Re:Clearing price for supplying power to Texas grid –$31.65
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:54AM
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It's not "co2 makes thinks cold", but there is a real possibility your previous statement that a "trace element" can't affect the jet stream is certainly up for debate.
A large factor in the strength of the jet stream is the temperature differential between polar regions and lower latitudes. It's well known at this point that polar regions are warming the fastest, so there is a smaller differential, and the hypothesis goes that this can weaken the jet stream, leading to more events where the polar vortex dips down much further than normal.
This is a great article explaining that hypothesis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texas-pow... . Note the author of the article actually thinks the evidence for that hypothesis isn't very strong, but believes it's certainly possible and that its proponents are arguing in good faith.
A large factor in the strength of the jet stream is the temperature differential between polar regions and lower latitudes. It's well known at this point that polar regions are warming the fastest, so there is a smaller differential, and the hypothesis goes that this can weaken the jet stream, leading to more events where the polar vortex dips down much further than normal.
This is a great article explaining that hypothesis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texas-pow... . Note the author of the article actually thinks the evidence for that hypothesis isn't very strong, but believes it's certainly possible and that its proponents are arguing in good faith.