<p dir="ltr">Jim A. makes many positive choices. We try to do some of the same decisions.<br>
We grew up in the late 30's, 40's & 50's when A/C was a rarity & a luxury in homes & cars. We survived. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Today we take advantage of ever-improving technology ... some of which is a step backwards.<br>
Example: Using a finite area of land to build wind & solar farms. They reduce farmland that could be better served to produce crops. Using commercial building rooftops could be better utilized for producing energy rather than farmland.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'll get off my soapbox and store it away, again. 😂<br>
</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 10:01 PM <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wish I had a better report, but here in southern Wisconsin it was 93 F w/77% <br>
humidity last weekend, putting the heat index well above 100. It was brutal <br>
outside and completely out of character for June in Wisconsin. Nevertheless, <br>
any long time resident can see that this has been the trend for the past 40 <br>
years. I look forward to the next Invasion in Eau Claire, but it's just a couple <br>
hours farther north, and that's insignificant on the global scale. <br>
<br>
When Melissa and I first moved into this house, about 45 years ago, there <br>
were summers when we never even turned our air conditioner on. We have <br>
really nice oak trees in this neighborhood that provide a lot of really nice <br>
shade. The trees are still here, but they are no longer enough. I've probably <br>
had the AC on for more hours so far this year than our total AC hours for the <br>
first 10 years we lived here. <br>
<br>
I know that there are people out there who still believe that global warming is <br>
not real, or who feel that political loyalty requires their denial. If you fall into <br>
one of these categories, please look around, and see the handwriting on the <br>
wall. The temperature and wildfire statistics are there for anyone to see. <br>
<br>
Welcome to our new reality. Note that the new reality is that it's not just <br>
hotter this year, it's going to keep getting hotter each year. There's reason to <br>
believe that next year and the years after will be even hotter.<br>
<br>
What can each of us do about it? Here are a few things I do:<br>
<br>
I try to minimize my consumption of fossil fuels, gasoline, diesel fuel, and <br>
natural gas. I do this by being cautious in my thermostat settings and running <br>
errands in batches; Wednesday is my shopping day, so tomorrow I'll make at <br>
least 4 stops in one warmup of the car. For some errands on other days, I <br>
may take the bus or ride my bike. My daily driver gets 40 mi/gal and I have to <br>
fill its tank about once a month. <br>
<br>
I try to buy locally produced food as often as I can. I go to the local farmers' <br>
market once a week in our Wisconsin growing season. This supports local <br>
farmers and reduces the amount of fuel that's needed to get my food from <br>
farm to table. In the winter, I still watch for more local suppliers, which may <br>
mean buying produce from Arizona over that from Brazil. I try to buy from <br>
sustainable producers.<br>
<br>
I pay my local Gas & Electric company a little extra to support solar and wind <br>
farms.<br>
<br>
I donate to charities that support these goals.<br>
<br>
I give to politicians who support these goals. I question why mature fossil fuel <br>
companies still "need" continuing tax benefits, which some politicians <br>
support while complaining that we can't afford to give similar support to <br>
renewable energy startups.<br>
<br>
I support population control, because population is the multiplier for <br>
everything. Yes, declining population would have its challenges, but that's <br>
insignificant compared to the problems that ever increasing population will <br>
bring. If you've ever wondered about that farmland that all seemed to turn <br>
into houses over the past few years, that's population.<br>
<br>
Jim<br>
<br>
On 24 Jun 2025 at 21:01, Keith Park wrote:<br>
<br>
> Last year's invasion was Hot, and wet, but Yesterday in Ti was an all-time<br>
> RECORD Hot:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> The @nysmesonet's Ticonderoga site recently had a reading of 93.1/80.7,<br>
> which worked out to a heat index of 113.7F. This breaks the all-time network<br>
> record of 111.3F recorded at the Dover Plains station several years ago.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> That's an 81 degree dewpoint in TICONDEROGA, that NEVER happens! That's bad<br>
> day in Alabama stuff. so Im glad we didn't have the invasion THIS Year.<br>
> And BTW, it never stopped raining on the weekends, we've had 32 in a row<br>
> here so far,<br>
> <br>
> So it will feel good to head to Wisconsin next summer if it doesn't stop<br>
> raining in the northeast..<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Keith<br>
> <br>
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