Most people know that a hairdryer draws about as much power as your average modern outlet will give it — typically around 1000 watts or, at 110 volts, just shy of 10 amps. (Plug in and turn on two hairdryers from the same outlet and you'll usually blow a circuit breaker: most homes max out at 15 or 20 amp circuits.)

If those numbers are gibberish to you, hang on: it'll all have meaning in a moment, particularly when I get to the really shocking part about climate change and hairdryers.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Hairdryer Climate Mathematics Revealed" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Average Fuel Economy by Major Vehicle Category" by AFDC.

Article: "Average Electric Car kWh Per Mile" by Eco Cost Savings.

Article: "Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans" by Lijing Cheng et al.

Article: "Energy Production and Consumption" by Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser.

Article: "Electricity Rates By State" by EnergyBot.

Article: "Houses you can heat with a hair dryer" by Rachel Wagner.

Article: "Energy and National Goals: Address to the Nation" by Jimmy Carter, July 15, 1979.

Video: This 5000 sf Canadian House can basically be heated with a hairdryer!.

Article: "Ocean Heat Content Rises." by NOAA NCEI and IAP.

Article: "No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’" by Elisabeth Rosenthal.

Article: "Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows" by Damian Carrington.

Article: "Average miles driven per year in the U.S. (2022)" by The Zebra.

Article: "US prices drop for first time since May 2020 as inflation rate falls to 6.5%" by Dominic Rushe.

Article: "Korean Solar Company Plans to Build $2.5 Billion Plant in Georgia" by Ivan Penn.

Article: "Second set of classified documents found in Biden's garage after search of 2 residences" by Kevin Johnson, Francesca Chambers.

Article: "House Republican Rules Package Designed to Enable Skewed Priorities" by Joel Friedman.

Article: "House GOP's First Bill Would Slash IRS Budget - And Cost The Government Money" by Arthur Delaney.

Article: "In the New "McCarthy Era," This Column Could Get Me Thrown In Jail" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "House Un-American Activities Committee" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mao Zedong" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marshall McLuhan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Number of TV Households in America 1950-1978" by The American Century.

Article: "Army-McCarthy hearings" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Edward R. Murrow" by Wikipedia.

Article: "George W. Bush White House 'Lost' 22 Million E-mails?" by David Emery.

Article: "Hillary Clinton email controversy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Costa Rica" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Blue slip" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Steve Bannon calls Bolsonaro protesters 'freedom fighters'" by Alisha Rahaman Sarkar.

Article: "What Is CPAC Doing In Brazil?" by Josh Kovensky.

Article: "Brazil arrests rise to 1,500 after pro-Bolsonaro attack on capital" by Anders Hagstrom.

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Hour Two: Veteran War Correspondent in Kiev, Ukraine, Phil Ittner, on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Phil Ittner, Veteran War Correspondent in Kiev, Ukraine

Article: "Ukraine war: Deadly explosions hit Kyiv on New Year's Eve" by Hugo Bachega, Robert Greenall.

Article: "Soledar Salt Mine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ukraine says its forces hold out against Russia in battle for Soledar" by Pavel Polityuk, Vladyslav Smilianets.

Article: "Why the fight for Soledar has become the "most bloody battle" of Russia's war in Ukraine" by CBS/AFP.

Article: "Russia replaces general in charge of Ukraine war in latest military shake-up" by Peter Beaumont and Pjotr Sauer.

Article: "Ukrainian troops to train on Patriot missile defense system in Oklahoma" by Tara Copp.

Article: "The West should supply tanks to Ukraine" by The Economist.

Article: "Biden will send Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine. And tanks could be next." by Lara Seligman and Paul McLeary.

Article: "Poland and Lithuania to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine" by Euronews with AFP.

Article: "UK confirms plans to transfer Challenger tanks to Ukraine" by The New Voice of Ukraine.

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Article: "Nancy " by 2 Broke Girls Wiki.

Article: "Attorney General Merrick Garland announces special counsel to oversee Biden documents probe" by Melissa Quinn, Robert Legare.

Article: "Garland appoints special counsel to probe Biden classified documents" by Perry Stein, Devlin Barrett and Matt Viser.

Article: "Republicans Bring Back Smoke-Filled Rooms on Capitol Hill" by Laura Davison.

Article: "Best medicine for curing depression and anxiety? Kindness, study suggests" by John Anderer.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Starbucks employees to go back to office 3 days a week" by Renata Geraldo.

Article: "Robert Bork" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Will America Keep Our Word to Ukraine? " by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons", Budapest, 5 December 1994.

Article: "Kyiv gave up its nuclear weapons in return for security assurances. So much for that." by WSJ.

Article: "Katie Porter Secures First Major Endorsement From Sen. Elizabeth Warren" by Marita Vlachou.

Article: "Exclusive: US intelligence materials related to Ukraine, Iran and UK found in Biden’s private office, source tells CNN" by Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Paula Reid.

Article: "The Trump family signs deal with Saudi real estate developer behind $1.6 BILLION property project" by Rob Crilly.

Article: "Now the Brazilian media is digging into Santos and finding even more lies, as he refuses to resign" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "A Santos resignation would spell disaster for an already paralyzed House GOP majority" by Kerry Eleveld.

Article: "Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos" by Grace Ashford and André Spigariol.

Article: "'I see no equivalence there': Adam Schiff disputes GOP comparisons of Biden in Trump's document scandal" by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Rep. George Santos' Offer To Resign Has People Buzzing About The Number 142" by David Moye.

Article: "Trump discussed using a nuclear weapon on North Korea in 2017 and blaming it on someone else, book says" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "Hertz says Tesla fleet of rental EVs are 50 pct cheaper to maintain" by Riz Akhtar.

Article: "New York Democrats introduce Santos Act with penalties for candidates who lie about qualifications" by Caroline Vakil.

Article: "Filibuster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "ouse Republicans voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, and George Santos said it was 'fantastic'" by Bryan Metzger.

Article: "Orrin Hatch once said there was "no question" Merrick Garland could be confirmed to the Supreme Court." by Alex Shephard.

Article: "Did the U.S. Consider Using Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam?" by Dr. Erik Villard.

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