Four significant giant sequoia trees were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s
Sequoia National Park, authorities said
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That's great to hear. I want to see those trees If I can.
A little further south in Brazil things might be a bit dry and dark? Oddly Daylight savings is a issue there as well.
"Brazil’s reservoirs are dwindling. In a country where almost two-thirds of power comes from hydroelectric generation, low rainfall has serious consequences.
The situation is so bad, Bolsonaro asked Brazilians on September 23 to stop using elevators when possible and to take “much healthier” cold showers.
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Oddly I see an Aussie company about to restart refining bauxite there."Alcoa’s restart of its idled Brazilian capacity and Russian producer Rusal’s reactivation of its long-delayed Taishet smelter project."
Cannot see how that will work if the power is limited ????
Off Topic I Wonder if Portland (VIC) might recover If prices are jumping as suggested.
"BRASILIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Wednesday a severe drought could lead to energy rationing in Brazil, contradicting other officials who have said that such a step would not be necessary.Brazil, one of the world's agricultural superpowers, is suffering from one of its worst droughts in a century. The lack of rainfall has emptied hydroelectric reservoirs, fanned inflation and hurt farmers. The government has given incentives to use less energy but says rationing is not expected."
Some on is telling fibbs?
"Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque on Tuesday said the country's energy crisis was worse than previously thought. In a televised national address, Albuquerque said Brazil had lost hydropower output equal to the energy consumed by the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest, in five months."
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