OT? Germany Shutting Down Nuke Plants...

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20 PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct..
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.
 
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 1:56:20 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct..
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

The German government subsidizes every last thing people buy there. That story is bs.
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:54:33 PM UTC-5, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.
It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation

This sounds to me like tornados might be getting more frequent but losing strength. Maybe modern radar and such is better at seeing them.
<https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-will-increase-the-number-and-severity-of-tornadoes/>
Pro and con on the hurricane issue.
<https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-is-increasing-the-strength-and-frequency-of-hurricanes/>
 
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation

It is here and now: many crops will be lost this year. No rain and too
much early heat. The country is rich enough to buy food elsewhere, for
now, but the farmers will soon be ruined.

--
Cheers, Carlos.
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 4:57:15 PM UTC-5, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
It is here and now: many crops will be lost this year. No rain and too
much early heat. The country is rich enough to buy food elsewhere, for
now, but the farmers will soon be ruined.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a lot assistance programs. A quick look brought these:
<https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/index>
Don\'t other countries have such?
 
On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 4:26:28 AM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Climate change denial is a weapon of war, the war being waged by the rich people who got rich and stay rich by selling fossil carbon as fuel.

John Larkin has been suckered into fighting on their side.

> Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

Don\'t we all. The art is in killing off the rich husbands to create the rich widows. John Larkin may be rich enough that he ought to feel nervous.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 6:05:05 PM UTC-4, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 4:57:15 PM UTC-5, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
It is here and now: many crops will be lost this year. No rain and too
much early heat. The country is rich enough to buy food elsewhere, for
now, but the farmers will soon be ruined.

--
Cheers, Carlos.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a lot assistance programs. A quick look brought these:
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/index
Don\'t other countries have such?

They do. The question is how well does it work.

https://sdgs.un.org/sites/default/files/documents/386213.%2520AGROSEGURO_2.pdf
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:16:21 PM UTC-4, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:54:33 PM UTC-5, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.
It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
This sounds to me like tornados might be getting more frequent but losing strength. Maybe modern radar and such is better at seeing them.
https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-will-increase-the-number-and-severity-of-tornadoes/
Pro and con on the hurricane issue.
https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-is-increasing-the-strength-and-frequency-of-hurricanes/

The problem with radar and tornadoes is the Earth drops away from the radar beam with distance so a ground based radar can\'t see an actual touchdown. So they infer a touchdown has occurred by detecting what they think is debris lifted by the tornado to the higher altitude they can view. Detecting tornado formation is a done deal these days. They have all kinds of sophisticated Doppler processing that makes a circulation pattern really stand out and identifies the tornado. The NWS has to walk a fine line between providing adequate public safety while minimizing false alarms which would cause people to start to ignore their alerts.

Tornado damage is horrific, but there are still plenty of other weather phenomena that wreak havoc and destroy crops. Things like torrential downpours, hail, and windstorms with high intensity gusts.
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:57:15 PM UTC-4, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
It is here and now: many crops will be lost this year. No rain and too
much early heat. The country is rich enough to buy food elsewhere, for
now, but the farmers will soon be ruined.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

It\'s not looking good. And all this is happening at a time when demand for agricultural resource has never been greater due to large populations.
 
On 2023-04-17 14:00, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:57:15 PM UTC-4, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation
It is here and now: many crops will be lost this year. No rain and too
much early heat. The country is rich enough to buy food elsewhere, for
now, but the farmers will soon be ruined.



It\'s not looking good. And all this is happening at a time when demand for agricultural resource has never been greater due to large populations.

And economy is based on constant growth.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
 
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 12:43:08 AM UTC+10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2023-04-17 14:00, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:57:15 PM UTC-4, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-04-16 21:54, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>

It\'s not looking good. And all this is happening at a time when demand for agricultural resource has never been greater due to large populations.

And economy is based on constant growth.

Everybody is happier when more money is changing hands, and we\'ve got used to increasing populations, that made that easier.

But the human population is going to peak fairly soon, and we should start adapting to an economy that grows because we recycle resources into progressively more useful and valuable equipment, rather than concentrating on making more of the same old stuff.

Quite a bit of the economy is already devoted to entertaining one another. More pop stars wouldn\'t make me happy, but a few extra brilliant pianist would be nice.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:54:28 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
<bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.

It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation

The real problem is that there aren\'t enough rich widows to go around.
 
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:16:17 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
<deanh6929@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:54:33?PM UTC-5, Fred Bloggs wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 2:26:28?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:14:51 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:56:20?PM UTC-5, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:
Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
Dutch politicians got their butts kicked out of office when they did their holier than thou thing regarding farmers. It would be a good thing if it happened in a lot of other places.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/04/15/cars-soon-unaffordable-for-50-of-germans-expert-warns/

The elites will still ride in giant black chauffered SUVs and fly to
Davos in their private planes.

And people like U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry will fly in private jets to meetings in exotic places so they can save the planet. Apparently, our federal government can\'t afford the equipment that will allow for video conferencing.

Climate Change is a weapon of war, in the war on poor people.

Kerry knows how to create wealth: marry rich widows.
It\'s a pretty weak weapon compared to the extreme weather damage done to the poor.

Next up: starvation

This sounds to me like tornados might be getting more frequent but losing strength. Maybe modern radar and such is better at seeing them.
https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-will-increase-the-number-and-severity-of-tornadoes/
Pro and con on the hurricane issue.
https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-is-increasing-the-strength-and-frequency-of-hurricanes/

Before radio and radar and satellites, even hurricanes were missed.

Before 24/7 weather stations on airport runways, we had far fewer heat
records.
 
On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 10:01:14 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:12:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje <al...@comet.invalid
wrote:

Democrazy
Would not a technical experts based regime be better?
Maybe not. Engineers and scientists are driven by ambition for power
and money too.

The best thing to do is let lots of enterprises compete and see what
works.

So, you mean lots of governments? Like the hundreds in the UN? Or
all the states of the US? Or do you refer to businesses, which mainly
are for-profit and benefit only owners, not the planet as a whole?

> The best government is minimal government.

That\'s nonsense; who decides what \'minimal\' means? If you mean
less than you\'re accustomed to, it means you have NEVER SEEN IT DONE,
so how would you know that?

Setting the target to be \'less\' is just lazy; urban dwellers DO need roads, sewers,
and public works that run on taxation...but someone could always say that
isn\'t minimal, and someone else will say that it is...
 
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:31:09 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 10:01:14?AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:12:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje <al...@comet.invalid
wrote:

Democrazy
Would not a technical experts based regime be better?
Maybe not. Engineers and scientists are driven by ambition for power
and money too.

The best thing to do is let lots of enterprises compete and see what
works.

So, you mean lots of governments?

In the USA, we have state governments, and people are free to move
themselves (and their businensses) between states. Unfortunately we
have only one Federal government, so companies move their factories
and their cash offshore to be competitive.

But my point was that governments should regulate minimally, and let
people and businesses compete, and see what works. Some cities, for
example, let contractors bid for maintenance of street lights.

Like the hundreds in the UN? Or
all the states of the US? Or do you refer to businesses, which mainly
are for-profit and benefit only owners, not the planet as a whole?

Businesses feed and house and transport and entertain you. And you
have the right to not use anything that they sell, or shop around for
a better deal, or grow your own potatoes, or move to Sudan where fewer
nasty capitalists will exploit you.



The best government is minimal government.

That\'s nonsense; who decides what \'minimal\' means? If you mean
less than you\'re accustomed to, it means you have NEVER SEEN IT DONE,
so how would you know that?

The Texas legislature meets for about 5 months every other year. Which
is one reason so many people and businesses are moving to Texas. Some
cities in Texas have no zoning laws and do fine without them.

I know rich people who moved just over the border into Nevada when
they found out they would make a bundle somehow. Nevada has no
personal or business taxes, and less crime and better roads than
California.

Incline Village is just across the line, also called Income Village.




Setting the target to be \'less\' is just lazy; urban dwellers DO need roads, sewers,
and public works that run on taxation...but someone could always say that
isn\'t minimal, and someone else will say that it is...
 
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 4:26:48 AM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:31:09 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 10:01:14?AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:12:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje <al...@comet.invalid> wrote:

<snip>

So, you mean lots of governments?

In the USA, we have state governments, and people are free to move
themselves (and their businensses) between states. Unfortunately we
have only one Federal government, so companies move their factories
and their cash offshore to be competitive.

In Germany, the governments taxpayer money on educating the workforce, and the more productive work force this produces lets Germany exort as much as the US despite having about a quarter of the population.

> But my point was that governments should regulate minimally, and let people and businesses compete, and see what works. Some cities, for example, let contractors bid for maintenance of street lights.

And contractors bribe the city councils to get the contracts.

Like the hundreds in the UN? Or all the states of the US? Or do you refer to businesses, which mainly
are for-profit and benefit only owners, not the planet as a whole?

Businesses feed and house and transport and entertain you. And you have the right to not use anything that they sell, or shop around for
a better deal, or grow your own potatoes, or move to Sudan where fewer nasty capitalists will exploit you.

Businesses also lie to you about how good their products are and actively conspire to shut down competition. The US is famous for it\'s obesity problem, which is iin part due to businesses selling food that encourages people to eat more of it than is good for them.

The best government is minimal government.

That\'s nonsense; who decides what \'minimal\' means? If you mean
less than you\'re accustomed to, it means you have NEVER SEEN IT DONE,
so how would you know that?

The Texas legislature meets for about 5 months every other year. Which is one reason so many people and businesses are moving to Texas. Some cities in Texas have no zoning laws and do fine without them.

By the US definition of \"fine\".

> I know rich people who moved just over the border into Nevada when they found out they would make a bundle somehow. Nevada has no personal or business taxes, and less crime and better roads than California.

Actually, more crime, but when the state was run by the Mafia for years, criminality is normalised.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/the-mafias-history-in-las-vegas-from-bugsy-siegel-to-anthony-spilotro-413833/

\"They have taken notice of less colorful but more sophisticated organized criminal groups — those with roots in Asia adept at pulling off casino cheating and marker schemes, and those from Russia and Eastern Europe knowledgeable about financial fraud, credit card and cyberschemes.\"

That is harder to prosecute, and people tend not to bother.

Incline Village is just across the line, also called Income Village.

Setting the target to be \'less\' is just lazy; urban dwellers DO need roads, sewers, and public works that run on taxation...but someone could always say that isn\'t minimal, and someone else will say that it is...

America is still run on the basis that the people who own the country run the country for their own advantage. Stuff that benefits the population as a whole gets played down in favour of stuff that benefits property owners.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney
 
On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 5:55:10 AM UTC-5, upsid...@downunder.com wrote:
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT), Dean Hoffman
dean...@gmail.com> wrote:

Politicians aren\'t listening to constituents if this article is correct..
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/14/germany-shut-down-last-nuclear-plants-amid-warnings-new-energy-crisis/
An interesting coincidence, last night when the last nuclear reactors
were closed down in Germany, the same night in Finland the 1600 MW OL3
EPR reactor was finally commissioned. Unfortunately it was 14 years
behind schedule :-(

I just ran across an article about it. Its final cost is 3 times initial estimates.
<https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/16/finland-turns-on-europes-largest-capacity-nuclear-power-plant-after-years-of-delay/>
 

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