committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-20--Globalists would like to end private property by 2030

No state shall … deprive any person of life , liberty , or property , without due process of law ” As philosopher Marten Kaas writes in Motley , “ The Great Flood of AI is here and it is no longer a matter of whether they will displace humans but when they will displace humans , and whether we will be ready for a future shaped , for better or for worse , by intelligent machines.
” But is it machines , or those who program them , that are the greater concern , at least in the near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Mises Institute , German economist Dr. Antony Mueller warns that our treasured individual liberty – and our real and personal property as well — are very much at risk .
The playbook for abolishing property , along with liberty and even our own life decisions , is a 2016 tome published by the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) entitled , “ 8 Predictions for the World in 2030.
” The WEF scenario , says Mueller , is more than just a forecast : “ It is a plan whose implementation has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pandemic and the consequent lockdowns… .
People would have to rent and borrow their necessities from the state , which would be the sole proprietor of all goods .
In this utopian future , Mueller adds , “ Values like individualism , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness are at stake , to be repudiated in favor of collectivism and the imposition of a ‘ common good ’ that is defined by the self-proclaimed elite of technocrats.
” Even worse , Mueller predicts that “ there would be no place [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the average person … [ who ] would be put away along with the ‘ unemployable ’ , ‘ feeble minded ’ , and ‘ ill bred ’ .
” A solid blueprint for the WEF ’ s utopia already exists to a great extent in the People ’ s Republic of China , according to Rod Dreher , author of Live Not by Lies : A Manual for Christian Dissidents.
” Dreher , who is also senior editor at The American Conservative , says , “ ( T ) he coming ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ credit system , like the one the Chinese use , to control the masses and to compel conformity without having to use ‘ hard ’ methods.
” Dreher asserts that , “ Beijing ’ s use of consumer data , biometric information , GPS tracking coordinates , facial recognition , DNA , and other forms of data harvesting [ in short , their use of AI ] has turned , and continues to turn , China into a beast never before seen worldwide , not even under Mao or Stalin .
In China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tools of surveillance capitalism are employed by the surveillance state to administer the so-called social credit system , which determines who is allowed to buy , sell , and travel based on their social behavior.
” Similarly , German China expert Kai Strittmatter , in his 2019 book We Have Been Harmonised , writes that , “ In China ’ s shiny new ‘ Smart Cities ’ , citizens can scarcely cross the road or buy an orange without the government knowing about it , and tweeting satirically about the Glorious Leader ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jail.
” Strittmatter describes how China ’ s autocratic leaders are using powerful new technologies to create the largest and most effective surveillance state the world has ever seen .
China is already finding eager overseas buyers for its ever-upgrading ‘ Operating System for Dictators ’ — in Africa and Asia , Russia , and the Middle East .
And , one might add , in the United States .
Today , private property is often called “ greed , ” and individual liberty is smeared as “ selfishness.
” But Gerald O @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hoskins have written that prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked .
In their view , “ The process of weighing costs and benefits produces what economists call efficient outcomes .
That translates into higher standards of living for all.
” Yet , they argue , it is the failure of economists to emphasize the value of private property that gave rise to collectivist development policy .
No wonder a majority of American youth view socialism much more favorably than capitalism .
According to the The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Socialism , Communism , and Collectivism , ” 74 percent of Gen Z and 70 percent of Millennials do not see Marxism as a “ totalitarian state that suppresses the freedom of its citizens.
” According to the report , over a quarter ( 26 percent ) of all Americans support “ the gradual elimination of the capitalist system in favor of a more socialist system.
” Where have we gone wrong ?
And is it too late to salvage our freedoms ?
It is not as though we had not been warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waved the red flag is a 2009 book , Government Pirates : The Assault on Private Property Rights , by Don Corase .
As Russ Harding of The Mackinac Center explained in a book review , Corase places most of the blame for the loss of private property rights in America on courts that through rulings have disregarded constitutional protection of private property from takings .
But Harding also tags abuses by elected officials and government bureaucrats .
It is widely recognized that socialism is nearly an official doctrine in America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
But way back in 1992 John Taylor Gatto was warning in his seminal book , Dumbing Us Down that , “ By preventing a free market in education , a handful of social engineers , backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling—teacher colleges , textbook publishers , material suppliers , and others—has ensured that most of our children will not have an education , even though they may be thoroughly schooled.
” But Americans ignored Gatto and others like him who saw the federalization of American education as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we did this to ourselves .
Dreher shows how the American media used to report that the Chinese social credit system , made possible by the ubiquitous monitoring of human activity by the nation ’ s tech companies and social media , was making life very difficult for those blacklisted for nonconformity .
In 2020 , for the first time that we had noticed , America ’ s tech companies and social media giants revealed their systematic monitoring of our every purchase , our every word , and showed their power to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they are laying the foundation for a Chinese-style nationwide social credit system that in turn lays the foundation for implementing the nightmare scenario envisioned by the WEF – maybe even sooner than 2030 .
American Patriot Patrick Henry once famously said , “ Give me liberty or give me death.
” Advocates of the looming machine-driven utopia claim that liberty is encased in obedience and conformity .
But what if they are wrong ?
Dare we humans entrust our future to AI machines ?
Or to their manipulators ?

No state shall … deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property, without due process of law”
U.S. Constitution, 14th Amendment.
As philosopher Marten Kaas writes in Motley, “The Great Flood of AI is here and it is no longer a matter of whether they will displace humans but when they will displace humans, and whether we will be ready for a future shaped, for better or for worse, by intelligent machines.” But is it machines, or those who program them, that are the greater concern, at least in the near term?
In a new report from the Mises Institute, German economist Dr. Antony Mueller warns that our treasured individual liberty – and our real and personal property as well — are very much at risk. The playbook for abolishing property, along with liberty and even our own life decisions, is a 2016 tome published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) entitled, “8 Predictions for the World in 2030.”
The WEF scenario, says Mueller, is more than just a forecast: “It is a plan whose implementation has accelerated drastically since with the announcement of a pandemic and the consequent lockdowns…. People would have to rent and borrow their necessities from the state, which would be the sole proprietor of all goods.
In this utopian future, Mueller adds, “Values like individualism, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are at stake, to be repudiated in favor of collectivism and the imposition of a ‘common good’ that is defined by the self-proclaimed elite of technocrats.” Even worse, Mueller predicts that “there would be no place [in this brave new world] for the average person … [who] would be put away along with the ‘unemployable’, ‘feeble minded’, and ‘ill bred’.”
A solid blueprint for the WEF’s utopia already exists to a great extent in the People’s Republic of China, according to Rod Dreher, author of Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents.” Dreher, who is also senior editor at The American Conservative, says, “(T)he
coming ‘soft totalitarianism will rely on a social credit system, like the one the Chinese use, to control the masses and to compel conformity without having to use ‘hard’ methods.”
Dreher asserts that, “Beijing’s use of consumer data, biometric information, GPS tracking coordinates, facial recognition, DNA, and other forms of data harvesting [in short, their use of AI] has turned, and continues to turn, China into a beast never before seen worldwide, not even under Mao or Stalin.
In China,” Dreher concludes,”the tools of surveillance capitalism are employed by the surveillance state to administer the so-called social credit system, which determines who is allowed to buy, sell, and travel based on their social behavior.”
Similarly, German China expert Kai Strittmatter, in his 2019 book We Have Been Harmonised, writes that, “In China’s shiny new ‘Smart Cities’, citizens can scarcely cross the road or buy an orange without the government knowing about it, and tweeting satirically about the Glorious Leader’s dumpling-like features can land you in jail.”
Strittmatter describes how China’s autocratic leaders are using powerful new technologies to create the largest and most effective surveillance state the world has ever seen. China is already finding eager overseas buyers for its ever-upgrading ‘Operating System for Dictators’ — in Africa and Asia, Russia, and the Middle East.
And, one might add, in the United States.
Today, private property is often called “greed,” and individual liberty is smeared as “selfishness.” But Gerald O’Driscoll, Jr., and Lee Hoskins have written that prosperity and property rights are inextricably linked. In their view, “The process of weighing costs and benefits produces what economists call efficient outcomes. That translates into higher standards of living for all.” Yet, they argue, it is the failure of economists to emphasize the value of private property that gave rise to collectivist development policy. No wonder a majority of American youth view socialism much more favorably than capitalism.
According to the The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s 2020 “Report on U.S. Attitudes Toward Socialism, Communism, and Collectivism,” 74 percent of Gen Z and 70 percent of Millennials do not see Marxism as a “totalitarian state that suppresses the freedom of its citizens.” According to the report, over a quarter (26 percent) of all Americans support “the gradual elimination of the capitalist system in favor of a more socialist system.”
Where have we gone wrong? And is it too late to salvage our freedoms?
It is not as though we had not been warned. One of the many books that waved the red flag is a 2009 book, Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights, by Don Corase. As Russ Harding of The Mackinac Center explained in a book review, Corase places most of the blame for the loss of private property rights in America on courts that through rulings have disregarded constitutional protection of private property from takings. But Harding also tags abuses by elected officials and government bureaucrats.
It is widely recognized that socialism is nearly an official doctrine in America’s teacher colleges (and nearly all universities). But way back in 1992 John Taylor Gatto was warning in his seminal book, Dumbing Us Down that, “By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers, backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling—teacher colleges, textbook publishers, material suppliers, and others—has ensured that most of our children will not have an education, even though they may be thoroughly schooled.” But Americans ignored Gatto and others like him who saw the federalization of American education as a danger to human freedom.
In short, we did this to ourselves.
Dreher shows how the American media used to report that the Chinese social credit system, made possible by the ubiquitous monitoring of human activity by the nation’s tech companies and social media, was making life very difficult for those blacklisted for nonconformity.
In 2020, for the first time that we had noticed, America’s tech companies and social media giants revealed their systematic monitoring of our every purchase, our every word, and showed their power to silence our voices. In so doing, they are laying the foundation for a Chinese-style nationwide social credit system that in turn lays the foundation for implementing the nightmare scenario envisioned by the WEF – maybe even sooner than 2030.
American Patriot Patrick Henry once famously said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Advocates of the looming machine-driven utopia claim that liberty is encased in obedience and conformity. But what if they are wrong? Dare we humans entrust our future to AI machines? Or to their manipulators?


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-20--Can any good possibly come from Joe Biden’s climate plan?

Well maybe if it helps my book sales ( until it gets banned ) but other than that , I doubt it .
Biden owns his climate plan now as his mouthpieces are coming out and revealing exactly what he was hiding in the campaign ( besides himself ) on this matter .
This is one of a host of headlines that is starting to show indicating these people is dead serious about enacting draconian measures from those not paying attention , the atrocity known as the Green New Deal , which for the US is all pain , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is MUCH easier to forecast what these people are up to than it is the weather .
It is because the idea that climate change is some kind of pressing problem is phony , hence the title of my book The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War .
But like so many things , an unsuspecting public , largely because much of the nation today sways to the cadence of complacency , bought into the idea that good old uncle Joe would be “ reasonable ” about such things .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same play book that gave us .
“ shovel ready jobs ” , or lowering health care costs by $ 2500 etc .
It was outlined in my book .
Also becoming more apparent is the Covid-Crackdowns may be a dress rehearsal for getting the public ready for having to submit to authority in climate matters .
When you start combining that with other aspects that a lot of people grinned at as extreme you get a top-down authoritarian system of control .
Afterall when you are fighting a monster you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ positive tests , or daily reports on a pandemic that has shut down the nation even though only 6 % of the reported fatalities are exclusive to the disease , just how much more can you stir up fear with an indoctrinated public on some enemy that is because of our evil capitalistic ways ?
Never mind the current problem is an offshoot of a totalitarian regime that whether by accident or design , released it on the rest of the world .
Quite frankly as this Covid to climate pivot comes forward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book will prove even more prophetic .
Environmental issues have evolved from an honest discussion to one hijacked by people who are indeed seeking to fundamentally change the formula for American exceptionalism .
You name the issue , and the cause behind it has been hijacked by the left .
So climate was and is predictable .
A heck of a lot more predictable than so called “ climate models ” or other models for that matter .
It is not about weather .
It is not about climate .
It is about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on an issue that is merely a smokescreen .
And we either did not understand , or like many things the right does , fights on what we consider to be honorable terms when the left fights like it ’ s a street fight , using any means necessary to get to their end .
When you are hearing things like what you are reading in the referred to blog above or that Gina McCarthy is returning to a position of influence ( the same person that did not know how much co2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the measures the EPA was taking would only save .03C over a century , but was a good example for the rest of the world , ( which means economic suicide of the nation would be a noble example I guess ) the same person that took a picture with a demeaning comment about coal ( Hey Sen. Manchin are you seeing all this , you are likely going to be in a party that leads to the destruction of your states economy ) in the background ) then what are you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
How far gone are we ?
How confident are they ?
They are not even trying to hide it anymore .
Ironically it might be good for my book sales as , like several others , ( until banned ) is a testimony to why this is going on .
But is very bad for American exceptionalism and the foundational values of our nation .
Donald Trump stood in the way of it .
But it appears there is nothing to stop it now .
On another note , Merry Christmas and @ @ @ @

Well maybe if it helps my book sales ( until it gets banned) but other than that, I doubt it.
Biden owns his climate plan now as his mouthpieces are coming out and revealing exactly what he was hiding in the campaign (besides himself) on this matter.
This is one of a host of headlines that is starting to show indicating these people is dead serious about enacting draconian measures from those not paying attention, the atrocity known as the Green New Deal, which for the US is all pain, and no gain.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/clapper-climate-change-transcends-all-other-threats-us?utm_medium=social_media&utm_source=twitter_social_icon&utm_campaign=social_icons
Or this article:
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-cabinet/2020/12/19/id/1002350/
Quite frankly, it is MUCH easier to forecast what these people are up to than it is the weather. It is because the idea that climate change is some kind of pressing problem is phony, hence the title of my book The Weaponization of Weather in the Phony Climate War . But like so many things, an unsuspecting public, largely because much of the nation today sways to the cadence of complacency, bought into the idea that good old uncle Joe would be “reasonable” about such things. It is a deception, no different than the same play book that gave us. “shovel ready jobs”, or lowering health care costs by $2500 etc. It was outlined in my book. Also becoming more apparent is the Covid-Crackdowns may be a dress rehearsal for getting the public ready for having to submit to authority in climate matters. When you start combining that with other aspects that a lot of people grinned at as extreme you get a top-down authoritarian system of control. Afterall when you are fighting a monster you cannot see the way you do like positive tests, or daily reports on a pandemic that has shut down the nation even though only 6% of the reported fatalities are exclusive to the disease, just how much more can you stir up fear with an indoctrinated public on some enemy that is because of our evil capitalistic ways? Never mind the current problem is an offshoot of a totalitarian regime that whether by accident or design, released it on the rest of the world. Quite frankly as this Covid to climate pivot comes forward more, what is written in that book will prove even more prophetic. Environmental issues have evolved from an honest discussion to one hijacked by people who are indeed seeking to fundamentally change the formula for American exceptionalism. You name the issue, and the cause behind it has been hijacked by the left. So climate was and is predictable. A heck of a lot more predictable than so called “climate models” or other models for that matter.
It is not about weather. It is not about climate. It is about the fact that we have being fighting on an issue that is merely a smokescreen. And we either did not understand, or like many things the right does, fights on what we consider to be honorable terms when the left fights like it’s a street fight, using any means necessary to get to their end.
When you are hearing things like what you are reading in the referred to blog above or that Gina McCarthy is returning to a position of influence ( the same person that did not know how much co2 was in the atmosphere, that said that the measures the EPA was taking would only save .03C over a century, but was a good example for the rest of the world, (which means economic suicide of the nation would be a noble example I guess) the same person that took a picture with a demeaning comment about coal ( Hey Sen. Manchin are you seeing all this, you are likely going to be in a party that leads to the destruction of your states economy) in the background) then what are you to conclude if you are paying attention?
How far gone are we? How confident are they? They are not even trying to hide it anymore.
Ironically it might be good for my book sales as, like several others, (until banned) is a testimony to why this is going on. But is very bad for American exceptionalism and the foundational values of our nation. Donald Trump stood in the way of it. But it appears there is nothing to stop it now.
On another note, Merry Christmas and God bless America.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-21--Will Capitalism be forced to go Green?

Will Capitalism be forced to go Green?

As the Biden-Harris administration prepares to take over the executive branch next month in Washington , the main levers for bureaucratic control over climate change may come from the U.S. Treasury , Federal Reserve and other financial regulatory agencies , rather than the Environmental Protection Agency or the Interior Department .
This approach to purportedly deal with man-made climate change will have much larger , more ominous impact on the economy and capitalism itself , which is the ultimate goal of so many Green advocates .
Joe Biden shows no sign of lessening his commitment to “ fighting ” climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Climate Accord to curb carbon emissions , and appointing a slew of climate change extremists .
As a lifelong , malleable politician , Biden knows well a big reason for his election is the money and influence of the millionaire and billionaire class pushing the Green agenda .
The cottage industry of Green interest groups is increasingly looking beyond the garrulous Kerry ’ s feckless diplomacy or whether the EPA makes hydro-fracturing financially harder with increased regulatory costs .
Rather , they have their sites on capitalism itself , the life-blood of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
National governments , especially economically large nations like the United States , have always had significant control over their respective private economy ; namely , to the extent it is a private economy .
Pure , unfettered capitalism exists nowhere on Earth .
The degree of government control of U.S. economy ebbs and flows at the margins , depending on who is president .
The level of taxation , degree of regulation , financial disclosure and borrowing requirements , emission levels , hiring and labor practices , safety standards and much more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will vary with changes in administrations .
Politicians who routinely rail against corporations , profits and capitalism usually ignore this reality .
Many of the crusaders to stop climate change were never merely about lowering the global temperature by a degree or two .
They are about a transformation of society and the capitalist system , which will take more than tightening of regulations on methane or restricting oil drilling .
Former Vice President Al Gore , for example , wrote earlier this year that corporations should “ accelerate their efforts on climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today must factor in long-term climate and societal implications.
” International bureaucrats from the United Nations and global non-governmental organizations are openly promoting what they call the Great Reset to transform capitalism and the world economy under the guise of fighting Covid-19 , climate change and income inequality , among other benign-sounding objectives .
Asked why he robbed banks , that famous thief of yesteryear , Willie Sutton , gave the unvarnished answer , “ that ’ s where the money is.
” The regulatory and oversight power of government can set standards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Green ” or environmentally friendly in their portfolio and effectively force a reallocation of capital .
To that end , expect the new Biden-Harris administration to go beyond mere government budgets and spending on Green initiatives by directing trillions of dollars in private assets from banks , hedge funds and other financial institutions away from fossil fuel-related investments and toward a Green global transformation .
Already in the U.S. Senate , Democrats are pushing for regulatory changes to force this exact outcome .
Government ’ s heavy hand on the private sector @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not limited to the United States .
Central banks throughout the world are joining the Network for Greening the Financial System , which is starting to claim “ climate change risks ” to the financial system .
Such central planning to manipulate financial markets for climate purposes by the incoming Biden-Harris administration and other nations constitute a major risk to economic growth and stability , particularly regarding the ability of individual Americans to invest and save using 401-k ’ s and other retirement savings vehicles .
The U.S. government has a history of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have not ended well .
The private sector and capitalism generally got mostly blamed for the 2008 financial meltdown .
Yet , it was years of government policies of artificially low interest rates and housing investment incentives and guarantees that induced the private economy to borrow and invest to the point of creating a real estate market bubble that burst with a ripple effect throughout the economy .
With the burgeoning efforts to regulate the financial sector to implement climate policies , count on history repeating itself .
The Green agenda for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more about societal transformation , and less about a cleaner planet .
Its proponents are upping the ante with the growing effort to force financial institutions to fight climate change as governments direct .
Manipulating private sector capital formation for social or Green objectives is a powerful tool that is far more likely to bring economic harm than planetary health .

As the Biden-Harris administration prepares to take over the federal executive branch next month in Washington, the main levers for bureaucratic control over climate change may come from the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve and other financial regulatory agencies, rather than the Environmental Protection Agency or the Interior Department.
This approach to purportedly deal with man-made climate change will have much larger, more ominous impact on the economy and capitalism itself, which is the ultimate goal of so many Green advocates.
Joe Biden shows no sign of lessening his commitment to “fighting” climate change, starting with rejoining the Paris Climate Accord to curb carbon emissions, and appointing a slew of climate change extremists. As a lifelong, malleable politician, Biden knows well a big reason for his election is the money and influence of the millionaire and billionaire class pushing the Green agenda.
The cottage industry of Green interest groups is increasingly looking beyond the garrulous Kerry’s feckless diplomacy or whether the EPA makes hydro-fracturing financially harder with increased regulatory costs. Rather, they have their sites on capitalism itself, the life-blood of which is the large and complicated financial sector.
National governments, especially economically large nations like the United States, have always had significant control over their respective private economy; namely, to the extent it is a private economy. Pure, unfettered capitalism exists nowhere on Earth. The degree of government control of U.S. economy ebbs and flows at the margins, depending on who is president.
The level of taxation, degree of regulation, financial disclosure and borrowing requirements, emission levels, hiring and labor practices, safety standards and much more remain substantial in the U.S., but will vary with changes in administrations. Politicians who routinely rail against corporations, profits and capitalism usually ignore this reality.
Many of the crusaders to stop climate change were never merely about lowering the global temperature by a degree or two. They are about a transformation of society and the capitalist system, which will take more than tightening of regulations on methane or restricting oil drilling.
Former Vice President Al Gore, for example, wrote earlier this year that corporations should “accelerate their efforts on climate action [and] all investments made today must factor in long-term climate and societal implications.”
International bureaucrats from the United Nations and global non-governmental organizations are openly promoting what they call the Great Reset to transform capitalism and the world economy under the guise of fighting Covid-19, climate change and income inequality, among other benign-sounding objectives.
Asked why he robbed banks, that famous thief of yesteryear, Willie Sutton, gave the unvarnished answer, “that’s where the money is.” The regulatory and oversight power of government can set standards to penalize companies that are not sufficiently “Green” or environmentally friendly in their portfolio and effectively force a reallocation of capital. To that end, expect the new Biden-Harris administration to go beyond mere government budgets and spending on Green initiatives by directing trillions of dollars in private assets from banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions away from fossil fuel-related investments and toward a Green global transformation. Already in the U.S. Senate, Democrats are pushing for regulatory changes to force this exact outcome.
Government’s heavy hand on the private sector in pursuit of a climate agenda is not limited to the United States. Central banks throughout the world are joining the Network for Greening the Financial System, which is starting to claim “climate change risks” to the financial system.
Such central planning to manipulate financial markets for climate purposes by the incoming Biden-Harris administration and other nations constitutes a major risk to economic growth and stability, particularly regarding the ability of individual Americans to invest and save using 401-k’s and other retirement savings vehicles. The U.S. government has a history of meddling in financial and housing markets that have not ended well.
The private sector and capitalism generally got mostly blamed for the 2008 financial meltdown. Yet, it was years of government policies of artificially low interest rates and housing investment incentives and guarantees that induced the private economy to borrow and invest to the point of creating a real estate market bubble that burst with a ripple effect throughout the economy. With the burgeoning efforts to regulate the financial sector to implement climate policies, count on history repeating itself.
The Green agenda for a “sustainable” planet has long been more about societal transformation, and less about a cleaner planet. Its proponents are upping the ante with the growing effort to force financial institutions to fight climate change as governments direct. Manipulating private sector capital formation for social or Green objectives is a powerful tool that is far more likely to bring economic harm than planetary health.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-21--EP 128: Meet Biden’s ‘Climate’ Picks for Interior, EPA

“ I am an original cosponsor of the Green New Deal and I ’ m moving forward with a complement @ @ @ @ @ goals in a specific , achievable way .
The New Mexico Energy Transition Act was @ @ @ @ @ Climate change is real , we must take it on aggressively , ” said Rep. @ @ @ @ @ during a Q & A In today ’ s installment of District of Conservation , @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s nominees to lead the Department of Interior and Environmental Protection ( EPA @ @ @ @ @ ( D-NM ) and North Carolina Department fo Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan , respectively @ @ @ @ @ , both nominees will usher in a climate-centered , preservationist philosophy at their respective departments @ @ @ @ @ Haaland ’ s positions here on the website .

“I am an original cosponsor of the Green New Deal and I’m moving forward with a complement of legislation that supports its goals in a specific, achievable way. The New Mexico Energy Transition Act was an extremely important step. Climate change is real, we must take it on aggressively,” said Rep. Deb Haaland to Albuquerque Journal during a Q&A
In today’s installment of District of Conservation, Gabriella breaks down President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees to lead the Department of Interior and Environmental Protection (EPA)— Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) and North Carolina Department fo Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan, respectively. And, if confirmed, both nominees will usher in a climate-centered, preservationist philosophy at their respective departments.
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Learn more about Representative Haaland’s positions here on the website.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-21--Biden putting his left foot forward

Biden putting his left foot forward

Joe Biden is assembling an army of radical bureaucrats and no one ’ s freedom is safe .
In the waning days of the Obama Administration , the 44th President ’ s legion of anti-capitalist , global warming , anti-energy zealots burrowed into our federal service and decamped for big salaries at left-wing nonprofits .
Gina McCarthy did massive economic damage as Obama ’ s EPA Administrator and John Kerry weakened American interests across the board as Secretary of State .
Biden just named McCarthy his national climate adviser and Kerry , his international climate envoy .
Mr. Biden did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implement climate policy overseen by Ms. McCarthy .
They include Jennifer Granholm for Secretary of Energy , who was Michigan Governor and champion of “ renewable ” solar and wind energy ; and Michael Regan for the Environmental Protection Agency , an African American who is the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and espouses “ environmental justice ” for communities of color .
The president-elect is expected to name Congresswoman Deb Haaland of New Mexico for Secretary of the Interior , who is opposed to decades long energy development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in on Biden ’ s pick for Interior , the radical Deb Haaland : Haaland ’ s positions on critical conservation and environmental issues would alienate most Americans : Haaland is an original Green New Deal backer and is endorsed by the Sunrise Movement .
She also supports restoring the size of the controversial Bears Ears National Monument in Utah , opposes Endangered Species Act reforms , and endorses the “ 30 by 30 ” plan via House Resolution 835 .
Top level appointments are just the tip of the iceberg .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name you see in the news , there are thousands who ’ s names and faces remain largely unseen by the average American .
They are united in their belief that the problem with America is that we have far too much much of that pesky individual freedom .
They know better , and are prepared to substitute their judgment for ours through the bleak power of regulation .
America has at long last achieved energy independence .
Through the efficiency of free markets , we stand first in energy production , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s your thing ) .
We have pushed back against anti-competitive mercantilism abroad and our manufacturers are rebounding and ready to compete .
We have returned Americans to space on American rockets .
We are defeating a global pandemic and creating better lives and opportunities for everyone .
Our assembling bureaucratic masters loathe all that and are prepared to stop it .
Joe Biden positioned himself for president by proclaiming he was a mainstream candidate who was not part of the radicalism possessing his party .
In the days ahead , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but by whom he appoints .

Joe Biden is assembling an army of radical bureaucrats and no one’s freedom is safe.
In the waning days of the Obama Administration, the 44th President’s legion of anti-capitalist, global warming, anti-energy zealots burrowed into our federal service and decamped for big salaries at left-wing nonprofits.
They’re baaack!
Gina McCarthy did massive economic damage as Obama’s EPA Administrator and John Kerry weakened American interests across the board as Secretary of State. Biden just named McCarthy his national climate adviser and Kerry, his international climate envoy.
Peter Murphy details Biden’s growing list of radicals at CFACT.org:
Mr. Biden did announce this week cabinet appointments that will implement climate policy overseen by Ms. McCarthy. They include Jennifer Granholm for Secretary of Energy, who was Michigan Governor and champion of “renewable” solar and wind energy; and Michael Regan for the Environmental Protection Agency, an African American who is the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and espouses “environmental justice” for communities of color. The president-elect is expected to name Congresswoman Deb Haaland of New Mexico for Secretary of the Interior, who is opposed to decades long energy development on federal lands.
Gabriella Hoffman focuses in on Biden’s pick for Interior, the radical Deb Haaland:
Haaland’s positions on critical conservation and environmental issues would alienate most Americans: Haaland is an original Green New Deal backer and is endorsed by the Sunrise Movement. She also supports restoring the size of the controversial Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, opposes Endangered Species Act reforms, and endorses the “30 by 30” plan via House Resolution 835.
Top level appointments are just the tip of the iceberg. For every high profile radical who’s name you see in the news, there are thousands who’s names and faces remain largely unseen by the average American. They are united in their belief that the problem with America is that we have far too much much of that pesky individual freedom. They know better, and are prepared to substitute their judgment for ours through the bleak power of regulation.
America has at long last achieved energy independence. Through the efficiency of free markets, we stand first in energy production, while simultaneously first in emissions reductions (if that’s your thing). We have pushed back against anti-competitive mercantilism abroad and our manufacturers are rebounding and ready to compete. We have returned Americans to space on American rockets. We are defeating a global pandemic and creating better lives and opportunities for everyone.
Our assembling bureaucratic masters loathe all that and are prepared to stop it.
Joe Biden positioned himself for president by proclaiming he was a mainstream candidate who was not part of the radicalism possessing his party.
In the days ahead, judge Biden not by what he says, but by whom he appoints.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-22--Bezos set to shower Greens with $billions

“ We ’ re in the Money ” was a popular tune that caught the spirit of the last century ’ s Roaring Twenties .
Now , one hundred years later , environmental groups can sing the same song — thanks to Jeff Bezos , the richest man in the world .
Bezos , the founder and CEO of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post , has announced that he is giving $ 793 million to 16 environmental groups to fight climate change and undertake other activities to save the planet .
The largess comes from Bezos ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ just the beginning of my $ 10 billion commitment to fund scientists , activists , NGOs , and others.
” More than half of the donations are going to established , already well-funded green groups , with $ 100 million grants each going to the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) , the National Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) , the Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) , the World Resources Institute ( WRI ) , and the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) .
Groups purporting to be battling climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting the loot .
Bezos is also turning his attention to “ environmental justice , ” and groups cashing in include the lesser-known Dream Corps ’ Green for All , the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender and Justice , and the Solutions Project .
With natural gas having displaced coal as America ’ s leading source of electricity , environmentalists now plan to join hands with the incoming Biden administration to go after the fossil fuel , citing its alleged effect on the climate .
And Bezos ’ s money will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonize natural gas .
Manhattan-based EDF , whose annual budget is a stately $ 230 million , will pocket an additional $ 100 million from Bezos over the next three years .
Most of that money will fund a satellite EDF plans to have put in orbit to monitor methane emissions .
“ Thanks to this and other funding , we will cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry by 45 percent by 2025 , which will be the same 20-year benefit of closing a third of the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fred Krupp assured the Washington Post ( Nov.17 ) .
“ Solving the climate crisis involves investments in a wide segment of solutions , ” Krupp , whose organization would be a recipient of such investments , went on .
“ The obstacle isn ’ t finding solutions ; it is securing the funding to scale solutions quickly .
Our hope is that this gift encourages other philanthropists to support climate solutions on the scale needed.
” Washington , D.C.-based WWI is also getting into the satellite business .
It plans to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ develop a satellite-powered land-use and carbon-emissions monitoring system that will focus on emissions ’ impact on forests , grasslands , wetlands , and agriculture .
WWI also wants to use some of the money to convert 450,000 school buses to all-electric power systems by 2030 .
WWF , whose U.S. affiliate has an annual budget of about $ 300 million and whose global budget comes to $ 900 million a year , wants to use the Bezos cash to—raise more money .
It plans to leverage its $ 100 million grant from Bezos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its “ global partners , ” including investors , foundations , and governments .
The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute , which will have to make do with a paltry $ 10 million , will use the money for a project to decarbonize buildings , with the goal of stopping the burning of natural gas in heaters , stoves , and boilers .
Other beneficiaries of Bezos ’ s Earth Fund include , according to the Post , the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund , $ 43 million ; ClimateWorks Foundation , $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 5 million ; Energy Foundation , $ 30 million ; the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice , $ 43 million ; NDN Collective , $ 12 million ; Salk Institute for Biological Studies , $ 30 million ; the Solutions Project , $ 43 million ; and the Union of Concerned Scientists , $ 15 million .
And remember : This is just the first tranche of Bezos ’ s donations to the greens .
He has another $ 9.2 billion to pass out .
With his fabulous wealth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of environmental causes such as CNN founder Ted Turner – once lovingly referred to by environmentalists as “ Daddy Greenbucks ” – and the late actor Paul Newman .
Many of the groups receiving Bezos ’ s money are little more than fronts for powerful corporate interests intent on profiting from the transformation from fossil-fuel-based energy to renewable energy .
The Biden administration will use the climate to justify regulations on any activity deemed out of step with green orthodoxy .
Flush with Bezos ’ s cash , environmental activists will make common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launching lawsuits and disseminating propaganda to their hearts ’ content .

“We’re in the Money” was a popular tune that caught the spirit of the last century’s Roaring Twenties. Now, one hundred years later, environmental groups can sing the same song — thanks to Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world.
Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, has announced that he is giving $793 million to 16 environmental groups to fight climate change and undertake other activities to save the planet. The largess comes from Bezos’s Earth Fund and is, he says, “just the beginning of my $10 billion commitment to fund scientists, activists, NGOs, and others.”
More than half of the donations are going to established, already well-funded green groups, with $100 million grants each going to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Nature Conservancy (TNC), the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Groups purporting to be battling climate change aren’t the only ones getting the loot. Bezos is also turning his attention to “environmental justice,” and groups cashing in include the lesser-known Dream Corps’ Green for All, the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender and Justice, and the Solutions Project.
Target: Natural Gas
With natural gas having displaced coal as America’s leading source of electricity, environmentalists now plan to join hands with the incoming Biden administration to go after the fossil fuel, citing its alleged effect on the climate. And Bezos’s money will be used in a variety of projects to demonize natural gas. Manhattan-based EDF, whose annual budget is a stately $230 million, will pocket an additional $100 million from Bezos over the next three years. Most of that money will fund a satellite EDF plans to have put in orbit to monitor methane emissions.
“Thanks to this and other funding, we will cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry by 45 percent by 2025, which will be the same 20-year benefit of closing a third of the world’s power plants,” longtime EDF head Fred Krupp assured the Washington Post (Nov.17). “Solving the climate crisis involves investments in a wide segment of solutions,” Krupp, whose organization would be a recipient of such investments, went on. “The obstacle isn’t finding solutions; it is securing the funding to scale solutions quickly. Our hope is that this gift encourages other philanthropists to support climate solutions on the scale needed.”
Washington, D.C.-based WWI is also getting into the satellite business. It plans to use its $100 million from Bezos to develop a satellite-powered land-use and carbon-emissions monitoring system that will focus on emissions’ impact on forests, grasslands, wetlands, and agriculture. WWI also wants to use some of the money to convert 450,000 school buses to all-electric power systems by 2030.
WWF, whose U.S. affiliate has an annual budget of about $300 million and whose global budget comes to $900 million a year, wants to use the Bezos cash to—raise more money. It plans to leverage its $100 million grant from Bezos to extract another $850 million from its “global partners,” including investors, foundations, and governments.
The Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute, which will have to make do with a paltry $10 million, will use the money for a project to decarbonize buildings, with the goal of stopping the burning of natural gas in heaters, stoves, and boilers.
Other beneficiaries of Bezos’s Earth Fund include, according to the Post, the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund, $43 million; ClimateWorks Foundation, $50 million; Eden Reforestation Projects, $5 million; Energy Foundation, $30 million; the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice, $43 million; NDN Collective, $12 million; Salk Institute for Biological Studies, $30 million; the Solutions Project, $43 million; and the Union of Concerned Scientists, $15 million.
“We’ve Only Just Begun”
And remember: This is just the first tranche of Bezos’s donations to the greens. He has another $9.2 billion to pass out. With his fabulous wealth, Bezos has far eclipsed earlier celebrity benefactors of environmental causes such as CNN founder Ted Turner – once lovingly referred to by environmentalists as “Daddy Greenbucks” – and the late actor Paul Newman.
Many of the groups receiving Bezos’s money are little more than fronts for powerful corporate interests intent on profiting from the transformation from fossil-fuel-based energy to renewable energy. The Biden administration will use the climate to justify regulations on any activity deemed out of step with green orthodoxy. Flush with Bezos’s cash, environmental activists will make common cause with the Biden White House by launching lawsuits and disseminating propaganda to their hearts’ content.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-23--Weather made (sort of) understandable: The primary elements: Water, land, and air

As we did in Parts One and Two of this series on weather , we shall start with what may be a shocking exclamation .
Weather is nothing more and nothing less than nature trying to equilibrate the balance of all energy transmitted to the Earth by the Sun .
It is a never-ending multi-level show of physics trying to overcome imbalances and irregularities too numerous to quantify accurately .
Yet , we try hour after hour and day after day all across the Earth .
Water is the only substance that is capable of reversing density direction as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean ?
Like all other substances , water shrinks and gets denser as it gets colder .
But unlike most materials , when water reaches about 4.0 C , the direction changes .
As it gets colder and colder , it starts to expand , and the volume increases .
That ’ s why we see ice on top of the waters and not at the bottom , and it ’ s why we see the tips of the icebergs float at the top of the seas .
Those icebergs are about 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ float on , and why 90 percent is below the water level .
“ So , what ?
” you might ask.
?
The “ so what ” is enormous !
The most dominant factor is that if the ice formed and fell to the bottom of the oceans , there would be no fish in the world and no amphibians to crawl onto land and form other creatures .
• Conversely , if the warm water did not rise and stay at the top 100 meters or so , it may not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and prosper .
Trees , plants , and grasses only produce about 30 percent of the planet ’ s Oxygen , whereas the planktons and other marine vegetation produce 70 percent of the Earth ’ s Oxygen .
• Also , warmer water holds less dissolved gasses than colder water , and the colder it gets , the more it absorbs .
We see this in our everyday experience .
When we open a cold bottle of soda , carbon dioxide bubbles out .
When we let the soda warm up while open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , leaving it flat .
A fish like a trout or arctic char that needs more Oxygen than a carp is more likely to live in the colder waters and the carp in the warmer waters .
This temperature difference rewards the more adventurous fish who braved the move to the colder waters with more Oxygen and more plankton , and more food sources .
This change in water temperatures allows the Earth to modulate the amounts of gasses in the air vs. in the water .
The oceans will release more CO2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biomass that comes with warmer periods .
Conversely , when it gets colder , the oceans reabsorb the CO2 because plant life has slowed down , and it saves the excess CO2 for when it cyclically warms back up .
Land includes our lawn and farmland and mountains , you and the seals in the north and penguins in the south pole and the grasslands in Argentina and mountains of Peru and Canada ’ s trees .
Land heats very differently than water and air .
The ground reflects very little of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s one reason why land heats up faster than water .
Most of the heating of land and oceans is by visible light and IR and some extreme UV ( EUV ) .
On the beach , infrared is why you feel warm , and your skin burns , and UV is why you get sun blisters .
Land absorbs heat very quickly but does not store heat as long as the oceans do , losing it just as fast .
On land , the energy keeps getting absorbed until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starts losing the heat back to the cooler air , mostly by radiation and a little by convection .
This radiation keeps going up through the atmosphere during the night .
When these rays reach the sky and clouds , some are absorbed ( greenhouse effect ) , and some of the radiation goes directly into outer space .
Next , we find that not all land is created equal .
Some materials , like asphalt and rocks and bricks and cement and buildings and streets , absorb more heat and faster and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and trees .
This ability to retain heat contributes to weather and climate changes in the form we call ” the “ urbanization effect.
” This urbanization effect can add as much as 2 or 3 or even 4 degrees Celsius in major urban areas compared to farmlands just a few miles away .
Las Vegas is probably the best example .
So , if you are a weatherman or a climatologist , this means that you must be very careful where you put your earth-based thermometers to make sure you don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The air is a very fluid mixture of many different gasses and many other aerosols , dust , and water vapor .
Primary gasses include 78 percent nitrogen , 21 percent oxygen , and 0.04 percent carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) .
This does not include the water vapors and aerosols that help make up clouds .
The water content in the clouds can be minimal and wispy at the higher regions or form much more prominent and more massive clouds in the lower areas .
Cloud properties are challenging to measure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen in Figure – 1 , five layers are going up in the atmosphere from sea level to more than 600 kilometers .
These layers are very fluid and will change in different ways depending on what ’ s pushing or pulling them around , like the Sun ’ s heat , solar winds , and pressure differences .
The exosphere is the highest layer at over 600 km .
The air is thin and made mostly of hydrogen and helium , and it gradually fades into the vacuum of outer space .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Earth , where most of the clouds are and where most of the weather actions occur .
Figure 2. plays a crucial role in the Earth ’ s water cycle and is an absolute necessity in the Earth ’ s ability to sustain all life ; plants , animals , birds and fish , trees and whales , polar bears , etc .
In the simplest of terms , the Sun heats the waters and forms water vapors that rise into the air .
At some altitudes and temperature and barometric pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elements will meet up with an aerosol particle .
The aerosol may be a dust particle from a volcano or farmland or industrial pollutant or a car or jet or whatever , and they become the seed around which the water vapor starts to condense and stick .
An example of this can be seen in the sky as long cloud streaks behind a high-flying jet .
Those white streaks are not smoke , and they are not pollution .
They are clouds forming around the release of the aerosol by the jet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
As more and more water vapor sticks to these seeds , they grow bigger and bigger , and more and more of these seeds accumulate water vapor until a cloud is formed .
This natural process is called “ nucleation.
” The clouds keep getting bigger and bigger as more and more of these droplets are created .
The cloud also becomes more substantial and more massive as each of these condensed water vapor droplets keeps getting bigger and bigger .
At some point , when enough of them are big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ snow .
As the rain droplets fall down the sky towards Earth , they will hit the ground as rain if it ’ s warm enough .
If it ’ s a little bit cooler , it may come down like hail , or if it ’ s icy , it will be snow .
This water is then spread across the land and seas .
The plant life absorbs some , and some end up in rivers and lakes and seas and oceans , and the cycle starts again .
Figure 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weather change because they provide the cloud seeding aerosols contributing to increased cloud formation .
The dust and pollution gasses will form a barrier that shields the Sun ’ s rays and will cool the Earth .
When there ’ s a massive eruption , these clouds can cover vast areas and last for months and may destroy a year ’ s worth of agriculture in the affected areas .
One such example occurred in 1816 , known as the “ Year Without a Summer , ” due to the eruption of Mount @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass ejections of billions of tons of dust , gasses , and aerosols into the atmosphere .
This eruption significantly reduced the amount of the Sun ’ s energy from reaching the Earth , causing the average global temperature to decrease by 0.7–1.3 ° F. And huge failures of agriculture .
See Figure 4 .
Regarding both weather and climate , where you live matters , and it matters a lot !
If you live in the tropical areas , close to the equator , it ’ s where the Sun ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As a result , it ’ s hot and generally much more humid .
That ’ s far different from the colder temperate zones , and as you move away from the equator , north or south , the further you go , the colder it gets , and really – cold as you go closer to the north and south poles .
Figure 5 .
The greenhouse effect is an excellent benefit for the Earth .
It ’ s the blanket that helps keep us in the Goldilocks zone by preventing more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gets from the Sun during the daylight hours .
Ninety-five percent of this greenhouse effect is due to the water vapor content in the air .
The other five percent is contributed by the so-called “ greenhouse gasses , where CO2 is the second-largest contributor , methane is the third , and other gasses fill in the balance .
By now , of course , dear reader , you realize that we have at best “ sort of ” made weather a little more understandable .
But what we are sure of is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the complexity of weather and an appreciation of all-weather experts ’ work and why predictions a week out are difficult .
Perhaps also you will realize how silly predicting the Earth ’ s temperature decades from now .
Portions of this article are excerpted from the 2020 book A HITCHHIKER ’ S JOURNEY THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE by Terigi Ciccone and Dr. Jay Lehr .
The book is the best source for parents and grandparents to explain climate change reality to their children .
It ’ s especially recommended for young teens and Gen-Z @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change folly .
Available from Amazon at https : //www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Journey-Through-Climate-Change-ebook/dp/B086R49RS6 In kindle , black and white paperback and large format full-color figures .
Or send an email to [ email protected ]

THE STRANGE PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF WATER
As we did in Parts One and Two of this series on weather, we shall start with what may be a shocking exclamation. Weather is nothing more and nothing less than nature trying to equilibrate the balance of all energy transmitted to the Earth by the Sun. It is a never-ending multi-level show of physics trying to overcome imbalances and irregularities too numerous to quantify accurately. Yet, we try hour after hour and day after day all across the Earth.
WATER
Water is the only substance that is capable of reversing density direction as a function of temperature. What does this mean? Like all other substances, water shrinks and gets denser as it gets colder. But unlike most materials, when water reaches about 4.0 C, the direction changes. As it gets colder and colder, it starts to expand, and the volume increases. That’s why we see ice on top of the waters and not at the bottom, and it’s why we see the tips of the icebergs float at the top of the seas. Those icebergs are about 10 percent less dense than the water they float on, and why 90 percent is below the water level. “So, what?” you might ask.? The “so what” is enormous! The most dominant factor is that if the ice formed and fell to the bottom of the oceans, there would be no fish in the world and no amphibians to crawl onto land and form other creatures.
• Conversely, if the warm water did not rise and stay at the top 100 meters or so, it may not have been possible for phytoplankton to grow and prosper. Trees, plants, and grasses only produce about 30 percent of the planet’s Oxygen, whereas the planktons and other marine vegetation produce 70 percent of the Earth’s Oxygen.
• Also, warmer water holds less dissolved gasses than colder water, and the colder it gets, the more it absorbs. We see this in our everyday experience. When we open a cold bottle of soda, carbon dioxide bubbles out. When we let the soda warm up while open, the Carbon dioxide comes out naturally, leaving it flat.
A fish like a trout or arctic char that needs more Oxygen than a carp is more likely to live in the colder waters and the carp in the warmer waters. This temperature difference rewards the more adventurous fish who braved the move to the colder waters with more Oxygen and more plankton, and more food sources.
This change in water temperatures allows the Earth to modulate the amounts of gasses in the air vs. in the water. The oceans will release more CO2 into the air to support the growing biomass that comes with warmer periods. Conversely, when it gets colder, the oceans reabsorb the CO2 because plant life has slowed down, and it saves the excess CO2 for when it cyclically warms back up.
LAND
Land includes our lawn and farmland and mountains, you and the seals in the north and penguins in the south pole and the grasslands in Argentina and mountains of Peru and Canada’s trees. Land heats very differently than water and air. The ground reflects very little of the Sun’s rays to outer space. That’s one reason why land heats up faster than water. Most of the heating of land and oceans is by visible light and IR and some extreme UV (EUV). On the beach, infrared is why you feel warm, and your skin burns, and UV is why you get sun blisters. Land absorbs heat very quickly but does not store heat as long as the oceans do, losing it just as fast. On land, the energy keeps getting absorbed until night comes. Then the warmer ground starts losing the heat back to the cooler air, mostly by radiation and a little by convection. This radiation keeps going up through the atmosphere during the night. When these rays reach the sky and clouds, some are absorbed (greenhouse effect), and some of the radiation goes directly into outer space.
Next, we find that not all land is created equal. Some materials, like asphalt and rocks and bricks and cement and buildings and streets, absorb more heat and faster and retain it longer than grasslands and wetlands and trees. This ability to retain heat contributes to weather and climate changes in the form we call” the “urbanization effect.” This urbanization effect can add as much as 2 or 3 or even 4 degrees Celsius in major urban areas compared to farmlands just a few miles away. Las Vegas is probably the best example. So, if you are a weatherman or a climatologist, this means that you must be very careful where you put your earth-based thermometers to make sure you don’t create wrong temperature profiles or trends.
AIR
The air is a very fluid mixture of many different gasses and many other aerosols, dust, and water vapor. Primary gasses include 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 0.04 percent carbon dioxide (CO2). This does not include the water vapors and aerosols that help make up clouds. The water content in the clouds can be minimal and wispy at the higher regions or form much more prominent and more massive clouds in the lower areas. Cloud properties are challenging to measure, quantify, and model.
As seen in Figure – 1, five layers are going up in the atmosphere from sea level to more than 600 kilometers.
These layers are very fluid and will change in different ways depending on what’s pushing or pulling them around, like the Sun’s heat, solar winds, and pressure differences. The exosphere is the highest layer at over 600 km. The air is thin and made mostly of hydrogen and helium, and it gradually fades into the vacuum of outer space. The troposphere is the layer directly above the Earth, where most of the clouds are and where most of the weather actions occur.
WATER VAPOR
Figure 2. plays a crucial role in the Earth’s water cycle and is an absolute necessity in the Earth’s ability to sustain all life; plants, animals, birds and fish, trees and whales, polar bears, etc. In the simplest of terms, the Sun heats the waters and forms water vapors that rise into the air. At some altitudes and temperature and barometric pressure, some of these tiny water vapor elements will meet up with an aerosol particle. The aerosol may be a dust particle from a volcano or farmland or industrial pollutant or a car or jet or whatever, and they become the seed around which the water vapor starts to condense and stick. An example of this can be seen in the sky as long cloud streaks behind a high-flying jet. Those white streaks are not smoke, and they are not pollution. They are clouds forming around the release of the aerosol by the jet engines and the water vapor sticking on them.
As more and more water vapor sticks to these seeds, they grow bigger and bigger, and more and more of these seeds accumulate water vapor until a cloud is formed. This natural process is called “nucleation.” The clouds keep getting bigger and bigger as more and more of these droplets are created. The cloud also becomes more substantial and more massive as each of these condensed water vapor droplets keeps getting bigger and bigger. At some point, when enough of them are big enough, it starts to rain or snow. As the rain droplets fall down the sky towards Earth, they will hit the ground as rain if it’s warm enough. If it’s a little bit cooler, it may come down like hail, or if it’s icy, it will be snow. This water is then spread across the land and seas. The plant life absorbs some, and some end up in rivers and lakes and seas and oceans, and the cycle starts again.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
Figure 3 Volcanic eruptions play a substantial role in weather change because they provide the cloud seeding aerosols contributing to increased cloud formation. The dust and pollution gasses will form a barrier that shields the Sun’s rays and will cool the Earth. When there’s a massive eruption, these clouds can cover vast areas and last for months and may destroy a year’s worth of agriculture in the affected areas.
One such example occurred in 1816, known as the “Year Without a Summer,” due to the eruption of Mount Tambura in Indonesia. This super-eruption had mass ejections of billions of tons of dust, gasses, and aerosols into the atmosphere. This eruption significantly reduced the amount of the Sun’s energy from reaching the Earth, causing the average global temperature to decrease by 0.7–1.3 ° F. And huge failures of agriculture.
EARTH’S LATITUDES
See Figure 4. Regarding both weather and climate, where you live matters, and it matters a lot! If you live in the tropical areas, close to the equator, it’s where the Sun’s rays more directly reach the planet. As a result, it’s hot and generally much more humid. That’s far different from the colder temperate zones, and as you move away from the equator, north or south, the further you go, the colder it gets, and really – cold as you go closer to the north and south poles.
EARTH’S THERMAL BLANKET
Figure 5. The greenhouse effect is an excellent benefit for the Earth. It’s the blanket that helps keep us in the Goldilocks zone by preventing more heat from escaping at night than it gets from the Sun during the daylight hours. Ninety-five percent of this greenhouse effect is due to the water vapor content in the air. The other five percent is contributed by the so-called “greenhouse gasses, where CO2 is the second-largest contributor, methane is the third, and other gasses fill in the balance.
By now, of course, dear reader, you realize that we have at best “sort of” made weather a little more understandable. But what we are sure of is that you have a better understanding of the complexity of weather and an appreciation of all-weather experts’ work and why predictions a week out are difficult. Perhaps also you will realize how silly predicting the Earth’s temperature decades from now.
Portions of this article are excerpted from the 2020 book A HITCHHIKER’S JOURNEY THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE by Terigi Ciccone and Dr. Jay Lehr. The book is the best source for parents and grandparents to explain climate change reality to their children. It’s especially recommended for young teens and Gen-Z as they will bear the consequences of climate change folly.
Available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Journey-Through-Climate-Change-ebook/dp/B086R49RS6 In kindle, black and white paperback and large format full-color figures. Or send an email to [email protected].


The geothermal revolution

So-called “ renewable ” energy is all the rage .
The problem is that wind and solar , the most popular renewables , are intermittent , inefficient energy sources that are far better at generating subsidies than electricity .
Then there ’ s geothermal , which just might be a zero emissions ( if that ’ s your thing ) , renewable energy source that scales .
There is a revolution coming in geothermal energy .
How big it will be and how fast it can grow remains to be seen , but the revolutionary technology is here now… The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is just a thin film wrapped around an 8,000 mile diameter molten ball .
In some places under the deep ocean this crust is estimated to be just 3 miles or so thick .
It is somewhat thicker under the continents but the point remains ; it gets hot fast as you drill down into the crust .
That heat is geothermal energy .
Fracking enabled the U.S. to achieve the long-sought goal of energy independence .
Turns out fracking is a gift that keeps on giving .
Wojick explains that fracking has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ producers to pinpoint underground heat sources with greater accuracy than ever before : With hydraulic fracturing ( or fracking ) we can make these geothermal reservoirs where we want them , the size we want them , and where the heat is the temperature we want , especially very hot .
This includes the so-called “ supercritical ” water at 400 degrees C , which is now used in the most advanced power-plants .
The anti-energy Left is champing at the bit , hoping Joe Biden will make their most destructive fantasies come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ ve given a somewhat tacit approval to geothermal energy…but will that continue if it is linked to “ fracking ” ?
Guess we will have to wait and see !

So-called “renewable” energy is all the rage. The problem is that wind and solar, the most popular renewables, are intermittent, inefficient energy sources that are far better at generating subsidies than electricity.
Then there’s geothermal, which just might be a zero emissions (if that’s your thing), renewable energy source that scales.
David Wojick explains the science at CFACT.org:
There is a revolution coming in geothermal energy. How big it will be and how fast it can grow remains to be seen, but the revolutionary technology is here now… The Earth’s crust we live on is just a thin film wrapped around an 8,000 mile diameter molten ball. In some places under the deep ocean this crust is estimated to be just 3 miles or so thick. It is somewhat thicker under the continents but the point remains; it gets hot fast as you drill down into the crust. That heat is geothermal energy.
Fracking enabled the U.S. to achieve the long-sought goal of energy independence. Turns out fracking is a gift that keeps on giving. Wojick explains that fracking has profound applications for geothermal, allowing energy producers to pinpoint underground heat sources with greater accuracy than ever before:
With hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) we can make these geothermal reservoirs where we want them, the size we want them, and where the heat is the temperature we want, especially very hot. This includes the so-called “supercritical” water at 400 degrees C, which is now used in the most advanced power-plants.
The anti-energy Left is champing at the bit, hoping Joe Biden will make their most destructive fantasies come true.
Up to this point, they’ve given a somewhat tacit approval to geothermal energy…but will that continue if it is linked to “fracking”? Guess we will have to wait and see!


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-24--New York can’t buy its way out of blackouts

New York City will soon be home to the world ’ s biggest utility-scale battery system , designed to back up its growing reliance on intermittent renewables .
At 400 MWh this batch of batteries will be more than triple the 129 MWh world leader in Australia .
The City of New York ’ s director of sustainability ( I am not making this title up ) , Mark Chambers , is ecstatic , bragging : “ Expanding battery storage is a critical part of how we advance momentum to confront the climate emergency while meeting the energy needs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announcement demonstrates how we can deliver this need at significant scale.
” ( Emphasis added ) In reality the scale here is incredibly insignificant .
In the same nonsensical way , Tim Cawley , the president of Con Edison , New York ’ s power utility , gushes thus : “ Utility scale battery storage will play a vital role in New York ’ s clean energy future , especially in New York City where it will help to maximize the benefit of the wind power being developed offshore.
” This puts the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reality when it comes to the scale needed to reliably back up intermittent renewables .
For simplicity let us suppose New York City is 100 % wind powered .
Including solar in the generating mix makes it more complicated but does not change the unhappy outcome very much .
NYC presently peaks at around 32,000 MW needed to keep the lights on .
If Mr. Biden makes all the cars and trucks electric it might be closer to 50,000 MW but let ’ s stick to reality .
This peak occurs during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stagnant high pressure systems called Bermuda highs .
These highs often last for a week and because they are stagnant there is no wind power generation .
Wind turbines require something like sustained winds of 10 mph to move the blades and more like a whistling 30 mph to generate full power .
During a Bermuda high folks are happy to get the occasional 5 mph breeze .
These huge highs cover many states so it is not like we can get the juice from next door .
So for reliability we need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is 168 hours .
Here ’ s the math : 32,000 MW x 168 hours = 5,376,000 MWh of stored juice needed to just make it .
Mind you for normal reliability we usually add 20 % or so .
Did I mention electric cars ?
It is easy to see that a trivial 400 MWh is not “ significant scale.
” It is infinitesimal scale .
Nothing .
Nada .
Might as well not exist .
More specifically , 5,376,000 divided by 400 = 13,440 so only 13,439 more to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this measly 400 MWh battery array may well cost half a billion dollars , which is significant , especially to the New Yorkers who will pay for it .
No cost figures are given because the system is privately owned , but EIA reports that the average utility scale battery system runs around $ 1.5 million a MWh of storage capacity .
That works out to $ 600 million for this insignificant toy .
So what would it cost to reliably back up wind power , at this MWh cost and NYC ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS .
I have not seen this stupendous sum mentioned in the media .
Perhaps Con Ed has not mentioned it .
Then too , New York State has the same problem .
Only much bigger if New York City is included , which it often is .
But hey , maybe the cost will come down a few trillion .
Not if we create a seller ’ s market by rushing into intermittent renewables , which is certainly where we are headed .
After all , this is just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up America with batteries might cost .
Don ’ t bother because it is impossible .
I should also add that we have no idea how to make 5 million MWh of batteries work together .
The tiny 400 will be a challenge .
It may not be possible .
Maybe fracked geothermal , the reliable renewable , is the answer .
Or how about coal , oil , gas and nuclear power ?
Too bad they are all out of fashion .
All of this battery backup hype is a scam , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The papers are full of this con , from coast to coast .
The utilities know perfectly well that these loudly touted battery buys are a hoax , but they are getting rich building the wind and solar systems the politicians are calling for .
The voters are oblivious to these impossible numbers , since they are told that intermittent wind and solar are cheaper than reliable coal , gas and nuclear .
Only when the sun shines bright and the wind blows hard , which is not all that often .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It can ’ t work so it won ’ t work .
At this point it is just a question of how and when we find out the hard way

New York City will soon be home to the world’s biggest industrial-scale battery system. It’s designed to back up the city’s growing reliance on intermittent “renewable” electricity. At 400 megawatt-hours (MWh), this cluster of batteries will be more than triple the 129 MWh world leader in Australia.
Mark Chambers, NYC’s Director of Sustainability (I am not making this title up), is ecstatic.“Expanding battery storage is a critical part of how we advance momentum to confront the climate emergency,” he brags,” while meeting the energy needs of all New Yorkers. Today’s announcement demonstrates how we can deliver this need at significant scale.”[Emphasis added]
In the same nonsensical way, Tim Cawley, president of Con Edison, New York state’s power utility, gushes thus: “Utility-scale battery storage will play a vital role in New York’s clean energy future, especially in New York City, where it will help to maximize the benefit of the wind power being developed offshore.”
In reality, the scale here is vanishingly insignificant. The official enthusiasm puts the Con in Con Edison.(And few New Yorkers and other East Coast residents are going to tolerate thousands of 850-foot-tall wind turbines off their shores. People don’t want them in their onshore backyards either. )
When it comes to the scale needed to reliably back up unreliable pretend-renewable electricity generation– and keep business, industry, social media and civilization functioning – New York’s and America’s policy makers need to start living in the Real World. Otherwise blackouts will become common.
For simplicity, let’s suppose New York City is 100% wind powered. (Including solar in the generating mix makes it more complicated but does not change the unhappy outcome very much.)
NYC currently peaks at around 13,000 MW– just to keep the city running. If Mr. Biden makes all the cars and trucks electric, total demand could eventually hit 20,000 MW. But let’s stick to present day reality.
This peak occurs because of enormous air conditioning demand during summer heat waves, which is bad enough. But to make matters even worse, those heat waves are caused by stagnant high pressure systems called Bermuda highs. These highs often last for a week and because they involve stagnant air masses – and an absence of breezes – there is no wind power generation.
Wind turbines require something like sustained winds of 10 mph to move the blades and more like a whistling 30 mph to generate full power. During a Bermuda high, folks are happy to get the occasional 5 mph breeze. These huge highs cover many states, so it is not like we can get the juice from next door.
So for reliability we need, say, seven days of backup: 168 hours. Here’s the math:
13,000 MW x 168 hours = 2,184,000 MWh of stored juice needed to just make it. Mind you, for normal reliability we usually add 20% or so as a safety measure. Did I mention electric cars? Replacing natural gas with electricity for cooking, water heating and other needs? Charging all those batteries? Maybe they need to add 40% to account for emergency circumstances. But let’s ignore that for now.
It is easy to see that 400 MWh is not “significant scale.” It is trivial, infinitesimal scale. Virtually nothing.
Nada. It might as well not exist. It might be enough to power Gracie Mansion and City government offices during a summer heat wave, but that’s about it.
More specifically, 2,184,000 divided by 400 = 5,460. That means New York City just needs another 5,459 additional battery clusters to meet those peak needs.
On the other hand, this measly 400 MWh battery array may well cost half a billion dollars, which is significant, especially to the New Yorkers who will pay for it. No cost figures were given, because the system is privately owned.
However, the Energy Information Administration says the average utility scale battery system runs around $1.5 million per MWh of storage capacity. That works out to $600 million for this insignificant climate-obsessing toy.
So what would it cost to reliably back up wind power, at this MWh cost and NYC scale? Just over $3,000,000,000,000.THREE TRILLION DOLLARS! I have not seen this stupendous sum reported in the media. Perhaps Con Ed has not mentioned it. They certainly know about it.
But hey, maybe the cost will come down a trillion – though not if we create a seller’s market by rushing into intermittent renewables, which is certainly where we are headed. After all, this is just New York City. Imagine what backing up America with batteries might cost. Don’t bother because it is impossible.
I should also add that we have no idea how to make 2 million MWh of batteries work together. The tiny 400 will be a challenge. Millions of megawatt hours on demand may not be possible.
Then too, New York State has the same problem. Only much bigger if New York City is included, which it often is. New York State peaks at about 32,000 MW, which works out to 5,376,000 MWh of stored juice at a cost of EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS for enough batteries to make 100% wind reliable. And again, this is without phasing in electric cars and trucks, phasing out gas heat, a 20% reserve, etc.
Note that New York State has a law saying they will build at least 3,000 MWh of batteries over the next decade. Like NYC’s grand 400 MWh battery system, this is as nothing compared to what is needed to keep the lights on. Nor does the New York Power Authority mention the many trillions of dollars needed to make renewables reliable.
All of this battery backup hype is a scam, and not just in New York. The papers are full of this con, from coast to coast. Solar plus batteries or wind plus batteries, as though the batteries mattered, when they do not. The utilities know perfectly well that these loudly touted battery buys are a hoax, but they are getting rich building the mandated and subsidized wind and solar systems the politicians are calling for. Adding a trivial battery makes it sound like renewables work. Which they don’t.
On a larger scale, consider PJM. This is the electric power coordinating group of utilities that oversees the central part of the Eastern USA (not including New York State). Its primary mission is system reliability, so it should be very interested in this impossible battery-cost problem. This includes big cities like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington DC
PJM peaks at around 150,000 MW, so a week of backup battery juice is 25,200,000 MWh. At $1,500,000 per MWh, that is just under a mere THIRTY-EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS! This too is without electrifying all our fossil fueled cars, trucks, buildings, appliances and whatever else the climate emergency central planners can think of. Yet PJM says not a mumbling word about the impossibility of delivering reliability using all renewables and batteries.
Note that PJM plus New York is $46 billion and this is just a small part of America. The voters are oblivious to these impossible numbers, since they are repeatedly told that intermittent wind and solar are cheaper than reliable coal, gas and nuclear. Only when the sun shines bright and the wind blows hard, which is not all that often.
Maybe fracked geothermal, the reliable renewable, is the answer. Or how about reliable coal, oil, gas and nuclear power? Too bad they are all out of fashion.
Reality is just sitting there, waiting. 100% renewables cannot work, so it will not work. At this point it is just a question of how and when we find out the hard way. The key then is for voters and electricity users to learn this stuff, ask hard questions, demand honest answers, and not be Conned any longer.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-12-24--Why EU’s effort to “go organic” could threaten public health, environment

Are efforts to make our food more “ sustainable , ” namely by using less pesticides and GMO ’ s , going to lead to better health and environmental quality ?
Well , the surprising answer is likely “ No.
” This , according to German consumer advocate Fred Roeder , who writing in the Genetic Literacy Project notes that “ technological advances in agriculture and technology have helped us provide food for an extra 5.5 billion people in the last century compared to the 2 billion humans that populated the earth in 1920.
” Particularly worrisome to Roeder are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s recently passed “ Farm to Fork ” ( F2F ) initiative that seeks to increase the share of organic farming in the EU from 7.5 % to 25 % , all the while reducing pesticide use by 50 % .
At the same time , the F2F strategy does not embrace new technologies that allow farmers to achieve the same yields they are able to produce using the current level of pesticides .
The reason this is problematic , explains Roeder , is that more land and habitat will have to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ goals of this supposed “ green ” program.
” Also , public health may suffer , as would efforts to feed a growing world population : For several reasons , including its low yields and the consequent need to bring more land into agricultural production , organic farming is particularly detrimental to meeting the world ’ s food demand .
By 2070 the world will be populated by approximately 10.5 billion people .
This means that we will need to be able to feed 3 billion additional humans every year .
Fortunately , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helped us provide food for an extra 5.5 billion people in the last century compared to the 2 billion humans that populated the earth in 1920… Stanford University estimated that if we would still use the farming technology of 1960 , we would need additional farmland of Russia ’ s size , the world ’ s largest country , to earn the same yields as current technology .
More organic farming in Europe means lower yields of EU food production and higher prices for consumers .
The shortage in Europe will be likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts of the world .
This will lead to a global increase in food prices .
For affluent regions of the world such as Europe , this will be rather a nuisance for consumers .
This will have very negative consequences for people already living at the edge of existence and facing hunger .
To read the article in its entirety at the Genetic Literacy Project , click here .

Are efforts to make our food more “sustainable,” namely by using less pesticides and GMO’s, going to lead to better health and environmental quality?
Well, the surprising answer is likely “No.” This, according to German consumer advocate Fred Roeder, who writing in the Genetic Literacy Project notes that “technological advances in agriculture and technology have helped us provide food for an extra 5.5 billion people in the last century compared to the 2 billion humans that populated the earth in 1920.”
Particularly worrisome to Roeder are efforts such as the European Union’s recently passed “Farm to Fork” (F2F) initiative that seeks to increase the share of organic farming in the EU from 7.5% to 25%, all the while reducing pesticide use by 50%. At the same time, the F2F strategy does not embrace new technologies that allow farmers to achieve the same yields they are able to produce using the current level of pesticides.
The reason this is problematic, explains Roeder, is that more land and habitat will have to be chewed up in order to meet the goals of this supposed “green” program.” Also, public health may suffer, as would efforts to feed a growing world population:
For several reasons, including its low yields and the consequent need to bring more land into agricultural production, organic farming is particularly detrimental to meeting the world’s food demand.
By 2070 the world will be populated by approximately 10.5 billion people. This means that we will need to be able to feed 3 billion additional humans every year. Fortunately, technological advances in agriculture and technology have helped us provide food for an extra 5.5 billion people in the last century compared to the 2 billion humans that populated the earth in 1920…
Stanford University estimated that if we would still use the farming technology of 1960, we would need additional farmland of Russia’s size, the world’s largest country, to earn the same yields as current technology.
More organic farming in Europe means lower yields of EU food production and higher prices for consumers. The shortage in Europe will be likely compensated by additional food imports from other parts of the world. This will lead to a global increase in food prices. For affluent regions of the world such as Europe, this will be rather a nuisance for consumers. This will have very negative consequences for people already living at the edge of existence and facing hunger.
To read the article in its entirety at the Genetic Literacy Project, click here.