Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[Ts RedVeX]

Hey how are you finding global warming and all?
P.S.
I think the author of hungangels' CMS would be better off on the dole than in web development. Stavros and the other commies can prolly see to you getting a decent social house and healthcare funded by the hard-working, wherever you are, and you won't have to worry about heating cos of global warming!

[trish]

Up to date (Feb 2018 ) UAH satellite data ->

[Stavros]

Vox has produced a compelling article based on the report from the Office of Management and Budget that proves that under President Obama, Federal Regulations were economically beneficial to US citizens even with high costs, and that the EPA regulations out-performed other departments. They also argue the hostility by the Republican Party to regulatory frameworks is not based on their efficacy, but hostility to the change in direction that money takes when they are implemented. For example, Regulations do not 'kill jobs' but re-distribute them across the US economy.

Here are some extracts-

OMB gathered data and analysis on “major” federal regulations (those with $100 million or more in economic impact) between 2006 and 2016, a period that includes all of Obama’s administration, stopping just short of Trump’s. The final tally, reported in 2001 dollars:

• Aggregate benefits: $219 to $695 billion
• Aggregate costs: $59 to $88 billion

By even the most conservative estimate, the benefits of Obama’s regulations wildly outweighed the costs.

EPA rules, OMB writes, “account for over 80 percent of the monetized benefits and over 70 percent of the monetized costs” of federal regulation during this period.
For example, new fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty engines had (in 2001 dollars) between $6.7 billion and $9.7 billion in benefits. But they cost industry $0.8 billion to $1.1 billion.
The MATS rule, aimed at reducing toxic emissions from power plants, had between $33 billion and $90 billion in benefits (in 2007 dollars, for some reason), but it cost industry $9.6 billion.

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-envir...ory-agenda-omb

[sukumvit boy]

need more efforts on removal and reversal of carbon

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6377/733
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/c...-from-air.html

[Stavros]

An accidental discovery on a rubbish dump in Japan has the long term potential to reduce the volume of plastic in our oceans. The discovery of a plastic eating enzyme has led to the creation of a mutant that can't get enough of the stuff -

The international team then tweaked the enzyme to see how it had evolved, but tests showed they had inadvertently made the molecule even better at breaking down the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic used for soft drink bottles. “What actually turned out was we improved the enzyme, which was a bit of a shock,” said Prof John McGeehan, at the University of Portsmouth, UK, who led the research. “It’s great and a real finding.”

Although it will take time for the real impact to take effect, the potential for this reminds us that science doesn't really do despair, that it might take time, but solutions can be found, often by accident. Whether or not there are any whales left by the time this comes to pass we cannot know. A large population of Penguins in Antarctica was only found recently so there is still a vast amount we do not know about the Oceans and its populations.

Full article is here-
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...lastic-bottles

[trish]

I'm just worried that the spread of these bacteria will make my dildos go limp. But thanks for the heads-up. Interesting article.

[filghy2]

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world. https://newmatilda.com/2018/05/01/ap...eptional-heat/

Anything to say on this, Redvex? Communists in the weather bureau, perhaps?

[Ts RedVeX]

There will be communists there too but Australia is not exactly the indicator of global climate, is it? I am in the UK and I still need to keep my heaters on - in fucking May!

Oh, and a few cents on those enzymes.. If anyone of you has a friend that works in forests, then you might wanna ask them how oftrn do they need to buy new heavy duty shoes. Only it must be not be a commie that sits his lazy ass in the lodge, but one that is out and about. Nature doesn't need aid to eat through most of our inventions...

[filghy2]

There will be communists there too but Australia is not exactly the indicator of global climate, is it? I am in the UK and I still need to keep my heaters on - in fucking May!

That would be why people look at the global average temperature, as shown in Trish's post above. The point is that what is happening in Australia is far more representative of the global climate than what might be happening in the UK right now.

[Stavros]

There will be communists there too but Australia is not exactly the indicator of global climate, is it? I am in the UK and I still need to keep my heaters on - in fucking May!

Don't be so impatient! Temperatures will be in the 20s from Saturday for most of the week.