Today, after half a year of talking, we may hear the announcement of a right-far-right government in the Netherlands, led by Wilders' PVV party and supported by @minpres Rutte's VVD, newcomer NSC, and 'farmers party' BBB. Tough times ahead. Picture: 2018, four years after MH17.
Biden will be 82 years old in November. The chance that a US male of his age passes away within 4.7 years - i.e. before the end of the next presidential term - is ~36%. But we know his choice of VP: Kamala Harris.
Trump will be 78 years old soon (14 June). The chance that a US male of his age passes away within 4.7 years - i.e. before the end of the next presidential term - is ~26%. That makes his choice of VP relevant for the world. And Biden..
Free advice for TGV-INOUI: On the TGV Paris-Biarritz, create a separate section for 20-50 surfboards (they take very little space when properly organized) and charge €10 for those too. People have been known to surf in the Biarritz region more often...
International trains )*&^#$%^&*(!! (or should we say: room for improvement)
Daughter travels to Bilbao for surfing holiday. Friend takes plane, daughter takes train. @Eurostar to Paris: Surfboard, no problem. @TGVINOUI Paris-Biarritz: Surfboard?! Illegal! That'll be €150 fine.
Also TGVINOUI: Bicycle? Yeah, we have a separate section for that. Ticket is €10. Airline: Surfboard? Sure, that'll be €50.
BREAKING (the climate): Based on daily values, the April average of atmospheric CO₂ at Mauna Loa was 426.5-426.6 ppm. That's a big jump of ~3.2 ppm from last year's 423.35 ppm!
It's also the highest CO₂ concentration the world has experienced in 14 million years.
June 2023 was the warmest June on record. July 2023 was the warmest July on record. August 2023 was the warmest August on record. Sept 2023 was the warmest September on record. Oct 2023 was the warmest October on record. November 2023 was the warmest November on record. December 2023 was the warmest December on record. January 2024 was the warmest January on record. February 2024 was the warmest February on record. March 2024 was the warmest March on record.
Often we don't get to see this news anymore. Sometimes we ignore it. But it's happening every week, in Europe.
The EU needs to stop exports of components for weapons 'to Central-Asia', which end up in Russia and its arms industry, and then on Ukrainian citizens.
June 2023 was the warmest June on record. July 2023 was the warmest July on record. August 2023 was the warmest August on record. September 2023 was the warmest September on record. October 2023 was the warmest October on record. November 2023 was the warmest November on record. December 2023 was the warmest December on record. January 2024 was the warmest January on record. And now February 2024 was the warmest February on record.
February 2024 was the warmest February on record globally, with an average surface air temperature 0.81°C above the already warmed 1991-2020 average for February. The month was 1.77°C warmer than an estimate of the February average for 1850-1900. #globalwarming#ClimateChange
The high, but necessary investments in the energy transition can be put into perspective by considering that in the Netherlands, we invested around €250 billion in 9.4 million cars, which we only use around 5% of the time, while in many cases good alternatives are available.
The Netherlands added a record 2.9 GW of wind power in 2023! 11.6 GW now capable of producing almost 40 TWh/year, that's more than 1/3 of our national electricity demand. By Bosch and Van Rijn
Ritchie's reason #2a to be optimistic: "Rapidly decreasing per capita emissions from coal, even in China and India, despite what you hear in the media." Hmm. Her own graph says: UK, US: yes China, India: not exactly rapid yet.
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