This is a WTF kind of story. How did corruption get this bad in the USA? Emails and interviews show that after the weeks of C.D.C. rejections, researchers in Seattle decided to defy regulators and test anyway. They ended up finding and reporting the first case of community-transmission in the
Continue readingAuthor: John Klein
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Climate Crisis Expanding
We need urgent action from governments on the climate crisis. The delay we know will cost lives. "We need to see emissions declining fast, by almost half by 2030, in order to avoid reaching that feared point where critical carbon sinks become carbon sources and climate change begins to run
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: COVID-19 Spreading Unchecked
The latest viral plague sweeping the world has a mortality rate in the range of 1 to 3%, from the numbers I’ve seen. This would put it in the realm of seriousness of minor Smallpox which we wiped out in 1977 thanks to a campaign of vaccination that ended the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oil Men on Net Zero Energy
I don’t think I want to bother hearing what they have to say. What will 3 oil men tell you about Net Zero capabilities of Sask? Quite likely nothing of value to address the extreme emissions problem here. 'Keep on burning', is what they'll all say. Would you visit an
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Jana Pruden #Minifie2020 Lecture
Live streamed at UR Journalism Facebook. I’ll be tweeting during the lecture, stay tuned.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Heating Homes
Canada has a huge house heating issue. We burn a lot of fossil gas to heat homes. There are solutions, but we’ll have to implement them faster than the market can provide. For new neighbourhoods, Borehole Thermal Energy Storage is an obvious solution. Geothermal heating is another good idea for
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Greta and Family Struggled
An amazing journey from a very sick kid, to a world leader: "She has succeeded. Some say that she alone has done more for the climate than politicians and the mass media have in years. But Greta doesn’t agree. “Nothing has changed,” she says. “The emissions continue to increase and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Papa Troll
This guy was almost PM. Stockwell Day wasn't enough of a scare to dissuade Con voters from wasting a decade with Harper. What fresh hell awaits following Scheer?#cdnpoli https://t.co/JMembtaJG6 — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) February 23, 2020 I havent watched #PawPatrol with a critical eye, but there's value in thinking
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Farming Experiment
Facebook reminded me of this joke from 7 years ago. It pretends farming is an illicit drug that teens want to try.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bigger Than It Looks
I kinda feel this should be a bigger story than it has been given time for on our news. The impact on Saskatchewan will be very severe when the ocean is 3 meters higher than it presently is thanks to this glacier not being in the oceans. If we can
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bernie Won Iowa Popular Vote
Here’s Mayor Pete’s opinion on getting the most votes: “At risk of sounding a little simplistic, one thing I believe is that in an American Presidential election, the person who gets the most votes ought to be the person who wins.” #CNNTownHall #PeteforAmerica pic.twitter.com/L2KCeyqMDO — Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) March 11,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: January 2020
I still can’t believe it’s 2020. This is the future. What’s it like? Well, there are supercomputers in our pockets, there’s the high chance of war in the Middle East, and our air has seldom been so polluted. It’s just like 10 years ago. #Moonset this morning#YQR pic.twitter.com/falPvHkV9D — Saskboy
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #EightYears came early
A couple years ago when the IPCC gave us approximately 12 years to get emissions way down, I started using the hashtag #TwelveYears on stories related to how far we have to go yet now I’ve been using #TenYears, but I’m being too conservative. #EightYears is our presently calculated deadline
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oil Is The Reason For The Season?
Don’t you dare suggest that oil could be bad, the sensitive folks of Oxbow, SK might get up in arms. They’re having a tough time with work you see, the oil industry that once paid them handsomely to ruin their kid’s environment, now only ruins their kids’ environment without paying
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: WikiLeaks: Sweden Tosses Unneeded Investigation
This article makes it sound like he was preventing the Swedish phony investigation from proceeding by hiding (in a location known to the whole world!). No, the reason for the investigation in Sweden was not just because Assange parts on bad terms with lovers, but because the US was pursuing
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: EVs Outselling Stick Shift
Not surprising, people are buying more EV cars than manual transmission ones. But why is electric even an option in that poll? The question appears to be about transmissions and “electric” isn’t a type of transmission. — Creelon Musk (@Mike_Bellegarde) November 19, 2019 Presently fewer than 10% are voting for
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ACC Longtime Host Bob Kingsley Passes Away
For a lot of years I listened to the American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley. In more recent years he’s had another countdown show, while Kix Brooks hosted American Country Countdown. Kingsley passed away on Thursday at the age of 80. It’s going to be weird listening to country radio
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Hypocrisy It Isn’t
Notable climate crisis musician and activist Laura Stewart in the Leader Post explaining why climate activists aren’t hypocrites for pressuring governments to take action they cannot personally: leaderpost com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-oct-17-2019-climate-change-protesters-arent-the-major-emitters Climate protesters aren’t hypocrites Regina’s climate protesters are not hypocrites. They demand government action on problems their personal actions can’t touch.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Greta Goes To Edmonton, Alberta Goes Nuts
If you want to read something funny about bad people, here it is. Climate activist and hero Greta Thunberg is in Calgary and on her way to Edmonton for a climate strike on Friday, and the Premier is flipping out. He’s one of the hypothetical middle age white guys threatened
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: SaskPower/SaskParty Stabs Solar Industry Again
The corrupt, oil money taking Sask Party has again let SaskPower attack the renewable energy industry in Saskatchewan. Worse, they’re lying to do it. They’re convincing many in the media to report that “Net Metering” is returning as an option on November 1st, but that’s not true. No longer will
Continue reading