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AndrewHenry

@AndrewHenry@mastodon.energy

Canadian. Local paper occasionally publishes pieces I write about climate, energy, and Passive House. Also interested in disability issues, for reasons. Nordic skier who played Rugby. Happiest out skiing on a sunny and cold mid-February day.

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mbonsma, to random
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Every time someone tells me it's only sensible for pedestrians to be predictable and careful and attentive on our dangerous car-dominated streets, what I hear is that they don't believe kids have a right to autonomy in public

AndrewHenry,
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@mbonsma

Acquaintances just got back from working in a sensible city in a Baltic country. Their ~8 year old daughter is pissed off at the loss of independence she had overseas. She got used to taking city buses on her own and biking without worry.

ZLabe, to random
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The size of the global sea ice departure (i.e., amount of missing ice compared to 1981-2010) has just reached the largest anomaly in our satellite record... 😶

More figures at https://zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-extent-conc/. Data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index.

AndrewHenry,
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@ZLabe

Have to rescale the y-axis once again, Zack.

AndrewHenry, to random
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‘

“Every seed company is facing these problems, but they probably wouldn’t want to tell you that,” said Alan Sparks, an industry veteran who consults for Baker Creek Seeds. “‘We’ve got everything in control! Everything’s gonna be OK!’ But it’s not OK.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/seed-farmers-climate-change

davidho, to random
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I envy people in 2050 when everything is rainbows and unicorns.

Net zero CO₂ emissions by 2050

AndrewHenry,
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@tschenkel @davidho

https://youtu.be/YbYWhdLO43Q?si=AZ65sKb41G-paY6n

AndrewHenry, to random
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“Glaciers and ice cover are retreating before our eyes. Rising temperatures have accelerated – and also disrupted – the water cycle. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. We are seeing much heavier precipitation episodes and flooding. And at the opposite extreme, more evaporation, dry soils and more intense droughts,”

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https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-calls-better-monitoring-of-increasingly-erratic-water-cycle

AndrewHenry, to random
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According to the Brazilian government, 60 of the 62 cities in northern Amazonas state have declared a state of emergency because of drought and wildfires, and the month of October is expected to be "challenging".

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-tells-landowners-stop-setting-fires-amazon-climate-emergency-2023-10-13/

davidho, to random
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What's Canadian English, eh?

AndrewHenry,
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@davidho

Hi neighbour.

AndrewHenry, to random
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For the first half of autumn 2022, this same creek was too shallow for coho and chum salmon to return upstream to spawn.

We watched the fish school in front of the beach and creek mouth; watched them jump and ripple the near-shore ocean waters with their fins. Those fish waited for well over a month. The usual rains that swell the creek waters to double, triple, quadruple their summertime size, did not come.

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https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/12/Rainforest-Without-Rain/

AndrewHenry, to random
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This is fine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trans-mountain-pipeline-deloitte-canada-report-1.6987896

AndrewHenry, to random
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I wrote a column for the local paper that was published last week.

With the climate crisis in full swing I was trying to point out the need for managed retreat from not only physical infrastructure but since everything requires the use of fossil fuels still we need managed retreat from the non-essential.

Note: The title was the editor's decision.

https://www.lowdownonline.com/post/we-can-t-afford-to-delay-managed-retreat

AndrewHenry,
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@myeyesaredim Thanks. It was a decent amount of work so I appreciate the feedback.

AndrewHenry, to random
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Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface, alarming area First Nations and triggering three investigations.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/kearl-oilsands-releases-tailings-seepage-leak-alberta-1.6984307

GreenFire, to random
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Cars and trucks are among the largest sources of climate-warming pollution in the U.S., accounting for around 23% of national emissions in 2021.

But do EVs really lower carbon emissions, even when the electricity feeding the car comes from heavily polluting sources? The answer – thankfully – is a resounding yes. Compared to gasoline-powered vehicles, electric cars emit substantially less carbon dioxide pollution, no matter which form of energy is used to recharge them. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/electric-vehicles-reduce-carbon-pollution-in-all-u-s-states/

AndrewHenry,
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@pinhman @GreenFire

I have always been amazed that project happened in Alberta.

johnefrancis, to random
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I'm pretty uncomfortable with the federal govts recent moves to improve housing availability by making things easier for landlords and property developers, with tax credits and financial subsidies.

Landlords and property speculators are among the most vile parties in Canada.

I'd rather see more direct affordability improvements for people, to help them avoid permanent, precarious tenancy.

AndrewHenry,
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@johnefrancis @dairpo

Worked for a contractor a few decades ago in SW Ontario who told me the story of how a local home builder took advantage of federal subsidies for new housing. The incentive was generous and was paid out when the foundation was poured. The builder poured the foundation collected the subsidy and walked away.

sundogplanets, to random
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"Manoeuvre" is officially my least favourite word to spell. (The American spelling ain't too bad, the Canadian spelling is atrocious).

Oh wait, it gets worse: "manoeuvrable"

aaaaggghhhh

AndrewHenry,
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@sundogplanets

I did not know we had a Canadian spelling for maneuver.

You can let that one slide but don’t you dare drop the ‘u’ after ‘o’.

agiletortoise, to random
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I just watched a high schooler try to figure out if a screw was 1” long using the measuring app on their iPhone while standing next to this wall of tools.

AndrewHenry,
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@agiletortoise And when they need to lay out stair risers what are they going to do?

AndrewHenry, to random
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Built a for my kid’s class. Should come in handy with the present heat wave, and for wildfire smoke next Spring.

Used a “Honeywell TurboForce Portable Air Circulating Box/Floor Fan” as it is noticeably quieter than the typical box fan. Only drawback is the speed settings are on the back! I set it on low and taped the fan on the box. Plug it in and it is on.

AndrewHenry, to random
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Goodness, what could be making these very fit tennis players sick, maybe…

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It’s not just players. The ESPN commentator John McEnroe said on Tuesday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus after feeling unwell.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/sports/tennis/us-open-players-sick.html

ZLabe, to worldwithoutus
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The Northwest Passage appears effectively open, mostly the southern route...

Graphic provided by https://usicecenter.gov/Catalog/ArcticSeaRoutes

AndrewHenry,
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@ZLabe

Stan Rogers’ “Northwest Passage’

https://youtu.be/TVY8LoM47xI?si=GabaICOlfqza-b7a

cstross, to random
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Oh God and by God I mean N'yar Lat-Hotep, I just realized: the New Management is into longtermism. After all, a future with a billion inhabited planets hosting ten billion humans each, all mired in existential despair, is a vastly more enticing prospect for the Black Pharaoh than anything He'd gain by maximally immiserating everybody RIGHT NOW ... surely that's got to justify a little TLC for His flock in the short term if it gets Him there?

TESCREAL is perfect for sadistic alien chaos gods!

AndrewHenry,
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@antipode77 @HighlandLawyer @cstross @KraftTea

Neoliberalism has left the West structurally unsound.

AndrewHenry, to climate
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The mass death of the cold-water fish has occurred during another summer of extreme drought and heat on Vancouver Island, a region known for its temperate climate.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/world/canada/canada-wildfires-river-salmon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

AndrewHenry, to climate
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Debris flows are more likely after wildfires as the vegetation that kept the slope in place has burned.

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"There is debris flow risk due to forecast rain," reads a tweet from the B.C. Transport Ministry.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/highway-access-restored-fraser-canyon-wildfire-1.6950959

ct_bergstrom, to random
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Figure 3. The majority of large ungulates still lack wifi connectivity.

AndrewHenry,
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@ct_bergstrom

Non charismatic mega fauna.

AndrewHenry, to random
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the extreme heat has created an unusual gap between the end of the berry-picking season and the start of the apple season, meaning some employees may wait weeks without pay before they can resume work.

“Usually they’ll go from cherries and berries and they’ll wait a week and they go into apples,” said Velasquez, “But if you add climate change, they might wait 19 days to be transferred.”

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https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/29/Extreme-Weather-Migrant-Farmworkers/

AndrewHenry, to random
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Chatting with a family friend who is a nurse. They work at a camp in the summer.

They said a family whose kids attempt camp had three of their children end up with diabetes after Covid.


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