'Climate Change' and the coming 'Climate Lockdown'

[Captain X]

That's old. It was because they'd voluntarily signed onto some program to get a break on their energy bill. Only thing I haven't heard is how many people dropped that program after this happened. Pretty good case in point that people should stick to regular thermostats and such. I never got this need to stick a computer into everything to make it "smart."

 

[Agent23]

That's old. It was because they'd voluntarily signed onto some program to get a break on their energy bill. Only thing I haven't heard is how many people dropped that program after this happened. Pretty good case in point that people should stick to regular thermostats and such. I never got this need to stick a computer into everything to make it "smart."

a) It lets the vendor sell you more 'as a service' crap.
b) generates hype, both for the investors and for some dumb sap customers.
c) Makes equipment more complex and prone to breakdown, so you have to buy new appliances more often.Harder to repair, too.
d) vendor lock-in.

 

[DarthOne]

Anyone seen this?
Got confirmation?

Seems to be true:

Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency'

When thousands of Xcel customers in Colorado tried adjusting their thermostats Tuesday, they learned they had no control over the temperatures in their own homes.

www.denver7.com

https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/01/energy-company-locks-home-thermostats-heat-wave/

 

[Captain X]

 

[Captain X]

 

[Sailor.X]

I saw this in my news feed so I am posting it here.

This Company Is Making Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide That Requires “No Change” to Plane Engines - Nice News

Sustainable jet fuel alternatives will soon be taking flight in the commercial airlines industry. New York-based startup Air Company recently announced the launch of its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made from captured carbon dioxide. Major airlines like JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, and even the...

nicenews.com

 

[Simonbob]

I saw this in my news feed so I am posting it here.

This Company Is Making Jet Fuel From Carbon Dioxide That Requires “No Change” to Plane Engines - Nice News

Sustainable jet fuel alternatives will soon be taking flight in the commercial airlines industry. New York-based startup Air Company recently announced the launch of its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), made from captured carbon dioxide. Major airlines like JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, and even the...

nicenews.com

Should be interesting.

Of course, the real secret is always how much other elements it requires. Massive amounts of power, rare materials, etc.



We'll have to wait and see.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Should be interesting.

Of course, the real secret is always how much other elements it requires. Massive amounts of power, rare materials, etc.



We'll have to wait and see.

Cost? Didn't see that mentioned at all.

 

[bintananth]

Cost? Didn't see that mentioned at all.

Or what the fuel actually is. Carbon dioxide and water is what you get from a clean burning engine with expensive emission controls ... and your lungs every time you exhale.

They're turning CO2 into an alcohol - probably methanol (CH3OH) or ethanol (C2H5OH) - and aren't being straightforward about what they're doing.

If it looks like bullshit it probably is bullshit.

 

[Marduk]

Should be interesting.

Of course, the real secret is always how much other elements it requires. Massive amounts of power, rare materials, etc.



We'll have to wait and see.

Considering the usual chemistry of such, it's going to be seriously expensive, need more power to make than it gives burning, and getting CO2 in useful concentration also takes power.
Still could be a great money grift for the green lobby though.
US Navy's algae fuel experiments have more potential i think. Algae get their own CO2 and energy, just need to spend some more energy on treating and processing them into a more convenient form.

 

[bintananth]

Considering the usual chemistry of such, it's going to be seriously expensive, need more power to make than it gives burning, and getting CO2 in useful concentration also takes power.
Still could be a great money grift for the green lobby though.
US Navy's algae fuel experiments have more potential i think. Algae get their own CO2 and energy, just need to spend some more energy on treating and processing them into a more convenient form.

There aren't a whole lot of things which can easily pry an Oxygen molecule from Carbon. You've either invited 2.25lbs of Fluorine for every pound of Oxygen to the party or are jumping through complicated hoops like photosynthesis to make Oxygen say "Goodbye".

Oxygen is the 3rd most common element in the universe and reacts with damn near everything.

 

[Scottty]

There aren't a whole lot of things which can easily pry an Oxygen molecule from Carbon. You've either invited 2.25lbs of Fluorine for every pound of Oxygen to the party or are jumping through complicated hoops like photosynthesis to make Oxygen say "Goodbye".

Oxygen is the 3rd most common element in the universe and reacts with damn near everything.

Or by using electrolysis.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

These idiots need a free helicopter ride.

 

[Robovski]

Van Gogh's Sunflowers: Women deny damaging frame

The two have been charged in relation to soup thrown at the painting in the National Gallery,

www.bbc.com

 

[Cherico]

These idiots need a free helicopter ride.

it wont happen this decade.

 

[Sailor.X]

These idiots need a free helicopter ride.

You notice how it is always Mulitcolored Hair Gen Z White Women that does this. Literally no one else does.

 

[Cherico]

You notice how it is always Mulitcolored Hair Gen Z White Women that does this. Literally no one else does.

bright colors are how nature tells you something is poisonus.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

You notice how it is always Mulitcolored Hair Gen Z White Women that does this. Literally no one else does.

Any time I see a female with rainbow colored hair I automatically assume they are mentally ill.

 

[KilroywasNOTHere]

Any time I see a female with rainbow colored hair I automatically assume they are mentally ill.

Didn't always use to be the case. I remember a time when dark purple hair meant the girl was either a Goth or a heavy metal chick and bright pink or my personal favorite Phoenix Orange meant they were a punk rocker. Sad how times have changed.

 

[DarthOne]

Australian Bank Begins Linking Customer Transactions to Carbon Footprint

https://summit.news/2022/10/21/australian-bank-begins-linking-customer-transactions-to-carbon-footprint/

In another foretaste of potential future ‘carbon allowance’ limits, a major bank in Australia has introduced a new feature that links purchases to a customer’s carbon footprint and warns them when they are going over the average.

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has partnered with Cogo, a “carbon management solutions” company, to launch the new feature, which is part of CBA’s online banking platform.

The bank gives the customer the option to “pay a fee” to offset their carbon footprint, with the average listed as 1,280 kilograms, a long way from the ‘sustainable’ figure of 200 kilograms.

A person’s carbon footprint is calculated and then an ‘equivalent’ metric is show to make the customer feel guilty about it, such as “8 trees being cut”.

“By combining our rich customer data and CoGo’s industry-leading capability in measuring carbon outputs, we will be able to provide greater transparency for customers so that they can take actionable steps to reduce their environmental footprint,” CommBank Group executive Angus Sullivan said in a statement.

The bank has promised to refine the calculation down to showing how much CO2 individual purchases are responsible for.

While initially presented as a handy way for someone to track their consumption habits and the supposed impact they have on the environment, some fear that such schemes could one day become mandatory and place limits on purchases of customers who exceed their ‘carbon allowance.’

As we previously highlighted, allied with climate lockdowns, technocrats want to exploit hysteria over climate change to increase financial control over individuals.

Such a proposal was presented in the science journal Nature by four environmental “experts” as a means of reducing global carbon emissions.

Everyone would be issued with a ‘carbon allowance card’ “that would entail all adults receiving an equal tradable carbon allowance that reduces over time in line with national [carbon] targets.”

The authors make it clear that the program would be a “national mandatory policy.”

Carbon units would be “deducted from the personal budget with every payment of transport fuel, home-heating fuels and electricity bills,” and anyone going over the limit would be forced to purchase additional units in the personal carbon market from those with excess to sell.”

Of course, the wealthy would be easily able to afford the offsets, and many of them are directly invested in the trading mechanisms that the scheme would be based on.


The proposal makes clear that the means of measuring a person’s uptake of carbon units for travel would function “on the basis of the tracking the user’s movement history.”

The authors note that mass compliance with COVID-19 lockdown regulations has greased the skids for further intrusive tyranny and that, “people may be more prepared to accept the tracking and limitations related to PCAs to achieve a safer climate” as a result.