[DrCaleb]

Like Lucy holding a football.

[DrCaleb]

[herbie]

Something I'm interested in!!!!
The thought of using induction for a wok never crossed my mind! The electric stovetop kind of bites, and now the wife is gone forget the gas stove idea. I don't use it enough.

[DrCaleb]

Induction ranges are frikken awesome. I just have a nice hot plate now (Breville) and it might be the best cooking appliance I have. The intensity is unmatched, and it uses less power than my toaster oven.

[DrCaleb]

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-power-of- ... al-redxh6/

[Scape]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_T5Dgs ... L&index=11

[DrCaleb]

Biden to use infrastructure money to keep nuclear plants open

[DrCaleb]

Newsmax using climate change outrage to lure paid newsletter subscribers

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An unfortunate byproduct of the arguments over climate change has been the publication of some truly awful books. Think tank staff members, disgruntled scientists, and self-appointed experts have produced page after page of arguments we knew were wrong decades ago, framing them as earth-shattering revelations that will cause the entire scientific community to collapse. It wouldn't be news if another one was produced.

But it was intriguing when I saw that a print ad was proudly trumpeting a "new" book that promised to explain "why there is ZERO evidence linking carbon dioxide to climate change." The intrigue arose from the fact that the book's author has been dead for over two years.

A quick search revealed that the supposedly new book was a not-quite-new edition of one originally published in 1997. Figuring out why it was being advertised now took me down a rabbit hole of domain registrations and paid newsletters that all led back to an unexpected source: Newsmax, best known for operating one of the Trumpier broadcasting outfits in the US.

[DrCaleb]

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Heat wave in India threatens residents and crucial wheat harvest

Some states in India’s breadbasket northern and central regions are forecast to hit highs of 120 degrees this week.

A record-breaking heat wave in India exposing hundreds of millions to dangerous temperatures is damaging the country’s wheat harvest, which experts say could hit countries seeking to make up imports of the food staple from conflict-riven Ukraine.

With some states in India’s breadbasket northern and central regions seeing forecasts with highs of 120 Fahrenheit this week, observers fear a range of lasting impacts, both local and international, from the hot spell.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month that India could step in to ease the shortfall created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two countries account for nearly a third of all global wheat exports, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the conflict could leave an additional 8 million to 13 million people undernourished by next year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environ ... -rcna26032

[DrCaleb]

New EV vs. old beater: Which is better for the environment?

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As far as manufacturing goes, the old car is already built, so let’s give it a pass regarding its manufacturing carbon footprint. According to a 2015 Union of Concerned Scientists report, a full-size long-range (265 miles) vehicle had a carbon footprint of about six tons, or 12,000 pounds.

In two years, the EV will have caught up to the used car in terms of ecological footprint. After that, as with new gas cars, an EV surpasses it in efficiency for its entire life cycle.

[DrCaleb]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-power-of-big-oil-part-one-denial-redxh6/

Part 2.

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-power-of- ... bt-wbrjhi/

You may need a VPN client to watch it. The series is hitting it out of the park, with what oil companies knew versus what they said and did. And still are doing.

[Scape]

Federal watchdog warns Canada's 2030 emissions target may not be achievable

40 years and we still can't get it right.

[DrCaleb]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

$1:

Heat wave in India threatens residents and crucial wheat harvest

Some states in India’s breadbasket northern and central regions are forecast to hit highs of 120 degrees this week.

A record-breaking heat wave in India exposing hundreds of millions to dangerous temperatures is damaging the country’s wheat harvest, which experts say could hit countries seeking to make up imports of the food staple from conflict-riven Ukraine.

With some states in India’s breadbasket northern and central regions seeing forecasts with highs of 120 Fahrenheit this week, observers fear a range of lasting impacts, both local and international, from the hot spell.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month that India could step in to ease the shortfall created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The two countries account for nearly a third of all global wheat exports, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that the conflict could leave an additional 8 million to 13 million people undernourished by next year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environ ... -rcna26032

[DrCaleb]

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Replanting one type of tree is not enough to stop clearcutting harm, study finds



Planting trees to replace clear-cut forests is not good enough to protect the ecosystem, according to a new study focused on forests in the Maritimes.

Matt Betts, a professor of forest ecology at Oregon State University, is studying the decline of bird species caused by deforestation in the Maritimes and the replacement of diverse Acadian forests with one type of tree.

The study, which was published Thursday in Nature, Ecology and Evolution, shows some species have seen a population decline of up to 70 per cent since 1985. More common species have seen a decline of 50 per cent.

"At the very least, we need to change some of our core forestry practices, focus more on maintaining those those nice, colorful Acadian forest tree species we have," he told Shift New Brunswick.

The species most affected is a little migrant songbird with a bright orange face called the Blackburnian warbler, which has seen a 70 per cent decline.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brun ... -1.6435554

[Strutz]

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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, much of the country is in for a "sizzling summer," with "very warm, dry" conditions expected for parts of B.C.

"The summer of 2022 is going to be remembered as a hot one, especially across the central and western portions of Canada," the Old Farmer's Almanac managing editor Sandi Duncan told CTV News Vancouver.

"As summer starts in June, that's when the heat gets turned on and it looks like the thermometer is going to go right up."

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/hot-and-dry-what- ... -1.5882312

Wildfires are going to be bad this year. Really bad.