I would be a paying subscriber to each but all my subscription money is allocated elsewhere unfortunately.🙁
No problem, I have to keep my paid subscriptions to a reasonable number, too. Calling out the system is not a lucrative business model, lol.
“You see what want to see and hear what you want to hear.”
Where are you going with that? Don't you know, "Everything HAS to have a point" Geoff. I can remember watching this on live TV. OMG does that take me back. Memories like this are dangerous for a person with near eidetic recall, you can get lost in them so easily and lose a lot of time in "replay mode".
Thank you for that, it was actually one of the cooler things I ever watched and totally unique.
As far as the Climate System goes,
We are at +1.5°C in a La Nina year with an albedo that has DIMMED enough to QUADRUPLE the ASR input into the Climate System. From +0.4W/m2 in 2004 when the Rate of Warming was +0.18°C/decade to the current +1.6°W/m2 and RoW of around +0.43°C/decade.
We are going to hit +2°C (sustained) Warming by 2035.
Multiple studies indicate over 70% agricultural output declines in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and parts of China at +2°C. With smaller (-30% declines) in India, parts of South America, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
At +2°C of warming. Over the next 10 years.
We are standing on the edge of the precipice and most people don't even know it.
"The Point" is truly an icon of the era. I have a copy of the animation and a MP3 version of the album. It became a favorite of my daughter at the sweet age of six. Even though I was a kid I miss that era for its creativity and the people who were willing to stand up against the status quo which has led us to the brink.
The implications for agriculture the world over are profound and frightening. Agriculture is a huge issue for the US as well. As no doubt you are aware, California, now the 5th biggest economy in the world has pumped its aquifers to literal collapse in some places. Lake Meade continues to be at historic lows, and a couple of summers ago we saw the Mississippi briefly become impassable. Like the Colorado, it feeds agriculture.
With the fall of agriculture comes the fall of civilization and any thin veneer of civility, and Gaza is indicative of what is to come at greater scale. It's fearsome to contemplate.
And you're right, we're standing on the edge and most people have no idea. As much as I "enjoy" doing this work, knowing that I am for the most part preaching to the choir is a constant frustration.
Thank you for your work, Richard, it's appreciated.
Do you find your eidetic memory to be a blessing or a curse?
It's not what most people think.
It's REALLY useful for learning new things but it doesn't give mastery, it doesn't INTEGRATE the information. I learned that the hard way with calculus and physics, doing the homework was still necessary or you will flunk the final. Even if you have the equivalent of a "cheat sheet" in your head.
And you still "forget" things. You can have memories that you have "forgotten" were there. Things that you just NEVER thought about again, get lost in the mental warehouse of boxes labeled childhood, high-school, and college. To find/recall those memories you need a "trigger", which is what you provided.
I had completely forgotten watching "The Point" until you gave me that trigger. Then it all came back in 3D surround sound. I literally "rewatched/relived it in my mind's eye. That was a good memory.
Not all of my childhood memories are so good. My father was abusive.
I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse because it's the way I have always been. I remember things, that's just my reality. It took me decades to realize other people didn't. It makes some things easier, but let me tell you, it doesn't make you popular.
Many years ago 60 Minutes had an episode on your kind of recall. Marilu Henner (the actress on the old show Taxi) was one of the participants. The ability of the group to answer random questions from the past down to the minute was astonishing.
Yes, it's probably better if some memories get blurred by time.
Smell is an interesting trigger. I have an old mantle clock that when I open the door to wind, takes me somewhere else. The wood and faded tobacco smell transports me. I'm careful not to indulge too often because I know that will cause it to lose its power.
For years now as an exercise I have wanted to chronologically write down all of my memories. I think that would be an interesting and possibly revealing exercise. My earliest memory preceded walking, zooming around under the folding tables at a laundromat in a baby walker. Apparently, that was an exciting moment presaging my love for all things on wheels and thrill for speed.
I can understand how such recall could really piss people off if not used carefully!
Or care. And all of these climate goals are out of reach without a world at peace and functioning world governance. One cannot sit there and try to write policy for many other peoples in many other cultures esp from a nation which is the biggest war-monger in all of history, planning, along with its mentor the Zionist entity, attacks on Iran and Venezuela which is merely to road to defeat BRICS by taking out Brazil. The high emissions allowed this high population, both must be wound down IN TANDEM. Until there is world governance based on meritocracy (not the US-style crap democracy), sitting there and pointing out all the problems is just futile. The US military is presently blowing off more emissions than a medium-sized country, while making the world a much more dangerous place.
I should add one other item here. The main thing that propels overconsumption is easy “credit,” meaning easy access to debt to allow you to live beyond your means. As we are doing to the whole planet! Therefore, a simple method to tend toward degrowth is elimination of access to debt. And on a global scale, financialization (of everything) is amounting to almost $700T per year, several times the global actual economic output. Debt, once initiated, never goes away, except by actually paying it off, or by default. On top of that, debt grows exponentially, at a higher rate than supposed “growth” in the economy. But if you eliminate debt, doesn’t that kill off the main driver of the economy - the elimination of human boredom? Should I care?
Air conditioners?
How the hell can you row to Wall Street on an air conditioner?
Investment genius at its finest.
Well, if you put pontoons on the air conditioners...
The blindness, greed and cynicism of the banking and investment industry is breathtaking.
Be sure your investment portfolio is in good shape before The End.