Climate Change -- conspiracy theory or is it time we all drive a Prius?

Quote: odiousgambit

scientists know they have to make adjustments to the data, this is not a secret, nor is it necessarily done wrong. An example is the heat island effect, where the old data was in an orchard maybe, and the new data close to a heat island. The scientists know that

what *we* don't know is if there is a bias that creeps in, and that's when they aren't up to something

As for NASA, an honest evaluation from them would be "all this is new data. We can't compare any of it more than 50 years because the satellites weren't there till then, and barely then. Most of it was not collected until X years ago" [I'd guess 20]

what do they do instead? I found that article and some nitwit says "it’s very likely that July 2023 was hotter than any month in any year since at least 1850,”

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earth-just-hottest-july-long-shot-nasa-noaa-say-rcna99775

Quote: kenarman

Quote: odiousgambit

scientists know they have to make adjustments to the data, this is not a secret, nor is it necessarily done wrong. An example is the heat island effect, where the old data was in an orchard maybe, and the new data close to a heat island. The scientists know that

what *we* don't know is if there is a bias that creeps in, and that's when they aren't up to something

As for NASA, an honest evaluation from them would be "all this is new data. We can't compare any of it more than 50 years because the satellites weren't there till then, and barely then. Most of it was not collected until X years ago" [I'd guess 20]

what do they do instead? I found that article and some nitwit says "it’s very likely that July 2023 was hotter than any month in any year since at least 1850,”

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earth-just-hottest-july-long-shot-nasa-noaa-say-rcna99775

The 'new' collection system came in this year.

Quote: boy what debt can do!

declines in electricity, fuel and cooking gas consumption, resulting from shortages... Nearly 1000 bakeries have been shut as a response to shortages of cooking gas... Long queues have formed in recent months in front of petrol filling stations... daily power cuts have been imposed ... post soldiers at various gas and fuel filling stations ... the government suspended fuel sales to non-essential vehicles... shortage of aviation fuel....all international airlines to carry extra fuel while flying into Sri Lanka.

Quote: odiousgambit

What there is no need for is creating a crisis mentality for a crisis that doesn't exist. So here we have, in my opinion, people put as spokespersons for NASA, NOAA, the UN department for it, going along as a sense of political duty to hype it all. Wouldn't have the job unless they were willing and able to do that. 1850? really?

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The country submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) ¬¬– its plan to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement – to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in July 2021. This includes an ambition to generate 70% of its electricity from renewables by 2030, and to achieve carbon neutrality in the power sector by 2050. Sri Lanka also aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4% by 2030 versus anticipated levels in a business-as-usual scenario. With international financial and technological support, it could lower emissions by a larger 14.5%. The document also envisions Sri Lanka developing around 800 megawatts (MW) of wind-power generation on its northern coast by 2030, as well as 2,000MW of solar power capacity, including rooftop installations, and small-scale and large power plants.

Fossil fuel phase-out policy

While Sri Lanka does not have a fossil-fuel phase-out policy yet, it pledged not to add any more coal power plants in September 2021, as well as to convert existing fuel-oil-based combined cycle units to natural gas, and to introduce natural-gas-based power plants to support its targets for reducing carbon emissions. The country has therefore scrapped coal-power plant additions from its long-term generation plan running up to 2041.

Quote: odiousgambit

wikipedia page on the Sri Lanka economic crisis blames it on debt largely. I searched the article for the words wind, solar, green .... not found. The word 'energy' can not be found in the context of green energy replacing fossil fuels. So I am concluding that it's been deemed not proper to mention these factors in Wikipedia, somebody might find out it's dangerous to listen to crackpots

or maybe I imagined all those things I related in the prior post. You tell me



"People waiting for hours to refill liquefied petroleum gas cylinders"



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis_(2019%E2%80%93present)

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COLOMBO, July 5 (Reuters) - A year after angry Sri Lankans stormed the president's residence and forced his ouster during a meltdown of the economy, the island's streets are calm, there are no serpentine queues at fuel stations and hours-long power cuts have ended.

Quote: rxwine

Also as to hand waving alarmist. I've never been affected at all from the border crisis. Not once, not ever. So, that means it's not important because it doesn't affect me now, so far?