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Weather folks are expecting cold air to come out of the North American Arctic Zone and bring low temperature and snow to southern Canada and the north central USA. A Continental Polar or cP air mass has formed and is beginning to move.
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Indeed, down here in West Virginia we are progged to get a week of lows in the 20’s F and highs just in the 30’s. That is a lot of cold air traveling a long way. I wonder what the mass of that cold air mass is? Megatons I am sure.
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Yes, MASS of air transferring a heat value ( hot or cold: +/- ). Now if the forecasters could tell us that so many ‘hundred’ tons ( or tonnees – as some like to say) could we work out for ourselves, just how much our local temperature would rise or fall? .. Yes we never really got that in school or Uni. Mass transfer in static conditions, Heat transfer in vehicle cooling systems – airflow THROUGH a matrix, is not quite the same as OVER a land mass …
Here in the N of Scotland, we’ve had very mild temperatures too – often warmer at NIGHT, than during the previous / following day. Just accepting it as the Southerly airflow.
Picking Acorns yesterday – germinated already – 3″ roots – now That’s telling some. Plants can’t be wrong, or ? stratification coming to mind. …
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A large high pressure block will dominate the weather this weekend.
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John Stossel on electric vehicles (5-minute video):
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part One
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My latest on the COP27 “loss and damage” fiasco:
COP27 — “Loss and Damage” vaguely makes it to the table
By David Wojick
https://www.cfact.org/2022/11/08/cop27-loss-and-damage-vaguely-makes-it-to-the-table/
The beginning: “Deliberate vagueness is a hallmark of diplomacy and the elusive concept of “loss and damage” has made the grade in Egypt. The concept will now be discussed, but without the central feature of liability.
Reminder: the idea is that because of prior emissions and such the developed countries are responsible for all bad climate change impacts on the developing countries. Here loss refers to things that cannot be fixed, like death and crop losses. Damage refers to fixable stuff like flooded cities.
Dropping the feature of liability expands the concept to include actions like humanitarian aid, so the liability-based concept is not actually on the table. Much follows from this. In particular the developed countries could agree to creating a funding facility, but in the name of charity, not liability. You would never know about this deliberate vagueness from the green press headlines, which is all most people read.”
A lot more in the article. The trick is to get us to agree to a “loss and damage” facility then hit us with liability.
Please share this article.
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They should never consider a mythical loss (ie anthropogenic climate damage)…
… without also considering the massive benefits of all things developed in those western civilisations and in use in developing countries.
Do they want all those western benefits, or not.. ??
I thought that is what they were aiming for. !
They want to be just like us. !
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They want money.
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“They want money.”
So they can do the things they accuse the western world of doing.. 🙂
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Exactly. Well put. They want electricity, refrigeration, air conditioning, cars, truck and airplanes, etc.
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Warm is GOOD.
Ice Ages are REALLY bad for life in general. They are incredibly DRY times. Too cool to provide enough global evaporation tha t results in snow and rain.
No precipitation? No “renewal”. DEATH stalks the planet. It gets more interesting. once sea-ice think; the entire Arctic ice mass, starts freezing more sea water. Folks will get to witness a continental-scaled ‘cross-county glacier”, just like the last Ice Age. An Ice sheet, several kilometres thick, trundling inexorably across vast area, abrading and sterilizing the scoured scenery as it expands.
The Southern polar region behaves a little differently because of the larger distances of open ocean to its north. However, things will be “interesting.
Just for giggles, as the ice coverage expands, more and more sunlight will be reflected straight back into space. Planetary Albedo is an interesting phenomenon.
ANYONE wanting to seriously lower temperatures is a homicidal psychpath; and those are their “nicer” characteristics.
As always: “Follow the Money!” Especially the “spillage”.
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FOUR HUNDRED private jets arrived in Egypt during COP27 as climate delegates are accused of ‘hypocrisy’
. Climate delegates accused of hypocrisy as 400 private jets in Egypt for COP27
. Numerous posts on social media criticised delegates for travelling by private jet
. Posts and reports included various estimates for the number of such planes
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COP Cultists say the funniest things:
Nancy-pants Pelosi spoke disparagingly of “those who believe climate is a hoax”. Say what?!
Bahamas PM Philip Davis cited a “leading expert on climate refugees”. Not simply a mere ‘expert’ but a LEADING expert – in something which doesn’t exist.
Palau president, Mr Whipps Jr, claimed climate killed 30 million jellyfish within his nation (surely he could borrow some from the UK?). Allegedly it’s only happened twice before, in 2017 and 1997. Hmmm, El Niño peaks, maybe? Surely it’s not just about the free money…
COP menu: Cocktails Or Pastries, Cash Or Plastic, Carry On Puking, or, a Carbon Of Politicians. They sure are in the land of d’Nile.
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When you have an overabundance of experts, you need leading experts.
Similar to a situation where your organization has adopted so many KPI’s that you need to select key KPI’s to maintain focus.
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So are we all to get our wallets out each time Bangladesh gets flooded or a cyclone hits Fiji or Samoa.
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For sure! Colombia just gave their loss and damage estimate at $800 billion a year. Truly absurd.
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Judith Curry on the glaciers of Glacier National Park and those vanishing signs
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/11/11/glacier-saga/
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And a suggested sign replacement from comments there –
https://youtu.be/v7PtYVYuT2M
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I resemble that remark.
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Awoke to my comedy session on their ABC this morning. The comedian in chief of the DSA (Disunited States of America) announcing that they are meeting their emissions targets through the inflation reduction act!
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Did he say what he reduced?
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“David Armstrong and Kesten Green, The Scientific Method: A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge. Cambridge University Press, 2022. ”
“This book is not a contribution to the academic literature, it is much more important and helpful than that. It is actually more than one book, in a single set of covers. One of the books is a practical handbook or an operating manual for working scientists who are trying to make sense of information and solve a scientific or practical problem while in contrast philosophers of science are concerned with the fashionable problems in the academic literature at the time.”
https://newcatallaxy.blog/2022/11/12/book-review-the-scientific-method/
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Red wave after all? GOP winning popular vote by wide margin despite incongruous results
Millions more Americans voted for Republicans than Democrats in House races. So why didn’t the GOP win more seats?
Republicans are currently winning the national popular vote for the House in Tuesday’s midterm elections by a large margin, according to the latest data from the Cook Political Report.
Specifically, GOP candidates have so far received 50,672,592 votes, or 52.3% of the total ballots cast as of this writing. Democrat candidates, by comparison, have so far received 44,802,597 votes, or 46.2% of the total.
These figures come from Cook’s 2022 National House Vote Tracker, which is being updated as states continue counting ballots.
This support for the GOP appears to fit with what pre-election polling data had suggested heading into Election Day. Several Republican candidates nationwide, including those running for the Senate and governors’ mansions, had been rising in the polls in the last couple months, indicating positive momentum for Republicans.
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The popular vote went to the Republicans because of inflation and crime.
‘Polling also found that the economy (particularly inflation) and crime were the top two issues for voters and that voters trusted Republicans more than Democrats to handle each issue.’
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The Future – https://www.motor1.com/news/621218/vw-motorized-office-chair-with-luxury-features/
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Beat ya to it.😁
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Saturday entertainment: Top Gun: Maverick – Owlkitty
https://youtu.be/w3rQ3328Tok
One for the cat lovers.
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Still Like – “How to Wash a Cat by The Dog”
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Another old classic for OldOzzie:
ELEMENT: Woman
SYMBOL: Wo
DISCOVERER: Adam
ATOMIC MASS: Accepted as 55kg, but known to vary from 40 to 300kg.
OCCURRENCE: Copious quantities throughout the world
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
1. Surface usually covered with a painted film.
2. Boils at nothing, freezes without reason.
3. Melts if given special treatment.
4. Bitter if incorrectly used.
5. Found in various states ranging from virgin metal to common ore.
6. Yields to pressure applied to correct points.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
1. Has a great affinity for gold, silver, platinum, and precious stones.
2. Absorbs great quantities of expensive substances.
3. May explode spontaneously without prior warning, and for no known reason.
4. Insoluble in liquids, but activity greatly increased by saturation in alcohol.
5. Most powerful money-reducing agent known to man.
COMMON USES:
1. Highly ornamental, especially in sports cars.
2. Can be a great aid to relaxation.
3. Very effective cleaning agent.
TESTS:
1. Pure specimen turns rosy pink when discovered in natural state.
2. Turns green when placed beside a better specimen.
HAZARDS:
1. Highly dangerous except in experienced hands.
2. Illegal to possess more than one, although several can be maintained at different locations as long as specimens do not come into direct contact with each other.
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Saturday WTF – they
walkdrive among ushttps://at.tumblr.com/vibratingtruth-words-photos/watch-it-until-the-end/9cwf9ryo45zc
How. Just how…
Can’t see, can’t hear, can’t feel, can’t smell, can’t think.
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Just another blonde, John.
No other explanation needed.
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Here’s an old IQ chart. Unfortunately it only goes to zero.
95–104 Average
85–94 Dull
75–84 Borderline
50–74 Morons
25–49 Imbeciles
0–24 Idiots
JC2 driving skills be like:
https://cdn.acidcow.com/uploads/posts/2022-11/1668014370_24.gif
The sheer number of tailgaiting, right lane sitting idiots I see e-v-e-r-y day…
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We no see your cat.
You stop ask.
https://cdn.acidcow.com/uploads/posts/2022-11/1668105711_11.gif
😆😆
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Virgin Australia’s Customers Fall Victim to Medibank Cyber-attack
Thousands of Virgin Australia customers have become the latest victims in the fallout of the massive data breach at Australian private health insurance provider Medibank.
On the evening of Nov. 9, Virgin Australia was informed by Medibank that several thousand of its Velocity Frequent Flyer membership numbers were leaked in the cyber-attack.
The airline immediately locked those accounts and later sent notices to impacted customers on the morning of Nov. 10.
“After being notified late yesterday, Virgin Australia is acting to protect a small number of Velocity Frequent Flyer membership numbers that may have been compromised as part of the Medibank cyber-crime event,” a spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
“As a precautionary measure, we have locked the accounts of impacted members. We are notifying impacted members this morning and are in the process of creating new membership numbers for those members.”
Virgin Australia said around 2,800 members were affected by the incident.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/virgin-australias-customers-fall-victim-to-medibank-cyber-attack_4855176.html
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Woolworths ramps up security measures after customers report Everyday Rewards points stolen
Supermarket giant Woolworths has ramped up security measures as more frustrated customers report that points have been stolen and spent.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_MRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fwoolworths-ramps-up-security-measures-after-customers-report-everyday-rewards-points-stolen%2Fnews-story%2F3d64ae5879aadfa74d3a833d10de3f96&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-high-control-score&V21spcbehaviour=append
AGAIN…
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Sobeys data breach serves as wake up call for industry
A recent data breach on Sobeys has revealed a larger issue in Canada’s agri-food sector, an expert said.
Sylvain Charlebois, a food researcher and professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said the industry has been particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks in recent weeks.
He said this most recent incident, which Sobeys has said is now resolved, is going to serve as a bit of a wake-up call for the country’s agri-food sector because of the high-value, low-margin nature of the industry.
“Stakes are so much higher for Sobeys because it is a front-facing company, they deal with customers so if there’s a breach in their databases and some of the security is compromised, you have some personal data that is probably shared now,” said Charlebois.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9271365/privacy-sobeys-data-breach-perscriptions/
This was a major attack, Canada-wide, affecting multiple grocery stores and pharmacies, but got very little media attention…
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Knock, Knock: Aiphone Bug Allows Cyberattackers to Literally Open (Physical) Doors
A vulnerability in a series of popular digital door-entry systems offered by Aiphone can enable hackers to breach the entry systems — simply by utilizing a mobile device and a near-field communication, or NFC, tag.
The devices in question (GT-DMB-N, GT-DMB-LVN, and GT-DB-VN) are used by high-profile customers, including the White House and the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.
The vulnerability was discovered by a researcher with the Norwegian security firm Promon, who also found there is no limit to the number of times an incorrect password can be entered on some Aiphone door-lock systems.
After finding the admin passcode, the malicious actor could then inject the serial number of a new NFC tag containing the admin passcode back into the system’s log of approved tags.
“This would give the attacker both the code in plaintext that can then be punched into the keypad, but also an NFC tag that can be used to gain access to the building without the need to touch any buttons at all,” a blog post reporting the vulnerability explained.
Because the Aiphone system does not keep logs of the attempts, there is no digital trace of the hack.
Promon first alerted Aiphone to the issue in June 2021. The company said systems built before Dec. 7 of that year are unable to be fixed, but any systems built after that date include a feature limiting the number of passcode attempts that can be made.
https://www.darkreading.com/iot/knock-knock-aiphone-bug-allows-cyberattackers-to-literally-open-physical-doors
They’re popular in Oz too so be aware…
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Cybergangs likely to scale up attacks as AFP names home country of attacks
Australians are being warned that the cyberattacks on Australia will get worse as the hackers gain “notoriety” from their identity being revealed by the AFP.
A group of cyber criminals based in Russia were identified as the likely culprits behind the Medibank hack this week, according to newly released intelligence from AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw.
Medibank chief executive David Koczkar said he expected that the group would “continue to release stolen customer data each day”.
https://thewest.com.au/news/cybergangs-likely-to-scale-up-attacks-as-afp-names-home-country-of-attacks-c-8835173
Well, I have warned for months now, but what would I know…
Keep some cash on hand, $2k+ if you can.
There are major incidents happening that the MSM doesn’t report on. You have to move in the right circles…
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Emerging Middle Market Cyber-Attack Vectors: Are You at Risk?
In today’s landscape, cyber threats can come from internal employees, hacktivist groups, and even nation-states. But, more often than not, it is financially-motivated hacking crews that are behind the attacks seen most commonly today. Unfortunately, for most companies, the security budget and resources committed to defending against attacks have not increased to meet the rising threats.
This is especially true for middle market companies who are often faced with limited resources to invest in cybersecurity despite their growing IT footprint. Hackers know that small and midsize companies are less likely to have strong security controls and threat detection capabilities in place and are therefore easier to compromise. In addition, many middle market companies are less capable of enduring an interruption in business operations than larger organizations – making them more vulnerable to ransomware and other attacks aimed at disrupting “business as usual.”
The average cost of a data breach is now estimated to be $4.35 million; for companies based in the U.S., that average is nearly twice as high at $9.44 million. To make matters worse, the impacts of cyber breaches don’t just stop at the financial costs; there is also the reputational damage that can result from the fallout. For many midsize companies, the potential impact of a serious data breach represents an existential threat.
In addition, middle-market companies are being targeted more frequently by attackers and are more likely to experience a security breach.
Since 2019, mid-sized businesses are 490% more likely to experience a security breach than large corporations.
73% of middle market companies expect to experience a cyber-attack in the near future.
On average, it takes 197 days to discover a breach and up to 69 days to contain it.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/emerging-middle-market-cyber-attack-4980733/
Average of 6 months+ to discover a breach…
Which matches the major attack affecting govt, large institutions and more, that I know of but haven’t posted…
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French furnishing retail giant allegedly hit with ransomware
BlackCat ransomware gang listed Conforama, said to be Europe’s second-largest home furnishing retail chain, on its victim list.
On its data leak site, BlackCat threat actor boasts about stealing over 1TB of Conforama’s data due to “a very low level of security and protection of their users’ data.”
On November 10, the ransom gang gave Conforama 48 hours to contact them and “get a chance to recover your data and protect your customers from the leak.”
The stolen data allegedly contains financial documents and reports, customer credit card data, marketing, analytical and strategic, logistics documents, and client personal information, among other sensitive information.
“If Conforama does not contact us within 48 hours of the attack, this blog will be published, all data will be posted to the public domain, and there will be activity that will severely harm Conforama, its customers, and partners,” BlackCat threatened.
It also said it would use clients’ financial data for illegal purposes and inform all customers, partners, and suppliers. BlackCat threatened to send all internal marketing and analytical data to Conforama’s competitors.
“This is the only chance they have to save their reputation, their business, and their customers’ and partners’ data,” its data leak site reads.
As proof, BlackCat posted over a dozen of company documents, mostly various commercial agreements.
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/220420.pdf
Oz SMBs had better get proactive fast and start protecting their customer data, which at the moment is an open goldmine and Oz is now a primary target. Thank das gubermint for that.
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Door tags are a security risk mainly because most of them don’t have the “smarts” of a normal smart card, so that they are unable to participate in secure one-off numbered transactions that usually involve the use of random numbers. Therefore it’s easy to record a door opening transaction and replay it to gain entry. This was demonstrated many years ago by somebody with a long-range antenna in a raincoat (Beware of followers in raincoats!) following an executive to the front door of a building. The door transaction was recorded and a duplicate entry card made in a nearby vehicle, which was then used to gain entry.
Smart cards used in banking transactions and transit use are a lot more secure.
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From way back in BC. A certain university staff car park used magnetic cards for entry.
Some post grads got hold of one of those cards and dumped it in a tray of iron powder. Mapped the pattern and reproduced it with small magnets and cellotape.
So I was told.
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Hear ye, hear ye – thusly the BoM hath pronounced for alpine regions of NSW & VIC & TAS next week:
Storm!
Thunder!
Rain / hail / flood!
Snow!
Freezing!
More snow!
It would appear your generous indulgences have been accepted by the high priests of Baloney and, having interceded betwixt Gaia and your polluting petty personhoods, have saved your miserable carbon souls from the fires of eternal damnation – praise be The Science!
N.B. This is short-term relief only: more funds and/or offerings may be required by the gods and/or goddesses to appease their fiery mood swings [or whenever they need a new private jet or holiday mansion by-the-sea]. Just believe…
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You do a good Jo impersonation! 😆
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Its quite clear that high pressure blocks cause weather extremes and on this occasion its dragging up chilly winds from deep in the Southern Ocean.
Perth and Albany are cool.
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDY65100.pdf
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Very cool in Perth right now! And it’s been cool right through October and up to today. May warm up for a while next week. Certainly not the average Spring weather for Perth.
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Jet stream implicated in producing severe weather in South Australia.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/thousands-without-electricity-as-storms-smash-sa-today-storms-to-hammer-eastern-aus-tomorrow/921792
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“may be required by the gods”
Phrased that way as a softener rather than a certainty?
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FBI Lobbying Congress For New Laws That Allow Them To Pursue Children As “Domestic Terrorists”
The FBI is calling on Congress to pass laws giving federal agents greater authority to prosecute children in relation to what it categorizes as domestic terrorism, according to the Bureau’s recently released Strategic Intelligence Assessment and Data on Domestic Terrorism.
The report, which was presented to lawmakers last month, focuses primarily on the alleged threat landscape regarding what federal officials have dubbed “Domestic Violent Extremism,” or DVE.
The assessment points out that federal domestic terrorism investigations grew to record highs during the relevant year of analysis, largely due to the mass classification of Donald Trump supporters arrested for entering the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021 as Domestic Violent Extremists.
https://secureservercdn.net/50.62.89.104/15u.dc0.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/22_1025_strategic-intelligence-assessment-data-domestic-terrorism.pdf
“I don’t wanna eat bugs” – domestic terrorist
“I don’t like Joe Biden sniffing me” – domestic terrorist
“Everything I want to do is illegal” – domestic terrorist
“I don’t want the jab” – domestic terrorist
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Scientists Calculate Climatic Impact of Methane Leak From Ruptured Nord Stream Pipelines
Recently, scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, estimated the possible climatic impact of the leaked methane by adopting the energy-conservation framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC AR6), released in 2021. Their findings were published today (November 11) in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
First, the researchers collected all estimates of the total amount of leaked methane available in the world’s media after the incident. It was found that the earliest estimates (1–2 days after) reached up to 0.5 million tonnes (Mt). However, it later became clear that the quantity of methane that leaked was likely to be much lower than first estimated. In particular, a team from Nanjing University, China, provided a more accurate estimate of 0.22 ± 0.03 Mt by drawing upon multiple observations including those from high-resolution satellites.
This value established that this was the largest methane emission in a single event in human history—more than two times that of the Aliso Canyon accident in California in 2015. However, according to IPCC AR6, annual emissions of methane from the oil and gas sectors amounted to as much as 70 Mt during 2008–2017. This means that the leaked methane from the Nord Stream pipelines was equivalent to only 1 day of emissions from these sectors.
IPCC AR6 also highlighted that methane in the atmosphere is gradually removed by reacting with certain radicals, such as hydroxyl radical, resulting in an approximate 10-year lifetime, which is short-lived compared to CO2. This means that the climatic impact of methane depends on the time horizon, which complicates matters when trying to calculate it directly.
Based on the newest assessments in IPCC AR6 of the effective radiative forcing under doubled CO2, climate feedback, and ocean heat uptake efficiency, under the energy conservation framework, the global mean surface air temperature would in theory increase by 1.8×10-5 °C.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-022-2305-x
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Oh dear, so they still do not understand the decay rate of CO2 then !
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This Northern Hemisphere winter in Europe should be mild, but there is always the possibility of SSW.
The polar vortex is being stretched as we speak and has the potential to cause sudden stratospheric warming.
‘Eventually repetitive stretched PVs can give way to a larger PV disruption known as a sudden stratospheric warming. This is the best chance I believe to bringing cold air into Europe. This is certainly a possibility but it takes lots of time and for now I don’t see it any time soon.’ (AER)
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Trudeau blames Tylenol shortage on…. climate change! OMG
https://twitter.com/Stevest48366771/status/1588296858530902016?s=20&t=m_eEB5aNwKCyZAWkPifsFw
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Whatever it was he’d blame it on anyone but Trudeau
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Malcolm Roberts has put in a submission to a standing committee on the environment.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/11/11/senator-malcolm-roberts-challenges-the-aussie-government-to-prove-co2-is-a-problem/
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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2022/11/11/these-counties-experiencing-election-issues-have-one-thing-in-common-n2615689
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YouTube is no longer fit for purpose. OK, you don’t have to pretend to be surprised. 🙂
I have used it ’til now because it has been “good enough” and I’m an old phart uninterested in learning new tricks and when I have gone to another platform to watch Tony Heller eg I have found it slow and awkward.
What am I missing? Where should I go?
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Perhaps if you explained the particular issues(s) you’re having…
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Crypto giant FTX collapses into bankruptcy
“Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the US, seeking court protection as it looks for a way to return money to users.
Former boss Sam Bankman-Fried has also stepped down as chief executive, the company said.
It is a massive turn of fortunes for the 30-year-old, who had headed the world’s second largest crypto exchange.
In just over a week, his FTX empire has collapsed, shaking confidence in the already troubled crypto market.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63601213
Maybe investing into an Unregulated Market is not such a good idea. Ponzi scheme or what. LOL
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Yes, and most of their funds were their in-house FTT tokens. ie no real world asset backing.
No doubt the US gubermint will now move to regulate (sorry fantasy-world dwellers. Crypto has ALWAYS been able to be tracked and regulated) such zero-asset decentralised operators which in turn pushes the world into centralised systems, which are just as worthless in reality, given most governments like the USA are broke.
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Crypto has always been electrical digits with no asset backing such as you have with buying Company Shares or Property. It is all a Ponzi Scheme. Turn off the electricity system and the ‘money’ has gone……………..Poooooof just like that.
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Annnd it’s gone.
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“Turn off the electricity system and the ‘money’ has gone……………..Poooooof just like that.”
Sounds just like the mainstream banking system actually…
No real value in the ‘cash’, just printed plastic sheets, nothing backing it except your fellow-taxpayers, the banks just have ones and zeros that can vanish from you any time they or the Govt likes, and the whole ponzi scheme depends on other currencies screwing yours successfully or not.
It all depends on ‘trust’ and ‘integrity’, and politicians are happy to show they have none of that time after time!
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Yes, but if I still have my Company Shares and my Property and Land and my Gold, Silver, Precious Metals, Antiques, Paintings, et, etc, etc…………..Turn off the electricity and what? Oh, and lots of Cash under the bed along with low denomination silver coins………………………And food and water and guns……………
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SBF has hissed off democrats. He promised them massive donations and only delivered $30 mill. Cheapskate.
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Supposedly tracking a flight path –
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2022/11/12/wtftx-3/
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‘Sam BANKman FRIED!’ Must be a p#sstake.
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“On FTX And Crypto Generally”
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=247398
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Unseasonably warm Europe for November, blame the jet stream.
https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/63601686
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Unseasonable weather is not caused by weather dynamics like the ‘jet stream’ and such …
it is caused by Climate Change.
Think of it like failure to learn math.
Not caused by a failure to do math home work, but by racism.
Or like a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated.
The failure of Renewable Energy is not caused by the failure of Renewable Energy.
It is caused by the negative vibes of people that can do math and engineering because of structural Racism.
Reality in the NLWO is easy with a little help.
You’re welcome.
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Oh, and I almost forgot … as an American I am required to say …
‘a vote for the opposing political party is a vote against Our Democracy’.
And against Climate.
Or is for Climate Change?
Uh … anyway, only Our Democracy can Stop Climate Change.
Choose Life Renounce Carbon.
Thankfully I dropped Organic Chemistry, otherwise I might have become a science non-believer.
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What needs to be explained is the link between CO2 and the trend in recent years for weather systems to incorporate air from much deeper south. If you take the UK, he dominate wind direction being SW, but the air source was mostly from the North Atlantic or Arctic, over the last year it has often been from the Tropics. The mean temperature in central England is now almost certain to be a record in the almost 400 year history, by quite a margin.
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Marco Polo’s Report Destroys The Biden Crime Family
630 pages. 2,020 footnotes. 459 crimes. Marco Polo’s Report on the Biden Laptop is the most damning thing ever written about the Biden Crime Family.
The Biden Laptop is the Rosetta Stone of political corruption, and Marco Polo’s Report should be required reading for every American.
Garrett Ziegler and his team use all the documents, emails, photographs, and text messages on Hunter’s Laptop to diligently detail the Biden Crime Family’s foreign collusion and money laundering operation with America’s greatest rivals.
This report destroys the Biden Crime Family and carpet bombs everyone in their corrupt inner circle.
https://bidenlaptopreport.marcopolousa.org/Report.pdf
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This will most certainly BOOST his standing with Democrat voters !!
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Now you-all ne nice because it is World Kindness Day
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“Elbow to the rescue” not mentioned
“Cruise ship Majestic Princess with hundreds of COVID-infected passengers docks in Sydney”
https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/cruise-ship-majestic-princess-with-hundreds-of-covid-infected-passengers-docks-in-sydney/ar-AA141ei0
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“The Greaqt Wall of Saudi”
https://youtu.be/hBnVJjbP-ms
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Expensive graphics. Guess there’ll be lots of work for Bangladeshis & Filipinos & Russians (PutinManBad had a fleeting appearance). So, the Eighth Wonder of the World, Babylon Reborn, arises from the desert sand – albeit on the Peninsula and not in Persia. And carbon neutral and greenhouse gas free and 100% sustainable renewable phantasy.
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I recently heard that WA is importing coal from the Eastern states.
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True, Kim. but not because they don’t have the coal.
There are two extensive, productive, working coal fields in the SW of WA. Both are in strife due to greedy, idiot business decisions by their greedy, idiot owners, fully approved and backed by the greedy, idiot state government.
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The state government is trying to shut them down so obviously they won’t invest the money.
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And the coal power stations are located right on top of those coal mines. Sheer stupidity.
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It is interesting that Twitter is no longer censoring the RNA covid ‘vaccine’ comments and discussions.
The RNA covid vaccines produce first generation Wuhan-1 covid spikes. Human experiments have confirmed the Wuhan-1 covid spikes cause heart damage, heart attacks, immune system damage, cancer, miscarriages, and so on. The RNA covid ‘vaccination’ should be stopped immediately.
https://twitter.com/DrAseemMalhotra/status/1588396524362665987?s=20&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
“This is a heartbreaking watch. Yesterday the British Heart Foundation announced 30k excess cardiac deaths in England.”
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“Nitrous Oxide and Climate”
“Key takeaways from the paper:
At current rates, a doubling of N2O would occur in more than 400 years.
Atmospheric warming by N2O is estimated to be 0.064oC per century.
Increasing crop production requires continued application of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer in order to feed a growing population.”
More at
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/11/12/nitrous-oxide-and-climate/
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“Four HUNDRED Private Jets Attended the COP27 Climate Conference”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/11/12/four-hundred-private-jets-attended-the-cop27-climate-conference/
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‘Hypocrisy and Elitism’ – 400 Private Jets Land in Egypt for UN Climate Conference
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A full confession –
I occasionally buy a copy of The Courier Mail. That is when I have a medical appointment and thus most likely some spare time to occupy.
Not that I expect any news but they have three crosswords per issue – so far. And cheaper than alternatives with one.
Though I noticed with the last couple that the CM seems to have gone cartoon free. And mention of cars seems to have gone from the on-line headlines.
Totally tailored news coming?
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I don’t consume the MSM. Don’t watch TV – wall to wall cr@p. Don’t read newspapers – likewise. And I don’t trust the government and no longer trust the medical authorities. Surprise, surprise. And my guess is that there has been a widespread loss of trust over the last few years. Again surprise, surprise.
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” And mention of cars seems to have gone from the on-line headlines.”
Interesting.. Most mainstream media has lots of enthusiastic fanboys drooling over electric I’ve noticed, but maybe the agenda includes ignoring private vehicles altogether. Get ready for articles gushing over the latest trains and their schedules or the new Wi-Fi’d electric buses due..
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Viva: “Vaxxed to the Max” Lawyer COLLAPSES During Hearing – and We Can’t Ask the Obvious
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A whizz bang bit of scientific recklessness
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Sydney Cruise ship Covid: “800 positive cases”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63605824
Oh, what a coincidence. Unvaxxinated passengers again?
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t proof of vaccination a prerequisite when booking on these cruises?
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Probably what caused it.. Poorer immune response after vaccination right there in front of us!
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Is WA about to lock down again?
FIFO miners being told to get on the next plane and to rotate out of Perth, not the east. That’s tough on the guys, some may choose to stay home.
Are these pollies on a power trip?
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