Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
Driftless Area South Central Wisconsin, Dane County USA
2015-07-10 092aaaaa
Don’t say you ‘believe in capitalism’ to explain the consequences of your actions that result in death:
“Washington is an abomination
People in the U.S. are now living 2.7 years less than they were two years ago. The decline is primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with some groups also affected by the growing opioid crisis. Here’s a look at some of the groups that are most affected.”
“Life Expectancy Falls Again as COVID, Overdoses Take a Toll
People in the U.S. are living 2.7 years less since the pandemic”
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“Bernie Sanders
“Warren Buffet, the owner of BNSF Railway’s parent company, became $1.38 billion richer yesterday.
In one day, Mr. Buffett made twice as much money as it would cost to guarantee 15 paid sick days a year to every rail worker in America.
The greed of the rail industry must end.”
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Death of the Colorado River:
"PAGE, Ariz. — The first sign of serious trouble for the drought-stricken American Southwest could be a whirlpool.
It could happen if the surface of Lake Powell, a man-made reservoir along the Colorado River that’s already a quarter of its former size, drops another 38 feet down the concrete face of the 710-foot Glen Canyon Dam here. At that point, the surface would be approaching the tops of eight underwater openings that allow river water to pass through the hydroelectric dam.
The normally placid Lake Powell, the nation’s second-largest reservoir, could suddenly transform into something resembling a funnel, with water circling the openings, the dam’s operators say.
If that happens, the massive turbines that generate electricity for 4.5 million people would have to shut down — after nearly 60 years of use — or risk destruction from air bubbles. The only outlet for Colorado River water from the dam would then be a set of smaller, deeper and rarely used bypass tubes with a far more limited ability to pass water downstream to the Grand Canyon and the cities and farms in Arizona, Nevada and California.
Such an outcome — known as a “minimum power pool” — was once unfathomable here. Now, the federal government projects that day could come as soon as July.
Worse, officials warn, is the remote possibility of an even more catastrophic event. That is if the water level falls all the way to the lowest holes, so only small amounts could pass through the dam. Such a scenario — called “dead pool” — would transform Glen Canyon Dam from something that regulates an artery of national importance into a hulking concrete plug corking the Colorado River.
Anxiety about such outcomes has worsened this year as a long-running drought has intensified in the Southwest. Reservoirs and groundwater supplies across the region have fallen dramatically, and states and cities have faced restrictions on water use amid dwindling supplies. The Colorado River, which serves roughly 1 in 10 Americans, is the region’s most important waterway.
The 1,450-mile river starts in the Colorado Rockies and ends in the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. There are more than a dozen dams along the river, creating major reservoirs such as Lake Powell and Lake Mead."snip
"Buschatzke has also been raising the alarm about Lake Powell reaching dead pool — an elevation 120 feet below the threshold for producing power."
“It is a possibility. I can’t tell you the probability,” he said. “But that’s an outcome that would be not only an ecological disaster, but the world would have its attention on such an outcome in a very negative way.”
If that happens, “you’re not going to have a river,” he added. “It would be a catastrophe for the entire system.”
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“Officials fear ‘complete doomsday scenario’ for drought-stricken Colorado River”
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Did you notice how main stream media reported on the railway workers’ deal by putting in huge letters the amount of increase they get and the cash value of other aspects of the deal? The rest of the nation is supposed to respond to this with a lack of empathy for the railworkers. Especially, when the rest of the country’s workers are in an equally financial desperate situation. The desperation of the 99% is the biggest ally of the Rich and democrats and republicans will tap into it to cram down benefits for the rich.
“If the railway system is so important to the economy that it enables the owners to hold the nation hostage just to squeeze the workers then it should be nationalized.”
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“Today against the wishes of the rail worker unions, the Senate voted to stop the impending rail strike and enforce a contract workers have already rejected. But let's not forget who's to blame for putting our supply chains in crisis to begin with: railroad monopolies.”
“How America’s Supply Chains Got Railroaded
Rail deregulation led to consolidation, price-gouging, and a variant of just-in-time unloading that left no slack in the system.”
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“Fiji seeks to reduce CO2 emission and the environmental costs of concrete manufacture.”
“Pacific takes firm steps toward a low carbon future
Fiji could cut its emission of carbon dioxide by 4% by changing how it sources cement.”
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