

oz4caster
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@oz4caster
Science and nature nerd. Retired meteorologist/environmental engineer. Political moderate independent. Looking for honesty, integrity, and truth.





@TonyClimate Would be interesting to see how they look in IR from above. Data Center Heat Islands?



9 GW is the equivalent of 90,000,000 100 Watt light bulbs, burning continuously. The heat coming from these data centers is incomprehensibly large.













A modest 1.4-degree rise in 200 years and the return of CO2 should not be seen as a crisis at all. This is a climatic restoration taking place around us. Life has always flourished during warmer greenhouse periods compared with the brutal scarcity of icehouse conditions. These are the defining features of the rise of the successful dinosaurian and mammalian epochs. We have missed the entire point of a soaring greening world that is still in recovery mode from the Late Cenozoic Icehouse state, which began 34 million years ago with the glaciation of Antarctica. We're seeing a new greening flush across the world. NASA’s satellite data reveals the extent of this fresh reality; an increase in CO2 has acted as a global fertiliser. This greening isn't aesthetic; it represents increased biomass and carbon sequestration by plants that are becoming more water-efficient due to higher CO2 levels.

If you look beneath the surface of a wind turbine or an EV battery, you will not find anything remotely green. Instead, you will notice a massive increase in high-impact mining for white gold (lithium), cobalt and rare earth elements. This all takes place out of sight and out of mind. As of 2026, researchers note that 'digging deeper for longer' is the new mining catchcry. We're chasing ever lower-grade ores to meet net zero quotas. The actual legacy includes the rising slag heaps of toxic waste (tailings) and thousands of new child miners.







