Oct 3, 2023 | automobiles, carbon emissions, Carbon Neutral, carbon pricing, carbonless footprint, currency, DEP, driving, earth, Earth Day, economic development, economic factors, economy, education, Electric vehicles, fuel, government, government incentives, innovation, lithium batteries, Net-Zero, regulators, technological innovation, technology, USA
Will electric vehicles prevail over the movement to use biofuels? This largely depends on who you are talking to. The US government has pushed for electric automobiles to replace fossil-fueled cars and is providing some incentives to purchase them. Be aware...
Jul 11, 2023 | 2023, avalanches, beaches, boating, bull shark, California, carbon emissions, Carbon Neutral, carbon pricing, carbonless footprint, children, climate change, culture, dorsal fins, earth, Earth Day, earthquakes, ecnomy, economy, El Nino, environment, Everglades, Florida, Florida Keys, Freezing Point, government, La Nina, News, NOAA, regulators, shark bites, shark feeding, shark fishing, sun, Tiger shark, Tsunami, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts, World
Previously I wrote about El Nino and what it means for us in 2023 and beyond. This article is an extension of that prior article building on what is now being noticed weatherwise by climatologists around the globe. Let me begin a recap of what El Nino is and does....
Jul 3, 2023 | 1970, 1980, 1990s, 2021, 2023, banks, beaches, Boomers, civil unrest, communication, Communism, congress, culture, currency, earth, Earth Day, economy, Florida, Florida Keys, government, history, Key West, money, News, Obama, Socialism, Soviet, USA, World, world history
Cuba was once ruled by Spain. They obtained their independence in 1902. In the wake of that independence, they were economically hamstrung and blighted by corrupt governments. Congress in the United States passed the Platt Amendment which granted the US the right to...
May 20, 2023 | 9/11, climate change, conversations, Earth Day, earthquakes, economic development, economy, education, El Nino, environment, EPA, Everglades, FEMA, finance, Florida, Florida Keys, FWC, history, hurricanes, News, NOA weather, NOAA, observatories, oceans, regulators, rivers, society, stars, sun, Tsunami, waterways, waves, weather, weather forecasting, weather fronts
Most everyone has heard about FEMA, but do you know what they actually do? Let me explain it here. President Jimmy Carter created FEMA back in 1979. At that time they had two tasks. One was that of civil defense and the other was emergency management. Congress defined...
May 10, 2023 | communication, conversations, DEP, earth, Earth Day, economic development, environment, EPA, FWC, government, regulators, rivers, science, Uncategorized, World
How many of you actually know what net-zero means? Let me explain it here before we jump in on how that can lessen our carbon footprints across many sectors. Net-Zero occurs when our greenhouse gas output is effectively removed from our atmosphere. This is a delicate...
Mar 9, 2023 | avalanches, California, climate change, earth, Earth Day, environment, EPA, Everglades, hurricanes, USA, waves, World, yachting
I offer up the following as a definition for what we call a tsunami. Tsunami is of Japanese origin. “Tsu” meaning harbor and “Nami” waves. You may also hear these waves referred to as tidal waves or even seismic waves. Both of those can be somewhat misleading in that...