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Seems snow, ice and cold of winter is catching too many by surprise. And now coal to the rescue, oh the humanity!! Pinched by energy crisis, Spanish coal plant slated for closure fires up WWW.REUTERS.COM Soaring demand for electricity in Spain, where a cold snap is exacerbating an energy crunch, has pushed power company Endesa to restart a coal plant that has been...

Diesel to the rescue for the ice challenged vessels Arctic shippers eye release from Russian ice captivity THEBARENTSOBSERVER.COM The 15 ships that for the last two weeks have been ice-locked in Russian Arctic waters see release coming as a second icebreaker makes its way into the East...

Just another day in parid-ice. Chukchi Sea sea ice extent exceeds 95% of the basin . This is the earliest/highest extent (Nov 20th) ice-over since 2012 and four to five weeks earlier than past 9 years... NSIDC

Bering is now close to 2012 start to ice season over the last 15 years

Hope this partially answers a few things. Anything more would just be my opinion as dependable data on the subject is rather new and not enough to be absolute The freezing point of sea water varies. For every 5 psu increase in salinity, the freezing point decreases by 0.28 degrees Celsius (0.5 degrees Fahrenheit); thus, in polar regions with an ocean salinity of about 32 psu, the water begins to freeze at -1.8 degrees Celsius (28.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The Arctic Ocean is generally fresher than other oceans, somewhere between 30 and 34 psu, fluctuating with the melt/freeze cycles , so salinity levels vary by region, and areas with strong river inflow may have even lower salinity.The amount of salt in sea water also determines the temperature at which sea water freezes. Yet, despite the saltiness of the ocean, sea ice contains very little salt, about a tenth of the amount of salt that sea water has. This is because ice will not incorporate sea salt into its crystal structure. Therefore, sea ice is actually drinkable.

To piggyback on MIAs post, Past two weeks of ice gain. Of note is that Chukchi is up to 90% of its max last March. Beaufort sea fills in to 98% of its March max. Canadian Arctic Archipelago reaches 96% of its max. All three close to their tipping point 2021 March Max here in mid November. Baffin Bay and Gulf of St. Lawrence up to 67% of its max and Barents Sea at 63% of its March max.

Perhaps the captains of these vessels should pay more attention to this thread more than other sources 20 VESSELS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE WITH SEA ICE CONDITIONS ON THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE - Energy Global News WWW.ENERGYGLOBALNEWS.COM Due to the sea ice conditions there are now about 20 vessels that either are stuck or struggling to make it across the Northern Sea Route

As has been noted, Chukchi chugging along

The people that have EVs or will have , is because for them and their lifestyle it is relatively convenient. Their job or where they can plug in overnight is not a problem. But this scenario is , in the overall scheme of things rare or limited and will remain so for quite some time.

November 11, 1911 Cold Front WWW.WEATHER.GOV

While the west try to appease the pavement squatters, China continues to sense the kill. Source: S&P global market intelligence. Chinese companies are snatching up lithium projects worldwide, ensuring access to supplies of the metal amid worsening global shortages and surging prices. The nation’s mining and battery companies acquired 6.4 million tonnes of lithium in reserves and resources in 2021, as of Oct. 18, nearly matching the 6.8 Mt of lithium acquired by all companies in 2020. China-based mining and battery giants have placed winning bids on five development-stage lithium projects valued at $1.58 billion, not including off-take and royalty deals, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Although China leads in global lithium processing and refining, it still sources the bulk of raw lithium products beyond its borders, including from Australia, Chile and Argentina. China’s buying spree, which stretches from Africa to South America, will safeguard access to lithium resources as COVID-19 disruptions and geopolitical tensions test the fragility of international supply chains. Global deficits in lithium supplies may also surge more than 60-fold to 950,000 tonnes in 2030, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, as rising sales of electric vehicles spur demand for the battery-making metal. "Chinese companies have done the math and realized how much lithium they’re going to need to meet either battery or EV growth plans and have decided to try to secure that by going after some of the most promising junior projects in development," said Seth Goldstein, a senior equity analyst at Morningstar.

While COP26 keeps its audience from going berserk... and then there's China

Since 2012 through October. A living, breathing Arctic

Not a bit surprising to either of us , but seems to be for governments

Data obtained from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), the official advisory body, following a legal battle, shows that a series of assumptions underpinning its advice to ministers included a projection that in 2050 there would be just seven days on which wind turbines would produce less than 10 per cent of their potential electricity output. So far this year, there have already been 65 such days, and in 2016 there were as many as 78. On Saturday night the disclosure prompted questions over the accuracy of the CCC’s claims in 2019 about the feasibility of meeting a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Ministers rely heavily on the CCC’s advice and modelling, and last week its chief executive, Chris Stark heralded Boris Johnson’s new Net Zero Strategy as "largely mirroring the CCC advice". It comes as an analysis by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) think tank warns that the "quality of the CCC’s advice is questionable", particularly in relation to the 2050 target adopted by Theresa May in 2019. "[The CCC] advised that this target was feasible but refused to disclose the calculations on which its costs figures were based, and it became clear that the scale of the challenge of net zero was not well understood when the target was passed into law," states the report, which is published today. The IEA report also accuses the body of having expanded an initial remit as an independent advisory body delivering balanced advice, to becoming a "pressure group".

The author dusted off an oldie. Before fossil fuels became the golden child and sole reason for all of humanities woes, capitalism was the de facto default excuse used.

Do we know the cost of renewables and their future cost? Seems that calculating these figures(for both) would be at the very least complicated , with estimates fluctuating wildly. Factors such as salaries,taxes, SUBSIDIES, to name a few. How the energies are delivered to the source or rather the calculations for that would be incredibly complex with one small tweak creating rather noticeable outcomes. Numbers continue to get thrown out as absolute when it is no such thing. And why not more shale and offshore drilling since these are more efficient, going forward during the so called "weaning process"

Is it possible to find info for the top ten previous record rain events(dates included) for Sicily?

France could reach net-zero emissions by 2050 if it continues to keep a large nuclear generation fleet in the long term and develop significantly renewable energy sources, the operator of the French grid, RTE, said in a report on Monday on the pathways to reaching carbon neutrality. Nuclear power generates most of France’s electricity. France currently gets more than 70 percent of its total electricity from nuclear power generation and is a major exporter of electricity, including to the UK. France cannot meet its goals by nuclear energy alone, or by renewables only, the grid operator said. The country will need 14 new nuclear reactors and a lot more renewable energy developments if it is to reach net-zero by 2050 at the cheapest cost, it added. be feasible if access to financing for nuclear power doesn’t differ from the ease of funding for other low-carbon technologies, the French grid operator said. Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France aimed to become a leader in green hydrogen production and reinvent nuclear power by building a small modular reactor by 2030 as part of a wider $34.6 billion (30 billion euro) plan to decarbonize industry and slash emissions. France’s bet on nuclear power—unlike Germany’s decision to phase out all nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster—has been vindicated in recent weeks as Europe’s natural gas and power prices hit record highs. The gas and electricity crisis clashed with the net-zero pledges of the European Union and the United Kingdom as some utilities were forced to fire up mothballed coal plants as natural gas prices surged.

The animation shows ice extending over the last 18 days on the left all the way to the Russian shoreline, filling in East Siberian (lower), Laptev (middle) and Kara Seas (top).