Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[MikelBikel]

In the heirachy of polluted water, it goes: water, dirty water, water with phosphate in it, stinky and dirty water, polluted water, highly poluted water, The River Thames, The River Cam, the sewer from my house the morning after I went out for a curry.

Was it the Cam where fish were devastated by certain substances that festival goers had been p..ing into the river?
And other substances that might be in it..
Sometimes the fish are so high they swim Above the water!

Illicit drug waste found in river during Glastonbury Festival

The team discovered that levels of MDMA and cocaine in the water during the festival were so high it could be harming wildlife further downstream, including rare populations of eels. Led by Bangor University’s Dr Christian Dunn the scientists are now urging festival-goers of all “greenfield...

www.bangor.ac.uk

(Of course any suggestion that hormones from 'the pill' might also affect drinking water etc, etc... ;-) )

 

[MikelBikel]

I think he's onto something here ;-)
Find a way to turn it into DC current and charge one's bike for free!

 

[MikelBikel]

His book about a blaze so hot it vaporised concrete and turned a Canadian city to ash has just won the Baillie Gifford prize. John Vaillant explains why the world we think we live in no longer exists

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/17/john-vaillant-firestorms-fire-weather-baillie-gifford-canadian-blaze

Then maybe read about towns that were burnt down to ashes while trees and Tarmac did Not!

"Paradise's (California) recovery had a lot stacked against it from the beginning due to its largely elderly and low-income population. Many were Forced to Leave in Search of Affordable Housing."

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1209471739/a-california-town-wiped-off-the-map-by-wildfire-is-still-recovering-five-years-o

Then a town where all the aluminium and glass in cars melted but Tarmac, trees, and posh buildings did Not.
Ooerr, w I l d fire enough?

Lahaina, Hawaii:
"Beneficiaries who take part in the program will have to waive their right to "bring legal action related to associated claims," Green said in a statement."
Suspicious, yet?.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/09/1211717055/hawaii-governor-announces-150-million-recovery-fund-for-maui-fire-victims

Bear in mind hawaiians had won a decades long case over land rights that was to pay out in September, just After the "wildfire" in August.
Smells to high heaven?

 

[lenny]

asecos – storage and handling of hazardous materials

asecos is an expert for safe storage and handling of hazardous materials and flammable liquids. The product range includes safety storage cabinets, HazMat cabinets, gas cylinder cabinets, hazardous material containers u.v.m.

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Shimano launches electric bike battery storage for shops

Countering the safety hazard potentially posed by poor storage of electric bike batteries, Shimano has launched a dedicated range of

cyclingindustry.news

 

[lenny]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1726229409756225765

 

[saneagle]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1726229409756225765

It didn't do it in Telford, nor in Southend. It's the same temperature here as what it's ever been. Bill's probably forgotten that he moved his sensors from the nice grassy field to next to the brick wall. That's how your house cental heating contributes to global warming. It's heating up all the sensors.

 

[Peter.Bridge]

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1726229409756225765

I don't think that can be correct - although I do think 2023 will be a record - this from a source I trust at the end of October

Edited to add - it isn't correct - Bill McKibben is referencing some weird hybrid data set from Eliot Jacobson that looks nothing like any of the other surface or lower troposphere data sets, which all have a remarkable degree of agreement

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1724870779723038791

 

[Peter.Bridge]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1726316805449556433

 

[MikelBikel]

Even more ridiculous price increases than was thought possible!
Offshore wind 66% up..
Floating Offshore 52%..
Geothermal 32%..
solar 32%..
and tidal 29%
Up 6 times higher than long term market averages. :-(

 

[saneagle]

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I don't think that can be correct - although I do think 2023 will be a record - this from a source I trust at the end of October

Edited to add - it isn't correct - Bill McKibben is referencing some weird hybrid data set from Eliot Jacobson that looks nothing like any of the other surface or lower troposphere data sets, which all have a remarkable degree of agreement

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1724870779723038791

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The stratoshere has warmed up even more because the sun is closer at the moment. We are just around the peak, so you should start to see the temperature going down again in the next 10 years. Within the next 40 years, there's a very high probability of a catastrophic volcanic event, which has consistently happened throughout history at this time of the cycle. The event will cause at least 12 months of darkness and destroy most of the plant life on the planet, so climate change will no longer be top of the agenda.

 

[MikelBikel]

"Polluter pays" isn't it?
Right, 66% tax for the 1%, no "Allowances", no "Trust funds" (Cameron, that means you!), and no fake "it's made by my company, in another tax haven"

 

[soundwave]

 

[lenny]

The First 3-minute AI Generated Video

Make Pixels Dance: High-Dynamic Video Generation

Make Pixels Dance: High-Dynamic Video Generation

makepixelsdance.github.io

 

[lenny]

I think he's onto something here ;-)
Find a way to turn it into DC current and charge one's bike for free!

Can electricity pylons ever be beautiful?

With Jeremy Hunt expected to announce £1,000 boost for households living near pylons, could better design calm objections?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants

Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide.

www.reuters.com

 

[sjpt]

Can electricity pylons ever be beautiful?

With Jeremy Hunt expected to announce £1,000 boost for households living near pylons, could better design calm objections?

www.bbc.co.uk

There are unfortunately plans to relocate that line to pass through the local village instead.

 

[saneagle]

There are unfortunately plans to relocate that line to pass through the local village instead.

Living Close to Power Lines | EM Watch

Power lines carry high-voltage electric current from one place to another. When current flows through a wire, two fields are created around it: an electric field and a magnetic field. These are the two components of the electromagnetic field. The magnetic portion is the more dangerous because of...

emwatch.com

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Put one of these on your Christmas list:

EMF Meter Electromagnetic Radiation Detector Electromagnetic Wave Tester UK G2Z9 | eBay

Alarm Threshold: > 4.0mG / > 0.4µT. Alarm Threshold: > 40V/M. - Proper Size: Easy to carry and operate with one hand. Item Size: Approx. 19.2 5.38 3.5cm / 7.56 2.12 1.38in. Accuracy: ±1.5℃/ 3℉. Resolution Ratio: 1℃/℉.

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and some of these:

Pardon our interruption...

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[lenny]

Energy price cap will rise in January adding pressure on households

A new domestic energy price cap has been announced leading to higher bills for millions.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[lenny]

There are unfortunately plans to relocate that line to pass through the local village instead.

 

[lenny]

Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/21/tesla-sweden-unions-us-strikes-blockade-carmaker