Thai businesses warned of ‘global boiling,’ rising power costs

[snoop1130]

 

The United Nations has warned of the global boiling – the intense rise in temperatures and associated power costs we are seeing now, which are predicted to only worsen in the future. Thailand witnessed an unprecedented rise in electricity bills and an all-time high average temperature in July.

 

This salient shift in weather patterns is leading businesses and governments to consider climate change as an integral aspect of their planning strategies.

 

Sanan Angubolkul, who helms the Thai Chamber of Commerce, opined that climatic upheavals and global warming are impacting the nation’s agricultural and food sectors significantly. Having grave implications for Thailand’s exports and household incomes, these climate changes are incredibly influential on the country’s food security.

 

Whilst the government has shown determination in striving for carbon neutrality by 2050 and a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2065, corporate organisations, particularly larger ones, are gradually recognising the need to take stringent measures. Chaichan Chareonsuk, the leader of the Thai National Shippers’ Council, stressed the importance of businesses strategising for volatile weather conditions and temperature spikes.

 

Due to their immense bearing on the nation’s economy, extreme and prolonged fluctuations in these weather factors could potentially decimate the agricultural sector and its dependent supply chains.

 

However, in the face of the UN’s grim prognosis about the heightened frequency of natural disasters, businesses are slow to respond. Cherdsak Wattanavijitkul, President of TPC Power Holding cited that only a handful have taken actual steps to slash carbon dioxide emissions.

 

By Neill Fronde

Caption: Climate change is ushering in "global boil" with temperatures and power costs rising. Thai businesses must react. (via Eurasia Review)

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/business/thai-businesses-urged-to-strategise-amid-global-boiling-and-rising-power-costs

 

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[OneMoreFarang]

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

global boiling

It seems they have to find all the time new superlatives.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Is it already that hot? Or will it be that hot in 100 or 1000 years?

Or will it maybe be 2 degrees warmer in 100 years - and nobody would notice it apart from those loud activists. 

[ukrules]

El Nino is in full effect

 

[bg53]

Might be good to end the burning season up north, huh?

[hotchilli]

Thailand is hot anyway, they should already have measures in place.

[KhunLA]

11 hours ago, ukrules said:

El Nino is in full effect

Yes, overcast (low temps) and raining almost every day.   Simply lovely.

 

Boil On ... ????

[Tarteso]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the government has shown determination in striving for carbon neutrality by

 

[huangnon]

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Due to their immense bearing on the nation’s economy, extreme and prolonged fluctuations in these weather factors could potentially decimate the agricultural sector and its dependent supply chains.

 

However, in the face of the UN’s grim prognosis about the heightened frequency of natural disasters, businesses are slow to respond. Cherdsak Wattanavijitkul, President of TPC Power Holding cited that only a handful have taken actual steps to slash carbon dioxide emissions.

Agriculture and our food supply (indeed all plant life) depends on CO2 to grow. It is essentially the 'gas of life' for this planet. The UN's "grim prognosis" is just another fear-mongering control mechanism to herd people towards a lower standard of living and further centralization of power for the globalist cabals.

[MichaelHunt]

It's precisely the "striving for carbon neutrality" that is causing energy prices to rise.

 

If you replace relatively cheap energy with relatively expensive energy, then what do you expect will happen? Energy prices will of course rise. And for what benefit? None - to most of us, but a lot of money and increased control over us by our globalist overlords.

[Sharp]

17 hours ago, ukrules said:

El Nino is in full effect

 

Something in Bull effect! 

[RPCVguy]

22 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems they have to find all the time new superlatives.

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Is it already that hot? Or will it be that hot in 100 or 1000 years?

Or will it maybe be 2 degrees warmer in 100 years - and nobody would notice it apart from those loud activists. 

Agreed, the use of the word boiling is inappropriately excessive. BUT, just like humans suffer greatly from a fever of a few degrees, so too will the plant and animal ecosystem of the planet suffer in the warming ahead.

21 hours ago, ukrules said:

El Nino is in full effect

 

No, THIS YEAR'S HEAT IS SET TO GET MUCH WORSE IN 2024!
The effects of El Nino had barely begun by July of 2023. See images from paper by James Hansen.
Historically the global peak temperatures are early in the second year of an El Nino. Early in the year also coincides closely with when Thailand has its peak heat each year. In 2016 & 2019 the dry season lasted longer than usual, local wells (including ours) went dry and the string of days over 39ºC in the north went over a month straight.
Hansen's paper is at https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2023/UhOh.14August2023.pdf


While July was warmer than usual for Thailand, by-and-large Thailand has thus far been spared the intensity of increased warming that has already been experienced in other parts of the world.
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[Flying Saucage]

2000 years ago, the temperatures were significantly higher than today. This was great for human civilization. Hannibal crossed the Alpes with elefants. No glaciers stopped him. The Roman empire had a great time.

 

There always has beed climate change on earth, due to changes in solar activity. In the last some hundred years there was a colder time which now is just ending. That's all. And it has nothing to do with carbon dioxide. The concentration of carbon dioxide today is 0.04%, and it was the same in the 19th century as well, according to books from that time.

 

Soon in the Western world they will impose climate lockdowns, and your will not be allowed anymore to leave the 15-minutes cities, ehich they are creating now everywhere. Everything is only about control.

[Middle Aged Grouch]

All excuses are good for the globaly corrupt to enhance price hikes and profit for their biggest contributors.

[Reginald Prewster]

The Global warming story is told to me by a Professor Dr Dr for some "environmental stuff" related to wind energy projects...

 

This superbrain went out with me in Barrows (UK) and I pickled him in Beer, just to pick his brain regarding my Permaculture Farm I planned...

 

As he had reached his intoxication level, he was freely talking which he never would do in a Windfarm Project Office...

 

His Words:

If the humans would decimize themselfes just around 10% it would be an economical disaster for any country.

Hence a No Go...

 

He agrees the humans have a little influence on the global warming, but the nature itself is the main culpit.

Every plant and tree produces so much oxygen as it needs later for decomposing, if we produce more greenhouse gasses the nitrogen fixing plants will eventually take over and we have to eat more beans and peas.. 

 

The Global warming is a cyclus of 30000 years approximately and when the heat spike is reached, a very fast collapse of the natural thermal control system of the world will occur. (Jet streams, Ocean currents, El Nino and so on on on) 

Within a decade (or less) an ice age will sort things again (balanced reduction of industry and humans included) and the cr@p starts from new.. 

 

BUT:

I love this panic making, because it sells Wind Turbines by the hundreds and pays me a day rate way above that what I earned in Oil and Gas or on Ships before... 

 

Final Words: 

 "GRANNY, KNIT SOME EXTRA SOCKS AND A SCARF FOR ME AND MY WIFE, TIME IS DUE!" 

 

nuff said... 

[Karma80]

2 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

2000 years ago, the temperatures were significantly higher than today. This was great for human civilization. Hannibal crossed the Alpes with elefants. No glaciers stopped him. The Roman empire had a great time.

Regardless, the world does need to become more sustainable. Hannibal crossed the alps in 218BC and there were plenty of elephants to go around, given the population on earth was approximately 150 million. Now it's 8 billion, with 6.4 billion increase in the last 100 years alone. So, it's certainly not an OK or sustainable situation and that often gets rolled up in the personal greed factory of "ESG" and other fabrications. Somewhere amongst those lies are truths, and therein lies the danger of being too dismissive either way.

[lordgrinz]

Covid wasn't enough, going to need something with a higher body count, queue a new World War.

[Joseph98765]

As always...they care when is way tooo late