{"id":36226,"date":"2018-07-27T06:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T11:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36226"},"modified":"2018-07-27T06:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T11:04:54","slug":"the-burning-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36226","title":{"rendered":"The Burning Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Burning Planet<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Photo source NOAA Photo Library | CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A recent UK newspaper headline read \u201cThe World\u2019s On Fire,\u201d which is literally true as extraordinary continent-wide wildfires consume the planet, accompanied by unbearable, insufferable, oppressive heat. Europe, North America, Japan, and North Africa are all experiencing unprecedented scorching heat.<\/p>\n

All of which begs the question of when anthropogenic, or human-caused, global warming will be recognized as a reality by America, the second biggest contributor of greenhouse gases (GHG).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t look for confirmation from the Trump administration, the U.S. Senate or House, the leadership of America (ahem). They are all deniers, and thus have blocked any and all efforts of an American \u201cMarshall Plan\u201d for renewable energy.<\/p>\n

The reality is that NASA warned the Senate about human-caused global warming way back in 1988. Thirty years later, the planet burns and America\u2019s government has accomplished next to nothing, a big fat zero! In fact, the U.S. government is rolling back some regulations that slow down CO2 emissions. So, the USA is now onside with global warming, an advocate, all-in for more GHGs stoking more heat.<\/p>\n

In sharp contrast to America, resourceful Germany is known as \u201cthe world\u2019s first major renewable energy economy.\u201d Over the first six months of 2018, \u201cGermany produces enough renewable energy to power the country\u2019s households for an entire year\u201d (Source: Independent, July 2, 2018).<\/p>\n

And, canny China has committed more funding (about $150B) to renewables over the past year than the EU and U.S. combined. As the U.S. looks to coal, China invests in renewable energy. China\u2019s National Energy Administration ordered local governments to give priority access to renewable power generators. (Source: The Global Energiewende, Energy Transition, May 21, 2018)<\/p>\n

Heat and fire: People hospitalized; People dying. In Japan alone 80 are dead from a pounding heat wave and 30,000+ hospitalized from heat stroke\u2026 oh, only 30,000, which number increases by the hour! Kumagaya 106F; Tokyo 104F.<\/p>\n

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