Alan Zweibel

Again. You don't seem to get it. Maybe that's the only way to get medication in that part of the world. Or maybe it happened outside of standard business hours where no pharmacy was open. This part of the world has a very limited infrastructure. The population of Nuuk, the capital, is 20,000.

Just for a change of pace, provide a link to a reliable source to back up your claim.

Fortunately in 2021 the D.O.E. launched an effort for heat pump manufacturers to upgrade their technology and make units that could function effectively in far colder weather. Forget what you’ve heard, heat pumps can thrive in the cold Under a challenge convened by the US Department of Energy, manufacturers put residential heat pumps to the test in extreme cold – they passed. Last month, DOE announced that eight manufacturers had completed field testing of products as part of the department’s Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. In homes, the units “reliably provided heat with little assistance from auxiliary elements, even during the coldest winter periods,” according to a department press release... The eight participating manufacturers – Bosch, Carrier, Daikin, Johnson Controls, Lennox, Midea, Rheem, and Trane – tested heat pump prototypes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other facilities in 2022 and 2023, with some units operating efficiently in temperatures as low as -15˚F (-26˚C). The heat pumps were then tested in homes in 10 US states and two Canadian provinces, with data collected for a full year in partnership with DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/forget-what-youve-heard-heat-pumps-can-thrive-in-the-cold/

Thanks for not providing links to back up your claims.

That doesn't mean that they'll take any job. Especially ones that endanger their physical well-being.

You have a strange sense of humor: Stoop Labor is referred to as labor that requires farm workers to harvest produce in a stooping or squatting position. This type of labor is significantly taxing on the body and often leads to chronic back problems in farm workers. https://scalar.usc.edu/works/us-latinx-activism-and-protests/stoop-labor Three Reasons Stooping and Squatting Postures Are a Chronic Problem for Growers https://safesitehq.com/stooping-squatting-postures-chronic/#:~:text=This%20is%20a%20question%20growers,primary%20risk%20factor%20of%20LBDs.

The question is whether or not Americans are willing to suffer permanent damage to their health to do these jobs or just put up with extreme discomfort. Especially given the lack of fitness prevalent among the US adult population.

\ Do you understand that the government report on which this is based covers the fiscal years 2019 to 2023? So, it certainly is legitimate to blame the Biden Administration for not rectifying the situation it inherited. But how does that leave the Trump administration off the hook? Double standards much?

Another way to put that. Is it your position that paying more money does not make jobs less unattractive? Maybe not less unattractive enough. Some jobs like stoop labor result in long term physical impairment. Slaughterhouses are dangerous places to work. Given the high level of lack of fitness among Americans, such jobs would be especially taxing.

What's your point? Are you au courant with the situation for obtaining medication in Greenland? Maybe you shouldn't make assumptions about what conditions obtain there? And as the commenter noted, for residents all treatment is free of charge.

Whether more Americans will be willing to do this kind of work for higher pay is a matter of conjecture based on the notion that levels of employment don't very depending on the actual tasks. Agriculture for example covers a huge variety of jobs. So just because in aggregate a majority of workers in agriculture are US citizens, that doesn't mean that enough will be willing to do stoop labor or work in dairy farms. There's a big difference between driving a harvester in an air-conditioned cab or picking strawberries under a blazing sun.

Once again, all you offer is empty denialism. Why not try offering actual evidence for a change?

You should publish your findings in The Journal of It's All About Me

Those hackers in climategate were climate change denialists. And yes, there were hackers during the time when climategate occurred. It wasn't even 20 years ago.

It's not a court in a legal sense. You can't sue someone in a religious court and oblige them to defend themselves. And your example of sacrifices, whether human or animal, is ridiculous. A person's religious beliefs does not give them license to commit criminal acts, whether those acts are performed in a religious court or on a public street or in the privacy of one's home.

First off, why is it that climate change denialists rely so heavily on videos? I can only surmise that they do it because it's a lot more cumbersome to fact check a video than it is to fact check the written world. Also, who but a true believer would want to spend the time viewing information that can assimilated far more quickly by reading? Using such a medium instead of the written word may also say something significant about the analytical abilities of their target audience. Basically climate gate started with hackers who selectively and misleadingly leaked excerpts from climatologists communications. Here's one example of how these dishonest folk work: "Claims that the e-mails are evidence of fraud or deceit, however, misrepresent what they actually say. A prime example is a 1999 e-mail from Jones, who wrote: "I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (i.e., from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline." Skeptics claim the words "trick" and "decline" show Jones is using sneaky manipulations to mask a decline in global temperatures. But that's not the case. Actual temperatures, as measured by scientific instruments such as thermometers, were rising at the time of the writing of this decade-old e-mail, and (as we've noted) have continued to rise since then. Jones was referring to the decline in temperatures implied by measurements of the width and density of tree rings. In recent decades, these measures indicate a dip, while more accurate instrument-measured temperatures continue to rise. Scientists at CRU use tree-ring data and other "proxy" measurements to estimate temperatures from times before instrumental temperature data began to be collected. However, since about 1960, tree-ring data have diverged from actual measured temperatures. Far from covering it up, CRU scientists and others have published reports of this divergence many times. The "trick" that Jones was writing about in his 1999 e-mail was simply adding the actual, measured instrumental data into a graph of historic temperatures. Jones says it's a "trick" in the colloquial sense of an adroit feat—"a clever thing to do," as he put it — not a deception. What's hidden is the fact that tree-ring data in recent decades doesn't track with thermometer measurements. East Anglia Research Professor Andrew Watson explained in an article in The Times of London:" https://www.newsweek.com/factcheck-climategate-doesnt-refute-global-warming-75749

Clearly, you have offered no evidence to support your claim that "this is a boldfaced lie." What is clear is that an assertion unsupported by evidence is worthless.

There are similar courts in the UK for orthodox Jews. No one ever seemed to have a problem with that. Nor should they have. Or do you have a problem with free exercise of ones religious beliefs?

ANd what does this have to do with scientific research published in journals? Cherry picking much?

It's a deceptive question because those are legacy sources of electricity. Do you think it's possible to travel backwards in time to replace that installed base? Are you a time traveller What's significant is where most of the new power is coming from. Where the markets are now.

Against what you call my AI generated nonsense, what do you offer in way of verifiable evidence: nothing And not everything I posted was AI. Unless you think that Blooomberg is basically an AI scam Here's the quote from Bloomberg again. BloombergNEF Finds Global Energy Transition Investment Reached Record $2.3 Trillion in 2025, Up 8% from 2024 https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/bloombergnef-finds-global-energy-transition-investment-reached-record-2-3-trillion-in-2025-up-8-from-2024/ And this is from IRENA from 2014 to 2024 https://www.irena.org/News/articles/2025/Apr/Renewables-in-2024-5-Key-Facts-Behind-a-Record-Breaking-Year#:~:text=towards%20net%20zero-,Falling%20renewable%20costs%20mark%20the%20next%20stage%20in%20the%20global,2023's%20growth%20rate%20of%2014.3%25. So yes, you were dead wrong in this claim of yours: "And, no, most of the new power generation being created today is not renewable... As for your claims about heat pumps, it's bizarre that apparently you expect others to take your word for it. Especially given that you continue to support a blatantly false claim about where most new power is coming from. So here's something not from AI Advancements in heat pump technology Enabling efficient operation in sub-zero ambient temperatures In recent years, both residential and commercial heat pumps have undergone transformative upgrades, allowing reliable operation down to -15°F (-26°C) or lower. These advancements come from sophisticated engineering solutions to tackle the challenge of providing an efficient heat pump for extreme cold weather. Some of these solutions include technologies such as variable-speed compressors, advanced electronic controls, and techniques like enhanced vapour injection (EVI) often integrated with economizer cycles. This article explores how these technologies overcome the thermodynamic challenges of low ambient temperatures, enabling year-round performance in harsher colder climates. https://mechanicalbusiness.com/2025/12/18/advancements-in-heat-pump-technology/ The Future of Heat Pumps: Innovation Driving the Next Generation of Heating One of the most significant advances has been the development of high-temperature heat pumps, capable of producing water at 80–90°C. These systems unlock vast retrofit potential in older buildings and are now being deployed across Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands, powering district heating networks and replacing industrial fossil fuel systems in sectors like food processing, textiles, and chemicals. https://www.platmech.ie/the-future-of-heat-pumps

Nice try at deceptive questioning. There's a huge installed base of power that predates the massive creation of solar and wind. You think a magic wand can just wave that away? The valid question about 2023 should be what percentage of new power came from renewables. And the answer is... Chart: 85% of new electricity built in 2023 came from renewables A whopping 473 gigawatts of clean energy capacity was installed last year, yet another indicator of the rapid rise of solar and wind power. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-85-of-new-electricity-built-in-2023-was-clean-energy

Who was pretending that there was new technology. I spoke of new and improved technology. Here is your claim: "Heat pump technology is 100-200 years old and has used in commercial and industrial applications the US since the '30s, and in residential use since the '50s. They are not efficient in cold climates, and don't work in very cold climates, without heating the evaporator unit, which takes a lot of energy. You are just wrong." Obviously heat pump technology has massively improved over the last 20 years and can now be used in much colder climates than in the poast. As for your claim about heating the evaporator unit taking "a lot of energy" (whatever that means) there's this: Enhanced Vapor Injection (EVI): This technology allows compressors to operate efficiently at extremely low temperatures by re-injecting refrigerant to increase heating capacity. That and other developments I cited above give the lie to this claim of yours: "There has been no significant improvement in AC/heat pump technology in at least 20 years." And you haven't acknowledged the fact that you got it massively wrong when you asserted "And, no, most of the new power generation being created today is not renewable..., In fact most new power being built in 2024 and 2025 is renewable.

"So that's a yes, you do have a car and air conditioning and you're not giving them up, you just want everyone in the yet undeveloped world to not have them." Stop lying. You have no idea of what I want or don't want. "And, no, most of the new power generation being created today is not renewable, and what renewables are being "created" have to generally be backed up with traditional generation." When I read a comment like this I wonder how is it possible for someone to be so ignorant. Perhaps they're living in a cave with a very limited internet connection. Or maybe in a time warp and haven't a clue about what modern conditions are like This is the latest year for which full figures are in: Record-Breaking Annual Growth in Renewable Power Capacity With 585 GW of capacity additions, renewables accounted for over 90% of total power expansion globally in 2024. https://gemini.google.com/app/09a283f2a37f3dcb BloombergNEF Finds Global Energy Transition Investment Reached Record $2.3 Trillion in 2025, Up 8% from 2024 https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/bloombergnef-finds-global-energy-transition-investment-reached-record-2-3-trillion-in-2025-up-8-from-2024/ As for heat pumps. I write new and improved technologies. Heat pumps are much improved. Your assessment is drastically out of date: Modern cold climate heat pumps (CCHPs) represent a major leap in HVAC technology, using advanced components like variable-speed compressors, enhanced vapor injection, and smart sensors to operate efficiently in temperatures as low as -15°F to -31°F (-26°C to -35°C). These systems maintain high heating capacities without relying on backup resistance heat, making them viable for northern climates. Building Decarbonization Coalition +4 Key Technological Advancements Enhanced Vapor Injection (EVI): This technology allows compressors to operate efficiently at extremely low temperatures by re-injecting refrigerant to increase heating capacity. Variable Speed (Inverter) Compressors: Rather than simply turning on/off, these compressors modulate speed to match the exact heating load, drastically increasing efficiency and reducing wear. Optimized Defrost Cycles: "Demand defrost" strategies ensure the unit only defrosts when necessary, minimizing energy loss during cold, humid conditions. Lower GWP Refrigerants: New models, such as those from Bosch, are adopting eco-friendly refrigerants like R-454B. Improved Heat Exchangers: Redesigned coils enhance heat transfer efficiency in freezing conditions. RAP - Regulatory Assistance Project +4 Performance in Extreme Cold Operating Ranges: While traditional heat pumps struggled below freezing, modern CCHPs are rated for reliable operation down to -22°F (-30°C) and sometimes lower, with some models maintaining 100% capacity at 5°F (-15°C). Efficiency: Even in sub-zero, high-efficiency heat pumps can produce 1.5 to 2 units of heat for every 1 unit of electricity consumed. Reliability: The Department of Energy's (DOE) Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge has pushed manufacturers to prove that these systems are reliable for residential and commercial, replacing fossil fuel systems in cold regions. Manufacturing Dive +3 Key Considerations Proper Sizing: Correct, detailed, and professional sizing is crucial to ensure the unit can handle peak heating loads. Configuration: Ground-source systems are also a high-efficiency option, as they tap into stable, warmer underground temperature

If there's competition, then corporations may have to swallow at least some of the tax increase. As an example, take brand names vs house brands. If Cheerios get too expensive consumers switch to a house brand. Or, if some product becomes too expensive, the end consumer may stop consuming it or consume less. So a corporation has to make a choice whether to pass along the full tax or swallow some portion of it. The is what's called by economists Demand Elasticity. Tariffs protect companies from competition. If you think competition is a bad thing, then you''ve made an excellent point. I stand corrected. The EU does require a minimum VAT of 15%.