climatedepot--2020-11-14--Progressive Feminist Icon Naomi Wolf: ‘If I’d known Biden was open to ‘lockdowns’…which is something

Progressive Feminist Icon Naomi Wolf: ‘If I’d known Biden was open to ‘lockdowns’…which is something historically unprecedented…& a terrifying practice, one that won’t ever end because elites love it, I would never have voted for him’

The “ lockdown ” — mislabeled a “ quarantine ” — as we are experiencing it now , has actually happened before on this planet : just not in open societies or in the contemporary West .
Totalitarian and fascist societies have indeed often used mass restrictions of movement , curfews , and other ways of restricting the free association and free movement of citizens ...
But large-scale totalitarian-style restrictions of citizens ’ movements by the state are new to the postwar democratic West and unheard-of in actual open societies ; even past pandemics past have not been excuses in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ territory .
National leaders are using the term “ quarantine ” to refer to acts of closing down economic activity in entire states and even nations , and of restricting all citizens ’ travel to and from entire states lines or across borders to countries .
This “ quarantine ” has in turn shut down engines of economic activity .
Dr. Naomi Wolf : The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has given those in power the tool needed to finish the job , which is why it ’ s very important to understand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So we are here at step ten .
Let ’ s look now at a massive euphemism that is allowing for the various power grabs we will explore , that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitates .
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If I ’ d known Biden was open to ‘ lockdowns ’ as he now states , which is something historically unprecedented in any pandemic , and a terrifying practice , one that won ’ t ever end because elites love it , I would never have voted for him .
There has never been any case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement of whole societies in any free country in any past epidemic .
Quarantines , not lockdowns restricting free movement for both healthy and sick , but outside of police states , and never collapsing economy .
Never .
My essay in historical quarantines is on https : //t.co/Q55tokPEBu Speaking as a former political consultant , if you don ’ t notice that mere days after Biden-Harris are named Trump ’ s successors , news breaks that two COVID vaccines are likely to roll out , you don ’ t understand the politicization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis .
Creepy and alarming that a vast profitable infrastructure pushed by @ TheAtlantic , which produces the unverifiable @ covidtrackingproject— a vast infrastructure that is about creating economic dependency and digital surveillance , is rolled out under Biden admin ‘ COVID policy ’ .
As I explained in my previous post on fascism , we are at step ten of the ten steps needed for fascism to take root in America .
This long , determined path toward authoritarianism did not start with the current administration as I documented in my best-selling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it likely won ’ t end with it either .
But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has given those in power the tool needed to finish the job , which is why it ’ s very important to understand that lockdown is not a quarantine .
For the past month , historic events unfolding in the United States have inspired conversation online and in the press about the current very real threats to democracy in America .
The threat is real and was so long before President Donald Trump refused to promise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the upcoming election .
So we are here at step ten .
Let ’ s look now at a massive euphemism that is allowing for the various power grabs we will explore , that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitates .
National leaders are using the term “ quarantine ” to refer to acts of closing down economic activity in entire states and even nations , and of restricting all citizens ’ travel to and from entire states lines or across borders to countries .
This “ quarantine ” has in turn shut down engines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set of constraints may indeed be valuable medically , my concern here is at looking at what we risk to lose forever in the heart of our medically valid fears .
So I do want to point out that this is a serious historical misuse of the term and by mixing the two we lose sight of the distinctions and most importantly that lockdown is not a quarantine .
Though leaders have rolled out the messaging around restrictions of movement as if this form of immobilizing citizens is a “ quarantine ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be said to .
It ’ s quite novel to lock down the economic engine of a whole society .
For western democracies , it ’ s a new social experiment on this scale .
Our global and nation by nation “ lockdown ” really doesn ’ t look much like any disease-related “ quarantines ” in history at all .
The large-scale forced closure of businesses , and the cordoning off of complete societies , with movements of both healthy and infected citizens restricted by the state , is something other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The “ lockdown ” — mislabeled a “ quarantine ” — as we are experiencing it now , has actually happened before on this planet : just not in open societies or in the contemporary West .
Totalitarian and fascist societies have indeed often used mass restrictions of movement , curfews , and other ways of restricting the free association and free movement of citizens .
North Korea and China have indeed utilized the cordoning off of entire regions and putting them under no-movement rules for everyone .
The Chinese Communist Party , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among few modern societies to restrict citizens ’ physical movements nationally and regionally .
As dissident escapees from North Korea report , North Korean nationals have also long been unable to move freely around the country without proper documentation , even for family visits .
Europe is not immune to this in the past — it has seen such regional and national “ lockdown ” too , but that was in countries that suffered from fascist leadership : In 1935-36 , the passports of Jews in Germany were restricted .
Eventually , restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germans from escaping altogether .
From 1939 to 1941 , laws imposing various increasing restrictions on the movements of Jews put members of the Jewish community into effective “ lockdown ” as citizens within the larger German society ( “ infection ” was a frequent trope used by anti-Semitic literature about the threat of Jews intermingling with Aryans ) .
These laws prevented Jews from entering certain neighborhoods , and from traveling on buses .
Walled Jewish residential areas , called ghettos , were often traditional in European cities ; but state-mandated restrictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ residential prisons .
On 16 November 1940 , the gates were closed to the Warsaw Ghetto , a community of 400,000 , thus making it impossible for the Jewish inhabitants to earn livelihoods ; this closure and denial of the power of earning a living was instrumental in the weakening of potential resistance on the parts of victims of this segregation .
But large-scale totalitarian-style restrictions of citizens ’ movements by the state are new to the postwar democratic West and unheard-of in actual open societies ; even past pandemics past have not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into this drastic territory .
What ’ s next for the quarantine ?
But whatever national policies our leaders create in this pandemic , it ’ s important that we not be misled .
Staying home , sick with well ; and state-wide or nationally restricted movement ; is not a time-honored medical practice , but a drastic social experiment which has been tried at scale only in closed societies .
Will it solve the problem of COVID infections ?
It doubtless – -medically – helps to contain the pandemic .
But absolute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship to the basic demands of a free society .
We really should not be afraid to ask : how long , with what severity , based on what data , tolerating what intrusions and trackings of the body , and at what other set of costs ?
As others have pointed out , there seems to be no exit strategy from this crisis , to regain the public spaces and processes in which real democracy takes place .
When will it be safe enough ?
What is that benchmark ?
Given how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate democracy and profit from its demise , I am warning that at this point it is unlikely ever to be deemed by our leaders safe enough to resume a full democracy , medical reality , and even a potential full recovery of our collective health from this pandemic , notwithstanding ; not unless we do some hard independent thinking about how we make decisions as a community .
Surely we must start to discuss COVID-related policies in a free society that are predicated on prioritizing public health and respect for one another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in unprecedented ways to violations of basic human rights of movement and association and privacy ; policies that resemble decent policies used to manage other deadly epidemics in free societies in living memory , as we shall see .
Nationwide restrictions of all citizens , healthy and ill ; restrictions of citizens ’ movements ; and suppression of all economic activity , have indeed been used in the past .
But these edicts on this scale have not been used in the past to solve the problem of infectious diseases .
Rather , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to solve the problem of democracy itself .


climatedepot--2020-11-14--Statistician: Mask ‘mandates are pure political virtue signaling’ – They do not work

By Statistician Dr. William M Briggs : Mask mandates are `` being done also to test your willingness to submit to unnecessary , burdensome & even harmful regulations , orders given just because they can be given '' ... `` We must not allow ourselves to be ruled by self-selected , self-credentialed unaccountable cabal of 'experts ' , whose expertise can not be challenged because they are picked as 'the ' experts . ''
Briggs is the co-author of `` The Price of Panic : How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe '' It goes against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
wmbriggs.com/post/32326/ A national mask mandate is asinine and wrong for the following reasons : It goes against all evidence on the effectiveness of masks .
2 ) If masks worked , they would have worked .
Compliance is already high and masks have not stopped increasing “ cases.
” …and the “ cases ” are only infection measured against HUGE increases in testing .
3 ) The mask mandate would not start for two months , at which time it won ’ t be necessary ( drop off at end is late @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was caused by the government and media , and mask mandates are their solution to the problem they caused .
6 ) It is being done also to test your willingness to submit to unnecessary , burdensome & even harmful regulations , orders given just because they can be given .
9 ) We must not allow ourselves to be ruled by self-selected , self-credentialed unaccountable cabal of “ experts ” , whose expertise can not be challenged because they are picked as “ the ” experts .
10 ) Do not let @ @ @ @

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climatedepot--2020-11-14--Trump to Rush Drilling Leases in Arctic Before Biden Takes Over

( Bloomberg ) — The Trump administration is advancing plans to auction drilling rights in the U.S. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden , who has vowed to block oil exploration in the rugged Alaska wilderness .
The Interior Department is set to issue a formal “ call for nominations ” as soon as Monday , kick-starting a final effort to get input on what tracts to auction inside the refuge ’ s 1.56-million-acre coastal plain .
The plans were described by two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named detailing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ permanently protect the refuge , saying drilling there would be a “ big disaster.
” But those efforts could be complicated if the Trump administration sells drilling rights first .
Formally issued oil and gas leases on federal land are government contracts that can ’ t be easily yanked .
The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated the refuge ’ s coastal plain might hold between 4.3 billion and 11.8 billion barrels of technically recoverable crude .
Yet it ’ s unclear how many oil companies would have the appetite to mount costly operations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crude prices , steep public opposition , and regulatory uncertainty .
Major U.S. banks have sworn off financing Arctic drilling projects , and conservationists are also pressuring oil executives to rule out work in the region .
Environmentalists argue Arctic oil development imperils one of the country ’ s last truly wild places — a swath of northeast Alaska populated by polar bears , caribou , and more than 200 species of birds .
The Trump administration is also fast-tracking a proposal to conduct 3-D seismic surveys inside the refuge before Jan. 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underground oil reserves , but environmentalists warn they are large industrial operations that threaten polar bears hidden in snow-covered dens .


climatedepot--2020-11-14--Supreme Court Justice Alito criticizes COVID’s ‘previously unimaginable restrictions on individual l

Supreme Court Justice Alito criticizes COVID’s ‘previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty’ and ‘rule by experts’

Alito said that the Covid crisis has served as a `` sort of constitutional stress test '' that has highlighted `` disturbing trends '' that were present before the virus appeared .
`` We have never before seen restrictions as severe , extensive and prolonged , '' he said , and added that the pandemic has resulted in `` previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty . ''
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday sounded an alarm about restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic , saying they should n't become a `` recurring feature after the pandemic has passed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Thursday sounded an alarm about restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic , saying they shouldn ’ t become a “ recurring feature after the pandemic has passed.
” Justice Samuel Alito said the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating an assault on religious and speech rights around the U.S. in a pointed speech to the Federalist Society that addressed issues before the court .
The 70-year-old justice gave a full-throated defense Thursday night of what he characterized as “ second-tier ” rights , saying that the pandemic has “ highlighted disturbing trends that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty , ” Alito told the conservative legal group in a 30-minute speech .
Among the Covid-related cases Alito singled out is one from Nevada that was before the court this past summer and is pending once again .
The case involves limits on church attendance .
The court ’ s July order sided with the state .
But four justices , including Alito , dissented .
As he did in his dissent , Alito on Thursday criticized the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ churches .
“ Forget about worship and head for the slot machines or maybe a Cirque du Soleil show , ” Alito said .
He also criticized a Maryland judge ’ s recent ruling suspending in-person rules for receiving a medication abortion , and the Supreme Court ’ s refusal to reverse that ruling .
The two court actions prohibited enforcement of a longtime U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule that requires women to go to a clinic to pick up a medication abortion drug in person during the pandemic .
The deference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid response should surely extend to the FDA , Alito said .
Alito also lamented assaults on free speech and religion in his Thursday speech .
He recalled comedian George Carlin ’ s infamous list of seven words you can ’ t say on TV .
It would be easy to put together a new , longer list of things you can ’ t say if you ’ re a student or professor at a college or university or an employee of many big corporations , Alito said .
“ When I speak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I hear over and over is that they face harassment and retaliation if they say anything that departs from the law school orthodoxy , ” Alito said .


climatedepot--2020-11-14--‘We’re not done’ with ‘intense’ anti-COVID measures – Dr. Anthony Fauci to Americans: ‘Now is the ti

‘We’re not done’ with ‘intense’ anti-COVID measures – Dr. Anthony Fauci to Americans: ‘Now is the time to do what you’re told’ – Laments nation’s ‘independent spirit’

Fauci : “ Each of our countries have that independent spirit , where we don ’ t want to be told what to do , ” he said .
“ Well , I understand that , but now is the time to do what you ’ re told.
” Fauci spoke at the National Cathedral ’ s 2020 Ignatius Forum about facing a “ second wave ” of the virus in the Fall and the Winter .
“ We ’ re not done , we still need to implement public health measures in a very intense way , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are often perceived as authoritarian and sometimes in fact they ’ ve made that perception themselves by the way they act .
I think we can improve on that . ''
Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed concerns Thursday about an independent society trying to fight the coronavirus , arguing Americans should just listen to public health officials .
Fauci spoke in a forum about working with officials in the United Kingdom who faced a similar problem .
“ [ E ] ach of our countries have that independent spirit , where we don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do , ” he said .
“ Well , I understand that , but now is the time to do what you ’ re told.
” Fauci spoke at the National Cathedral ’ s 2020 Ignatius Forum about facing a “ second wave ” of the virus in the Fall and the Winter .
“ We ’ re not done , we still need to implement public health measures in a very intense way , ” he said .
Fauci said he loved the federalist nature of the United States , but indicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fighting the virus .
“ We had too much individual approaches towards how we were going to handle the outbreak , so our baseline never came down to the low level where we wanted it to be , ” he said .
Fauci said there would continue to be a “ core of people ” who would never take a vaccine , but that it was important to combat misinformation to the larger public about the importance of vaccines .
He said it would be “ problematic ” if up to 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus vaccine which would allow the virus to spread .
Fauci continued : I think there has been an anti-authority component to this , we had ‘ anti-vax ’ people don ’ t like to be told to be vaccinated .
Scientists are often perceived as authoritarian and sometimes in fact they ’ ve made that perception themselves by the way they act .
I think we can improve on that .
Fauci said the United States did not do well in handling the first wave of the virus but said he did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I do not believe at this point that we do need to lock down , ” Fauci said , but added they had to remain “ on the table ” as a possibility for the future .
He strongly condemned a “ herd immunity ” strategy to deal with the virus , pointing out that of the roughly ten percent of the people in the United States who got the virus , there were 245,000 deaths and ten million infections .
Herd immunity , he said , would require a 70 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deaths by seven-fold to an estimated 1,715,000 deaths .
“ It ’ s not feasible and it ’ s not acceptable , ” he said .


climatedepot--2020-11-16--Physicist: ‘Evidence Mounting for Global Cooling Ahead: Record Snowfalls, Less Greenland Ice Loss’

In the U.S. , much of the white powder blanketing the northern states prematurely in 2020 has fallen in Minnesota .
The state recently experienced its largest early-season snowstorm in recorded history , going back about 140 years .
Dropping up to 23 cm ( 9 inches ) of snow in some places , which is a lot for the fall , the storm produced the second biggest October snowfall ever in the state .
The cities of Alexandria and St .
Cloud , Minnesota saw their snowiest October on record .
And snow records were also smashed in towns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
All of this has been accompanied by misery in the form of bitterly cold temperatures across the U.S. and Canada .
In Europe , skiing and sledding enthusiasts are delighted with the early onset of a snowpack deeper than 80 cm ( 3 feet ) on some Austrian glaciers .
Both the Alps and Pyrenees had several heavy early-season snowfalls in October , and even parts of lower-altitude Scandinavia are already buried in snow .
As for ice , much recent attention has been focused on the Greenland ice sheet .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in October 2020 set alarm bells ringing by insisting that Greenland ’ s ice is now melting faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years .
This spurious claim seems to have been influenced by a big jump in the rate of ice loss , from an average 75 Gigatonnes ( 83 gigatons ) yearly in the 20th century to an average annual loss of 258 Gigatonnes ( 284 gigatons ) between 2002 and 2016 ; a greater-than-average loss of 329 Gigatonnes ( 363 gigatons ) occurred in 2019 .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to note that the rate of Greenland ice loss has not increased since 2002 , or that the 2019 loss was less than seen seven years before , in 2012 .
In fact , as illustrated in the figure below , the loss rate has drastically slowed since 2016 .
The figure shows satellite measurements of the ice loss at regular intervals from April 2002 to April 2019 , in Gigatonnes , but doesn ’ t include the massive summer melt in 2019 .
The 2020 loss was only 152 Gigatonnes ( 168 @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-16--COVID Lockdowns no longer called ‘lockdowns’: ‘Dimmer switch’, ’emergency brake’, ‘freeze’ & ‘retigh

COVID Lockdowns no longer called ‘lockdowns’: ‘Dimmer switch’, ’emergency brake’, ‘freeze’ & ‘retightening’ make debut as politicians avoid word ‘lockdown’

'Lockdown ' euphemism spin alley - Lockdown advocates are all in on not saying the word 'lockdown . '
`` Pulling an emergency brake '' is how California Gov .
Gavin Newsom is spinning his new lockdown .
‘ Retightening Restrictions ’ is the euphemism New Jersey Gov .
Phil Murphy uses You know politicians realize COVID “ lockdowns ' ” are unpopular when they start naming them something else .
Lockdowns are out .
In are the following : Here are the details of the ‘ lockdown ’ euphemism spin alley : It 's not shutdown , it 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives !
Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder : `` Think of it like a dimmer switch , whereas before we had an on and off light switch .
So , we can dial up and dial down in a much more granular fashion . ''
“ The spread of Covid-19 , if left unchecked , could quickly overwhelm our health care system and lead to catastrophic outcomes .
That is why we are pulling an emergency brake , ” Gov .
Newsom said on November 16 , 2020 .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an emergency brake ’ , meaning counties will move back after 1 week , not just 2 weeks , some counties will move multiple tiers ” – Source


climatedepot--2020-11-16--Canadian PM Trudeau confirms Great Reset: ‘This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a Reset’ –

Canadian PM Trudeau confirms Great Reset: ‘This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a Reset’ – We need ‘to re-imagine economic systems’ by ‘building back better’

Trudeau : “ ‘ Building back better ’ means getting support to the most vulnerable while maintaining our momentum on @ @ @ @ @ sustainable development and the SDGs ( Sustainable Development Goals ) … This pandemic has provided @ @ @ @ @ .
This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to re-imagine economic systems that @ @ @ @ @ extreme poverty , inequality , and climate change.
” [ Watch more of Trudeau ’ @ @ @ @ @ News . ]
See Climate Depot ’ s report : The ‘ Great Reset ’ @ @ @ @ @ Experts ’ – COVID-Climate Technocracy has arrived – ‘ The danger of letting lab coats @ @ @ @ @ Special Report Supreme Court Justice Alito criticizes COVID ’ s ‘ previously unimaginable restrictions on @ @ @ @ @ rule by experts ’ Prince Charles demands Great Reset : ‘ We need a shift @ @ @ @ @ places nature & the world ’ s transition to net-zero at the heart of how @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-16--It’s not lockdown, it’s a ‘dimmer switch’ on your life! Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member: ‘Think

It’s not lockdown, it’s a ‘dimmer switch’ on your life! Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member: ‘Think of it like a dimmer switch, whereas before we had an on and off light switch. So, we can dial up and dial down in a much more granular fashion’

Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder said we need to target “ places that we know are big contributors to transmission are indoor restaurants , bars , gyms , and also private social gatherings of friends and family in the home ” for closures .
We should `` be much more targeted about how we tighten up some of our measures .
I think of it like a dimmer switch , whereas before we had an on and off light switch .
So , we can dial up and dial down in a much more granular fashion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder said we need to target “ places that we know are big contributors to transmission are indoor restaurants , bars , gyms , and also private social gatherings of friends and family in the home ” for closures .
On the plus side , she is suggesting this as an alternative to shutting down the whole country .
She also said the “ draconian lockdowns ” the country did earlier were a mistake .
Instead , the country should , “ be much more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our measures .
I think of it like a dimmer switch , whereas before we had an on and off light switch .
So , we can dial up and dial down in a much more granular fashion .
So , some of the places that we know are big contributors to transmission are indoor restaurants , bars , gyms , and also private social gatherings of friends and family in the home .
So , those are really the places we need to target for closures while keeping other services , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have not been major contributors to transmission , they ’ re not zero-risk , but they are much lower risk , and they ’ re an essential service .
And so , we ’ re really prioritizing keeping schools , for example , open.
” It ’ s not shutdown , it ’ s a “ dimmer switch ” on your lives !
Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder : “ Think of it like a dimmer switch , whereas before we had an on and off light switch .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down in a much more granular fashion.
” This is our future .
A “ dimmer switch ” on our freedoms .
But don ’ t worry , it will be in a “ granular fashion ” by Team Biden .
They won ’ t call it a lockdown .
Some governors are calling them temporary “ a freeze ” .And now we have just a “ dimmer switch ” on our freedom from Biden ’ s team .
The only way to defeat the virus is to suck all joy out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listening to “ the Science !
” Remember : “ Dimmer switches ” can be set to go full off as well .


climatedepot--2020-11-16--Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is giving out almost $800M to ‘fight climate change’

Bezos , who is worth approximately $ 183 billion , announced 16 grants worth $ 791 million as part of the Bezos Earth Fund `` fight climate change and its impact on communities around the world , '' according to his Instagram post .
`` We can all protect Earth ’ s future by taking bold action now , '' Bezos added .
JEFF BEZOS DONATES $ 10B TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE The 56-year-old did not specifically mention what dollar amounts the organizations would get , but The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) and the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to statements from both organizations .
The other 14 grantees are as follows : • None The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice Nearly nine months to the day since he first announced a $ 10 billion fund to fight climate change , Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has named the first recipients of the grants , worth almost $ 800 million On Monday , Bezos , who is worth approximately $ 183 billion , announced 16 grants worth $ 791 million as part of the Bezos Earth Fund “ fight climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world , ” according to his Instagram post .
“ We can all protect Earth ’ s future by taking bold action now , ” Bezos added .
The 56-year-old did not specifically mention what dollar amounts the organizations would get , but The Nature Conservancy ( TNC ) and the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) each received $ 100 million , according to statements from both organizations .
The other 14 grantees are as follows : • None The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice The $ 100 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MethaneSAT , a satellite that locates and measures sources of methane pollution around the world .
The $ 100 million gift to TNC will help to help protect the Emerald Edge forest , which runs through Washington and Alaska in the U.S. and British Columbia in Canada .
“ One of the best tools we have to address the climate emergency is nature herself , ” Jennifer Morris , TNC ’ s CEO , said in a statement obtained by Fox News .
“ With this generous gift from the Bezos Earth Fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the globe will be able to expand our pioneering work developing and implementing natural climate solutions.
” TNC said it will work with indigenous and tribal communities in the region “ to increase the forest ’ s ability to store carbon and mitigate emissions that damage the planet.
” In addition , the $ 100 million grant will be used to reduce the carbon footprint in farming in Northwest India , which has greatly contributed to air pollution in Delhi , a city in India with nearly 19 million people , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York City .
Bezos has made other philanthropic moves in the past , including the announcement of a network of free preschools in low-income communities in 2018 , according to the New York Times .
In 2017 , he tweeted that he was looking for philanthropy ideas to assist people in the short run .
In February 2020 , a study was published that said extreme weather events caused by climate change could result in an economic recession “ the likes of which we ’ ve never seen before.
” Similar studies have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have tied in extreme weather and climate-related events to negative impacts on the economy .
A study circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in August 2019 suggested that “ virtually all ” nations will be negatively affected by climate change by 2100 if they do not abide by the 2015 Paris Agreement .
In June , the United Nations Human Rights Council published a report that warned of a potential “ climate apartheid , ” splitting the planet between the wealthy and the rest of the world who will be “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published in April 2019 warned of the startling economic dangers that pollution from plastic in the oceans could cause – perhaps as much as $ 2.5 trillion .
CLICK HERE FOR THE ALL-NEW FOXBUSINESS.COM Skeptics have largely dismissed fears over man ’ s impact on global warming , saying climate change has been going on since the beginning of time .
They also claim the dangers of a warming planet are being wildly exaggerated and question the impact that fossil fuels have had on climate change .


climatedepot--2020-11-16--Lomborg: ‘Using electric cars to reach reduction targets doesn’t make sense’


climatedepot--2020-11-14--Feminist Icon Naomi Wolf: ‘If I’d known Biden was open to ‘lockdowns’…which is something historicall

Feminist Icon Naomi Wolf: ‘If I’d known Biden was open to ‘lockdowns’…which is something historically unprecedented…& a terrifying practice, one that won’t ever end because elites love it, I would never have voted for him’

The “ lockdown ” — mislabeled a “ quarantine ” — as we are experiencing it now , has actually happened before on this planet : just not in open societies or in the contemporary West .
Totalitarian and fascist societies have indeed often used mass restrictions of movement , curfews , and other ways of restricting the free association and free movement of citizens ...
But large-scale totalitarian-style restrictions of citizens ’ movements by the state are new to the postwar democratic West and unheard-of in actual open societies ; even past pandemics past have not been excuses in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ territory .
National leaders are using the term “ quarantine ” to refer to acts of closing down economic activity in entire states and even nations , and of restricting all citizens ’ travel to and from entire states lines or across borders to countries .
This “ quarantine ” has in turn shut down engines of economic activity .
Dr. Naomi Wolf : The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has given those in power the tool needed to finish the job , which is why it ’ s very important to understand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So we are here at step ten .
Let ’ s look now at a massive euphemism that is allowing for the various power grabs we will explore , that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitates .
...
If I ’ d known Biden was open to ‘ lockdowns ’ as he now states , which is something historically unprecedented in any pandemic , and a terrifying practice , one that won ’ t ever end because elites love it , I would never have voted for him .
There has never been any case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement of whole societies in any free country in any past epidemic .
Quarantines , not lockdowns restricting free movement for both healthy and sick , but outside of police states , and never collapsing economy .
Never .
My essay in historical quarantines is on https : //t.co/Q55tokPEBu Speaking as a former political consultant , if you don ’ t notice that mere days after Biden-Harris are named Trump ’ s successors , news breaks that two COVID vaccines are likely to roll out , you don ’ t understand the politicization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis .
Creepy and alarming that a vast profitable infrastructure pushed by @ TheAtlantic , which produces the unverifiable @ covidtrackingproject— a vast infrastructure that is about creating economic dependency and digital surveillance , is rolled out under Biden admin ‘ COVID policy ’ .
When will everyone understand that a `` lockdown '' and COVID maps in the hands of Big Tech , mean that any billionaires and political insiders can do this now anytime they want forever ?
Long and short the entire economy , legally , using COVID data .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ told me that their COVID data is aggregated via Salesforce .
Whose owner , you say , is a bd member of WEF .
We 're f—d .
https : //t.co/fp0FkRLEqd As I explained in my previous post on fascism , we are at step ten of the ten steps needed for fascism to take root in America .
This long , determined path toward authoritarianism did not start with the current administration as I documented in my best-selling book The End of America , and it likely won ’ t end with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the COVID-19 pandemic has given those in power the tool needed to finish the job , which is why it ’ s very important to understand that lockdown is not a quarantine .
For the past month , historic events unfolding in the United States have inspired conversation online and in the press about the current very real threats to democracy in America .
The threat is real and was so long before President Donald Trump refused to promise a peacefully transfer power if he lost the upcoming election .
So we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s look now at a massive euphemism that is allowing for the various power grabs we will explore , that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitates .
National leaders are using the term “ quarantine ” to refer to acts of closing down economic activity in entire states and even nations , and of restricting all citizens ’ travel to and from entire states lines or across borders to countries .
This “ quarantine ” has in turn shut down engines of economic activity .
While this drastic set of constraints may indeed be valuable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking at what we risk to lose forever in the heart of our medically valid fears .
So I do want to point out that this is a serious historical misuse of the term and by mixing the two we lose sight of the distinctions and most importantly that lockdown is not a quarantine .
Though leaders have rolled out the messaging around restrictions of movement as if this form of immobilizing citizens is a “ quarantine ” and has precedent , it really can ’ t be said to .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic engine of a whole society .
For western democracies , it ’ s a new social experiment on this scale .
Our global and nation by nation “ lockdown ” really doesn ’ t look much like any disease-related “ quarantines ” in history at all .
The large-scale forced closure of businesses , and the cordoning off of complete societies , with movements of both healthy and infected citizens restricted by the state , is something other than historical “ quarantine ” altogether .
The “ lockdown ” — mislabeled a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiencing it now , has actually happened before on this planet : just not in open societies or in the contemporary West .
Totalitarian and fascist societies have indeed often used mass restrictions of movement , curfews , and other ways of restricting the free association and free movement of citizens .
North Korea and China have indeed utilized the cordoning off of entire regions and putting them under no-movement rules for everyone .
The Chinese Communist Party , long before the COVID pandemic , was among few modern societies to restrict citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As dissident escapees from North Korea report , North Korean nationals have also long been unable to move freely around the country without proper documentation , even for family visits .
Europe is not immune to this in the past — it has seen such regional and national “ lockdown ” too , but that was in countries that suffered from fascist leadership : In 1935-36 , the passports of Jews in Germany were restricted .
Eventually , restrictions on leaving the country would keep Jewish Germans from escaping altogether .
From 1939 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions on the movements of Jews put members of the Jewish community into effective “ lockdown ” as citizens within the larger German society ( “ infection ” was a frequent trope used by anti-Semitic literature about the threat of Jews intermingling with Aryans ) .
These laws prevented Jews from entering certain neighborhoods , and from traveling on buses .
Walled Jewish residential areas , called ghettos , were often traditional in European cities ; but state-mandated restrictions during the Nazi occupation turned them into residential prisons .
On 16 November 1940 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warsaw Ghetto , a community of 400,000 , thus making it impossible for the Jewish inhabitants to earn livelihoods ; this closure and denial of the power of earning a living was instrumental in the weakening of potential resistance on the parts of victims of this segregation .
But large-scale totalitarian-style restrictions of citizens ’ movements by the state are new to the postwar democratic West and unheard-of in actual open societies ; even past pandemics past have not been excuses in such societies to venture into this drastic territory .
What ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whatever national policies our leaders create in this pandemic , it ’ s important that we not be misled .
Staying home , sick with well ; and state-wide or nationally restricted movement ; is not a time-honored medical practice , but a drastic social experiment which has been tried at scale only in closed societies .
Will it solve the problem of COVID infections ?
It doubtless – -medically – helps to contain the pandemic .
But absolute medical safety is sometimes in a paradoxical relationship to the basic demands of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be afraid to ask : how long , with what severity , based on what data , tolerating what intrusions and trackings of the body , and at what other set of costs ?
As others have pointed out , there seems to be no exit strategy from this crisis , to regain the public spaces and processes in which real democracy takes place .
When will it be safe enough ?
What is that benchmark ?
Given how great COVID policies are for those who hate democracy and profit from its demise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point it is unlikely ever to be deemed by our leaders safe enough to resume a full democracy , medical reality , and even a potential full recovery of our collective health from this pandemic , notwithstanding ; not unless we do some hard independent thinking about how we make decisions as a community .
Surely we must start to discuss COVID-related policies in a free society that are predicated on prioritizing public health and respect for one another — but that do not subject citizens in unprecedented ways to violations of basic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privacy ; policies that resemble decent policies used to manage other deadly epidemics in free societies in living memory , as we shall see .
Nationwide restrictions of all citizens , healthy and ill ; restrictions of citizens ’ movements ; and suppression of all economic activity , have indeed been used in the past .
But these edicts on this scale have not been used in the past to solve the problem of infectious diseases .
Rather , they have been used in the past to solve the problem of democracy itself @


climatedepot--2020-11-18--World Bank: COVID lockdowns ‘likely to push between 88 and 115 million people into extreme poverty’

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020 ( PSPR2020 ) reported that COVID-19 was likely to push between 88 and 115 million people into extreme poverty—those living under $ 1.90-a-day—around the globe in 2020 ( also see our related blog ) .
These estimates were based on growth forecasts from the Global Economic Prospects ( GEP ) from June .
We will update these numbers following the next GEP release in January 2021 .
In this blog , we analyze the robustness of these headline estimates to using growth forecasts from other sources—in particular , the World Bank ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the IMF ’ s October-2020 World Economic Outlook ( WEO ) —and to varying assumptions about the impact of COVID on inequality .
The increase in the new poor is not limited to the $ 1.90 line .
We also find that the new poor under the $ 3.20 line more than doubles between April and October this year , from 125 million in April to between 242 and 257 million in October .
South Asia contributes 63 % of the new poor at the $ 1.90 line and 71 % at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimates we reported above reveal the truly uncertain environment we currently live in .
Additional variation in the estimated new poor can arise if we relax an assumption implicit in all estimates above ; that everyone within a country is losing income or consumption at the same rate from COVID-19 , implying no change in inequality .
In Figure 2 , we present estimates of the new poor with different growth rates and with different assumptions about how COVID impacts inequality .
The growth forecasts we use are derived from the various growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course of this year from the GEP , MPO , and WEO .
For inequality changes , we increase/decrease the Gini index by either 1 % or 2 % in 2020 for each country .
Each cell of the figure presents an estimate that combines a growth vintage with a scenario that changes inequality .
We expect the number of poor to increase as we increase inequality holding growth fixed ( i.e .
moving from left-to-right in the same row ) .
Likewise , as the growth outlook has worsened , moving up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increases the number of new poor in most cases .
Using the October growth forecasts with no change in inequality results in between 125 and 131 million new poor ( these estimates are reported in rows 1 and 2 of the 3rd column ) .
But the distribution-neutral assumption might be too strong ( more on that below ) .
A 1 % increase in the Gini index in each country in 2020 would increase the additional poor by around 15 % in 2020 ( 144 million using MPOs and 152 million for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Gini would result in an almost 30 % increase ( 161 million for MPO and 170 million for WEO ) .
Figure 2 also reports regional projections of new poor for 2020 .
A 2 % increase in the Gini index and using the October MPO forecast would increase the additional poor in Sub-Saharan Africa by a third , from 32 million with constant inequality to 42 million using the October MPO in 2020 .
This unprecedented global shock could very well have a larger negative impact on inequality .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expect an even larger increase in the number of new poor .
At the same time , it is important to stress that appropriate government policy can dampen this impact .
However , even our most optimistic scenario with a 2 % reduction in the Gini index in each country would still imply an increase in extreme poverty by between 90 and 99 million using the most recent growth forecasts .
The changes in inequality that we simulate are not atypical of year-to-year changes observed over the medium and long-term .
The worst @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be larger for most regions , ranging from just under 2 % per year in Latin America and the Caribbean to around 4 % in South Asia .
[ 2 ] At the same time , it is obviously a strong assumption that all countries ’ inequality changes at the same rate , and it is not clear what these historic changes can tell us about such an unprecedented shock that is COVID-19 .
The emerging evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on inequality suggests that our inequality increasing scenario might be conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impact on the poorest countries .
Exploiting variation in telework ability with income , the recent World Economic Outlook estimates that COVID-19 increases the average Gini index for emerging market and developing economies by more than 6 % , with a an even larger impact for low-income countries .
The average increase in the Gini index for EU countries has been estimated at 3.5 % with a 2-month lockdown , rising to 13.5 % with an additional 6-month partial lockdown .
For four Latin American countries , a recent paper suggests that COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % and 7.4 % , which could be considerably lower with social assistance ( increases between 0.6 % and 4 % ) .
These estimates are all considerably larger than the increase in inequality during past pandemics ( estimated to be around 1.25 % five years after the pandemic ) , which underscores the fact that a pandemic of such a global scale as COVID-19 is truly unprecedented in modern times .


climatedepot--2020-11-17--Climate Activists Dispute Study Claiming Warming Is ‘Past Point of No Return’

Climate Activists Dispute Study Claiming Warming Is ‘ Past Point of No Return ’ Climate Realism / by Anthony Watts / 1dIs this article about energy ?
YESNO USA Today and other media outlets are publicizing an alarmist climate study claiming Earth has passed a “ point of no return ” for unending global warming .
The study is so flawed that even climate activists are criticizing it .
Americans deserve better climate reporting .
A pair of researchers from the Norwegian Business School published the study , claiming , “ In this paper we report that in the ESCIMO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point-of-no-return for global warming .
In ESCIMO we observe self-sustained melting of the permafrost for hundreds of years , even if global society stops all emissions of man-made GHGs immediately.
” [ emphasis in the original ] This new study projects a climate future so bad , even prominent climate alarmists like Katharine Hayhoe are criticizing it : It is noteworthy that even Hayhoe criticizes the study as “ doomerism.
” Hayhoe and her peers have been preaching climate doom for decades , yet even she realizes the new study is indefensible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the new study is that the general public has to think climate change is enough of a problem to be motivated to “ act now ” and make reductions in lifestyle to slow CO2 emissions .
But this new study about the future , suggesting zero-emissions energy use will have no effect in our lifetimes discourages even the most fervent climate action supporters , who will likely lose interest and lapse into apathy .
After all , if we are already past the “ point of no return , ” why spend time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Even the much-ballyhooed Paris Climate Conference , from which President Trump wisely withdrew , has been shown in a 2015 study by Bjorn Lomborg to have virtually no effect on future temperatures , as seen in Figure 1 , below .
Lomborg observes : “ Current climate policy promises will do little to stabilize climate and their impact will be undetectable for many decades.
” Figure 1 : This figure adapted from Lomborg ( 2015 ) validates the fact that cutting carbon emissions will have minimal impact on future climate .
The bottom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stock markets , or climate change , we would be wise to heed the advice of the great Yogi Berra : “ It ’ s tough to make predictions , especially about the future.
” The post Climate Activists Dispute Study Claiming Warming Is ‘ Past Point of No Return ’ appeared first on Climate Realism.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-11-17--Study On Hurricanes In Journal ‘Nature’ Plagued By ‘Massive Error’, Expert Says. Cyclones Not Gettin

Study On Hurricanes In Journal ‘Nature’ Plagued By ‘Massive Error’, Expert Says. Cyclones Not Getting Worse

First at Twitter , aspiring meteorologist Chris Martz posted a chart of tornado activity since 1954 .
Contrary to what climate alarmists have claimed , tornado frequency has not trended upwards : While on the topic of violent weather , the Washington Post recently published another alarmism-fraught article on the alleged increasing strength of hurricanes due to global warming and how there ’ s now a “ slower decay of landfalling hurricanes in a warming world.
” However , Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. responded saying that there was a “ massive error ” in the new Nature paper , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Says it shows hurricanes decaying slower over land post-landfall ( more damaging ) .
But they forgot to remove storms that landfall & then go back over the ocean , ” Pielke tweeted .
In the Twitter thread , Dr. Ryan Maue pointed out that some of the hurricanes plotted were not “ a typical example ” of inland hurricane decay .
Examining global landfall cyclone data since 1970 , There ’ s no observed noteworthy trend : Dr. Ryan Maue also tweeted a chart on tropical cyclone activity over the past 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more frequent and intense cyclones is not supported by the data .
Another paper by Zhao et al from 2018 in fact shows Western North Pacific cyclones becoming less frequent since the start of the century .
Moreover , data from the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) show that the number of typhoons formed since 1951 has trended somewhat downward : So it ’ s a mystery as to why the Washington Post and Nature would create alarm and make false claims over tropical cyclone activity .
That ’ s science no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .


climatedepot--2020-11-17--2 More Studies Affirm A Glaring Lack Of Correlation Between CO2 & Temperature

Reconstructions of past temperatures show much colder periods with higher CO2 levels or as-warm or warmer periods with much lower CO2 levels .
Reconstructions of past temperatures show much colder periods with higher CO2 levels or as-warm or warmer periods with much lower CO2 levels .
A new study ( Paus , 2020 ) indicates today ’ s July temperatures center around 7.5 to 8°C in the Scandes Mountains ( Norway ) .
Today ’ s CO2 atmospheric concentration has reached 410 ppm .
During the latter stages of the last ice age ( 19,000 to 17,000 years ago ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fluttered near 200 ppm .
But with the discovery of temperature-sensitive tree species in the area it can be affirmed that July temperatures were also “ at least 7-8°C ” in the Scandes at this time .
Despite more than a doubling of CO2 , there has been no consequent summer temperature increase in this remote location .
In another new study from Eastern Europe , Blagoveshchenskaya ( 2020 ) has determined January temperatures were almost 11°C warmer than the Little Ice Age ( 700 to 300 yrs ago ) and 4°C warmer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ago .
CO2 levels were 270 ppm when this region was 11°C warmer and 275 ppm when 11°C colder .
It is 4°C colder today , at 410 ppm , than it was when CO2 was 270 ppm .
So , once again , reconstructions of Holocene temperatures do not support the narrative that CO2 and temperature changes are correlated .


climatedepot--2020-11-17--How Biden’s Deadly Plan For American Energy Can Be Stopped

How Biden ’ s Deadly Plan For American Energy Can Be StoppedClimate Change Dispatch / 1d It ’ s perfectly understandable for anyone concerned about energy production in the U.S. to be uneasy that Joe Biden appears to be winning this year ’ s contest for the White House .
Whether he makes it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. remains in doubt , but what is not in doubt is that , should that happen , he would have no substantial mandate .
The climate change part of the platform–like much of his party ’ s platform–seems to have little purchase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left-wing corporatists dreaming of yet another boondoggle financed by the taxpayers on the same pie-in-the-sky swindle as was Solyndra and California ’ s train to nowhere .
Of course , my ability to read the future is limited , but let me explain why I think much of what Biden has promised the far Left of his party to secure the nomination and their support , is unlikely to take shape .
At the moment the election in six states is still either still being counted , being challenged in court , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those states , President Trump leads Biden 232 to 227 in the Electoral Vote totals .
( 270 electoral votes of 538 are needed to win the electoral college vote in January ) .
It is impossible in this fast-changing circumstance to keep track of all the litigation challenges in the various state-run elections .
So far this compendium by OSU seems the most accurate .
I ’ ve seen some of the complaints filed or about to be in Michigan and Pennsylvania and they include numerous credible affidavits documenting substantial illegality .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they said this twenty years ago in Bush v. Gore , 531 U.S. 98 , 105 ( 2000 ) , I have to believe that the counts in both those states simply do not meet the constitutional standard in Gore .
If these recounts and challenges are not resolved by the December 14 cut-off date , the House of Representatives can choose the interim president and the Senate the interim vice president until the results are certified by the states .
In the House , the vote is by state and the Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do in the Senate .
If the matter is not resolved to the satisfaction of the state legislatures , they may under the constitution select their own slate of electors .
Republicans hold the majority in the legislatures of Pennsylvania , Georgia , and Michigan , the three states with the most electoral votes among the still disputed contests .
Given the uncertain outcomes , at this time it is preposterous to call Biden “ president-elect.
” Nevertheless , there certainly is a reason for concern in the Democratic platform Biden ran on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ version of the Russian film “ Battleship Potemkin ” substituting only the film ’ s motif of all forces of the population joining hands in revolution with everyone joining hands to keep the climate from changing .
( It misses only scenes of fracking and gas rigs shooting at wounded veterans and orphans . )
Among the specifics are these : • A pledge to achieve “ zero-net greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible , and no later than 2050.
” • Eliminating “ carbon pollution from power plants through technology-neutral standards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The program specifics are even more sophomoric and fanciful , involving retrofitting buildings , setting even higher emissions standards for cars and trucks , including 500,000 school buses , and more in a program “ to ensure racial and socioeconomic equity in federal climate , energy , and infrastructure programs.
” Biden also has pledged to kill the Keystone pipeline .
On that score , Alberta Premier Jason Kenney indicates confidence he can change Biden ’ s mind , and perhaps he would be successful — pledges from Biden do seem to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the debates that he would not claim victory until all the state contests were certified .
He already has done so when we are far from that point .
He ’ s also promised to crack down on “ climate cheats ” whoever they are ; push the world on climate change , and invest $ 1.7 trillion to reduce global warming .
At the same time , his team is advocating further coronavirus lockdowns and payouts to those unemployed because of them .
Now I could be wrong .
He could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of new dollars and is keeping it a secret along with a never-revealed way to fuel this economy without fossil fuels , but I ’ m suspicious of the ability to fund these grandiose plans or carry the platform ’ s promises out .
Even if he were crazy enough to try it , he will do so without a great deal of support .
At the moment , the Democrats are hanging on to an even thinner majority in the House , having lost a number of seats they expected to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weird times are labeled “ moderates ” .
The party is splintered and recriminations against the left are legion .
It seems increasingly likely that the Blue Wave the media promised didn ’ t materialize and in fact , a Red Wave washed a lot of the Democrats out to sea .
There will be at least 50 Republican senators in the Senate with the likely prospect of two more once the Georgia runoffs are complete in January .
Without a majority in the Senate , Biden can ’ t revoke the industry-friendly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restore or expand the federal tax credit for purchases of electric vehicles , he can ’ t repeal the Halliburton provision permitting fracking in the Safe Drinking Water Act , he can ’ t amend the renewable fuel standard post-2022 , he can ’ t alter the Jones Act , and he can ’ t change the carbon price , etc .
Some have suggested he can achieve these goals simply through executive orders , and there are a few things he can achieve via this route , beginning with an area in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rejoining the Paris climate agreement .
Some of the others , more troublesome to be sure , are regulatory actions like blocking oil and gas drilling on federal lands , allowing California to set independent standards for auto emissions and fuel economy , restricting access to low-cost capital for the fossil fuel industry , and setting fuel economy standards .
For these , judicial and public resistance is greater checks on his authority .
Chief Justice Roberts has displayed a penchant for fine-tooth-combing executive orders and rejecting them .
The public — reeling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleased with lower gas prices and anticipating a continued v-shaped recovery — are likely to find Biden ’ s extremism unwanted and make their opposition known .
Biden may squeak out an election victory .
If so , it will have been a Pyrrhic one .
Read more at The Pipeline The post How Biden ’ s Deadly Plan For American Energy Can Be Stopped first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-11-17--Study Claims Warming ‘Past Point Of No Return’; Even Alarmists Don’t Buy It

Study Claims Warming ‘ Past Point Of No Return ’ ; Even Alarmists Don ’ t Buy ItClimate Change Dispatch / 6h USA Today and other media outlets are publicizing an alarmist climate study claiming Earth has passed a “ point of no return ” for unending global warming .
The study is so flawed that even climate activists are criticizing it .
Americans deserve better climate reporting .
A pair of researchers from the Norwegian Business School published the study , claiming , “ In this paper , we report that in the ESCIMO climate model the world is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In ESCIMO we observe self-sustained melting of the permafrost for hundreds of years , even if global society stops all emissions of man-made GHGs immediately.
” [ emphasis in the original ] This new study projects a climate future so bad , even prominent climate alarmists like Katharine Hayhoe are criticizing it : It is noteworthy that even Hayhoe criticizes the study as “ doomerism.
” Hayhoe and her peers have been preaching climate doom for decades , yet even she realizes the new study is indefensible .
The real issue climate alarmists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the general public has to think climate change is enough of a problem to be motivated to “ act now ” and make reductions in lifestyle to slow CO2 emissions .
But this new study about the future , suggesting zero-emissions energy use will have no effect in our lifetimes discourages even the most fervent climate action supporters , who will likely lose interest and lapse into apathy .
After all , if we are already past the “ point of no return , ” why spend time and energy on the issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conference , from which President Trump wisely withdrew , has been shown in a 2015 study by Bjorn Lomborg to have virtually no effect on future temperatures , as seen in Figure 1 , below .
“ Current climate policy promises will do little to stabilize climate and their impact will be undetectable for many decades.
” The bottom line , whether it is elections , stock markets , or climate change , we would be wise to heed the advice of the great Yogi Berra : “ It ’ s tough to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The post Study Claims Warming ‘ Past Point Of No Return ’ ; Even Alarmists Don ’ t Buy Itfirst appeared on Climate Change Dispatch.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-11-17--Watch: John Stossel reviews Climate Hustle 2 – Features clips of Hollywood hypocrisy, kids indoctrin

Watch: John Stossel reviews Climate Hustle 2 – Features clips of Hollywood hypocrisy, kids indoctrination & climate ‘degrowth’ movement

We hear “ the planet is on fire !
” Climate change will lead to “ collapse of our civilization @ @ @ @ @ unpopular to question that narrative , but ClimateDepot.com founder Marc Morano does anyway .
Celebrities @ @ @ @ @ , and Prince Harry talk a big game about global warming — but then they @ @ @ @ @ to attend parties .
Two of our favorite contrarians in the same video !
@ @ @ @ @ @ featured on @ JohnStossel 's channel .
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@ JohnStossel and @ ClimateDepot 's Marc @ @ @ @ @ video .
I like how Stossel , the contrarian , says Morano goes too far @ @ @ @ @ discusses the power grab by global elites , but Morano has a satisfying answer .
@ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-17--Meet ‘The Centre for Climate Repair’ at University of Cambridge – Academics take on the task of ‘res

Meet ‘The Centre for Climate Repair’ at University of Cambridge – Academics take on the task of ‘restoring broken climate systems’

This takes climate pretension to a new level .
Bizarre .
– – – WHO WE ARE — The Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge is working in affiliation with Cambridge Zero at the University of Cambridge to safeguard our planet from the disastrous effects of global warming .
( [ email protected ] ) We are a cross-disciplinary research institution , aiming to develop and understand the solutions that will safeguard our planet from the disastrous consequences of global warming .
[ Talkshop note : their repetition , not ours . ]
Restoring broken climate systems – – – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find out more ’ link .
Example : Researching solutions to restore damaged climate systems , for example refreezing the poles and preventing major ice sheets ( e.g .
Greenland ) from breaking off and causing sea levels to rise .
What measures and technologies could be safely deployed to return critical elements of the climate system to an undamaged state ?
Under what circumstances would these need to be deployed ?
Which authorities would need to allow the deployment of these measures ?
What are , amongst others , the legal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this ?
How can we ensure global cooperation in developing and possibly deploying these measures , in such a way that promotes peace and stability ?


climatedepot--2020-11-18--John Stossel features Climate Hustle 2: Interviews Marc Morano

John Stossel posted a great video with extensive excerpts from CFACT ’ s feature move Climate Hustle 2 : Rise of the Climate Monarchy .
Stossel interviews CFACT ’ s Marc Morano and asks him about the climate campaign ’ s insatiable appetite for power .
Stossel : Your movie suggests this world government conspiracy , that they want to rule us .
But I think they are genuinely concerned and they want to save us .
Morano : Their vision of saving us is putting them in charge .
Stossel : And if they ’ re in charge says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Guardian columnist George Monbiot : We ’ ve got to go straight to the heart of capitalism and overthrow it .
The opponents of free markets and free minds have long seized upon climate change to boost their radical agenda .
Climate Hustle 2 presents an ironclad case .
John Stossel did a great job on his video .
There ’ s much more , take a look .
Yesterday ’ s Washington Times called CFACT ’ s Climate Depot , the website Marc Morano manages , “ an astute website which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world.
” CFACT continually educates the public with news , commentary and analysis .
We ’ re proud to have created this latest feature film .
Have you watched Climate Hustle 2 yet ?
For nature and people too ,


climatedepot--2020-11-18--John Stossel: The Climate Hustle 2 film presents climate dissent – ‘Morano’s movie frustrates climat

John Stossel: The Climate Hustle 2 film presents climate dissent – ‘Morano’s movie frustrates climate activists’

I hear that climate change will destroy much of the world .
“ There will be irreversible damage to the planet !
” warns a CNN anchor .
Joe Biden says he ’ ll spend $ 500 billion a year to fight what his website calls an “ existential threat to life.
” I ’ m a consumer reporter .
Over the years , alarmed scientists have passionately warned me about many things that they thought were about to kill Americans .
Asbestos in hair dryers , coffee , computer terminals , electric power lines , microwave ovens , cellphones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blankets , computer terminals , herbicides , plastic residue , etc.
, are causing America ’ s cancer epidemic !
” If those things don ’ t get us , “ West Nile Virus will !
” Or SARS , Bird Flu , Ebola , flesh-eating bacteria or “ killer bees.
” Experts told me millions would die on Jan. 1 , 2000 , because computers couldn ’ t handle the switch from 1999 .
Machines would fail ; planes would crash .
The scientists were well-informed specialists in their fields .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have about a threat , the more alarmed you get .
Yet , mass death didn ’ t happen .
COVID-19 has been the only time in my 50 years of reporting that a scare proved true .
Maybe you accepted the phrase I used above : “ America ’ s cancer epidemic.
” But there is no cancer epidemic .
Cancer rates are down .
We simply live long enough to get diseases like cancer .
But people think there ’ s a cancer epidemic .
The opposite is true .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ more plastics , pesticides , mysterious chemicals , food additives and new technologies , we live longer than ever !
That ’ s why I ’ m skeptical when I ’ m told : Climate change is a crisis !
Climate change is real .
It ’ s a problem , but I doubt that it ’ s “ an existential threat.
” When Marc Morano says it , activists try to prevent him from speaking .
“ They do not want dissent , ” says Morano , founder of ClimateDepot.com , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activists teach in schools .
“ It ’ s an indoctrination that ’ s so complete that by the time ( kids ) get to high school , they ’ re not even aware that there ’ s any scientific dissent.
” Morano ’ s new movie , “ Climate Hustle 2 , ” presents that dissent .
My new video this week features his movie .
Morano argues that politicians use fear of global warming in order to gain power .
“ Climate Hustle 2 ” features Senator Chuck Schumer shouting : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change , we ’ d have fewer of these hurricanes and other types of storms !
Everyone knows that !
” But everyone doesn ’ t know that .
Many scientists refute it .
Congress ’ own hearings include testimony about how our warmer climate has not caused increases in the number of hurricanes or tornadoes .
“ Climate Hustle 2 ” includes many examples like that .
“ Why should we believe you ?
” I ask Morano .
“ You ’ re getting money from the fossil fuel industry.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Evil Personified ” and says ExxonMobil funds him .
“ Not at all , ” he replies .
“ I ’ m paid by about 90 % individual contributions from around the country .
Why would ExxonMobil give me money ( when ) they want to appear green ?
” Morano ’ s movie frustrates climate activists by pointing out how hypocritical some are .
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio says he lives a “ green lifestyle… ( using ) energy-efficient appliances .
I drive a hybrid car.
” Then he flies to Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watching Morano point out celebrities ’ hypocrisy , but think one claim in his movie goes too far .
“ Stopping climate change is not about saving the planet , ” says narrator Kevin Sorbo .
“ It ’ s about climate elites trying to convince us to accept a future where they call all the shots.
” I push back at Morano : “ I think they are genuinely concerned , and they want to save us.
” “ Their vision of saving us is putting them in charge , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in charge , he says , they will destroy capitalism .
John Stossel is author of “ Give Me a Break : How I Exposed Hucksters , Cheats , and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media .
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climatedepot--2020-11-18--Pennsylvania Energy Prices Set to Skyrocket Under Regional Climate Plan

Pennsylvania Energy Prices Set to Skyrocket Under Regional Climate PlanClimate Realism / by James Taylor Pennsylvanians currently enjoy energy prices that are below the national average , but that is about to change if Gov .
Tom Wolf successfully overrides the state legislature and pushes Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ( RGGI ) .
The public has until January 14 to submit comments on Wolf ’ s plan to join RGGI .
RGGI , which was formed in 2009 , includes 10 states in the U.S. Northeast .
Those states are Connecticut , Delaware , Maine , Maryland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jersey , New York , Rhode Island , and Vermont .
Under RGGI , participating states are required to cap their carbon dioxide emissions – at an ever-tightening amount – while taxing the conventional sources that remain .
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration , RGGI states pay approximately 50-percent higher electricity prices than the rest of the nation .
And that is not a coincidence .
Since RGGI formed in 2009 , electricity prices in RGGI states have increased , while electricity prices in the rest of the nation have decreased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of RGGI ’ s impact on energy prices .
New Jersey joined RGGI in 2009 , then left RGGI in 2011 under former Gov .
Chris Christie , before rejoining RGGI this year .
After leaving RGGI , New Jersey electricity prices declined by 10 percent between 2011 and 2019 , even as electricity prices in RGGI states kept rising .
The reason for the discrepancy between RGGI states and the rest of the nation is simple : if you restrict and impose increasingly stringent taxes on your most abundant and most affordable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise .
There is simply no way around that .
Pennsylvania may end up joining RGGI , but if it does so , Keystone State electricity consumers will be feeling the pain .
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climatedepot--2020-11-18--Harvard declares ‘Science is back’ under Biden administration – Feature John Holdren as example of ‘

Harvard declares ‘Science is back’ under Biden administration – Feature John Holdren as example of ‘science’

Surprise : The “ Smartest ” People Are Actually Painfully StupidManhattan Contrarian / If you were lucky enough to attend America ’ s premier academic institution , Harvard University , you would receive most days , as I do , the Harvard Gazette .
The Gazette generally cloaks its pieces in the mantle of “ news ” ; but really its principal function is to find ways for us Harvard people to congratulate ourselves on how brilliant we are , while at the same time heaping scorn and derision on the the ignorant deplorables who are always getting in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world .
You only need to read a few of these things before you start to realize that what might seem like the very “ smartest ” people — the ones with the fanciest degrees and the fanciest professorships at the fanciest universities — are actually painfully stupid .
Anyway , today ’ s Harvard Gazette arrives with some joyful news : Science is back !
After four dreadful years of the “ anti-science ” Trump , we are now going to see , with Biden , the restoration of “ science ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of public policy .
This news is right there in the lead story , headline and sub-headline : “ Is science back ?
Harvard ’ s Holdren says ‘ yes ’ /Ex-Obama adviser says , unlike Trump , Biden and Harris will embrace factual analysis.
” From the first paragraph : [ T ] he incoming Biden-Harris administration has moved quickly to reinstall science as a foundation for government policy after four years of a president who disdained accepted scientific wisdom on subjects from wildfires to hurricane tracks , climate change to COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science is back ” by their usual method , which is by interviewing the leading Harvard professor on the subject .
In this case that is John Holdren .
Do you remember him ?
Holdren ’ s current title is “ Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and professor of environmental science and policy in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
” But before that he was “ [ A ] ssistant to the [ P ] resident for science and technology and director of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Technology Policy , ” a position in which he served for the entire eight years of the Obama presidency .
You may remember that Holdren was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in March 2009 , after minimal scrutiny of his background .
So give us an example , John , of how a Biden administration will prove to be more “ pro-science ” than that deplorable Trump : GAZETTE : What is an example of a classic , successful government policy backed by good science ?
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HOLDREN : I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which was an immense step forward in which 195 countries all across the world committed to take constructive steps toward reducing their climate-altering emissions going forward .
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Now , as anyone who has read the Paris Agreement knows , the entire developing world — home to about 90 % of the world ’ s people — made no commitments whatsoever in that document , nor did they even agree to any non-binding goals , toward “ reducing their climate-altering emissions going forward.
” Emissions from the developing world are rapidly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , Paris Agreement or no Paris Agreement , thus rendering any U.S. efforts to limit emissions completely futile .
Holdren is either completely ignorant on this subject , or he is intentionally trying to mislead the readership .
Or it could be some of both .
You be the judge .
And by the way , might Holdren have some conflict of interest here that may be relevant ?
None is disclosed as such in the article .
But you might happen to recognize that the funder of Holdren ’ s Harvard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wife of John Kerry .
Kerry , of course , is the former Secretary of State who was in charge of negotiating the Paris Agreement , and who more recently co-chaired the panel that drafted the Biden energy program , and who undoubtedly is expecting some big position in an incoming Biden administration .
But don ’ t worry , conflicts only apply to Republicans , so there is no need to mention any of this .
Anyway , if you think that John Holdren might be an appropriate person to weigh in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science ” in public policy , you may want to consider some of the man ’ s previous writings on the subject .
For example , in 1977 Holdren co-authored with Paul and Anne Ehrlich a textbook titled “ Ecoscience.
” We know that “ Ecoscience ” was about “ science , ” because it ’ s right there in the title ; therefore we can be secure in understanding that this is a good place to look for Holdren ’ s views as to what using “ science as a foundation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ principal theme of the book is that overpopulation is about to engulf the world ( “ science ” has shown it ! )
and therefore governments are justified , and indeed required , to take the most extreme possible measures to prevent the impending disaster .
In 2009 , shortly after Holdren ’ s confirmation as Obama ’ s “ science ” advisor , a website called Zombietime collected a top-ten list of quotations from “ Ecoscience.
” Here are a few of my favorites : • Involuntary fertility control .
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their second or third child , despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy , might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men .
The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired opens additional possibilities for coercive fertility control .
The capsule could be implanted at puberty and might be removable , with official permission , for a limited number of births .
• If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility—just as they can be required to exercise responsibility in their resource-consumption patterns—providing they are not denied equal protection .
• In today ’ s world , however , the number of children in a family is a matter of profound public concern .
The law regulates other highly personal matters .
For example , no one may lawfully have more than one spouse at a time .
Why should the law not be able to prevent a person from having more than two children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Perhaps those agencies , combined with UNEP and the United Nations population agencies , might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime—sort of an international superagency for population , resources , and environment .
Such a comprehensive Planetary Regime could control the development , administration , conservation , and distribution of all natural resources , renewable or nonrenewable , at least insofar as international implications exist .
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The Regime might also be a logical central agency for regulating all international trade , perhaps including assistance from DCs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the international market .
The Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the optimum population for the world and for each region and for arbitrating various countries ’ shares within their regional limits .
Now that I think of it , “ painfully stupid ” barely begins to describe the opinions of this man .
Maybe we should go with “ moral monster.
” Or you could try another book that Holdren co-authored with the Ehrlichs — “ Human Ecology , ” from 1973 .
In 2014 the website CFACT compiled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one .
Again , I ’ ll give you just a few of my favorites : • There is good reason to believe that population growth increases the probability of a lethal worldwide plague and of a thermonuclear war .
Either could provide a catastrophic “ death-rate solution ” to the population problem ; each is potentially capable of destroying civilization and even of driving Homo sapiens to extinction .
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Perhaps more likely than extinction is the possibility that man will survive only to endure an existence barely recognizable as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ physically and emotionally impoverished , surrounded by the devastation wrought by an industrial civilization that could not cope with the results of its own biological and social folly .
• Political pressure must be applied immediately to induce the United States government to assume its responsibility to halt the growth of the American population .
Once growth is halted , the government should undertake to influence the birth rate so that the population is reduced to an optimum size and maintained there .
• A massive campaign must be launched to restore a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ de-develop the United States .
De-development means bringing our economic system ( especially patterns of consumption ) into line with the realities of ecology and the global resource situation .
In another post , this one from 2009 , CFACT noted that Holdren had also managed to take alarmist positions on climate change both in warning about global warming and also about global cooling — and that he had managed to take both positions simultaneously .
CFACT concluded : Holdren is a “ doom peddler ” who latches onto the nightmare-scenario-du-jour — overpopulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global warming ( all of which he ’ s trumpeted at various points in his career ) — and then wildly exaggerates it in order to scare the public into adopting his politicized “ solutions.
” Or , to put it another way , “ science is back ” !
De-develop the United States ?
Forced population control ?
A “ planetary regime ” to control all “ resources ” ?
The “ science ” requires it !
All the “ smart ” people from Harvard know that .
You can understand why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Are you ?
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climatedepot--2020-11-18--Lomborg: Electric cars are good fun for wealthy virtue signallers, but a dreadful way to save the pl

Lomborg: Electric cars are good fun for wealthy virtue signallers, but a dreadful way to save the planet

Electric cars are good fun for wealthy virtue signallers , but a dreadful way to save the planetNOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT / by Paul Homewood / 5h In a move to burnish Britain ’ s green credentials , Boris Johnson is to announce a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 .
He is following other political leaders , including Joe Biden , in promising lavish carrots to energise the market for electric cars along with sticks to outlaw petrol cars .
Unfortunately , electric cars will achieve only tiny emissions savings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cars are certainly fun , but almost everywhere cost more across their lifetime than their petrol counterparts .
That is why subsidies are needed .
And consumers are still anxious because of their short range and long recharging times .
Despite the US handing out up to $ 10,000 ( £7,600 ) for each electric car , for example , fewer than 0.5 per cent of its cars are battery electric .
And almost all the support goes to the rich .
Ninety per cent of electric car owners also have a fossil-fuel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , electric vehicles are mostly a “ second car ” used for shorter trips and virtue signalling .
If you subsidise electric cars enough , people will buy them .
Almost 10 per cent of all Norway ’ s passenger cars are now electric because of generous policies that waive most costs .
Over its lifetime , a £23,000 car might receive benefits worth more than £20,000 .
But this approach is unsustainable for most nations .
Even Norway is starting to worry , losing more than a billion euros a year from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electric cars economical even without subsidies , but concerns over range and slow recharging will remain .
That is why most scientific prognoses show that electric cars will not take over the world .
A new study shows that by 2030 , just 13 per cent of new cars will be battery-electric .
If Johnson bans new petrol cars by then , he would essentially forbid 87 per cent of consumers from buying the cars they want .
It is hard to imagine that could be politically viable .
The International Energy Agency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries live up to their promises , the world will have 140 million electric cars on the road .
Yet , this would not make a significant impact on emissions for two reasons .
First , electric cars require large batteries , often produced in China using coal power .
Just producing the battery for an electric car can emit almost as much as a quarter of the greenhouse gasses emitted from a petrol car across its entire lifetime .
Second , the electric car is recharged on electricity that almost everywhere is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means that a long-range electric car will emit more CO2 for its first 60,000km than a petrol car .
This is why having a second electric car for short trips could mean higher overall emissions .
Comparing electric and petrol , the International Energy Agency estimates the electric car will save six tons of CO2 over its lifetime , assuming global average electricity emissions .
Even if the electric car has a short range and its battery is made in Europe mostly using renewable energy , its savings will be at most 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , if Biden restores the full electric car tax credit , he will essentially pay £5,700 to reduce emissions by at most 10 tons .
Yet , he can get US power producers to cut 10 tons for just £45 .
Indeed , if the whole world follows through and gets to 140 million electric cars by 2030 , the IEA estimates it will reduce emissions by just 190 million tonnes of CO2 – a mere 0.4 per cent of global emissions .
We need a reality check .
First , politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they believe electric cars are a major climate solution .
Second , there is a simpler solution .
The hybrid car saves about the same amount of CO2 as an electric car over its lifetime .
Third , climate change doesn ’ t care about where CO2 comes from .
Personal cars are only about 7 per cent of global emissions , and electric cars will only help a little .
Right now , electric car subsidies are something wealthy countries can afford to give elites to show virtue .
But if we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to focus on the big emitters and drive innovation to create better low-CO2 energy from fusion , fission , geothermal , wind , and solar .
Innovations that will make just one of them cheaper than fossil fuels would mean not just rich Londoners changing their habits , but everyone , including China and India , switching large parts of their energy consumption toward zero emissions .


climatedepot--2020-11-18--Banning the sale of gas cars is ‘a colossal error’

Banning the sale of petrol cars is ‘ a colossal error ’ The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) / by bennypeiser / 4h According to Professor Gautam Kalghatgi , because most vehicles will still run on fossil fuels in ten years ’ time , banning the sale of new ones would prevent any improvement in the efficiency of most of the vehicle fleet .
Even with an improbable hundred-fold increase to 10 million in battery electric vehicle numbers in 2030 , 75 % of cars will still run on petrol and diesel ” , says Professor Kalghatgi .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in more advanced cars if they are banned from selling them ” .
And Professor Kalghatgi says those advances could bring about significant improvements in efficiency : If a battery car delivers a 25 % saving in greenhouse gas emissions on a life cycle basis , the overall reduction for the UK would be less than 4 % by 2030 .
A larger reduction emissions could be delivered with a 5 % improvement in fuel consumption of petrol and diesel vehicles.
” Banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars simply means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this sector by freezing the technology of a vast majority of vehicles running U.K. transport for decades to come “ .
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climatedepot--2020-11-18--Boris’s ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ is Economic Lockdown, for ever…

London , 18 November : The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) today described the Prime Minister ’ s 10 Point Plan for a ‘ Green Industrial Revolution ’ as shallow gesture politics , but a gesture with severely negative economic implications from day one into the foreseeable future .
And we know that this will happen because all previous attempts to create a viable green economy have failed .
In March 2009 , the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his Labour government ’ s ‘ industrial strategy , ’ a term the Conservatives have also adopted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s words are strangely reminiscent of today ’ s announcement : “ I want to create a global ‘ green new deal ’ that will pave the way for a low carbon recovery and to help us build tomorrow ’ s green economy today.
” Twelve years later Britain has green industries that are still dependent on handouts , now totalling £10 billion a year , and building nearly all their green equipment overseas .
The recent Seagreen offshore wind farm , for example , has awarded its contracts to two countries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , bitterly disappointing BiFab and other Scottish manufacturers .
Green miracles just don ’ t happen .
Chairman Boris ’ s Great Leap Forward will also fail to deliver the goods because , like all “ economic planning ” , it is an incoherent utopian dream unconstrained by economic and physical realities and a mess of unaffordable and incompatible goals .
For example , meeting the absurd offshore wind target of an additional 30 GW of capacity ( giving a total of 40 GW in 2030 ) , will have a total @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farms and offshore transmission grid , nearly all that expenditure going to overseas companies , just as it did with Seagreen .
Paying for that investment and all ancillary costs related to it will put something £27 billion a year on the UK electricity bill , roughly double the wholesale market value of the entire UK electricity sector at present , with horrific implications for electricity prices by the end of the decade .
Those high electricity prices will render utterly unaffordable the Prime Minister ’ s proposals for heat pumps and electric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not only because UK consumers will be confined to their freezing homes , but because many will have spent a fortune on realising the PM ’ s green utopia .
Heat pumps cost between £10,000 and £20,000 each to install , so the Prime Minister aim of installing 600,000 Ground Source Heat Pumps a year by 2028 implies an annual cost of between £60 billion and £100 billion a year .
“ These over-reaching proposals are technically absurd , economically deluded and politically disastrous .
Does the Prime Minister have any competent advisors @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-11-20--Climate ‘Experts’ Demand Tax On Meat To Fight Global Warming

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change ( UKHACC ) urges the UK government to impose a climate tax on food producers by 2025 – unless private industry takes voluntary measures to limit their carbon emissions .
In the report published on Nov. 4 , titled “ All-Consuming : Building A Healthier Food System For People And Planet , ” UKHACC outlines that the climate crisis can not be resolved without reducing food that causes high emissions , such as red meat and dairy products .
“ In particular , red meat consumption will need to be cut by half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within sustainable environmental limits , ” UKHACC wrote in the report .
Adding that , “ changing our diets in this way will not only help to mitigate climate change but will also improve our health : there is also clear evidence that is replacing animal protein with plant-based protein results in lower rates of stroke , heart disease , diabetes , and overall death rates.
” UKHACC represents doctors , nurses , and other healthcare professionals from ten Royal Colleges of medicine and nursing , the British Medical Association , and The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ besides levies on food , such as ending buy-one-get-one-free offers for supermarket products that are harmful to the environment .
UKHACC said a future tax on meat and dairy products could easily work .
They point to changing consumer behaviors that have been observed around a “ Sugar Tax ” to limit the consumption of junk foods .
Figures have it that food production is responsible for at least a quarter of the world ’ s greenhouse gas emissions .
What appears to become is that , in the name of climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be waged and the foods we eat that are deemed too dangerous for the climate will either be taxed or banned completely .
“ We can ’ t reach our goals without addressing our food system , ” said Kristin Bash , who led the Faculty of Public Health ’ s food group and was a co-author of the UKHACC report , who was quoted by The Guardian .
Bash said , “ the climate crisis isn ’ t something we should see as far in the future .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The coronavirus appears to be ushering in a new world order to transition the old economic system into a more sustainable world economic order .
As for this case , if we chose to follow down the path – we ’ re all going to be eating plant-based products from Beyond Meats .


climatedepot--2020-11-20--No, Climate Change Is Not Eliminating Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce

The Washington Post published an article yesterday claiming climate change is devastating Massachusetts cranberry production and threatening to eliminate America ’ s Thanksgiving cranberry sauce .
In related news , the U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting a record 2020 Massachusetts cranberry crop .
The Washington Post article is titled , “ How Climate Change Is Complicating a Thanksgiving Staple.
” The subtitle is , “ Heatwave , drought , lack of winter ice are taking a toll on a quintessential Massachusetts crop.
” In the article , the Post quotes Bay Staters voicing their subjective feelings that climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article is littered with subheads like , “ The fight to save a small fruit.
” The article , however , presents no objective data to support the claims .
That struck us at Climate Realism as odd , considering objective cranberry data is available for Massachusetts and America as a whole .
Let ’ s take a look at objective cranberry facts : The U.S. Department of Agriculture ’ s National Agriculture Statistics Service estimates record Massachusetts cranberry production in 2020 .
This directly contradicts the message of the Washington Post article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post chose not to include any data in its article .
USDA also estimates strong cranberry production in Wisconsin this year .
Wisconsin and Massachusetts are the two leading states for cranberry production .
Cranberry production in Massachusetts , Wisconsin , and the rest of the United States has been so strong in recent years that , according to the Wisconsin State Farmer news site , “ Facing a continued glut of cranberries and depressed prices , in 2017 the cranberry industry asked federal officials in 2017 to take unusual steps aimed at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s U.S. Cranberry Marketing Committee asked the USDA to cap the amount of cranberries grown in 2018 at 75 % of the normal crop .
The committee also has asked the USDA to have cranberry companies withhold 15 % of the 2017 crop from the marketplace , ” the State Farmer reported .
The chart below , published by National Geographic , documents and illustrates the consistent , long-term growth in cranberry production .
The chart ends with the year 2018 , but that trend will continue with the estimated 2020 record crop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Post article is merely the latest example of a nefarious strategy executed by climate activists and their corporate media allies .
Their dishonest tactic is to identify an upcoming holiday or something that people really love , and then claim that global warming is destroying it , whether or not there is any evidence , truth , or basis for the alarmist claim .
Fortunately for the sake of truth , we at Climate Realism will continue to present the truth and hold the Climate Establishment responsible for its lies .