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| TimFox:
That plus physical problems, especially drought. Since biblical times, drought has resulted in migration and conflict. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: TimFox on June 07, 2023, 11:01:09 pm ---That plus physical problems, especially drought. Since biblical times, drought has resulted in migration and conflict. --- End quote --- Ironically, even electronics and computers, generally don't like the heat, either. Pity we can't just invent something, which can turn heat (temperature) as opposed to temperature differences, into electricity. Saving burning so much fossil fuels and reducing the global temperatures (maybe or maybe not, as that electricity would eventually be turned back into heat, when it is used, typically). It would be great, if we could all (world wide) band together and invent/construct and pay for massive carbon-dioxide removal techniques, and perhaps then bury the excess CO2, back underground somewhere, out of the way. Instead governments, seem to go for things like forced LED light ownership and electric vehicles. Yet, they still need enormous amounts of energy and stuff, to be created in the first place. E.g. An electric car and its batteries, must use up a huge amount of energy and precious materials, in their construction, and will need to get their electricity and spare parts, from somewhere. So are they really saving the planet, like governments, seem to be implying (by their forced introduction, in the coming future, in many countries). |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: TimFox on June 07, 2023, 10:01:00 pm ---For some reason, regions of the Earth that have had substantial problems from global warming (e.g., extended drought) seem to be less than peaceful. https://theyearsproject.com/latest/is-climate-change-causing-more-wars and many more studies in recent years. --- End quote --- I never claimed that it doesn't cause problems, only that the warming isn't enough that a person is typically going to walk outside and think "wow it feels warmer than it used to" or be much more likely to open a window. The significant problems are mostly indirect, a small change can cascade and result in larger problems. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: MK14 on June 07, 2023, 11:32:46 pm ---Pity we can't just invent something, which can turn heat (temperature) as opposed to temperature differences, into electricity. Saving burning so much fossil fuels and reducing the global temperatures (maybe or maybe not, as that electricity would eventually be turned back into heat, when it is used, typically). --- End quote --- That's kind of how physics works though. Heat is a bit like static electricity, unless the heat (or electricity) is flowing somewhere, no work is getting done. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: MK14 on June 07, 2023, 10:06:18 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on June 07, 2023, 08:08:17 pm ---I see a few pickup trucks, quite a few SUVs, and at least a couple of fullsized vans that look rather American, I suspect it may be somewhere in the USA or Canada. The resolution is too low to make out the shape of the license plates or any signage which would be helpful. Whatever the case, stock photos are everywhere in news articles, reminds me of a funny situation during the early parts of the pandemic where there was a stock hospital photo used in a lot of articles and people thinking it was some kind of conspiracy. As if they could just wander into the covid ward of any random hospital and take their own picture of patients. --- End quote --- There seem to be other version(s) of that picture, with completely different looking vehicles. So, maybe one of the pictures is the original, they then photoshopped or AI photo changed the picture, to have different vehicle types, to the original picture. Also, it seems to have too many vehicles, too close together, so may be more made up than real, as such. The original, seems to be from Lagos. Here: https://lagossdgandinvestment.com/glancelagos --- End quote --- Well that one you can see a few numbers and car emblems and such so it's pretty clear that the picture hasn't been reversed. I doubt it has been altered at all, I've never been to Lagos but I see no reason to suspect it isn't an authentic picture of a highway there. |
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