The US is now producing more oil than any country has in history. Insane?

The US is now producing more oil than any country has in history. Insane?
Solar energy new builds in 2023 is about 392 gigawatts globally. That's the equivalent in generation terms of about 1 nuclear reactor every 10 days. And the solar boom is still accelerating & tech getting better.
"Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created artificial intelligence - that became useless & irrelevant after most people & nature were gone."
Ball's Pyramid - One of the few remaining parts of Zealandia that are not underwater.
High-tech Escapism
As the natural world declines (69% drop of global biodiversity on average since 1970, etc.), the amount of people that choose to fully immerse themselves in virtual experiences grows quickly. Connected? What are viable alternatives to hightech escapism & hyper consumerism?
Fungal Intelligence (FI): "Amazon Fungi Help Create Clouds & Rain"
It's the economy stupid...
If you are focusing on "the economy", you are completely fooling yourself. Focus on what really matters: Between 1970 and 2018, wildlife populations declined an average of 69 percent. Similar statistics can be found across the natural world, on which our very existence depends. It's certainly time to get our proprieties straight - the business people, accountants, bankers and economists are not able to and urgently need help.
"The positive effect of environmental destruction"
So what exactly is HAARP or an ionospheric heater?
Simply put, HAARP is a large facility in Gakona, Alaska (northeast of Anchorage about half way between that city and Tok Junction) with a field of phased array radio antennae. A phased array of antennae broadcast a radio signal from each antenna in the array, but the signals coming from each are slightly out of phase with each other, and this feature allows the signal to be shaped and directed via the interference pattern that emerges when the signals mix in the atmosphere. This allows the broadcast power of HAARP - some have estimated it to be about a gigawatt - to be focused or concentrated in a specific region of the ionosphere. As such, the ionopshere can actually be lifted - creating areas of low pressure - and those areas can be moved around as the signal itself moves. In other words, one can loosely steer weather systems as well as affect their intensity. And given the magnetic coupling between this planet and the Sun, some people - myself among them - have theorized that such heaters might be capable of affecting the Sun, or other nearby planets.
#Science #Military #ClimateChange #RadioBio #Cryptocracy #Space
"Romanian Forests, the Heartland of Europe’s Biodiversity, At Risk" - "Illegal logging in Romania exploded after government capped the price of firewood." - Romania contains roughly two thirds of Europe's old temperate forests.
The Art Singularity is near...
A dirty secret of "AI Art" is that for every generated image a significant amount of energy was used, as modern GPU's (like Nvidia's A100, etc.) are electricity hungry. If we imagine a relationship between "Electrical energy used (on average) to create an art piece" and the "Value (cultural, entertainment, etc.) of an art piece", the trend over the past 100 years is wild...
Benign Weather Modification - by BARRY B. COBLE , Major, USAF, School of Advanced Airpower Studies
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. —Mark Twain
The reality of giant corporations and governments shouting climate change and sustainability