Good News: Electric Car Batteries Set To Become Massive Environmental Problem

By William Teach October 19, 2021 – 7:14 am

It’s not like Skeptics haven’t said this before. Climate cultists are trying to solve one imaginary problem that has little to do with the environment, no matter how much they bleat, by creating a real environmental one

Opinion: Electric vehicles certainly are dirty — their battery packs are poised to be one of the biggest new sources of pollution

Electric vehicleThe International Energy Agency (IEA) said this year it’s expecting 145 million electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide by 2030. If governments ramp up efforts to meet international energy and climate goals, the number could soar even higher — up to 230 million — and that’s not counting two- and three-wheel vehicles.

That’s a lot of new cars to hit global markets. Also … a lot of batteries.

Although EVs do not release carbon dioxide during their use, their production exerts the same toll on the environment as that of conventional cars, while the recycling of lithium-ion batteries poses unique challenges.

Lithium-ion batteries are bulkier and take more space than their traditional counterpart, lead-acid batteries. To make matters worse, they’re highly flammable and even explosive if dismantled incorrectly.

In the next 10 to 15 years, there will be millions of end-of-life electric cars worldwide; by that time, recycling plants need to be ready not only to take in all those batteries, reclaim valuable parts and metals, but also to properly dispose of the waste. Sadly, not much is being done on that front: Currently, only 5% of all Li-ion batteries are being recycled.

If no action is taken, battery waste could become a big problem not only for the car industry, but also for the environment.

Five percent is a scary number. Where are these batteries going? Landfills? Think of how many smartphones are being replaced every day, because, rather than lasting 10-20 years, as they’re supposed to, planned obsolescence is built in, which means phones are replaced more often than should be necessary. What happens if auto makers do the same thing for EVs? Which probably won’t be necessary, as people tend to keep their cars 4-6 years, not 10-15 as the Warmists are supposing. But, there probably won’t be planned obsolescence, since they’ll want the vehicles sold as new. Maybe. Because if they need so much less maintenance, there’s not that much money to be made.

With these kind of operations, there’s a high probability of lithium seeping into the water supply. A similar situation occurs in highly developed areas where people improperly dispose of consumer electronics, which are more often than not powered by Li-ion batteries. Finally, it’s not just lithium that can contaminate soil and groundwater. Nickel, cobalt, manganese and other metals found in EV batteries pose an even greater threat than lithium to both human life and the ecosystem.

And the monetary reward for recycling is way less than the cost to collect and actually recycle. And let’s not forget the environmental destruction from mining and manufacturing batteries, which would have to significantly ramp up. Good times! All for a product that people are not clamoring for and mostly cannot afford.

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Democrats Are Super Anxious Over Spending Conflicts Or Something

By William Teach October 19, 2021 – 6:59 am

The Hardcores are Very Concerned over Let’s Go Brandon’s agenda. Which is interesting, considering Surrender Joe positioned himself as a moderate who would bring #Unity to the nation, yet, the agenda is beyond Leftist. Who’s driving the Crazy in the agenda, particularly the $3.5 trillion “It’s Totally Paid For” bill?

Democrats feel high anxiety in Biden spending conflict

Democrats are facing growing headaches over their sweeping social spending bill as they struggle to show momentum ahead of an end-of-the-month deadline.

President Biden will meet with groups of moderates and progressives on Tuesday, and he’s facing pressure from some in his party to take a tighter rein on the talks.

Instead of narrowing their differences, Democrats are dealing with a near constant whack-a-mole of new problems in recent days ranging from climate provisions and child care to increasingly intense infighting between moderates and progressives.

Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, characterized the mood within the Senate Democratic Caucus as “anxious, not frustrated,” as they struggled to figure out what could unite all 50 of their members, nearly every House Democrat and the White House.

“Time is of the essence. The longer we wait the less likely that we’re going to produce a product that the American people are anxious to receive. … We’ve got to have some mutual trust to bring this to a close,” Durbin said.

As if the American people really want this amount of government control in their lives. Perhaps we should pass it but with a provision that it only applies to people who voted for Let’s Go Brandon? Anyhow, passing Big legislation at the federal level is supposed to be hard. That’s the way the system was set up. Naming post offices and stuff like that tends to be easy. Passing something like the insane $3.5 trillion bill, even if pared down? Hard. If it was a good bill that made sense it would be easy, because there would be a clear majority in favor of it, not 50 Senators in the minority party and 2 in the majority party. Heck, maybe there should be a constitutional amendment, to go with one repealing the 17th Amendment and creating term limits, that would require 60 votes to fully pass a bill.

But echoing skepticism from some of his colleagues, Manchin indicated that Democrats weren’t likely to hit an end-of-month deadline to send both the spending bill and infrastructure legislation to Biden’s desk by Halloween.

“There is an awful lot going on. I don’t know how that would happen,” Manchin told reporters, adding that there still needed to be a “meeting of the minds.”

Even the “infrastructure” bill is barely about actual infrastructure

But even beyond the top-line figure, which hasn’t been agreed on, Democrats are struggling to close the door on key policy disagreements. Progressive and climate activists are fuming over Manchin’s opposition to a program meant to incentivize companies to move toward renewable energy.

Beyond climate, Democrats are facing internal fights over what limits to put on the child tax credit and new child care and education benefits, as well as tough decisions over what programs will get sacrificed, or shortened, as the bill’s overall size shrinks.

Perhaps this is all just way, way too much? Perhaps it’s time to simply scrap the Constitution, which has been ruined by the federal government ignoring the federalism provisions, and re-instituting the Articles of Confederation, just a tiny bit stronger. With the first 10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights and a smattering of numbers 11-27. Number 16 on a federal tax can be left out. And 23. The federal district, ie, D.C., should have no representation, and should have zero residents. This is all a longer conversation. Just know that the Democrats agenda is so extremist that several in their own party refuse to cooperate.

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Good News: Antarctica’s Coldest Weather On Record Doesn’t Disprove Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach October 18, 2021 – 3:00 pm

In fairness, it doesn’t disprove the notion that the climate always changes. What it does say is that the notion that it is mostly/solely caused by Mankind is mule fritters

From the climate cult approved article

We’ve all heard it before.

The weather gets cold, and the jokes come out. “Whatever happened to global warming?”

Sometimes, though, it’s not a joke. Sometimes, it’s a sign that the person asking the question doesn’t fully grasp the science behind the climate change. They may not realize that one data point – Antarctica’s coldest winter on record, for example – isn’t enough to invalidate a wider trend.

How do you respond to someone like that? CTV News Science and Technology Spcialist Dan Riskin gives it a try in this week’s Riskin Report.

According to cult doctrine, things should be getting warmer, not colder. Just last year they were all bleating about Doom in Antarctica. And further back. Remember when The Goreacle said the poles would be ice free?

The rest is a video trying to provide Cult Doctrine. Dinesh D’Souza tweets

It would be interesting to know what would. We are repeatedly assured that nothing ever counts against global warming. Events can confirm it, but events cannot refute it. Can a theory that is not open to empirical refutation be called scientific?

That’s because this is, in fact, a cult based on pseudoscience

Especially 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11. I had meant originally to post the graphic on cults, maybe I’ll put that below the fold, where we learn about Kamala

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 18, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…are hockey teams that use lots of fossil fuels to travel for games, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Small Dead Animals, with a post on Justin Trudeau not being amused by “Let’s Go Brandon” calls.

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Social Media Era: Subway Store Cans “Creator” For Stomping On Food, Filming It

By William Teach October 18, 2021 – 10:30 am

The stupid burns brightly, and this is just so emblematic of the social media era

Subway says a worker who filmed himself stamping on sandwich fillings and placing them on a toilet seat has been fired

A Subway franchise worker who filmed himself trashing one of the sandwich chain’s locations in Providence, Rhode Island, has been fired, according to reports.

In a statement to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Subway confirmed that the man was an employee at one of its franchises and said he was sacked when the videos surfaced.

The man, who goes by the name Jumanne Way, posted a series of YouTube videos, including one uploaded on Friday.

In one clip, he shows himself deliberately stepping on sandwich fillings placed in silver tubs and decorating a toilet seat with deli meats. He then treads on every tub before putting them back on the counter.

Other actions include dumping salad ingredients, including lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers on the bathroom floor and toilet. He also threw trays of bread on the floor and stamped on them.

And, now Way has made himself virtually unhireable. Oh, but, wait, it gets worse

In an interview with the Daily Mail, he said: “Unfortunately, I’m a content creator, so I create controversial videos to be able to potentially monetize my audience on YouTube and other social media platforms.”

He added that he was worried about being convicted of a crime but noted that it was “a decision I made over time.”

A “content creator.” Really? Filming yourself trashing food at work is “content”? It doesn’t say much about your “content” if you’re working at Subway. This is the pure stupidity of today’s social media, with “content creators”, ie, people making videos with their smartphones and thinking they’re Influencers, another really stupid thing. And, being a “content creator”, what business will want to take a chance on Way, consider that he could do the same or worse at their business? That Daily Mail piece explains Way was also drinking from bottles and putting them back. He was apparently just trying to “draw attention to his films and music.”

He’ll have plenty of time to work on those films and music now.

However, he said that he’s ‘still in the beginning stage’ of chasing clout and couldn’t comment on whether he had gotten the response he was hoping for.

Everything is just stupid. You’d think this would provide a cautionary tale for other “content creators”, ie, people with smartphones, but, stuff like this keeps happening. People keep filming themselves doing really dumb things. Things that can make themselves unhireable.

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Vox: There’s No Such Thing As A Climate Moderate

By William Teach October 18, 2021 – 7:38 am

Apparently, you’re either a card carrying member of the Cult of Climastrology or a heretic

The myth of the climate moderate
“There isn’t a middle ground between a livable and unlivable world.”

After months of discussion and debate, Democrats are at an impasse on a raft of infrastructure legislation that could make or break President Joe Biden’s effort to fight climate change. The rift, as it’s framed in countless news stories, is between progressives who want an ambitious social and climate spending bill and moderates who have protested the price tag.

But there’s a problem with portraying these disagreements as a conflict between moderates and progressives. This picture leaves out the unarguable scientific reality that pollution is warming the planet at an unsustainable and dangerous rate. There is nothing moderate or debatable about the catastrophic changes that global emissions are wreaking on the climate. In August, a panel of United Nations climate scientists called it “unequivocal” that humans have warmed Earth’s skies, waters, and lands.

If you’re calling a trace gas necessary for life on Earth a pollutant, you’re a member of a cult, one not interested in science. Good grief, I just trotted out a saying that is so 2012.

“It is possible to find middle ground in many areas of politics; I know, because I have done it,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), an advocate of swift climate action, said in a recent press conference. “But we cannot compromise on science. There isn’t a middle ground between a livable and unlivable world.”

A narrative that pits progressives against moderates runs the risk of spotlighting climate deniers and centering fossil fuel interests. It arguably distracts from the substance of climate policies that a broad swath of Americans already support.

They may support them in theory, but, in practice, few make any changes in their own lives to match those beliefs. Anyhow, this is framing a “you’re either with us 100% or you’re an Evil denier”. Us vs them.

To take ambitious climate action, Senate Democrats need every single member of their party (plus two independents) to vote for a version of the Build Back Better agenda, a proposed budget that would, among other things, boost clean energy and reduce US emissions. That has put two holdouts, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, front and center in the negotiations, and gives them disproportionate power over the future of the country’s climate policy.

Policy battles like this show that Americans need a new way to talk about the politics of climate change, as a range of strategists, pollsters, and lawmakers told Vox. Instead of focusing on “centrist” or “moderate” politicians, they said, political observers should distinguish between the many Democrats who support addressing the crisis at hand and the few who support an unacceptable status quo.

And that’s what this is really all about, going after Manchin and Sinema, who have, so far, refused to bow to the climate cult. Two who realize how bad the climate provisions of the $3.5 trillion bill are for America and the citizens.

The time to take a moderate approach to climate has passed, argued Dana Johnson, who leads federal policy office of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a climate advocacy group. “If we would have done this 20, 40, 60 years ago, perhaps we could take a moderate approach,” Johnson said. “The moment right now called for us to go big, and to be bold, if we’re going to achieve any kind of meaningful change.”

These people are as hardcore in their beliefs as Islamists and jihadis. They’re already taking “direct action”, committing mild violent acts. How soon till we see jihad style violence from them?

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Let’s Go Brandon: Biden’s Caught Not Wearing Masks At Posh D.C. Restaurant

By William Teach October 18, 2021 – 7:26 am

Stories like this shouldn’t matter. They should be low hanging fruit, perhaps something you do a quick tweet. But, in those days, the rank hypocrisy of the Elites shows what they really think about Chinese coronavirus protocols

Bidens caught violating DC mask mandate at posh Georgetown restaurant

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden were caught violating Washington, D.C.’s indoor mask mandate by walking through a high-end Georgetown restaurant without masks on Saturday.

The maskless Bidens were recorded leaving Fiola Mare while flanked by masked Secret Service agents.

The two dined at the pricey Italian seafood restaurant on the Potomac River after attending a service at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, according to The Daily Mail.

Washington, D.C.’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstated an indoor mask mandate in July amid the surge of the delta variant. The Bidens also violated Fiola Mare’s mask policy, which mirrors the city’s.

“Per CDC guidance and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s executive order, all individuals over age 2 are required to wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Masks must be always worn while in our restaurants, except while eating and drinking. Thank you for understanding,” the restaurant’s website says.

Now, if this were you or me, we would have been asked to leave, and, in Mayor Bowser’s D.C. we could be fined. Federal employees are exempt from that, of course. But that doesn’t matter. Joe and his people say “wear a mask!” then fail to follow this themselves, picking and choosing when they wear one, in some bizarre Mask Theater.

He won’t answer, and almost none in the American media will ask.

Meanwhile

Chicago police vaccine mandate: New CPD memo threatens discipline, firing for non-compliance

A second memo, obtained by the I-Team, was distributed throughout CPD Sunday. The latest memo threatens the firing of officers who do not follow the city’s vaccine policy and orders it be communicated to officers at all police roll calls.

The memo escalates contention between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago police union.

“TO BE READ AT ALL ROLL CALLS FOR SEVEN (7) CONSECUTIVE DAYS. This AMC message informs Department members of consequences of disobeying a direct order to comply with the City of Chicago’s Vaccination Policy issued 8 October 2021 and being the subject of the resulting disciplinary investigation. A Department member, civilian or sworn, who disobeys a direct order by a supervisor to comply with the City of Chicago’s Vaccination Police issued 8 October 2021 will become the subject of a disciplinary investigation that could result in a penalty up to and including separation from the Chicago Police Department. Furthermore, sworn members who retire while under disciplinary investigations may be denied retirement credentials. Any questions concerning this AMC message may be directed to the Legal Affairs Division via e-mail,” the memo said.

Getting a shot is typically not something that is given by order, but, in one’s contract, in the terms of going to work for an entity. Retirements (for which they say roughly 38% can lock in their pensions and walk away today) and resignations are already way, way up, especially since the George Floyd BLM/Antifa riots and abuse of law enforcement. And crime is rising, especially since officers often just coast, not wanting to get in a situation where they’re accused of raaaaacism. So, have fun, Chicago. And other cities where this is all occurring. Perhaps do a better job of providing positive inducements so people get the vaccine.

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Bummer: Corporate Sponsors Complaining About COP26 Mismanagement

By William Teach October 17, 2021 – 6:21 pm

And these are the people we’re supposed to trust to run the economy, government, and our lives

Cop26 corporate sponsors condemn climate summit as ‘mismanaged’

Companies that stumped up millions of pounds to sponsor the Cop26 climate summit have condemned it as “mismanaged” and “very last minute” in a volley of complaints as next month’s event in Glasgow draws near.

The sponsors, which include some of Britain’s biggest companies, have raised formal complaints blaming “very inexperienced” civil servants for delayed decisions, poor communication and a breakdown in relations between the organisers and firms in the run-up to the landmark talks.

The Guardian understands that a letter to the organisers, written by broadcaster Sky and co-signed by senior leaders from other Cop26 sponsors, has raised concerns with them over these and other problems, and followed another co-signed letter in July.

Alongside Sky, the summit has 10 other major sponsors, including energy giants Hitachi, National Grid, Scottish Power and SSE, US tech titan Microsoft, and FTSE companies GSK, NatWest, Reckitt, Sainsbury’s and Unilever. Unilever has denied signing the letter penned by Sky. Other lower tier “partners” include the car maker Jaguar Land Rover and the furniture retailer Ikea.

One source, employed by a Cop26 sponsor, said that “the biggest frustration” was the lack of information about how the event will run, and the role for its key backers, because important questions have gone unanswered and planning decisions have been delayed.

“They had an extra year to prepare for Cop due to Covid, but it doesn’t feel like this time was used to make better progress. Everything feels very last minute,” the source said.

Say, I wonder if these corporate sponsors realize that the hardcore cultists want to do away with capitalism, have the government control their companies, and dictate all terms of operation for those that survive? And who’s surprised by the incompetence in getting COP26 running? Will they be ready for the 10’s of thousands coming in via fossil fueled vehicles and planes? Will there be enough room to park all the private jets?

The source blamed the “very young, very inexperienced” civil servants tasked with planning the event for taking a “top-down public sector approach” that has raised hackles among sponsors.

“It’s clear that many of them have very little experience managing relationships in the private sector, or even experience attending a Cop event,” the source said.

In other words, a bunch of young climate cultists/SJWs who have zero knowledge of Real Life. They expect things to just happen correctly because they say so, because they’ve been coddled their whole lives and told how special they are.

A Whitehall veteran of Cop summits said: “It feels like some of these sponsors have forgotten the actual reason we’re in Glasgow. Cop isn’t about branding, it’s about tackling climate change. Keeping 1.5C in reach is the best thing you can do for your bottom line: they would do well to remember this.”

And these companies should remember what the climate cult wants to actually do.

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If All You See..

By William Teach October 17, 2021 – 1:00 pm

…is a hockey jersey that reminds you that all skeptics are evil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on an Iranian mass murderer attending the climate conference.

It’s hockey week, as the NHL has returned.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach October 17, 2021 – 10:13 am

Patriotic Pinup Bill Medcalf

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the NJ Devils won their season opener. Their next game is against the Seattle Kraken. Is that a perfect matchup or what, Devils vs Kraken? This pinup is by Bill Medcalf, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. New to the feedreader, Flag And Cross covers a woman arrested in the UK for staying with her daughter after brain surgery
  2. Geller Report News notes Virginia Tech trying to restrict the F Joe Biden chants (can we do Heil Biden?)
  3. Gen Z Conservative covers a mass shooting that no one heard about
  4. Jihad Watch discusses the stabbing death by Jihadi in the UK
  5. Legal Insurrection highlights unequal justice under the law
  6. Moonbattery notes eco warrior Bill Gates arriving by fossil fueled helicopter
  7. Neo-Neocon digs deep into the Loudon County rape from trans affair
  8. Pacific Pundit covers Delta Airlines caving, getting rid of vaccine mandate
  9. Powerline brings the humor with a post on Texas redistricting Dems Jackson-Lee or Green out of Congress
  10. Raised On Hoecakes discusses how to tell a prison from a public school
  11. Sister Toldjah laughs about Adam Kinzinger getting redistricted out of Congress
  12. The Feral Irishman discusses the Canary Islands volcano (BTW, great webcam of it here, they move it around daily)
  13. The Hayride wonders if LetsGoBrandon can be #1
  14. The Lid covers a federal judge blasting gov’t for violating civil rights of Jan 6th accused
  15. And last, but not least, The Right Scoop notes Walgreens closing 5 more stores in San Francisco

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.

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?

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