Climate Change Update........

[Magyars]

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[2tonic]

I would like to thank the Sun, and the Moon for publicly putting to rest, in a grand and dramatic fashion, the absurd idea that mankind controls, or can even affect, the climate of the earth.
During today's eclipse the average temperature drop, in the "zone of totality" was nearly 10°F, after being deprived of direct sunlight for only four minutes.
Why didn't the climatards' freon/ozone/florocarbon/heat dome retain all the energy?
This proves that the Sun is the overwhelming component driving temperatures on Earth, and any averaged change is due to a variation in the Sun's output, or at least the amount of it's energy reaching our planet (which always modulates in cycles).
The commies can take their "green" regulations and shove them into that deep, dark hole that @BigRed has in his heart for lefties. **** 'em.

And as far as an electricity shortfall, they would do well to remember that....
The sun don't always shine
The wind don't always blow
But coal always burns
And water always boils.



Well, at least I feel better now.

 

[Magyars]

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

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In before: "Nobody forced you to get anything...."

 

[smokingman]

Grifters and bankers not going down without a fight.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/switzerland-climate-change-women-lawsuit

At what point does destroying your own economies and causing more harm than good(electric cars as an example) wake people up, or are to many making money off of the destruction to stop it?

 

[smokingman]

Islands That Climate Alarmists Said Would Soon "Disappear" Due To Rising Sea Found To Have Grown In Size | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

[wtburnette]

along the same lines:

Retreating Ocean Reveals Ancient Fortress Once Used To Defend Major Irish Country

Low tides in Ireland in April revealed the remains of walls once used to defend Bronze Age societies from attack.

dailycaller.com

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Islands That Climate Alarmists Said Would Soon "Disappear" Due To Rising Sea Found To Have Grown In Size | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

Ever wonder how much wealth you've had to forfeit because of the climate hoax? From replacing otherwise functional AC units because the refrigerant was thought to be burning up the ozone to compact fluorescent bulbs that cost multiple times as much as incandescent ones and don't last nearly as long as promised to fuel costs because "fossil" fuels are killing the planet...generations now have been indoctrinated into this lie and it's cost us untold fortunes.

 

[KLB]

Ever wonder how much wealth you've had to forfeit because of the climate hoax? From replacing otherwise functional AC units because the refrigerant was thought to be burning up the ozone to compact fluorescent bulbs that cost multiple times as much as incandescent ones and don't last nearly as long as promised to fuel costs because "fossil" fuels are killing the planet...generations now have been indoctrinated into this lie and it's cost us untold fortunes.

CFLs sucked. I like the LEDs though. I don't remember the last time I replaced a bulb.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

CFLs sucked. I like the LEDs though. I don't remember the last time I replaced a bulb.

We've replaced a few--not many, for sure. Then again, we still have a few CFLs running and incandescents.

Good ideas don't have to be forced. If people realized that LEDs were really a better choice, they would have adopted them without government's ham-fisted mandates.

 

[smokingman]

CFLs sucked. I like the LEDs though. I don't remember the last time I replaced a bulb.

The only thing I do not like about LEDs is most fixtures are now trash if one fails. Go to any home improvement store and buy a new ceiling light, and you will quickly see what I mean. The lights are built in and non replaceable.
I do like being able to change the color of the light though.

I have had plenty fail, mostly ones in outdoor lighting fixtures. They tend to not do well in outdoor temperatures(cold more than heat), and I am unsure of why.

 

[KLB]

The only thing I do not like about LEDs is most fixtures are now trash if one fails. Go to any home improvement store and buy a new ceiling light, and you will quickly see what I mean. The lights are built in and non replaceable.
I do like being able to change the color of the light though.

I have had plenty fail, mostly ones in outdoor lighting fixtures. They tend to not do well in outdoor temperatures(cold more than heat), and I am unsure of why.

I have LED fixtures, and that would be problem, but I haven't had a whole fixture go bad yet.

I was referring to the LED bulbs that go into old fixtures though.

 

[BugI02]

We've replaced a few--not many, for sure. Then again, we still have a few CFLs running and incandescents.

Good ideas don't have to be forced. If people realized that LEDs were really a better choice, they would have adopted them without government's ham-fisted mandates

Think of the LEDs as mini-Teslas. They were always going to be expensive, but they would have been vastly more expensive if millions weren't forced to adopt them - likely the cost would have prevented their widespread adoption at all

Same thing with EVs, if they had to rely on consumer driven sales to keep the manufacturers afloat the would be a footnote to history or limited to a top luxury brand (because they do have some wicked purely performance advantages that might be competitive against other high end sports cars - though the vastly higher weights would be a disadvantage in braking and cornering and might make them uncompetitive even there)

 

[BugI02]

I have had plenty fail, mostly ones in outdoor lighting fixtures. They tend to not do well in outdoor temperatures(cold more than heat), and I am unsure of why.

The smoke trapped in the solid state electronics is always looking for a way to get out

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Think of the LEDs as mini-Teslas. They were always going to be expensive, but they would have been vastly more expensive if millions weren't forced to adopt them - likely the cost would have prevented their widespread adoption at all

Government fixing a problem they created.

 

[BugI02]

Government once again demonstrating that your freedom means nothing to them if it stands in the way of a goal they are pursuing

I am constantly reminded of that C S Lewis quote about '... tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive'

 

[KLB]

Same thing with EVs, if they had to rely on consumer driven sales to keep the manufacturers afloat the would be a footnote to history or limited to a top luxury brand (because they do have some wicked purely performance advantages that might be competitive against other high end sports cars - though the vastly higher weights would be a disadvantage in braking and cornering and might make them uncompetitive even there)

I keep hearing about how heavy EVs are in comparison to ICE cars. Look at the Durango Hellcat compared to my EV6 GT. Costs more, weighs more, slower, brakes longer, turns worse. The EV6 is a bit smaller.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I don't have time to do a exhaustive search on the site but the first press site I pull up, Chevy doesn't list the weight of the EV Silverado.

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[BugI02]

I keep hearing about how heavy EVs are in comparison to ICE cars. Look at the Durango Hellcat compared to my EV6 GT. Costs more, weighs more, slower, brakes longer, turns worse. The EV6 is a bit smaller.
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For likely the same or less money than the Hellcat (since it is a 2021). Why did you elect to use an unsophisticated truck with a big engine stuffed in it for comparison?


The real tell would be to take the two vehicles to the track, especially since EVs don't do so well given the demands of hot-lapping which are just another day for ICE

 

[KLB]

For likely the same or less money than the Hellcat (since it is a 2021). Why did you elect to use an unsophisticated truck with a big engine stuffed in it for comparison?

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The real tell would be to take the two vehicles to the track, especially since EVs don't do so well given the demands of hot-lapping which are just another day for ICE

Because off the top of my head it is the closest performance wise to the EV I have. There are not a lot of SUVs/Crossovers that have that kind of performance from an ICE engine.

Track performance varies by EV. They aren't all Mach-Es.