If All You See…

By William Teach March 13, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible carbon pollution causing meat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot OF People Know That, with a post on Boris Johnson plotting a way out of Net Zero.

It’s grilling week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 13, 2022 – 9:44 am

Patriotic Pinup Runci

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and baseball is coming back! Though, this whole “DH in the NL” has to go. This pinup is by Edward Runci, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Outside The Beltway discusses the death threat to Mike Pompeo from Iran (who Biden is negotiating with)
  2. Pacific Pundit covers Kamala finally telling the truth
  3. Powerline notes the madness of Slow Joe when it comes to Iran
  4. Sister Toldjah covers Tulsi Gabbard discussing why Kamala was sent overseas
  5. The America Conservative digs deep into Florida’s anti-grooming bill
  6. White House Dossier notes the Brandon admin paying bounties for private groups to “find” info on Israeli human rights abuses
  7. The Daley Gator discusses how any criticism of Kamala is raaaaacist
  8. The First Street Journal says that a 12 year old shooting at cops is not a martyr
  9. The Last Refuge features Clueless Kamala saying Ukraine is part of Ukraine
  10. The Lid covers 14 states suing Brandon over labeling parents terrorists
  11. Virtual Mirage has your Sunday sermonette
  12. Weasel Zippers features Kamala laughing over Ukrainian refugees
  13. Watts Up With That? discusses misery for ordinary Britons
  14. Real Climate Science notes Europe to be soon powered by unicorns
  15. And last, but, not least, No Tricks Zone highlights Franklin’s expedition contradicts Mann’s hockey stick

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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The Worst Thing About Nuclear War Wouldn’t Be The Tens Of Millions Killed But How It Would Affect ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach March 13, 2022 – 8:31 am

This is the type of piece you get when a doomsday cult is in charge: their first thought is “how does this affect the climate?” With a side of Trump Derangement Syndrome

From the screed

When we talk about what causes climate change, we usually talk about oil and gas, coal and cars, and—just generally—energy policy. There’s a good reason for this. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, which enters the atmosphere, warms the climate, and … you know the drill. The more fossil fuels you burn, the worse climate change gets. That’s why, a couple of years ago, I spent a lot of time covering the Trump administration’s attempt to weaken the country’s fuel-economy standards. It was an awful policy, one that would have led to more oil consumption for decades to come. If pressed, I would have said that it had a single-digit-percentage chance of creating an uninhabitable climate system.

Don’t you just love how “reporters” make personal judgements, rather than just writing the news?

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, that threat has become a lot more real: Many Americans, including artists, climate-concerned progressives, and even a few lawmakers, have come out in support of a “no-fly zone.” But despite its euphemistic name, a no-fly zone means that NATO and the United States issue a credible threat that they will shoot down any enemy plane in Ukrainian territory. This would require U.S. bombing runs into Russian territory to eliminate air defenses, bringing the U.S. and Russia into open war, and it would have a reasonable chance of prompting a nuclear exchange. And it would be worse for the climate than any energy policy that Donald Trump ever proposed.

Oh, artists and climate concerned progressives! And, more Trump Derangement Syndrome

I mean this quite literally. If you are worried about rapid, catastrophic changes to the planet’s climate, then you must be worried about nuclear war. That is because, on top of killing tens of millions of people, even a relatively “minor” exchange of nuclear weapons would wreck the planet’s climate in enormous and long-lasting ways.

I mean, tens of millions killed right off, and, don’t forget all the later problems to people with radiation, but, that’s chump change compared to what could happen to the climate!

The hot, dry, hurricane-force winds would act like a supercharged version of California’s Santa Ana winds, which have triggered some of the state’s worst wildfires. Even in a small war, that would happen at dozens of places around the planet, igniting urban and wildland forest fires as large as small states. A 2007 study estimated that if 100 small nuclear weapons were detonated, a number equal to only 0.03 percent of the planet’s total arsenal, the number of “direct fatalities due to fire and smoke would be comparable to those worldwide in World War II.” Towering clouds would carry more than five megatons of soot and ash from these fires high into the atmosphere.

All this carbon would transform the climate, shielding it from the sun’s heat. Within months, the planet’s average temperature would fall by more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit; some amount of this cooling would persist for more than a decade. But far from reversing climate change, this cooling would be destabilizing. It would reduce global precipitation by about 10 percent, inducing global drought conditions. In parts of North America and Europe, the growing season would shorten by 10 to 20 days.

You mean nuclear winter? A term we’ve heard since not long after the nuclear bomb was used, and became a term in the 1980’s? Anyhow, because this is a cult, all that soot and ash, much of which used to be humans, is now “carbon”. Cult. And then there would be a “global food crisis”, a cute leftist catchall term, which really just means starvation.

The cult freakout continues on, ending with

The worst fears of that era, thankfully, never came to pass. Or at least, they haven’t happened yet. It is up to us to make sure that they don’t.

By worst fears, the Atlantic means anthropogenic climate change. Nuclear war is secondary.

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LA Times: EVs Are Perfect, But, Drivers Are Glad They Paid Through The Nose For Them

By William Teach March 12, 2022 – 3:00 pm

Buying an EV is like buying a premium vehicle. You could have gotten an Accord, Camry, CRV, RAV4, etc, but, instead, you got a BMW X5, a Range Rover, a Jaguar. You wanted to save money on gas, but, bought an Audi A4 instead of an Accord. It’s a choice. Because some people can afford one. Spending $10k, $20K, etc on a vehicle doesn’t save you money. But, they’re sure smug about themselves

Opinion: Electric cars aren’t perfect, but we EV drivers are glad to have one now

electric vehicleIf you’re paying for gasoline right now, you probably don’t want to hear from smug electric car drivers — but I am one of those people, so please accept my apologies at the outset. We’re the ones who were surprised by fuel prices (if we happened to notice them driving past a gas station) long before most people began paying $5 or $6 per gallon for the stuff.

Of course, electric cars are not the solution to climate change and any number of woes they’re often made out to be. They too exact an environmental toll and perpetuate all the problems of car culture, minus the local emissions. But they are undeniably less awful for the world than internal-combustion vehicles — and they are plainly better cars, as any EV driver can tell you. All this was true before the recent spike in gas prices.

Wait, they aren’t a solution to ‘climate change’? It almost seems like the Elites want to force us out of privately owned vehicles. And, yes, all the mining is bad for the actual environment.

To the editor: Now is the time to purchase an electric vehicle. Between climate change, high fuel costs and dependence on foreign oil, most drivers can make the move painlessly.

If you are a two-car household, replace your gas guzzler with an electric car. Use your EV for all close-range driving, and save your gas car for long trips. You will be shocked at how much you will save without auto repairs and gas consumption.

I purchased an EV nine years ago. Since then, my second gas vehicle has averaged 3,000 miles a year.

Wait, what? The writer is saying that EVs are bad for long trips? That they’re only good for around town? That’s not much of an endorsement.

To the editor: As a recent college graduate, one of the things on my to-do list is choosing my first car. In the past, this would have been a relatively simple task, but as I researched recent car prices and maintenance costs, I was shocked. (snip)

Electric vehicles are not subject to the same price fluctuations on oil. On average it takes between $10 and $45 to fuel your electric car at a power station, versus roughly $150 to fill some gas-powered cars now. Are we going to wait to switch to EVs as the war drags on and prices rise to $8, $9, $10 per gallon?

Electric vehicles are the answer now and tomorrow.

Except, the letter writer doesn’t seem to have purchased any vehicle, including an EV. Here’s another piece from the LA Times

Ariana Escalante, 34, owns a marketing and video production company called Vydeomedia.com. Transportation: Tesla Model 3 long range.

I think just the experience of getting gas has always felt a little yucky, a little dirty. It smells bad and sometimes it drips on your shoes. I was like, “Oh, you know what? I don’t think I would miss that.” I thought that Tesla was totally inaccessible. And I’m just like a regular working-class person, but then when I actually looked at the cost comparisons, it made tons of sense.

If it’s dripping on your shoes you’re doing it wrong.

So, I decided to buy one new. I put in my deposit in November and I got delivery of the car in February. My car gets 358 miles on a charge. I think the Hyundai Sonata I drove for 10 years was around 360 or 370 miles per tank. So, almost an exact match.

That Tesla 3 costs around $51K. A Sonata SEL, almost the top end, costs $32K. Are you going to save $19K? That’s roughly 4500 gallons of gas at $4.20. If you plan to keep it long enough to drive 138K miles, you’ve hit the break-even point. Not accounting for the cost of charging the Tesla.

By the way, insuring an EV is also more expensive, anywhere from 15% to 23% higher than a regular vehicle. But, look, if you want one, get one. That’s your choice. Like buying a Range Rover over a Highlander. But, they won’t save you money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 12, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is mountain living to avoid the coming sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on Angry Biden lashing out.

Doubleshot below the fold, check out Moonbattery, with a post on Democrats preferring to flee the U.S. than defend it.

And a thirdshot, because I downloaded a bunch of Asian photos for this week (I could add about 4 more links, that’s how the folder gets full up), check out MOTUS A.D., with a throwback to the Carter era.

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Good Grief: White House Holds Briefings With TikTok “Influencers”

By William Teach March 12, 2022 – 10:30 am

Brandon’s people probably enjoy that the “Influencers” will not ask inconvenient question, but, then, how many in the White House press pool ask hard questions, other than Peter Doocy?

White House Briefed TikTok Influencers on Ukraine: ‘A Press Briefing for Kindergartners’

The White House on Thursday held a special briefing for 30 TikTok influencers on Ukraine, in the Biden administration’s apparent continuing attempt to use the platform and its young users to get out its message.

The Washington Post reported on Friday that the White House gathered the TikTok users to “receive key information” about the war in Ukraine.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Council staffers briefed them about the U.S.’s “strategic goals in the region” and answered questions on distributing aid to Ukrainians, working with NATO, and how the U.S. would react if Russia used nuclear weapons, according to the report.

Cool, using the Chinese owned Tiktok to push their talking points. Here’s one of the “influencers”

https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1502373534193967105

It’s amazing to me that people tune in for this stuff. In fairness, more people seem to check in there than places like CNN

Some influencers told the Post after the call that they felt more “empowered to debunk misinformation and communicate effectively about the crisis.” TikTok said Thursday it would be labeling state-controlled media on its platform.

One of the influencers on the call, Ukrainian-born journalist Jules Suzdaltsev, said the overall tone of the briefing was too soft and that officials dodged hard questions.

“The energy of the call felt like a press briefing for kindergartners,” he told the Post.

It was. And Brandon officials typically dodge questions, especially Jen Psaki. From the Washington Post piece

The invitations to the event were distributed Tuesday and Wednesday. Kahlil Greene, 21, a creator with more than 534,000 followers on TikTok, said he wasn’t surprised when an invitation arrived in his email inbox. “People in my generation get all our information from TikTok,” he said. “It’s the first place we’re searching up new topics and learning about things.” So, he figured, it made sense that the Biden administration would engage people like him on the platform.

I mean, he has a point (between lots of his racial videos): the young are getting their “news” there, and, really, is it that much worse than the regular news outlets? There have been some great videos of the things actually happening in Ukraine. If these “content creators” (which means speaking into your phone from your living room, typically about subjects they have no idea about) are going to do this, they need to toughen up and ask hard questions en masse. Don’t let politicians gaslight them.

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Moms Are A Growing Force In Climate Cult Activism Or Something

By William Teach March 12, 2022 – 7:00 am

Wait, doesn’t the climate cult tell us that having kids is Bad for ‘climate change’? What this is really about is attempting to create an “absolute moral authority” moment

A growing force in the climate movement: Moms

Many of you write to us and tell us about your feelings of powerlessness in the face of a global climate catastrophe (LOL). That sentiment is giving rise to a small but potentially potent force in the climate movement: moms, who have been catapulted into action by the hazards facing their children.

In Brooklyn, moms are taking aim at the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock. (but, not giving up their own big carbon footprints)

In Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Denver, moms are pushing lawmakers in Congress for climate legislation. (failing to understand that it will take their money and freedom)

In London, Lahore and Delhi, moms are pushing their governments to clean up the air from the very pollutants that warm the planet. (CO2 is not a pollutant. Granted, fossil fueled vehicles can create smog)

Chandra Bocci, mother of a 4-year-old in Brooklyn, summed up her motivation this way: “I want to be able to say to my kid, ‘We’re trying to do something.’” (OK, make your own life carbon neutral, rather than forcing your Beliefs on Everyone Else)

I’ll let you in on a little blogging secret: when it comes to certain articles, I do not necessarily know where it’s going, just a guess. I read the headline and the blurb at news sites, and it points me. I may not have read more than a paragraph or two before starting the post, because I typically know where this will go, after doing this for 17 years, and reading news articles, online and in the newspapers, for most of my life. I have a good grasp what the news is trying to do. And sometimes I read the whole thing first. This time? Just the headline and blurb. When I wrote at the beginning about absolute moral authority I thought the NY Times would be more circumspect. Nope

Of course, many climate groups have long been led by women who happen to be mothers. But what I’m referring to here are groups that deliberately deploy mom moral authority. Grief and rage drive them and, as Bocci put it, “a desperation as moms of young kids.”

So, see, because they’re Moms, you must Do As They Say. Period. Go to your room. Do the dishes. Brush your teeth. Give your money and freedom to government.

Thing is, moms are never just moms. Some are climate scientists who call themselves Science Moms, and who have created tip sheets and online videos to help others grasp the science. “As scientists and moms, we want to provide other moms the climate change information and the resources they need,” said Melissa Burt, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University and a co-founder the group. “Moms are worried, overwhelmed and anxious about the climate crisis, and the way to push through the anxiety is by taking action.”

Because they’ve joined a cult you must practice what they preach.

Several of the members of Sunrise Kids said they felt consumed by the climate crisis once they became parents. They found individual action, like composting, to be inadequate. They turned to each other to take on what Fontes, mother of a 2-year-old and another due soon, called “the levers of power.”

“We are a mostly white, middle to upper class group based in Brooklyn,” she said. “This is a constituency that has access to power and resources and has a responsibility to take action.”

Who’s surprised?

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Bad News For Brandon: Poll Shows Economy Is Most Important Issue

By William Teach March 12, 2022 – 6:45 am

Perhaps a lot of these people should have thought of that in 2020, considering how bad it is right now, and getting worse

Poll: Economy Top Issue for Voters Heading into the Midterm Elections

The economy remains the top issue for voters heading into the midterm elections, a Redfield & Wilton Strategies survey released this week found.

They survey, taken March 8 among 1,500 eligible U.S. voters, asked respondents to identify which issues are most likely to determine how they will vote in the November 8, 2022, midterm elections. The survey, allowing respondents to choose three answers, found the economy topping the list, as 61 percent chose that issue. Healthcare came in a distant second with 34 percent, followed by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, which saw 26 percent. Immigration followed closely behind with 24 percent identifying it as a top issue. 

Notably, the top issue for both Biden voters and Trump voters is the economy. Fifty-eight percent of Biden voters, specifically, identified the economy as their top issue, followed by healthcare (42 percent) and the coronavirus pandemic (33 percent).  

Meanwhile, 72 percent of Trump voters identified the economy as the top issue, followed by immigration (40 percent), and healthcare (27 percent). 

Notably, the survey showed a plurality disapproving of Biden’s handling of the economy, 43 percent disapproving to 35 percent who approve. Of those who disapprove, 30 percent do so “strongly.”

In fairness, this is eligible voters, which isn’t even “likely voters”. The thing to consider at this point, with the midterms 8 months away, is “what happens if the economy gets a bit better?” Will people, particularly the Independents, remember how bad things were? Will the economy get worse? Will it stay in the same doldrums? The economy would have to skyrocket to make people forget, would be my thought.

Of course, since Democrats have worked hard to damage the energy industry, the cost of energy will stay elevated, which will drive the cost of food and goods.

Americans will likely see “uncomfortably high” inflation this year, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned there could be another year of high inflation amid the uncertainty caused by the invasion of Ukraine. Prices have soared at their fastest pace in 40 years over the last 12 months.

“We’re likely to see another year in which 12-month inflation numbers remain very uncomfortably high,” Yellen said in an interview with CNBC. Yellen, who previously said she expected rising prices to ease in the second half of the year, said Thursday she does not want to make a prediction about the second half of this year.

The latest data from the Labor Department show consumer prices climbed 7.9% in February from a year ago, the largest annual increase since January 1982. Prices were up 0.8% last month, an acceleration from January as energy prices spiked with the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

They can blame this on Ukraine all they want, but, people aren’t dumb…well, I mean, hardcore Democrats are…, they will remember that the economy was not great prior to Ukraine, and polling has also shown that Biden did a pisspoor job on Ukraine. And, if Yellen is saying this, it’s probably going to be worse than she’s saying.

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Climate Today: Warmists Refuse To Date Skeptics On OKCupid, Plus EVs And White Pavement

By William Teach March 11, 2022 – 3:00 pm

Cult members refusing to date non-cult members. It’s a cult

Climate change is biggest ‘dealbreaker’ on popular dating app

Opinions surrounding climate change are the biggest “dealbreaker” out of several topics when it comes to finding a match on the popular dating app OKCupid, new data from the company shows.

Among 250,000 users surveyed worldwide over the past year, OKCupid found that 90 percent of daters said that it’s “important” for their match to care about climate change.

Meanwhile, among 6 million users surveyed over the past three years, 81 percent of daters said they were “concerned” about climate change — topping other potential dealbreaker issues like gender equality and gun control.

“We have just seen over time, climate change being more and more this huge topic for our millennials daters especially,” Jane Reynolds, director of product marketing at OKCupid, told The Hill. “People feel that with climate change, it says so much more about you — if that’s something that you believe in and are concerned about.”

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I’d want to date a climate cult member, either, because they’d be Very Silly in their talking points, while I’d be constantly pointing out that they’re climahypocrites

Filling a gas-powered vehicle can still be cheaper than charging an electric one

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According to the EPA, the national average for a kilowatt-hour of electricity is 13 cents, including at homes where most electric car owners charge their vehicles with 240-volt Level 2 chargers that typically take eight hours or more to fill them up. Many of these are also available in public settings like office and shopping center parking lots, where they are known as destination chargers.

Things are much different at the Level 3 public DC fast-charging stations that allow some electric vehicles to recharge to 80% as quickly as 18 to 40 minutes, depending on the model and station speed, and are seen by some as the silver bullet that will make owning an electric car as convenient as a gas-powered one. Much of Tesla’s success is attributed to its decision to roll out its proprietary network of Supercharger fast charging stations to support its owners.

On the Electrify America network that’s compatible with all electric vehicles, fast-charge rates are as high as 43 cents per kilowatt-hour in some states, including California, New York, Florida and Washington. The price can be reduced to 31 cents by enrolling in a membership with a monthly fee. (snip)

At the higher rate, charging the entry-level version of the Ford Mustang Mach-E — which has a starting price of $37,495 after federal tax credits are deducted and a range of 247 miles between charges — would cost $2,100 annually for 15,000 miles of driving, compared to $1,500 at 31 cents and just $650 in an average home. (in Reality Tax Land, you cannot just deduct federal tax credits like that.)

In contrast, a similarly sized Ford Escape Hybrid that starts at $32,780 and gets 41 mpg needs just $1,550 worth of gas each year to fill up at $4.25 per gallon, and it’s $2,100 for a nonhybrid $27,755 Escape S rated at 30 mpg. In California, which has the highest priced gasoline at $5.57 per gallon, those costs would be $2,050 and $2,800.

So, you don’t really save, especially when considering the price of the vehicles.

Q&A: Randolph Kirchain on how cool pavements can mitigate climate change
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.

As cities search for climate change solutions, many have turned to one burgeoning technology: cool pavements. By reflecting a greater proportion of solar radiation, cool pavements can offer an array of climate change mitigation benefits, from direct radiative forcing to reduced building energy demand.

Yet, scientists from the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) have found that cool pavements are not just a summertime solution. Here, Randolph Kirchain, a principal research scientist at CSHub, discusses how implementing cool pavements can offer myriad greenhouse gas reductions in cities — some of which occur even in the winter.

Let me note that this is actually a very good idea. Also, that this shows the Urban Heat Island effect, not global warming

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If All I See…

By William Teach March 11, 2022 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle which should be replaced with an EV, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post on Russia being the wrong enemy in wrong time in wrong place.

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