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it's already close to 25%....I see quite rapid advancements in battery storage that will make the majority of cars electric by 2030, let alone 2035.

who decided that taxpayers should be paying for the fossil fuel industry? the politicians who decided that should be ousted immediately and the fossil fuel industry should be banned from lobbying (add NRA and PhRMA to that)

is this because of cost?

and we can add nuclear- particularly THORIUM BASED REACTORS!- to the mix. It's safer than most people seem to think.

do you really consider nations like Canada and the UK socialist nations? I mentioned it to people and they started laughing and mentioned how dumb the typical American is. I see what they mean, whenever we had a foreign exchange student in one of our classes, they were smarter than 90% of the American students we had.

Never thought I'd see the same storm drop 30 inches of snow at Allentown and JFK lol- shades of Feb 1983 on steroids.....

Interesting discussion here

It's not allowed as of now because of safety concerns, but they are seeking permits. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/09/25/new-york-is-embracing-outdoor-heat-lamps-right-as-france-is-rejecting-them/

Yes and the ones most impacted are those who are the most vulnerable.

Yes America is actually redistributing wealth- from the lower and middle classes to the rich.

They're setting up enclosed bubbles to keep outdoor customers warm and may even use propane heaters.

I think Summit Camp in Greenland is colder than Klinck, but they've only been keeping records for a few years there. It's at the top of the Greenland Ice Cap. I still like Siberia better for temperature anomalies, because it's the only place on earth that can go from -90 to +90 (and even 100 now.)

That brings up another point. I think you'll see a far quicker adoption of EV cars out west and in the northeast than you will in the deep south or the middle of the country. Especially with new CA and NY emissions laws.

what percentage of cars driven here are actually made here though? European and Asian policies should affect us significantly.

Yep and that would be a sad commentary on the US if China leaves them behind....it means we'd probably be wearing masks for air pollution reasons within a few decades. Have you found any numbers on when the US is going to stop making fossil fuel powered cars? I mean, if Europe and Asia do it, the US would probably not have a choice in the matter, the manufacturers will stop making them regardless of our laws, I think fossil fuel powered vehicles are already losing ground to EVs here?

Yes, I think they need to realize that "standing still" is the same as going backwards. Time is always moving forward, so if you're not moving forward too, you're going backwards. Shortsightedness like we're seeing today, had it been implemented in the past, wouldn't have gotten us this far. And if the US doesn't take the lead here, we'll be left far behind China and other nations that are moving forward. China has quite the booming EV market already.

This is some good news- most of Europe will stop making fossil fuel powered vehicles by 2030. I couldn't find any nation which didn't have plans to stop making them between 2030 and 2040 outside of Australia, not surprising considering what kind of govt they have and who funds them. They will likely be left behind.

Yes New Zealand has one of my favorite leaders, quickly acted on gun reform and the pandemic too. My question for you Don is that if we dont even agree on what needs to be done until 2050, wouldn't that mean that the much needed action we need right now wouldn't happen until 2100? Meanwhile I see that sea level rise is actually occurring at the pace on the most bullish of models and at this rate, sea level rise will be around 8 feet by 2100?! To put this into more immediate numbers, right now we average around 4 days of flooding per year, by 2050 this could be more like 50 days of flooding per year?

and air pollution is an argument to make against fossil fuels, not for haha

I would like to see that! One area where I've noticed improvements is in AI algorithms used to create "smart" digital zooming.....I remember how awful predictive algorithms for it were back in the early 2000s, that is no longer the case. 2x "smart" digital zooming is indistinguishable from 2x optical zoom in many respects.

Indeed, Chris! I have found the same is true of cameras and telescopes.....the best equipment is the one that is used most often (and portability is important to me and I'm sure many others.)

Since this is about sustainability too, I should mention I read a bunch of articles on Bloomberg today that talk about how it's great that people are switching from dairy to plant-based milk. It's great for the dairy industry too, as milk costs a lot for them to produce and then has a limited storage life, so they've been switching to making more plant-based milk too. Switching from animal farming to more of a plant-based diet is a win/win both for the environment and for our health.

that was from 11/08/2000

that sounds like a caption I made to a picture many many years ago: How photography inspires me..... I love how the camera can preserve the beauty of a scene forever, sometimes I go back to old photos and see things in there Id never seen before. I think we take our surroundings for granted far too much and then we wonder about the meaning of life and why we are here… and well, the answer is all around us, to experience and understand even a tiny bit of the wonders of our world and what may lie beyond, as well as the wonders of the human mind and the human heart that it can witness and appreciate these things of beauty, even though our lives are but a millisecond compared to the timelessness of nature and our surroundings. This is why I dont drink or take any drugs– why do we need to escape from reality, all we need to do is find a part of reality that makes us truly happy, appreciate it and hold onto it with all our might, no matter how far away it is and feel special knowing that we are here to experience it. I think pictures prove that Nature is the greatest artist of them all, she has had billions of years to perfect her Art so that we can all be here to appreciate it.

ahhh I said a little prayer when we were approaching 30 inches, I said something like "Dear Lord, just let me see 30 inches one time in my life, I dont care if it never snows after this, just give me let me experience a BECS once in my life!"