Í dag

Mmm... og á bara hálfu ári.

Mario Draghi hent út

"Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is out. He tendered his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella. Mattarella is refusing for now. There will be another confidence vote.

Italy is woefully unprepared for this winter as gas storage is well below levels necessary to get through the winter. The problem is Italy and the EU have been lying publicly about it. According to EU data Italy’s gas system is over 65% full, with over 126 TWhrs available, in line with other major nations, like Germany.

Given how hated Draghi is in Italy, there is no way for him to continue given what we know now. Any further resistance by Mattarella will ensure the lot of them get lynched publicly."

Það var nú ágætt.

Tesla segir hvenær það er til nóg rafmagn í heiminum

"Tesla is asking drivers of its electric cars to avoid charging during Texas' peak energy consumption hours to prevent strain on the Lone Star State's power grid.

Even as efforts have been made to make  changes to ERCOT's power grid, use of its electricity delivery infrastructure has fallen behind the summer energy demands. In the face of a heatwave ERCOT has called on residents to conserve electricity between the times of 2pm and 8pm."

Það kom á daginn að græn orka annar ekki eftirspurn.

Þjóðverjar neyðast til að stunda skógarhögg

"But the punchline is when DB contemplates possible "substitution for gas" by other energy sources - the bank lists hard coal and lignite in the power sector, as for private households, it predicts that "wood will be used for heating purposes where possible," while industries will switch to oil derivatives, all of which contributes to lower gas demand."

Appelsínuguli maðurinn varaði þá við.

Mjög lífvænlegt veður í Englandi

"Temperatures will climb over the weekend, and the Met Office has issued an unprecedented red warning for the south of England on Monday and Tuesday , and an amber warning for heat covering much of England and Wales from Sunday until Tuesday.

Climate researches have said the country could see as many as 2,000 deaths from just one period of heat. Two lesser heatwaves last year resulted in an estimated 1,600 excess deaths, according to official figures."

Veðurfræðingar hafa áhyggjur sem eiga ekki við nein rök að styðjast.  Hiti er ekki vandamál, þess vegna er fleira fólk (og annað lífríki) við miðbaug en við pólana.