Seven thousand #methane bulges (pingos) in Siberia

siberiantimes: "The problem is extensive.

‘Based on satellite data, we have marked 7,000 bulges (pingos) - or even more,' he said.

‘It doesn't mean that every pingo carries danger - but it is still clear that we can draw certain conclusions.'

A dozen new craters have been identified in three years. "

Another pathetic attack on #freetransit from corporate media. [they got nothin']

Alternet: "Which leads to the question: Just who is taking public transit on the free days? If those cities’ citizens are anything like New Yorkers, the folks riding for free are probably the same people who would rather walk or ride a bike than pay nearly $3 to get somewhere."

Probably? That's all you got. We have a whole library listing the benefits of public transportation. One of the main ones is more physical activity.

When is the #marchforourlives against cars?

Death by Car: "In 2016 in the United States, a total of 65,284 people under the age of 25 died, from all natural and artificial causes. Of these children, 24,005, or 37 percent, were killed in automotive collisions. This result was not an anomaly. It is a feature, not a bug, of our socio-economic order. Car crashes are the clear, long-standing #1 killer of American children. It is not a close contest, either."

Opponents of free public transport: "We need that money!"

Paris mayor proposes free public transport to reduce pollution | KTIC Radio: "Valerie Pecresse, head of the Ile-de-France region around Paris and a member of the Conservative Party, criticized Hidalgo, pointing out that “ticket sales bring in 3 billion euros ($3.7 billion) a year.”

“We need that money,” Pecresse told French Radio Classique, adding that if travelers did not pay, taxpayers would have to do so."

What is the main objection to the implementation of fare-free public transport? It is the "loss" of revenue from fares. But what is not said is that the reduction in car costs will be far more than the loss of revenue. The list of the externalities, or hidden costs, of the private auto is very long, and represents a lot of money, many millions more that the little bit from payment of public transport fares.

Autosprawl Welfare    Externalities    100 Reasons for Free Transit

Paris [again] ponders free public transport

connexionfrance: "Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is considering making the capital's public transport free to all Parisians in a bid to reduce air pollution - but her plan faces opposition from the head of the regional transport authority, who said the move would hit taxpayers.

Ms Hidalgo has launched a study into the feasibility of free city-wide transport, and told French daily Les Echos she wanted to debate the issue ahead of municipal elections in 2020. She told the paper: "The question of free transport is one of the keys to urban mobility in which the place of the polluting car is no longer central"."

How to recognize false-flag operations

Syria regime too weak, US changing plan

The US has been standing by, hoping the regime in Syria can keep "stability" ... meaning access to oil in Kirkuk, Iraq.

But the regime cannot even conquer its own capital city.

Now the US has to be more aggressive, maybe take it down and install another puppet.

#Oilwars not necessary, rather wars of choice

From #Ghouta #Syria - A Weird world where you can kill 500,000 Own peoples to get throne. And World is silent . Humanity is ending”. #East_Ghouta #GhoutaGenocide #SaveSyrianChildren #Syrie #SyriaIsBleeding #Assad #AssadPutin pic.twitter.com/oytzyVRzXv

— Soldiers of War (@Pawns30) March 17, 2018

The Curse of Energy Efficiency: The #jevons paradox

The Curse of Energy Efficiency | The Tyee: "Jevons concluded that: “It is wholly a confusion of ideas to suppose that the economical use of fuel is equivalent to a diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth.”

The idea that using fuels and resources more efficiently leads to greater environmental ruin became known as Jevons Paradox. Oil-fired and electrical driven technologies have honoured the paradox with panache.

Modern economists don’t talk much about Jevons Paradox, but they do admit that the problem exists and refer it to “rebound.” Just when you think you’ve actually solved a problem, shit rebounds on you, they calculate with their math formulas. When energy efficiency wipes out 100 per cent of the energy savings, economists call the rebound a total “backfire.”"

What everyone knows, but few will say

The automobile took over US by force before WWII. After the war, it was expanded to create a subsidized, unsustainable, empire of sprawl.

Now it has spread to the world.

Capitalism has all its eggs in this basket.

They plan to bomb, slaughter, starve, and torture until the whole thing collapses.

Everything else is distraction.