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Climate Change & Natural Disasters Thread

rawarr said:
I have no idea how homeless are surviving in Phx right now. The low has gone below 90 once since July 8. Everyone here treats it like any other summer though
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It's been a while since I've been to AZ, but didn't it used to get cool-ish at night? Maybe that was outside PHX.
 
This deserves some follow-up. The warnings weren't just hype.

www.reuters.com

Hurricane Otis witness surveys devastation in Acapulco | Reuters Video

On Wednesday (October 25), Hurricane Otis struck the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico, unleashing its force upon the beach resort. As daylight broke, the extent of the destruction became evident, particularly from the perspective of the Solar Ocean Hotel, where the landscape below lay devastated.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com

Tons of other videos from other perspectives available out there.
 
Video coming out of Acapulco is absolutely devastating. Looks like a bomb exploded over the entire area.
 
Are you feeling a little too happy and having too good of a week? Then try reading this NY times article profiling a group of scientists trying to save species from extinction in the face of climate change.

www.nytimes.com

The Scientists Watching Their Life’s Work Disappear

Some are stubborn optimists. Others struggle with despair. Their faces show the weight they carry as they witness the impact of climate change.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
 
birdman said:
WHY DIDNT YOU SEND A DUPLICATE COPY TO YOUR CONGRESS PERSON?!?

Thanks for nothing, PhDeac.
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Did you find the 3 Time Magazine covers that were showing the worries about the “coming ice age”? I have copies of those 3 covers if you need to borrow them.
 
Demonwolverine said:
Yeah, but don't you sleep better knowing oil tycoons are still comfortable?
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The nuts that still want but aren’t buying the EV cars because the costs are $10,000+ higher than gas cars, have now got all the car maker CEO’s worried because EV sales are way down. They are losing their asses on EV’s and will be lowering production (costs if cars & higher interest rates lowering sales).

But EV’s, when & if they do get started in a buying cycle, have to have something to run ON! EV tires are made out of oil. It takes 5-7 gallons of oil to make 1 car tire. Plus EV cars have to have roads. Your highways are made of petroleum products. So they ain’t going anywhere. (Nor are their profits). That is why Exxon just bought Pioneer Resources for $60 billion AND Chevron just bought Hess for $53 billion. Gas, oil & diesel fuel are going nowhere.
 
Cost parity is predicted within 3 years and I believe hybrids are selling faster than pure ICE cars right now. The charging infrastructure is the problem in the US, as are some raw material fights. And overall fossil fuel demand trends show a peak by 2030, if not sooner. That's why those deals are happening; so that those companies can squeeze as much profit out as soon as possible.

Great logic work though. You should be very proud of yourself. Remember to wipe up after your meeting with an oil company CEO.
 
What if they made electric vehicles, with electric tires ?
 
BaseballBoomhauer said:
Cost parity is predicted within 3 years and I believe hybrids are selling faster than pure ICE cars right now. The charging infrastructure is the problem in the US, as are some raw material fights. And overall fossil fuel demand trends show a peak by 2030, if not sooner. That's why those deals are happening; so that those companies can squeeze as much profit out as soon as possible.

Great logic work though. You should be very proud of yourself. Remember to wipe up after your meeting with an oil company CEO.
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My biggest fear about an electric vehicle is road trips. What if I can't find a charging location if I need to recharge?

I'm good about filling up a car before a trip. My wife, not so much.

When you do recharge, you're down for an hour and getting more gas takes 10min.
 
TheReff said:
Did you find the 3 Time Magazine covers that were showing the worries about the “coming ice age”? I have copies of those 3 covers if you need to borrow them.
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Go ahead and post real homemade photos of the time magazine covers that you own from the '70s. Go get them, take them out of the archival plastic sleave, take a picture and then post it here.
 
bym051d said:
My biggest fear about an electric vehicle is road trips. What if I can't find a charging location if I need to recharge?

I'm good about filling up a car before a trip. My wife, not so much.

When you do recharge, you're down for an hour and getting more gas takes 10min.
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We bought a pacifica hybrid (mini van mafia baby!). We get 32 miles fully electric before it auto switches to hybrid. Not counting one vacation road trip, we have put 4 tanks of gas in the car since April.
 
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