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Duppers

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15. And yet there are still deniers!! 😠
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 07:45 AM
Jun 2021

NYT has an article this morning:

Climate change [Global Warming] has plunged the Western U.S. into its worst drought in two decades. And a record-breaking heat wave only made things worse.

In Arizona and Nevada, it’s been so hot that doctors warned people they could get third-degree burns from the asphalt. Wildfires raged in Montana and Utah. Power grids in Texas strained as officials asked residents to limit appliance use to avoid blackouts.


More...

In Australia, Griffith said, a kilowatt-hour of energy generated by rooftop solar panels costs about a third of what it would from a U.S. power grid.

“We can make everyone’s energy future cheaper, but politics has to work with technology, which has to work with finance,” he said.
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Why do solar panels cost so much more in the U.S.?

Siberia hits 118 degrees!! [View all] True Dough Jun 2021 OP
It's 118 degrees in the Arctic, which sure seems bad Goonch Jun 2021 #1
!, for sure. Fwiw, it was 118 degrees peak ground temperature, not air. Hortensis Jun 2021 #22
We are so f*cked. nt trusty elf Jun 2021 #2
Just a note: ground temperatures tend to be more extreme than air temperatures. Jim__ Jun 2021 #3
But don't those ground temperatures occur over permafrost Ligyron Jun 2021 #11
Yeah, but when we're talking about pockets of hydrocarbons sealed beneath permafrost... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #14
And methane, the largest pocket on Earth located on the floor of the Leptev Sea in the Arctic Ocean. ancianita Jun 2021 #25
fiddling while the world burns Dukkha Jun 2021 #4
I heard last night that the Pacific North West will break all temperature records this malaise Jun 2021 #5
Yes MFM008 Jun 2021 #6
Wow! malaise Jun 2021 #8
It's exasperating, Magoo48 Jun 2021 #23
It's exasperating, Magoo48 Jun 2021 #24
It's about 1 degree north of the Arctic Circle, so 24 hours of sunlight Klaralven Jun 2021 #7
An article about 2020's heat wave in Siberia bronxiteforever Jun 2021 #9
oh well, onethatcares Jun 2021 #10
I can see that... 2naSalit Jun 2021 #12
So long, and thanks for all the fish! Act_of_Reparation Jun 2021 #13
Spot on! jaxexpat Jun 2021 #19
And yet there are still deniers!! 😠 Duppers Jun 2021 #15
Florida? twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #16
It's 74 degrees in Florida right now and quite nice thank you very much...LOL. n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #18
I'm a blistering 76, myself. jaxexpat Jun 2021 #21
Hahaha, very true. I'm on the east coast and only worry about the east. n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #27
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #28
Wow, you're a real genius and snarky at the same time. n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #29
Your words. twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #30
You state that you only care about the East coast and then call out someone else? hlthe2b Jun 2021 #32
Damn, I was just about to buy a nice retirement condo in Siberia, but now Beastly Boy Jun 2021 #17
The Ice Caps are Melting- Tiny Tim spike jones Jun 2021 #20
The forces of Earth from Miami to the Arctic, squashing teh political fights in DC to nothing. ancianita Jun 2021 #26
That's ground temp, not air temp. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #31
Yes, but it's a dry heat Poiuyt Jun 2021 #33
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