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Is This Real?

12/09/2023 6:41 AM

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathanresnick_can-you-believe-this-actually-exists-there-ugcPost-7134889195667431424-Tyzi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

This seems incredible, unless I'm just being gullible, but, why would anyone go to the trouble of creating such a false video?

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12/09/2023 7:42 AM

I've seen this in China video's...they over manufacture in China to get incentive money, then just discard them...same with EV's....

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12/09/2023 10:08 AM

IMHO, it shows what happens when business decisions are made by mandates and not by the free market. This should be a wake up call.

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12/10/2023 1:51 AM

Question: Does the vision of the "free market" include the costs of disposal? There are a lot of products that have seriously short useful lifetimes. The cost of dealing with the exhausted products is seldom budgeted for in their production.

The extreme example might be the waste from nuclear fission generation plants. Who pays for the disposition of the waste? Is it budgeted for in the sales revenue from the electricity produced? Anyone have a real answer? We have seen the rail cars used to move the stuff and we've argued about moving the stuff to Yucca Mountain. But who bears the cost?

(Another interesting post asked: How should a "Don't Dig Here for the Next Million Years" site be posted for the safety of generations thousands of years in the future?)

I am so glad that the newer generations of reactor systems (and the pie-in-the-sky fusion power reactors) address the cost-of-waste issues better enough to brag about it.

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12/10/2023 4:17 AM

Your post assumes we won't find a better method of disposal for radioactive waste material, like ever...I believe we already have it, we just aren't using it....reprocessing...the volume of waste has been exaggerated in your mind, it's actually minimal...

Bear in mind this video is from 11 years ago....

https://news.google.com/search?for=nuclear+waste+treatment+technologies&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

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12/10/2023 4:43 AM

Hey I get it. Like I said enough work has been done on reducing nuclear waste that they can brag about it. But consider those nuclear waste rail cars... And consider Yucca Mountain. If there wasn't a problem they wouldn't be part of the solution.

It's a bit off topic but consider climate change- If there wasn't a REAL problem insurance companies wouldn't be declining to issue policies in California and Florida. Business is business. Deniers can deny all they want but it won't get them a homeowner's policy.

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12/10/2023 2:23 PM

Climate change is also exaggerated, and has nothing to do with homeowners insurance...which is high in Fl due to hurricanes and high in California due to wildfires...

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12/10/2023 6:30 PM

And hurricanes and wild fires have nothing to do with climate change??? They just happen without cause? You don't have to admit to human causes to acknowledge the association.

You also seem to have missed that homeowner's insurance costs (and even its availability!) are driven by external circumstances (in this case climate change, or call it wildfires and hurricanes if you prefer). The external circumstances are NOT driven by the insurance rates or company's policies...

You do understand that it is easy to get "locked into" a belief system and then only process new information in terms of pre-conceived beliefs, don't you? I mean you are a smart guy or you wouldn't be contributing here.

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12/10/2023 10:00 PM

Actually, hurricane activity seems to be decreasing of late, at least here in Florida...

..."There is no strong evidence of century-scale increasing trends in U.S. landfalling hurricanes or major hurricanes. Similarly for Atlantic basin-wide hurricane frequency (after adjusting for changing observing capabilities over time), there is not strong evidence for an increase since the late 1800s in hurricanes, major hurricanes, or the proportion of hurricanes that reach major hurricane intensity."...

..."The IPCC AR6 presents a strong body of scientific evidence that it is unequivocal that humans have caused the earth’s climate to warm, with a likely human contribution of 0.8 to 1.3 degrees Celsius to global mean temperature since the late 1800s. "...

This seems likely to have been caused by a decrease in aerosols in the atmosphere...attributable to human activity.?...yes the air is cleaner...so maybe 2° F over the last 100+ years...

https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/

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12/10/2023 10:49 PM

"The IPCC AR6 presents a strong body of scientific evidence that it is unequivocal that humans have caused the earth’s climate to warm, with a likely human contribution of 0.8 to 1.3 degrees Celsius to global mean temperature since the late 1800s".

A bit off the specific topic but I ask for your consideration. It's quoted from the reference you provided.

There's also the observed actions of the insurance companies: If they weren't experiencing significantly greater payouts in the aforementioned areas, why on earth would they be limiting (or stopping entirely) issuing policies in those areas? They are driven by money. All you have to do is follow it. And the costs to rebuild are up everywhere, not just in those areas.

Though again I am moving off topic (Hurricanes and wild fires) there's also this: https://www.climate.gov/maps-data

I'm not sure how hurricanes and wildfires can be excluded from the effects of the increase in global temperatures. Come on, hurricanes and wild fires might be reduced, they might remain constant, or they might be increased. The insurance companies have their opinion...

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12/10/2023 11:15 PM

The insurance companies will probably be back after prices stabilize...they took some serious hits, and the re-insurers are likely to raise rates to the insurance companies...temporarily pricing several insurance companies out of the market...

..."Largest reinsurers in United States have responded to the increase in natural catastrophes with significant premium rate increases, reflecting a sector-wide reassessment of catastrophe risk following several consecutive years of bigger than expected claims."...

https://beinsure.com/ranking/top-reinsurers-united-states/

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12/11/2023 2:14 PM

I would also add that the 2° F temperature rise over the last 100 years, is an average, not a uniform increase as you seem to think...the equatorial and adjacent area's are not likely to experience any change at all, it's the area's further north and south that are experiencing some temperature rise, though hardly noticeable...

..."How is climate change affecting polar regions? Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the Arctic ocean and air temperatures rising twice as much as elsewhere."...

This is clumsily worded and overstated as usual....

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/research/climate-change-resources/faq-

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12/13/2023 6:00 PM

It's interesting that the bikes are neatly parked in rows and sorted by color. It must be some kind of art project...

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