climatedepot--2020-09-04--Mask Madness: CDC says wearing a mask during prolonged exposure to coronavirus won’t prevent possibl

Mask Madness: CDC says wearing a mask during prolonged exposure to coronavirus won’t prevent possible infection – Plus: Read lots of wacky mask mandates

CDC guidelines say wearing a mask during prolonged exposure to coronavirus won ’ t prevent possible infection Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state that those who come in close contact with someone with the coronavirus for more than 15 minutes could spread the virus regardless of whether either party wears a mask .
“ Wondering what @ cdcgov really thinks about masks ?
Their guidance on quarantining after exposure to someone with # covid explicitly states whether the infected OR exposed person wore masks doesn ’ t matter , ” former New York Times reporter Alex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protects no one .
So does yours .
Thanks for clearing that up , CDC !
” he added , accompanied by screenshots of the CDC ’ s guidelines .
Wear a mask while having sex , Canada ’ s top doctor suggests : Reuters – Skip kissing and consider wearing a mask when having sex to protect yourself from catching the coronavirus , Canada ’ s chief medical officer said on Wednesday , adding that going solo remains the lowest risk sexual option in a pandemic .
Evidence for masks ‘ not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says Deputy Chief Medical Officer – The evidence for face coverings is “ not very strong in either direction ” , the Deputy Chief Medical Officer has admitted .
Take Your Masks Off : That ’ s What THE Science Says What follows are a list of links and papers on the evidence of the efficacy of masks .
Which is low to nonexistent .
Not that this evidence matters to most , especially those who cherish their fear .
But I present it anyway , because I can ’ t help myself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ve not yet discovered , please put them in the comments .
Show this article to anybody who says , unironically , “ The science ” .
Science is broken .
It is now ( and has been ) a service of the global progressive order .
Witness this headline : Narcissists and Psychopaths Are More Likely to Refuse to Wear Masks , Says New Research .
They boasted of “ peer review ” , which is like those guys who beat up strangers and post videos of it to Facebook .
Notice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defined as adhering to Reality .
Science has been inverted .
Respiratory infection is much higher among healthcare workers wearing cloth masks compared to medical masks , research shows .
Cloth masks should not be used by workers in any healthcare setting , authors of the new study say… The trial saw 1607 hospital healthcare workers across 14 hospitals in the Vietnamese capital , Hanoi , split into three groups : those wearing medical masks , those wearing cloth masks and a control group based on usual practice , which included mask wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shift for four consecutive weeks .
The study found respiratory infection was much higher among healthcare workers wearing cloth masks .
The penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97 % compared to medical masks with 44 % .
Reduction in COVID-19 Infection Using Surgical Facial Masks Outside the Healthcare System In the current COVID-19 pandemic with coronavirus , SARS-COV2 , the Danish Health Authorities recommend using facial masks in the health care system when handling patients presumed or proven to be infected with the virus .
However , the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not recommended by the Danish Health Authorities .
Here , Health Authorities in other countries have different recommendations for the use of facial masks .
Challenges when using facial masks outside the health care system include wearing the mask consistently , an efficacy of the mask of app .
8 hours necessitating a change of mask throughout the day , and that it is not sufficiently tight enough to safely keep the virus out .
Moreover , the eyes ( mucous membrane ) remain exposed .
Compliance could also be another challenge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use surgical masks .
But if you ’ re going to do that , you may as well wear those hermetically sealed yellow space suits the media loves to show .
After all , why take any chance !
Another : Obligation du port du masque “ sans aucun fondement scientifique ” selon le Pr Toubiana qui fustige un “ choix politique ” .
Which has been obvious to us for a long time .
Here are key anchor points to the extensive scientific literature that establishes that wearing surgical masks and respirators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not reduce the risk of contracting a verified illness : Jacobs , J. L. et al .
( 2009 ) “ Use of surgical face masks to reduce the incidence of the common cold among health care workers in Japan : A randomized controlled trial , ” American Journal of Infection Control , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , 417 — 419. https : //www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19216002 N95-masked health-care workers ( HCW ) were significantly more likely to experience headaches .
Face mask use in HCW was not demonstrated to provide benefit in terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cowling , B. et al .
( 2010 ) “ Face masks to prevent transmission of influenza virus : A systematic review , ” Epidemiology and Infection , 138 ( 4 ) , 449-456. https : //www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/face-masks-to-prevent-transmission-of-influenza-virus-a-systematic- review/64D368496EBDE0AFCC6639CCC9D8BC05 None of the studies reviewed showed a benefit from wearing a mask , in either HCW or community members in households ( H ) .
See summary Tables 1 and 2 therein .
bin-Reza et al .
( 2012 ) “ The use of masks and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza : a systematic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 6 ( 4 ) , 257–267 .
https : //onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00307.x “ There were 17 eligible studies .
… None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.
” Smith , J.D .
et al .
( 2016 ) “ Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workers from acute respiratory infection : a systematic review and meta-analysis , ” CMAJ Mar 2016 https : //www.cmaj.ca/content/188/8/567 “ We identified six clinical studies … .
In the meta-analysis of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant difference between N95 respirators and surgical masks in associated risk of ( a ) laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection , ( b ) influenza-like illness , or ( c ) reported work-place absenteeism.
” Offeddu , V. et al .
( 2017 ) “ Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis , ” Clinical Infectious Diseases , Volume 65 , Issue 11 , 1 December 2017 , Pages 1934–1942 , https : //academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/11/1934/4068747 “ Self-reported assessment of clinical outcomes was prone to bias .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ or respirators against verified respiratory infection ( VRI ) was not statistically significant ” ; as per Fig .
2c therein : Radonovich , L.J .
et al .
( 2019 ) “ N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel : A Randomized Clinical Trial , ” JAMA .
2019 ; 322 ( 9 ) : 824–833 .
https : //jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2749214 “ Among 2862 randomized participants , 2371 completed the study and accounted for 5180 HCW-seasons .
… Among outpatient health care personnel , N95 respirators vs medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trial resulted in no significant difference in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
” Long , Y. et al .
( 2020 ) “ Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza : A systematic review and meta-analysis , ” J Evid Based Med .
2020 ; 1- 9. https : //onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jebm.12381 “ A total of six RCTs involving 9,171 participants were included .
There were no statistically significant differences in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza , laboratory-confirmed respiratory viral infections , laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection , and influenza-like illness using N95 respirators and surgical masks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ N95 respirators against laboratory-confirmed bacterial colonization ( RR = 0.58 , 95 % CI 0.43-0.78 ) .
The use of N95 respirators compared with surgical masks is not associated with a lower risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
” Sweden ’ s top health guy ( from one of the few countries that did not panic ) says ‘ Dangerous ’ to think masks will stop virus Another source with lists of studies on mask efficacy : The CDC itself : Public Health Guidance for Community-Related Exposure : “ While research indicates masks may help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection , there is less information regarding whether masks offer any protection for a contact exposed to a symptomatic or asymptomatic patient.
” Or if you really want to signal your purity , this : Lastly , we saw earlier that a meta-analysis said masks don ’ t work at stopping influenza spreading .
Shock research shows masks ineffective during surgeries : ‘ A lack of substantial evidence to support claims that facemasks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination ’ Ritter et al.
, in 1975 , found that “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no effect upon the overall operating room environmental contamination.
” Ha ’ eri and Wiley , in 1980 , applied human albumin microspheres to the interior of surgical masks in 20 operations .
At the end of each operation , wound washings were examined under the microscope .
“ Particle contamination of the wound was demonstrated in all experiments.
” Laslett and Sabin , in 1989 , found that caps and masks were not necessary during cardiac catheterization .
“ No infections were found in any patient , regardless of whether a cap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrote .
Sjøl and Kelbaek came to the same conclusion in 2002 .
A review by Skinner and Sutton in 2001 concluded that “ The evidence for discontinuing the use of surgical face masks would appear to be stronger than the evidence available to support their continued use.
” Lahme et al.
, in 2001 , wrote that “ surgical face masks worn by patients during regional anaesthesia , did not reduce the concentration of airborne bacteria over the operation field in our study .
Thus they are dispensable.
” Masks as magical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in science .
In reality , they believe in scientists .
There is a very big difference ’ PETER HITCHENS : Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives – and it ’ s not science forcing us to wear them , it ’ s politics – Lockdowns are ‘ the biggest state takeover of life & work ever attempted by non-Communists ’ Statistician Dr. Matt Briggs : ‘ Mask Madness — Our Latest Moral Panic ’ – ‘ Having healthy asymptomatic people wear masks at what is clearly the end of a routine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We might as well have a tinfoil hat mandate to protect from aliens .
It would , at this point , be just as useful.
” “ This moral panic is like Prohibition .
This time not against alcohol , but against breath .
Three-quarters of Americans falsely believe death is lurking in people ’ s breath.
” “ The AP , like our dear leaders , uses the term “ cases ” as if they were cases , i.e .
illness requiring treatment .
When what these foolish people mean is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or present .
It is medical malpractice to mix the two up.
” “ As said , it is probably not worth looking at the evidence of mask usefulness .
People ’ s minds are made up.
” “ Forcing masks on people in “ passing encounters in public spaces ” has no medical justification .
None.
” Settled science ?
In 2006 The ‘ Science ’ Of Pandemic Mitigation Was Nearly The Opposite Of What It Is In 2020 Flashback 2006 study : ‘ Surgical mask does little to prevent inhalation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diverts around the mask ’ Sweden ’ s Covid Expert Says ‘ World Went Mad ’ With Lockdowns Don ’ t be conned by the media/public health bureaucrats claim of spiking COVID cases : ‘ Overall hospitalizations are rising because people are returning to hospitals for elective surgeries that were postponed ’ Flashback 1969 : American life went on as normal during Hong Kong Flu killer pandemic – Woodstock was not canceled , economy was not lockdowned , civil liberties not suspended , ‘ schools were not shut down…Face masks weren ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Why masks don ’ t work & how governments are operating a science vacuum Update : June 2020 : CNBC : ALERT : The World Health Orgnaziont now admits COVID can basically not spread unless you have active symptoms !
Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘ very rare , ’ WHO says Government responses should focus on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms , said the WHO ’ s Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove .
“ From the data we have , it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove , head of WHO ’ s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit , said from the UN ’ s agency ’ s Geneva headquarters .
“ It ’ s very rare.
” … If asymptomatic spread proves to not be a main driver of coronavirus transmission , the policy implications could be tremendous .
Marc Morano : Even health bureaucrats can ’ t keep the virus scare alive anymore .
End mask mandates and lockdowns !
Flashback 2006 study : ‘ Surgical mask does little to prevent inhalation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply diverts around the mask ’ A 2015 study on masks of 1600 health-care workers showed those wearing masks were 6 times as likely to have flu-like illnesses as those in the control group after 4 weeks… ” – The conclusion : “ This study is the first RCT of cloth masks , and the results caution against the use of cloth masks… moisture retention , reuse of cloth masks , and poor filtration may result in an increased risk of infection .
”


climatedepot--2020-09-04--Prepare For Real (Natural) Climate Change, Because We Can’t Stop It

Climate alarmists are causing a moral tragedy across the world .
Because of their unjustified confidence that we can forecast future climate states and even stop them from changing , almost all climate finance is dedicated to mitigation , trying to reverse what are in fact natural events outside of human control .
Relatively little is spent on the very real-world needs of people affected by climate change and extreme weather events in the present .
Since the dawn of time , human beings have always suffered due to climate variability and extreme weather .
Climate change and violent weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dynamic atmospheres , such as the Earth , and there is nothing we can do to stop them .
Natural variations in our planet ’ s ‘ average temperature ’ have ranged over a span of 60 degrees Fahrenheit over the ages .
It is obviously a myth that our climate was essentially constant until we started burning fossil fuels .
Consequently , preparing their societies for these inevitable events is one of the most important functions of governments .
Societies that did not take sensible preparatory measures are no longer with us—witness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during the Medieval Warm Period ( 1100 – 1300 AD ) but died out at the start of the Little Ice Age which followed when they failed to adapt to the extreme cold .
Even today , indigenous populations in the Arctic and the Sahel region of Africa experience severe hardship due in part to natural climate change .
If we could control climate , what climate would we choose ?
Would we choose conditions like the Medieval Warm Period which was warmer than today and grapes were a grown in the British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Minoan warm periods , both of which were warmer than now ?
Or maybe we should return the climate to the conditions of the warmest period since the last glacial , the Holocene Optimum .
After all , it was 8,000 years ago , during the Holocene Optimum , when the planet was 3.6 – 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than now that large quantities of ice were melting , sea-level was rising about ten times faster than today , and coastal settlements had to move quickly or be ruined .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of climate change , sea level and extreme weather is a fairy tale based on computerized climate models that have never worked .
Documents such as the Climate Change Reconsidered series of reports from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) illustrate that debate rages in the scientific community about the causes and consequences of climate change .
Contrary to the assertions of the United Nations , the Democrats , and political opportunists in the Republican party , scientists can not yet even agree on whether cooling or warming lies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affect climate .
Yet global warming campaigners assert that ‘ the science is settled.
’ We know for certain , they claim , that our carbon dioxide emissions will cause a planetary emergency unless we radically change our ways .
Because activists have convinced governments that humankind is the controller of climate , we are spending twenty-times more trying to stop phenomena that might someday happen than we are on helping real people today .
This is well illustrated by the San Francisco-based Climate Policy Initiative ( CPI ) which demonstrated in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average annual climate finance expenditures of over one-half trillion dollars over the two-year period of 2017/2018 , only a tiny fraction of it went to adaptation , or preparing for climate change and extreme weather .
CPI report : “ Mitigation finance accounted for 93 % of total flows in 2017/2018 , or USD 537 billion annually on average .
Adaptation finance made up another 5 % of flows , showing no change from 2015/2016 as a percentage of tracked finance… ” This is immoral , effectively valuing the lives of people yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affected by climate change more than those in need today .
It is also in direct contradiction to the approach agreed to in Copenhagen where participants at the 2009 UN climate conference committed to a 50-50 funding split between adaptation and mitigation .
Despite the intense disagreement between experts about the causes of climate change , they do agree on one thing , however—we need to prepare better for climate variability and extreme weather .
Even in the developed world it is infinitely more productive to focus on adaptation than spending vast sums @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the causes of climate change .
A good example is burying cables underground .
The New York Times published a letter to the editor from a Manhattan-based lawyer who explained that , even in the middle of Hurricane Sandy , he had uninterrupted Internet , telephone and electric power because all of his cables were buried underground .
Or how about the disaster New Orleans encountered in the face of Hurricane Katrina ?
Did we cause that tragedy ?
Yes , but not in the way climate alarmists would have you believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system must have redundancy either from excessive strength or by having multiple levees operating in tandem .
Neither redundancy existed in New Orleans .
This left the entire city vulnerable to the ravaging force of Hurricane Katrina .
Yes , the disaster was man-made all right—incompetence and possibly corruption on the part of those trusted to protect the city from harm .
When it comes to hurricane preparedness , a good example for the US Gulf States to follow comes from India .
Unlike in the U.S. where people engage in ‘ horizonal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away before being stuck in huge traffic jams , Indians all along the Bay of Bengal coast ( where most of their tropical cyclones hit ) need only walk a half-kilometer or less to engage in ‘ vertical evacuation.
’ Built at one-kilometer intervals all along the coast are multi-story storm shelters designed to house hundreds of people for days at a time above the waves .
These are just three examples of how we need to harden our societies to withstand extreme events of all kinds , independent of the causes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ buildings and strengthening public infrastructure by building levees and upgrading our irrigation systems where needed , not to mention relocating populations living on flood plains or at risk from tornadoes and hurricanes .
Mitigation has received the lion ’ s share of climate finance for several reasons .
First , it is highly profitable for large corporations engaged in carbon trading and renewable energy generation ( e.g.
, wind and solar power ) , by far the largest climate finance cost tracked by CPI .
Growing biofuels also leads to windfall profits for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mitigation , not adaptation , is the focus of loud environmental lobby groups , most climate researchers and influential activists and politicians feel they have to show leadership by crafting ‘ global solutions to a global problem ’ to generate favourable media coverage .
By comparison , adaptation involves local actions to solve local problems .
For example , building a dike is only necessary if local sea level rise is a problem .
Trends in mean sea level across the world are immaterial .
Similarly , providing air conditioners to senior citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ common in regions where seniors actually live .
It makes no difference whether the planet as a whole is warming or cooling .
So , the sort of boots-on-the-ground approach needed for many adaptation projects is not particularly glamorous for politicians and activists intent on ‘ saving the planet.
’ Adaptation projects are also generally less profitable for multinational corporations and does not prop up multi-million-dollar computerized climate research efforts .
In addition , they do nothing to further government or UN control of the economy and offers little for media seeking exciting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , grinding work to make happen .
There is nothing sexy about it .
But it is something successful societies have always had to do .
Let ’ s stop wasting our time and resources trying to reduce emissions and get to the important task of preparing for whatever nature throws at us next .

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climatedepot--2020-09-04--The true risk of Covid-19? Not much more than taking a regular bath, explains statistician

By TIM HARFORD FOR THE DAILY MAIL Take a guess at what percentage of Britain ’ s population has died from Covid-19 .
Is it 5 per cent ?
As low as 1 per cent ?
In fact , the toll is less than 0.1 per cent of the country .
That means about 41,000 official deaths — or a broader ‘ excess death ’ count of more than 65,000 , depending on how you measure it — out of our population of 66 million .
Now , this is both a national tragedy and 65,000 individual tragedies .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t let anyone tell you otherwise .
But let ’ s frame the stats in a different way .
These figures also mean that 99.9 per cent of us have so far survived the virus .
Barely one in 1,000 Britons has died from coronavirus — and yet the economy is in cardiac arrest , Government debt has run into hundreds of billions and many parents are terrified of sending their children to school .
Offices stand empty .
So do railway stations and shopping malls .
University lecturers are demanding that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , when 99.9 per cent of the country has survived the first wave — and , I hope , the worst .
The vast majority of the people who died were over the age of 65 , and the fact is that if you ’ re under 60 , you are very unlikely to die from Covid-19 even if you do catch it .
If you ’ re vulnerable or elderly , you already need no prompting to take reasonable precautions .
In rare cases , the virus can kill the under-30s @


climatedepot--2020-09-04--The doomsday lies of climate activists never stop: Greta’s claims about recent India flooding, U.S.

The doomsday lies of climate activists never stop: Greta’s claims about recent India flooding, U.S. wildfires debunked

Photos and videos are extremely useful tools in storytelling and even in conveying news to the masses .
Be they simple photographs of people or videos of people marching through a street , they help us relate to the actual events and stories .
In the past decade , climate-change enthusiasts and activists have utilized this aspect to the utmost to highlight natural disasters and propagate the idea that climate change has aggravated them .
But often this grim and devastating image of natural calamities does not reveal the complete picture .
In fact , climate activists exaggerate weather events @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events ( long-term and global to regional ) and misrepresent regular incidents as unprecedented ones .
Last month , I came across a retweet by Greta Thunberg , a globally recognized climate activist .
She retweeted a tweet showing recent flooding in India .
The tweet was preceded and followed by a series of tweets that highlighted allegedly climate-driven natural disasters in an attempt to drive home the need for climate action .
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It was surprising for me to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regular summer rainfall downpour in India as something unprecedented and use it as an arsenal to promote their climate doomsday narrative .
India is in the midst of its summer rainfall season .
Also known as the monsoon , these rains are the lifeline for India ’ s 1.3 billion people .
They are a boon , not a disaster as Greta and other activists claim .
The excess rainfall has brought much joy to the majority of the Indian people , who depend on rain for agriculture .
Farmers have already begun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ output is expected in 2021 , topping already record-high levels .
As for the flooding Greta retweeted , the flooding in the state of Bihar is unrelated to long-term climate change .
With increasing population , more people have been prone to be impacted by flood waters than before .
Flooding in that region has been a regular event , and not something new and unprecedented .
The rainfall data since 1871 reveal that the annual precipitation levels have always been erratic , with no significant trend .
There have been no significant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientists at the Indian Meteorological Department .
To claim otherwise reveals ignorance of the real climate in the region .
This methodology – of portraying natural disasters as a consequence of climate change and claiming it as unprecedented – has become a common practice among climate activists .
Even the ongoing California fires and the subsequent blackout in the state of California were blamed on climate change .
Activists circulated images of fires in California , adding their own doomsday opinions as captions .
But a look at the data reveals a completely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States .
The data from National Interagency Fire Center show an actual decrease in the number of fires in U.S. between 1926 and 2017 .
The numbers of fires and of acres burnt were both less in every year of 1990–2017 than in every year from 1926–1950 , well before allegedly man-made global warming became significant .
In addition , 2019 had only half the burnt area of 2018 .
The notion that climate change is causing more and larger wildfires is false .
And the recent blackouts in California were due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even Gov .
Gavin Newsom admitted .
The devastating photos and videos of natural calamities on your phones and TVs may seem to convince you about a supposed climate disaster , but they do not tell you the whole story .
Climate activists lie – and they do so many times .
Left unchecked , they mislead millions into falsehoods and needless fears .
It is time they were held accountable for their lies .
It is time we as a society became more data-conscious and more discerning with the popular voices in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Environmental Science , University of East Anglia , England ) , is a Research Contributor for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation .


climatedepot--2020-09-05--World’s oceans soak up MORE carbon than previously thought: ‘Researchers believe the world’s oceans

World’s oceans soak up MORE carbon than previously thought: ‘Researchers believe the world’s oceans actually soak up far more carbon, equivalent to 10% of global fossil fuel emissions’

• Previous models did not account for temperature differences at different depths • This alters how much carbon is soaked up by the water in total • Researchers believe the world ’ s oceans actually soak up far more carbon , equivalent to ten per cent of global fossil fuel emissions The world ’ s oceans are better at soaking up carbon dioxide than most scientific models have previously found , according to a new study .
Although emissions of carbon dioxide are easily quantifiable , how much goes into the atmosphere and how much is absorbed by bodies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a previous oversight , the oceans may actually soak up an extra 0.9 petagrams of CO2 , the same as 900 million metric tonnes .
One petrol car averaging 9,000 miles a year , 40 miles to the gallon and 0.4kg of CO2 a mile will produce 408 kg of CO2 a year .
Therefore , 900 million metric tonnes of CO2 equates to the same amount of CO2 emissions as approximately 2.2 billion cars .
The researchers say this is equivalent to ten per cent of global fossil fuel emissions .


climatedepot--2020-09-05--Oil Industry Is Fading Away in Land of the World’s Richest Reserves – ‘Venezuela sees its production

Oil Industry Is Fading Away in Land of the World’s Richest Reserves – ‘Venezuela sees its production dwindle’

Venezuela ’ s oil industry—rich in reserves , a crucial Allied resource in World War II , a founding member of OPEC—is grinding toward a halt .
Venezuela has greater oil stores than any other country .
But after years of corruption , mismanagement and more recently U.S. sanctions , its oil output has dropped to a tenth of what it was two decades ago .
From Lake Maracaibo in the west to the Orinoco oil belt in the east , abandoned wells rust in the sun as looters scavenge the metal .
The last drilling rig still working in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country is on course , by the end of this year , to be pumping little more oil than the state of Wyoming .
“ Twenty percent of the world ’ s oil is in Venezuela , but what good is it if we can ’ t monetize it ?
” said Carlos Mendoza , an ambassador under the late socialist president Hugo Chávez , who enjoyed an oil bonanza when prices were high but starved the industry of investment and maintenance funds .
While petroleum is under stress world-wide from climate-change concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power , what is happening to oil in Venezuela goes far beyond the global industry ’ s troubles .
It is an existential crisis for a country long dependent on oil for nearly all of its hard-currency earnings .
This year , Venezuela ’ s oil income will probably fall below the limited funds coming in from other sources such as gold mining and overseas workers ’ remittances , said Luis Vicente León , an economist and pollster .
Venezuela ’ s economy is likely to shrink more than 30 % this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , says Ecoanalitica , a Caracas business consulting firm .


climatedepot--2020-09-05--Greenland Glaciers: History vs. Hysteria

The modern pattern of environmental scares started with Rachel Carson ’ s Silent Spring claiming chemical are killing birds , only today it is windmills doing the carnage .
That was followed by ever expanding doomsday scenarios , from DDT , to SST , to CFC , and now the most glorious of them all , CO2 .
In all cases the menace was placed in remote areas difficult for objective observers to verify or contradict .
From the wilderness bird sanctuaries , the scares are now hiding in the stratosphere and more recently in the Arctic and Antarctic polar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Lewin book synopsis ) The advantage of course is that no one can challenge the claims with facts on the ground , or on the ice .
Correction : Scratch “ no one ” , because the climate faithful are the exception .
Highly motivated to go to the ends of the earth , they will look through their alarmist glasses and bring back the news that we are indeed doomed for using fossil fuels .
A recent example is a team of researchers from Dubai ( the hot and sandy petro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the melting of Helheim glacier there .
The article is NYUAD team finds reasons behind Greenland ’ s glacier melt .
Excerpts in italics with my bolds .
First the study and findings : For the first time , warm waters that originate in the tropics have been found at uniform depth , displacing the cold polar water at the Helheim calving front , causing an unusually high melt rate .
Typically , ocean waters near the terminus of an outlet glacier like Helheim are at the freezing point and cause little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Professor of Mathematics at NYU ’ s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Principal Investigator for NYU Abu Dhabi ’ s Centre for Sea Level Change David Holland , on August 5 , deployed a helicopter-borne ocean temperature probe into a pond-like opening , created by warm ocean waters , in the usually thick and frozen melange in front of the glacier terminus .
Normally , warm , salty waters from the tropics travel north with the Gulf Stream , where at Greenland they meet with cold , fresh water coming from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are so salty , they normally sink beneath the polar waters .
But Holland and his team discovered that the temperature of the ocean water at the base of the glacier was a uniform 4 degrees Centigrade from top to bottom at depth to 800 metres .
The finding was also recently confirmed by Nasa ’ s OMG ( Oceans Melting Greenland ) project .
“ This is unsustainable from the point of view of glacier mass balance as the warm waters are melting the glacier much faster than they can be replenished @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drains through the ice sheet and flows under the glacier and into the ocean .
Such fresh waters input at the calving front at depth have enormous buoyancy and want to reach the surface of the ocean at the calving front .
In doing so , they draw the deep warm tropical water up to the surface , as well .
All around Greenland , at depth , warm tropical waters can be found at many locations .
Their presence over time changes depending on the behaviour of the Gulf Stream .
Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tropical waters at depth have been found in abundance .
Greenland outlet glaciers like Helheim have been melting rapidly and retreating since the arrival of these warm waters .
Then the Hysteria and Pledge of Alligence to Global Warming “ We are surprised to learn that increased surface glacier melt due to warming atmosphere can trigger increased ocean melting of the glacier , ” added Holland .
“ Essentially , the warming air and warming ocean water are delivering a troubling ‘ one-two punch ’ that is rapidly accelerating glacier melt.
” My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmer ocean water gaining access underneath that glacier .
Oceans have roughly 1000 times the heat capacity of the atmosphere , so the idea that the air is warming the water is far-fetched .
And remember also that long wave radiation of the sort that CO2 can emit can not penetrate beyond the first millimeter or so of the water surface .
So how did warmer ocean water get attributed to rising CO2 ?
Don ’ t ask , don ’ t tell .
And the idea that air is melting Arctic glaciers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of air parcels in the Arctic .
The central region of the Arctic is very dry .
Why ?
Firstly because the water is frozen and releases very little water vapour into the atmosphere .
And secondly because ( according to the laws of physics ) cold air can retain very little moisture .
Greenland has the only veritable polar ice cap in the Arctic , meaning that the climate is even harsher ( 10°C colder ) than at the North Pole , except along the coast and in the southern part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming effect .
The marked stability of Greenland ’ s climate is due to a layer of very cold air just above ground level , air that is always heavier than the upper layers of the troposphere .
The result of this is a strong , gravity-driven air flow down the slopes ( i.e .
catabatic winds ) , generating gusts that can reach 200 kph at ground level .
Arctic air temperatures Some history and scientific facts are needed to put these claims in context .
Let ’ s start with what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glacier ranks among the fastest flowing and most ice discharging outlets of the Greenland Ice Sheet ( GrIS ) .
After undergoing rapid speed-up in the early 2000s , understanding its long-term mass balance and dynamic has become increasingly important .
Here , we present the first record of direct Holocene ice-marginal changes of the Helheim Glacier following the initial deglaciation .
By analysing cores from lakes adjacent to the present ice margin , we pinpoint periods of advance and retreat .
We target threshold lakes , which receive glacial meltwater only when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , similar to the present .
We show that , during the period from 10.5 to 9.6 cal ka BP , the extent of Helheim Glacier was similar to that of todays , after which it remained retracted for most of the Holocene until a re-advance caused it to reach its present extent at c. 0.3 cal ka BP , during the Little Ice Age ( LIA ) .
Thus , Helheim Glacier ’ s present extent is the largest since the last deglaciation , and its Holocene history shows that it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming and retreat .
Furthermore , the absence of advances beyond the present-day position during for example the 9.3 and 8.2 ka cold events as well as the early-Neoglacial suggest a substantial retreat during most of the Holocene .
Quaternary Science Reviews , Holocene history of the Helheim Glacier , southeast Greenland A.A.Bjørk et .
Al .
1 August 2018 The topography of Greenland shows why its ice cap has persisted for millenia despite its southerly location .
It is a bowl surrounded by ridges except for a few outlets , Helheim being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what do we know about the recent history of glacier changes .
Two Decades of Changes in Helheim Glacier Helheim Glacier is the fastest flowing glacier along the eastern edge of Greenland Ice Sheet and one of the island ’ s largest ocean-terminating rivers of ice .
Named after the Vikings ’ world of the dead , Helheim has kept scientists on their toes for the past two decades .
Between 2000 and 2005 , Helheim quickly increased the rate at which it dumped ice to the sea , while also rapidly retreating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ glaciers around Greenland .
Since then , the ice loss has slowed down and the glacier ’ s front has partially recovered , readvancing by about 2 miles of the more than 4 miles it had initially retreated .
NASA has compiled a time series of airborne observations of Helheim ’ s changes into a new visualization that illustrates the complexity of studying Earth ’ s changing ice sheets .
NASA uses satellites and airborne sensors to track variations in polar ice year after year to figure out what ’ s driving these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the future on global concerns like sea level rise .
Since 1997 , NASA has collected data over Helheim Glacier almost every year during annual airborne surveys of the Greenland Ice Sheet using an airborne laser altimeter called the Airborne Topographic Mapper ( ATM ) .
Since 2009 these surveys have continued as part of Operation IceBridge , NASA ’ s ongoing airborne survey of polar ice and its longest-running airborne mission .
ATM measures the elevation of the glacier along a swath as the plane files along the middle of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the height of the glacier surface from year to year , scientists estimate how much ice the glacier has lost .
The animation begins by showing the NASA P-3 plane collecting elevation data in 1998 .
The laser instrument maps the glacier ’ s surface in a circular scanning pattern , firing laser shots that reflect off the ice and are recorded by the laser ’ s detectors aboard the airplane .
The instrument measures the time it takes for the laser pulses to travel down to the ice and back to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ height of the ice surface .
In the animation , the laser data is combined with three-dimensional images created from IceBridge ’ s high-resolution camera system .
The animation then switches to data collected in 2013 , showing how the surface elevation and position of the calving front ( the edge of the glacier , from where it sheds ice ) have changed over those 15 years .
Helheim ’ s calving front retreated about 2.5 miles between 1998 and 2013 .
It also thinned by around 330 feet during that period , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greenland .
“ The calving front of the glacier most likely was perched on a ledge in the bedrock in 1998 and then something altered its equilibrium , ” said Joe MacGregor , IceBridge deputy project scientist .
“ One of the most likely culprits is a change in ocean circulation or temperature , such that slightly warmer water entered into the fjord , melted a bit more ice and disturbed the glacier ’ s delicate balance of forces.
” Once again , history is a better guide than hysteria .
Over time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of warm water are a key factor .
Greenland ice cap and glaciers are part of the the Arctic self-oscillating climate system operating on a quasi-60 year cycle .


climatedepot--2020-09-06--Extinction Rebellion Facing ‘Organised Crime’ Curbs in UK – Blockaded media’s printing presses

Extinction Rebellion could be treated as an organised crime group as part of a major crackdown on its activities that may also include new protections for MPs , judges and the press , the Telegraph can disclose .
Whitehall sources said Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have asked officials to take a “ fresh look ” at how the group is classified under the law , after the Prime Minister described its blockading of major printing presses as “ completely unacceptable ” .
On Saturday , police were criticised for failing to act more quickly after the blockade began on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for stating that officers were “ working to facilitate the rights of both the protesters and those affected by their presence ” but protesters were not cooperating .
“ It ’ s clear they ’ re not your normal protest group , so you have to look at them in a different way , ” said one Whitehall source .
Ministers are also considering new powers making it easier for police to stop demonstrators from entering particular areas , bolstering protections for parts of the UK ’ s critical national infrastructure , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ democracy ” , such as MPs voting in Parliament , judges attending court , and the printing and distribution of the free press .
The move comes after nearly 200 activists used vehicles and bamboo structures to block roads outside major printing works at Broxbourne , Hertfordshire , and Knowsley , near Liverpool .
The presses print The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph , along with Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp titles including the Sun and the Times .
Extinction Rebellion ( XR ) accused the newspapers of failing to report on climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to obstruct the roads outside the works .
But there are fears the group has been infiltrated by far left groups , who want it to pursue a more overtly militant socialist agenda .
By Saturday night , 80 people had been arrested after the blockades resulted in delays to the distribution of several national publications to shops across the country .
Many readers of The Daily Telegraph were among those prevented from accessing a newspaper .
The Met Police issued fines totalling £200,000 to activists after they exceeded the limit of 30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … ] On Saturday , senior ministers were also discussing whether and how the group could be reclassified to help police to crack down on its activities .
A Whitehall source said one option under discussion was for XR to be viewed as an organised crime group , which could result in its members being policed primarily by the National Crime Agency – Britain ’ s FBI .
Under the 2015 Serious Crime Act an organised crime group “ has at its purpose , or one of its purposes , the carrying on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three or more people who agree to act together to further that purpose.
” Those found to have participated in the activities of an organised crime group can be imprisoned for up to five years .
2 ) MPs Unite In Defence Of Free Speech After Extinction Rebellion Attack On Newspapers The Sunday Times , 6 September 2020 Cabinet ministers spoke up for press freedom after a blockade of printing plants by climate change activists prevented 1.5 million newspapers from leaving the sites yesterday .
Boris Johnson , Priti Patel , the home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ housing secretary , condemned Extinction Rebellion , as did Labour ’ s Emily Thornberry .
The prime minister branded the barricades “ completely unacceptable ” and last night ordered new laws to be drawn up to protect freedom of the press , with protesters treated as saboteurs of democracy .
Johnson , a former journalist , said : “ A free press is vital in holding the government and other powerful institutions to account on issues critical for the future of our country , including the fight against climate change.
” Patel described @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our free press ” , while Jenrick said it was the work of “ an intolerant minority ” and urged people to buy a newspaper .
They were joined by Thornberry , the shadow international trade secretary , who questioned what the protest would achieve and said the construction of barricades was “ very worrying ” and “ wrong ” .
Under the government ’ s plans , a new “ subversion power ” would protect “ critical national infrastructure ” , treating access to printing plants , parliament and the courts as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government source said : “ It would be illegal to stop MPs going to vote or judges getting to court and it would also protect a free press.
” Changes to the Public Order Act would also stop protest groups entering specially defined areas outside key sites .
Yesterday the Metropolitan police handed out £10,000 fines for breaching Covid-19 rules to more than 20 Extinction Rebellion protesters , some of them involved in bringing a boat called the Lightship Greta onto London ’ s roads .
The boat has been seized .
Cults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintaining zealot dogma .
Radicalism amplified turns quickly into ridicule and leaves any mass movement open to internal collapse .
When a cult loses its grip on a person , a form of reawakening takes place .
It involves having to return to a society not managed by guru slogans , children chanting or all information managed via a dogmatic funnel into a simplified worldview .
Many young people in the West are reawakening from an experience with the Extinction Rebellion cult which had gripped them for an intense period for most of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manage in a post-cult reawakening : bitterness at the deception , embarrassment over the personal vulnerability , apologetic to those close who may have been hurt , concern for those still held in the grips of the gurus , fragility about re-entering society .
Should the experience be blocked out , explained away or assessed ?
A catharsis may be necessary to come to terms with the power the cult had held in dominating the individual ’ s freedom .
For around a year Extinction Rebellion managed to grip many young , vulnerable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operate .
What were some of the manipulative tools they used ?
In the heady days of 2019 , Extinction Rebellion : * created a fun , carnival atmosphere with communal chants at their events But this cult was a shallow , abusive front .
The objective of the organisers ( the Rogers and the Ruperts on the activist extreme ) was to overthrow the capitalist state , and an army of brainwashed young people simultaneously dancing , chanting and weeping in the streets proved , on paper , to be the perfect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , some clever street pranks and a cocktail of virtue signalling opportunities … the strategy was brilliant ( even if their organisation and execution was pure Pythonesque ) .
Cults grow on the far , narrow edges of religious belief systems .
Within every religion there are extremes – the zealots , the dogmatists , the fundamentalists , the manipulative cult gurus… I have written often how environmentalism is our new religion with a wide range of believers practising a variety of rituals ( like recycling , culinary sacrifices , carbon emission cuts… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change ) , offering redemption from original sin ( consumption ) with a collection of angels , saints and demons every church needs to “ iconicise ” .
This Church of Nature grew out of the ashes of the decline of traditional religious faith in a more affluent West .
We did not grow too sophisticated for religion ; it just donned different cloaks and occupied different temples .
Religion provides meaning in life , virtues , inspiration ; it also protects the believers in a communal context from their deepest fears and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Church of Nature want to live decent lives and feel good about themselves .
They listen to the sermons against consumption but do enjoy some of life ’ s finer pleasures .
They donate when the collection basket comes around , but are not active in the campaigns .
On the extreme of the Church of Nature lie the cult organisations that dictate to the true believers , crusaders and missionaries : the zealots who provide the religious oxygen for the clergy to breathe and the fires to burn .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when outrage and condemnation burn out of control , they can bring temples down .
Extinction Rebellion ’ s death-cult tactics discredited climate science , pushed environmentalism to the hard ( anti-capitalist ) left and offered little common ground for political compromise .
When these groups used children to shame adults ( How dare you ! )
, political discourse was abandoned in favour of media spectacle .
In 2019 the Extinction Rebellion cult became the story and the Church of Nature lost its moderate members .
This has seriously hurt the entire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not translate into donations or further engagement within the wider Church .
Extinction Rebellion had reached its cult zenith well before the COVID-19 pandemic took their issue off the front pages , silencing their media marketing machinery .
Perhaps the turning point was Canning Town Tube Station where morning commuters turned into an angry mob beating up two XR hippies who had tried to stop their train .
That same day the two-week October blockade of London was quietly called off well-short of their campaign objectives .
Once the coronavirus lockdowns began to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequences of Extinction Rebellion ’ s demands ( no jobs , no travel , no shops… ) and the absence of any social interaction that the rebels could disrupt , the organisation went into hibernation .
I attended an XR Zoom conference in May , 2020 where their main gurus unveiled their strategy for the next wave of post-COVID-19 campaigns .
By the time their philosopher-in-chief , Rupert Read , took to the microphone , there were only 42 listeners on the view-counter ( 41 if you exclude the Risk-Monger ) .
Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have little interaction or post engagement .
A cult with no following is merely a club .
The revolution has faded to what was just a flash in the pan – an embarrassing footnote in the history of the climate campaign .
Extinction Rebellion has , well , gone extinct .
Even Greta has gone back to school .
But that leaves the challenge of managing the reawakening .
The rapid downfall of a powerful cult has left a generation of young people even more cynical and technophobic .
Disenchanted , uninspired , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaigns who have been told everything that is wrong with humanity now have nothing positive to dream for .
Who will provide these vulnerable young people with the solutions they crave ?
How can these post-cult victims reintegrate into a world with bigger ( viral ) fears on their plate ?
Who is there to inspire young people crying out for something , someone , to believe in ?
Telling them how terrible everything is just creates cynicism and distrust ( and an open door for the next opportunistic guru ) .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems and threats persist .
What did the rapid rise and fall of Extinction Rebellion teach other activist campaign organisations ?
When Extinction Rebellion co-founder , Roger Hallam , claimed that the environmental NGOs have failed to make progress over the last 30 years , he was not wrong .
I had written about the shift in the activist model almost four years ago .
The activism world is changing from an NGO-driven organisational structure to a loose body of gurus and networks driven bottom up by their members .
So what have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
* Today ’ s movements have a very short period to focus attention , instil change and leave a legacy .
In our hashtag culture , the 15 minutes of fame has become 15 seconds on TikTok .
So actions have to be fast , on message and mediatic ( “ Let ’ s park a pink boat in Oxford Circus !
“ ) .
* The revolution has to be driven by a simple , vague message devoid of detail ( a citizen ’ s assembly can sort all of that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad people ) .
Most NGOs have become too “ policy-wonkish ” when the cult-vulnerable just want a slogan to chant and a dream to hang onto .
* There is no grey on environmental issues ; it is “ us ” versus “ them ” .
They lie ; we tell the truth .
They want profits ; we want to save the world .
They pollute ; we care .
When frightened , the vulnerable are easily channelled into this binary world of good vs evil seeking trust and reassurance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be tolerated .
* People need to have easy ( non-sacrificial ) pledges and commitments worn as badges of honour .
Only an idiot ( or one of them who doesn ’ t care ) would not join us .
* Campaign actions should not be overtly activist-led or appear organised but more of an open , spontaneous , feel-good event to change the world with virtue-signalable gestures everyone can get in on .
XR created an induction process for small independent cells of rebels ( with little centralised accountability ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ marched in front of the cameras .
Their purity and innocence are unquestionable ( and they believe and do what you tell them ) .
Try to also empower the older children .
It ’ s not hard to recruit teenagers craving attention by giving them an opportunity to rage at their parents ’ generation .
And if anyone criticises this tactic , focus on the first white , middle-aged male to speak out , and , well , the rest of that script just writes itself .
* Targets of outrage need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( international trade , capitalism , finance… ) .
Contradictions can easily be absorbed into a general nondescript outrage ( so I can protest against cars by chaining myself to a public transport vehicle and people will feel for my anxiety ) .
What did the Risk-Monger learn from the Extinction Rebellion flash in the pan ?
* That people made sufficiently afraid can believe the most stupid things and act on them when placed in a crafty Armageddon-complex communications campaign .
The Goebbelian nightmare that if you just incessantly repeat the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ last generation ” ) and fear ( the “ end of humanity ” ) proved to be very easy to pull off .
* That a newspaper like the Guardian can fabricate a global NGO movement and provide the oxygen to manufacture front page news ( for almost a year ) .
Not only could they reinvigorate their columnists ’ careers ( and speaking fees ) , the Guardian was aiming for a new generation of dedicated contributors .
As with the cult of chemophobes driven by LeMonde in France , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign groups and as their readership is breaking down into social media tribes , there is no longer a means to question the objectivity of their “ news ” .
What I find astonishing is how no one is really noticing .
* That global leaders ( at the UN , Davos… ) and activist groups have no ethical qualms ( at all ) about using the emotional voices of children to advance their short-term interests .
The degree of this exploitation in broad daylight was bone-chilling .
If there were ever to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there should be a chapter on how Greta was exploited by the Parkland strategy recruiters .
* That leaders in European governments and corporations are quick to be mollified and bullied into agreeing to ridiculous campaign demands and ignoring basic facts rather than having the courage to stand up and defend the valuable societal goods they have just committed to surrender .
With cameras shining on them , our leaders chose not to confront the cultists with facts but commend them for their commitment .
* That standing up to these cults is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can not count how many times I was painted ( particularly by a small group of science communications SJWs ) as being a white , middle-aged male climate denier with a Greta complex because I was drawing attention to the manipulative and ridiculous death cult organisers .
When people stop listening and become enraged , they get stupid very quickly ( even those with diplomas in the sciences ) .
As the XR climate death cult hold on the young and the vulnerable quickly collapses into insignificance , I leave room for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face the same evaporation of power ?
5 ) Janet Daley : Extinction Rebellion ’ s Assault On The Free Press Is An Attack On Democracy The Daily Telegraph , 5 September 2020 Without public debate and the liberty to disseminate differing opinions , there is simply no future for democratic societies .
I must say I didn ’ t think it would come to this .
I really believed that the leadership of this mob had more political nous than to try to shut down the press .
Arrogance and purblind narcissism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activism but there has generally been a recognition of the parameters within which public debate is conducted in a free society .
But I suppose we should have seen it coming .
The move from thinking that your opponents are not just wrong but wilfully wicked to believing that they must be eliminated is a very short leap .
Eventually , carried to its logical conclusion , it ends in the terrible ideological crimes of the twentieth century when it becomes permissible not just to prohibit the dissenting opinions but to eliminate the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this is the real thing : the tyrannical impulse that , given its way , would prohibit the expression not just of disagreement with the prevailing orthodoxy but even of a considered and careful critique of it – which is pretty much all that the newspapers which are now being blockaded were engaged in .
Welcome to the new Dark Age .
Presumably the next step would be for all proposed newspaper copy on the subject of climate change to be submitted for prior approval to – whom ?
The keepers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will they be responsible ?
Themselves ?
And what happens when they – as radical movements always do – have schisms and splits over points of doctrine ?
Will they appeal to a higher authority – as the medieval papacy believed it could – and resolve their differences behind closed doors while we all await their judgement ?
Of course , the press could easily adopt the opposite solution .
Perhaps it has not occurred to these thugs that the easiest way to avoid their totalitarian diktat is simply never to cover the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is published on climate change must be submitted to the censors , then we can undermine their power quite easily – by not printing anything about it .
That would mean the end of climate change as a public issue of course ( which is precisely what the XR protesters claim they are promoting ) .
This is not something most newspapers would wish to bring about .
But given the choice between silence and submission to tyranny… And what a revenge that would be – because publicity is what this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out big time in the race for front page headlines since the Covid epidemic .
Hence this desperate , stupid move against the press with which newspapers will have to engage in a very publicity-worthy fight .
In fact , XR has not only lost the star role on the public stage for the duration of the present emergency – it has actually lost some credibility .
Many commentators have pointed out that even the drastic decline in air travel – severe enough to bring about the collapse of the airline industry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has not made much of a dent in the level of carbon emissions .
So what exactly would it take to produce the falls that XR is demanding ?
A return to pre-industrialisation with all the poverty and social backwardness that went with it ?
An end to the social and geographical mobility that modern economic freedom has enabled ?
Given what even this tiny reduction in pollution has cost – socially and economically – the prospect of what XR proposes is devastating .
Yes indeed , it ’ s been a bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once looked as if they could take over the world with their child saints and their apocalyptic warnings .
And , of course , as the demonstrators have made clear , this is not just about climate anymore : they are blockading the distribution of newspapers with which they disagree on a whole range of subjects : the usual litany of causes – immigration , wealth distribution , capitalism , blah-blah .
In other words , they will shut down any form of public platform that does not agree with their views .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this a monumental failure of education ?
Have we managed to produce a generation – or at least a notable proportion of a generation – who know absolutely nothing about what democracy entails ?
Have the most fundamental principles of free speech been denigrated to such an extent that there is a whole cohort of young people who can be led into such absurd and pernicious behaviour ?


climatedepot--2020-09-07--Scientists Just Discovered Our Past Carbon Budget Guesses Have All Along Been Twice As Wrong As We T

Scientists Just Discovered Our Past Carbon Budget Guesses Have All Along Been Twice As Wrong As We Thought

A new assumption about carbon budgets reveals climate scientists have been vastly underestimating ( by a factor of 2 ) the amount of carbon absorbed by the ocean for decades .
Every past carbon budget estimate has been twice as wrong as the current estimate .
When it comes to the ocean heat fluxes and source vs. sink carbon budget estimates , climate scientists have been providing little more than educated guesses for decades .
For example , climate models have long suggested the ocean heat fluxes may only vary around 1 W/m² .
But “ objective ” analyses of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using different assumptions ( equations ) reveals fluxes were likely closer to 10 W/m² during 1981-2005 ( Yu and Weller , 2007 ) .
So our modeled guesses were off by a factor of 10 compared to newer analyses .
Ocean carbon sink processes not understood and driven by natural variability McKinley et al .
( 2017 ) analyzed ocean carbon sink estimates and was willing to admit that due to a lack of observation , we lack a “ detailed , quantitative , and mechanistic understanding of how the ocean carbon sink @ @ @ @ @ @ @ variability in oceanic carbon uptake is so massive and largely unobserved , we can not yet detect an anthropogenic influence .
McKinley and co-authors go so far as to acknowledge the “ change in CO2 flux over 10 years ( 1995-2005 ) …is due almost entirely to the internal variability ” because in most ocean regions “ the forced [ human-induced ] trends in CO2 flux are too small to be statistically significant ” and the “ variability in CO2 flux is large and sufficient to prevent detection of anthropogenic trends in ocean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Southern Ocean absorbs more than 10 times less carbon than previously thought The Southern Ocean is where the largest portion of anthropogenic carbon ( from our emissions ) is said to be absorbed , or Earth ’ s largest oceanic CO2 sink .
Just 2 years ago , a carbon uptake analysis ( Gray et al , 2018 with a Physics Today press release ) that utilized estimates from biochemical floats instead of estimates from ships suggested the exact opposite of what had been previously thought .
Instead of absorbing close to 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , the Southern Ocean is barely even a carbon sink at all – just 0.08 PgC of yearly absorption .
In fact , large regions of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica are a net source of CO2 to the atmosphere .
In other words , when estimates are float-based rather than ship-based , one estimate is more than 10 times different than the other .
The global ocean absorbs 2 times more CO2 than previously thought And now a new study ( Buesseler et al.
, 2020 ) has scientists insisting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ocean carbon uptake are substantially wrong because we ’ ve been measuring from a fixed depth rather than varying depths .
Previously scientists had been using flux estimates from the “ canonical fixed 150-m depth.
” The new-and-improved way to assess carbon uptake is from varying but often much shallower depths : the euphotic zone ( Ez ) .
This is the section of the upper ocean layer that sunlight is able to penetrate , and it can “ vary from less than 20 m to almost 200 m ” in depth .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon absorption versus export , the absorption changes from 2.8 petagrams of carbon ( PgC ) per year to 5.7 .
So the global ocean sink can be more than doubled just by varying the depth of measurement rather than using a fixed depth .
So , up to this point , scientists ’ past guesses about ocean carbon uptake have been emphatically wrong .
We can be assured , though , that our current guesses are anywhere from 2 to 10 times less wrong than the last ones .


climatedepot--2020-09-08--U.S. Utilities Say Biden CO2 Neutral by 2035 Plan to Cut Emissions Hinges on Breakthroughs

But none of the companies has fully explained how it will achieve that goal .
Xcel , which has among the most aggressive plans to move away from fossil fuels , said it will achieve an 80 % reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 with large additions of solar and wind power .
But eliminating carbon emissions entirely will take another two decades , the utility said , far longer than Biden ’ s plan calls for .
“ We established a 2050 target for a carbon-free electric system because we know that development of those technologies will take time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Dominion , Southern , Duke and others for now are relying on large amounts of natural gas-fired power to supplement increased reliance on renewables .
Natural gas emits about half as much CO2 as coal when burned , and its increased use in recent years has helped the United States slash emissions .
But gas is a potent contributor to climate change when it leaks .
Scientists say it has a tendency to escape from infrastructure in the form of methane , a climate-heating component of natural gas .
Reuters ’ review @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next decade , natural gas is expected to make up between a fifth and two-thirds of the companies ’ regulated subsidiaries ’ energy-producing capacity .
Overall , it generates more than a third of U.S. power and will continue to do so through 2035 , according to the federal Energy Information Administration .
Companies like Duke and Southern have been criticized by fossil-fuel opponents for marketing climate-friendly credentials while moving slowly to eliminate C02 emissions .
“ These utilities are trying to have their cake and eat it too and hope investors are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dave Pomerantz , executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute , a group that advocates for a transition to clean energy .


climatedepot--2020-09-08--Green groups save the coal underground but destroy the forest above: Where massive hardwoods once st

Green groups save the coal underground but destroy the forest above: Where massive hardwoods once stood now grows tiny fir trees used for wood pellets to meet CO2 targets

Thanks to climate activists , coal deposits underground are safe but Europe ’ s old forests are being converted to industrial plantations and wood pellets The ARD ’ s “ Das Erste ” reports how satellite images show deforestation has risen 49 % since 2016 in Sweden , Finland and the Baltic countries .
The reason : “ Because of the CO2 targets .
Where once massive hardwoods once stood now grows tiny fir trees .
The harvested trees , the report says , were used for wood pellets – a form of renewable green energy .
The trees , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back .
“ The main driver of the pellet industry in Estonia is the renewable energy subsidies by the European Union , ” said Asko Lõhmus , lead research fellow of conservation biology at the University of Tartu .
“ They are making the richest people in Estonia out of European taxpayers ’ money.
” Thanks to climate activists , coal deposits underground are safe but Europe ’ s old forests are being converted to industrial plantations and wood pellets Pierre Gosselin of NoTricksZone thinks the media , which raged over Brazil ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticing their own man-made disaster .
The ARD ’ s “ Das Erste ” reports how satellite images show deforestation has risen 49 % since 2016 in Sweden , Finland and the Baltic countries .
The reason : “ Because of the CO2 targets .
Who needs massive hardwoods anyway ?
Where once massive hardwoods once stood now grows tiny fir trees .
The harvested trees , the report says , were used for wood pellets – a form of renewable green energy .
The trees , the pellet industry says , will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forests taking a hit , but so is the wildlife that once inhabited in them .
According to Ms. Steinberg , bird life has fallen some 25 % .
“ It ’ s wasted .
Now we have to start all over again.
” The problem is particularly severe in Estonia where one sixth of the forest has been razed since just 2001 to feed the worlds second largest pellet company .
Estonia is beginning to see the cost of wood pellets .
Is North Carolina next ?
“ The main driver of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ renewable energy subsidies by the European Union , ” said Asko Lõhmus , lead research fellow of conservation biology at the University of Tartu .
“ They are making the richest people in Estonia out of European taxpayers ’ money.
” Under an international accounting framework , wood pellet emissions are tracked in the land use sector ( where trees and plants soak up and store carbon ) rather than in the energy sector ( where burning fossil fuels emit carbon . )
Countries that burn wood pellets for electricity count their emissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Estonia lost 15 % of its forest cover since 2001 , with only a fraction getting replaced with new tree canopy .
Data from the Ministry of Environment show more and more land is clear cut or cut to leave only middle-aged trees that can produce seeds .
That trend has cut against Estonian ’ s official appeal to tourists…


climatedepot--2020-09-08--Kamala Harris Flip-Flops on Fracking After Polls Tighten in Pennsylvania

2019 : “ There is no question I am in favor of banning fracking , ” Harris said during a CNN town hall .
2020 : Harris now says fracking provides “ good-paying jobs in places like Pennsylvania . ''
A week ago , Joe Biden notoriously flip-flopped on his long-held anti-fracking position while campaigning in Pennsylvania , where fracking is a major industry .
“ I am not banning fracking .
Let me say that again : I am not banning fracking .
No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me , ” Biden said .
Unfortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he ’ s promised to end fracking if elected president .
Now that polls have tightened , and Trump and Biden are tied in the state of Pennsylvania ( a crucial swing state ) , Kamala Harris , who also campaigned on banning fracking , has also flip-flopped on the issue .
Harris now says she ’ s comfortable with Biden ’ s newfound support for fracking because ( wait for it ! )
it provides “ good-paying jobs in places like Pennsylvania.
” During her failed presidential bid , Kamala Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no question I am in favor of banning fracking , ” Harris said during a CNN town hall on climate change in September 2019 .
The Biden-Harris campaign knows that fracking and natural gas are important to the economy of Pennsylvania .
After lurching further and further to the left during the primaries , they ’ re now trying to pivot back toward the center by reversing key positions they ’ ve long held to get support from the base of the Democratic Party .
Now they ’ re desperately trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and expect the public to trust them when they say they won ’ t ban fracking .


climatedepot--2020-09-08--Meteorologist Joe Bastardi: It’s the nonsense — not the climate — that is reaching extremes

So feast your eyes on this : Is this a Monty Python skit or something ?
I can not figure out how the usual suspects don ’ t stop and say , wait a minute , maybe I should look and make sure that there is not a counter argument .
It is because they do not care a lick about that , they care about getting a message out that at the least should be questioned and most likely is just a means to a political end .
So we have the usual suspects promoting Laura as why we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first of all , this crowd is like someone who hides , never makes a forecast , then comes out of the woods when the obvious is happening .
No different than the out of shape fan that thinks he could play the game if he had gotten the breaks .
In terms of extreme events , that ’ s what these people are .
Oblivious like many fans to the amount of work a pro athlete actually has to do , ( or the ultimate insult , believing they are in some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heroes .
If it is a war , it ’ s a phony one ) they are know little about the many things going on that lead to what they try to use as examples of why they know better and we should all bow down and follow them .
Now here is my first question : Why is it , April 7th , did a known skeptic as to whether co2 is now the climate control knob , moi ( that is very different from saying it has nothing to do with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things must be looked at , but it ’ s a question of attribution ) put out this map OUTLINING HOW THIS SEASON WOULD TURN OUT , INCLUDING IN CLOSE DEVELOPMENT !
( note the blue is major hurricane Laura ) .
Where were any of these people , not with numbers of storms ( who cares if they are out in the middle of nowhere ) , but showing the why before the what of the season ?
( no co2 btw was used in the development of this forecast ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ whatever but how strong they may get or where they may go is what is important .
So let me ask this 2cnd question , as I did in a previous blog , did any of these people simply look at the phase of the MJO , IN THE SAME PHASE AS THE RAPID IN CLOSE DEVELOPERS HARVEY AND MICHAEL ?
Why did it take 11 days for Laura to come across before “ exploding ” the way it did ?
How come not faster , like some of the major long tracked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
How is it that this decade is tied for least major hurricane hits of any decade in NHC records since the early 1900s .
The 1970s and 1980s had 4 each , which is where we are this decade .
Some storms mentioned in the article : Florence .
Why DID IT WEAKEN FROM A MAJOR TO A CAT 1 ?
It slowed down , water upwelled , the upward motion pattern in the western Atlantic became less favorable , and surface pressures were lower than average over much of North America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warming , but some had negative affects on the storm .
How about Katrina , why did it not hit as a 5 as Camille did in 1969 ?
The point is it weakened , hitting as a 3 .
And by the way the aforementioned Camille in 1969 took 11 days like Laura to cross the ocean , then exploded into a cat 5 , outdoing Laura by a whole category .
Camille ranks 2cnd strongest SLP ( 1969 ) .
The 1935 Labor day hurricane , another storm that exploded in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lowest pressure ever record on land in western hemisphere .
Celia 1970 , the last 24 hours into Corpus Christi went from a 1 to a borderline 4 .
I can go on and on , but I doubt any of the Green new Dealers know anything about these .
As far as this statement from the article : “ That kind of rapid intensification — to use the scientific term for it — used to be rare .
In recent years , it has become more common .
And that change is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is… affecting hurricanes , ” reports the Times .
The person has not looked or simply accepted what they are being told .
More cat 4 and 5 storms ?
We are seeing more out at sea .
How is it the decades of the 30-60s averaged 9 major hits/decade .
The last 3 in the warm era , around 6 ?
You don ’ t think if we had the kind of satellite and recon we do today there would not have been stronger storms see ?
.
What is it magic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their peak , none of them weakened ?
( we did not have the kind of recon we do now , and besides , planes were doing other things in 1944 , like defending our way of life . )
In fact the 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane was the first time recon was used on a storm !
What about all the storms before ?
The plane sustained much structural damage .
It was 1 of 2 MAJOR HURRICANES to hit the US in 1944 , by the way , the other being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referred to as becoming more common in the article .
In fact , this phenomena was taught to us at Penn State in the NINETEEN SEVENTIES !
Notice the 1944 Great Atlantic track , how it bent to the northwest and the storm intensified : Look at the one that hit later in the season , The bend and then the rapid intensification : Hurricane Michael , bend to the northwest and intensification follows : Why ?
Because one of the known rapid intensification parameters is when a tropical feature “ busts ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the track , and once it gets through it is under the anticyclone that is a known to any hurricane follower for intensification .
The storm can ripped apart by the trough , but if it makes it thru look out .
Its like a tailback busting an 8 man front , its on its way .
This is nothing new .
It has been happening since we were observing these storms .
But when people want to push an agenda , they decide to make their point , they will not even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people don ’ t have the time to research these things .
So then they push their conclusion , we need the green new to save us .
What is the goal to go back to 9 hits a decade when co2 was much lower ?
Laura was 17th strongest SLP wise .
I don ’ t think it is in a New Years bowl if there is one for hurricanes .
But it is part and parcel of the pattern we identified back in March and April and should surprise no one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1935 Celia , and the list can go on and on are long tracked waves that for 90 % of their lives DID NOT have conditions favorable , and then wound up in the right place at the right time for intensification .
But that is nature , not man , or anything man can correct .
Here is another thing .
One of the metrics we look at to judge intensity is the ACE index : The measure of total seasonal activity used by NOAA is the Accumulated Cyclone Energy ( ACE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ storms this year with a total ACE/storm , which tells us how much total wind energy the storm is producing OF 3 PER STORM !
Now I want you to look at this chart of the top 10 total ACE seasons , with my rough calculations at the right of ACE/storm .
Chart from Wikipedia , with my calculations ( some rounded ) Lets look at the years in ranking .
1926,1893,1961,2004 , tie 2017,1950,1933,1998,1995,2005 Now lets take the 5 in the pre AGW ERA ( started in 1988 when James Hansen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearing telling us all how the earth was burning up .
The average of the 5 that occurred when co2 was much lower was .
16.4 The top 5 of the modern era ?
12.4 .
Only ONE of the top 5 in the modern AGW era exceeded the average of the pre AGW era .
What can we conclude ?
• There were more storms before , we didn ’ t see them , so the numbers are skewed up .
But then again maybe if we did see them , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see how strong , how long they were • We are naming more storms now than we were before because we see them .
This year is so classic , and such a thumb in the eye of the storms are getting stronger crowd , as we are averaging a laughable 3/storm • Storms were stronger before , no matter what the number • You cant simply conclude , when there is competing evidence to the contrary , that storms are getting stronger now • These people that push this obviously don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or at the very least , they would let you know about the opposite argument .
( which of course is a mark of free , open minded debate ) • Above all , who cares unless they are hitting with more ferocity , which they are not .
If we use 3,4,5 and create an impact scale based on the total category at landfall , this decade has 17 .
1891-1900 : 27 1911-1920 .
27 .
1921-1930 20 .
Now watch this : 1931-1940 28 .
1941-1950 34 .
1951-1960 : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what has happened this decade .
Even the vaunted 2001-2010 decade with 22 does not rank In the pre AGW top 5 and the previous decade is at 20 .
All of this is linked to the warm cycle of the Atlantic btw which in this current cycle , which started in the mid 90s , has not mustered a competitive decade to multiple decades before Now I am going to give you an example of something I have never seen , but I have to look more .
I am using this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majesty of the weather lends it to swings all the time , if one just looks .
I have been tweeting about this for a week , the double hit of typhoons within 4 days not only on the South Korean coast , but very close to the city of Busan which has almost 3.5 million people living in it .
That is about 8 times the size of New Orleans .
The first one passed just to their west .
The second may pass just to their east .
But have we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ?
No .
Why ?
BECAUSE THEY DON ’ T LOOK OR CARE ABOUT IT TILL IT HAPPENS , BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN USE IT .
So what I love to do is put it out there way in advance , then wait and see who will use it first .
Its why I keep showing our map from the pre- season .
They draw attention to a forecast that they had no idea was out there , explaining what they were going to see , before they even saw it !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ out !
Cause everytime they say something , I can point back to a forecast that said this is what to look for and its all using natural ideas .
But they don ’ t really care about anything except whatever their agenda can use .
But here I am “ feeding ” them extreme information , but even that is a trap for them .
How so ?
Because while we saw this double shot of typhoon madness , there are 2 factors that must be considered .
1 ) Both of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their peak intensity ( which has been happening a lot in the warm era in Asia and the US , opposite of what you are being led to believe ) .
So I can counter there .
2 ) .
The western Pacific is on pace for a record low ACE season .
There lowest on record is 109 .
The average is a bit over 300 .
To put that in perspective , its 3 times more active on average than the Atlantic basin .
And as mentioned many times , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NAMED STORMS , the ace index per storm is a top 5 lowest on record , at 3 per storm .
While I have you here , might as well talk other extremes .
California is frying and there are likely to be more rolling blackouts as the heat rolls on .
But a record cold event is likely to happen early next week in the rockies and plains ( this week if you are reading this on Sunday , I am writing this Thursday night ) Denver , which is legendary for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its greatest ever .
This is a tool we show at Weatherbell.com called a meteogram .
It has highs , lows , precip .
, snow .
It has a high near 100 on Sunday , then 7 inches of snow Tue pm into Wed with temps in the 30s .
Goes from 15-20 above normal to .
40-45 below normal .
I added both of those things just in case more articles show up on all these matters .
They are there to see and if one knows what nature is capable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen and why , sometimes , it does .
And by the way , If you LOVE the weather try out site out .
Seriously .
My real passion is weather , its just that I use climate to help me , but on our site its weather , Weather , weather , with all sorts of great maps so you can see this stuff coming ( and get opinions on it ) .
I normally don ’ t put in plugs , but love knows no bounds and our site on Weatherbell.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And I talk a lot of weather there , and want to show you some linkage here .
You know what , its getting so when they open their mouth , I just link to about 5 blogs I have done rather than curing insomnia with long boring stories like this , though I love to tell them .


climatedepot--2020-09-08--Viral fears: Era of COVID dubbed: ‘The Great Hysteria’ – Fear/Lockdown/Mask Mandates compared to Sal

Viral fears: Era of COVID dubbed: ‘The Great Hysteria’ – Fear/Lockdown/Mask Mandates compared to Salem witch trial madness


climatedepot--2020-09-08--Spokeswoman who quit Extinction Rebellion now works for Michael Shellenberger to fight for the NUCLE

Spokeswoman who quit Extinction Rebellion now works for Michael Shellenberger to fight for the NUCLEAR industry says: ‘Once I understood the facts, I did change my mind’

What irony !
The spokeswoman who quit Extinction Rebellion to fight for the NUCLEAR industry says : ‘ Once I understood the facts , I did change my mind ’ By GUY ADAMS FOR THE DAILY MAIL One of the great ‘ car-crash ’ TV interviews of our age occurred in Andrew Neil ’ s BBC studio around lunchtime on October 9 , last year .
The victim was a 35-year-old mother of two from Exeter called Zion Lights .
She was appearing in her role as ‘ chief spokesperson ’ for Extinction Rebellion , whose supporters were at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ London to a grinding halt .
Wearing a chunky necklace and an expression that alternated between abject terror and bemusement , Miss Lights ( whose first name is pronounced ‘ Zee-on ’ ) was asked to provide evidence to support the protest group ’ s headline claim that climate change will kill ‘ billions of people… in the next ten to 20 years.
’ After umming and ah-ing for a few seconds , it emerged that no such evidence exists .
There is , she somewhat sheepishly confessed , no prospect of global @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billions ’ , or even millions , of people in that timescale .
The group ’ s principal claim had , in other words , been made up .
Mr Neil then asked his guest how Extinction Rebellion proposed to achieve its main target : reducing Britain ’ s carbon emissions to ‘ net zero ’ by 2025 .
On paper , he pointed out , such a dramatic shift would require drastic measures including the confiscation of petrol cars , state rationing of meat , the complete end of all aviation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and heating system in every home in Britain .
Miss Lights responded with a shrug .
‘ I mean , ’ she declared , ‘ I ’ m not here to give you solutions !
’ It was , at best , an odd position to take , given the highly disruptive protests her group was at that moment conducting .
And things continued in this bizarre vein for ten minutes .
As one newspaper critic later wrote : ‘ I have never seen such a laughable presentation by anybody .
‘ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a defunct vacuum cleaner placed on the interviewee ’ s chair.
’ Laughable is certainly one way to describe Extinction Rebellion , or at least their declaration that last weekend ’ s neo-fascist blockade of newspaper print works was part of a campaign to ‘ free the truth ’ .
Where exactly , one might ask , was the group ’ s commitment to the ‘ truth ’ when , as Mr Neil so elegantly exposed , it was endlessly circulating the false claim that climate change will kill billions of people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years ’ ?
This flagrant hypocrisy – there really is no other way to describe it – is among the reasons why Zion Lights has , in the months since the interview aired , fallen quite spectacularly out of love with the lobby group she once spoke for , and is now working as a spin-doctor for the nuclear industry .
More on this later .
In the meantime , it should be stressed that Miss Lights had originally been part of the small cohort of Extinction Rebellion activists who at least try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Unlike many of the middle-class trustafarians who attend its protests , while simultaneously indulging in exotic holidays , she and her charity worker husband Aaron Cleland have decided to forego all driving and flying , and follow a strict vegan diet .
In a 2015 book called The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting , Miss Lights told how her daughters Arwyn and Raven ( then aged four and two ) wear second-hand clothes , play with ‘ upcycled ’ toys and books , and are required to wait for the paddling pool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowed to splash around in it .
The book , among other things , advised parents to ‘ take your placenta home and bury it in the garden , where it will decompose and provide nutrients for anything planted above it , ’ carry children in slings ( rather than using pushchairs ) until they ’ re old enough to walk , and to ‘ make your own cleaning products ’ by using vinegar and baking soda .
Miss Lights , who is also a published poet , once told an interviewer how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for breakfast , enjoy two hours of ‘ wild time ’ in nature every day and are educated at an outdoor ‘ forest school ’ , as well as having ‘ free play ’ – unstructured playtime – at home .
‘ They are permitted ‘ junk ’ food in the form of chips made from organic potatoes , ’ the interviewer noted , ‘ and , occasionally , a low-sugar , vegan ice cream with real chocolate chunks.
’ This – just a touch joyless – existence , once saw her dubbed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Telegraph .
It also contributed to her meteoric rise within Extinction Rebellion , where she arrived as a spokesperson last July , and within two months was appointed editor of the in-house newspaper called the Hourglass , which she claimed was designed ‘ to appeal to more comfortable , middle-class people ’ .
Her Asian heritage was also welcome , since it contributed to the diversity of an organisation whose leading protagonists are , like so many bien pensant Left-wingers , almost entirely white .
Indeed , days after her pummelling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she was namechecked approvingly in a lengthy article in the Guardian – where else ?
– which asked : ‘ Does Extinction Rebellion have a race problem ?
’ By then , however , Zion Lights was in the throes of a dramatic career volte face that would see her part company with the lobby group in spectacular fashion .
The BBC interview had made her realise that Extinction Rebellion was – and still is – unable to offer any workable solutions to climate change , beyond replacing Parliament with ‘ citizens ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , come up with policies to stop all carbon emissions .
Yet an existing solution , she came to believe , is staring us in the face .
It is nuclear power , which she describes as a ‘ reliable , low-carbon energy source that we can invest in now ’ .
Many on the Left , where Miss Lights has spent most of her political life , have of course campaigned vigorously against the nuclear industry for decades .
But , shortly after her encounter with Andrew Neil , she met Michael @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against so-called ‘ alarmism ’ and for workable solutions to the climate crisis , including the ramping up of nuclear power .
In June , at the height of lockdown , she revealed that she had taken a job running Shellenberger ’ s British campaign group Environmental Progress UK .
In this capacity , she is now a vigorous lobbyist for the nuclear industry , pushing , for example , for the creation of the mooted Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk , which she says will produce 7 per cent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nine million tonnes of carbon emissions per year .
‘ For many years I was sceptical of nuclear power , ’ Miss Lights announced .
‘ Surrounded by anti-nuclear activists , I had allowed fear of radiation , nuclear waste and weapons of mass destruction to creep into my subconscious… I realised I had been duped into anti-science sentiment all this time.
’ Since then , she ’ s ‘ parted ways ’ with her old friends and become Extinction Rebellion ’ s first double agent .
‘ The facts didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them , I did change my mind , ’ was how she put it .
Perhaps this weekend ’ s efforts to censor the news media represents the protest group ’ s way of making sure more of its free-thinking supporters don ’ t also change their mind .


climatedepot--2020-09-09--Al Gore links severe weather to ‘unabated climate crisis,’ draws pushback

DENVER — A burst of wild September weather brought a “ climate crisis ” warning Tuesday from Al Gore , as Californians struggled with heat and wildfires , Atlantic storm-trackers raced through the alphabet and Coloradans traded their flip-flops for snow boots .
California firefighters fought to contain 23 active fires that charred a record 2.3 million acres as the state headed into the peak of its fire season , fueled by a heatwave that saw the Los Angeles County town of Woodland Hills set a record Sunday at 121 degrees .
“ It reached a record high of 121 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weekend , ” Mr. Gore tweeted Tuesday .
“ Extreme heat is fueling a longer , more intense , and more destructive wildfire season in CA .
This is what an unabated climate crisis looks like.
” Not so fast , says James Taylor , president of the free-market Heartland Institute , who pointed to National Interagency Fire Center data showing that the U.S. acreage burned by wildfires was four times higher in the early 1930s .
“ There ’ s a reason why this is called wildfire season , just as there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called hurricane season , because these are events that have always occurred , ” Mr. Taylor said .
“ Before there were coal-fired plants and SUVs , we had wildfires.
” More than 14,000 firefighters were battling 23 active blazes Tuesday , including three of the four largest fires in state history , all in the greater San Francisco Bay Area : the SCU Lightning Complex , the LNU Lightning Complex and the August Complex , each of which had charred more than 350,000 acres .
California Gov .
Gavin Newsom said that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time in 2019 , versus 2.3 million acres in 2020 , and blamed it on global warming , tweeting “ CLIMATE .
CHANGE .
IS .
REAL.
” As for the skeptics , Mr. Newsom said Tuesday at a press conference that “ I quite literally have no patience for climate-change deniers , ” adding that that perspective was “ completely inconsistent , that point of view , with the reality on the ground.
” IntelliWeather meteorologist Anthony Watts said the heat was due to “ compression heating of downslope winds called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Santa Ana Winds .
John Lindsey , chief meteorologist for Pacific Gas & Electric , also pointed to compression heating , adding that “ I didn ’ t think it was possible in San Luis Obispo.
” “ While this weather event has created a crisis for heat and fire hazard , it has absolutely nothing to do with climate , and Al Gore is simply scaremongering for the benefit of his climate crusade , ” said Mr. Watts , who runs the skeptical Watts Up With That website .
“ Wildfires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historically high , and cherry-picking one city ’ s record high temperature is not scientific , ” said Mr. Morano , whose “ Climate Hustle 2 ” film is scheduled for release Sept. 24 .
The 2019 California wildfire season ultimately consumed 4.2 million acres , versus 4.7 million acres so far in 2020 , according to National Interagency Fire Center figures .
But critics for years have attributed the state ’ s devastating recent wildfires on poor forest management , driven by hands-off environmental policies and lawsuits .


climatedepot--2020-09-09--UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow ‘climate change’ – Report claims to limit 1.5C of warmin

UN report: Covid crisis does little to slow ‘climate change’ – Report claims to limit 1.5C of warming ‘requires a pandemic-sized carbon slowdown every year from now until the end of the decade’

BBC : `` The study says that by 2030 , the world would need to cut the combined emissions of the top six carbon-producing countries to have a reasonable chance of staying below the 1.5C `` guard rail '' .
While not impossible , the report says it would essentially require a pandemic-sized carbon slowdown every year from now until the end of the decade . ''
... `` While emissions of CO2 plummeted during lockdown , concentrations of the long-lasting gas have continued to rise in the atmosphere .
The study shows that global lockdowns had a significant and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with daily levels in April 2020 falling by 17 % compared with 2019 .
But this steep drop has n't been maintained .
As the world returned to work , emissions rose and by June were within 5 % of the previous year .
Over 2020 , the expectation is that emissions will fall 4-7 % . ''
Flashback : Fmr .
UN climate head predicted COVID lockdowns ?
!
: ‘ The only way a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made a dent in the causes of climate change , according to a major new report .
While emissions of CO2 plummeted during lockdown , concentrations of the long-lasting gas have continued to rise in the atmosphere .
The period from 2016 to 2020 will likely be the warmest five years on record , the study finds .
The authors say “ irreversible ” climate change impacts are increasing .
The United in Science report brings together experts from a large number of international organisations , including the UN and the World Meteorological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an updated snapshot of the state of the global climate .
The study shows that global lockdowns had a significant and immediate impact on emissions of greenhouse gases , with daily levels in April 2020 falling by 17 % compared with 2019 .
But this steep drop hasn ’ t been maintained .
As the world returned to work , emissions rose and by June were within 5 % of the previous year .
Over 2020 , the expectation is that emissions will fall 4-7 % .
While emissions can tell us what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the concentrations of these gases in the atmosphere that makes all the difference for global temperatures .
Because CO2 can last for centuries , adding even a reduced amount to the air increases the warming potential of all the gas that has built up over decades .
This new study shows that is exactly what ’ s happened at a couple of key monitoring stations around the world .
At the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii , the amount of CO2 measured in air samples has increased from 411 parts per million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 414ppm in July this year .
Similarly , at Cape Grim monitoring station in Tasmania , concentrations were also up from 407 to 410ppm in the year to July .
The study says that by 2030 , the world would need to cut the combined emissions of the top six carbon-producing countries to have a reasonable chance of staying below the 1.5C “ guard rail ” .
While not impossible , the report says it would essentially require a pandemic-sized carbon slowdown every year from now until the end of the decade .