Re: Big Oil Investing In Big Wind

[Yak]

Lee wrote

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> Why is a big oil company investing huge
> amounts of money in Wyoming wind?
> Aug 2
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> As one of the US's windiest states,
> Wyoming has enormous potential to help
> power the country's green revolution,
> but renewable energy in the west has
> long been dogged by a fundamental
> problem of transmission. Wind and solar
> farms tend to be located in remote areas
> separated from populated cities by
> hundreds of miles of rugged terrain, a
> tangle of government regulations and
> resistance from landowners who don't
> want power lines buzzing over their
> yards.
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> After more than a decade of trying, a
> corporation that made billions drilling
> for oil is poised to add a critical
> piece in the renewable energy puzzle.
> This month, TransWest Express LLC
> announced that it had acquired almost
> all the permits, permissions and
> partnerships needed to begin seeking
> customers for a 732-mile high voltage
> power line that would carry 20,000 GWh
> of renewable energy a year - roughly
> three-quarters of the energy needed to
> power Los Angeles - from southern
> Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las
> Vegas where it could tap into the grid
> that feeds Phoenix and Los Angeles.
>
> With extreme heat bearing down on desert
> cities, the Colorado River running so
> low that the Hoover dam's energy
> production has dwindled by a quarter,
> wildfires raging from June through
> October and freak winter storms knocking
> out gas operations, western energy
> managers need new and diverse sources of
> power to avoid more blackouts. If it
> comes to fruition, the TransWest Express
> would provide crucial alternatives while
> helping western states meet their
> ambitious renewable energy commitments.
>
> https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/28/oil-company-wind-pow
> er-wyoming-west
>
>


They should be forced to burn coal like everybody else in west virgina
does.



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[Yak]

[Yak]

[Abner Hayseed]

> of renewable energy a year – roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles – from southern

[Abner Hayseed]

[Abner Hayseed]

[Abner Hayseed]

[Abner Hayseed]

[Abner Hayseed]

[Yak]

> of renewable energy a year - roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles - from southern

> Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las
> Vegas where it could tap into the grid
> that feeds Phoenix and Los Angeles.
>
> With extreme heat bearing down on desert
> cities, the Colorado River running so
> low that the Hoover dam's energy
> production has dwindled by a quarter,
> wildfires raging from June through
> October and freak winter storms knocking
> out gas operations, western energy
> managers need new and diverse sources of
> power to avoid more blackouts. If it
> comes to fruition, the TransWest Express
> would provide crucial alternatives while
> helping western states meet their
> ambitious renewable energy commitments.
>
> https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/28/oil-company-wind-pow
> er-wyoming-west
>
>

[Yak]

[Abner Hayseed]

> of renewable energy a year – roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles – from southern

[Abner Hayseed]

[Yak]

> of renewable energy a year - roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles - from southern

> Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las
> Vegas where it could tap into the grid
> that feeds Phoenix and Los Angeles.
>
> With extreme heat bearing down on desert
> cities, the Colorado River running so
> low that the Hoover dam's energy
> production has dwindled by a quarter,
> wildfires raging from June through
> October and freak winter storms knocking
> out gas operations, western energy
> managers need new and diverse sources of
> power to avoid more blackouts. If it
> comes to fruition, the TransWest Express
> would provide crucial alternatives while
> helping western states meet their
> ambitious renewable energy commitments.
>
> https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/28/oil-company-wind-pow
> er-wyoming-west
>
>

[Yak]

[Abner Hayseed]

> of renewable energy a year – roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles – from southern

[Abner Hayseed]

[Yak]

> of renewable energy a year - roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles - from southern

> Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las
> Vegas where it could tap into the grid
> that feeds Phoenix and Los Angeles.
>
> With extreme heat bearing down on desert
> cities, the Colorado River running so
> low that the Hoover dam's energy
> production has dwindled by a quarter,
> wildfires raging from June through
> October and freak winter storms knocking
> out gas operations, western energy
> managers need new and diverse sources of
> power to avoid more blackouts. If it
> comes to fruition, the TransWest Express
> would provide crucial alternatives while
> helping western states meet their
> ambitious renewable energy commitments.
>
> https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/28/oil-company-wind-pow
> er-wyoming-west
>
>

[Yak]

[Abner Hayseed]

> of renewable energy a year – roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles – from southern

[Abner Hayseed]

[Yak]

> of renewable energy a year - roughly

> three-quarters of the energy needed to

> power Los Angeles - from southern

> Wyoming to a distribution hub near Las
> Vegas where it could tap into the grid
> that feeds Phoenix and Los Angeles.
>
> With extreme heat bearing down on desert
> cities, the Colorado River running so
> low that the Hoover dam's energy
> production has dwindled by a quarter,
> wildfires raging from June through
> October and freak winter storms knocking
> out gas operations, western energy
> managers need new and diverse sources of
> power to avoid more blackouts. If it
> comes to fruition, the TransWest Express
> would provide crucial alternatives while
> helping western states meet their
> ambitious renewable energy commitments.
>
> https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/28/oil-company-wind-pow
> er-wyoming-west
>
>

[Yak]

[Positron]

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>They should be forced to burn coal like everybody else in west virgina
>does.
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The USA certainly isn't a pure capitalist paradise, nor anywhere else.

In fact the rightwinger who claim to be capitalists demonstrate little
knowledge of capitalism and habitually spend more tax dollars and run higher
deficits than the lefties.

Then by definition the USA is a failed socialist gulag and it's citizens are
slaves.

[Transheuser-Busch]

On 13 Nov 2021, Yak <y...@inbox1.com> posted some
news:smpd2e$cf7$7...@news.dns-netz.com:

> Lee wrote
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>> Spreading LGBTQIA+ MONKEYPOX should be punishable by death.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health
officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreaks.

Mpox infections exploded early in the summer of 2022 in the wake of Pride
gatherings. More than 30,000 U.S. cases were reported last year, most of
them spread during sexual contact between gay and bisexual men. About 40
people died.

With Pride events planned across the country in the coming weeks, health
officials and event organizers say they are optimistic that this year
infections will be fewer and less severe. A bigger supply of vaccine, more
people with immunity and readier access to a drug to treat mpox are among
the reasons.

But they also worry that people may think of mpox as last year’s problem.

“Out of sight, out of mind,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who is advising
the White House on its mpox response. “But we are beating the drum.”

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health
alert to U.S. doctors to watch for new cases. On Thursday, the agency
published a modeling study that estimated the likelihood of mpox
resurgence in 50 counties that have been the focus of a government
campaign to control sexually transmitted diseases.

The study concluded that 10 of the counties had a 50% chance or higher of
mpox outbreaks this year. The calculation was based largely on how many
people were considered at high risk for infection and what fraction of
them had some immunity through vaccination or previous infection.

At the top of the list are Jacksonville, Florida; Memphis, Tennessee; and
Cincinnati — cities where 10% or fewer of the people at highest risk were
estimated to have immunity. Another 25 counties have low or medium
immunity levels that put then at a higher risk for outbreaks.

The study had a range of limitations, including that scientists don’t know
how long immunity from vaccination or prior infections lasts.

So why do the study? To warn people, said Dr. Chris Braden, who heads the
CDC’s mpox response.

“This is something that is important for jurisdictions to promote
prevention of mpox, and for the population to take note — and take care of
themselves. That’s why we’re doing this,” he said.

Officials are trying to bring a sense of urgency to a health threat that
was seen as a burgeoning crisis last summer but faded away by the end of
the year.

Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is caused by a virus in the same family
as the one that causes smallpox. It is endemic in parts of Africa, where
people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals, but
was not known to spread easily among people.

Cases began emerging in Europe and the U.S. about a year ago, mostly among
men who have sex with men, and escalated in dozens of countries in June
and July. The infections were rarely fatal, but many people suffered
painful skin lesions for weeks.

Countries scrambled to find a vaccine or other countermeasures. In late
July, the World Health Organization declared a health emergency. The U.S.
followed with its own in early August.

But then cases began to fall, from an average of nearly 500 a day in
August to fewer than 10 by late December. Experts attributed the decline
to several factors, including government measures to overcome a vaccine
shortage and efforts in the gay and bisexual community to spread warnings
and limit sexual encounters.

The U.S. emergency ended in late January, and the WHO ended its
declaration earlier this month.

Indeed, there is a lower sense of urgency about mpox than last year, said
Dan Dimant, a spokesman for NYC Pride. The organization anticipates fewer
messages about the threat at its events next month, though plans could
change if the situation worsens.

There were long lines to get shots during the height of the crisis last
year, but demand faded as cases declined. The government estimates that
1.7 million people — mostly men who have sex with men — are at high risk
for mpox infection, but only about 400,000 have gotten the recommended two
doses of the vaccine.

“We’re definitely not where we need to be,” Daskalakis said, during an
interview last week at an STD conference in New Orleans.

Some see possible storm clouds on the horizon.

Cases emerged this year in some European countries and South Korea. On
Thursday, U.K. officials said an uptick in mpox cases in London in the
last month showed that the virus was not going away.

Nearly 30 people, many of them fully vaccinated, were infected in a recent
Chicago outbreak. (As with COVID-19 and flu shot, vaccinated people can
still get mpox, but they likely will have milder symptoms, officials say.)

Dr. Joseph Cherabie, associate medical director of the St. Louis County
Sexual Health Clinic, said people from the area travel to Chicago for
events, so outbreaks there can have ripple effects elsewhere.

“We are several weeks behind Chicago. Chicago is usually our bellwether,”
Cherabie said.

Chicago health officials are taking steps to prevent further spread at an
“International Mr. Leather” gathering this weekend.

Event organizers are prominently advising attendees to get vaccinated.
Chicago health officials put together social media messages, including one
depicting three candles and a leather paddle that reads: “Before you play
with leather or wax get yourself the mpox vax.”

___

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group.
The AP is solely responsible for all content.

https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nationworld/headlines/ap-mpox-is-
down-but-us-cities-could-be-at-risk-for-summertime-outbreaks/

[Transheuser-Busch]

On 29 Nov 2021, Yak <y...@inbox1.com> posted some
news:so3ijd$ild$5...@news.dns-netz.com:

> Lee wrote
>
>> LGBTQIA+ MONKEYPOX carriers should be burned at the stake.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week tallied 21 more
cases of mpox, the disease formerly called monkeypox, as authorities are
now bracing for the possibility of a resurgence over the coming months.

Illinois makes up the largest share of new cases, with nine new infections
reported to the CDC. New York and Maryland each counted three additional
infections.

Mpox case totals for Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Utah and
Virginia each climbed by one since last week.

The agency recently deployed staff to investigate a number of cases around
Chicago, which includes several infections of fully vaccinated men. Health
officials say the outbreak has primarily involved men who have sex with
men.

"CDC is collaborating with the Chicago Department of Health to investigate
this cluster and specifically looking into why we are seeing more
vaccinated cases than expected," Dr. Christopher Braden, head of the CDC's
mpox response, said in a recent call with clinicians.

One theory being investigated is that the virus may have evolved mutations
to evade the two-dose Jynneos vaccines that were rolled out last year to
protect against it.

It is unclear when samples from the cases will be sequenced. A
spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Public Health did not respond
to a request for comment.

CDC scientists have warned of other concerning mutations spotted in the
virus that causes mpox disease, which is still called monkeypox virus.

In an unpublished study that has yet to be peer-reviewed, the CDC reported
monkeypox strains had turned up with signs of resistance to tecovirimat,
the main antiviral drug used to treat patients. One of those worrying
mutations was also detected "in a cluster of cases" around Los Angeles.
That suggests drug-resistant monkeypox can be transmitted person-to-person
in at least "rare cases."

Overall, the U.S. is still averaging less than three cases reported each
day, far smaller than the hundreds of infections reported over the summer
last year.

In total, 32 infections have so far been diagnosed for the month of May.
Last month had reached a sum of 41 mpox cases.

But authorities have warned for months of the looming risk of a resurgence
this year among communities at the highest risk of exposure, like men who
have sex with men, starting with travel and festivities around Pride Month
in June.

"The risk of near-term clusters and outbreaks is substantial and the
outbreaks could be large, especially in the warmer months, with planned
gatherings that may have the potential for skin-to-skin contact and
increased sexual activity," Braden said.

The Chicago cluster also prompted the Biden administration to begin
weighing whether a shift in vaccine strategy — like additional boosters —
might soon be needed.

"We've already, really immediately after seeing the Chicago cluster,
convened folks within the U.S. government to discuss what the data is that
we have and if there needs to be any change," the White House's Dr.
Demetre Daskalakis told reporters last week.

For now, Daskalakis said the CDC is still urging at-risk Americans to only
get the initial two doses of Jynneos vaccine.

CDC modeling suggests the vaccine could still blunt the size of a
resurgence, even if immunity begins to wane. Studies released last week
suggest two doses were between 66% and 86% effective earlier in the
outbreak.

Ongoing studies of vaccinated residents in California and Washington,
D.C., as well as findings from the investigation in Chicago, might open
the door for more shots.

"We are on it, from the perspective of having the scientific discussions
and are obviously, as sort of demonstrated in the track record of the
response, really adjust our strategy based on what science is showing us,"
said Daskalakis.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-mpox-cases-summer-resurgence/