Environment Today: Synthetic Palm Oil, Bullet Train, NYC Clearing The Roads

By William Teach September 4, 2023 – 3:00 pm

If you weren’t aware, I’ve long had an issue with the production of palm oil. It has many uses, from foods to fuels, and, because of it’s growing uses, especially as a fossil fuels alternative (a type of ethanol), jungles are being clearcut and the wildlife killed, including intentionally hunting them down, much like they did to Orangutans. Heck, some Girl Scouts petitioned to stop using palm oil in cookies. I tend to avoid products that use palm oil. Bad for the environment. So, this could be a good thing

Lab-grown palm oil could offer environmentally-friendly alternative

What scientists are brewing inside a New York City lab could dramatically change the products people use every day.

Shara Ticku, co-founder of C16 Biosciences, took CBS News inside the lab where the company grows an alternative to palm oil. Ticku said yeast plays a key role in their development process.

“Palm oil is responsible for making hand soaps, foam and cleanse,” Ticku explained. “It makes the color stay on your lipstick and on your lips. And it helps create a smooth spreadable emulsion in peanut butter.”

Palm oil is the most popular vegetable oil in the world, and more than 1.7 million tons were consumed in the U.S. in 2022, according to numbers from Statista.

But it can be as destructive as it is versatile. The World Wildlife Foundation says large-scale palm oil harvesting destroys rainforests and pollutes communities. It is found in more than half of packaged products on supermarket shelves, the conservation organization said.

That could be an excellent thing if it could be replaced. It is bad for the environment. Then there’s this

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 4, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is Evil, horrible, no good meat being cooked on a terrible gas grill causing the atmosphere to boil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post showing the Nazis in Florida are Biden supporters.

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Good News: Migrant Children Not Subjected To Same Vaccination Requirements For School In NY

By William Teach September 4, 2023 – 10:30 am

It’s not bad enough that all these migrant/illegal alien children are going to be taking up lots and lots of resources meant for legal U.S. children, they’re not required to take all the vaccinations required

Staten Island officials say they’re concerned about unvaccinated asylum seekers in schools

As New York City public schools begin this week, thousands of migrant children seeking asylum will be attending classes.

These students won’t be facing the same vaccination requirements as the Department of Education works to speed up their entry into the classroom.

Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella worries that could place the health of the other children at risk. Fossella says that although the policy exception is in place to make life and entry into the school system easier for migrants, it is risky and hypocritical.

Fossella led a group Saturday who opposes this exception to school vaccination rules, saying it’s a problematic double standard.

“We think that if you’re going to impose a standard on ordinary citizens, that same standard should be imposed on individuals who come from 120 different countries and want to show up on day one for school,” Fossella said.

We aren’t discussing COVID vaccination, though, that might be required too

(Fox5) The Department of Education said this week, students in temporary housing do not need to show proof of vaccination but have 30 days to get inoculated. The department is assisting, connecting migrant families with hospitals and deploying mobile clinics.

Will they actually get the required shots? Many of those protocols, like for Polio, are started years before they start in school. Things like measles, mumps, diphtheria, Hepatitis B, chicken pox, and others. The NY Dept of Health is saying that they are subject to the same requirements, but, that doesn’t look to be happening, so, the citizen children will be exposed to all sorts of diseases from the 20,000 or so “migrant” children. But, hey, this is what the people in NYC voted for…well, technically, they voted for this to happen Somewhere Else, not their own city.

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Biden Says There’s “No Real Intelligence To Deny Global Boiling” Or Something

By William Teach September 4, 2023 – 7:00 am

He said this after he took a fossil fueled helicopter to the airport, jumped on a FF jumbo jet, then flew to Florida, followed by a backup jumbo jet and some fighter jets, then a massive FF SUV/limo convoy. Then reversed that, fly to Delaware. But, we’re supposed to believe we’re doomed from fossil fuels

Get Smart: Biden Declares ‘No Real Intelligence to Deny the Climate Crisis’

There is no real real intelligence to deny the “climate crisis” or its impact, President Joe Biden warned sceptics and doubters Saturday as he toured damage in Florida left behind after Hurricane Idalia smashed through the Big Bend region.

Speaking to reporters in front amongst fallen trees and debris, Biden pointed to recent weather events and disasters, saying: “Nobody can deny the impact of [the] climate crisis. There’s no real intelligence to deny the impacts of the climate crisis anymore,” the Guardian reports.

 “Just look around the nation and the world for that matter. Historic floods, intense drought, extreme heat, deadly wildfires … that cause serious damage like you’ve never seen before,” he added, continuing a long-running theme of climate alarmism that has been a hallmark of his administration.

And, yet, not one reporter will ask Biden why he takes so many fossil fueled trips. Heck, I’d get off his back if he would just take the helicopter to Delaware. It’s 105 miles to his beach house. Marine One can fly at 161 mph. He could be there in an hour. It would take less time than his regular way.

And, is it any wonder DeSantis didn’t want to be there for this stupidity?

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Lying Fauci Concerned People Won’t Heed Mask Recommendations

By William Teach September 4, 2023 – 6:45 am

You know, because they worked so well last time, and we listened to all the lies from Fauci

Fauci is ‘concerned’ that people won’t comply if masking recommendations return: ‘I hope’ they ‘abide’

In a Saturday interview, former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci spoke out in defense of masking up amid today’s rising COVID cases.

In the event that masks are again recommended, he is “concerned that people will not abide by recommendations,” he said in the interview.

“I would hope that if we get to the point that the volume of cases is such and organizations like the CDC recommends — CDC does not mandate anything — recommends that people wear masks, I would hope that people abide by that recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and their families,” Fauci told CNN.

Fauci, who also served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health until December 2022, also called into question a January 2023 Cochrane study that found masking to be ineffective.

“When you’re talking about the effect on the pandemic as a whole, the data is less strong,” Fauci said.

“But when you talk about an individual basis of someone protecting themselves … there’s no doubt that there’s many studies that show that there is an advantage [to masks].”

If mask mandates worked so well on an individual basis then why did more people get COVID with the mandates than without? And with all the vaccines. If masking works so well then why were we continuously treated to Elites playing mask theater, or just not wearing them?

(Breitbart) New York health officials are advising people to wear masks when in crowded public areas, as coronavirus cases are expected to spike following Labor Day weekend.

While no official social distancing or mask restrictions were set in place, New York City health commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan told the Daily Mail that people should follow precautions when celebrating the end of summer, as the city’s hospitalization rate for the coronavirus rose by five percent this week compared to the previous week;  502 patients infected with the virus were admitted to hospitals.

You mean liberal supporters of Fauci and all the restrictions aren’t masking up? There’s almost 9 million NYC residents: 502 is not much.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 3, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The O.K. Corral, with a post noting Bidenomic is brilliant!

It’s short shorts week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 3, 2023 – 9:13 am

Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and college football is back. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Climate Depot discusses a study showing ‘climate change’ is mostly an urban problem
  2. Cold Fury covers Dem run cities looking to ban meat
  3. Common Cents Blog has your feel good story, where a dog broke out and ……
  4. Da Techguy’s Blog features doctors lying about reproductive health
  5. Dissecting Leftism covers a hospital who fired nurses over not taking the jab, now begging for them to come back
  6. GeeeZ notes the Biden regime warning of ISIS
  7. Geller Report discusses a judge ruling that CDC mask mandates exceed their authority
  8. Legal Insurrection covers Hamas getting all sorts of violent again
  9. Moonbattery shows a drag queen arrested for child porn getting a job as a principal
  10. Outside The Beltway has a great article on the passing of Jimmy Buffett
  11. Pacific Pundit covers why DeSantis did not meet Biden post-Idalia
  12. Powerline notes there being no mass grave in Canada
  13. Sultan Knish dives deep into Sleepy Joe and fact checking
  14. The American Conservative discusses preparing to lose two wars
  15. And last, but, not least, The Astute Bloggers covers Biden’s funding of terror killed an Israeli schoolteacher

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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News Outlets Are Shocked That EVs Can Catch On Fire Easily Around Salt Water

By William Teach September 3, 2023 – 7:00 am

Did no one consider that having large lithium batteries near salt water was a Bad Idea, and to construct them so that the water doesn’t get in?

As Hurricane Idalia caused flooding, some electric vehicles exposed to saltwater caught fire

Floridians battered by Hurricane Idalia this week may not have expected another threat — that floodwaters could cause their cars to suddenly burst into flames.

Yet that’s exactly what happened when two electric vehicles caught fire after being submerged in saltwater churned up by the storm. Firefighters in Palm Harbor, Florida, cited the incidents, both of which involved Teslas, in warning owners that their rechargeable car batteries could combust if exposed to saltwater.

“If you own a hybrid or electric vehicle that has come into contact with saltwater due to recent flooding within the last 24 hours, it is crucial to relocate the vehicle from your garage without delay,” the department said in a Facebook post. “Saltwater exposure can trigger combustion in lithium-ion batteries. If possible, transfer your vehicle to higher ground.”

The warning also applies to electric golf carts, scooters and bicycles, with lithium-ion batteries potentially sparking a fire when they get wet. More specifically, salt residue remains after the water dries out and can create “bridges” between the battery’s cells, potentially creating electrical connections that can spark a fire.

Consider that there are going to be lots and lots of these electric vehicles in areas near the oceans and salt waterways. Certainly, EVs and others are not relegated to coastal areas (map from this link)

but, quite a few are. People love using electric scooters and bikes at the beach, and plenty of golf carts near salt water.

In Florida, fire crews were towing one of the vehicles, a Tesla that had been submerged in Pinellas County, Florida, when it abruptly went up in flames, Palm Harbor Fire Rescue training chief Jason Haynes told CBS MoneyWatch. He said combustion can occur well after a car is exposed to saltwater and emphasized the importance of moving potentially damaged vehicles out of garages and away from nearby structures.

There are plenty of links to videos of the Tesla and others on fire. Seriously, water coming up to the wheel well can cause a fire. That’s not that high.

Who’s looking forward to being forced into a vehicle that can catch on fire easily?

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People Are Retreating From Florida Over Global Boiling Or Something

By William Teach September 2, 2023 – 3:00 pm

I’ve avoided the “ZOMG, Hurricane Idalia is Proof of climate crisis doom” articles, because, quite frankly, it’s tedious. It’s been done before. It’s complete mule fritters. You know how it goes. But, this is silly shite from three Warmists at CNN

Opinion: The Sunbelt was the retirement destination of choice. That was before climate change

Retiree Jeanne Langan Burris, 61, a resident of Naples, Florida, often starts her daily tennis match at 7 a.m. Even at that early hour, however, she says she sometimes finds herself baking on the court in triple-digit temperatures.

The torrid heat is a far cry from Westport, Connecticut, where Burris and her husband raised their three children. It’s even further removed from Buffalo, New York — a city renowned for blizzards and brutally cold temperatures — where she grew up.

Yeah, who would have thought that Florida would be hot, especially compared to Westport and Buffalo?

Burris still loves life in southwest Florida, where she moved a half-dozen years ago to be nearer her aging parents, but climate change has brought challenges. Naples is said to be one of the US cities most likely to suffer the loss of home and property because of rising sea levels. And because of the intense heat, Burris said, “I change two or three times a day,” she said.

So, future doom, and whining about being summer

Organizations and professionals who help retirees plan their golden years have begun counseling that they toss out the old retirement playbook and consider retiring in places where the effects of global warming have so far been less pronounced. (snip)

Will heat waves like the summer of 2023 scare away older adults from southern retirement destinations over the long haul? Or will retirees continue to flock to places like Florida and Arizona in the hope that the summer 2023 swelter is a fluke — and prioritize other enticements like recreational amenities and a low cost of living? The jury is still out, but we urge older adults to seriously factor climate issues into their relocation plans. Our research shows that Sunbelt heat extremes — a direct consequence of human-induced climate change — are here to stay.

In other words, they have zero proof that people are avoiding Florida (also mentioned are Arizona and Southern California, but, aren’t people escaping the f*ck out of California?) because of climate doom, it’s just some cultists recommending that they not move their.

Editor’s note: Deborah Carr is a professor of sociology at Boston University and director of its Center of Innovation in Social Science. She is the author of “Aging in America.” Ian Sue Wing is a professor of earth and environment at Boston University specializing in climate change economics and integrated assessment modeling. Giacomo Falchetta is a research scholar with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Italy. The views expressed in this commentary are their own.

So, charletons. Snake oil salespeople. Grifters.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 2, 2023 – 1:00 pm

…is a perfect place for solar panels, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on Zelensky making threats if he isn’t sent more money.

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