Green Energy, and the German Grid, from: Kiev Is Burning

[seahawk]

13 hours ago, DB said:

Hold whilst I finish cooking my grey squirrel over a tea candle stove. I may be some time.

That is the point, just because Western media does not report about the suffering of the people due to the West's war against Russia, it does not mean it did not happen. Russian media is exposing the "truth".

[Stuart Galbraith]

Squirrel con carne anyone? Goes quite well with a nice algaed rainwater...

[BansheeOne]

You have squirrel con carne? We've been down to skin, bones and other leftovers for weeks.

More seriously, gas prices are also down to the level of fall 2021, though that's still three times of what it was this time that year before the rallye. And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, some end users may still face increases before the downward trend translates to their bills.

[Rick]

"You have squirrel con carne? We've been down to skin, bones and other leftovers for weeks." 

That sounds "offal " 

[urbanoid]

Good thing we have so many Ukrainian refugees here. It wasn't easy at first, but I got used to the taste.

[Stuart Galbraith]

8 hours ago, Josh said:

*Grey* squirrel? How bougie.

Cant eat the Reds, they are protected. That and the little buggers move too fast.

[rmgill]

Funny thing is that there's probably members of this board who HAVE had squirrel. 
 

 

[JWB]

According to a 2017 study published in the scientific journal Waste Management, the world’s wind industry will be producing 43 million tons of blade waste annually by 2050.  

 

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/03/01/by-2050-used-wind-turbine-blades-will-exceed-43-million-tons-of-waste-every-year/?fbclid=IwAR3Gz5HYA6v9lXetj1JCQXbYhPg4gUlfZyMNoSXtLSY-30FU6SJ4QKb15ls

[DB]

11 hours ago, Josh said:

*Grey* squirrel? How bougie.

There's more meat in them than the much rarer red, and they're classified as vermin, so no seasonal limits.

[BansheeOne]

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Germany: No recession expected, experts say

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Germany will dodge a feared recession in 2023, according to a forecast by main German economic institutes. But they say inflation will remain high.

Leading German economic institutes said on Wednesday that the German economy would likely grow by 0.3% this year, just avoiding a recession they predicted last fall.

They said, however, that inflation will ease only slightly to 6%, from 6.9% overall in 2022.

The forecast is more optimistic than that given by the German government itself, which recently upgraded its forecast to 0.2% growth after also predicting a recession following a surge in energy and food costs in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.

The four institutes contributing to the forecast are the Ifo institute, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Halle Institute for Economic Research and the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research.

What reasons have been given for the improved forecast?

 "The economic setback in the winter half-year 2022/2023 is likely to have been less severe than feared," Timo Wollmershäuser from the Ifo institute said in a statement.

"The main reason for this is a smaller loss of purchasing power as a result of a significant drop in energy prices," he added.

A government relief package worth €200 billion ($218.9 billion), which also capped prices for gas and electricity, is believed to have played a role in the economy's better-than-expected performance as well, with relatively mild winter weather and Germany's attempts to diversify its gas supplies helping, too.

The country's economy, the largest in Europe, has also profited from the easing in supply chain problems and China's gradual dropping of many restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic.

The researchers predicted an even stronger comeback in 2024, with growth of 1.5%. They said, however, that many uncertainties remained and warned against too much optimism.

[...]

Inflation still a problem

The institutes did deliver one dampener by saying consumer prices were likely to stay high for the rest of the year.

 Government relief measures and expected high wage increases "are strengthening domestic demand and keeping domestic inflation high," they said in a statement.

"Only next year will this aspect of inflationary pressure also ease, bringing the inflation rate down noticeably to 2.4%," they said.

Germany's inflation rate eased to 7.4% in March after hitting a peak of 8.8% in late 2022.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-no-recession-expected-experts-say/a-65233142

[lucklucky]

So a recession trough inflation...

[JWB]

When a reactor achieves criticality:

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/6100489763403566/?s=single_unit

[Ivanhoe]

On 3/29/2023 at 9:13 AM, rmgill said:

Funny thing is that there's probably members of this board who HAVE had squirrel. 
 

Grey squirrel cooked by someone who knows what they are doing is excellent. Squirrel and dumplings is some serious comfort food for mountain folks. 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jp-morgan-ceo-suggests-government-seize-private-property-quicken-climate-initiatives

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In his annual letter to shareholders, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon suggested that the U.S. government and climate conscious corporations may have to seize citizen’s private property to enact climate initiatives while there still time to stave off climate disasters.

Dimon declared Tuesday that "governments, businesses and non-governmental organizations" may need to invoke "eminent domain" in order to get the "adequate investments fast enough for grid, solar, wind and pipeline initiatives."

 

 

[Ssnake]

Ah, mentally preparing enlightened leaders for the move of seizing the means of production, I see.

[Harold Jones]

There is a fight going on here in Iowa about a move to use eminent domain to acquire land for several CO2 pipelines that are part of a plan to reduce the carbon intensity of ethanol production.  The idea is that the plants capture the CO2 and use the pipelines to transport the CO2 to a location where it can be sequestered underground.  The plants would get tax credits for doing this.  The farmers fighting the pipeline don't want to give up their land to support what they see as a boondoggle that will benefit the ethanol producers exclusively.  It's interesting to see the contortions of the Republican led (Republican Governor, and Republican majority statehouse ) state government as it tries to balance the pro business and populist wings.  Any green considerations are pretty much boilerplate.

[Josh]

Isn't corn based ethanol production proven to be more CO2/energy intensive than simply using gasoline in the first place? I thought it was pretty much a proven corn subsidy.

[JWB]

36 minutes ago, Josh said:

Isn't corn based ethanol production proven to be more CO2/energy intensive than simply using gasoline in the first place? I thought it was pretty much a proven corn subsidy.

Yes, it is a scam.

[Harold Jones]

37 minutes ago, JWB said:

Yes, it is a scam.

Yup, the CO2 sequestration is meant to help reduce the carbon footprint, but it's mostly just another green subsidy.  This one goes to the ethanol producers and not the farmers.

[Ivanhoe]

9 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Ah, mentally preparing enlightened leaders for the move of seizing the means of production, I see.

Governmental control of the means of production is now known as enlightened capitalism, don't you know. 

 

[Colin]

13 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jp-morgan-ceo-suggests-government-seize-private-property-quicken-climate-initiatives

 

Oh good, can we start with his stuff and J.P. Morgan first?

[Ssnake]

I suspect that much like all the other idiots he expects to end on the guard rather than the guarded side of the fence.

[R011]

I strongly suspct that "eminent domain" in this case means JP Morgan and its clients end up with other people's property so they can use it for "green" energy that just happens to make them even richer than they are now.

His property might be taken, but green energy companies need administrative infrastructure etc.  He'll be compensated at more than market value and as the CEO of JP Morgan Clean Energy's parent needs a place, he can live there rent free.  Yachts, planes, and limos are just business tools which obviously he'll need to use as erquired.

[JWB]

https://www.mining.com/the-looming-copper-crunch-and-why-recycling-cant-fix-it/

[Colin]

13 hours ago, JWB said:

https://www.mining.com/the-looming-copper-crunch-and-why-recycling-cant-fix-it/

I visited Galore Creek twice, the first time the helicopter coming to take us out, crashed killing 3 people. the 2nd time the helicopter taking us out crashed a few days later. A good day flying up there was a bad day elsewhere. They ran a 75 man camp by helicopter, with a S61 bringing in fuel. Then in an effort to speed up road building, they flew bridges and excavators in using a Mi-26. The Road survey crew needed to rappel down to where the road was supposed to go in some places. they planned on a 14km tunnel to get the slurry pipeline and access road to the mine. The place is a a money pit.