Month: October 2023

Continuing the previous post, here’s a snap that does a better job of driving the point home:

Living in Switzerland is at times strange. There is no palpable evidence of Global Warming here, consequently the public here has no sense or urgency.

Fair enough. I can’t fault the well-meaning people here who do work on so-called “sustainability” measures.

But while I respect the people and their goodwill, I am a non-expert in this area so I can’t help but find the word “sustainable” to be somewhat silly in view of (1) the tremendous environmental debt that must be repaid (in other words, are we not responsible for the prior damage done?), and (2) the tremendous global warming momentum (in other words, if CO2 levels were frozen now, the planet would continue to heat). Don’t get me wrong: I’m happy if we replace a plastic bag with a paper one — but that hardly makes a difference to our situation.

Here are some interesting snaps from a place where the effects of Global Warming are palpable, and where many family, friends, and colleagues have now suffered real losses due to this effect.

 

 

I took this snap at a do-it-yourself store in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In August!!!

And here it is from a bit further back. The tall figures are close to 3 meters tall!

I honestly don’t understand it. Here is a “robostore” in which you can select something you want and just walk out with it – apparently Amazon technology will scan it and charge you for it. But what is the advantage of this approach, if they must hire a person to guard the store?

That’s the IATA code. In ICAO it is KORD.