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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3627 on: August 14, 2018, 12:57:39 PM »
all that predicted new renewable generation capacity looks to be occupied with new transport demand.  although i'm not sure i have quite the confidence in this prediction as the last one i posted.

https://twitter.com/BloombergNEF/status/1026844937072123904

Well it is growing by about 25%+ the last two years and is on pace currently this year to sell over 250k cars this year (for the US and a 31% growth). It's not that far fetched, just as wind and especially solar continues to grow around 15-20% a year. Compound growth is a force.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3628 on: August 14, 2018, 02:54:32 PM »
yep.  and north america is not even a very good market.  europe and asia are structurally more amenable.  the change that has already occurred is pretty amazing and what's coming over the next couple decades appears very likely to dwarf that.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3629 on: August 16, 2018, 02:15:59 PM »
Here's a fun article that answers the question "is the earth warming or cooling" based upon different start dates. https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2018-8-9-how-do-you-tell-if-the-earths-climate-system-is-warming

The whole article is worth reading, but here's the conclusion....

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So here's the real answer to the question of whether the earth's ciimate system "is warming": 

If your start date is June 2018, it "is warming."
If your start date is January 2016, it "is cooling."
If your start date is January 1998, it "is cooling."
If your start date is 1880, it "is warming."
If your start date is the year 1000, it "is cooling."
If your start date is the Dark Ages, it "is warming."
If your start date is Roman times, it "is cooling."

In short, the question is completely meaningless.

This was prompted by YouTube recently deciding to add "disclaimers" to videos posted by AGW skeptics. The text of the YouTube disclaimer is lifted from... a Wikipedia article. :lol:
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3631 on: August 16, 2018, 02:25:56 PM »
That's great stuff, K-S-U.

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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3632 on: August 16, 2018, 02:31:45 PM »
Lots of concerns about Lake Mead.   For myself, I find it just stunning that a lake on the Semi-Arid Colorado Plateau is having trouble meeting the water demands of 25 million people and growing every year, with one Lake Mead served MSA growing by 1 million people every ten years over the last 20 years.




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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3633 on: August 16, 2018, 02:32:53 PM »
Ok
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3634 on: August 16, 2018, 03:18:53 PM »
one thing i always try to remember is that whenever a non-herpetologist talks with me about snakes, they always sound like a dumbass.  even really smart, extremely educated people.  and snakes are about as easy as it gets.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3635 on: August 16, 2018, 04:25:39 PM »
I think it's funny that the science of snakes is called herpetology. Did you guys know that the new Sedgwick County Zoo Director is a herpetologist? He's made lots of trips to Armenia to study Armenian Pit Vipers. Like, that specific snake is his specialty. Amazing.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3636 on: August 16, 2018, 05:34:01 PM »
Did you know the SG county zoo is basically 6 possums and a dying bear given to it by a game preserve in Oklahoma?

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« Reply #3637 on: August 16, 2018, 06:42:14 PM »
Did you know the SG county zoo is basically 6 possums and a dying bear given to it by a game preserve in Oklahoma?

The Sedgwick County Zoo is frequently rated as one of the best zoos in the country. Not even shitting you. South Central KS has no business having awesome stuff like the SCZ or the Cosmosphere, but it’s here.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.kansas.com/news/article1093110.html
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« Reply #3638 on: August 16, 2018, 06:59:50 PM »
I am so glad kc is not one of those hayseed places like omaha or stl where people are constantly JO'ing their zoo's "rating"

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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3639 on: August 16, 2018, 07:06:19 PM »
That’s because the Kansas City Zoo is a dumpster fire.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3640 on: August 16, 2018, 07:32:08 PM »
I think it's funny that the science of snakes is called herpetology. Did you guys know that the new Sedgwick County Zoo Director is a herpetologist? He's made lots of trips to Armenia to study Armenian Pit Vipers. Like, that specific snake is his specialty. Amazing.

heh.  i met jeff at a snake conference a few years back.  we talked about how weird it was that people who hadn't spent most of their lives studying snakes would think they knew crap about snakes that the people that had spent almost their entire lives studying them didn't.  that and tomatoes.

armenian vipers are vipers, by the way, not pit vipers.  there's no such thing as an armenian pit viper.  weird how you got a basic fact wrong when talking about something you don't know much about.

i didn't know jeff had left st louis.  pretty giant coup for ol' wichita.

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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3641 on: August 16, 2018, 09:44:17 PM »
That’s because the Kansas City Zoo is a dumpster fire.

It is very sad and I wish the city or some rich local would fix it


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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3642 on: August 16, 2018, 09:47:28 PM »
i didn't know jeff had left st louis.  pretty giant coup for ol' wichita.

Not really. We’re like the Alabama coaching job of zoos. Everyone wants it but I just hope he can handle the pressure. Ironically, our reptile house is a dump, though (but we do have an Armenian Pit Viper).
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3643 on: August 16, 2018, 09:50:14 PM »
That’s because the Kansas City Zoo is a dumpster fire.

Yeah but it's in beautiful swope park, the SECOND BIGGEST CITY PARK behind central park in NYC!!!!
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« Reply #3644 on: August 16, 2018, 09:51:03 PM »
Talking about city parks is big time. Zoos, not so much
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3645 on: August 16, 2018, 09:52:54 PM »
Why would anyone study snakes for a living. Sounds more like a hobby, or fettish.
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3646 on: August 16, 2018, 10:18:47 PM »
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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3647 on: August 17, 2018, 09:21:10 AM »
Sys I was having a hike in gunma prefecture recently near tanigawadake and saw a black one. Was it dangerous?

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« Reply #3648 on: August 17, 2018, 09:21:45 AM »
Appx 0.8m long. Black.

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Re: The Scott Pruitt "If the models are all wrong" thread
« Reply #3649 on: August 17, 2018, 09:48:09 AM »
That’s because the Kansas City Zoo is a dumpster fire.

Yeah but it's in beautiful swope park, the SECOND BIGGEST CITY PARK behind central park in NYC!!!!

Isn't central park the 5th biggest park in NYC?

Top Ten Largest Parks:
Pelham Bay Park Bronx 2,765 acres.
Greenbelt, Staten Island 1,778 acres.
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx 1,146 acres.
Flushing Meadows/Corona Park, Queens 898 acres.
Central Park, Manhattan 843 acres.
Marine Park, Brooklyn 798 acres.
Bronx Park, Bronx 718 acres.
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