The Lahaina Apocalypse death toll remained the same, which is good news, but the missing number has not changed, which is bad.  The Bidens are now in Reno, and arrive on Monday, which means Air Force One needs to leave before Tropical Storm Hilary gets close.  This not a political statement. But speaking of politics, I noticed that MSNBC and CNN are not covering the 9PM EDT First Republican Debate, which will be televised by the Fox channels.  I wondered why, and found a June 2023 article indicating that the  Republican National Committee asked for news companies to bid, and Fox won .  MSNBC and CNN, of course, will have their top panelists analyze for two hours the results from 11PM EDT. The other newsworthy item of the day has to do with natural disasters.  The more topical event is now  Tropical Storm Hilary .  The media makes Hilary sound like it will the first time ever for the Southern California to be so threatened.  Actually, while hardly frequent,  they do occur . The most rec

The American Energy Society regularly sends info on the full range of energy and minerals. Which countries are exporting Liquified Natural Gas?  The leading suppliers are Qatar, Australia and the USA. Qatar is really small, occupying only 4468 square miles.  The entire Big Island of Hawaii is 4028 square miles.  Australia is 664 times larger than Qatar, and the USA is 850 times bigger in land area.   A good rule of thumb is that LPG is 10% of natural gas and 3% of crude oil. Coal is the worst fossil fuel for global warming, right?  Yes, by far.  However, coal-generated eletricity is up 8% this year, and has doubled in the last 20 years.  India is the fastest growing market .  India now has more people than China. Wind energy turbines kill birds, right?  Yes. But cats 2000 times more birds than wind turbines. Vehicles kill 654 times more birds than wind turbines. Here is how the American Bird Conservancy responds. While this report is dated, it says that fossil fueled power plants in