Hawaii Once a Proud Leader in Solar, Now The Poster Child For Corrupt Utilities and Government / Regulators

 stock here---the title of this article is absurd, they pretend that the dysfunctional utility HECO killing customer owned solar is somehow a good thing......

How Hawaii Has Empowered Energy Storage and Forever Changed the U.S. Solar Industry

 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/12/how-hawaii-has-empowered-energy-storage-and-forever-changed-the-u-s-solar-industry.html?cmpid=renewablestorage12242015&eid=291194829&bid=1262892

stock here, from the lying arse article

Over the past two months, the Hawaii Public Utility Commission (HPUC), which regulates the utilities in Hawaii, took its first steps to resolve this fight by introducing a set of regulations (Phase 1 Decision and Order, Docket No. 2014-012) that could drastically change the energy incentive structure in the state. In doing so, they are laying the foundation for a new economic model of how solar and energy storage will work for decades to come.
In this post, I will outline how this first set of regulations have the potential to make storage economically viable, addresses key challenges with the current solar business model, and set up the industry for a brighter tomorrow.

 stock here: what is really sad is that industry suppliers, being the most likely "source" to fight corrupt utilities and regulators, have actually become mouth pieces for the corruption.     Here is how it works....the suppliers have realized that they are affected by regulations, but that they will do fine under any scenario other than a complete stoppage of solar.

So they go out of their way to try to keep selling solar, even when placed under an irrational rate structure, such as the one recently conjured up by Hawaiian Electric (HECO) and giving to the Public Utilities Commission who then "forced HECO to implement the new plan".  

In the article they lie about the cost of storage (batteries) and then go on to pretend that small customer owned battery storage is going to be a good thing.   And they use this further lie to promote the new rate structures.  

This is the new reality---solar suppliers will no longer be the monied interest with enough neutrality to keep corruption in check, but actually become a supporting voice of the corruption.   


REALITY about a 5kWH per day battery backup system will add about $15,000 to the cost of a project.    The article pretends that 4 kWH per day battery storage will add only $3,333 to the cost of the project.

This type of vast lie out of the gate invalidates all further arguments.

What has been done is criminal.

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Integrating renewables is difficult, as a matter of fact it's so difficult that the Central American country of Costa Rica only managed to supply 98.8% of their electrical needs from renewables.

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2121068/2121068-6073237155180728324?midToken=AQH254QisAj7zg&trk=eml-b2_anet_digest_of_digests-hero-7-discussion~subject&trkEmail=eml-b2_anet_digest_of_digests-hero-7-discussion~subject-null-1fpc2c~ii1qec2j~4q

Could it be because it has a smaller population?

No, Costa Rica has a population of 4.5 million vs Hawaii's population of 1.5 million.

Is it technology?

I suspect that the US is more technologically advanced than Costa Rica.

Or perhaps it's big energy using disinformation and political influence to slow the spread of renewables which threaten their business model?

It's about time businesses study the economics of creative destruction, one of the drivers of capitalism, which says a new product coming to market at a lower price and better quality will drive older businesses under if they can't compete.

Perhaps a fact finding mission to Costa Rica to ascertain how they manage 98% electrical supply from renewables.
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Typical sociopaths......promote nuclear, kill solar

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This guy talks about Fukushima radiation, and also how Solar is being attacked, and how Global Warming is a farce simply meant to transfer wealth to those who already have the wealth. -------------- Streamed live on Dec 3, 2015 Greetings Unsettled Souls, 'Tis Sam I Be Di Gangi of The media Speaks (dot com) with this months MASSIVE Fukushima update via: Fukushima is looking at a MILLION cancer DEATHS due to the meltdown(!), melt out, and melt through's; Fukushima CANCER RADIATED FISH is being FED TO YOU; INTERNATIONAL LAW FORBIDS the poisoning of the sea that TEPCO is doing; Solar power is being HELD DOWN by big energy companies; Is there a connection between ISIS and so called "global warming"?; Did the US launch a missile that may be both nuclear AND invisible under current detection methods?; ....NEVER BEFORE DONE ON THE SHOW...WARNING NR17 MEGA RATED R due to VULGAR LANGUAGE! The dumbdee of the day is both AGAIN debunking global warming AND putting it into the words that even a lay person will understand....HOLD ON. Sam

TEPCO Confronts "New" Problem of radioactive water

stock here---right!    It's a "NEW" problem, sheesh, we have been discussing this for over 4 years.  

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201512260045

This potential extintion level event (ELE) has been so digustingly mismanaged, it almost looks intentional.     No, I am not playing the "culling card", it's just a comparison of ineptitude.

So now they discover that the ground water that was previously flowing into the ocean is actually a lot higher in radioactiveity than they previously thought.    God forbid they ever measured it, AND reported it accurately.

So now these nuclear scientists are taking their walled up rad water, and since they stopped building storage tanks around 2 years ago, they have no where to put it, BUT IN THE FREAKING REACTOR BUILDING!   

Where it will become much more radioactive!

If we had an effective New World Order, could we convict these "people" of crimes against humanity?

However, the water from four of the wells was discovered to have high levels of tritium--a radioactive substance that is hard to remove--at levels higher than 1,500 becquerels per liter, which means the water cannot be released into sea.

 Then they were "surprised" that the ground water level increased after they built the "dam".    Damn It Jim, a seventh grader could have figured that out.  

Maybe these rocket scientists should have listened to me and Arnold Gunderson who put it in writing that a wall needs to go upstream of the blown up nuke plants, on the mountain side.   And then put in wells and re-route the water from upstream of the plant, directly to the ocean.....one problem solved.

But no, they play Keystone Kops.   I really find it hard to understand how stupid they have been in this most important of endeavours.

To understand the water flow and the underground river, please review my article on "The Making of Fukushima"

 http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2014/10/making-of-fukushima-archives-coriums-in.html

Early Aerial Images of Fukushima Meltdowns in Progress

March 17 2011 8:11 PM UK time Japan's latest mission to avert nuclear disaster Nearly a week on from Japan's worst ever natural disaster, efforts continue to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant, which remain the focus of the recovery mission Yukio Edano appears in this video, he was a reassurring voice of calm in blue uniform. Until everyone realized that he had just been lying. The head of the IAEA Yukiya Amano spouted "Japan is not alone, IAEA is 'standing by Japan'" stock here---how about some real action folk? less lies March 16th, the Emporer calls for the nation to unite March 16, 2011 Japan nuclear plant disaster: warning of an 'apocalypse’ as fallout hits danger levels Japan's ongoing nuclear emergency was compared to an "apocalypse" by the European Union's energy commissioner last night as dangerous levels of radiation were detected around the disintigrating power plant after a fourth explosion. The Tokyo Electric Power Company which runs the plant disclosed last night that there had, in fact, been four explosions since Friday's earthquake knocked out power at the 40–year–old power station. Three blasts were heard by locals, but it was more than 20 hours before the company admitted that a fire at a fourth reactor had occurred following another explosion at daybreak on Tuesday, local time. It later emerged that two workers from the power station were missing following the explosion at reactor No 4. Last night it was disclosed that a new fire had broken out in the same reactor. The head of the UN's nuclear agency, Yukiya Amano, said there was a "possibility" reactor No 2's core had been damaged, but he added that the increase in radiation levels was due to the fire at reactor No 4.

Coffee Lowers Your Risk of Death by 20%, But Does not Protect You From Radiation Caused Cancers

http://newsdaily.com/2015/12/drinking-coffee-tied-to-lower-risk-of-death/

By Kathryn Doyle
(Reuters Health) – In a 10-year U.S. study, people who drank coffee regularly were less likely to die of many causes, including heart disease and diabetes, than those who didn’t drink coffee at all.
The more coffee study participants consumed, the lower their risk of dying, and decaf drinkers showed a similar pattern.
“Coffee contains numerous biologically active compounds, including phenolic acids, potassium, and caffeine,” said lead author Dr. Erikka Loftfield of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland.
Many studies have found that coffee consumption is associated with lower risk of overall and heart-related mortality, Loftfield told Reuters Health by email.
The researchers used data from a previous study on 90,317 adults without cancer or history of cardiovascular disease who were followed from 1998 through 2009. They had reported their coffee intake, along with other dietary and health details, at the start of the study.
By 2009, about 8,700 people had died. After accounting for other factors like smoking, the researchers found that coffee drinkers were less likely to have died during the study than nondrinkers.
The risk of death was lowest for those who drank four to five cups of coffee per day. A similar association was seen among drinkers of decaffeinated coffee as well, according to the results in American Journal of Epidemiology.
Coffee drinkers had a reduced risk of death from heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, pneumonia and influenza and suicide, but not cancer, the researchers found.




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 On another note: Radiation Contributes to Autism--mutated blood vessels in the brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151216105701.htm

Interest Rate Hike and the Scam of the Century

Contrariologist

What Professor Keen, Janet Yellen, and just about EVERYONE ELSE  is missing: The Fed has no business being in the full employment business, or the price stability business. The supposed "dual mandate" of the Fed is a nothing more than a pie-in-the-sky "dual suggestion" emanating from the toothless 1978 Humphrey Hawkins Act...which, if you take the time to read it, also "mandates" that Congress balance the budget.

We all know the old saying: if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. The Fed has two tools, both inter-related: manipulation of interest rates, and manipulation of liquidity. Unemployment inching up? Well, let's just cut some interest rates. Inflation getting a bit weak? Well, let's just pump a little liquidity into the banking system. Any success their ministrations have is anecdotal at best, and purely transitory. It's a parlor trick, nothing more.

And it is also comical, and very reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz...I can see silly little Janet, hiding behind the curtain, pulling Lever A and Lever B, smoke and fire puffing away. At least the Wizard admitted he was a fraud. Mind you, the two tools in Janet's hands are very, very powerful, but they are useless for the tasks at hand. To think that a multi-trillion dollar, dynamic, interactive worldwide economy can be "managed" by the blunt instruments of repo rates and QE...bahhhh, pure folly. It is a dangerous game they are playing, and we will all lose.

Central Banks, if they are even necessary any more in this digital age, serve only ONE legitimate function: Being the lender of last resort for solvent but illiquid banks, upon presentation of GOOD collateral, at a penalty rate of interest. Period. That's  it. Alas, we are so far down the rabbit hole, that the rabbits have given up. No one, absolutely no one, can say how all this ends...but it won't be pretty.
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George Washington

I agree with everything you say. Also, the Fed is violating its "mandates" left and right:

• The Fed offered to bail out Mexico, if it would agree to join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Free trade deals have nothing to do with the Fed’s mandate

• A study published in the Southern Economic Journal shows that Fed policy tends to create a better economy in the 3 years before presidential elections than right afterwards … to help the incumbent get re-elected

• According to Robert D. Auerbach – an economist with the U.S. House
  of Representatives Financial Services Committee for eleven years,
  assisting with oversight of the Federal Reserve, and subsequently
  Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin – the
  Fed had a hand in Watergate and arming Saddam Hussein.  See this and this

• The Fed is not independent … it is owned by the big banks

• The Fed is corrupt

• The Fed threw money at “several billionaires and tens of multi-millionaires”,
  including billionaire businessman H. Wayne Huizenga, billionaire
  Michael Dell of Dell computer, billionaire hedge fund manager John
  Paulson, billionaire private equity honcho J. Christopher Flowers, and
  the wife of Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack
 

• The Fed also bailed out wealthy corporations, including hedge funds, McDonald’s and Harley-Davidson

• The Fed has been bailing out foreign banks … more than Main Street or the American people.  The foreign banks bailed out by the Fed include Gaddafi’s Libyan bank, the Arab Banking Corp. of Bahrain, and the Banks of Bavaria, Korea and Mexico

• The Fed’s main program for dealing with the financial crisis – quantitative easing – benefits the rich and hurt the little guy, as confirmed by former high-level Fed officials, the architect of Japan’s quantitative easing program and several academic economists

• The Fed has intentionally discouraged banks from lending to Main Street – in a misguided attempt to curb inflation – which has increased unemployment and stalled out the economy

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Wed, 12/16/2015 - 23:43 | 6933836 DaveyJones

"the fed is owned by the big banks"

"the fed is corrupt"

well, one does follow the other
 

 

Violent Terrorists Are Allowed to Work at US Nuclear Plants

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The man who opened fire at two military facilities in Chattanooga, killing four Marines and injuring three others, is Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez. WKYC has confirmed that he worked and lived for a time in Northeast Ohio. FirstEnergy confirmed to WKYC's Investigator Tom Meyer that he also worked at Perry Nuclear Power Plant from May 20 to May 30 of 2013. Recorder Journal http://recorderjournal.com/2015/12/12/chattanooga-shooter-worked-at-perry-nuclear-power-plant/

http://recorderjournal.com/2015/12/12/chattanooga-shooter-worked-at-perry-nuclear-power-plant/

Chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences With a Spot On Commentary About the Fraud of "Climate Change"

Dr. Judith Curry is Professor and former Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The Bridgeton Landfill Radiation Fire, a Debacle of Shame

from https://cbsstlouis.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/norris-2015-01-10-letter.pdf An Open Letter to the People of Missouri Regarding the Bridgeton Landfill Smoldering Event January 10, 2015 My name is Dan Norris. I am a former employee of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), having worked there for 8 years. In the 8 years I spent in Missouri, I have grown to love it far more than I ever imagined I would. The people of Missouri have a diverse mix of backgrounds, the scenery is remarkable, and the rivers and recreational opportunities abound. In my role with the DNR I worked on a number of issues involving public safety, as well as human and environmental health. My work led me to a unique situation. I directed the the air sampling efforts around the Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill for the DNR from 2012 to January 2014. Along with the help of a number of my colleagues, I developed and implemented the air sampling plans for the Bridgeton community. I built data systems, worked with contractors, created maps, conducted sampling, and coordinated with the landfill owners and property owners in the area surrounding the landfill. During the heavy construction activities in 2013 I lived in the community around Bridgeton. I put up with odors in the hotel I stayed at and personally experienced what life was like for those who lived or worked around the landfill. I was one of the only DNR staff who lived in the community during this time frame. I was even there for the tornado that hit the community on May 31, 2013. Besides my time living there, I spent a substantial amount of time in the community conducting and overseeing air sampling activities. I had a very good working relationship with a number of people in the community during my work there and am quite understanding of the different points of view and concerns that citizens in the community had regarding the landfill. Growing up in a family that made a living from the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, I am always mindful of our need for industrial goods and services. There are many facets of any issue and one must be careful to not judge an issue on a single of these factors. Unfortunately, in the balance of factors, political forces appear to dominate above many of the other factors in Missouri. The subsurface oxidation event, subsurface smoldering event, suspect fire, or whatever other name you wish to assign it, has been going on for 4 years now and it could very well continue on for many years to come, based on the amount of waste at the site and how similar events around the country have progressed. While the landfill owner has spent considerable money and resources to addressing some of the effects of the event, conditions are still far from ideal. The area involved in the smoldering has increased in size since the start of the event, there is still no solid isolation plan, groundwater continues to be contaminated, and soil gas migration continues to pose a potential risk to nearby structures. In 2012, a number of conceptual options were discussed for isolating the event from the radioactive material. One option was a trench. Concerns with this approach included the potential impacts this could have on the community (odors, nuisance, potential impacts to Lambert International Airport, dust, asbestos, and other air pollutants). An alternate isolation strategy was to install a cooling wall or freeze barrier, which might be less impacting on the community. To my knowledge, the landfill owner 1 has only implemented a very minimal cooling system. Instead, owner pushed strongly for installing a trench, similar to how the Countywide Landfill event in Ohio was handled. This necessitated a radiological material investigation at Bridgeton/Westlake, which identified that radiological materials went beyond the area previously thought to encompass them. Rather than continuing the radiological investigation to find a possible area to install a trench, the investigation was terminated. If a plan to install a trench does move forward, it is imperative that all of the potential impacts on the community are taken seriously by conducting an appropriate investigation to design removal actions and that proper monitoring is conducted to ensure community safety. Based on my experience, lack of communication is one of the biggest challenges that face those working on the project. There were many instances where DNR staff were not informed by landfill owners of a situation involving the site until seeing it firsthand or being informed by members of the community. Equally challenging was the lack of political appetite within DNR to pursue this case to its fullest. There was also a lack of information sharing among some DNR staff at times. Although the degree to which this event has had an impact on the community is unprecedented, there exists an overall cozy relationship between owner and DNR. For a while in 2012-2013, the landfill owner referred to themselves and DNR staff involved with the landfill as “Team Bridgeton”. As an example of this relationship, in 2011 the landfill owner pushed for the DNR to release a financial assurance instrument held to address problems at the landfill and requested that DNR change the status of the facility from inactive to closed. In lieu of the closure financial assurance instrument, the landfill owner proposed a corrective action financial assurance instrument in the amount of $690,000 1 . Few people within DNR have the fortitude to stand up to the political pressures of the system, but they successfully did in this instance and DNR did not approve the release of the financial assurance instrument. Owner has since documented over $100 Million in expenses related to remediation and monitoring of the site, far overshadowing the $690,000 instrument offered 2 . The political problems related to this site were exemplified in 2014 when state Senator Kurt Schaefer offered Amendment 4 to Missouri Senate Bill 731. This amendment would change some existing state nuisance provisions. Specifically, it attempts to require an owner to live within 1,200 feet of a nuisance to claim damages and attempts to prevent nuisance actions against facilities that are complying with an order issued by the Missouri DNR, US EPA, or the Missouri Attorney General's Office 3 , 4 . Senator Schaefer is a partner in Lathrop & Gage, a law firm which represents landfill owners 5 . I'll leave it to you to judge whether the landfill that his law firm represents would stand to benefit from this legislation. Families and workers have been in this community for decades and expect to have a right to live without long-term nuisance impacts. 1 November 9, 2011 Corrective Action Financial Assurance Instrument proposal for Bridgeton Landfill. Preparred by Aquaterra for Republic Services. 2 Republic Services October 30, 2014 quarterly report (10-Q) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retreived from https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1060391/000106039114000061/rsg930201410-q.htm on January 10, 2015. 3 Senator Kurt Schaefer amendment 4 to Senate Bill No. 731. Offered March 25, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/BTS_web/amendments/5065S02.04S.pdf on December 1, 2014. 4 Missouri Senate Bill No. 731 (2014 session) full text. Retrieved from http://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/pdf- bill/tat/SB731.pdf on December 1, 2014. 5 Lathrop & Gage webpage. Biography of Kurt U. Schaefer. Retrieved from http://www.lathropgage.com/kschaefer on December 1, 2014. 2 As with most political issues, money seems to drive a lot of what goes on. Missouri Ethics Commission records indicate that Republic Services contributed over $97,000 to Missouri political campaigns in 2014 alone, including $25,000 to the Missouri Senate Campaign Committee, $25,000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee, and $20,000 to the Missouri Democratic State Committee 6 . Missouri Ethics Commission records also show that Lathrop & Gage, has made sizable contributions to political campaigns in Missouri. This includes a $10,000 contribution to a campaign associated with Chris Koster and a $5,000 contribution to a campaign associated with Senator Kurt Schaefer's run for Attorney General 7 . In many instances, the potential impacts of the Bridgeton situation have been marginalized by the owner and in some cases have been sensationalized by environmental groups using overblown scare tactics that aren't supported by science. Meanwhile, the situation has largely been glossed over by state and federal political entities. Public agencies have engaged in a game of bureaucratic finger-pointing, while none have assumed the lead and taken a strong position as a public regulator of the landfill. What is needed in a situation such as this is pure science, unimpeded by money, politics, or mindsets. That is what I believed our role at the DNR was supposed to be and it is what the people of Bridgeton deserve. There is a larger systemic problem with governance in general in Missouri. Rather than asking questions like how a given action will benefit or impact the people of the state, decisions are often made on the basis of how the action will respond to a given legislator, lobbyist, or company that has political pull. So, in many but not all cases, we are left with a management structure who is dedicated to catering to said political pressures, while there remains an office full of scientific staff who know what should be done in the interest of the citizens at large and who are losing their minds because they are fighting their own management structure to simply enforce the laws/regulations that exist and fulfill the very purpose of the department. The response to the news media under the current Governor's administration has shifted drastically from when I started working for the DNR. Whereas in the past, technical staff who were experts in what they do were able to speak directly to the media, DNR employees are now threatened with consequences if they speak to the media (and in some cases to the public). This policy became increasingly restrictive in 2010 and ever more restrictive since. The current office of public information at DNR and the Governor's Office is nothing short of information control. News is constantly spun in a manner to try and make everything look good. While there is a fair amount of good news to report on, many of the aspects that a regulatory agency deals with are simply not that cheery or uplifting. It is an insult to the intellect of the public to try and paint a positive picture out of something that just isn't positive. In many cases, public information just doesn't happen anymore if the news is bad. We should not allow ourselves to live in a society where public officials are impeded the free flow of information to the public who they are supposed to represent. Yet, that is where we find ourselves today. 6 Missouri Ethics Commission search for donations provided by Republic Services in 2014. Retrieved from http://www.mec.mo.gov/EthicsWeb/CampaignFinance/CF12_ContrExpendResults.aspx on December 1, 2014. 7 Missouri Ethics Commission search for donations provided by Lathrop & Gage in 2014. Retrieved from http://www.mec.mo.gov/EthicsWeb/CampaignFinance/CF12_ContrExpendResults.aspx on December 13, 2014. 3 Individual departments and management structures at DNR and other state agencies in Missouri also suffer from entrenched processes that are overly-bureaucratic. This slows decision making and results in internal and external inefficiencies. Just as one example of how bureaucratic things have gotten, shortly before my departure from DNR, we were forwarded an e-mail informing us that the Missouri Office of Administration had prohibited us from spreading salt at the entrances during icy conditions 8 . Rather than look out for the immediate safety of ourselves and our co-workers, we were instructed to inform someone who would call someone else to tell that person to send someone to come put salt on the sidewalk. The direction of the current Governor's administration and the degree of bureaucracy in state government has left many dedicated employees on both sides of the political spectrum looking for the exit or counting down the days until they are eligible to retire. Part of my decision to leave my position in Missouri with DNR is because of overall disappointment with how we were able to perform our job and anger at the degree to which bureaucracy was consuming day-to-day progress. During my time in Missouri there have been political pushes resulting in disproportionate power for industry, while reducing the rights and power of individual citizens. Politics and fear are, unfortunately, more powerful than science and reason. I wish all Missourians the best in regaining their voice and obtaining a governance structure that represents the diverse interests of the state as a whole, rather than just those with political power.

R4 Spent Fuel Pool Fires

This video was posted on June 13, 2011 Look at the time stamp at the upper center ３号機、４号機から白煙（白黒なので明確な色は不明）は突如大噴出を始めた。（1:3­0頃から）その煙に包まれて、カメラからは発電所が見えなくなるほどであった。 再臨界がおこった事によるものか？　 冷却水が不足したからか？ 本当に不安である。 また、昨晩からしばらく、北風にのって関東圏にも飛散すると思われますので、皆様（特­に子供）はマスクの着用などして、内部被爆に注意しましょう！ Unit 3, (a clear color because black and white is unknown) from Unit 4 white smoke began a large jet suddenly. Wrapped in the smoke (1:30 from time), from the camera was about power plant is no longer visible. Or due to the fact that the re-criticality happened? Or because the cooling water is insufficient? It is anxiety really. In addition, for some time from last night, so it seems to be scattered in the Kanto area and riding the north wind, everyone (especially children) is by, for example, wear the mask, let's note the internal exposure! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bad Science: A Direct Result of Big Corp and Big Gov, AND It's Killing Us All

The "system" which created the lies of Big Food, is the same system promoting the lie of safe nuke, and the lie that nuclear is what we need to save the planet.

Polar Sea Ice Data Page Links

From WhatsUpwithThat

http://wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pages/sea-ice-page/


Global Sea Ice:
Global Sea Ice Area and Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – University of Illinois – Polar Research Group – Click the pic to view at source

Global Sea Ice Area Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – University of Illinois – Polar Research Group – Click the pic to view at source

Global, Arctic & Antarctic Sea Ice Area

climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – Professor, University of Oslo Department of Geosciences – Click the pic to view at source

Global Sea Ice Cover

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Graphs:
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or greater:

National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – click to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Extent -15% or Greater:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – International Arctic Research Center (IARC) – Click the pic to view at source

JAXA data download (CSV file of extent) here Details here
Arctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or Greater:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – International Arctic Research Center (IARC) – Click the pic to view at source

Details and raw data on this graph product here
Arctic Sea ice extent 15% or greater  (DMI)

Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) – Centre for Ocean and Ice – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 15% or Greater (NANSEN)

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS) – Click the pic to view at source

Nansen data (CSV file with both extent and area) download here
Arctic Sea Ice Area

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS)- Click the pic to view at source

Nansen data (CSV file with both extent and area) download here
Sea Ice Extent – Change in Maximum, Mean and Minimum

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS) – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area and Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Forecast from NOAA:

Northern Regional Sea Ice Charts
Map of the Arctic – Thanks to REP

National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection – click to view at source

Arctic Basin: Cryosphere Today
Central Arctic: NSIDC
Baffin Bay/Gulf of St. Lawrence: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Baffin/Newfoundland Bay: Cryosphere Today
Baltic Sea: NSIDC
Barents Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Beaufort Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Bering Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Canadian Archipelago: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Chukchi Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Cook Inlet: NSIDC
Gulf of St. Lawrence: Cryosphere Today
East Siberian Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Greenland Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Hudson Bay: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Kara Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today – Arctic ROOS
Laptev Sea: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Sea of Okhotsk: NSIDC – Cryosphere Today
Yellow Sea: NSIDC
Sources:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Cryosphere Today Nansen Arctic ROOS
Arctic Temperature:
Mean Temperature above 80°N

Danish Meteorological Institute – Click the pic to view at source

RSS Northern Polar Temperature Lower Troposphere (TLT) – 1979 to Present

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) – Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch (MMAB) – Click the pic to view at source

Northern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperature

Danish Meteorological Institute – Click for data archive and animation tool

Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperatures

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory – Click for data archive and animation tool

Arctic Sea Surface Temperature

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source

NRL – Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 30 Day Animation
NRL – Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation
Moyhu – Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 50 Day Animation
Moyhu – Arctic Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation

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Sea Ice Concentration:
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 30 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – 365 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Download various Cryosphere Today data sets here
Arctic Sea Ice Concentration – Same Date Compared With 2007

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source (thanks to Ric Werme)

Compare two dates in Cryosphere’s records.
Canadian Sea Ice Concentration

EC/Canadian Ice Service Map – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Extent With Anomaly

National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Real-Time Nowcast/Forecast in Meters

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 30 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – 365 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source

Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 30 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Speed & Drift – 365 Day Animation
Arctic Sea Ice Volume Model from the University of Washington (Note: this is only updated monthly, and is a model output, not a real-time observation, details here )

Source: [ http://psc.apl.washington.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/schweiger/ice_volume/BPIOMASIceVolumeAnomalyCurrentV2.1.png ]

Drifting “North Pole” Camera (updated for 2014 season)

Webcam 1: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2014/webcam1.html
Webcam 2: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2014/webcam2.html
Webcam 3: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2014/webcam3.html

Image Archive

WebCam-1

WebCam-2

WebCam-3

Source: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/index.html
Arctic Satellite Imagery:
True Color Arctic Satellite Image – With Google Maps Zoom – arctic.io – Infrared and Global imagery is available from the Arctic and Global dropdowns on the map linked above.
Terra 4km True Color Arctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Terra 4km Bands 3-6-7 Arctic Satellite Image< – Arctic Satellite Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Aqua 4km True Color Arctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
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Antarctic Graphs:
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 15% or Greater

National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source

Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area and Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area Anomaly

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Antarctic Temperature:
RSS Southern Polar Temperature Lower Troposphere (TLT) – 1979 to Present

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) – Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) – Click the pic to view at source

Antarctic Sea Surface Temperature

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling – Click the pic to view at source

NRL Antarctic Sea Surface Temperature – 30 Day Animation
NRL Antarctic Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation
Moyhu Antarctic Sea Surface Temperature – 50 Day Animation
Moyhu Antarctic Sea Surface Temperature – 365 Day Animation
Antarctic Sea Ice Imagery:
Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration

Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois – Click the pic to view at source

Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Extent With Anomaly

National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Click the pic to view at source

South Pole Station Webcam (offline in SH winter)

Amundsen-Scott

Antarctic Satellite Imagery:
Terra 4km True Color Antarctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Terra 4km Bands 3-6-7 Antarctic Satellite Image – Antarctic Satellite Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA
Aqua 4km True Color Antarctic Satellite Image – Mosaic Image – With Zoom – NASA

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Source Guide:
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) – Centre for Ocean and Ice
Home Page – http://ocean.dmi.dk/english/index.php
Arctic Page – http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/index.uk.php
arctic.io
Home Page – http://www.arctic.io/
Satellite Observations Page – http://www.arctic.io/observations/
climate4you.com – Ole Humlum – Professor, University of Oslo Department of Geosciences:
Home Page – http://climate4you.com/
Ole Humlum Bibliography – http://climate4you.com/Text/BIBLIOGRAPHY%20OLE%20HUMLUM.pdf
Cryosphere Today – Arctic Climate Research at the University of Illinois:
Home Page – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/
Products Page – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/
Images Indexed By Date – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/
Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.anom.1979-2008
Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Area – http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.south.anom.1979-2008
moyhu – Nike Stokes
Home Page – http://www.moyhu.blogspot.com.au/
Regional Hi-Res SST Movies – http://www.moyhu.blogspot.com.au/p/sst-regional-movies-as-described-here-i.html
Collection of High Resolution NOAA SST Images with WebGL – http://www.moyhu.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) – HYCOM Consortium for Data-Assimilative Ocean Modeling
NRL Home Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/
NRL Products Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/proddemo.htm
HYCOM Home Page – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/
Satellite Products Page- http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat_products.html
Data Page – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/archdat/
Multi-view – http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/global.cgi
Navel Coastal Ocean Model – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/
FTP Page – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/
FTP Page Global – http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/Links/glb/
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC):
Home Page – http://nsidc.org/
FTP Page – http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/
Regional FTP Page – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02186/plots/
Data Search Page – http://nsidc.org/searchlight/
Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Extent – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/
Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice Extent – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/south/daily/data/
University of Bremen:
Home Page – http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/eng/
Sea Ice Page – http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084/ssmis/
International Arctic Research Center/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (IARC-JAXA)
Home Page – http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/
FTP Page – http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) – Lance Modis
Home Page – http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/imagery/
Rapid Response Satellite Page – http://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real-time-data/rapid-response
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Climate Data Center
Home Page – http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Public FTP Page – http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Weather Service – Environmental Modeling Center
Home Page – http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/
Sea Ice Analyses Page – http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/seaice/Analyses.html
Public FTP Page – ftp://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/
Sea Ice FTP Page – ftp://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/ice/
Regional Arctic Sea Ice FTP Page – ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02186/plots/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Ice Center:
Home Page http://www.natice.noaa.gov/mission.html?bandwidth=high
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Weather Service NOAA Arctic Cam Page:
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
Home Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Products Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/products/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Data Data Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/
Physical Sciences Division (PSD) Data Maps Page – http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) – Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ROOS):
Home Page – http://arctic-roos.org/
Sea Ice Charts – http://arctic-roos.org/observations/satellite-data/sea-ice/ice-area-and-extent-in-arctic
Norway Meteorological SAF Sea Ice:
http://saf.met.no/p/ice/index.html
Washington University North Pole Environmental Observatory:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/

ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/

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COP21 A Name Proving the Greddy Sociopaths Can Actually Have a Twisted Sense of Humor

Just noticed it today, the Paris-Site Climate Conference is abbreviated as COP21

A perfect play on words indicating the New World Order as the "COP" over the worlds energy systems, and then combining this with "Agenda 21".

If not familiar with agenda 21, Google it.

Cyrille Cormier of NGO Greenpeace France disagrees. He says that compared to renewables, nuclear is far more costly.
"Every megawatt-hour produced by nuclear energy from an EPR reactor costs about 100 euros. The cost of producing the same amount of renewable energy with wind turbines and solar is already less almost everywhere in the world. For example in France, it’s already 70 euros per MW-hour for big solar farms and wind turbines.”
Cormier remarks on Youth Day at the Cop21, that nuclear is a waste burden and financial drain on future generations.

 http://www.english.rfi.fr/general/20151203-Nuclear-not-so-much-dirty-word-Cop21-it-can-barely-be-heard

A Rare Whale Death In Alaska, "A Gift from God", Wow

Will nuclear energy someday be seen as the "Garden of Eden" moment for mankind, when our desire for conquest and destruction, and then our desire for a "free lunch" as Satan taunted us to "embrace destruction of the atom".

In the article, the president of a whaling association calls this dead whale a gift from God.

Any talk of testing for radiation or domoic acid?

Real life story in Hawaii.    Good friends, one in an oceanographer type girl, she works mainly with the ocean critters.   

I mentioned the Pacific UME's (unusual mortality events) and her pat answer was....there have always been UMEs

I mentioned the number of shark attacks attacks going up 5 to 10 times, and her pat answer was "there are more people in the water"

I mentioned Domoic acid, and she had never heard the word before.
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Our best and brightest are corrupted and brainwashed just from being in  "the system".    The easy lies are readily absorbed and the hard truths and intuitions never even get a speaking role.

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Scientists and whalers who examined the whale, a calf just over 25 feet long, say it was not killed by hunters. Two possible culprits are an attack by killer whales -- something that might be on the rise in Arctic waters as sea ice retreats -- or a ship strike.

stock here---either one seems quite remote, the first one absurd because the killer whales would have eaten large portions of the whale.    

Matkin said orcas usually eat the lips and tongue of dead whales first, a flesh-like “tenderloin” that may serve as an entire first course, with some orcas returning later to feed on other parts of the carcass.
The recovered calf’s tongue was not eaten, which is unusual for a killer whale attack, the release from the wildlife department said.
“That’s mysterious,” said George.

 Hmmmmm...they didn't even take the "tenderloin".

http://www.adn.com/article/20151008/barrow-whalers-haul-bonus-bowhead-killed-unknown-causes

Greenhouse Gas? It is a heat blocker, a moderator, or a "greenhouse"

http://greenhouse.geologist-1011.net/

1.0 Introduction: What on Earth Is the "Greenhouse Effect"?

Confusion and Lack of Thermodynamic Definition

Although the "Greenhouse Effect" is of crucial importance to modern climatology and is the putative cornerstone of the Anthropogenic Global Warming hypothesis, it lacks clear thermodynamic definition. This forecasts the likelihood that the name is misapplied. Even general descriptions of the "Greenhouse Effect" may seem confused when compared to one another. In the first year university geology text by Press & Siever (1982, p. 312) we read:

"The atmosphere is relatively transparent to the incoming visible rays of the Sun. Much of that radiation is absorbed at the Earth's surface and then reemitted as infrared, invisible long-wave rays that radiate back away from the surface (Fig. 12-14). The atmosphere, however, is relatively opaque and impermeable to infrared rays because of the combined effect of clouds and carbon dioxide, which strongly absorbs the radiation instead of allowing it to escape into space. This absorbed radiation heats the atmosphere, which radiates heat back to the Earth's surface. This is called the 'greenhouse effect' by analogy to the warming of greenhouses, whose glass is the barrier to heat loss."

This explanation is fundamentally confusing because it is seemingly contradictory, as impermeable

materials cannot absorb on the minute to minute timescale that applies to the "Greenhouse Effect", even if such an impermeable material has a very high fluid storage capacity or porosity. According to Press & Siever's explanation above, the atmosphere is relatively impermeable due to the presence of clouds and carbon dioxide, which are part of the atmosphere. How then, can the part of the atmosphere that makes it impermeable to infrared, simultaneously facilitate infrared absorption? Moreover, the idea of thermal permeability is a product of the 19^th century pseudoscientific notion that heat was actually a fluid (called "caloric"). This led to a great deal of misunderstanding amongst the scientifically illiterate when it came to the findings of Fourier (e.g. Kelland, 1837). We may compare this description of the "Greenhouse Effect" with that of Whitaker (2007, pp. 17-18), which lacks the misplaced 19^th century usage:

"The incoming solar radiation that the earth absorbs is re-emitted in the form of so-called infra-red radiation - this is where the vital 'greenhouse effect' begins. Because of the chemical structure of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, they absorb the infra-red radiation from the Earth, and then emit it, into space and back into the atmosphere. The atmospheric re-emission helps heat the surface of the Earth - as well as the lower atmosphere - and keeps us warm."

This explanation describes the "Greenhouse Effect" as "vital", perhaps because, as Whitaker points out, it warms the earth's surface. Wishart (2009, p. 24) explains that this "Greenhouse Effect" is useful for a completely different reason:

"The Moon is another excellent example of what happens with no greenhouse effect. During the lunar day, average surface temperatures reach 107ºC, while the lunar night sees temperatures drop from boiling point to 153 degrees below zero. No greenhouse gases mean there's no way to smooth out temperatures on the moon. On Earth, greenhouse gases filter some of the sunlight hitting the surface and reflect some of the heat back out into space, meaning the days are cooler, but conversely the gases insulate the planet at night, preventing a lot of the heat from escaping."

In Wishart's explanation above, the Greenhouse Effect" is no longer a warming mechanism but a thermal buffer that moderates the extremes of temperature.

Typical Progression of a Nuclear Project

The discussion below concerns the typical function of radiation industries during emergencies, then I added this list, stock out.

Don't forget the next steps....

1. denials, 
2. coverups, 
3. lies, 
4. propaganda, 
5. more lies, 
6. minimizations, 
7. distractions, 
8. false science, 
9. promises,
10. lies,
11. poorly thought out plans, 
12. corruptly bid solutions, 
13. lies, 
14. inept management, 
15. "you can't prove it", 
16. lies, 
17. falsified reports,
18. attempt to convince it's OK, 
19. attempt to convince that doing something is more dangerous than doing nothing, 
20. run out of money, 
21. let some bigger disaster take center stage for while, 
22. payoff some victims with an accompanying hush order, 
23. lies, 
24. lies, 
25. lies.  

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THIS is why the power outage and accident are of concern:
Columbia (nuclear) Generating Station:
http://www.energy-northwest.com/ourenergyprojects/Columbia/Pages/default.aspx
DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_National_Laboratory
http://www.pnnl.gov/about/facilities.asp
Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL)
RPL
"The RPL is a scientific facility funded by DOE to create and implement innovative processes for environmental clean-up and the beneficial use of radioactive materials. These processes include those to advance the cleanup of radiological and hazardous wastes, the processing and disposal of nuclear fuels, and the production and delivery of medical isotopes."
Yes, "beneficial use of radioactive materials…." such as medicine, and ???????
It takes energy and water to run/cool these projects as needed.

HoTaters

December 2, 2015 at 3:41 am · Reply

Sooooo, what happens when the Columbia Generating Station and the Pacific Northwest Laboratory have no power? Would anyone who is more well versed on this subject than I care to venture a guess?

AirSepTech

December 2, 2015 at 4:11 am · Reply

HA HA Ha, people were wondering about connect the dots…those were the dots in my mind.
My best guess is protocol/panic/boom,,,hopefully in that order, and get it right before the boom.
I have an ex-coworker at CGS, one at Coulee, sisters in Portland.
Eventually, another 'natural event' will bring about yet another fiasco. Earthquake, wave, wind, snow, ice, fire,,,to name a few. Plenty more.
Knock out the power, FUBAR the grid, game over.

Global Warming Scam Indicted at the Paris-Site

Some first clips of new film “Climate Hustle” air on Fox News

Anthony Watts / 2 hours ago December 3, 2015

While some 40,000 climate advocates are in Paris to try to reach some sort of agreement on wealth redistribution in the name of stopping climate change, there is a small contingent of climate skeptics, including people from the Heartland Institute and CFACT. Marc Morano of Climate depot is about to unveil a film “Climate Hustle” (which I’m also in) that looks to dial back some of the hype by showing the history of the claims and how they keep changing.
CFACT writes via a short email press release:

Watch Sean Hannity feature the first clips of CFACT’s ground-breaking new film “Climate Hustle.”  Warm, cold, more snow, less snow, dry, wet, you name it, the global warming crowd attributes it to “climate change.”  They’ve gotten away with this double talk long enough.  It’s time to take them down.

Paris-Site Climate Conference Ongoing, The New Face of the New World Order

Folks, quick thoughts here.

The Paris-site Climate Convention is underway.   

In lieu of rolling out the scary sounding "new world order" the Rothchilds and Bilderbergs have decided that control of all world energy sources and distribution via a "climate agreement" and control of all buying and selling of all products including food, via a "trade agreement" is a more workable substitute for any central government new world order.

Got it?    Global warming, sure it would happen, but has been stalled for 19 years.    Will the El Nino give this year a kick, probably.   

Is man-made "global warming" really a problem?   Is CO2 really a problem.   

Can anyone accurately predict the amount of CO2 coming from volcanoes, including undersea volcanoes?

CO2 is partly an "indicator" gas.   It can indicate that other actual toxins are present as created by fossil burning.    But CO2 itself is not a "toxin", in fact it is very necessary to life and plant growth.

Has it been higher in the past, for sure, even at times when the planet was cooler.   At some level, can it function as a global insulator?   Catching sun energy as it comes in, and radiating half of that caught energy into space?   

Are you aware of all the lies you are being bombarded with?    Do you ever look at actual data?    Or do you use opinions to reinforce your existing opinion?

Do you say take the red pill, but have you really?

The Paris-Site climate convention, including the Popes trip to USA should be viewed with deep suspicion.   
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Big Business, Big Gov, is Killing Small Business and "Entrpreneurs"

Sallie Krawcheck wrote a great article here, with one exception I will bring up.
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-you-should-leave-your-job-become-entrepreneur-sallie-krawcheck

Why You Should NOT Leave Your Job to Become an Entrepreneur

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stock here: I suggest you read some of the comments in her article also, almost 600.   

It is funny how she define "entrpreneur" as a very limited "innovative  product manufacturer funded by venture capitalists".    Any small business owner needs to have the skills sets to do all the things that she mentions.

I would "venture" to say, that a small business owner needs to be proficient in 100 to 200 separate types of skills, and not in any SMALL WAY, dealing with government bureaucracy, paperwork, and people who just don't give a shit.    Industry entry and continuation blockades are also common and are true barriers that suck up resources to overcome.  

But let's reign it back in to the topic at hand.....Large Military Industrial Complex cartels, like the nuclear cartel, and Big Lob, Big Gov.       These things are crushing to the real wealth creators of the world....small business and entrepreneurs.      Add in Big Data, Big Propaganda, and you have the perfect mix for a disasterous whimpering papered over shameful demise of empires.    

It's one piece of the puzzle.   

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I went to a recent Ellevate Network event, at which we hosted a pretty prominent entrepreneur, who runs a VC-funded start-up that’s gaining some real traction. In other words, she’s “living the dream.” Someone in the audience asked her whether it was fun to be an entrepreneur.
She paused.

Her answer? “No. Not really.”

I can relate. In addition to owning the Ellevate Network, I’ve recently announced a Series A raise for a new business, Ellevest. This is a to-be-launched digital investment platform for women. These after a career at big companies. And not a handful of days goes by that someone doesn’t ask me “Aren’t you having so much fun?”

The truth is that being an entrepreneur is harder than running Merrill Lynch. (And I’m not just saying that; I actually ran Merrill Lynch.) It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Sure, it’s great not to have to attend the Operational Risk Committee meeting and sit through the page-by-page review of the 226-page deck. I can’t tell you how great.
But for those of you thinking of leaving your big-company job to be an entrepreneur, here’s why you shouldn’t:

Raising money can be humbling. Really humbling. None of us likes being told our baby is ugly…..again and again and again. “But, hey, keep in touch.”
B2B sales are humbling….and take longer than you can imagine. No, your phone calls aren’t returned as quickly as when you worked in your big company job. You expect that. The more interesting insight to me has been how often people try to be nice and end up stringing you along. They don’t recognize that a “fast no” is ok; it’s the “slow no” that kills you.
And even a “slow yes” can put you out of business. I worked with one guy at a big bank who loved a start-up so much…and encouraged them so much…that the start-up ran out of money and shut its doors as all of the approvals for doing business with them were working their way through the system.
So sometimes a “fast no” can even trump a “slow yes.”
Hiring people is hard. Hiring people is always hard. But at a start-up, the stakes are so much higher. That’s in part because there are simply fewer people, so one has to be more thoughtful about making sure there aren’t any holes in the start-up team’s skillsets (and that includes filling in the founder’s “flat sides”). That’s why, for me, team diversity is so important.
And is it just me?? Because I’ve found, amongst entrepreneurs, some of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with, by good measure; they love the rush of entrepreneurialism and would never thrive in the constraints of a big company.
And then there have been some others. I’ve come across a couple of screamers. By that I mean, people who scream. At work. A lot. The screamers are filtered out of big companies pretty quickly. So watch for people who’ve bounced around a lot, and particularly watch for people who receive less-than-effusive recommendations. And always, always do back-channel reference checks.
Hiring people is hard, Part 2. If you come from a corporate background, many of your contacts won’t fit your job descriptions and needs: the jobs pay less cash than what big company folks are making, the jobs may be broader than what they are doing , and parts of the jobs can be more junior.
(An example: I’m copyediting and have been building earnings models. Not something I would have thought I would be doing at this stage of my career. I happen to love both of those things and find them relaxing. But that may be a personal quirk.)
 I had this issue at Ellevest. As we began to hire, you would have thought I would have known a lot of Chief Investment Officers….and I do. But it took me the better part of a year to find our Chief Investment Officer because I wanted one who had the experience and analytical grounding….but then was able to, and wanted to, approach the puzzle of women and investing in a creative way.
Office space. When I speak to young-entrepreneur-hopefuls, I hear what they think the office environment will be like. Start with a bit of time in a shared workspace; then move into your own offices with exposed brick walls, a foosball table and beer on tap; and then you’re a billionaire.
For some, perhaps. Right now, at my start-up, we’re in a space that’s so small I can’t get out of my chair without slamming into the back of our lead designer. At some point, we may fuse into the same person.
And everybody’s a critic. If your idea is truly innovative, you’re going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right??
Oh, and it’s terrifying. Something I never thought about in my big-company job: cash flow. When your business has billions of dollars in revenue, you can make a lot of mistakes and still have a viable business. But in a start-up, make a few hiring mistakes (it takes several months to find the right person, a couple of months to figure out they’re not the right person, a couple of more months when you try to coach them and give them the opportunity to become the right person, then another couple of months after you part ways to find the next right person)….oh, and the work they’re supposed to be doing doesn’t get done in that period of time….well, do that a few times and you’re out of money.
Being an entrepreneur is the only time in my career that I’ve lost sleep (and I was on Wall Street during the financial crisis.)
There is a lot of paperwork…and taxes….and regulations…. I can’t tell you the number of people who tell me they slipped up on some of the paperwork needed for their company. It’s one of the no-fun parts of being an entrepreneur that nobody talks about.
You can’t coast. You know those days at the office when you used to come in and didn’t really do that much? You don’t have those days as entrepreneur. If you don’t do much, then not much happens. And remember what I said about cash flow? Yeah….that.
This last paragraph is the one in which I am supposed to say that, even with all of this, I wouldn’t trade being an entrepreneur for anything. And, for me, that’s right. But the failure rate for entrepreneurs is high, so I had to be very, very honest with myself about my, and my family’s, willingness to take on this professional risk.