World Bank ‘Misplaces’ $41 Billion in Climate Change Funds – Oxfam Investigation finds: ‘No clear public record showing where this money went or how it was used’
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/10/24/world-bank-misplaces-41-billion-in-climate-change-funds-n4933604 By Rick Moran The World Bank was created, in part, to help alleviate the extreme poverty in about 10% of the world’s population. That’s 700 million people living on less than $2 a day. The bank gets its funding from contributions made by rich nations. However, a recent decision to divert 45% of its […]
Wash Post: ‘The new American Dream should be a townhouse’ – ‘Are more climate-friendly’ with ‘increased density’ & are ‘important step toward more environmentally friendly cities’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/american-dream-buy-townhouse/ The new American Dream should be a townhouse Americans are desperate for more affordable and low-maintenance housing options. By Amanda Shendruk and Heather Long October 21, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Excerpt: Owning a home has long been a core part of the American Dream. Today, however, there simply aren’t enough affordable options, and […]
UK Times: ‘Jet zero’ is coming: ‘Passengers can look forward to guilt-free travel’ – But greens rip airport expansion in UK as ‘yet another assault on human and planetary wellbeing’ – Urge a ‘frequent flyer levy’
https://link.thetimes.co.uk/view/643dae8e52f5b18ea2028d73m4gb9.9ve/689291e2 By Henry Bird – UK Times When the Conservative government published its “jet zero” strategy in July 2022, designed to achieve net zero aviation emissions by 2050, it said that “passengers can look forward to guilt-free travel”. Coincidentally, the strategy was announced on the UK’s hottest day on record – leaving some to question […]
From Your Wallet to Theirs: How EV Subsidies Favor the Wealthy – In 2024, the feds issued $2 billion in tax credits for over 300,000 EVs & hybrids—mostly to wealthy households
This year, the government has issued $2 billion in tax credits for over 300,000 electric-battery and plug-in hybrids—mostly to wealthy households that don’t necessarily need them.
Nationally, 14% of households earning over $100,000 own an electric vehicle, compared to 5% of middle-income households and 2% of those earning $40,000 or less, according to a recent Gallup poll.
In California, the state leading in electric vehicles, the Top 20 ZIP codes with the highest percentage of EVs have median household incomes above $100,000, while the lowest-income areas have almost no EV ownership.
Electric vehicles are simply too expensive for lower- and middle-class households. The electric version of the average compact SUV (the most popular class of cars) costs $53,048—49% more than the $35,722 price tag of the model with an internal combustion engine.
The federal government offers up to $7,500 in tax credits for a new electric vehicle, up to $4,000 for used electric vehicles, and up to $40,000 for commercial electric vehicles, all depending on domestic content requirements.
Kroger’s Plan to Use Facial Recognition Cameras As Part of ‘Digital Pricing’ Raises Concern: ‘Imagine a grocery store AI basing the price of YOUR item on YOUR biometric data: income, race, net worth, social credit — to determine what to charge you’
https://emilytvproducer.substack.com/p/surge-pricing-isnt-the-worst-part EmilyTVProducer Imagine the grocery store AI basing the price of YOUR item on YOUR biometric data: income, race, net worth, social credit — to determine what to charge you. Kroger’s Plan to Use Facial Recognition Raises Concerns About Surge Pricing How soon will the Minority Report-style supermarket arrive? By Matt Novak Published October 16, 2024 […]
Watch: Morano on Bombthrower TV talks climate hysteria, carbon communism and the coming Central Bank Digital Currencies – CBDC’s Are About Creating a Permission-Based Society
Climate Depot’s Marc Morano joins me on this episode of BombthrowerTV talk about Covid Tyranny, climate hysteria and the coming Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) that will be used to impose carbon communism on us all. BT⚡TV 16: Marc Morano – CBDC’s Are About Creating a Permission-Based Society It was an honour and a privilege […]
Energy Lockdowns Have Arrived: Wash Post touts ‘millions of Americans giving up control of their home thermostats’ – Laud ‘utility companies remotely shutting off’ your AC during heat waves to ‘prop up grids’ – WaPo admits solar & wind ‘only make electricity when the wind is blowing & the sun is shining’
Wash Post: – September 24, 2024: Ada Garcia, a Houston homeowner, didn’t have to touch her thermostat to pitch in. Her utility company remotely shut off her air conditioner nine times that day as part of a power-saving strategy that is already propping up grids around the country as they deal with booming demand and a growing share of unpredictable wind and solar power. …
Garcia, who was working in her home office, had no idea that Texas was teetering on the edge of an energy crisis that evening or that Octopus Energy, her power company, was waging a battle in her living room to save the grid. …
Around the state of Texas, Octopus and other power companies raised thermostats, paused electric car chargers and tapped into home batteries in thousands more of their customers’ homes. They also paid stores, data centers and office towers to shut off lights and air conditioners and slow down their computers.
All told, Texas utilities made 2.6 gigawatts of electricity demand disappear in the critical moments when the grid was in crisis — the equivalent of a large nuclear power plant. That’s why programs like this one are called “virtual power plants.” …
Meanwhile, supply is becoming less predictable as power companies replace polluting fossil fuel plants with wind turbines and solar panels that only make electricity when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining.
Tripling the current capacity of virtual power plants by 2030 would help the U.S. grid meet rising electricity demand in a faster, cheaper, and cleaner way than just building new power plants, according to a recent report from the Energy Department. But for that to happen, millions more people would have to give companies power to fiddle with their thermostats and appliances.
Is the Climate Change Agenda Really a War on Economic Progress?
Is the Climate Change Agenda Really a War on Economic Progress? Committee to Unleash Prosperity: Climate change fanatics love to talk about saving the planet, but many of them eventually slip and say the quiet part out loud – the war on energy is all part of a revolutionary plan to restructure Western civilization and restrain […]
Ford Files Patent to Spy on Drivers: ‘Ford wants to listen to your in-car conversations’
Damion Smy of Drive.com: Ford has filed a patent to eavesdrop on vehicle occupants and play adverts over its infotainment system based on those conversations. Only months after the US launched an investigation into whether Chinese-made cars were being used to spy on its citizens, Michigan-based Ford filed the patent designed to collect voice and data from the vehicle to create targeted advertising within the car.
According to US outlet Motor Trend, the system could also use information such as the destinations in the vehicle’s navigation system to create advertising for, say, an outlet at the shopping centre you’re travelling to – or have frequented.
The US car giant has patented tech enabling it to listen in on your conversations – and play you adverts based on what you and your passengers have said.
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Martin Armstrong: In September 2024, Ford filed a new patent to eavesdrop on riders. They plan to share this information with third-parties to personalize the advertisements riders hear. Ford will also take the driver’s destination into consideration to determine location-specific advertisements and suggestions.
“Cars have microphones and people have all kinds of sensitive conversations in them. Cars have cameras that face inward and outward,” a researcher with Mozilla Foundation told the Los Angeles Times. In fact, 19 automakers in 2023 admitted that they have the ability to sell your personal data without notice. Law enforcement may subpoena these records as well.
Ford claims that the patent was submitted, but they do not necessarily plan to use the technology. “Submitting patent applications is a normal part of any strong business as the process protects new ideas and helps us build a robust portfolio of intellectual property. The ideas described within a patent application should not be viewed as an indication of our business or product plans.
Friends of the Earth: ‘105 Orgs Demand Banks Stop Financing Industrial Livestock Production that Fuels the Climate Crisis’
https://foe.org/news/banks-industrial-livestock/ New York – 105 civil society organizations from across the globe have raised concerns with major U.S. banks today, urging them to halt their financing of industrial livestock production. The open letter, delivered to financial giants including Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM), highlights the critical role these institutions play […]