Harvester (Feniseca Tarquinius)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Wisconsin, USA
2017-07-16 149aaaa2
A service the Biden Administration provides to the likes of coal crony Joe Manchin:
Peter Carter:
“CHINA, GERMANY MORE COAL
China caused a COP27 stir telling media it is expanding its massive coal plant fleet.
Germany is to reactivate 5 coal plants, dismantling a wind farm to facilitate the expansion of one of the country’s largest lignite mines.
This is energy security for today depriving today's children of any security of life Forbes 15 Nov. 2022”
“China Maintains Plans For Massive Additional Coal Expansion”
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“Throughout 2022, Americans have faced record gas prices. Oil companies insist to the public that they are helpless to act when prices skyrocket, foisting the blame onto government regulations and supply chain issues.
Meanwhile, their earnings calls tell quite a different story.”
reader comment: “I read API and they have been writing about profits and new rig counts, all year long. Our Government subsidized Big Oil and then we pay them again, as consumers. Big Oil has too much power!”
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“Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of farmland”
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“Public pensions with investments in private equity face severe losses amid the economic downturn. But with the industry’s shady contracts and anti-transparency laws, fund managers have no obligation to disclose accurate numbers.”
“Private Equity Is Playing Games With Workers’ Pensions”
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“Things have changed since you went to college…
Annual Tuition 1980 2016
New York University $5,062 $49,062
Minimum Wage $3.10 $7.25
Required hours to pay tuition 1,632 6,767
Required weeks to pay tuition 40.8 169.2
What tuition would need to be to work same# of hours at today’s minimum wage: $11,839
What minimum wage would need to be to work same # of hours for today’s tuition: $30
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“Stop being fooled by the illusion of wealth.
Big houses, expensive cars, designers, and a fancy lifestyle is not wealth. It is debt.
Wealth is time, freedom, options, and health.
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“Elon Musk’s ultimatum telling workers to commit to a “hardcore” work culture with “long hours at high intensity” or leave, has backfired spectacularly as hundreds of workers have opted out and are resigning.”
“Musk’s “Hardcore” Twitter Ultimatum Backfires Spectacularly as Hundreds Resign”
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OK, NOW it's time to get worried. When Chevron sees the need to expend the energy to bullshit down worries about methane you know it’s a problem.
Problem is our politicians will look to Chevron’s report of the pollution they create as unbaised scientific proof and make policy accordingly.
“5 takeaways from new methane report”
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“Leaked Bank of America Memo: “We hope” conditions for American workers will get worse
The financial behemoth privately fears that regular people have too much leverage.”
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is “on a highway to climate hell."
“U.N. Chief Issues Dire Warning at Climate Summit”
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“Laws restricting boycotts and protest speech violate our Constitutionally-protected right free speech.
The Supreme Court must protect this right, and put an end to these anti-boycott laws.”
“It’s Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott”
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“Fact Check: GOP 'Commitment To America' Does NOT Say It Will Take Social Security From Disabled Veterans, Raise Medicare Age To 75”
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“This very car was sold at auction one month earlier for $2.3 million.”
“Multimillion-Dollar Supercar Carried Away By Flood Waters Is Dragged Away By Tow Truck
Apparently a victim of Hurricane Ian, this rare McLaren P1 succumbed to storm surge.”
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“How did dinosaurs extinct? A new discovery calls everything into question”
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And he got re-elected with obviously false election results, so what’s the point?!:
“Mitch McConnell BUSTED taking (((Zelensky’s))) stolen FTX money according to new FEC Docs from the Article: “According to the documents, someone from FTX, the crypto business that failed last week, donated $2,500,000 to McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund.”
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“Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.”
“Presence or absence of stabilizing Earth system feedbacks on different time scales” - Constantin Arnscheidt et al.
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