Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions
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Re: Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions
#2I was just at one of those beaches. Dead muscles dominate the landscape by the million. One can only imagine the impact this is having on the intertidal sea life and the land life that depend upon it, such as birds.
Re: Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions
#3I was just at one of those beaches. Dead muscles dominate the landscape by the million. One can only imagine the impact this is having on the intertidal sea life and the land life that depend upon it, such as birds.
In Tampa bay, red tide is already[1] killing literally tons[2] of fish per day. How long can this last without a complete collapse of the ocean ecosystems?
[1] https://www.fox13news.com/news/red-tide-temporarily-closes-s...
[2] https://www.fox13news.com/news/in-one-day-nine-tons-of-dead-...
Re: Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions
#4I was just at one of those beaches. Dead muscles dominate the landscape by the million. One can only imagine the impact this is having on the intertidal sea life and the land life that depend upon it, such as birds.
In Tampa bay, red tide is already[1] killing literally tons[2] of fish per day. How long can this last without a complete collapse of the ocean ecosystems? [1] https://www.fox13news.com/news/red-tide-temporarily-closes-s... [2] https://www.fox13news.com/news/in-one-day-nine-tons-of-dead-...
Oceans provide a huge amount of food. How long can humans manage even a partial collapse of the ocean ecosystem before there's a cascading collapse of civil society?
Re: Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions
#5Events like this happen and yet no on wants to adopt nuclear energy. Instead the narrative is natural gas supplemented by wind, solar, and batteries all of which cause more environmental destruction. Even in catastrophic nuclear failures, nature inevitably reclaims the land. On the other hand Solar panels and wind farms decimate local wildlife populations and require large amounts of land use - not to mention the mining operations.
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#6It killed lots of chipmunks in Eastern Oregon too. There were tons of them around, including the June litter, but few to be found after the heat wave. 20:3 is a then:now estimate.
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#7Events like this happen and yet no on wants to adopt nuclear energy. Instead the narrative is natural gas supplemented by wind, solar, and batteries all of which cause more environmental destruction. Even in catastrophic nuclear failures, nature inevitably reclaims the land. On the other hand Solar panels and wind farms decimate local wildlife populations and require large amounts of land use - not to mention the min…
1. Nuclear isn't a panacea. Been There, Done That, Bought The T-Shirt. It will never happen. There's no need to risk a Chernobyl if you don't build it in the first place; shruggingly-accepting it is absurd.
2. Solar and wind are better than FF and nuclear when there is sufficient storage (PES, etc.). Prove that solar does anything to wildlife. Seriously, where is this FUD coming from?
3. Batteries aren't a power source, they're a means of storage.
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#8I wish people would remember the wonderful effects that lockdown had on the environment. Clearer air in places all around the world. Our daily activities as individuals have an impact on the environment, but only when we act in unison.
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#9Events like this happen and yet no on wants to adopt nuclear energy. Instead the narrative is natural gas supplemented by wind, solar, and batteries all of which cause more environmental destruction. Even in catastrophic nuclear failures, nature inevitably reclaims the land. On the other hand Solar panels and wind farms decimate local wildlife populations and require large amounts of land use - not to mention the min…
You realize if we used only nuclear power we'd have to mine an absolute crap ton of U right? Only a few percent is even usable, U235, so imagine the mega scale strip mining required.
I'm not going to go into why nuclear is dead, but I think it's interesting that so many people think it's so easy to build more nuclear. There's a lot of things to scale of we wanted to do that, and right now the industry is scaling renewables, which isn't going to stop anytime soon, so if you want more nuclear I suggest you become a billionaire and build your own.
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