Drought in Europe causes water level in Rhine River to fall to new record low

[Dave Hess]

Will drought in Europe cause a major economic slowdown with barges only 1/4 loaded due to low water level ?

Shipping costs have spiked and no rain in the forecast, more bad news to deal with.

Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left'

The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?

www.bbc.com

Rhine water levels fall to new low as Germany’s drought hits shipping

Water levels fall to below 40cm on parts of key route for transporting fuel, wheat and other commodities

www.theguardian.com

 

[gman2304]

 

[billt460]

We're all going to die!!!

 

[B1974]

This is going to be a big problem.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62524551

 

[OVERKILL]

This is going to be a big problem.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62524551

The big bump in coal is because of Germany's retirement of 3 nukes at the beginning of this year (which can still be undone). And yes, we've had similar issues with a bad freshet here in Ontario where hydro output tanked for the year and the difference was made up with gas. While hydro is a great resource, it is not immune to weather-related issues. The Hoover dam is also presently looking like it may have some serious issues as Lake Mead continues to drop.

 

[billt460]

This is going to be a big problem.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62524551

Only because the government there is pushing a foolish energy agenda. As Overkill mentioned, they took 3 nuclear plants offline. Many of these countries are creating their own nightmares, by becoming their own worst enemies. We're no exception.

 

[miden851]

the problem is widespread and it is everywhere and it has been going on issue as long as I can remember

Europe’s rivers run dry as scientists warn drought could be worst in 500 years

Crops, power plants, barge traffic, industry and fish populations devastated by parched waterways

www.theguardian.com

Europe’s record summer of heat and fires – visualised

Records are being broken in Europe for temperatures and burned land. These graphics show the scale of the crisis

www.theguardian.com

8 Lakes and Rivers That Are Drying Up

In the face of warming temperatures and increased human demand on the Earth's ecosystem, these eight seas, lakes, and rivers are drying up quickly.

www.treehugger.com

there is a saying for a reason: future wars will be fought over water instead of oil or a specific area

 

[B1974]

Sounds like France is having trouble cooling their Nuclear reactors due to low and warm water temps in the rivers used to cool them. That and environmental laws that limit the discharge temps from those reactors.

 

[Jetronic]

Will drought in Europe cause a major economic slowdown with barges only 1/4 loaded due to low water level ?

Shipping costs have spiked and no rain in the forecast, more bad news to deal with.

Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left'

The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?

www.bbc.com

Rhine water levels fall to new low as Germany’s drought hits shipping

Water levels fall to below 40cm on parts of key route for transporting fuel, wheat and other commodities

www.theguardian.com

trees are shedding their leaves due to drought now, if it's wet weather this happens end of september

 

[sk_pete]

https://preview.redd.it/v4rznjorsf791.jpg?auto=webp&s=92c8ba9f300ec9c762999abbd3cfa5d6905f435f

People making jokes about it, but situation is real.

 

[OVERKILL]

Sounds like France is having trouble cooling their Nuclear reactors due to low and warm water temps in the rivers used to cool them. That and environmental laws that limit the discharge temps from those reactors.

It's a combination of years of deferred maintenance (because they had an anti-nuclear government prior to Macron whose plan was to phase-out nuclear) that has now required that a pile of units that should be available, are offline, because of plumbing issues with pipes for fire suppression and other safety systems (not nuclear cooling systems). So that, combined with the units that ARE operating, having to derate to reduce discharge temperatures, has created a bit of a quagmire.

This is France and Germany right now, you can see how much capacity is offline for maintenance, it's significant, but they are still doing a lot better than Germany in terms of emissions intensity:

Here is what France should look more like, this is us here in Ontario (while Pickering is still operating, and at full capacity):

 

[MotorFan]

Only because the government there is pushing a foolish energy agenda. As Overkill mentioned, they took 3 nuclear plants offline. Many of these countries are creating their own nightmares, by becoming their own worst enemies. We're no exception.

Germany is the biggest bunch of virtue signaling hypocrites! They refuse to tap into their own significant natural gas reserves (anti - fracking hysteria) but are happy to use fracked natural gas imported from the USA. They display religious crusade levels of hostility towards nuclear power but are happy to import electricity from next door France which generates about 70% of it's electricity via nuclear power.

 

[Trav]

Will drought in Europe cause a major economic slowdown with barges only 1/4 loaded due to low water level ?

Shipping costs have spiked and no rain in the forecast, more bad news to deal with.

Drought hits Germany's Rhine River: 'We have 30cm of water left'

The Rhine is a key shipping route for Germany and Europe - so what happens if it's too shallow to use?

www.bbc.com

Rhine water levels fall to new low as Germany’s drought hits shipping

Water levels fall to below 40cm on parts of key route for transporting fuel, wheat and other commodities

www.theguardian.com

That is nature, climate change for sure but nothing man made and nothing man can do about it. The next time one these screw balls starts spouting off ask them about the enormous amount of global warming it took to melt all the ice from the last ice age, that usually gets them stammering.

 

[MotorFan]

Although it's still a few hundred million to a billion years in the future, the Earth will actually suffer a catastrophic collapse in atmospheric CO2 levels, and all life on Earth (except for anaerobic bacteria) will go extinct!

CO2 levels collapse, photosynthesis ceases, O2 production ceases = all aerobic life EXTINCT!

OUT OF BREATH All humans and animals ‘will die out on Earth in a billion years’ due to ‘mass suffocation’ as oxygen levels collapse

All animals ‘will die out on Earth in a billion years’ from ‘mass suffocation’

A DRAMATIC drop in Earth’s oxygen levels will eventually kill off most life on Earth, according to a new study. Scientists think life as we know it could have about a billion years left befor…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Warstud]

Drought and Flooding is part of nature. Even Las Vegas is Flooding

 

[Trav]

Although it's still a few hundred million to a billion years in the future, the Earth will actually suffer a catastrophic collapse in atmospheric CO2 levels, and all life on Earth (except for anaerobic bacteria) will go extinct!

CO2 levels collapse, photosynthesis ceases, O2 production ceases = all aerobic life EXTINCT!

OUT OF BREATH All humans and animals ‘will die out on Earth in a billion years’ due to ‘mass suffocation’ as oxygen levels collapse

All animals ‘will die out on Earth in a billion years’ from ‘mass suffocation’

A DRAMATIC drop in Earth’s oxygen levels will eventually kill off most life on Earth, according to a new study. Scientists think life as we know it could have about a billion years left befor…

www.thesun.co.uk

I will worry about that when it is about to happen.

 

[billt460]

I will worry about that when it is about to happen.

We must immediately start doing things to insure our own safety. I'm going to start by putting red loctite on all my lug nuts!

 

[Bjornviken]

Sun is getting stronger... i guess

 

[miden851]

there is more insight on the matter

 

[MotorFan]

Sun is getting stronger... i guess

Yes it is. Our Sun gets about 10% brighter every 1 Billion years (for now). As it ages the acceleration rate of it's brighting will increase dramatically!