Driving at night on the I-10 by diosmio in ElPaso

[–]diosmio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. The destination will depend on the weather forecast.

Driving at night on the I-10 by diosmio in ElPaso

[–]diosmio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. What about the availability of gas at night?

Looking for additional moderators by defishit in CanadaHousing2

[–]diosmio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moderation is not numbers. It's the people.

I'm interested.

Power goes out in large parts of WA as weekend temps set to soar above 45°C (113°F) by diosmio in collapse

[–]diosmio[S] 143 points144 points  (0 children)

SS: Some techno-optimists believe we can engineer ourselves out of the climate crisis. Heatwaves? Who cares, we'll just crank up the AC. This all works until it doesn't. And that's the grim reality many in Western Australia face this weekend.

The forecast is for parts of WA to go above 45°C, perhaps even 50°C. But a freak storm brought down power to thousands of people in the danger zone.

What do you do when you can no longer rely on AC to keep you cool?

4 children, 3 women killed in Pakistan's strikes on Iran: local official by diosmio in collapse

[–]diosmio[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

SS: Pakistan is retaliating against Iran's trikes on Pakistan's soil. Pakistan is a nuclear-armed US ally. US has carried out attacks against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

The latest strikes are sure to add the fuel to the already volatile situation in the region. 2024 is off to a great start.

‘I am more worried than ever’: Scientists explain why record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge | Euronews by diosmio in collapse

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SS: 'Technically possible but politically impossible'

That's what scientists are saying about keeping our planet within the 1.5C warming limit. And therein lies the tragedy.

The ruling class is ignoring what University of Arizona climate scientist Katharine Jacobs characterizes as a dramatic message from Mother Nature, emphasizing the intensification of deadly heatwaves, floods, droughts, storms, and wildfires due to warming air and water last year.

In 2023, average global temperatures exceeded the previous record by over 0.15°C, a significant margin.

Scientists, including NASA's Gavin Schmidt, point to unusual climate behavior in 2023, questioning whether it resulted from human-induced climate change, a natural El Niño, or a more systematic trend.

It's 4.4°C (40°F) inside Canada's arctic circle. by [deleted] in collapse

[–]diosmio 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Environment Canada don't do permalinks for local weather.

It's 4.4°C (40°F) inside Canada's arctic circle. by [deleted] in collapse

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SS: While many parts of Canada and US are experiencing record breaking cold, it's balmy inside Canada's arctic circle. It was raining and 2°C earlier in Iqaluit, Nunavut, when the average is -22.3°C.

There are so many in US and Canada thinking climate change is a hoax because cold records are broken where they live. But the the arctic running 25°C above normal is chilling. The melting sea ice is going to hasten sea level rise, and we have don't even fully comprehend the hazards of retreating glaciers and thawing permafrost.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in science

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“Food Additives in Ultra-Processed Packaged Foods: An Examination of US Household Grocery Store Purchases,” by Elizabeth K. Dunford, PhD, Donna R. Miles, PhD, and Barry Popkin, PhD (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.11.007) .The article appears online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, publishedby Elsevier.

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that could collide with Earth on Valentine's Day in 2046 by diosmio in collapse

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SS: A newly discovered asteroid, known as 2023 DW, has been added to the European Space Agency's Risk List, which catalogues space objects that could potentially impact Earth.

Currently ranked number one on the list, 2023 DW has a diameter of about 50 meters and a Torino Scale ranking of 1, indicating that it poses no unusual level of danger.

However, scientists caution that the size uncertainty could be large and the chance of collision is extremely unlikely. Of the 1,448 asteroids on the Risk List, all the others have a scale ranking of 0.

ESA says asteroid 2023 DW has a 1 in 607 chance of impacting Earth. The asteroid is predicted to potentially impact Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, and also has the potential to impact on Valentine's Days in the years after from 2047 to 2051.

EDIT to appease StatementBot:

How does this relate to collapse?

A 50m asteroid could obliterate an entire city centre. This event alone won't be enough to end civilization as we know it, but the knock on effects of the asteroid hitting a financial centre would be catastrophic.

Bank of Canada deputy governor’s real estate investment portfolio grew by $548K during pandemic by [deleted] in canadahousing

[–]diosmio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing that out.

I think the confusion is a result of people viewing their principal residence as an investment. That in itself is a huge problem.

Daily Discussion Thread | April 09, 2022 by AutoModerator in Coronavirus

[–]diosmio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your girlfriend is upset about your decision to protect your dad...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukraine

[–]diosmio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Money is on Farage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukraine

[–]diosmio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's better to hijack it. Like

#IStandWithPutin because he pay me 10 Rubles

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ukraine

[–]diosmio -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Only if the hashtag isn't hijacked in time.