climatedepot--2020-12-07--Frequent flyer and multi-homeowner Barack Obama disapproves of your lifestyle

Barack Hussein Obama , the 44th President of the United States , is not pleased with the American people , who twice elected him president and just elevated his Vice President , Joe Biden , to the presidency .
At least one of the reasons for the former president ’ s displeasure is he believes Americans like “ cheap gas and big cars ” more than they care about the environment .
Mr. Obama made this criticism of the American public in his new memoir of his presidency entitled , A Promised Land .
This is the third autobiography from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is expected with a second volume on his presidency .
President Obama ’ s larger problem is with oil and gas , and the country ’ s reliance on them , which he wrongly views as zero-sum with a clean environment .
Americans ’ support both fossil fuels and the environment , which is not inconsistent .
The former president ’ s criticism of the public came in the context of his recounting of the explosion in 2010 of the Deep Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years later , Mr. Obama now says he was even more concerned about the disaster than he let on at the time .
As he reread the transcript of his statement on the accident , he nonetheless manages to compliment himself : “ I ’ m struck by how calm and cogent I sound.
” Barack Obama never lacked in self-esteem , and still manages to impress himself with his abilities .
He notices nothing awry in revealing this self-infatuation .
Apparently , the then-President wanted to say and do more back in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you see , was frustrated because he could not do what was necessary to fight the oil spill and protect the environment because , he said , the electorate : [ B ] ought into the idea that government was the problem and that business always knew better and had elected leaders who made it their mission to gut environmental regulations , starve agency budgets , denigrate civil servants , and allow industrial polluters to do whatever the hell they wanted to do .
Thus does Obama inadvertently admit to his political cowardice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American public ’ s supposed insouciant view of government regulation and the environment .
Major oil spills make news because they are relatively rare .
Both the number of large spills and the quantity of oil lost has declined sharply in the last half century , according to the International Union of Marine Insurance .
The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 was a terrible and tragic accident that occurred not for lack of government funding and regulatory control .
Obama ’ s contention otherwise is political gaslighting ( pardon the pun ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predecessors spanned 20 years , George H.W .
Bush , Bill Clinton and George W. Bush .
None of them starved or gutted anything .
In the two decades preceding Obama , the Environmental Protection Agency ’ s budget increased by 48 percent , while the number of pages in the Federal Register increased by 51 percent .
Under Obama , after a sharp increase in the EPA ’ s budget during his first year , the agency ’ s budget overall declined for the balance of his presidency .
Thanks to hydro-fracturing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s presidency ( to his credit ) , America has become energy independent , and fossil fuels are cheaper in real economic terms .
Indeed , the cost of filling your gas tank or heating your home is more affordable and requires a lower percentage of a paycheck for such essentials .
That means more personal income is available for other needs and desires .
For the 54 percent of American households making below $ 75,000 in annual income , especially , every bit of energy savings helps .
As for larger cars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for which there is nothing to apologize .
They are safer , more useful and more enjoyable .
For example , full-size pick-up trucks from the Big 3 automakers are the top-selling vehicles in the country .
Like so many of his fellow climate change elites , Mr. Obama disdains fossil fuels and wants to transform the nation and the world to “ renewable ” energy .
But his criticism of Americans ’ desire for affordable energy and their preferred choice of vehicles is snobbish and hypocritical .
Barack Obama is cashing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and will likely surpass the Clinton ’ s in net worth , if he hasn ’ t already .
As president , he once said , “ there ’ s only so big a house you can have.
” As ex-president , he and Mrs. Obama figured 7,000 to 8,000 square feet was about right for them – for each of their homes .
It takes a lot of energy consumption to maintain four to five times the space of most Americans ; it takes even more for a second luxury home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Martha ’ s Vineyard , not to mention their frequent air travel .
Barack Obama is a talented and historic figure , as the first black man to become president .
He has attained a lifestyle in the top one percent of Americans that consumes exponentially greater resources than the average American .
It is all the more reason he should rethink such an obtuse and detached view of those far less wealthy for enjoying the benefits of “ cheap gas and big cars .
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climatedepot--2020-12-07--The IMF’s Net-Zero Fairy Tale

The IMF’s Net-Zero Fairy Tale

Economic progress and rising living standards have come from capitalism ’ s ability to produce more from less , through constantly improving capital and labor productivity .
Widespread adoption of renewables throws this process into reverse .
It is the opposite of progress .
President-Elect Biden ’ s promised 10 million new clean energy jobs can be more than met , Perry calculates , by switching to 100 % solar energy – but as he points out , “ those energy jobs will come at a high price in the form of higher energy costs for consumers and businesses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a reduction of jobs in energy-intensive sectors , reduced economic growth and an erosion of the nation ’ s prosperity.
” In its most recent World Economic Outlook , the IMF implies that potentially catastrophic climate change can be avoided with a green fiscal stimulus amounting to 1 percent of GDP and carbon taxes of between $ 10 to $ 40 a ton in 2030 .
... With Britain , France , the European Union , and now America ( soon to be under Joe Biden ’ s leadership ) piling onto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that some objectivity about the economic costs and consequences about such absolutist carbon-emission policies would be in order .
Traditionally , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) could be relied upon as a source of sound economic advice .
No longer .
Under its previous managing director , Christine Lagarde , and now its current one , Kristalina Georgieva , the IMF has traded economic integrity for green wokery – thus giving governments license to push radical green policies in the false belief that there are few or no downsides .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ green millenarianism on steroids .
In July , Georgieva told an interviewer that the pandemic presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a transformation necessary for human survival : “ you don ’ t like the pandemic , you ’ re not going to like the climate disaster.
” A characteristic of climate millenarianism is over-hyping of the potential damage of climate change while at the same time claiming that avoiding this damage will cost next to nothing .
Thus in its most recent World Economic Outlook , the IMF implies that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a green fiscal stimulus amounting to 1 percent of GDP and carbon taxes of between $ 10 to $ 40 a ton in 2030 .
The IMF ’ s analysis is riddled with errors and omissions .
It correctly notes that renewable energy is more labor-intensive than generating energy from fossil fuels .
As the American Enterprise Institute ’ s Mark Perry notes , in 2019 it took 5.2 workers in wind and an astonishing 45.8 in solar to produce the same amount of electricity as one worker in nuclear , natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s more jobs in wind and solar , yes , but poorly paid ones – a critical dimension of employment that the IMF entirely neglects .
The IMF also implies that renewable energy is less capital-intensive ( “ reallocation of activity from high- to low-carbon sectors could therefore be more positive ( less negative ) for employment than investment ” ) .
This shows how little the IMF understands about the energy sector .
Wind and solar are intermittent power sources , so keeping the grid stable and the lights on requires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes renewables extremely capital-inefficient .
Consider the U.K .
Without renewables , the U.K. would require 22 gigawatts ( GW ) of new capacity to replace old coal and nuclear .
With renewables , 50 GW is required – 28 GW more than without .
Switching to renewables more than doubles the investment requirement .
Economic progress and rising living standards have come from capitalism ’ s ability to produce more from less , through constantly improving capital and labor productivity .
Widespread adoption of renewables throws this process into reverse .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s promised 10 million new clean energy jobs can be more than met , Perry calculates , by switching to 100 % solar energy – but as he points out , “ those energy jobs will come at a high price in the form of higher energy costs for consumers and businesses , less dependable electric power , more blackouts , a reduction of jobs in energy-intensive sectors , reduced economic growth and an erosion of the nation ’ s prosperity.
” To derive its conclusion that net-zero would be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global growth , the IMF uses general equilibrium modelling , which can be useful in understanding the effects of , say , a tax change , and mapping its effects throughout an economy .
But equilibrium , a concept borrowed from Newtonian physics , implies regularity and stationarity , a system returning to a stable growth path as external forces unwind – conditions that don ’ t pertain when economies undergo forcible structural transformation lasting decades , and of a severity not seen outside wartime or the centrally planned economies of the Soviet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are violated by the economic process that the method aims to model , thus rendering the IMF ’ s conclusions worthless .
The most misleading claim that the IMF has seeded into public discourse concerns fossil fuel subsidies .
“ Fossil fuels are now massively under-priced , ” the IMF asserts , with global energy subsidies amounting to $ 4.7 trillion in 2015 , equivalent to 6.3 % of global GDP .
These aren ’ t your grandfather ’ s subsidies in the form of cash payments to oil producers , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to believe : end the subsidies , transfer the cash to clean tech , and all will be well .
In fact , the IMF acknowledges that producer subsidies are “ relatively small.
” Rather , the IMF ’ s elastic definition of subsidy includes a $ 40 per ton carbon tax , speculative estimates of deaths caused by local air pollution as well as deaths from road accidents , and the cost of traffic delays .
The epidemiology of PM2.5 – microscopic particles that make up an air pollution tranche – is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ researchers acknowledge .
A British government report concedes that unlike with smoking and lung cancer , there is no actual group of individuals whose deaths are attributable to air pollution alone .
Indeed , a 2012 study analyzing data across 100 American cities found no evidence that PM2.5 concentrations had any causal impact on increasing mortality rates .
Also problematic is the value of a statistical life assumptions used by the IMF , which are several times the actual willingness of both individuals and countries to spend money on improving health .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up around one-half the IMF ’ s diesel “ subsidy , ” and traffic congestion around three-fourths of the gasoline “ subsidy.
” Improvements to engine technology mean that modern autos are astonishingly clean .
In urban centers with the most modern diesel vehicles , the exhaust can be cleaner than the intake air .
The IMF would have us believe that the tailpipe is the sole source of vehicular PM2.5 .
According to a recent study , non-exhaust emissions are now believed to constitute the majority of primary particulate matter from road @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of the tailpipe , and with their heavy batteries , electric vehicles will cause more air pollution from tire wear .
The same goes for road congestion .
Fossil fuels don ’ t cause it ; vehicles do .
If the IMF is against road transportation , it should say so .
As it is , the IMF ’ s treatment of fossil fuel subsidies is no more than a highly sophisticated hit job .
Every fairy tale needs a villain .
And living happily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – or in net-zero reports .
Rupert Darwall is a senior fellow of the RealClear Foundation and author of THE CLIMATE NOOSE .

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climatedepot--2020-12-07--Study: UN IPCC’s Worst-case emissions projections are already off-track – Published in Environmental

Study: UN IPCC’s Worst-case emissions projections are already off-track – Published in Environmental Research Letters

Under the worst-case scenarios laid out in the United Nations ’ climate change projections , global temperatures could increase as much as 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit ( more than 4 degrees Celsius ) by 2100 , leading to as much as 3 feet ( 0.98 meters ) in global sea level rise and an array of disastrous consequences for people and planet .
But new research from CU Boulder finds that these high-emissions scenarios , used as baseline projections in the UN ’ s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) global assessments , have not accurately reflected the slowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and we are unlikely to catch up to them anytime soon .
The new study , published today in Environmental Research Letters , is the most rigorous evaluation of how projected climate scenarios established by the IPCC have evolved since they were established in 2005 .
The good news : Emissions are not growing nearly as fast as IPCC assessments have indicated , according to the study ’ s authors .
The bad news : The IPCC is not using the most accurate and up-to-date climate scenarios in its planning and policy recommendations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy based on anticipating future possibilities , then we should be using the most realistic scenarios possible , ” said Matt Burgess , lead author on the study and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ( CIRES ) at CU Boulder .
“ We ’ ll have better policies as a result.
” The IPCC was established in 1988 and provides policymakers around the globe with regular research-based assessments on the current and projected impacts of climate change .
Its reports , the sixth of which is due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role in shaping global climate policy .
To see if IPCC scenarios are on track , the researchers compared projections from the latest report , published in 2014 , and data used to prepare the upcoming report , to data gathered from 2005 to 2017 on country-level gross domestic product ( GDP ) , fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions , likely energy use and population trends during this century .
Burgess and his co-authors show that even before the pandemic , due to slower-than-projected per-capita GDP growth , as well a declining global use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already well off-track in 2020 , and look likely to continue to diverge from reality over the coming decades and beyond .
The COVID-19 pandemic ’ s dampening effect on the global economy only accentuates their findings , they said .
As a result , they contend that these high-emissions scenarios should not be used as the baseline scenarios in global climate assessments , which aim to represent where the world is headed without additional climate mitigation policy .
When it comes to climate change scenarios , some scientists and climate experts fear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the projected scenarios , and we ’ ll be taken by surprise by climate changes .
But that is unlikely to happen , according to Burgess , assistant professor in environmental studies and faculty affiliate in economics .
This new research adds to a growing literature that argues that economic growth and energy use are currently over-projected for this century .
The research also points out that the high-emissions scenarios used by the IPCC don ’ t fully account for economic damages from climate change .
The researchers recommend that these policy-relevant scenarios @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crashes , technological discoveries , or other real-time changes in society and Earth ’ s climate .
Anticipating the future is difficult and updates are to be expected , according to Roger Pielke Jr. , co-author on the paper and professor of environmental studies .
Their study does not mean that people can let their guard down when it comes to addressing climate change , the authors stress .
No matter the scenario , the only way to get to net zero emissions as a society is to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re still affecting the climate and the challenge of reducing emissions is as hard as ever , ” said Pielke Jr. “ Just because it ’ s not the worst-case scenario doesn ’ t mean that the problem goes away.
” Additional co-authors on this paper include John Shapland in Environmental Studies at CU Boulder and Justin Ritchie of the University of British Columbia ’ s Institute for Resources , Environment and Sustainability .


climatedepot--2020-12-07--Prof. Peter Ridd: It’s the science that’s rotten, not the Great Barrier Reef

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has released its latest report on the state of the Great Barrier Reef .
It has turned up the volume by one notch , claiming the threat to the reef has gone from “ significant concern ” to “ critical ” .
It blames climate change , agricultural pollution , coastal development , industry , mining , shipping , overfishing , disease , problematic native species , coal dust — you name it , it is killing the reef .
But the report is just a rehash of old , mostly wrong or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ institutions with an activist agenda and no commitment to quality assurance .
It is remarkable that the world has been convinced that one of its most pristine ecosystems is on its last legs .
Part of the problem is that , being underwater and a long way from the coast , very few people visit the reef .
The truth is hidden .
Those of us in North Queensland living adjacent to the reef , and tourists from elsewhere , can report the water is iridescent clear blue and totally unpolluted .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aerial view of the world-famous Heart Reef in the Whitsundays .
Picture : Brooke Miles/Riptide Creative The reef occasionally conspires to give the impression it is dying .
An area of coral the size of Belgium can be killed by cyclones ( hurricanes ) , native starfish plagues or bleaching .
All these events are entirely natural and are part of life on the reef .
In fact , each of the 3000 individual reefs , along the entire 2000km length of the Great Barrier Reef , is a 50-100m high plateau of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over millennia .
The live coral lives on the surface of this pile of dead ancestors .
Sixty years ago , when these cycles of death and destruction were first being discovered by scientists , it was legitimate to be concerned about whether they were unnatural .
But there is now abundant evidence , almost totally ignored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature , that the reef is fine .
The coral always recovers vigorously after major mortality events .
Coral remains abundant on all 3000 reefs .
The amount of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to year , is about the same today as when records began in the 1980s .
The coral growth rates have not declined — if anything they have increased , as would be expected from the slight increase in temperature over the past century .
Corals like it hot and grow faster in warmer water .
Ignoring evidence of the obvious good condition of the reef is not the least of the problems with this IUCN report .
It also uses evidence that is patently false .
For example , the report claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a risk to the reef , which is 100-1000km from the ports .
This ridiculous claim is based on a report that was discredited by unquestioned experts on this subject , Dr Simon Apte and other scientists from the CSIRO , who showed that the results were in error by 3000 per cent .
It is also highly doubtful that the original scientists were actually measuring coal dust .
They were measuring poly-aromatic hydrocarbons , which are common , naturally occurring molecules not specific to coal .
It is not surprising that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using this discredited coal dust report .
Other major Australian reports on the reef also quote it .
It is notable that when Apte tried to get the scientific journal and the Australian Institute of Marine science , which was responsible for the coal dust data , to correct the mistake , they refused to do anything .
The science institutions have become untrustworthy .
The IUCN makes other equally scandalous mistakes .
It claims that agricultural pollution is a problem despite all the measurements showing concentrations of pesticides so low they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment .
The effect of mud washed from farms is equally negligible .
The fundamental problem with the IUCN report is that it is based upon scientific evidence that is poorly quality assured .
The scientific foundations are rotten and none of the science organisations want to remedy the problem — partly because the science organisations , and the IUCN , stopped being scientific long ago .
They have recognised their political power .
We must recognise they have become political .
Until genuine quality assurance measures can be put in place at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of untrustworthy scientific evidence , reported and repeated ad nauseam , will continue .
The only good news is that the next IUCN report on the reef in 2023 will not be worse than “ critical ” because this seems to be the worst category they have .


climatedepot--2020-12-07--Covid Lockdowns Have Wiped Out Nearly Half Of Black Small Businesses

Nearly half of Black small businesses had been wiped out by the end of April as the pandemic ravaged minority @ @ @ @ @ a report from the New York Fed .
Black-owned businesses were more than twice as @ @ @ @ @ white counterparts , the report found .
“ Nationally representative data on small businesses indicate @ @ @ @ @ business owners fell by 22 % from February to April 2020—the largest drop on record @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Black businesses experienced the most acute decline , with a 41 % drop @ @ @ @ @ by 32 % and Asian business owners dropped by 26 % .
” That figure @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic has dragged on with a resurgence of cases this summer that has taken @ @ @ @ @ of infections to a world record of over 5 million .
The number of white-owned @ @ @ @ @ , fell just 17 % .


climatedepot--2020-12-07--COVID lockdowns compared to coercion & torture methods to break the will of prisoners of war

Communist Attempts to Elicit False Confessions from Air Force Prisoners of War* Albert D. Biderman Via ACLU : Biderman is @ @ @ @ @ September 1957 paper “ Communist Attempts to Elicit False Confessions From Air Force Prisoners of @ @ @ @ @ chart in a more legible form .
Biderman showed how Chinese and Korean interrogators used @ @ @ @ @ darkness or bright light , insults , threats , and exposure far more than physical @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-12-07--What Our Betters Have In Store For Us: The Great Reset

Have you heard of the “ Great Reset ” ?
Until very recently , I myself have only been vaguely aware of the term .
But it ’ s time that we all start paying serious attention .
The term itself appears to be the brainchild of the World Economic Forum and its impresario Klaus Schwab .
The WEF is the organization the puts on those conferences in Davos , Switzerland , attended annually by thousands of private jets and their cargo .
Up until now , you have probably thought that the cargo hauled to the WEF conferences was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You were not wrong about that .
But stuffed shirts can do quite a bit of damage if handed the coercive powers of governments .
The term “ Great Reset ” also stands for a program .
As the word “ Great ” implies , these WEF guys do not think small .
The basic idea is to enlist every government and all big corporations to work to eliminate the freedom-based economic order ( often mis-named “ capitalism ” ) that prevails today throughout the successful portion of the world .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t that order brought prosperity and abundance to millions ?
Yes , but per the WEF , we are all required to feel great guilt and shame at our economic success , because we have not also simultaneously achieved perfect fairness , justice and equality among all people , let alone that the world is beset by “ crises ” including the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change .
“ Crises ” like these can only be addressed by massive and pervasive government control .
So what is the solution ?
To date @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the basic idea is that the little people must be coerced into going along with all the dreams and fantasies of progressives and leftists .
As summarized by Justin Haskins in The Hill : The Plan involves dramatically increasing the power of government through expansive new social programs like the Green New Deal and using vast regulatory schemes and government programs to coerce corporations into supporting left-wing causes .
It appears that while you and I were not watching , Herr Schwab himself kicked off the program back in June with an essay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a ‘ great reset.
’ ” Excerpt ( with my emphasis ) : COVID-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing , but anxiety about the world ’ s social and economic prospects is only intensifying .
There is good reason to worry : a sharp economic downturn has already begun , and we could be facing the worst depression since the 1930s .
But , while this outcome is likely , it is not unavoidable .
To achieve a better outcome , the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education to social contracts and working conditions .
Every country , from the United States to China , must participate , and every industry , from oil and gas to tech , must be transformed .
In short , we need a “ Great Reset ” of capitalism .
Note the explicit use of fear to bully the world into the correct policy agenda .
Wait , the “ sharp economic downturn ” that Schwab was hoping for back in June seems to be going away ?
Doesn ’ t matter .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the little people .
How about climate change ?
Schwab followed up his essay with a big virtual meeting at the end of June .
Among the attendees : Joining Schwab at the WEF event was Prince Charles , one of the primary proponents of the Great Reset ; Gina Gopinath , the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund ; António Guterres , the secretary-general of the United Nations ; and CEOs and presidents of major international corporations , such as Microsoft and BP .
Then in September the WEF held a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” in the context of the UN General Assembly .
And apparently , they ’ re getting ready to roll out more of the details some time in early 2021 when the big annual WEF confab takes place ( although mercifully , they seem to have postponed the thing for now for at least a couple of months beyond the usual January ) .
As you read this , you are probably reacting , this is just another one of those multi-national , UN-backed schemes designed to hobble the U.S. economy and fleece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of dollars .
Surely , the U.S. will never go along with this .
If you think that , you must be forgetting that the U.S. is in the process of replacing semi-competent leadership with the likes of Joe Biden and John Kerry .
It seems that the WEF held a panel discussion on November 17 on the subject of “ The Great Reset : Building Future Resilience to Global Risks.
” There is a video of the panel discussion at the link .
One of the panelists was John Kerry — Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( To give you an idea of where this is going , other panelists included Ursula von der Leyen ( Chair of the European Commission ) and Stephanie Kelton , the “ Modern Monetary Theory ” guru who thinks that governments can just print and spend infinite amounts of free money. )
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You can be forgiven for not taking the time to watch a video of an excruciating panel like this one , but Haskins at the Hill did it for you , and just today published some excerpts of Kerry ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked by panel host Borge Brende whether the World Economic Forum and other Great Reset supporters are “ expecting too much too soon from the new president , or is he going to deliver first day on this [ sic ] topics ?
, ” Kerry responded , “ The answer to your question is , no , you ’ re not expecting too much.
” “ And yes , it [ the Great Reset ] will happen , ” Kerry continued .
“ And I think it will happen with greater speed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people might imagine .
In effect , the citizens of the United States have just done a Great Reset .
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Kerry later argued that the Great Reset is necessary to slow the “ climate crisis ” and that “ I know Joe Biden believes … it ’ s not enough just to rejoin Paris [ the Paris Climate Accords ] for the United States .
It ’ s not enough for us to just do the minimum of what Paris requires.
” Kerry also said that because of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re at the dawn of an extremely exciting time ” and that “ the greatest opportunity we have ” to address social and economic problems is “ dealing with the climate crisis.
” The level of incompetence that we are bringing into positions of power in this country is almost beyond human comprehension .
And if you want to be even more frightened , take a look at the list of corporate “ Partners ” in the effort who have had their names published on the WEF Great Reset website .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Every big company you can think of is on there .
Apple , Google , Facebook , Microsoft , Chevron , BP , etc.
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, etc .
Probably , they each paid a few hundred grand for associating their names with this important project .
Lord help us .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Fauci: ‘We have entered the Pandemic Era’ because of Climate Change

“ We have entered a pandemic era , ” wrote Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in a recent paper he co-authored with his NIAID colleague David Morens .
The paper cites HIV/AIDS , which has so far killed at least 37 million , as well as “ unprecedented pandemic explosions ” of the past decade .
It ’ s a deadly list , starting with the H1N1 “ swine ” influenza in 2009 , chikungunya in 2014 , and Zika in 2015 .
Ebola fever has burned in large parts of Africa for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there are seven different known coronaviruses that can infect humans .
SARS-CoV spilled over from an animal host , likely a civet cat , in 2002–03 , and caused a near-pandemic before disappearing .
Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS ) coronavirus jumped from camels to people in 2012 , but never found a way to spread efficiently among humans , and died out quickly .
Now we have SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes Covid-19 .
… The reasons for this new era of pandemics are complex , but as Fauci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the main drivers is the climate crisis , which is shaking up the natural world and rewriting disease algorithms on the planet .
Thawing permafrost in the Arctic is releasing pathogens that haven ’ t seen daylight for tens of thousands of years .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Analysis: ‘Everyone is already wearing a mask. They just don’t work. Americans have exceeded univers

Analysis: ‘Everyone is already wearing a mask. They just don’t work. Americans have exceeded universal masking benchmarks, but it has not slowed or stopped the spread of COVID-19’

One of the most common pro-mask arguments I ’ ve heard over the course of the past year , both from “ public health experts ” and your average citizen , sounds similar to the following statement : “ If only everyone would just wear a mask , we would be able to crush the virus and end the pandemic.
” This line of reasoning is frequently espoused by lockdown governors and “ public health experts.
” You see , the problem isn ’ t them , it ’ s you , the citizen , we ’ re told .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re the problem !
You ’ re the reason why the pandemic is still a problem in this country .
Deaths up ?
Why aren ’ t you wearing a mask .
Cases up ?
Wear a mask .
Hospitals crowded ?
The problem is that not enough people are wearing masks , they claim .
The idea that not enough Americans are wearing masks is detached from reality .
And we have the data to prove it .
The Delphi group at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a very informative , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans across the nation are wearing masks .
And in virtually every major population center in the United States , especially in areas where COVID-19 cases are rising , mask compliance levels are off the charts high , with most major metro areas registering well over 90 percent compliance .
Early on in the pandemic , when the “ new science ” told us that masks could stop the virus in its tracks ( after the science of early 2020 , espoused by the likes of Fauci @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reality that masks are useless outside of a controlled setting ) , the CDC and other “ public health agencies ” claimed that we could essentially eliminate transmission if a large percentage of the population adopted universal masking .
When lockdowns failed to “ stop the spread , ” masking up at over 80 % was hyped as a way to “ do more to reduce COVID-19 spread than a strict lockdown.
” “ Universal masking at 80 [ percent ] adoption flattens the curve significantly more than maintaining a strict lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ study , which was treated by many in the scientific community as the gospel , proclaimed .
“ We will not only be able to flatten the curve , we will be able to significantly reduce the spread of the virus and return to life as normal sooner rather than later , ” De Kai , a research scholar at Berkeley who helped develop the COVID-19 universal masking model , proclaimed .
With the help of the CMU mask compliance tracker , let ’ s take a look at the current COVID-19 hotspots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mask compliance within these areas .
The data demonstrates very clearly that Americans have overwhelmingly exceeded the masking compliance percentages needed to supposedly “ flatten the curve ” and reduce transmission of the virus .
The problem , of course , is that the models have not matched reality .
Americans are wearing masks , but the hypothesis behind universal masking has not worked to stop the spread of COVID-19 .
Americans have adopted the recommendations of the “ public health experts , ” but the “ public health experts ” have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now shows that masks are useless when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19 .
Now we ’ re left with an overwhelming majority of Americans wearing masks for no science-based reason whatsoever .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--‘Effects of Biden’s Treasury regulating ‘environmental risk’ will likely be perverse’

`` Conventional regulatory pressure is yesterday ’ s tactic .
It is the financial system that drives the allocation of capital , and the considerable power that governments and central banks have over investment decisions is increasingly seen by environmentalists as the key to driving the massive global transformation they seek to address climate change .
The key to this strategy is to define climate change as a risk to the financial system .
If rising tides can sink stocks , then the supervisory powers meant to prevent market upheavals can be invoked to impose a green agenda on banks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other market participants .
Regulators can mandate accounting standards that penalize investments and activities they deem bad for the planet , and stock exchanges could require listed companies to conform to whatever standards conventional green wisdom believes useful at any given moment .
...
Climate activists promote mandates with grave and poorly understood economic consequences ; special interests will seize a golden opportunity to entrench subsidies and biases into the heart of the financial system . ''
Climate Finance May Foul the Economy The effects of Biden ’ s Treasury regulating ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in June 2008 , he said he hoped future generations would look back and say , “ This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.
” Not exactly .
While the Obama administration helped negotiate the Paris Climate Accords , the effects of those voluntary pledges to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions has been as minimal as their harshest environmentalist critics predicted .
According to the Climate Action Tracker site , only two countries—all hail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paris commitments .
As the Biden team confronts what it believes is one of the most urgent policy priorities at home and abroad , it faces an inconvenient truth .
Even if Democrats win both runoffs in Georgia and take formal control of the Senate , the administration would have to persuade reluctant lawmakers like West Virginia ’ s Joe Manchin to support the abolition of the filibuster to pass significant climate legislation .
Treaty ratification , which requires a two-thirds Senate majority , is out of reach , meaning that no legally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Domestically , there is always the presidential pen .
While it will take time to reverse Trump-era regulatory decisions in the Environmental Protection Agency , altering the hundreds of regulatory changes and procurement decisions across the government can drive significant change .
From tightening standards for methane emissions by frackers to mandating tougher energy standards for everything from buildings to cars , regulators can make it harder and more expensive both to produce and use fossil fuels .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy testifies at PA House climate hearing: ‘RGGI will accomplish nothing

JunkScience.com’s Steve Milloy testifies at PA House climate hearing: ‘RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment, climate or public health. Instead, energy prices will increase, making Pennsylvania & Pennsylvanians poorer’

Steve Milloy : `` We know that unemploying people and making them poorer hurts their health .
That is certain to happen as Gov .
Wolf ’ s RGGI ( Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ) membership kills coals mining , fracking , power plants and their support industries .
What ’ s the bottom line ?
Pennsylvania ’ s participation in RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment , climate or public health .
Instead , energy prices will increase , making Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians poorer . ''
My oral testimony delivered this morning to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Josh ) .
Gov .
Wolf wants to enlist Pennsylvania in a futile battle to change the weather .
He ’ s proposed that Pennsylvania join something called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or “ RGGI ” .
RGGI is an agreement between Northeast states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions via a cap-and-trade system .
If Pennsylvania joins RGGI , power plants in the state will have to purchase permits to emit carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) .
The scheme is for the price of the permits to increase and their availability to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more and more expensive for power plants to emit CO2 .
What could go wrong with a plan to make electricity cost more every year ?
If you listen to Gov .
Wolf , the answer is nothing .
He claims that emissions will decline by a cumulative 188 million tons by 2030 .
He says electricity prices will be 3 % lower than they otherwise would be by 2030 .
He says personal income will only be slightly lower by 2030 but state revenue will be slightly higher .
Gov .
Wolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health benefits worth an estimated $ 6.3 billion by 2030 .
What ’ s not to like ?
So the whole idea of this scheme is to “ combat climate change.
” Will it ?
Regardless of whether you believe United Nations science on climate , an indisputable reality is that human activities produce about 55 billion tons of emissions every year .
The UN says those emissions are increasing with no end in sight .
So by 2030 , when Pennsylvania ’ s RGGI membership supposedly will have reduced state CO2 emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have emitted more than 550 billion tons .
So RGGI in Pennsylvania will reduce global emissions by a measly 0.034 % at most .
The insignificance to the global climate and weather of that level of emissions cut is obvious .
So RGGI will accomplish nothing for the climate or environment .
But electricity prices will be 3 % lower , says Gov .
Wolf .
Well , how will electricity prices be lower if the cost to produce electricity is going to increase every year ?
That ’ s easy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ electricity because they will be using a lot less electricity .
Gov .
Wolf wants to reduce cumulative electricity use in Pennsylvania by a whopping 27,822 gigawatt-hours by 2030 .
The other term for this so-called “ demand reduction ” policy is rationing .
Though the world is awash in cheap energy , Gov .
Wolf intends to ration electricity in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians will be paying more for less electricity .
Don ’ t forget that compared with states without excessive CO2 emissions regulations , the other states in RGGI have already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faster , according to the Commonwealth Foundation .
What about Gov .
Wolf ’ s projections for personal income and state revenue ?
I know of no state government that can successfully predict your or its income 10 years in the future .
But if you work in , or depend on the coal or fracking industries – like hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania — RGGI is not designed to be a job security program for you .
Such high-paying jobs are earmarked to be redistributed to much lower wage wind and solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state to come out ever so slightly financially ahead by 2030 because of RGGI ’ s cap-and-tax design , this is nonsense .
There will be offsetting and lost tax revenues from reduced coal mining and fracking .
Also , it ’ s hard to imagine how making people pointlessly poorer will boost state tax revenues .
Finally , there is the claim that RGGI ’ s emissions cuts will bring public health benefits that , if hypothetically monetized , are worth billions of dollars .
This is more total nonsense .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean and safe .
Air pollution in Pennsylvania is at historically low levels .
Claims to the contrary are based on statistical shenanigans and other junk science outside the scope of this 5-minute testimony .
Air quality is not killing or sickening anyone .
Not a cough or a wheeze is caused by anything coming out of any power plant .
There is simply no scientific or medical evidence indicating that anyone ’ s health is being harmed by Pennsylvania air quality .
But if you doubt me , let ’ s debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Pennsylvania Department of Environment Protection .
You will lose , but learn a great deal .
In contrast , we know that unemploying people and making them poorer hurts their health .
That is certain to happen as Gov .
Wolf ’ s RGGI membership kills coals mining , fracking , power plants and their support industries .
Pennsylvania ’ s participation in RGGI will accomplish nothing for the environment , climate or public health .
Instead , energy prices will increase , making Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians poorer .
Gov .
Wolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the standard of living in Pennsylvania .
The cap-and-tax wolf is at the door , Pennsylvania .
Don ’ t open it .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--New study finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people & property (even a

New study finds risks of natural disasters going down (1970-2019) for both people & property (even as financial risks increase with more wealth)

Extreme weather expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. comments on new study : `` It also has a nice one-paragraph summary @ @ @ @ @ on `` natural hazards ( not disasters ) . ''
New paper finds risks of @ @ @ @ @ 1970-2019 ) for both people and property ( even as financial risks increase with more @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/j0A3UQQ7cF It also has a nice one-paragraph summary of most recent IPCC conclusions on `` @ @ @ @ @ ) '' pic.twitter.com/SNTUIgcuE2 A nice addition to the magnum opus literature of mine published earlier @ @ @ @ @ //t.co/46ycgdtJKF Imagine if we passed the Green New Deal 10 years ago , or 20 @ @ @ @ @ Climate activists would now be claiming their 'solutions ' worked !
New study finds risks @ @ @ @ @ ( 1970-2019 ) for both people & property https : //t.co/ummBZOOMcf


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Former WMO Official: CO2 ‘Insignificant For Balance Of Energy’, It is ‘Completely Unnecessary’ To Re

Former WMO Official: CO2 ‘Insignificant For Balance Of Energy’, It is ‘Completely Unnecessary’ To Reduce CO2

Former WMO Official : CO2 “ Insignificant For Balance Of Energy ” , “ Completely Unnecessary ” To Reduce CO2NoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by P Gosselin / CO2 has little impact on climate , important for life , says former UN official .
With this manuscript I would like to deal with the CO2 topic , which currently seems to be so extremely important for media and politics , solely according to the precepts of free and real scientific argumentation , but also driven by my conscience as a physicist who has been active in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am compelled by moral obligation for my fellow human beings , to whom one would expect financial sacrifices in the trillions of dollars and very significant losses in quality of life in the following years and decades , although CO2 has practically nothing to do with climate change .
After having played a major role in the development and operation of the German air pollution monitoring network for the DFG and UBA , I had the opportunity to gain a lot of experience as Chief Environment Division at the World Meteorological Organization ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I was also responsible for the office of the WMO “ Panel of Experts on Meteorological Aspects of Environmental Pollution ” .
Its members , under the then Director of the MPI for Chemistry in Mainz , Prof. Chr .
Junge as Chairman , were the world ’ s leading experts , mostly heads of university institutes , some of whom were also the authors of the then standard textbooks .
This panel also dealt with the recently emerging interest in CO2 and its presumed impact on the climate .
It was then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rather than the previously only qualitative , view were taken , CO2 would have to be virtually insignificant .
This is because the omnipresent water vapor of the atmosphere ( H2O as clouds , fog , etc . )
, which is present in much higher concentrations ( 10-20 liters/m3 ) .
Water vapor absorbs in all IR frequencies and does so 1000 times more strongly and more than the anthropogenic CO2 , which in its very low concentration ( 20-40 milliliters/m3 ) .
absorbs far less in only two IR bands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anthropogenic CO2 is ineffective .
The natural frequencies of the two molecules are so different because the O=C=O ( molecular weight 44 ) atom is relatively lighter and the H-O-H ( molecular weight 18 ) atom is relatively heavier ( H:1 , C:12 , O:16 ) .
Thus , the two molecules are fundamentally different in their IR behavior .
CO2 is not intended by nature as a climatic parameter .
Thanks to its long residence time , it serves to transport organic reactive carbon into the vegetation areas .
Now a statistical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been found from observational data .
But it is important to know that such a correlation does not say anything about which of the two variables is cause and effect , and above all it is not possible to see if the correlation is a direct causal one .
Because a correlation between two variables seems to exist even if both respond in the same direction with one or more other variables .
That could be clarified with sufficient data .
Since the presumed connection was seen first only qualitatively , fantastic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they need only to appear plausible .
There can be no question of a fulfilled criterion .
The suspected connection remains a pure hypothesis as long as not all doubts have been seriously checked and discussed .
But this no longer happened , because this physical topic was already withdrawn from classical science in the 1970s , taken up decisively by politics and the media and used with zeal to make us believe that CO2 is a “ greenhouse gas ” .
Serious scientists were no longer allowed to have their say , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ climate gas CO2 ” , which was shaped by the media , politics , fanatical laymen , catastrophic media , self-proclaimed know-it-alls of all faculties and political parties , has been valid .
In view of the mass of greener , unobjectively incited followers , the conservative parties felt compelled to do everything they could to keep their voters , but above all to win back those they had lost .
This is how the many climate protection slogans and ultimately also parliamentary “ climate protection ” laws came into being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The fight for the climate is a matter of life and death .
This was already shown by the first green action that initially coddled the diesel engine .
According to the laws of thermodynamics , it has a slightly better efficiency than the gasoline engine because the diesel cylinder is hotter due to the higher pressure – which also produces the highly life-threatening particulate matter .
The scientific literature of the 1960s had vehemently warned against the diesel engine because its unique , otherwise unheard-of particulate matter penetrates directly into human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the lungs and brain ) , even enhanced by all the harmful gases whose molecules adhere firmly to this particulate matter .
Thousands of frequent drivers therefore have to die earlier every year .
But when it came to climate protection , a human life was obviously worth nothing .
In the past , environmental protection also and above all took care of human health .
Today a human life for a few saved CO2 molecules is now good news for the green climate protectors .
By the way , diesel drivers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cheaper fuel , thus ultimately emitted more CO2 than they saved .
People continue to murder without hesitation and with a clear conscience because they supposedly save CO2 , a very macabre moral .
The fine particles of diesel fuel can not be held back by any filter that can be installed in a car .
Filters that can do this would have to have a huge surface or would have such a high flow resistance that the engine would not be able to run well .
It is therefore understandable that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they can not change the laws of physics , even if politicians apparently think it is possible .
There is only one possibility : The diesel engine would have to be removed from the road if one wanted to prevent thousands of deaths every year , but this seems to be no longer an issue .
Killing for “ climate protection ” ?
Simply incredible !
And even an electric car hardly saves any energy because it has to carry the huge battery around with it , while a carburetor car gets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ element from the air for free .
To the just mentioned thermodynamics : The efficiency of each energy conversion is determined by it .
So if we convert chemical energy ( oil , coal , gas ) into other forms of energy ( motion , pressure , electrical or potential energy , etc . )
with the help of our highly intelligent technology , according to thermodynamics this happens only partially with an efficiency of usually less than 50 % , on average about 20-40 % .
The remaining 60-80 % are irreversibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ causes a warming of the environment , especially the lower air layers .
There are certain possibilities , e.g .
with the combined heat and power system , to use residual heat , but here too , the law of residual heat applies to every conversion .
Thus , in all energy conversions we give off about twice the amount of the used energy as waste heat to the lower air layers , a considerable amount .
( By the way , every adult is also a radiator of 75 watts ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the environment .
And this energy consumption is of course proportional to the number of people inhabiting the earth .
It allows people to enjoy all the comforts that science and technical progress provide .
This correlation between energy consumption and the earth ’ s temperature , which is determined by physics , has so far been attributed , without ever wanting to doubt it , only to the CO2 produced by the consumption of fossil fuels .
The CO2 ultimately comes from the oceans .
On the ocean floor , the earth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away from the hot interior of the earth .
And the volcanoes on the sea floor release magma into the sea .
This results in the formation of various compounds , including CO2 dissolved in the sea surface .
There it evaporates , also according to the law of partial pressure , and thanks to its extraordinarily long dwell time in the atmosphere , it then reaches the interior of large continents , where it is needed by vegetation .
As the concentration of CO2 increases , the Earth ’ s green spaces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nature is clever .
Water vapor almost entirely regulates the energy balance CO2 is therefore primarily to feed us and to supply the biosphere with the oxygen released during photosynthesis .
Therefore , CO2 has its 24-hour maximum at night .
Nevertheless , it is insignificant for the balance of the energy radiated by the sun during the day and the energy released into space at night as infrared radiation , far more than 90 % of the radiated energy .
This balance is , as explained above , regulated almost exclusively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Every morning we get the proof for it .
After a cloudy night , the early temperature is hardly lower than the previous evening , but in the open air it is up to 10°C and more cooler than in the evening before , despite the nightly maximum of anthropogenic CO2 .
If you try to imagine the huge amounts of energy involved , it is easy to understand that the little anthropogenic CO2 gets completely “ lost ” .
Temperature rise “ hardly anything to do with CO2 ” The strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a whole order of magnitude , which occurred barely 150 years ago with the beginning of industrialization , in the blink of an eye in the history of the Earth , ran parallel to the relatively abrupt rise in atmospheric temperature .
As already mentioned , this has hardly anything to do with CO2 .
One can certainly regard CO2 as an indicator of energy consumption , but not as the cause of warming .
It is not only impossible to reduce CO2 , it is also completely unnecessary .
All the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduce our quality of life can be spared without affecting the temperature curve .
So there are only two ways to prevent the so-called “ climate catastrophe ” .
And these are : A clear restraint in energy consumption of any kind , and , still utopian , to push back the population of the earth , which would require a very long time , if at all possible , it would be a challenge of the century .
To nourish even more inhabitants , fertilizer chemistry would no longer be sufficient .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ So only the energy saving remains .
Here politics , media , fanatics , Greens , misguided , notorious know-it-alls and self-proclaimed experts of all colors must abandon the past comfortable consensus strategy and leave CO2 to nature .
Without the carbohydrates in our plant-derived food , there would be no more human life .
But we would not burn up in an apocalyptic climate catastrophe , because instead we would all first suffocate without the oxygen obtained from CO2 .
But all those who present themselves so devotedly and overly self-confidently as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should realize that nature can not be changed and that man can not , and does not want to , fight against natural events .
They should accept it with due modesty , and even inspiration .
They also should not constantly imagine catastrophes and present them as the sure future for our children , who are unable to psychologically process them and therefore have to be treated psychologically , probably even Greta Thunberg .
When it comes to saving energy , there are still countless possibilities for heating , cooking , cooling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know this .
Only a small example : When preparing meals , even a small family can easily save 1-2 kWh each if the cooking pots are not filled with water .
Just a few drops and a well-fitting lid are enough for healthy steaming at a reduced cooker temperature , because to heat water from 20° to 100° you need about 80 kcal per ml , but to evaporate the 100° hot water you need another 540 kcal per ml .
Where you see steam , energy is being wasted massively .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ little thought , everyone can find many ways to save energy , there are almost no limits to your imagination .
And besides , you even save money .
But you can safely forget about CO2 !
Its removal would only bring us misfortune .
And even if we could completely eliminate anthropogenic CO2 , nature would simply get it back from the oceans .
Even the burial of CO2 would be pointless .
No model has come true , incorrect , arbitrary assumptions A few words about the often quoted climate models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weather data from the past and then extrapolated into the future .
No model has been correct beyond a forecast period of a few months with forecasts that are still acceptable .
So the question is justified how well models can predict the weather for decades and centuries .
In any case , nothing that the first climate models predicted for today in 1970 came true , no meter-high rise in sea level , no 4-5° higher temperatures .
Too much had been ignored in the models , they also contain some factors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and must be estimated arbitrarily .
So one is easily tempted to choose them in such a way that one comes close to the hoped-for result .
But because the influence of H2O was underestimated in the models , the CO2 effect had to be overestimated to get the desired prediction curve , as a Finnish academic paper recently reported .
The models also calculated how much Germany can contribute to lowering the temperature by the planned reduction of CO2 .
Result : 7/100 degrees , theoretically , and unmeasurable .
No noticeable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not be botched up .
Man can not change the world .
He can not , as already indicated , mobilize the necessary energies .
Here are some examples : Each of the approximately 7000 thunderstorms daily converts the energy of the Hiroshima bomb in one hour ( which it did in a fraction of a second ) ; a single tropical cyclone has the energy that corresponds to man ’ s global consumption of electrical energy in one year ; and if one wanted to generate the heat that the small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to operate 110,000 nuclear power plants across the Atlantic , i.e .
one every 50 meters ( not km ) .
That shows how weak humans are .
Thank heavens because if man could make weather , he would have a new weapon of war .
Good thing that we know so little about the weather that we can not do it ourselves .
( Spatially and temporally very limited precipitation can be influenced , nothing more ) .
In the end , wise nature protects us .
Another observation gives us clues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CO2 concentration .
Recent palaeoclimatic studies show that in the course of the earth ’ s history , it became warmer first and then the CO2 increased .
It must be considered that , as already mentioned , by far the largest part of CO2 on earth is found in the oceans .
The concentrations in the depths are higher than in the upper layers , a consequence of the many volcanoes active on the ocean floor .
By the way , the CO2 in the ocean also serves to enable the life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corals ) .
The worldwide consensus on the CO2 issue is repeatedly pointed out .
This was mainly due to the fact that skeptical scientists were often silenced in an unseemly manner , and their work no longer published ( also because publishers were afraid of fanatics who were ready to commit terror ) .
Skeptics , often inappropriately called “ climate deniers ” , are insulted , silenced under threats or career consequences .
Yet , the scientific research institutes ( climate impact research ) run by the state at high cost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they accepted CO2 as insignificant .
Many jobs would be lost .
This can not be risked .
But a consensus among those ( where a vast majority can not be experts in the field – there are not that many ) is not a scientific criterion .
Consensus as proof ?
Only to the ignorant !
The planet ’ s climate control system regulates the infrared radiation budget with water vapor and clouds .
A reduction of anthropogenic CO2 , with an enormously expensive expenditure and loss of life quality , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its low IR sensitivity .
The waste heat inevitably generated by 9 billion earthlings according to the physics of thermodynamics can only be reduced by strict energy saving or at some point by a decrease in population .
However , as already mentioned , this can be done by the diesel engine , especially as SUV .
Whether politicians want to make further use of this possibility is up to their ethical standards .
What is new is that Chinese climate researchers recently reported several long-term temperature cycles with periods of varying length @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minimum in the coming decades , leading to significantly lower temperatures initially in Central Asia .
It can not be ruled out that the rest of the world will also be affected .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--In Geological Terms, Today’s Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Are Still Uncomfortably Low

In Geological Terms , Today ’ s Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Are Still Uncomfortably LowNoTricksZone : Not here to worship what i… / by P Gosselin / 2d Under 180 ppm atmospheric CO2 concentration , life on earth begins to die .
The earth came very close to that point not long ago during the Ice Ages ( 20,000 years ago ) .
Then the planet warmed naturally , and an increase in atmospheric CO2 to over 200 ppm followed ( new study here ) .
The earth saw CO2 levels of close to 8000 ppm in the past , i.e @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The following chart shows the earth ’ s atmospheric CO2 concentrations for the past 600 million years .
Today , thanks in large part to mankind , concentrations have risen to over 400 ppm , yet historically this remains at the very low end of the scale compared to the thousands of ppm seen naturally earlier in history .
Today , definitely a safer level would be near 1000 ppm .
Studies unanimously show plant growth at these higher levels is far enhanced .
Already today we see clear evidence the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 ) , in part due to the fertilizations taking place through human emissions : Figure 1 : Trends in Leaf Area Index around the planet .
Note the units are in hundredths ( 10-2 ) of meters per square meter .
An increase of 25 ( Purple , right end of scale ) is actually an annual change of .025 square meters per year .
Note that the largest greenings are in fact over the South American , African , and Australasian tropical rainforests .
German science magazine Wissenschaftreported not long ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expanding for decades , satellite data show.
” Some alarmists claim drought is spreading , but Wissenschaft magazine reports : “ The opposite is the case : according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , satellite observations show a greening of vegetation over the past three decades in parts of Asia , Europe , South America , Central North America and Southeast Australia.
” “ Although there are regions that would become browner , the bottom line is that there is a larger area on our planet that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science magazine notes .
For the welcome trend , scientists attribute the surprising development on “ a mixture of factors ” , foremost the recent increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration , which plants thrive on and humans have been mislead into believing is a “ pollutant ” .
Also watch the following short video : Donate – choose an amount


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Snow Could Become A Thing Of The Past–Now Where Did I Hear That Before?

Snow Could Become A Thing Of The Past–Now Where Did I Hear That Before ?
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT / by Paul Homewood / 21h The Met Office get hundreds of millions from the taxpayer , and what do we get in return ?
Garbage like this !
Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK , Met Office analysis suggests .
It is one of a series of projections about how UK ’ s climate could change , shared with BBC Panorama .
It suggests by the 2040s most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sub-zero days .
By the 2060s only high ground and northern Scotland are still likely to experience such cold days .
The projections are based on global emissions accelerating .
It could mean the end of sledging , snowmen and snowball fights , says Dr Lizzie Kendon , a senior Met Office scientist who worked on the climate projections .
“ We ’ re saying by the end of the century much of the lying snow will have disappeared entirely except over the highest ground , ” she told Panorama .
If the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be less dramatic , the Met Office says .
The average coldest day in the UK over the past three decades was -4.3 Celsius .
If emissions continue to accelerate , leading to a global temperature rise of 4C , then the average coldest day in the UK would remain above 0 Celsius across most of the country throughout winter .
Even if global emissions are reduced dramatically and world temperatures rise by 2C , the average coldest day in the UK is likely be 0 Celsius .
So if global temperatures rise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will too !
No s**t Sherlock .
Except of course they won ’ t .
Temperatures in England have risen by less than a degree in the last fifty years , and they actually stopped rising two decades ago : Quite simply there is no evidence that they will start increasing again , never mind by 4C or even 2C .
Summer temperatures still refuse to go above those of 1976 or 1995 : And daytime temperatures in winter have also plateaued : We are of course still waiting for that Mediterranean climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The absurd Lizzie Kendon also raises the spectre of wetter winters and drier summers .
But again , the actual data shows she is talking complete and utter rot : Quite disgracefully , the BBC includes a video regarding the floods in South Yorkshire last year , which had nothing whatsoever to do with global warming : Shame on both the BBC and Met Office for peddling this rubbish.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Brace for nationwide blackouts under Biden

The power disaster unfolding in California will soon occur across the country , if Joe Biden gets his way .
The Golden State has been sweeping away the forms of energy that have provided reliable electricity for decades , under the same agenda the former Vice-President is planning for America as a whole .
Power outages are now commonplace in California .
Last summer , the state suffered its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years .
Imagine if this happened in Chicago in the middle of winter .
California ’ s trouble is explained by officials who now openly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar power .
The governor said there was not enough wind to keep the turbines going , while cloud cover and nightfall restricted solar power .
The Los Angeles Times recognized the root of the problem : “ … gas-burning power plants that can fire up when the sun isn ’ t shining or the wind isn ’ t blowing have been shutting down in recent years , and California has largely failed to replace them … ” Consequently , the state has fallen thousands of megawatts behind its needs .
Governor Gavin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predict and plan for these shortages ” and took ( nominal ) responsibility for the rolling blackouts .
Now he wants everyone to conserve power , while the state looks for new sources of energy , most likely fossil fuel-generated power from neighboring states .
All this is happening while California continues its intention to transition to 60 % renewable energy by 2030 and 100 % “ climate-friendly energy ” by 2045 , as required by state law .
Indeed , in their October 6 open letter to Newsom , the heads of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission wrote : “ We are unwavering in our commitment to meeting California ’ s clean energy and climate goals.
” Team Biden plans to go even further , committing to making the entire nation 100 % renewable within 15 years .
The United States would fall tens of millions of megawatts behind on its electricity needs .
Like the California government , the incoming Biden-Harris administration is acting entirely under the unfounded belief that climate change is a manmade calamity that can be stopped by eliminating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unaware of the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) .
These documents summarize thousands of studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals that either refute or cast serious doubt on the climate scare .
They conclude that we are not causing a climate crisis .
Yet , in their October 6 report , Preliminary Root Cause Analysis – Mid-August 2020 Heat Storm , the same heads of California ’ s Energy Commission , Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission highlighted the “ climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States ” as the first cause of the blackout .
In their view , apparently , shutting down coal , gas and nuclear power plants in California and in states from which California imports electricity played only minor roles .
California ’ s determination to shift to so-called “ green ” energy – which is actually anything but clean , green , renewable and sustainable – is being echoed by politicians across the nation .
The result , especially in states that don ’ t enjoy California ’ s mostly benign weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the poorest neighborhoods and those on fixed incomes may be forced to choose between heating and eating .
It also means people trying to run their homes , offices , factories , hospitals and schools on intermittent , weather-dependent , much more expensive wind and solar power will have to get used to never knowing when or for how long their electricity will be on or off .
Now in California ; soon in the entire USA .
Coherent energy systems are designed with the understanding that portions of the system will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Power companies compensate for this with reserve power at the ready .
However , California has closed its margin for error in response to anti-nuclear and anti-fossil fuel sentiments and climate change concerns .
Team Biden intends to do this for the entire United States .
Power outages can not always be avoided and are more common than one may think .
For example , between 2008 and 2017 , Illinois had 871 outages , the tenth most by state .
Texas had nearly twice as many , giving it the dubious distinction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But these pale in comparison to California which has the least reliable electrical power system in the nation .
It leads in power outages every year .
Between 2008 and 2017 , it had 4,297 power outages !
The origin of the problem is partly California ’ s Senate Bill 1368 , which in 2006 established the state ’ s emission standards to reduce greenhouse gases from power plants .
Following that year , eleven coal-fired power plants were closed and three were converted to biomass .
Only one coal-fired plant remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reliance on energy from out of state coal plants .
Yielding to anti-nuclear activists , the state also closed all but one nuclear plant , Diablo Canyon .
That plant generates about 18,000 Gigawatt-hours of reliable electricity every year , fully 8.6 % of California ’ s total generation .
But Diablo Canyon will soon be closed too .
Not surprisingly , during its construction and operation , anti-nuclear protests were common ; nearly two thousand people were arrested for civil disobedience during a two-week period in 1981 .
In response , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approved a Pacific Gas & Electric Joint Proposal to phase out the state ’ s remaining nuclear power .
That means the operating licenses for Diablo Canyon ’ s two units will not be renewed when they expire in 2024 and 2025 .
Ironically , the Commission did not approve Pacific Gas & Electric ’ s proposal for resources to replace the station ’ s output .
It does not appear to matter that nuclear reactors produce no greenhouse gas emissions during operation .
They are hated by the enviro-radicals who drive California @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putting the state even further behind the 8-ball .
It gets worse .
California now requires that all new homes be nearly entirely electric .
It wants citizens to switch their natural gas stoves to electric , as part of their global warming initiatives .
More than 30 cities have already enacted bans on gas appliances , including San Francisco .
The state also hopes to eliminate all gasoline and diesel cars in favor of plug-in electric automobiles .
This means demand for reliable , affordable electricity will rise by leaps and bounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and partially replaced by expensive , intermittent , weather-dependent power .
Just as Mr. Biden promises for the nation as a whole , California is sacrificing reliable electrical power as part of its impossible crusade to “ stop climate change.
” Of course , this will have no impact on our planet ’ s climate , because ( a ) climate change is mostly natural and not driven by carbon dioxide , and ( b ) all those wind turbines , solar panels and backup batteries will be manufactured overseas , mostly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply moving the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions .
However , it will certainly spur sales of candles , flashlights , propane heaters , and natural gas , gasoline and diesel generators .
So , welcome to America ’ s future under a Biden-Harris-Kerry- AOC Administration .
America , the blackouts are coming .


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Real Meat Vs. Plant-Based Meat: What’s Really Greener?

Fake “ meat ” is usually made from denatured soybeans , peas , and wheat , all grown using diesel fuel for cultivation , planting , harvesting , and transport – a huge carbon footprint .
Real Meat Vs. Plant-Based Meat : What ’ s Really Greener ?
Climate Change Dispatch / 6h steak meat beef ribsWandering recently through an arcade popular with the green smoothie set , I saw a sign boasting : “ Plant-Based Meat ” .
Someone should advise those nutritional dunderheads that all real meat is plant-based .
Real beef and lamb are built from live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mulga , plus salt , minerals , and clay ; the best chicken is built mostly on seeds and shoots of wheat , corn , and grasses plus a few worms , insects , and gizzard-grit ; and when I was a kid our bacon was built by porkers from pollards , whey and vegetable scraps .
Cattle , sheep , pigs , goats , deer , bison , rabbits , turkeys , and kangaroos have a long history of providing meat for our ancestral hunters and farmers .
In tough times the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foods like wild onions , seasonal fruit , cabbages , tubers , and grass seeds .
But there was always a celebratory feast when the hunters returned with high-nutrition meat .
Fake “ meat ” is usually made from denatured soybeans , peas , and wheat , all grown using diesel fuel for cultivation , planting , harvesting , and transport – a huge carbon footprint .
Then they add meat glue , binders , and fillers to hold it together , and artificial flavoring and coloring to make it look and taste @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not green , and less healthy than the worst feed-lot meat .
Sustainable plant-based meat is made when cattle , sheep , goats , camels , deer , and pigs graze natural free-range pasture which gathers solar energy via their green-leaf solar collectors .
These grazing animals harvest plant biomass without using diesel and they also spread valuable plant fertilizer onto the ground and into the air .
Real meat is greener and healthier than any fake “ meat ” manufactured by green alchemists .
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climatedepot--2020-12-08--Despite Lockdowns, L.A. Has Worst Year For Smog In Decades

Los Angeles has suffered its worst year in decades for smog and air quality , despite coronavirus lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that kept many residents off the roads .
Heatwaves and wildfires , combined with other natural factors , turned the air a yellow hue that hearkened back to the bad old days of the 1990s when the air in L.A. was practically visible .
“ In all , this year there were 157 bad air days for ozone pollution — the invisible , lung-searing gas in smog — across the vast , coast-to-mountains basin spanning Los Angeles , Orange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ That ’ s the most days above the federal health standard since 1997.
” Ironically , the Times noted , it is precisely because of the shutdowns that air pollution has become worse , thanks to “ non-traffic emissions ” like volatile organic compounds in disinfectant , and quirks in atmospheric chemistry : It is also possible that the response to the pandemic altered the mix of pollutants that generate ozone , which is not emitted directly , but forms when tailpipe emissions and other pollutants react in the heat and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cuts in two main smog-forming pollutants — combustion gases called nitrogen oxides and chemical vapors and solvents called volatile organic compounds — and regulators have long known that cutting them in the wrong proportion could bring no ozone reductions at all or even increase smog levels .
The coronavirus shutdowns provided a rare experiment in what happens when cars stop emitting pollutants .
While many environmentalists hailed the opportunity to restore nature , by midyear scientists were already noticing increases in air pollution in some cities , and only modest reductions in others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Has Worst Year For Smog In Decades first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-12-08--Consensus wrong? New sunspot cycle could be one of the strongest on record, new research predicts

Consensus wrong ?
New sunspot cycle could be one of the strongest on record , new research predictsThe Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 4hIs this article about space ?
YESNO In direct contradiction to the official forecast , a team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research ( NCAR ) is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be one of the strongest since record-keeping began .
Sunspot Cycle 25 amplitude forecast in context .
The monthly mean sunspot number since 1749 .
In a new article published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predicts that Sunspot Cycle 25 will peak with a maximum sunspot number somewhere between approximately 210 and 260 , which would put the new cycle in the company of the top few ever observed .
The cycle that just ended , Sunspot Cycle 24 , peaked with a sunspot number of 116 , and the consensus forecast from a panel of experts convened by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) is predicting that Sunspot Cycle 25 will be similarly weak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of 115 .
If the new NCAR-led forecast is borne out , it would lend support to the research team ’ s unorthodox theory – detailed in a series of papers published over the last decade – that the Sun has overlapping 22-year magnetic cycles that interact to produce the well-known , approximately 11-year sunspot cycle as a byproduct .
The 22-year cycles repeat like clockwork and could be a key to finally making accurate predictions of the timing and nature of sunspot cycles , as well as many of the effects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s authors .
“ Scientists have struggled to predict both the length and the strength of sunspot cycles because we lack a fundamental understanding of the mechanism that drives the cycle , ” said NCAR Deputy Director Scott McIntosh , a solar physicist who led the study .
“ If our forecast proves correct , we will have evidence that our framework for understanding the Sun ’ s internal magnetic machine is on the right path .
The new research was supported by the National Science Foundation , which is NCAR ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Living With a Star Program .
Sunspot Cycle 25 starts with a bang ; what will follow ?
In McIntosh ’ s previous work , he and his colleagues sketched the outline of a 22-year extended solar cycle using observations of coronal bright points , ephemeral flickers of extreme ultraviolet light in the solar atmosphere .
These bright points can be seen marching from the Sun ’ s high latitudes to the equator over about 20 years .
As they cross the mid-latitudes , the bright points coincide with the emergence of sunspot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mark the travel of magnetic field bands , which wrap around the Sun .
When the bands from the northern and southern hemispheres – which have oppositely charged magnetic fields – meet at the equator , they mutually annihilate one another leading to a “ terminator ” event .
These terminators are crucial markers on the Sun ’ s 22-year clock , McIntosh says , because they flag the end of a magnetic cycle , along with its corresponding sunspot cycle , — and act as a trigger for the following magnetic cycle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oppositely charged bands is about halfway through its migration toward the equatorial meetup , a second set appears at high latitudes and begins its own migration .
While these bands appear at high latitudes at a relatively consistent rate — every 11 years — they sometimes slow as they cross the mid-latitudes , which appears to weaken the strength of the upcoming solar cycle .
This happens because the slowdown acts to increase the amount of time that the oppositely charged sets of bands overlap and interfere with one another inside the Sun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cycle by pushing the terminator event out in time .
Shifting the terminator out in time has the effect of eating away at the spot productivity of the next cycle .
“ When we look back over the 270-year long observational record of terminator events , we see that the longer the time between terminators , the weaker the next cycle , ” said study co-author Bob Leamon , a researcher at the University of Maryland Baltimore County .
“ And , conversely , the shorter the time between terminators , the stronger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ correlation has been difficult for scientists to see in the past because they have traditionally measured the length of a sunspot cycle from solar minimum to solar minimum , which is defined using an average rather than a precise event .
In the new study , the researchers measured from terminator to terminator , which allows for much greater precision .
While terminator events occur approximately every 11 years and mark the beginning and end of the sunspot cycle , the time between terminators can vary by years .
For example , Sunspot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1786 and ended with a terminator in 1801 , an unprecedented 15 years later .
The following cycle , 5 , was incredibly weak with a peak amplitude of just 82 sunspots .
That cycle would become known as the beginning of the “ Dalton ” Grand Minimum .
see also The next solar cycle , and why why it matters for climate The post Consensus wrong ?
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climatedepot--2020-12-08--COVID, global warming: Look out when the power-mad left takes a temperature

`` As the U.S. stops drilling and fracking , it becomes more dependent on foreign adversaries for its energy and on China for rare-earth chemicals . ''
`` The ecological damage to the Earth will be massive if politicians pushing any version of the green new deal get their policies enacted .
The already-full landfills would be burdened with hundreds of millions of worthless cars , trucks , planes , trucks , busses , farm equipment , road equipment and all other machinery and tools powered by efficient gas combustion engines . ''
`` Democrats pretend they care about income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seek to confiscate a greater share of income , wealth and freedom from the private sector and transfer it to the greedy , powerful government . ''
COVID , global warming : Look out when the power-mad left takes a temperature Americans have many choices in electric powered vehicles these days , yet , even with subsidies , only around 2 % of Americans choose to buy one .
Joe Biden , Gavin Newsom , Barack Obama , General Motors , and others , corporate and human , do not believe Americans should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force everyone into inefficient , expensive electric vehicles in a very short time .
They all claim that they are basing their government edicts on “ science ” but there is not one piece of credible scientific data from the last 150 years that shows a direct correlation between oil use and temperatures , sea levels and storm activity .
They continue to fluctuate as they always have .
The ecological damage to the Earth will be massive if politicians pushing any version of the green new deal get their policies enacted .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds of millions of worthless cars , trucks , planes , trucks , busses , farm equipment , road equipment and all other machinery and tools powered by efficient gas combustion engines .
If Biden and others get their way , the poor , middle class , and minorities will be decimated , people they only pretend to care about .
The rich will do fine Small farmers , small businesses , small rural banks will be bankrupted as their collateral becomes worthless and they will have no money to replace their equipment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that is assuming it is even available .
The rich and large businesses will do fine as they are able to buy out bankrupt small businesses and farmers .
And the Democrats pretend they care about the little guy .
It is no wonder that billionaires overwhelmingly support Democrats.null Crude oil is used in thousands of products so thousands of industries and tens of millions of jobs will be destroyed but the Democrats ’ goal has always been to make the government bigger and more people dependent on the government .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy based on fictional computer-driven models are also the ones willing to intentionally destroy the economy because of a virus .
Like climate change , they falsely claim that the lockdowns are based on science .
There was never any scientific data that said schools or playgrounds should be closed .
There is no data that showed that big box stores were safe , but department stores and mom and pop stores are not .
There clearly is no science that showed that outdoor restaurants are dangerous , but movie and TV production @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that says church , weddings and funerals are dangerous , but riots and protests and celebrating Biden ’ s supposed win is fine .
It is extremely pathetic when politicians clearly use their political views to determine who is essential and who is not .
All jobs are essential for the people who earn the paycheck and for the people who employ them.null Whenever there is a federal budget impasse , we hear sob stories from supposed journalists and other Democrats about non-essential government employees not being able to survive and eat , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eventually be paid .
So why have all these non-essential government workers from throughout the country gotten their full salaries and benefits while politicians are decimating the private sector for the last nine months ?
I bet if government workers weren ’ t getting paid or not getting their benefits , the economy would be open .
It is no wonder that several of the richest counties are from around Washinton , D.C. where they consider themselves special .
Democrats pretend they care about income inequality , but all of their policies seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , wealth and freedom from the private sector and transfer it to the greedy , powerful government .
Democrats also claim that we need to stop using oil because of pollution , but we know they are willing to destroy the Earth through many means , among them the use of the flammable pollutant lithium .
While they promote the pollutant lithium , they seek to put massive controls on the clear , innocuous , non-pollutant gas CO2 that essentially makes plants thrive and that allows the planet to be fed .
Aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greatly concerned that so much CO2 must be used to keep the Pfizer COVID vaccine at negative 94 degrees ?
Aren ’ t they worried that this massive use of CO2 will cause global warming ?
As the U.S. stops drilling and fracking , it becomes more dependent on foreign adversaries for its energy and on China for rare-earth chemicals .
Isn ’ t it great that Joe Biden and John Kerry want to commit the U.S. to the economy-destroying , non-binding Paris climate accord , while the biggest polluter China gets ten @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abide by the agreement ?
The year 2030 is when China will pretend to start reducing its carbon footprint and that is 41 years after the U.N. said we only had a few years left to solve the problem.null Russia , China , Iran and other adversaries will be extremely happy if the U.S. gives up its oil , its tanks , its planes and its ships — because they won ’ t .
It would be like going to a gunfight with a snowball .
The U.S. would be defenseless against countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That is pure stupidity .
Humans have lived through thousands of years of lengthy warming periods , lengthy cooling periods , massive floods , lengthy droughts , and dangerous tornadoes and hurricanes .
What we have never had to live through is arrogant politicians and bureaucrats pretending they can control temperatures , sea levels , and storm activity forever if we just destroy our economy by stopping the use of oil .
That oil has greatly improved the quality and length of life for everyone who has used it .
We also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians and bureaucrats who were willing to destroy the economy .
Tens of millions of people get viruses every year in the U.S. , yet we have never locked down the economy .
We have never required masks , social distancing or contact tracing .
We have never had free testing clinics and tested people with no symptoms or such minor symptoms .
We have never counted people dying with heart disease , cancer , lung disease , diabetes and many other diseases as dying of the virus when the other causes were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have also never used an arbitrary positivity rate to determine where and what to lock down .
My guess is that the positivity rate on flu tests is very high because in the past , only people who had symptoms and mostly severe symptoms , ever got tested .
People with the sniffles or a little cough didn ’ t get tested and they certainly didn ’ t quarantine .
We also didn ’ t close and deep clean after a positive test .
Why should anyone believe a party that lied that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your plan , and pay lower premiums with Obamacare , when they tell you that if you give up your freedoms , your lifestyle , and trillions of dollars , they will solve all problems ?
The left claims they can control temperatures , sea levels and storm activity forever .
Anyone who believes that has been indoctrinated and has a common sense and intelligence shortage .
Why would anyone believe or care what Obama , Kerry and others say about climate change when they spend millions buying mansions on the beach ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ congenital liars who willingly battered the public with lies of Russian collusion and who buried the Biden record and corruption when they repeat their talking points on climate change , the virus , election fraud or anything else ?
Everything they tell the public is based on infecting the public with a leftist agenda , which is much more dangerous and deadly than COVID-19 .
If we had good journalists , they would ask one simple question which I haven ’ t heard in fifty years of pushing the climate change agenda .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ give us the scientific data that supports the agenda ?
Please remember that a fake hockey stick graph where they bury warming periods from the past is junk science and computer models are not factual .
As it is , almost all journalists are not journalists at all .
They are Democrat campaign workers and they just repeat talking points repeatedly to indoctrinate the public .
Indoctrination is a truly dangerous thing that will lead to economic and societal collapse .
Most supposed journalists could be replaced by a mimeograph machine .
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climatedepot--2020-12-09--Anti-lockdown, anti-mask protests labeled as ‘pro-coronavirus protests’ by New York Daily News

New York Daily News Excerpt : `` Idaho public health commissioners had to shut down their meeting and scramble home @ @ @ @ @ across the Boise area . ''
Idaho public health commissioners had to shut down their @ @ @ @ @ of coordinated pro-coronavirus protests across the Boise area .
This is how the journos will @ @ @ @ @ security state .
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