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EV Sales To Hit 20 Million This Year

2 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

According to the IEA’s new Global EV Outlook, EV sales will reach 20 million this year, a quarter of total car and light truck sales worldwide. Global sales rose 35% in the first quarter of the year. The report’s summary of the near-term future is more optimistic than many.
Gas Prices Bring CPI Down And Threaten Climate

2 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

The Consumer Price Index rose a muted 2.3% in April, which was better than expected. Most items rose in price. The index was pulled down by a sharp drop in the cost of “energy commodities,” primarily gasoline. The price of gas fell 11.8%. It has gotten cheaper for the American driver to drive. Among the benefits of cheaper gas for those who travel is that they can use their cars for less money. One sign of this is that AAA says a record number of people will travel by car over Memorial Day.
EV Loser Nissan Fires 20,000

2 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

If the future of the car business is EVs, Nissan has given up. With only two EV models in the US, it fired 20,000 people. The move is not totally due to EV problems, but it does indicate that Nissan may have no future at all. Nissan sells the LEAF and ARIYA in America, but it can’t grab any meaningful market share. It has almost no sales in China, the EV capital of the world. Nissan Motor Co. CEO Ivan Espinosa says that the cuts are necessary to make the company financially viable.
California Becomes A Dust Bowl

3 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

Shades of 1935. What happened in Texas and Oklahoma may repeat itself in California. The worst dust bowl in U.S. history was caused by drought and high winds. Those conditions exist again. Several California universities have issued a report titled “Beyond the Haze: A UC Dust Report on the Causes, Impacts, and Future of Dust Storms in California.” an examination of dust bowl-prone areas in the most populous state in America has already reached crisis levels.
Say Goodbye To Green Energy

3 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

New plans by Republicans to remove many of the green energy incentives now in effect will cripple environmental plans for years to come. They will put the US on a path to be the top polluting nation in the world, passing China. China is making astonishing strides in the renewable energy sector.
Google Goes Very Green - Climate Crisis 247

3 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

Like all other megatech companies, Google is hungry for electricity to run its massive, growing server farms. It, and other big tech companies have said they will put tens of billions of dollars into these facilities this year. All would like to go with green energy. It has become clear that they will take the electricity, no matter how it is generated. Google will enter the small modular reactor industry.
Children Face Horrible Climate Future

4 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

Many forecasts for global warming and climate crisis have an endpoint of 2050, a tip of the hat to mid-century. Many of the world’s children will live in that future. A child born in the US today could well live until 2100. The world’s climate situation will be grim.
Flood Threat In New Orleans, New York

4 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

NOAA has released its Seasonal Precipitation Outlook for May, July, and June. New Orleans is the area of the US most likely to experience well above-average appreciation, which occurs just as hurricane season begins. The other area likely to have well above-average precipitation is the mid-Atlantic region, which has been battered by hurricanes in recent times. The cities along this coast include Washington and New York. Each has low-lying areas barely above sea level.
Las Vegas, Phoenix Face Hundred Degree Heat

4 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

It is over 100 degrees F in Phoenix today. According to the NOAA Seasonal Temperature Outlook covering May, June, and July, temperatures will be well above normal from central Arizona and New Mexico to northern Nevada and Utah. Last year, Phoenix had over 100 days when temperatures were above 100 degrees F, and Las Vegas highs reached almost 115. Economic HitThe high temperatures have several effects beyond human discomfort. Two have to do with the economy.
The Hurricanes America Won’t See Coming

5 days ago | climatecrisis247.com | Douglas A. McIntyre

Part of NOAA will be shut down. The tragedy and threat to Americans’ lives is that many cuts are in parts of the budget used for research and forecasts. Gathering information for advancing weather forecasting will largely disappear.