climatedepot--2020-10-07--German Prof: Climate Science Politicized, Exaggerated, Filled With ‘Fantasy’, ‘Fairy Tales’…’Paris A

German Prof: Climate Science Politicized, Exaggerated, Filled With ‘Fantasy’, ‘Fairy Tales’…’Paris Accord Already Dead’

German professor , co-founder of modern environmental movement , says climate science is exaggerated , filled with fairy tales and believes the Paris Accord is “ already dead ” .
In an interview with publicist Roland Tichy , Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt – one of the founders of Germany ’ s modern environmental movement – said we have in fact three generations time to revamp the world ’ s energy supply system to one that is cleaner and sustainable .
He rejects the Fridays For Future claim that there are only 12 years left .
In the interview , moderator Tichy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a time when it was “ 3°C warmer than today ” , and Vahrenholt responded saying he expects civilization to continue for another seven thousand years .
There was no tipping point back then , why would there be one today ?
“ Warmth and moisture have always been good for mankind , ” said Vahrenholt .
“ Cold has been man ’ s worst enemy.
” The German professor also said that the claimed catastrophe “ is not taking place ” and that policymakers are trying to use “ panic and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Much of the warming measured since 1850 is the result of natural warming taking place due to the end of the Little Ice Age , he explained .
Later the German professor of chemistry calls the belief that wind and sun are able replace fossil fuels “ fantasizing ” and that Germany , with its 2.3 % share of global CO2 emissions , can rescue the global climate “ a fairy tale ” .
Meanwhile , the warming of the last 150 years is in large part caused by natural cycles .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was more active than at any time over the past 2000 years.
” Economically , Vahrenholt believes that a frenzied rush to renewables will lead to “ horrible ” economic consequences from European industrialization .
On the topic of a scientific consensus , the German professor says this is a claim made by the IPCC , which run by the UN with an agenda behind it .
Vahrenholt also believes electric cars powered by batteries is not a feasible technology , and that other experts quietly call it “ a crackpot idea ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for fear of losing research funding .
The vast majority of funding comes from the German government .
The professor of chemistry , co-author of a recent bestseller , also describes Germany as a country in denial when it comes to the broader global debate taking place on climate science , and declared the Paris Accord as being “ already dead ” .
“ The Accord is already dead .
Putin says it ’ s nonsense.
” [ … ] The Americans are out .
The Chinese don ’ t have to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a handful of European countries .
The European Commission in massively on it .
And I predict that they will reach the targets only if they destroy the European industries , ” said Vahrenholt .
He characterizes Europe ’ s recent push for even stricter emissions reduction targets to madness akin to Soviet central planning that is doomed to fail spectacularly .


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Claim: ‘No company was set to meet the UN-backed Paris Pact’s goals – Reality: ‘There is no way for any energy company… or even any country… by itself to meet the 2C target’

`` No company was set to meet the UN-backed Paris Agreement ’ s goal of limiting global warming to 'well @ @ @ @ @ There is no way for any energy company… or even any country… by itself to @ @ @ @ @

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climatedepot--2020-10-07--Joe Biden and the Green New Deal: He was for the GND before he was against it?

When asked by moderator Chris Wallace during the first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign season if he supports the Green New Deal ( GND ) , Joe Biden said , “ No , I don ’ t support the Green New Deal.
” However , according to his website , “ Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face .
It powerfully captures two basic truths , which are at the core of his plan : ( 1 ) the United States urgently needs to embrace greater ambition on an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this challenge , and ( 2 ) our environment and our economy are completely and totally connected.
” In fairness , the Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice does not go nearly as far as the super-radical GND .
In general , Biden ’ s plan does not include the vast array of social programs , such as Medicare for All , a universal basic income , a federal jobs guarantee , free college , etc .
that make the GND one of the costliest and most socialistic bills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s plan is far from moderate .
And does anyone actually believe that a Biden administration would not kowtow to the radical Left and end up supporting the GND , should he win the upcoming election ?
For starters , the Biden Plan does include the following : • “ Ensure the U.S. achieves a 100 % clean energy economy and reaches net-zero emissions no later than 2050.
” • “ On day one , Biden will make smart infrastructure investments to rebuild the nation and to ensure that our buildings , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can withstand the impacts of climate change.
” • “ He will not only recommit the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change – he will go much further than that.
” • “ The Biden plan will make a historic investment in our clean energy future and environmental justice , paid for by rolling back the Trump tax incentives that enrich corporations at the expense of American jobs and the environment.
” • “ Biden will set a target of reducing the carbon footprint of the U.S. building stock 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deep retrofits that combine appliance electrification , efficiency , and on-site clean power generation.
” These are just a few examples of the radical progressive elements in Biden ’ s plan .
But , again , if Joe Biden does emerge victorious in the upcoming election , it is almost naïve to believe that he would not inch closer to supporting more of the GND than he already has .
There are many reasons why .
First , Biden ’ s running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) , is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GND .
On March 26 , 2019 , Harris said , “ Climate change is an existential threat , and confronting it requires bold action .
I ’ m a proud cosponsor of Senator Markey ’ s Green New Deal resolution .
Political stunts won ’ t get us anywhere .
Combatting this crisis first requires the Republican majority to stop denying science and finally admit that climate change is real and humans are the dominant cause .
Then we can get serious about taking action to tackle the climate crisis at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 77-year-old Joe Biden , if elected , would be the oldest president to ever take office , one can not ignore the fact that there is a likelihood that Harris could take over at some point .
Second , the most vocal supporter of the Green New Deal , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , recently said , “ I think , overall , we can likely push Vice President Biden in a more progressive direction across policy issues .
… Our main priority is to make sure that the vice president is successful and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have those kinds of conversations in the first place from a more effective stance with him in the White House.
” In other words , Ocasio-Cortez wants Biden in the White House because she thinks she can push him into supporting her socialist agenda , including the GND .
Third , if the Democrats win the White House and control of the U.S. Senate this November , current-Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) has said that he would do anything and everything to ensure that his party ’ s agenda comes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ everything is on the table.
” This would include statehood for Washington , DC , and Puerto Rico , which would increase the Democrat ’ s control of the Senate , possibly for decades .
Schumer said , “ I would love to make them states.
” Schumer has also pledged his support to end the filibuster , saying “ As for the filibuster , I ’ m not busting my chops to become majority leader to do very little or nothing done.
” If Schumer ’ s wish list becomes reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the GND and other radical policies are rammed through Congress .
And if the GND shows up on Biden ’ s desk , with his party and special interest groups in full-favor , do you really think he would veto it ?
For now , Joe Biden is walking on a political tight rope .
On one hand , he is trying to appeal to moderate Democrats and independents by trying to portray himself as middle-of-the-road .
On the other hand , he needs to retain the support of his party ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fully support the Green New Deal and several other socialistic proposals .
The $ 50,000 question is : If Biden wins , which version will occupy the White House , the moderate or the radical ?
Chris Talgo ( [ email protected ] ) is an editor at The Heartland Institute .


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Pope rips ‘profit-based economic model’ – What Pope Francis’s Attacks on ‘Free Markets’ and ‘Trickle

Pope rips ‘profit-based economic model’ – What Pope Francis’s Attacks on ‘Free Markets’ and ‘Trickle-Down Economics’ Get Wrong

On Sunday , the religious leader used the COVID-19 pandemic to renew his criticisms of free-market capitalism .
“ The fragility of world systems in the face of the pandemic has demonstrated that not everything can be resolved by market freedom , ” Francis wrote in part of a lengthy religious text .
“ To care for the world in which we live means to care for ourselves .
Yet we need to think of ourselves more and more as a single family dwelling in a common home .
Such care does not interest those economic powers that demand quick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , many forms of injustice persist , fed by… a profit-based economic model that does not hesitate to exploit , discard and even kill human beings , ” Francis lamented .
The Pope decried the free-market “ dogma of neo-liberal faith ” that views “ the magic theories of ‘ spillover ’ or ‘ trickle ’ … as the only solution to societal problems.
” He went on to write that “ market freedom can not supersede the rights of peoples and the dignity of the poor.
” Francis reiterated his belief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is necessary to live with dignity , it is because another person is detaining it.
” He concluded that “ the right to private property can only be considered a secondary natural right , derived from the principle of the universal destination of created goods.
” There ’ s a lot to unpack here .
But breaking down the Pope ’ s arguments one-by-one shows that his criticisms of free-market capitalism don ’ t mesh well with available facts , empirical evidence , or a basic understanding of how economics actually works .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ weakest argument of all .
For one , the coronavirus has wrought havoc across the globe in countries regardless of economic system .
It started in Communist China , which has made some market reforms in recent decades but can by no stretch reasonably be called a free-market society .
And let ’ s not forget that the story of how COVID-19 spread globally is largely a story of countless government errors , many of which had deadly results .
When the outbreak first reached U.S. shores , the Food and Drug Administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ botched our response horribly .
By foolishly monopolizing testing kit production and putting up red tape , the two government bureaucracies set our ability to contain the virus back irreparably .
The crisis was also compounded by the failure of government officials from both parties to take it seriously initially .
Even after the government woke up to the threat , the inconsistent and confused messaging on best prevention practices coming out of the CDC sabotaged our collective response .
Worst of all , elected officials such as Gov .
Andrew Cuomo of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force nursing homes to accept patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and so endanger their entire community .
More than 6,400 New York nursing home residents have subsequently died from the coronavirus .
A cursory glance at this timeline makes it clear that the COVID-19 crisis was exacerbated by the failure of government central planning and bureaucracy—not free markets .
If anything , the private sector has risen to the challenge and met people ’ s unprecedented needs .
Examples abound .
Amazon has delivered necessities to millions of peoples ’ doors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shaken up their business models , embracing outdoor dining and takeout .
And don ’ t forget the many manufacturing companies that switched to the mass production of masks and other protective gear , as well as medical equipment .
No system is perfect , but broadly , the private sector has responded admirably to the COVID-19 crisis—when the government hasn ’ t gotten in the way , that is .
It is one of the most prevalent fallacies in progressive thinking to frame markets as at odds with the interests of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only happens when all parties stand to benefit .
It doesn ’ t matter whether it is a grocery store purchase , the hiring of a new employee , or the importation of a new pair of shoes from Vietnam .
Any exchange on a free market inevitably leaves both parties better off—or they wouldn ’ t both choose to participate .
Markets are fundamentally voluntary ; whereas the heavy state-planning Pope Francis advocates is not .
The Pope ’ s view that markets are opposed to the people ’ s interests is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last 50 years , the spread of free trade and capitalism has driven unprecedented global economic progress .
Join us in preserving the principles of economic freedom and individual liberty for the rising generationSupport FEE ’ s Mission Here ’ s some great highlights courtesy of the Cato Institute ’ s HumanProgress.org : • In 1966 , average life expectancy was only 56 years .
In 2016 , it was 72 .
That ’ s an increase of 29 percent .
• Out of every 1,000 infants born , 113 died before their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 32 died .
That ’ s a reduction of 72 percent .
• Average income per person rose from $ 3,698 to over $ 17,469 , or by 372 percent – and that ’ s adjusted for inflation .
• The food supply rose from about 2,300 calories per person per day to over 2,800 calories , an increase of 22 percent , thus reducing hunger .
• The length of schooling that a person could typically expect to receive was 4.15 years .
In 2016 , it was 8.71 years – a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scale from 0 , which denotes autocracy , to 10 , which denotes democracy , political freedom rose from 4.55 in 1966 to 7.05 in 2016 .
That ’ s an improvement of 55 percent .
A graph of global income per person from HumanProgress shows that “ for thousands of years , economic growth was negligible .
At the end of the 18th century , however , economic growth and , consequently , the standard of living , started to accelerate.
” What coincides with this magnificent development ?
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the formation of institutions protecting private property rights , and the spread of global trade .
Pope Francis explicitly argues that property rights are only a “ secondary natural right ; ” superseded by the needs and wants of others .
Taken to its logical conclusion , arguing that property rights are second to the needs of others really means property rights aren ’ t valid at all , because human needs and scarcity of resources are permanent realities .
Famed economists such as Thomas Sowell have argued that property rights benefit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the building blocks of the market system that leads to greater prosperity and flourishing for all .
Sowell wrote that property rights “ belong legally to individuals , but their real function is social , to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
” Property rights strongly correlate with economic prosperity , and that ’ s not a coincidence .
Only in a society with secure and strong property can businesses create jobs and invest in communities.https : //platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html ?
creatorScreenName=feeonline & dnt=false & embedId=twitter-widget-1 & frame=false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lang=en & origin=https % 3A % 2F % 2Ffee.org % 2Farticles % 2Fthe-pope-just-called-private-property-a-secondary-right-he-couldnt-be-more-wrong % 2F & siteScreenName=feeonline & theme=light & widgetsVersion=ed20a2b % 3A1601588405575 & width=550px Not convinced ?
Just consider that the countries with the least secure property rights , from Venezuela to North Korea , are the most miserable places on Earth to live .
Moreover , Francis is wrong philosophically to dismiss property rights as secondary .
We would all agree that the right to life is paramount .
But property rights are an extension of the right to life—because a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depends on his livelihood .
“ The right to life is the source of all rights—and the right to property is their only implementation , ” Ayn Rand once wrote .
“ Without property rights , no other rights are possible .
Since man has to sustain his life by his own effort , the man who has no right to the product of his effort has no means to sustain his life.
” This is why protecting property rights is the government ’ s most crucial role .
It is , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reason we have the law in the first place .
When it fails , everyday citizens—not the rich— pay the price , and the government becomes guilty of the very evil it was created to prevent .
There ’ s no doubt that the Pope is a learned man in matters of religion , and he likely has the best of intentions in preaching his collectivist gospel .
But his elementary arguments against free-market capitalism are incredibly weak .
More importantly , if Pope Francis ’ s teachings against free markets catch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only sabotage the interests of the same underprivileged people he is trying to help .
That ’ s an outcome we should all pray never comes to fruition .
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Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and the Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education .
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climatedepot--2020-10-08--UK Climate Activist (& Greta  advisor) George Monbiot: ‘The driver of planetary destruction is not’

UK Climate Activist (& Greta  advisor) George Monbiot: ‘The driver of planetary destruction is not’ excess’ capitalism, but capitalism itself’

An extraordinary shift , and credit where it ’ s due .
BUT : the great unsayable , that the @ @ @ @ @ anyone to voice on air , is that the driver of planetary destruction is not @ @ @ @ @ but capitalism itself .
https : //www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54268038 https : //twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1314143686465327104


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Warmist David Attenborough: ‘Curb excess capitalism’ to save nature – Demands standard of living in

Warmist David Attenborough: ‘Curb excess capitalism’ to save nature – Demands standard of living in wealthy nations is going to have to take a pause

Sir David Attenborough says the excesses of western countries should “ be curbed ” to restore the natural world and we ’ ll all be happier for it .
The veteran broadcaster said that the standard of living in wealthy nations is going to have to take a pause .
Nature would flourish once again he believes when “ those that have a great deal , perhaps , have a little less ” .
Sir David was speaking to Liz Bonnin for BBC Radio 5 Live ’ s new podcast ‘ What Planet Are We On ?
’ .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Speaking personally and frankly , Sir David explained , “ We are going to have to live more economically than we do .
And we can do that and , I believe we will do it more happily , not less happily .
And that the excesses the capitalist system has brought us , have got to be curbed somehow.
” “ That doesn ’ t mean to say that capitalism is dead and I ’ m not an economist and I don ’ t know .
But I believe the nations of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are beginning to realise that greed does not actually lead to joy .
”


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climatedepot--2020-10-08--Harris-Pence Debate: Candidates Spar Over Climate Change, Green New Deal

Pence said he ’ s proud of the administration ’ s record on the environment .
“ Our air and land are cleaner than any time ever recorded , ” Pence claimed .
“ The climate is changing .
The issue is : What ’ s the cause and what can we do about it ?
President Trump has made it clear that we ’ re going to continue to listen to science.
” Pence said the country doesn ’ t need a $ 2 trillion Green New Deal , as promoted by former Vice President Joe Biden .
Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs , which is why he will not increase taxes for anyone who makes less than $ 400,00 a year .
He said he ’ ll create millions more jobs than Trump , she said .
“ Joe understands the west coast of our country is burning , including my home state of California , ” she said .
“ Joe believes , again , in science.
” Harris , a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal in the Senate , said Moody ’ s , the Wall Street firm , said Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million more jobs than Trump ’ s , and part of those would be created from the clean and renewable energy industry .
Harris noted that the Trump administration took the word science “ off the website.
” “ And then took the phrase climate change off the website .
We have seen a pattern with this administration which is they don ’ t believe in science , and Joe ’ s plan is about saying we ’ re gon na deal with it , but we ’ re also going to create @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Trump: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris BOTH want to BAN FRACKING

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris BOTH want to BAN FRACKING .
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climatedepot--2020-10-08--Watch: Harris, Pence questioned on plans to address climate change in debate

Sen. Kamala Harris claimed that the Trump administration doesn ’ t “ believe in science ” as she and Vice @ @ @ @ @ plans to address climate change during the Vice Presidential Debate .


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Rutgers U. Professor: ‘To Save the Climate, Give Up the Demand for Constant Electricity’

David McDermott Hughes , Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and author of Energy without Conscience : `` For a while , let ’ s eat a cold dinner here and there .
Continuity costs too much .
Climate change kills , and it kills vulnerable people first .
Intermittency saves lives , and it saves vulnerable people first .
Let the pause take its place in continuous climate activism ... What applies in the pandemic also applies—and also with desperate urgency—in the climate crisis .
We can live with some intermittency and rationing—at least until batteries and other forms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everywhere . ''
`` The United States has built a vast infrastructure for generating , transmitting , and consuming it—all almost entirely based on planet-destroying fossil fuels and nuclear power . ''
- `` Renewables can provide that plenitude—and already do through wind and solar farms in Texas and California—but not necessarily all the time .
The sun shines at us constantly , with more energy that we can possibly use at any moment , but the Earth ’ s rotation puts us in shadow at nightfall .
And wind , of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result , the leading fossil- and nuclear-free sources of energy bounce from feast to famine , raising the possibility of more frequent and longer power cuts .
Critics—often supporters of natural gas—say wind and solar power are “ not ready.
” Renewables , they warn us , pose an “ intermittency problem.
” ... `` For those seriously concerned about climate change , the inverse—the demand for electrical continuity—may be the real problem ... We ought to consider enduring much more than six hours of electrical downtime every year for the sake of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
By DAVID MCDERMOTT HUGHES – David McDermott Hughes is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University and author of Energy without Conscience .
Many decades ago electricity became the new oxygen , and the vast majority of Americans today believe they need it every moment of every waking or sleeping hour .
The United States has built a vast infrastructure for generating , transmitting , and consuming it—all almost entirely based on planet-destroying fossil fuels and nuclear power .
Electricity has become the new oxygen .
The vast majority of Americans today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every waking or sleeping hour .
Those fuels hold and store energy .
If you accumulate enough of them , you can generate electricity abundantly and reliably .
The result is that the average American household uses electric resources far beyond its needs while losing power for fewer than six hours per year .
Renewables can provide that plenitude—and already do through wind and solar farms in Texas and California—but not necessarily all the time .
The sun shines at us constantly , with more energy that we can possibly use at any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rotation puts us in shadow at nightfall .
And wind , of course , can simply stop .
As a result , the leading fossil- and nuclear-free sources of energy bounce from feast to famine , raising the possibility of more frequent and longer power cuts .
Critics—often supporters of natural gas—say wind and solar power are “ not ready.
” Renewables , they warn us , pose an “ intermittency problem.
” For those seriously concerned about climate change , the inverse—the demand for electrical continuity—may be the real problem .
Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fossil fuels—which are certainly not supported by the natural gas industry—allow ten , twenty , or thirty years to wire the whole country with solar and wind power , running all day , every day , for everyone , everywhere .
The plans differ in speed , but all agree on the last point : except for six agonizing hours per year , electrons must flow 24/7/365 .
To make that steadiness possible , solar plants will have to store some electricity during the daytime feast to last through the nocturnal famine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” environmental activist Paul Hawken writes in his aggressive climate proposal Drawdown ( 2017 ) , “ management of the power grid with energy storage systems is critical.
” We ought to consider enduring much more than six hours of electrical downtime every year for the sake of transitioning more rapidly away from fossil fuels .
But storage means batteries , and battery technology takes time to sell and install .
In the case of utility-scale batteries or battery farms , investors have to negotiate with regulators and neighbors .
Such friction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ additional equipment and infrastructure always create delay .
That lost interval—years , in each of the transition scenarios—matters profoundly .
Carbon dioxide can trap heat in the atmosphere for 120 years .
For the most precarious people , a year ’ s emissions mean the difference between life and death .
So just how critical is continuity , then ?
And critical for whom ?
The U.S. grid sends 30 percent of its electricity to residences .
As of 2017 , 63 percent of those were single-unit , detached dwellings .
Under Hawken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ houses will require battery farms and high-tension lines , and until they get them , they will probably draw power from natural gas at night .
Thus , each household demanding continuous electricity marginally exacerbates the climate crisis .
Perhaps , then , it is critical that we not store energy for these houses .
At least , we should not do so in a way that hobbles the transition away from fossil fuels .
We ought to consider waiting a few years for storage—enduring much more than six hours of downtime every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away from fossil fuels .
But few people have championed such residential intermittency .
Why not ?
Self-sacrifice is not popular , especially at home .
After Jimmy Carter suggested we turn down the thermostat in winter , Ronald Reagan banished sweaters to the political graveyard .
No one will recommend that we spend the winter being cold .
Forgoing the stove for a few hours is a different kind of sacrifice ; it doesn ’ t degrade our quality of life so much as reschedule or interrupt activities .
Delay is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are so wedded to availability , predictability , and continuity that any break seems like a sacrifice .
Long before the lithium-ion battery , we became addicted to electrical continuity .
Self-sacrifice is not popular , especially at home .
After Jimmy Carter suggested we turn down the thermostat in winter , Ronald Reagan banished sweaters to the political graveyard .
This steadiness became normal and expected at home and in the economy when—and precisely because—the home and the economy converged .
First , they diverged from a common concept .
As developed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ economy ” derives from the Greek word for household or family management ( oikonomos ) .
Both units rely upon internal cooperation .
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , they also ran at roughly same tempo : when breadwinners slept , so did production and trade .
Factories of the Industrial Revolution , however , moved to continuous production .
High-energy manufacturing—in blast furnaces , for example—was just too costly to stop and restart .
The economy of making goods thus became an insomniac while the family slumbered .
Then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of goods , the digital revolution set an alarm clock without snooze .
“ Business continuity ” is now vital—defended from hackers and blackouts alike .
So just about every part of the economy outstripped the family completely .
The former is always on , whereas the latter—except where someone works the night shift—appears to turn the lights off at night .
In subtle ways , the family has been catching up to the economy .
Perhaps , the change began in the 1960s when the electric clock replaced the wind-up alarm .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ into potentially career-wrecking tardiness .
Then the digital clock colonized all our appliances , from the TV to the stove : you can ’ t turn them off anymore .
If the contractor installs them compactly , you can ’ t even unplug them .
Now—through the Internet of Things—they are all going to talk to each other all the time .
That will certainly be convenient ; houses will run themselves , heating , cooling , and maybe eventually cooking and cleaning through timed algorithms and web-based data .
The household will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , COVID-19 has forced almost all white-collar workers to telecommute .
Thanks to Zoom , meetings have dispersed from the conference room to bedrooms and kitchens .
Business continuity now requires uninterrupted electricity in millions of households .
For the moment at least , the economy and the family run on the same circuit , and we would seem to need continuity now more than ever .
Today ’ s viral interruption , however , may actually teach us how to live with intermittency .
We will certainly need to be taught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of it working on solar energy—only scraped through an eclipse by drawing on other sources of electricity from neighboring countries .
The operators saw that one coming .
Wind is harder to predict than the sun .
In August , still air hit California ’ s wind farms during a heat wave , and despite drawing from public and private batteries , the grid still went down in some locales .
The more experimental sources of energy—tides , waves , and ocean currents—all vary by hour , season , and forces so mysterious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To make matters worse , none of this intermittency coincides with the rhythms of human life .
Workers arrive home—where they will cook and turn on appliances—just as the sun is setting , so demand peaks while supply plummets .
Many Americans , of course , fall outside this comfortably employed , nine-to-five , meat-and-potatoes routine , but the privileged ones who live this way consume enough energy to set the pattern for everyone else .
A familiar criticism of solar energy— “ Can ’ t store .
No power after four.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from fossil fuels to renewables .
Zimbabwe and Puerto Rico provide models for what we might call pause-full electricity .
By abiding an interlude—by shedding their load—people can preserve life near and far .
Zimbabwe and Puerto Rico thus provide models for what we might call pause-full electricity .
Admittedly , neither Zimbabweans nor Puerto Ricans chose to accept this rationing .
And in Zimbabwe , official incompetence has reduced electricity to a nearly unbearable degree .
Still , Zimbabwe ’ s past and Puerto Rico ’ s potential indicate just and feasible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pause , life goes on .
By abiding that interlude—by shedding their load—people can preserve life near and far .
If my town ’ s blackout will lessen , say , the force of Puerto Rico ’ s next hurricane , then , please , shed us half a day per week .
Continuity costs too much .
Climate change kills , and it kills vulnerable people first .
Intermittency saves lives .
Many have already adjusted to shortages and rationing of basic goods from beans to toilet paper .
To explain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians have lately been reaching for an unlikely metaphor : inconstant electricity .
They describe the slow , trial-and-error reopening of restaurants , schools , and businesses as turning a dimmer .
The economic lights will not simply spring on ; they will flicker as disease rises and falls .
No one wants to lives this way , of course .
But responsible leadership must be prepared to dim the economy with shelter-in-place orders—if not in Washington , then in Wellington .
When required for safety , interruption means survival and life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ also with desperate urgency—in the climate crisis .
We can live with some intermittency and rationing—at least until batteries and other forms of energy storage are up and running everywhere .
Hospitals certainly need 100 percent reliable equipment—perhaps some “ continuous ” businesses and cell towers too .
And , in cities , elevators , streetlights , and subways must run reliably .
One could imagine battery-assisted , semi-smart micro-grids connecting such infrastructure as well as home medical devices .
But we don ’ t need the entire residential third of U.S. electricity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operate seamlessly .
We don ’ t need Nest or permanent telecommuting .
For a while , let ’ s eat a cold dinner here and there .
Continuity costs too much .
Climate change kills , and it kills vulnerable people first .
Intermittency saves lives , and it saves vulnerable people first .
Let the pause take its place in continuous climate activism .
Flashback 2011 : ‘ Era of Constant Electricity at Home is Ending , says UK power chief ’ — ‘ Families would have to get used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Finally! Media recognizing reality! BBC: ‘Health experts join global anti-lockdown movement’ – ‘Thou

Finally! Media recognizing reality! BBC: ‘Health experts join global anti-lockdown movement’ – ‘Thousands of scientists have joined a global movement warning of ‘grave concerns’ about Covid-19 lockdown policies’

`` Nearly 6,000 experts , including dozens from the UK , say the approach is having a devastating impact on physical and mental health as well as society . ''
...
They are calling for protection to be focused on the vulnerable , while healthy people get on with their lives .
They say keeping the lockdown policies in place until a vaccine is available would cause `` irreparable damage , with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed '' .
And they point out the risk from coronavirus is 1,000 times greater for the old and infirm , with children more at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thousands of scientists and health experts have joined a global movement warning of “ grave concerns ” about Covid-19 lockdown policies .
Nearly 6,000 experts , including dozens from the UK , say the approach is having a devastating impact on physical and mental health as well as society .
They are calling for protection to be focused on the vulnerable , while healthy people get on with their lives .
The declaration has prompted warnings by others in the scientific community .
• a more targeted approach could make it difficult to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of long-term complications from coronavirus mean many others are also at risk But the movement – known as the Great Barrington Declaration – mirrors some of the warnings in a letter signed by a group of GPs in the UK .
Sixty-six GPs , including TV doctors Dr Phil Hammond and Dr Rosemary Leonard and a number of medics who have held senior roles at the British Medical Association , have written to the health secretary , saying there is insufficient emphasis on “ non-Covid harms ” in the decision-making .
What is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started in the US .
And the declaration has now been signed by nearly 6,000 scientists and medical experts across the globe as well as 50,000 members of the public .
The UK-based experts who have signed it include : They say keeping the lockdown policies in place until a vaccine is available would cause “ irreparable damage , with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed ” .
And they point out the risk from coronavirus is 1,000 times greater for the old and infirm , with children more at risk from flu than Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the risk of infection to all – including the vulnerable – falls , they say .
And this would be a much more “ compassionate ” approach .
The declaration recommends a number of measures to protect the vulnerable , including regular testing of care-home workers , with a move as far as possible towards using staff who have acquired immunity .
Retired people living at home should have groceries and other essentials delivered , it says .
And when possible , they should meet family members outside rather than inside .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ washing and staying home when sick , should be practised by everyone .
• young low-risk individuals should be allowed to work normally • schools and universities should be open for in-person teaching • sports and cultural activities could resume and restaurants reopen


climatedepot--2020-10-08--VP Mike Pence correctly noted: ‘The U.S. has reduced CO2 more than the countries that are still in t

VP Mike Pence correctly noted: ‘The U.S. has reduced CO2 more than the countries that are still in the Paris Climate Accord’

`` [ T ] he United States has reduced CO2 more than the countries that are still in the Paris Climate Accord , but we ’ ve done it through innovation .
And we ’ ve done it through natural gas and fracking , which Senator , the American people can go look at the record . ''
2018 Study : U.S .
Leads World In Reducing CO2 Emissions , While UN Paris Accord Nations Break Promises – Moore notes that America was able to make this progress despite never signing the Kyoto Protocol , never enacting a carbon tax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and trade ” carbon emission program , and “ that environmental villain Donald Trump pull [ ing ] America out of the Paris climate accord.
” So America is doing pretty well on its own .
But how ’ s Europe doing ?
Not great overall .
BP ’ s study found that European Union emissions were up overall ( 1.5 % ) , “ with just Spain accounting for 44 % of the increase in EU emissions.
” The UK and Denmark , however , did report their lowest carbon emissions yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Shock Epic Fails : The decade that blew up energy predictions – USA energy boom , CO2 emissions drop defied predictions !
See the charts !
– These five charts show U.S. Energy Information Administration projections from a decade ago , with current EIA data to show what actually happened .


climatedepot--2020-10-08--Where is the Left’s outrage at COVID lockdowns?! Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19

Where is the Left’s outrage at COVID lockdowns?! Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19 lockdowns

ZURICH , Oct 7 ( Reuters ) – Billionaire wealth reached record high levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic , a report by UBS and PwC found , as a rally in stock prices and gains in technology and healthcare helped the wealth of the world ’ s richest break the $ 10 trillion mark .
The report , covering over 2,000 billionaires representing some 98 % of the cohort ’ s total wealth , found billionaire wealth grew by more than a quarter during the early months of the pandemic to reach $ 10.2 trillion in July , breaking the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of 2019 .
The figure represents a five- to ten-fold rise over the past 25 years , the span covered by the UBS and PwC database , when billionaire wealth stood at just over $ 1 trillion .
Between April 7 and July 31 this year , billionaires across every industry covered by the study saw their wealth rise by double digits , with billionaires in the technology , healthcare and industrial sectors leading the pack with 36 % -44 % gains .
The pandemic accelerated a trend of technology and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , pulling ahead of their ultra-rich peers .
From 2018 through July 2020 , tech billionaires saw their wealth rise 42.5 % to $ 1.8 trillion , the report found , while billionaires deriving their fortune from healthcare similarly saw their wealth rise 50.3 % during the period to $ 658.6 billion .
Just over 200 of those billionaires publicly committed some $ 7.2 billion to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic , the study found , noting that billionaire donations to combat the medical crisis as well as the societal and economic turmoil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Reporting by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi Editing by Alexandra Hudson ) Cramer : “ The bigger the business , the more it moves the major averages , and that matters because this is the first recession where big business … is coming through virtually unscathed , ” the “ Mad Money ” host said .
Despite the global economic shock , the world ’ s 500 richest people are a combined $ 813 billion richer now than they were at the beginning of the year , according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ peak of $ 10.2 trillion in July , up from $ 8.9 trillion at the end of 2017 , according to the report findings .
July 2020 : Amazon Doubles Profit To $ 5.2 Billion As Online Shopping Spikes Spikes in online shopping during the pandemic helped Amazon net $ 5.2 billion in profits as its sales soared to record highs between April and June .
Amazon ’ s sales jumped 40 % in the second quarter compared with a year earlier , hitting close to $ 89 billion , the company reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ double its profits even as it spent more than $ 4 billion on coronavirus-related expenses and added 175,000 new hires to help keep up with demand .
Tech giants ’ shares soar as companies benefit from Covid-19 pandemic – Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google reported positive quarterly results even as overall US economic growth fell by 32.9 %


climatedepot--2020-10-08--EU Parliament votes for 60% carbon dioxide emissions cut by 2030 – Up from old goal of 40% – Brag EU

EU Parliament votes for 60% carbon dioxide emissions cut by 2030 – Up from old goal of 40% – Brag EU is ‘at the forefront of climate ambition’

The European Parliament voted on Tuesday ( 6 October ) to update the EU ’ s climate target for 2030 , backing a 60 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade , up from 40 % currently .
Lawmakers in the EU assembly voted the proposed amendment on the 2030 target by 352 votes to 326 , with 18 abstentions .
The text will now be forwarded to the EU Council of Ministers representing the EU ’ s 27 member states for final approval .
The EU ’ s objective is to wrap up negotiations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Parliament ’ s decision on the 2030 climate target took place on Tuesday evening as part of a wider vote on a proposed European Climate Law , which seeks to enshrine into hard legislation the EU ’ s goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050 .
“ We did it !
60 % did win !
” said Jytte Guteland , a Swedish MEP from the Socialists and Democrats ( S & D ) group , who was the Parliament rapporteur on the proposed European Climate Law .
“ My amendment is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Parliament , ” said Pascal Canfin , a French centrist MEP who chairs the assembly ’ s environment committee .
“ We are more than ever at the forefront of climate ambition !
” he tweeted victoriously .
The right wing of the hemicycle was not impressed , however , saying the 60 % target would be too costly to implement for Europe ’ s industry .
Peter Liese , a German lawmaker from the centre-right European People ’ s Party ( EPP ) , said the 60 % goal was “ overambitous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to back the European Commission ’ s initial proposal for a 55 % cut instead , saying this target was both “ ambitious and realistic ” .
“ I regret that the majority in the European Parliament did not support the European Commission ’ s Climate Law proposal but voted for the overambitious 60 % , ” Liese said on Twitter .
“ We will abstain because we sincerely dislike the 60 % and think it really endangers jobs , ” he said , referring to a final vote scheduled later today on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the largest political faction in the European Parliament .
It said it supports the 55 % CO2 reduction target because “ it is the most feasible , ” according to a European Commission cost-benefit analysis .
The Commission tabled the updated 2030 target in September , saying a 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions was “ achievable ” and “ beneficial ” for the EU economy .
“ Going beyond 55 % would endanger jobs .
Let ’ s not be ideological , ” said Agnes Evren , a French MEP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for their part , hailed the vote as a victory in the fight against climate change .
“ The European Parliament is to be applauded for taking a position that is far more progressive than the Commission ’ s 55 % ‘ net ’ proposal , ” said the WWF .
However , it added the 60 % target for 2030 is still not consistent with the 1.5-2°C target of the Paris Agreement .
“ WWF and other NGOs have been calling for at least 65 % emissions reductions by 2030 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from sinks.
” Crucially , lawmakers also voted in favour of proposals ensuring that each EU member state reaches climate neutrality individually by 2050 .
The alternative would have seen some EU countries allowed to overshoot the 2050 target provided that others meet it early .
The Parliament also rejected the Commission ’ s proposal to rely on carbon sinks like forests and grasslands to meet the 2030 climate target .
And they equally voted down an amendment tabled by the EPP that would have included carbon-cutting projects in developing countries in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the EU objective for 2030 should rely only on domestic emission cuts .
MEPs will continue voting today on other aspects of the EU Climate Law , including the creation of a ‘ European Climate Change Council ’ – a scientific advisory body that would be appointed to scrutinise the consistency of EU policies with the bloc ’ s climate neutrality objective .
The Parliament ’ s final position will be confirmed in a vote later on Wednesday , with final results announced on Thursday morning .
Attention is now turning to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU member states .
The majority there seems to be tilting in favour of a 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 .
“ We are very confident that the Council will bring us back to the ‘ net ’ 55 % target , ” said Peter Liese , the German centre-right MEP , talking to reporters on Wednesday .
“ And I ’ m sure we will go for it and that there will be a majority for it.
” According to Liese , there is a comfortable majority in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU member states , even without the support of Germany , which keeps a low profile because it is currently holding the Council ’ s rotating presidency .
With Poland and other Eastern EU countries still reluctant to endorse higher climate goals , the German EU presidency is likely to seek unanimous backing from EU leaders during a summit in December , Liese said .
However , it is not legally obliged to do so and could force a deal on the 2030 target via a qualified majority vote that would put Poland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely scenario ” is that EU leaders back the 2030 goal in December so that final talks with Parliament can start in January , Liese said .


climatedepot--2020-10-08--UK ‘Will Take 700 Years’ To Reach Low-Carbon Heating Under Govt Plans – 2007 UK Govt Promised: Wind

UK ‘Will Take 700 Years’ To Reach Low-Carbon Heating Under Govt Plans – 2007 UK Govt Promised: Wind Energy To Power Every Home By 2020

In 2018 Cape Town was on the precipice of becoming the world ’ s first major metropolitan area to run out of water , prompting what officials referred to as “ Day Zero.
” A combination of strict water rationing , infrastructure changes and above-average rainfall this year in the South African city has made those memories a thing of the past.A t least for now .
The waterskloof Dam went from a lake level of 11.0 % on March 9 , 2018 , to 98.1 % on September 22 , 2020 .
“ Having flown over Cape Town ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the drought , it is almost impossible to believe the changes in the visuals of the dams , ” says Jean Tresfon , a marine conservation photographer , who has been documenting Cape Town dam levels since before the drought began .
Berg River Dam went from a lake level of 49.8 % on March 9 , 2018 , to 100.2 % on September 22 , 2020 .
“ From nearly empty ( total storage capacity of 19 % ) to overflowing ( total storage capacity 100.8 % ) , the change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the surrounding countryside instead of dry , parched , semiarid conditions , ” Tresfon says .
4 ) Comprehensive Review Of Studies Confirms No Increase In Global Disaster Losses Since 1998 Environmental Hazards , August 2020 Nowadays , following every weather disaster quickly follow estimates of economic loss .
Quick blame for those losses , or some part , often is placed on claims of more frequent or intense weather events .
However , understanding what role changes in climate may have played in increasing weather-related disaster losses is challenging because , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also undergoes dramatic change .
Increasing development and wealth influence exposure and vulnerability to loss – typically increasing exposure while reducing vulnerability .
In recent decades a scientific literature has emerged that seeks to adjust historical economic damage from extreme weather to remove the influences of societal change from economic loss time series to estimate what losses past extreme events would cause under present-day societal conditions .
In regions with broad exposure to loss , an unbiased economic normalisation will exhibit trends consistent with corresponding climatological trends in related extreme events , providing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This paper reviews 54 normalisation studies published 1998–2020 and finds little evidence to support claims that any part of the overall increase in global economic losses documented on climate time scales is attributable to human-caused changes in climate , reinforcing conclusions of recent assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change .
5 ) Rod Liddle : £50billion On Wind Farms ?
You Might As Well Spend It On Unicorn Tears , Boris The Sun , 8 October 2020Apparently BoJo has got his mojo back .
Quick , someone take it off him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think I preferred him when his mojo was lost down the back of the sofa — and he looked knackered and woebegone .
But all that has suddenly changed .
Speaking to the virtual Conservative Party conference , the Prime Minister was , for once , full of that old bluster and self-confidence , as he announced his new energy plan for the UK .
The answer to our electricity needs ?
Off-shore wind farms .
Loads of them .
Everywhere up and down our coast .
He would make Britain the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he told a bemused public .
This from a man who once said wind turbines couldn ’ t blow the skin off a rice pudding .
He was pretty much right then .
I wonder what changed his mind ?
It ’ s another flip-flop on policy , this time nothing to do with Covid .
Last year the talk was all about nuclear power .
That was a genuinely exciting plan to reduce our carbon emissions through stable , almost renewable energy .
It would have worked , even if nuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to build .
But now it ’ s those bloody turbines .
You may remember David Cameron had one on the side of his house in Notting Hill when he was Prime Minister .
That was five years ago .
It ’ s probably generated enough energy to boil a cup of tea by now .
They ’ re not the real answer to our energy problems .
There ’ s nothing wrong with them being part — a small part — of our cleaner energy policy .
Even if they do scar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a seriously bad effect on local wildlife .
The real problem , though , is that they won ’ t do what Boris expects them to do .
It won ’ t work .
Don ’ t take my word for it .
Here ’ s what the environmental campaigner Zion Lights had to say ( yes , I know , it ’ s British law that all environmental campaigners must have weird names — like Pixie Hempmuncher or Peregrine Hummus ) .
She says : “ Even if we cranked up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minister proposes ( 40 gigawatts ) , this amount would power only about half the homes in Britain — or seven per cent of the total national energy demand .
“ And that is only when the turbines are turning — a key point.
” One of the problems with wind is that it doesn ’ t always blow — and batteries to store the electricity generated are nowhere near advanced enough to overcome this little difficulty .
Wind turbines , especially off-shore turbines , are also expensive to build , expensive to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need replacing very often indeed .
So we will be investing a massive amount of money — some experts reckon more than £50billion — in an energy source that will satisfy less than ten per cent of our need .
Frankly , you might as well spend £50billion harvesting unicorn tears .
They would be about as much use .
It ’ s yet another policy reversal — and one that yet again seems to have been made on an impulse , on the hoof .
Nuclear power — by far and away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of the cleanest — is the way forward .
Come on , Boris , think again .
Or come election time , the voters may take your mojo and shove it somewhere the wind occasionally blows but the sun don ’ t shine .
Boris Johnson likes a big announcement .
Back in his days as London mayor , he told us he was going to build a new airport on an island in the Thames estuary and a tree-lined ‘ garden bridge ’ further upstream .
Although not as hare-brained as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bridge to Ireland , neither of these schemes ever came to anything .
Much of the government ’ s announcement today of a major green spending spree gives the impression of having been conjured up with the same lack of any serious intent , ‘ smart cities ’ being an obvious example .
However , some of it looks positively alarming .
Take home insulation , for example .
It sounds so simple and so easy , but as study after study has shown , the cost of retrofitting the existing housing stock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run to trillions – and it might even be cheaper to knock down the whole of the UK ’ s housing stock and start again .
Hydrogen is frequently touted as the answer to all our problems , but this is mostly a case of pulling the wool over the eyes of the unwary .
Hydrogen is a way of moving energy about ; it is not a source of energy itself .
In other words , to make the stuff , you need a real source of energy , which currently means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to burn gas to make hydrogen , you are going to get carbon dioxide given off in vast quantities , and so you need operational carbon capture equipment .
Unfortunately , carbon capture and storage has only ever worked for coal-fired power stations , and even then it ’ s still commercially unviable .
Getting the technology to work on plant burning natural gas remains a pipe-dream .
But , say the renewables enthusiasts , we can also make hydrogen through electrolysis of water , with all the electricity coming from our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There are two problems with this idea .
Firstly , converting electricity to hydrogen and back to electricity is grossly inefficient , and so even with rather cheap power inputs , you still will not get cheap electricity out at the end of the process .
But secondly ( and disturbingly ) , we now know for certain that the UK ’ s offshore wind fleet is not going to deliver cheap power any time soon .
Two separate reviews of the accounts of the UK offshore wind fleet have shown that costs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years and that there is no sign of any reduction .
And while renewables enthusiasts say that ’ s all going to change in the next few years , as the latest generation of windfarms come on stream , this has now been show unequivocally to be wrong .
There are two main strands of evidence .
Firstly , when windfarm developers have put together a consortium of banks to fund the project , they announce how much they are going to borrow .
This figure gives us a lower bound on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overspends by around 17 per cent .
Reviewing these so-called ‘ financial close ’ figures indicates that windfarms coming on stream in the next few years are just as expensive as those built in the last five .
But what about the possibility that they will not spend all of their loans ?
This idea is killed off by the other strand of evidence : the financial accounts of those next-generation windfarms , currently under construction off the east coast .
These contain no indication of any change in the costs .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take very expensive electricity from offshore windfarms , use it to make hydrogen , which we will burn to make electricity again .
With such a plan in place , it is hard to imagine just how expensive electricity is going to become in future .
Prices have doubled since the Renewables Obligation came into force back in 2002 , and this was undoubtedly a significant factor in the loss of much of our manufacturing base .
A further drive for wind turbines , which produce power at two to three times the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive costs up hard .
Add in the cost of dealing with their intermittent supply of power and we could easily see prices more than double again .
The implications for businesses and households in the UK are horrifying .
Who would want to live in a a country that was set on such a destructive path ?
Who would want to invest in it ?
And when the Prime Minister claims that he ’ s going to create 60,000 jobs with his green spending spree , you have to wonder how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
We can only hope and pray that he is playing to the crowd again .
Andrew Montford is deputy director of the Global Warming Policy Forum


climatedepot--2020-10-09--No, Climate Change Is Not Turning the Amazon into a Savannah

What ?
Climate Change Is NOT Turning The Amazon Into A SavannahClimate Change Dispatch / Among the top Google News search results today for “ climate change ” is an article by the UK Guardian claiming climate change is drying out the Amazon rainforest and pushing it to a “ tipping point , ” after which it will irreversibly become a grassland savannah .
In reality , objective data show rainfall is increasing in the Amazon rainforest as the word modestly warms , making the rainforest less likely to become savannah .
The Guardian article , titled “ Amazon near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ savannah — study , ” asserts : Rainforests are highly sensitive to changes in rainfall and moisture levels , and fires and prolonged droughts can result in areas losing trees and shifting to a savannah-like mix of woodland and grassland .
In the Amazon , such changes were known to be possible but thought to be many decades away New research shows that this tipping point could be much closer than previously thought .
As much as 40 % of the existing Amazon rainforest is now at a point where it could exist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications .
The Nature Communications study asserts that tropical regions with sufficient rainfall become and remain rainforests .
Tropical regions with substantially less rainfall become and remain savannah .
In between those two rainfall levels , tropical regions will sustain whichever type of ecosystem – rainforest or savannah – that preexists .
The Nature Communications study applies dubious predictions of declining Amazon rainfall to claim the Amazon may begin turning to savannah within decades .
Fortunately , scientists have access to actual rainfall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models that depend on dubious assumptions .
The real-world data show Amazonian rainfall is increasing rather than declining as the Earth continues its modest warming .
In 2018 , scientists published a study in the peer-reviewed Environmental Research Letters , examining rainfall trends in the Amazon .
Looking specifically at rainfall during the Amazon ’ s wet season , the researchers reported , “ tropical Amazonian precipitation has significantly increased by∼180 to 600 mm ( in different datasets ) in the wet season during the satellite era from 1979 to 2015.
” Importantly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the catalyst for more rainfall .
“ Results show that the multi-decadal warming of the tropical Atlantic has contributed more than half of this precipitation change over the past three decades….
” To be sure , there are many pressures on the Amazon rainforest , including deliberate deforestation to enable more farms and agriculture .
The clear , objective data , however , show climate change is strengthening the Amazon rainforest against such pressures .
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Climate Change Is NOT Turning The Amazon Into A Savannah first appeared on Climate @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-10-09--A new abnormal of rolling blackouts under Biden energy plan

Under Biden ’ s Energy Plan , Rolling Blackouts Will Be The New NormalClimate Change Dispatch / 1d Power blackouts that rolled across California cities and towns during an August 13-14 heatwave offer a warning glimpse of much more dire consequences we can absolutely count on occurring with the enactment of the Biden campaign ’ s “ Build Back Better ” proposal to immediately eliminate fracking on all public lands , and virtually eliminate fossil-fueled power plants over the next 15 years .
In concert with the aspirational Green New Deal co-sponsored by his running mate Senator Kamala Harris , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for humongous expenditures in renewable energy , including installing 500 million solar panels and manufacturing 60,000 wind turbines .
Add to this that Biden proposes to have taxpayers finance a half-million electric car chargers across America – along with funding to help carmakers convert their factories to electric vehicle ( EV ) production .
Meanwhile , California Gov .
Gavin Newson has now ordered his state to ban new gas vehicles by 2035 in order to weaponize its gigantic car market as a hammer to force automakers to concentrate on EVs .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shift even greater energy demand from petroleum to the electrical power sector .
Producing and recharging those EVs will require that energy sufficiency is constantly available .
That wasn ’ t the case when that August heatwave left millions of perspiring Californians in the dark as power demand outstripped supplies .
Now imagine adding several tens of thousands of EVs to drain further dwindling supplies of reliable energy .
Not explained are any bright ideas regarding how to recharge all those power-hungry plug-ins on windless nights .
For a reality check , let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of all U.S. energy ( always measured in BTUs ) comes from fossil sources , with another 8.6 percent contributed by nuclear .
Of that total U.S. energy amount , solar and wind combined presently contribute barely over three percent , with solar contributing less than 0.1 percent .
Even the best wind power and sunlight systems produce energy averaged over the year at 25 % -30 % of the time or less .
By comparison , conventional natural gas plants have very high availability in the 80 % -95 % range @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solar energy intermittency demand an equal amount of “ spinning reserve ” power typically provided by natural gas turbines that must be inefficiently throttled up and down like a car driving in stop-and-go traffic to balance the energy grid .
Any excess energy that is produced must either be dumped or stored for times when it will be useful – like , for example at night when large populations of EV owners will simultaneously wish to replenish their large power-thirsty batteries .
There ’ s also another big problem with producing those batteries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world ’ s lithium supply and 83 % of the anodes to make them .
And a lithium project that has been seeking approval to mine the material in a Nevada desert has been blocked from doing so for more than a decade by environmental groups such as the Center for Biological Diversity .
Nevertheless , limited capacities and unreliability issues aside ( and they are big ones ) , wasn ’ t that “ green energy ” still supposed to be environmentally clean ?
Certainly not when we consider what goes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by my friend Mark Mills at the Manhattan Institute , building wind turbines and solar panels to generate electricity , as well as batteries to fuel electric vehicles , requires , on average , more than 10 times the quantity of materials , compared with building equivalent systems using hydrocarbons to deliver the same amount of energy .
Consider the massive material requirements needed to replace a single 100-MW gas-fired turbine about the size of a typical residential house with at least 20 wind turbines , each about the size of the Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of land .
The wind alternative would consume about 30,000 tons of iron ore and 50,000 tons of concrete , as well as 900 tons of non-recyclable plastics for the huge blades .
A solar plant with the same output – enough power to supply about 75,000 homes – would require half again more tonnage in cement , steel , and glass .
Adding to that , also imagine periodically replacing a utility-scale battery storage system for that same 100-MW wind farm comprising at least 10,000 tons of Tesla-class batteries .
Producing each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and processing more than 500,000 pounds of materials using hydrocarbon-fueled equipment .
This amounts to some 20 times more than the 25,000 pounds of petroleum that an internal combustion engine uses over the life of a car .
Applied for transportation , and averaged over a 1,000 pound EV battery life , imagine that each mile of driving an electric vehicle “ consumes ” about five pounds of earth moved by hydrocarbon powered devices , whereas a comparable petroleum-fueled vehicle only consumes about 0.2 pounds of liquids per mile .
Again , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ energy equivalent of about 100 barrels of oil to fabricate a number of storage batteries that can store a single barrel of oil-equivalent energy .
Put still another way , about 60 pounds of batteries are needed to store the energy equivalent to that in one pound of hydrocarbons .
Mark Mills reminds us that by 2050 , with current plans , the quantity of worn-out , non-recyclable solar panels will double the tonnage of all today ’ s global plastic waste , along with over three million tons per year of unrecyclable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By 2030 , more than 10 million tons per year of batteries , including rare earth elements such as dysprosium they contain , will become landfill garbage .
As a 2017 World Bank study concludes , “ Technologies assumed to populate the clean energy shift … are in fact significantly more material-intensive in their composition than current traditional fossil-fuel-based energy supply systems.
” In addition , banning gasoline vehicles is going to cost California lots of funding needed for roads and public works , including the state ’ s bullet train to nowhere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 billion in fuel taxes and $ 3 billion in cap-and-trade revenues annually .
Getting to 100 % electric by 2035 will require massively more money for subsidies to pay for those cars and an enormous vehicle-charging network to expand from a mere 6.2 % of the auto market represented by EV sales last year .
Finally , as for wind , solar , and EVs eliminating either “ carbon pollution ” or climate change , don ’ t believe that for a moment .
The only thing “ green ” about any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of taxpayer subsidies and hiked-up energy cost consumers .
The post Under Biden ’ s Energy Plan , Rolling Blackouts Will Be The New Normal first appeared on Climate Change Dispatch.SHAREVISIT WEBSITE


climatedepot--2020-10-09--Boris Johnson Is Going On A Green Spending Spree. Be Afraid

Boris Johnson Is Going On A Green Spending Spree .
Be AfraidClimate Change Dispatch / Boris Johnson likes a big announcement .
Back in his days as London mayor , he told us he was going to build a new airport on an island in the Thames estuary and a tree-lined ‘ garden bridge ’ further upstream .
Although not as hare-brained as his more recent plan to build a bridge to Ireland , neither of these schemes ever came to anything .
Much of the government ’ s announcement today of a major green spending spree gives the impression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same lack of any serious intent , ‘ smart cities ’ being an obvious example .
However , some of it looks positively alarming .
Take home insulation , for example .
It sounds so simple and so easy , but as study after study has shown , the cost of retrofitting the existing housing stock is wildly expensive – the cost would run to trillions – and it might even be cheaper to knock down the whole of the UK ’ s housing stock and start again .
Hydrogen is frequently touted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but this is mostly a case of pulling the wool over the eyes of the unwary .
Hydrogen is a way of moving energy about ; it is not a source of energy itself .
In other words , to make the stuff , you need a real source of energy , which currently means natural gas .
But if you are going to burn gas to make hydrogen , you are going to get carbon dioxide given off in vast quantities , and so you need operational carbon capture equipment .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ only ever worked for coal-fired power stations , and even then it ’ s still commercially unviable .
Getting the technology to work on plant burning natural gas remains a pipe-dream .
But , say the renewables enthusiasts , we can also make hydrogen through electrolysis of water , with all the electricity coming from our rapidly growing fleet of offshore wind farms .
There are two problems with this idea .
Firstly , converting electricity to hydrogen and back to electricity is grossly inefficient , and so even with rather cheap power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cheap electricity out at the end of the process .
But secondly ( and disturbingly ) , we now know for certain that the UK ’ s offshore wind fleet is not going to deliver cheap power any time soon .
Two separate reviews of the accounts of the UK offshore wind fleet have shown that costs have been rising for the last ten years and that there is no sign of any reduction .
And while renewables enthusiasts say that ’ s all going to change in the next few years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come on stream , this has now been shown unequivocally to be wrong .
There are two main strands of evidence .
Firstly , when wind farm developers have put together a consortium of banks to fund the project , they announce how much they are going to borrow .
This figure gives us a lower bound on the capital cost – the typical offshore wind farm overspends by around 17 percent .
Reviewing these so-called ‘ financial close ’ figures indicates that wind farms coming on stream in the next few years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the last five .
But what about the possibility that they will not spend all of their loans ?
This idea is killed off by the other strand of evidence : the financial accounts of those next-generation wind farms , currently under construction off the east coast .
These contain no indication of any change in the costs .
In other words , we are going to take very expensive electricity from offshore wind farms , use it to make hydrogen , which we will burn to make electricity again .
With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is hard to imagine just how expensive electricity is going to become in the future .
Prices have doubled since the Renewables Obligation came into force back in 2002 , and this was undoubtedly a significant factor in the loss of much of our manufacturing base .
A further drive for wind turbines , which produce power at two to three times the cost of a gas turbine , would drive costs up hard .
Add in the cost of dealing with their intermittent supply of power and we could easily see prices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for businesses and households in the UK are horrifying .
Who would want to live in a country that was set on such a destructive path ?
Who would want to invest in it ?
And when the Prime Minister claims that he ’ s going to create 60,000 jobs with his green spending spree , you have to wonder how many will jobs he will destroy along the way .
We can only hope and pray that he is playing to the crowd again .
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climatedepot--2020-10-09--Michael Mann Appeals To, Then Distorts Scientific Consensus On 60 Minutes

Michael Mann Appeals To , Then Distorts Scientific Consensus On 60 MinutesClimate Change Dispatch / 3d Prominent scientist and climate activist Michael Mann appealed to an asserted scientific consensus to chastise President Donald Trump on CBS ’ s 60 Minutes program last night .
Ironically , Mann himself ignored clear scientific consensus in order to promote his own , out-of-the-mainstream climate change theories .
While interviewing Mann , CBS ’ s Scott Pelley said , “ There have always been fires in the West .
There have always been hurricanes in the East .
How do we know that climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pelley followed up with , “ The president says about climate change , ‘ Science doesn ’ t know.
’ ” Replied Mann , “ The president doesn ’ t know , and he should know better .
He should know that the world ’ s leading scientific organizations , our own U.S. National Academy of Sciences , and national academies of every major industrial nation , every scientific society in the United States that ’ s weighed in on the matter .
This is a scientific consensus .
There ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change as there is about gravity.
” Mann ’ s description of the conclusions of the “ scientific consensus ” however , is exactly the opposite of what scientific bodies report .
As documented in Climate at a Glance : Hurricanes , the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) expresses “ low confidence ” in any connection between climate change and changes in hurricane activity .
Similarly , as documented in Climate at a Glance : U.S. Wildfires , U.S. wildfires are much less frequent and severe than they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20th century – 100 years of global warming ago .
Moreover , the IPCC reports a decrease in drought conditions – which is the primary climate factor regarding wildfires – in the global region including the U.S. West .
Moreover , the IPCC finds no evidence of an increase in drought globally , either .
Ultimately , data , evidence , and scientific facts are far more indicative of scientific truth than a real or imagined consensus of scientists .
Yet , to the extent Michael Mann wishes to invoke consensus as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientists is that Mann is promoting extreme climate theories that have no basis in reality .
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climatedepot--2020-10-09--3 Inconvenient Truths 60 Minutes Left Out Of Its CA Wildfire Story

3 Inconvenient Truths 60 Minutes Left Out Of Its CA Wildfire StoryClimate Change Dispatch / CBS journalist Scott Pelley recently visited Butte County , California , to report on the wildfires devastating the Golden State .
Government statistics show that more than 8,300 wildfires have burned some 4 million acres to date .
The flames have claimed 31 lives and destroyed nearly 8,700 structures .
One of those structures belonged to Fire Station 61 Chief Reed Rankin , who saw his home reduced to a charred skeleton after a September blaze .
“ [ It ’ s ] nothin ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on top of it , ” Rankin , who has spent more than 28 years as a firefighter , told Pelley .
“ It ’ s completely burned down.
” CBS had a wonderful opportunity to explore the devastating impact and causes of California ’ s fires .
Unfortunately , it was an opportunity missed .
The 60 Minutes segment focused primarily on climate change , a topic that is covered in-depth virtually every single day .
California ’ s historic wildfires received scant attention , and all but the most attuned viewers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply the result of global warming .
That ’ s because Pelley spent a total of seven seconds of the 13-minute segment explaining a primary cause of California ’ s megafires .
“ Climate isn ’ t the only reason , ” Pelley says of the wildfires at one point .
“ Decades of aggressively putting out every forest fire allowed [ the ] brush to pile up like kindling.
” Pelley is correct .
There is a widespread scientific consensus that California ’ s aggressive efforts to suppress fire have made the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the last 60 Minutesviewers hear on the mismanagement of California ’ s forests .
The bulk of the segment is dedicated to interviewing James Hansen and Michael Mann , a pair of scientists who have spent decades warning about the dangers of man-made climate change .
“ We ’ re seeing exactly what we expected , ” said Hansen , who in 1988 produced a seminal paper predicting a decades-long rise in global temperatures .
“ But I expected that governments would be wise enough that they ’ d begin to adopt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
But they haven ’ t done that yet.
” Hansen runs the program on climate science at Columbia University , and Pelley notes that he is considered the “ father of climate change science.
” “ If we don ’ t change anything , then we ’ re going to continue to see more and more of these extreme regional events , ” Hansen says .
“ The physics is quite simple .
As you add more greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere , you increase the heating of the surface .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s dry you get more extreme droughts , the fire seasons become longer , the fires burn hotter.
” When I first wrote about California ’ s wildfires , I noted that evidence suggests both poor land management and California ’ s high temperatures have played a role in the wildfires .
And it ’ s certainly reasonable to assume the dry and hot conditions have contributed to California ’ s harsh season .
Yet to blame the bulk of the blame on climate change ignores evidence that suggests government policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facts .
1 .
Wildfires are not at historic highs ( not even close ) It ’ s true that California is suffering from a truly devastating fire season , one that has exacted a sadly high toll on human lives .
Across the US , however , burning is much lower than in previous decades .
As of October 5 , fires have consumed 7.8 million acres of land in the US over the last year .
That ’ s less over the same period that burned in 2017 , 2015 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s a small fraction—about 1/4th—of the yearly average between 1926 and 1952 , according to the official historical data .
When journalists and climate activists warn of record-high levels of fire in the US , they ’ re simply ignoring all data prior to 1960 .
This offers a politically convenient baseline since it means that the data set begins when fire suppression was still a widely used management tool in the US .
2 .
California is 4.3 % of US landmass—but has 50 % of its burn area in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 4 million acres burn this season .
That ’ s a lot .
In fact , it ’ s more than half of the total acreage burned in the US .
To be sure , California is a really big state—163,694 square miles .
But that ’ s still just 4.3 percent of the total land area of the US .
What these numbers mean is that the mega-fire problem in the US right now is a problem pretty much singular to California .
This suggests it ’ s less about climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state ’ s decades-long practice of fire suppression .
As fire experts recently told the New York Times , other parts of the United States long ago abandoned such policies , recognizing natural and prescribed burning are effective tools to manage the land .
“ Today fire is widely accepted as a tool for land management in the Southeast , ” said Crystal Kolden , a fire scientist at the University of California , Merced , told the Times last month .
Is it possible that Appalachia country and other parts of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of climate change ?
More likely , they simply learned decades ago a fact that California has refused to acknowledge : burning is necessary , and aggressive efforts to suppress it are disastrous .
3 .
Texas is Hotter Than California and Has More Forests , but Far Fewer Mega-Fires In case some people do believe that California is simply experiencing harsher effects of climate change than other parts of the country , it ’ s worth pointing out a few simple geographical facts about Texas .
The Lone Star state actually has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher temperatures .
Yet government data show they ’ ve had far fewer megafires .
From 1997-2019 Texas had about one third the number of mega-blazes ( fires larger than 100,000 acres ) that California did .
What could explain these results ?
Perhaps the fact that 95 percent of Texas ’ s landmass is privately owned and authorities have embraced burning policies that allow a fire to do its natural work .
California ’ s wildfires are a serious matter .
We must make every effort to protect people and communities from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should not be used to advance a politicized climate change agenda , especially when evidence suggests California ’ s wildfires stem largely from government mismanagement .
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climatedepot--2020-10-09--The Real ‘Climate Crisis’ Is At The World Economic Forum – ‘Want to stamp out capitalism worldwide a

The Real ‘Climate Crisis’ Is At The World Economic Forum – ‘Want to stamp out capitalism worldwide and go to socialism’

No , I ’ m not talking about some make-believe super hurricane , tornado , heatwave , drought , or flood that alarmists talk about but which never happens .
I ’ m talking about the World Economic Forum that met in June 2020 .
It appears that the most powerful leaders in the world are calling for a “ Great Reset ” of the entire global economy .
They seem to want to stamp out capitalism worldwide and go to socialism .
No need to explain what that would cause .
Of course , to do that they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarmism .
After all , it ’ s hard to get anything you want unless you try to scare uninformed people .
They realize that average working people have neither the time nor are able to make sense of the tons of scientific research papers on the subject .
That ’ s because the climate is very complex , an ever-changing system with many inputs involving hundreds of factors .
Like previous U.N. climate summits , the World Economic Forum in 2021 will be another lavish party attended by hypocrites flying in on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to convince everybody the world is about to end .
Meanwhile , climate realists are getting the real data out to the public and educating them along with exposing all the fraud behind climate change alarmism .
Here are just a few examples of how things have been changing for the better lately .
Michael Shellenberger , a 20-year climate activist , recants : ‘ On behalf of environmentalists , I Apologize For The Climate Scare ’ .
Good for him .
Even Greta Thunberg said she was being used by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care about climate change .
She said they took pictures with her for their Instagram accounts with the hashtag # savetheplanet .
She went on to say “ they can post it on social media and it makes them look good , it makes them seem like they care.
” Then there ’ s the European Extinction Rebellion ’ s spokeswoman Zion Lights , who quit the climate change protest movement to become a nuclear power campaigner feeling she had been duped after she read more about radioactive fuel herself .
And lastly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s movie “ Planet Of The Humans ” , in which he exposes the green-energy myths .
Americans seem more worried about losing electricity when these green-energy sources like wind and solar power fail to deliver as they are doing in California right now than climate change .
People don ’ t seem to be as alarmed over climate change as the most recent Gallup polltaken between July 1 thru July 23 , 2020 , showed .
“ Climate Change/Environment/Pollution ” was near the bottom of the most important problems in the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many polls that show climate change is nothing new or dire to most people .
ALERT : we are getting ready to go through two climate changes before the end of this year .
It ’ s called fall , followed by winter .
So , in January 2021 the full plan of the “ The Great Reset ” was supposed to be rolled out at the World Economic Forum in Davos .
The meeting has been moved to the summer of 2021 because of the Chinese coronavirus .
But I thought there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point that we are going to go past yet again .
How can we put the end of the world on hold for an extra six months over a virus ?
Oh , just another example of how the so-called climate crisis is so overblown .
According to their website , “ The Great Reset ” is supposed to put the government in charge of the vast majority of the world economies through a wide array of government programs , taxes , and regulations , which means the government manages most of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Schwab , founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum , said : “ The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible.
” Sorry , Mr. Schwab , but if power blackouts from green energy , unable to travel like flying , or driving our cars , staying locked down at home , unable to get medical procedures done , being told how cool or warm to keep your house , you can keep your “ Great Reset.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and standard of living and are not willing to give it up for something as ridiculous as climate change .
It ’ s just isn ’ t going to happen .
We ’ re capable of taking care of ourselves , which I know goes against your way of thinking .
According to the World Economic Forum , its 2021 Davos summit will include thousands of members of the Global Shakers Community , youth activists located in 400 cities across the planet .
The Global Shakers program was involved in the widespread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more than 1,300 have already been trained by the Climate Reality Project , the highly influential , well‑funded climate activist organization run by former Vice President Al Gore , who serves on the World Economic Forum ’ s Board of Trustees .
So here we go again .
It looks like their going to use kids to spread their climate change alarmism .
Remember , a high court judge highlighted what he called nine significant errors in Al Gore ’ s movie “ An Inconvenient Truth ” .
Some of the topics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ context of alarmism and exaggeration.
” How about the prediction he made in his movie in 2006 that we had “ just 10 years to avoid a major catastrophe that could send our planet into a tailspin.
” Well , 14 years have past and we ’ re still here .
What better person to have on your team .
It looks like U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ( socialist ) will be attending .
I ’ m sure we will hear things like this is our last chance , or this is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous tipping points have come and gone .
And don ’ t forget this one , the end of the world is just over the horizon .
I can ’ t wait to hear how many times I hear the phrases Climate Change , Climate Crisis , and Climate Emergency .
Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently got in the act , and said : “ Mother Earth is Angry ” .
If it is , it ’ s because it senses man trying to interfere with Earth ’ s natural processes .
I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meeting as a great success and the best thing since sliced bread ( with maybe a juicy hamburger on it that came from a methane-emitting cow .
Count me in . )
Ed Walbroehl spent 47 years in aviation , which included studying the weather as part of flight training , while his radar training in the U.S.A.F.R that got him interested in weather .
Climate has now become his main interest .
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climatedepot--2020-10-09--Watch: Parody song: Climate Change Religion


climatedepot--2020-10-09--Lake Erie and the ‘Science of Climate Change’ – President Trump was right: ‘I don’t think the scienc

Lake Erie and the ‘Science of Climate Change’ – President Trump was right: ‘I don’t think the science knows’

Among the more insidious questions “ moderator ” Chris Wallace asked President Trump during the first debate was the one that dealt with climate change .
As he did on several occasions , Wallace set Trump up to deny what the people in America ’ s newsrooms just knew to be true , and he did so with a heart-wrenching build-up .
“ The forest fires in the West are raging now , ” said Wallace .
“ They have burned millions of acres .
They have displaced hundreds of thousands of people .
When state officials there blamed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you said , ‘ I don ’ t think the science knows.
’ ” Given that the debate was in Cleveland , Wallace might have asked a more locally relevant question : “ Up and down Lake Erie and the other Great Lakes , sea walls are crumbling and homes are collapsing into the lakes .
For at least a dozen years , Mr. President , climate scientists predicted continually lower lake water levels , and now they are at record highs.
” Here is how Wallace actually concluded his question : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science of climate change , and what will you do in the next four years to confront it ?
” If those of us with lakefront property were able to answer , we might have said : “ From our perspective , the science of climate change seems no more ‘ settled ’ than that of embryonic stem cell research or eugenics .
We ’ ve been confronting its miscalculations for years.
” As it happens , I bought my property—two or so hours northeast of Cleveland in New York State—the same year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gear , 1988 .
Back then , of course , the phenomenon was called “ global warming.
” James Hansen , director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies , lent NASA ’ s authority to his claim that “ global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect.
” So saying , Hansen gave the international left a new rationale for global governance .
The following year , in an interview for Discover magazine , Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Research observed that although scientists were “ ethically bound to the scientific method , ” they also needed “ to capture the public ’ s imagination.
” To do so required media attention , and to get that attention they needed to “ offer up scary scenarios , make simplified , dramatic statements , and make little mention of any doubts [ they ] might have.
” Schneider concluded , “ Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest .
I hope that means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elusive , especially for the media .
In real science , dissent is expected , even welcome .
In the media-driven “ science of climate change.
” dissent is discouraged , even vilified .
In 2007 , Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman nicely captured the punitive spirit of the alarmist community .
“ I would like to say we ’ re at a point where global warming is impossible to deny , ” wrote Goodman .
“ Let ’ s just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the other denies the present and future.
” Oy Vey !
In 2007 , Goodman was still using “ global warming ” as a term of art .
Soon enough , with almost no public explanation as to why , “ global warming ” would yield to “ climate change.
” In 2013 , the climate change-friendly Economist hinted at the reason for the rebranding .
“ Over the past 15 years air temperatures at the Earth ’ s surface have been flat while greenhouse-gas emissions have continued to soar.
” This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep under wraps .
Indeed , the Economist aptly titled the article , “ A Sensitive Matter.
” Here on Lake Erie , scientists and their media champions have much to be sensitive about .
Year after year , they have proven unreliable on any number of climate-related variables and especially the one that concerns property owners most—the lake level .
In 2002 , National Geographic published a much cited article with the none too subtle title , “ Down the Drain : The Incredible Shrinking Great Lakes.
” That article seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learned about it only from reading a 2012 National Geographic article by Lisa Borre that identified the culprit for this shrinkage as climate change , “ Warming Lakes : Climate Change and Variability Drive Low Water Levels on the Great Lakes.
” According to Ms. Barre , “ Down the Drain ” documented “ declining lake levels and the potential economic and ecological consequences for the region.
” Ten years later , Barre tells us , “ The story continues to unfold , as water levels remain lower than normal.
” Although somewhat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several alarming images of stranded boats and sandy stretches where water once flowed .
On a dozen occasions in the article , Barre cites “ climate change ” as the likely explanation for the shrinking lakes .
In 2013 , Peter Sinclair , reputed to be “ the sharpest climate denier debunker on YouTube , ” headlined an article , “ Lower Great Lakes Levels – Another New Normal ?
” Whether a shrinking lake was the new normal remained to be seen .
What certainly appeared to be the new normal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believers such as Goodman and Sinclair .
Those of us on the Great Lakes could not be bullied into ignoring the obvious .
Our evidence was much more tangible than the media ’ s .
In 2014 , the lake levels started rising and have continued to rise .
In 2017 , they reached crisis level on Lake Ontario .
This spring , for the first time in 32 years , I had to pull my stairs back .
The bank underneath the stairs had collapsed under pressure from the rising lake .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ walls .
‘ First World ’ problems to be sure , but a little advanced warning might have been helpful .
By the summer of 2019 , even the The New York Times had noticed .
Wrote Mitch Smith , “ The higher water , which set records this summer on some Great Lakes could be part of an expensive new normal.
” Left unsaid was that this “ new normal ” fully reversed the old “ new normal ” from just six years prior .
If there were a Pulitzer for sophistry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headline writer for the 2019 Scientific American article titled , “ Climate Change Sends Great Lakes Water Levels Seesawing.
” Not wanting to be pinned down , the authors argued that “ rapid transitions between extreme high and low water levels in the Great Lakes represent the ‘ new normal ’ .
” As President Trump might say : “ I don ’ t think the science knows.
” And that , my fellow deniers , is the real new normal .
A veteran writer and producer , Jack Cashill has a Ph.D. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ His new book , Unmasking Obama : The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency , is widely available .
See also www.cashill.com .