Arctic is Melting—Fast
I’m going to quickly go over two different problems facing humankind. One is the pathological ideology of Nazism. The other is the rapidly melting Arctic Ice Cap. Yes, two different, diverse areas of the world that will ultimately, converge at a latter date. They are interconnected. The war against the Nazis in Ukraine generates lots of extra heat which transfers to the north thereby melting the polar ice cap. In fact most heat from industrial civilization transfers to the poles of Earth first which then is redistributed to the oceans and, ultimately, to warm the climate overall. Global warming due to industrial activity along with severe overpopulation is threatening our very existence. Capitalism’s constant need to expand to work, at all, is driving us all over the cliff of oblivion.
First, a few basics. Industrial civilization can’t exist without fossil fuels. Forget about wind harvesters and electric cars. Sure, electric cars all all the trendy rage, but really, how much extra fossil fuel is needed to power the electric grid to charge the cars, or, even all the extra fuel to mine and process the lithium for the necessary batteries? So we blindly go ahead with the new trends because they sound good on TV or Facebook. A way to feel good all while continuing to heat the planet beyond livability.
However, trends are set up by the capitalists to enrich their offshore accounts skipping the taxman in the process. They are simply shifting production of gasoline powered engines to the battery powered electric motors. Nothing is really gained in the process. The big difference is no smelly exhaust in your garage. No suicide by running your car in your garage. You’ll have to find a cliff to drive your Volt or Tesla over to end it all.
War
I’m inclined to finally believe that civilization can’t exist without war. It seems to be a constant in human history. There is always an imperialism fueled by a toxic ideology as a driving factor. For instance the Russian Special Operation in Ukraine. The Russians have a sour taste of Nazism in their recent past. See the battle of Stalingrad during the Nazi invasion of WW II. And if I’ve read my history correctly the US also fought the Nazis during WW II after the Normandy invasion. So my BIG question: why is the US, NATO, and allies supporting the Nazis today? Disneyland(corporate[MSM] media)—my new way to express astonishment at the blatant propaganda I see on the Today Show most every morning when I awake. Or, even better, is Good Morning America, Disney itself is the parent company of ABC. All that’s missing is the cute, spunky, sidekick.
So here we are with a rapidly warming Earth and no way to stop this mess of accumulation. Capital accumulates in the capitalists bank accounts. Heat accumulates especially at Earth’s poles. People accumulate excess population. Earth and all her children are suffering from excess heat. There are now heat warnings for the southeastern states. Heat index is supposed to be as high as 110F. I’m sorry but I don’t know how that equates to wetbulb temperature. However a wetbulb temperature of 95F = 35C, is fatal to humans in a very short amount of time. And I do know that wetbulb of anything much above 85F is unbearable. I’ve worked in a kitchen when the air conditioning was down and the heat next to the grill approached 135F. I got a bad case of heat exhaustion. I’m guessing the wetbulb was close to 85F. The whole planet will soon suffer the same fate.
Heat During Food Cooking
Note: I was a professional cook for the whole 35 years that I was working. I know what heat can do to a body.
Eventually it will be too hot to grow and harvest food. Maybe then in will be too hot for stupid ideological wars. I hope to be long gone before those fateful events occur.
I found some good links today to show some items of interest to support today’s essay. First is from Arctic News blog. It is somewhat technical but illuminating nonetheless. The arctic is heating the most rapidly of any place on Earth. Once the ice is gone in a Blue Ocean Event, the heating will be much faster. I expect that to happen before this decade is over. I may, or maybe not, will be around to see what happens next. It may get fearsome. We are already experiencing shortages due to the after-effects of the c-virus, and now that Ukraine can’t export fertilizer, crop yields will be lower in regions supplied by fertilizer shipments. I’ve seen a few forcasts of up to 25% reduction of output. People will soon starve. Famines will increase. It will get ugly. There will be blood.
Links
From Artic News: http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2022/06/arctic-sea-ice-june-2022-why-situation-is-so-dangerous.html
War-Various Sources
Anaylises
https://sonar21.com/russian-success-in-the-donbas-accelerates/
https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/06/23/ukraine-war-day-120-the-classical-cauldron/
More imperialist madness: https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/06/the-neocons-dream-decolonize-russia-re-colonize-china-.html
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/06/june-22-1941-2022.html
Some great analysis from one of the best: http://thesaker.is/exile-on-main-street-the-sound-of-the-unipolar-world-fading-away/ The future perhaps?
That’s enough for today. I’ll save an older essay for tomorrow’s rundown. Time for the novel. As always, be kind and stay safe.
Peace, The Ol’ Hippy
Images: All~~Pixabay
Thursday~Melting Arctic & War
The solar flare heading to Earth might make all of our present concerns moot.
And then, there's this:
New Discoveries That Completely Alter Human History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXuAzzVOTQ