The total damage and economic loss from the California wildfires are projected between $250 and $275 billion. The most expensive disaster of all time in the US, even adjusting for inflation.

Now over 13,000 structures destroyed in LA. Haven't turned the tide yet ...

Cannot imagine what it's like to have to flee your house and then everything you didn't carry with you is destroyed.

And it will only get worse as the 21st Century continues :-(

The situation in LA keeps getting worse, now with 10,000 structures destroyed and damage projections (because this isn't over yet) estimating over $100 billion in losses. But several fires are still not contained, two new uncontained fires flared up yesterday inside LA County, and the National Weather Service has issued Red Flag warnings from San ( Read more... )

California fire season knows no calendar boundaries anymore, and cares not about population centers. Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the US, with about 10 million residents, has had 12 wildfires over the past two days, 6 of which are still uncontained, and two of which have spread across over 15 square miles each. Thousands of ( Read more... )

Democrats released their platformIf I pare away the self-congratulatory rhetoric about all the things they say Biden has done, what do Democrats actually propose to do next about climate change ( Read more... )

Look, we have to stop growing our population and production exponentially, or we're going to boil off the oceans a couple centuries from now ( Read more... )

I finally have all the 2023 statistics I need to update my Global Green Communism formula. Sustainable per capita global GDP was $2,414/year during 2023. This would be a 97% reduction from 2023 per capita GDP in the US ( Read more... )

just walking outside was super hot, ugh, and won't really improve until the weekend

instead of feeling transition anxiety with the return of the work week, I'm feeling depressed -- don't want to do anything at all -- I guess that part of the grief is catching up with me now that no other humans are here

Currently, the effect of waste heat on the planet's average temperature is only 0.02°F, compared to 2°F for global warming from emissions. It's higher in cities, more like 4°F on average, but cities are only a small portion of the earth's surface area ( Read more... )

It would be great if we humans used our advances in labor productivity and energy efficiency to actually reduce our global carbon footprint. For example, over the past 20 years, globally we've reduced carbon emissions per unit of agriculture by 29%. That sounds helpful ( Read more... )