Environment & Energy

...about magical solar and wind, which was, especially in the early days, not at all about addressing environmental issues, and preventing the climate disaster now underway, but instead involved with attacking nuclear energy.

In the 22 years I've been here, the concentration of the dangerous fossil fuel waste carbon dioxide has risen, as of last week, 49.49 ppm, with "wind and solar will save us" soothsaying being announced continuously here. (I joined in the third week of November, 2002; the concentration of the dangerous fossil fuel waste carbon dioxide was 375.96, as measured at the Mauna Loa CO₂ Observatory.)

Here's what the most recent reading is:

Week beginning on October 27, 2024: 423.15 ppm
Weekly value from 1 year ago: 418.90 ppm
Weekly value from 10 years ago: 397.57 ppm
Last updated: November 07, 2024

Weekly average CO2 at Mauna Loa

Are congratulations for all the soothsaying over the last 2 decades in order or should we instead face reality?

I vote, as always, for reality, although it seems like I'm losing the election.