Climate Change Horror Stories

[cals]

At the Blarg Police  Academy you learn to just bore the criminals with nonsense stories until they give up or kill themselves.

[Blarg]

Just now, cals said:

At the Blarg Police  Academy you learn to just bore the criminals with nonsense stories until they give up or kill themselves.

You'd still be there handing out business cards. 

[UndertheHalo]

58 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

You guys are sucking the fun out of this 

My bad

[Lhalo]

Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal

German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the Western region of North Rhine Westphalia.

https://notthebee.com/article/what-a-headline-germany-is-dismantling-wind-farms-so-it-can-expand-a-coal-mine-after-it-shut-its-nuclear-reactors-down

[Jason]

39 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal

German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the Western region of North Rhine Westphalia.

https://notthebee.com/article/what-a-headline-germany-is-dismantling-wind-farms-so-it-can-expand-a-coal-mine-after-it-shut-its-nuclear-reactors-down

I guess they don’t want to freeze in the winter time. I find it strange that many of the climate cultist that speak of the evils of fossil fuels are also the biggest opponents of nuclear energy. Shit makes no sense.

Edited September 1, 2023 by Jason

[Don]

5 hours ago, Jason said:

I guess they don’t want to freeze in the winter time. I find it strange that many of the climate cultist that speak of the evils of fossil fuels are also the biggest opponents of nuclear energy. Shit makes no sense.

It’s just that with nuclear energy, the potential scale and overall impact of some sort of accident could be massive. I know everyone goes on and on about how safe it is, but it’s not like there are never incidents. Luckily, those incidents have been relatively minor so far, though Chernobyl came very very close to turning into a cataclysmic event. 

[Jason]

27 minutes ago, Don said:

It’s just that with nuclear energy, the potential scale and overall impact of some sort of accident could be massive. I know everyone goes on and on about how safe it is, but it’s not like there are never incidents. Luckily, those incidents have been relatively minor so far, though Chernobyl came very very close to turning into a cataclysmic event. 

Meh, safety technologies have gotten better and it would be worth the risk. It is the best alternative to reliance on the fossil fuels. 

[Lhalo]

[Lhalo]

Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs

The rental car company will replace them with gasoline-powered vehicles.

If you're looking for an electric car bargain and you're braver than the average bear, you might want to check out Hertz, the car rental agency. After announcing big plans to purchase tens of thousands of EVs from Tesla and then Polestar, it's now liquidating a third of that fleet, the company told investors.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/hertz-is-selling-20000-used-evs-due-to-high-repair-costs/

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Tesla has been near the bottom of reliability ratings from the beginning. It doesn't help that just about everything about them is proprietary, so it isn't like you can just pop into your neighborhood garage and get something fixed.

[Jason]

3 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Tesla has been near the bottom of reliability ratings from the beginning. It doesn't help that just about everything about them is proprietary, so it isn't like you can just pop into your neighborhood garage and get something fixed.

Seems like they constantly have recalls too. 

[Lhalo]

10 minutes ago, Jason said:

Seems like they constantly have recalls too. 

I have a Tesla. I think every recall I’ve come across has been handled with an automatic software download. 

[gotbeer]

3 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

I have a Tesla. I think every recall I’ve come across has been handled with an automatic software download. 

If you get into an accident, or something breaks.  Tell us how it goes.  I'm curious if it's as bad as people say it is.  Like I hear waiting a month to a year for repairs is common. 

[Lhalo]

16 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

If you get into an accident, or something breaks.  Tell us how it goes.  I'm curious if it's as bad as people say it is.  Like I hear waiting a month to a year for repairs is common. 

I needed my windshield replaced and it took half a day. There’s a Tesla shop off Dyer that did the repair. I was given $100 in Uber credits. 2nd time there was a rattle in my dash. It took a half a day as well and they gave me a Model 3 to drive for the day. 

[Taylor]

57 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

I needed my windshield replaced and it took half a day. There’s a Tesla shop off Dyer that did the repair. I was given $100 in Uber credits. 2nd time there was a rattle in my dash. It took a half a day as well and they gave me a Model 3 to drive for the day. 

Your windshield needed to be replaced twice?

[Jason]

6 hours ago, Taylor said:

Your windshield needed to be replaced twice?

Three in my F-150. Rocks happen 

[Lhalo]

11 hours ago, Taylor said:

Your windshield needed to be replaced twice?

Just once. I took it in again because when they installed the windshield they didn't secure one of the attachments in the dash correctly and it caused a rattle. 

What sucks is a rock hit my windshield last week and cracked it again. Both times have been on the 261 toll road after a good rain.

[Lhalo]

Score one for the good guys. 

Facing farm protests, EU eases demands in 2040 climate proposal

Under intense pressure from farmers, the European Commission has dropped key passages in a proposal for a new 2040 goal for cutting greenhouse gas pollution.

“All sectors” would need to contribute to the effort, the EU executive's plan says. But a mention of a possible 30 percent cut to agricultural pollution between 2015 and 2040, which was in previous drafts seen by POLITICO, had been removed.

Also excised were recommendations for citizens to make changes to their behavior, like eating less meat, and a push to end fossil fuel subsidies. 

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-eases-farming-demands-in-2040-climate-proposal/

[Lhalo]

Ha!

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA

[Jason]

Skyrocketing rates, policies being canceled, more Californians are finding it difficult to keep their homes insured - ABC7 Los Angeles

Lol at Insurance companies blaming climate change for what they are doing. 

[Taylor]

4 hours ago, Jason said:

Skyrocketing rates, policies being canceled, more Californians are finding it difficult to keep their homes insured - ABC7 Los Angeles

Lol at Insurance companies blaming climate change for what they are doing. 

Gotta love capitalism

[Lhalo]

[AngelsLakersFan]

On 3/18/2024 at 11:31 AM, Lhalo said:

Africans dont count

[Taylor]

9 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Africans dont count

Africans learn math. Racist.

[Crampknees]

On 3/18/2024 at 1:31 PM, Lhalo said:

I thought she drove around in one of these.