Vinod Khosla
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Well, I think if you'll remember when we talked about this a couple months ago, the sea surface temperature was at kind of a record high in the Atlantic. And warm ocean temperatures drive moist air up that evaporates. The warmer the air, the faster the evaporation. And that starts to cause the movement of the air, which drives ultimately the hurricane.
Well, I think if you'll remember when we talked about this a couple months ago, the sea surface temperature was at kind of a record high in the Atlantic. And warm ocean temperatures drive moist air up that evaporates. The warmer the air, the faster the evaporation. And that starts to cause the movement of the air, which drives ultimately the hurricane.
And then the hurricane sucks up more warm, moist air from the ocean and it creates a feedback loop. So the more energy you have in the ocean, the more likely you are to accelerate wind forces in storms.
And then the hurricane sucks up more warm, moist air from the ocean and it creates a feedback loop. So the more energy you have in the ocean, the more likely you are to accelerate wind forces in storms.
And that's why you get these massive hurricanes that suddenly form seemingly overnight and go, like in the case of Helene, that hurricane went from a cap two to a cap four or a cap five in like 48 hours. because of the energy that's stored up. And 90%, here's an interesting stat, 90% of the energy that we get from the sun is absorbed and stored in our oceans.
And that's why you get these massive hurricanes that suddenly form seemingly overnight and go, like in the case of Helene, that hurricane went from a cap two to a cap four or a cap five in like 48 hours. because of the energy that's stored up. And 90%, here's an interesting stat, 90% of the energy that we get from the sun is absorbed and stored in our oceans.
The other kind of fact that's playing into this, if you pull up that nature article, and this is something that I think you guys may remember we talked about. So this was an article that came out, a paper, a science paper that came out a couple of months ago. And in this paper,
The other kind of fact that's playing into this, if you pull up that nature article, and this is something that I think you guys may remember we talked about. So this was an article that came out, a paper, a science paper that came out a couple of months ago. And in this paper,
the scientists identified that removing sulfur dioxide from cargo ships that travel across the oceans is actually causing accelerated warming in the oceans. And the reason is that the sulfur dioxide forms cloud formations as they travel across the oceans. And those cloud formations reflect sunlight.
the scientists identified that removing sulfur dioxide from cargo ships that travel across the oceans is actually causing accelerated warming in the oceans. And the reason is that the sulfur dioxide forms cloud formations as they travel across the oceans. And those cloud formations reflect sunlight.
And in the absence of those cloud formations, that sunlight makes its way into the ocean and you get more ocean warming. And by their estimation, removing sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain, and that's the reason it's been pushed to be removed, and they started removing it in 2020, 2021 from cargo vessels. By removing sulfur dioxide, we are now gonna see a doubling
And in the absence of those cloud formations, that sunlight makes its way into the ocean and you get more ocean warming. And by their estimation, removing sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain, and that's the reason it's been pushed to be removed, and they started removing it in 2020, 2021 from cargo vessels. By removing sulfur dioxide, we are now gonna see a doubling
of the rate of warming of the oceans in the 2020s and going forward.
of the rate of warming of the oceans in the 2020s and going forward.