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MORNING ENERGY NEWS  |  10.21.2019
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Summit News (10/17/19) reports: "Norwegians are being told to pee in the shower in order to save water for the good of the environment. Yes, really. Frode Hult of the Water and Sewer Agency in Oslo appeared on Norwegian State Television NRK to raise awareness about the fact that Norway uses almost double the amount of water used in Denmark. 'Do not run the water when you brush your teeth, only wash with filled washing machines, only buy washing machines that don’t use so much water, use a pot when you ate watering plants in your garden. And pee in the shower in the morning,' said Hult. The host of the show challenged this statement, remarking, “Pee in the shower? You do know that many people will choke when they hear you say that?' 'Yes, but it is great idea,' responded Hult. 'We can also brush our teeth in the shower. It is very good for the environment.' Viewers of the show did not react warmly to the proposal, with one asking, 'Why not also poop in the shower?'"

"The power to tax involves the power to destroy, and never more so than in the case of a carbon tax. That’s because unlike other taxes, a carbon tax is designed to tax away the base on which it is levied."

 

– Marlo Lewis, Jr.,
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Noted "climate scientists" arrested in Capitol Hill round up.


Hollywood Reporter (10/18/19) reports: "Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston were both arrested Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C., during a protest over climate change outside the U.S. Capitol building.  The Grace and Frankie co-stars were among 17 individuals taken into custody by Capitol police for allegedly unlawfully demonstrating, Eva Malecki, spokeswoman for the Capitol police told The Hollywood Reporter.  All were charged with crowding and obstructing or incommoding, Malecki said. Pictures of the two actors being cuffed and escorted away were posted to social media. This marks the second Friday in a row Fonda was arrested during a protest at the Capitol at what she describes as 'Fire Drill Fridays.' A day earlier, the actress appeared with Waterston in a video focused on a discussion of a Green New Deal, a Congressional proposal for comprehensive legislation about climate change. "

Let's hope this takes off on this side of the Atlantic as well. I hate full flights.


New York Times (10/17/19) reports: "The Swedes call it 'flygskam,' or 'flying shame,' the movement that encourages people to stop taking flights to lower their carbon footprints. But should most Americans really be ashamed of getting on a plane to see grandma this holiday season?..If all Americans flew more than six times a year, the use of aviation jet fuel would increase about sixfold, and planes would easily surpass passenger cars as the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions, the International Council on Clean Transportation estimates. 'Our climate just can’t tolerate widespread frequent flying,' said Dan Rutherford, who directs the council’s aviation program. 'At some level we need to figure out, collectively, which flights are necessary, and which are luxuries.' So what’s to be done to curb frequent flying? One idea, floated by a group in Britain called A Free Ride, would tax fliers progressively: Everyone gets one tax-free return flight each year, and a tax kicks in at a low rate from the second flight. Taxes then ratchet up for each additional flight in that year."

What will the bureaucrats eat after they run all the farmers out of the state?


Valley Public Radio (10/15/19) reports: "Dennis Hutson’s rows of alfalfa, melons, okra and black-eyed peas are an oasis of green in the dry terrain of Allensworth, an unincorporated community in rural Tulare County. Hutson, currently cultivating on 60 acres, has a vision for many more fields bustling with jobs...Just like for any grower, managing water is a daily task for Hutson and his helpers. That’s why he’s concerned about what could happen under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the state’s overhaul of groundwater regulations. Among other goals, the law sets out to eliminate the estimated 1.8 million acre-feet in annual deficit the state racks up each year by pumping more water out of underground aquifers than it can replenish. Hutson worries small farmers may not have the resources to adapt to the potentially strict water allocations and cutbacks that might be coming. Their livelihoods and identities may be at stake...Fears about SGMA leadership are not entirely unfounded. The 300-odd local agencies writing up groundwater plans, called groundwater sustainability agencies, or GSAs, appoint boards of directors, and a scientific article currently under review by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior paints a stark picture of who sits on those boards: “At a very high level, we’ve basically seen that there is no representation of small farmers on most of these boards,” says Jessica Rudnick, one of the study’s coauthors." 

I guess this is the answer...


Fox News (10/17/19) reports: "Roadkill — it may be what’s for dinner. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Oct. 13 that would allow drivers in the state to eat what they unintentionally kill. Senate Bill 395, sponsored by Sen. Bob Archuleta, was created in part to eliminate the waste of wild game meat and collect data on where and how most wild game was killed. 'Each year it is estimated that over 20,000 deer alone are hit by motor vehicles on California’s roadways,' part of the new law stated. 'This potentially translates into hundreds of thousands of pounds of healthy meat that could be used to feed those in need.' The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has been tasked with developing an app for drivers who unintentionally strike and kill a deer, elk, antelope or wild pig to report where the animal was killed, how it was killed and where the carcass was being taken. Those drivers would then be allowed to take the carcass home and cook it. The Department of Fish and Wildlife have until 2022 to develop a salvage permitting process to set terms and conditions for drivers taking home the roadkill."

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WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $53.37
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