The UK without the Gulf Stream

You can see here that the UK is on the same latitude as Northern Labrador.  Upon first look it should have the same climate.  But luckily they have the Gulf Stream which normally bathes the whole place in warm tropical water.

But that was then.  I said a while ago that the Arctic current would soon stop it's dalliance around Greenland and come straight down.  You can see that.  The cold water mixes with the warm water, and guess what?  The current stops.

It's getting worse by the minute.  And my fav. British tabloids are having great headlines.  This amazing weather is all without an Iceland volcano.  The British Warmies don't dare raise their heads now.  They just hope the cold goes away.  :)

Finally, a true Arctic Vortex

This was a hallmark of the 70's.  We had some of these in the Fall, but now this is a true 40 below vortex.

This is not a heat vortex, like a tornado or hurricane.  It's a mechanical vortex, caused by the rotation of the Earth, and curling wind systems.  It works like a Dysan vacuum cleaner.  The pressures and temperatures approach that of outer space.

To quote the nature shows, we know more about the Moon, than this interesting phenomenon.  That's because all the Nasa Warmies have killed physics.  And trumpypants is killing everything else.  Canadians should be the ones studying it, but we are solidly warmyish.

The main impact on Society, is that these give rise to Ozone Holes.  That's to be expected when you suck down a hunk of space vacuum.  Yet, without a speck of experimentation, we all went to an imaginary chlorine reaction.  That caused all the chlorine coolants to be replaced with fluorine stuff, that is difficult in your air conditioner.  They are both chemically similar, and you don't see people putting fluorine in swimming pools.  :)

Now that we are freezing, I expect the Ozoners to take up the slack left by the Warmies.  They are measuring chlorine compounds at 40,000 feet from jet planes.  The irony, of course, is that they are championing severe clear-air convection which brings those compounds up there.  Carbon warming can only happen if there is no clear-air convection.  :)  I love it.

So, for my 10 people who like physics, expect a ban on all chlorine compounds.  This will cost the World Economy at least as much as Warming.  And nobody will spend two bucks on physics.

ps.  for my confused buddy.  The Carbon Theory of Warming is that co2 acts an insulator for the Earth.  This can only be done by assuming a layered air model in the polar latitudes.  Everybody knows there is severe convection in the tropics.  The air layers have to be rigid like glass.  Co2 is like adding some tinting to the glass and it retards infra-red radiation from the surface of the earth, and they assume that the great majority of the earth's heat is put out to space in this manner.  So, no clear air convection.  The New Ozoners are saying the opposite, that severe convection in the polar latitudes are bring up short-lived chlorine compounds that will cause ozone holes.  In reality, severe clear air convection brings heat up and then it is radiated away from the top of the stratosphere.  They can't have their cake and eat it, too.  However, social physics is capable of anything.

The Loser Toyota Hybrid 12V AGM Battery

Look what I've had to do to keep the Camry Hybrid running until I get this all sorted out.

My long tale of Toyota Woe started with my brand new Hybrid Highlander.  The 12V battery failed right away.  Luckily Yorkdale could measure it and replaced it under warranty.

After 7 years the battery failed on the Camry.  This is good performance for an absorbed glass mat battery (AGM).  On a hybrid, the battery does not start the car, but just keeps the computer going, so it can start the car from the main storage batteries.  The battery has a ridiculously light load.

The new battery failed within a year.  It doesn't fail like a standard lead-acid battery, it just loses capacity.  I brought it in when the car couldn't last overnight, and then the car wouldn't start.  I was so clever this time.  I brought the car to my favourite local mechanic who ordered the battery from Shaw Toyota.

Oh woe is me that I went this route.  The battery didn't last a year.  My mechanic tested it as you should for an AGM and it failed.  But cheapo Shaw never accepted this.  They tested like a lead-acid battery and said it was good.  Back and forth we went.  I went to Toyota Headquarters and no response.  Finally, I phoned the Big Shaw himself (manager) and threatened thermonuclear social media war.  I got a new battery.

The battery didn't last a year.  I had taken it in to Yorkdale for the intverter oil change, and they said the battery had failed the test.  But they said they were not responsible for the warranty, it was the other dealer.  Like heck I was taking it there!

I politely emailed Toyota Canada about transferring the warranty.  This time they responded and asked more questions.  I answered the questions, and was getting a bit hot under the collar.  Did the dealers pay for the warranty themselves?  Why were they so cheap?  This was a lot of my stomach acid under the bridge.

Toyota no longer responded, thus this article.  I will send it to them.  However, they know nothing of social media and reputation risk.  I'm sure they don't have a service and would not see it even if my friends copy it on FB.  Do it guys!

They are the stogiest of horrible bureaucracies.  They have no more control over cheap dealers who destroy their reputation than Tim Hortons has over cheapo billionaire heirs.  No young person should buy from them.  My kids don't.  I'll probably buy from them, but not from dealers.  You save thousands if you buy from an internet fleet service.

Do not buy this battery if it fails on you.  Get a cheap AGM from Costco.  There's all sorts of stuff on how you pry off the thermo sensor on the old battery.  At least you have a good warranty from Costco, there is no 'effective' warranty from Toyota.

ps.  Toyota is hiding.