Climate Letter #1190

The Arctic Ocean experienced a near-record cyclone last week.  Damage to the sea ice was fortunately limited because the event occurred so early in the season.  The factors responsible for the storm have become more common than before and could lead to another late-summer cyclone like that of 2012 which wiped out a record amount of sea ice.

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Models that refer to the impacts of climate change tend to badly underestimate the economic damage done by rising temperatures.  This has an effect on policymaker decisions which use it as an excuse for not taking stronger action.  The same models often overestimate the costs of preventive action.  Some newer models are getting more realistic, as explained by David Roberts for Vox.
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An update on the exciting progress being made in the chemistry of electric car batteries.  There seem to be no limitations on energy density, charging speed, cheapening of prices and so on.  Growth of the EV industry now looks unstoppable and likely to be even faster than most predictions.

https://climatecrocks.com/2018/06/11/new-battery-chemistry-promises-better-evs/#more-53229

Nuclear power may still be an alternative.  This article describes developments that favor small modular power plants over the traditional large ones, creating an active interest in a number of countries.  The first ones could be generating power by 2020 according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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The New Yorker offers an explanation behind a large part of Donald Trump’s popularity and the actions of many of his cabinet members, including Scott Pruitt.  The writer may very well be correct, leading one to wonder about the rationality of  such beliefs.  And why is this movement so tolerant of obvious corruption?  That requires a different kind of explanation, probably more broadly based since other classes of Trump supporters seem so willing to share it.
Carl

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