At the heart of attempts to halt damaging climate change is a pair of ideas: decarbonise electricity and electrify the economy. So, how is it going? Badly, is the answer.
Here is a sobering fact: in 2023, the production of electricity generated by fossil fuels reached an all-time peak. The share of electricity produced this way did fall, from 67 per cent in 2015 (the date of the celebrated Paris Agreement) to 61 per cent in 2023. But global output of electricity jumped 23 per cent in those eight years. As a result, even though generation from non-fossil-fuel sources (including nuclear) rose by an impressive 44 per cent, that from fossil fuels rose by 12 per cent. Alas, the atmosphere responds to emissions, not good intentions: we have been running forward, but going backwards. (See charts)
Of course, half of America or their self-elected representatives still believe the Earth is flat. This epitomizes Capitalism as being perceived as superior and in favor of a flourishing mankind... for the akashic records and beyond.
Abstract: Canadian wildfires in 2023 were record breaking with wide-reaching impacts on people, nature, and climate. Extreme heat and low rainfall associated with climate change led to unprecedented forest fires that released enormous amounts of carbon as they burned. This study used data on fire-driven tree cover loss and forest carbon fluxes to estimate the total extent of stand-replacing forest fires and their associated carbon emissions. We found that the 2023 Canadian wildfires burned nearly 7.8 million hectares of forest and accounted for more than a quarter of all tree cover loss globally. Furthermore, forests impacted by wildfires emitted nearly 3 billion tons of CO2 or about 25% more carbon than all primary tropical tree cover loss that year. These results have important implications for global carbon budgets because emissions from these wildfires will largely be excluded from official greenhouse gas reporting.
Ah yes, virtue. You can add fear to that list. It is the virtue that is currently trending best these days.
Seems better than having no virtue at all. You saw the word virtue and stopped reading. "Unreal imaginings of evil cause distress about the present, or fear for the future. The ideal Stoic would instead measure things at their real value, and see that the passions are not natural. To be free of the passions is to have a happiness which is self-contained. There would be nothing to fear—for unreason is the only evil; no cause for anger—for others cannot harm you"
So then why are you so passionate about Climate Change ?
Ah yes, virtue. You can add fear to that list. It is the virtue that is currently trending best these days.
Seems better than having no virtue at all. You saw the word virtue and stopped reading.
"Unreal imaginings of evil cause distress about the present, or fear for the future. The ideal Stoic would instead measure things at their real value, and see that the passions are not natural. To be free of the passions is to have a happiness which is self-contained. There would be nothing to fearâfor unreason is the only evil; no cause for angerâfor others cannot harm you"
Where is the "here" in your tweet ? Hurricanes in June are rare, yes, but this is not the first time in history for June. It is after all officially Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Basin. It starts on June 1st every year and it is now June 30. For one that actually made landfall in the US in June, try Audrey. I have found 3 more. But this is only in the US. First time on record ... c'mon man.
Hurricanes in June are rare, yes, but this is not the first time in history for June. It is after all officially Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Basin. It starts on June 1st every year and it is now June 30.
For one that actually made landfall in the US in June, try Audrey. I have found 3 more. But this is only in the US.
Hurricanes in June are rare, yes, but this is not the first time in history for June. It is after all officially Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Basin. It starts on June 1st every year and it is now June 30.
For one that actually made landfall in the US in June, try Audrey. I have found 3 more. But this is only in the US.
First time on record ... c'mon man.
OBTW, Shark week starts July 7. Dum, dum, dum ... dum
asking for a friend. 
