climatedepot--2020-05-08--“Rare” May Snow & Cold Forecast Silences Climate Alarmists: “Over A Foot Of Snow” In Maine

Unusual cold and snow are expected to sweep across North America and Europe over the coming days , thus threatening crops .
Not that mid May is approaching , global warming alarmists tell us we should already be expecting heat waves .
But right now the opposite is in the forecast : snow and extreme cold !
Who would have thought ?
Snow for Boston and new York ?
Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue tweeted that both New York City and Boston might see snow on Saturday as a “ rare & powerful May ‘ bomb cyclone ’ Nor ’ easter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ east coast .
Over a foot of snow might fall in Maine , Maue asserts : Maue earlier had tweeted that the snow and cold could act as a “ triple whammy ” because “ hard freezes limit agriculture , forces people to remain indoors w/central heating & provides outdoor environment favorable for coronavirus.
” Not only the Northeast has to worry about winter striking so late in the season , but also an intense cold front will be sweeping across a vast swath of northern Europe , reports German weather site daswetter.com @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unusual cold snap for almost mid-May .
The air in the north will warm up to only 7 to 12 degrees .
[ … ] With the polar air , the temperatures will plunge , and so will the snowfall line .
When the cold air reaches the south in the night from Monday , it will snow slowly until the middle of the day .
Around 400 to 600 m , up to 10 cm of fresh snow is possible in the middle of May .
Even up to 300 m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 6 nights of frost warnings ” in UK At Twitter David Birch tweeted a GIF animation showing the projected movement of the cold front , writing that Britain might see 5 or 6 nights of frost warnings next week :


climatedepot--2020-05-08--Bernie Calls Climate Change Our ‘Greatest Challenge’ Amid Pandemic

Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) declared the “ climate crisis ” the “ greatest challenge facing humanity ” on Thursday , as millions of Americans — and billions of people across the globe — attempt to rebuild and economically recover from the ravages of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
“ The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing humanity , and the Trump administration is doing all it can to cause as much damage as possible , ” Sanders said on Thursday , appealing to a New York Timespiece tallying the Trump administration ’ s rollbacks of environmental rules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deal , ” the former presidential hopeful added : Several social media users balked at the Vermont senator ’ s suggestion .
“ Have you met # COVID19 or better yet the Wuhan Chinese virus ?
?
?
” one asked .
“ Dude we need to make sure people don ’ t die of corona right now !
Climate can wait , ” another remarked .
This is hardly the first time progressives have tried to shift the focus during the pandemic and economic crisis to their climate change agenda .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D-CA ) offered the Democrats ’ version of a coronavirus relief bill .
It included Green New Deal initiatives , such as “ increased fuel emission standards for airlines receiving funds and carbon offsets ” and the “ expansion of wind and solar tax credits , ” as detailed by Breitbart News .
Green New Deal advocate and Sanders supporter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) on Thursday lamented the scheduled JetBlue flyover in New York to salute healthcare workers , citing air pollution and its effects on vulnerable communities .
“ Nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care , ” she wrote : The New York lawmaker came under fire last month after praising the historic drop in oil prices , using it as a pitch for the investment of green infrastructure to “ save our planet.
” “ You absolutely love to see it , ” she said in a now-deleted tweet .
“ This along with record low-interest rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a worker-led , mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.
” The progressive calls to take aggressive climate action come as Americans slowly move to recover from the weeks-long economic standstill spurred by the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown orders .
The unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent last month .
The U.S. lost 20.5 million jobs in April alone , according to the Department of Labor data released Friday .

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climatedepot--2020-05-08--Delingpole: VE Day 75 Years On – Totalitarianism Has Almost Won

Political philosopher FA Hayek .
In his book The Road To Serfdom — published in 1944 : He wrote : The conviction grows that if efficient planning is to be done , the direction must be ‘ taken out of politics ’ and placed in the hands of ‘ experts ’ , permanent officials or independent autonomous bodies . ''
Delingpole : This , of course , is exactly what is happening now : governments from Britain to the U.S. are contracting out decisions that should be made by democratically elected politicians to unelected experts such as Anthony Fauci and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` The belief is becoming more and more widespread that , if things are to get done , the responsible authorities must be freed from the fetters of democratic procedure . ''
Delingpole : Even before the 2020 pandemic crisis , this view was becoming increasingly fashionable not just on the left but among centrists and squishy conservatives too : the idea that maybe free markets were too messy , chaotic , unfair , inefficient and that perhaps we ought to look to countries like China for our political and economic example .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day — Victory in Europe Day — and to read some of the comments on social media , you ’ d think that the defeat of the Nazis was a uniquely left-wing achievement .
Conservatives , they seem to imagine , had nothing to do with it because conservatives are literally Hitler .
But that ’ s certainly not how it seemed at the time to the economist and political philosopher FA Hayek .
In his book — published in 1944 , while the war was still raging — Hayek made little distinction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he argued , were ‘ totalitarian ’ , ‘ collectivist ’ ideologies inimical to freedom and prosperity .
Nazis and Communists , as far Hayek was concerned , were just different ends of the same turd .
Since today is not just VE Day but also Hayek ’ s birthday , it might be worth speculating on what he would have made of the strange , strange world we inhabit today .
There are lots of clues in which he wrote partly as a warning to Britain that its wartime regime was itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Axis powers it was trying to defeat .
This , of course , is exactly what is happening now : governments from Britain to the U.S. are contracting out decisions that should be made by democratically elected politicians to unelected experts such as Anthony Fauci and the SAGE committee .
Even before the 2020 pandemic crisis , this view was becoming increasingly fashionable not just on the left but among centrists and squishy conservatives too : the idea that maybe free markets were too messy , chaotic , unfair , inefficient and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries like China for our political and economic example .
Since the pandemic , this tendency has become even more widespread with lots of people strangely addicted to being put under effective house arrest by their governments , despite a worrisome lack of evidence that this is the best response to the problem .
In 1944 , the pretext for abandoning democracy was the war ; today , it ’ s the coronavirus .
Hayek , I ’ m sure , would have been tempted to mutter to himself : “ Any excuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real lesson we should learn from the Second World War on the 75th anniversary of VE Day .
We may have defeated Hitler but the authoritarian , collectivist tendency he embodied is alive and well and thriving everywhere from the hard left to fake conservative governments like cuddly Boris Johnson ’ s .
Hayek was right .
Why didn ’ t we listen ?
James Delingpole is the Host of the Delingpod podcast ; support his Patreon here .


climatedepot--2020-05-08--LEFTISTS PUSH FOR REMOVAL OF PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION MOORE’S ‘PLANET OF THE HUMANS’ FILM

Socialist radical environmentalists are repeating history again , eating one of their own , in this case far-left filmmaker and Bernie Sanders supporter Michael Moore .
They are trying to destroy the progressive documentarian for honestly pointing out the hypocrisy and lies behind the push for green energy .
Even though America ’ s free-market economy has made him a multimillionaire , Moore is a longtime critic of capitalism and the United States and is a leader of the Progressive movement intent on replacing capitalism with socialism .
Now his socialist fellow travelers say Moore is a friend no more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critical lens on the green energy movement .
Planet of the Humans , produced by Moore and directed and narrated by his longtime collaborator Jeff Gibbs , released on YouTube for free viewing on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day , shows green energy can ’ t prevent climate change and efforts to promote it are nothing more than crony capitalism disguised as concern for the Earth .
The film demonstrates every form of so-called “ green ” energy depends on fossil fuels for its production and/or operation and causes tremendous environmental damage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made with metallurgical coal and quartz , both often produced by blowing up mountains during their mining .
Solar panels require 16 times more materials in the form of cement , glass , and steel than do nuclear plants , and they create 300 times more waste .
Renewable fuels are produced using tractors run on diesel , use water pumped by electricity , often from fossil fuel power generating plants , and the raw materials are delivered by trucks burning diesel to distilleries powered by fossil fuels .
The crops used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ water annually and require the conversion of between 400 and 750 times more land—depending upon the crop grown to produce the fuel—to produce an equivalent amount of petroleum .
In addition to showing the green energy emperor has no clothes , Moore and Gibbs also skewer green energy profiteers , the climate alarmists who profit from and lie about the energy they promote .
For instance , billionaire Elon Musk , whose company has benefited greatly from millions of dollars in federal tax credits for electric cars and state property tax abatements for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacturing plant in Nevada is powered 100 percent by renewables .
Gibbs shows it is hooked up to the electric grid , relying on natural gas for much of its power .
Gibbs also shows fracked natural gas is essential to the smooth , reliable operation of the bird- and tortoise-killing Ivanpah solar power plant in California .
Additionally , although Germany ’ s [ mis ] leaders and homegrown progressive environmental scold Bill McKibben of 350.org claim Germany gets 30 percent to 60 percent of its power from renewables , the reality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all its renewable energy from solar and wind combined .
“ A whopping 70 percent of what passes for ‘ Green ’ energy in Germany comes from Biomass—grinding up trees in the Amazon and the U.S. Southeast and shipping them to Europe where Germany ( and Great Britain ) burns them for electrons and get Carbon Credits for doing so !
” reports Counterpunch in describing one of the film ’ s findings .
A review of the film in Forbes by Michael Shellenberger , a Time magazine “ Hero of the Environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla telling Leslie Stahl of ‘ 60 Minutes ’ that his biofuels plant made ‘ Clean green gasoline.
’ After Stahl asked what the downside was , Khosla said , ‘ There is no downside.
’ ” However , Shellenberger notes , “ One year later , Khosla ’ s company filed for bankruptcy and defaulted on a $ 75 million loan it received from the state of Mississippi .
It produced biofuels for $ 5 to $ 10 a gallon , ‘ even without counting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted Washington Post ’ s Steve Mufson in 2014 .
Two earlier Khosla biofuel ventures had already gone bankrupt after receiving hundreds of millions of federal government subsidies .
Shareholders sued Khosla ’ s company for fraud.
” The film also shows Al Gore , the political godfather of climate alarmism , raked in approximately $ 100 million dollars when he and his co-owner of Current TV sold the channel to Al Jazeera , a network funded by the government of Qatar , whose operations are funded largely by oil and gas revenues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capita carbon footprint in the world .
Gibbs shows Gore , his billionaire corporate investment fund cronies , and environmental groups such as the Sierra Club promote and are profiting from biomass burning—cutting down and burning trees , often mixed with used tires—to replace coal for electric power generation .
This emits as much or more carbon dioxide and even worse toxic pollutants into the atmosphere than coal .
Exploring an allegedly sustainable , green energy investment fund recommended by McKibben ’ s organization , Gibbs reports , “ In the Green Century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found less than one percent solar and wind and 99 percent things like mining , oil and gas infrastructure , a tar sands exploiter , McDonald ’ s , Archer Daniels , … Coca-Cola , … and lots of banks , including Black Rock , the largest financer of deforestation on earth.
” As Gibbs explained in an interview with Breitbart , neither Moore nor he set out to challenge the effort to replace fossil fuels with renewable power .
Instead , they wanted to understand why it hasn ’ t been more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dominate our energy system .
Instead of dark forces and moneyed interests suppressing purportedly green energy , they found corporate interests were behind and profiting from policies subsidizing and mandating renewables , and that renewables actually require the use of fossil fuels .
“ It turned out the wakeup call was about our own side , ” Gibbs told Breitbart .
“ It was kind of crushing to discover that the things I believed in weren ’ t real , first of all , and then to discover not only are the solar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ save us … but [ also ] that there is this whole dark side of the corporate money .
… It dawned on me that these technologies were just another profit center.
” For the sin of telling the truth about the Left ’ s green energy lies , environmental protest leaders have called for Planet of the Humans to be pulled from viewing .
For instance , the electric vehicle advocacy web publication Electrek notes Josh Fox , the director of the anti-fracking film Gasland , led a Twitter and online campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force Moore to issue an apology , claiming “ [ t ] he film is an unsubstantiated , unscientific , poorly made piece of yellow journalism which attacks proven renewable energy and science.
” Thus far , the efforts to have the film removed from viewing have failed .
As of May 6 , the direct-to-YouTube video is still online and has been viewed more than 6.5 million times .
Climate realists have long described the tremendous virtues of fossil fuels when compared to renewable energy sources , including in the authoritative Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Realists have also repeatedly pointed out the high environmental and human health costs produced by green energy , as in a recent paper by The Heartland Institute , “ Policy Brief : How The Green New Deal ’ s Renewable Energy Mining Would Harm Humans and the Environment , ” which examines the horrendous toll on human health and the environment produced during the mining and refining of minerals critical for wind , solar , and battery power .
Coming from conservatives , the mainstream media has largely ignored this research—it goes against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why Planet of the Humans is so dangerous : it comes from the extreme Left ’ s own ranks .
As such , progressives feel they must the destroy the message and , if necessary , their former hero , its messenger , lest mainstream environmentalists—average people who , although concerned about the environment , are not necessarily wedded to socialism—see it and realize what they ’ ve been lead to believe about green energy , that it is good for the environment and those pushing it are selfless in their pursuit of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t true .
Although I have usually disagreed with the messages Moore and Gibbs promoted in their past films , the key message in Planet of the Humans is spot-on .
Green energy is bad for the environment , bad for the economy , and bad for human freedom .
To Messrs. Moore and Gibbs , in the immortal words of celluloid hero John McClane in Die Hard , I say , “ Welcome to the party , pal !
” SOURCES : Planet of the Humans ; Competitive Enterprise Institute ; Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Guardian ; The Heartland Institute


climatedepot--2020-05-10--PRAGER: The Worldwide Lockdown May Be The Greatest Mistake In History

The idea that the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden may have been an enormous mistake strikes many — including world leaders ; most scientists , especially health officials , doctors and epidemiologists ; those who work in major news media ; opinion writers in those media ; and the hundreds of millions , if not billions , of people who put their faith in these people — as so preposterous as to be immoral .
Timothy Egan of The New York Times described Republicans who wish to enable their states to open up as “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way it is today on planet Earth , where deceit , cowardice and immaturity now dominate almost all societies because the elites are deceitful , cowardly and immature .
But for those open to reading thoughts they may differ with , here is the case for why the worldwide lockdown is not only a mistake but also , possibly , the worst mistake the world has ever made .
And for those intellectually challenged by the English language and/or logic , “ mistake ” and “ evil ” are not synonyms .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holocaust , slavery , communism , fascism , etc.
, were evils .
Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools ; massive evils are committed by evil people .
The forcible prevention of Americans from doing anything except what politicians deem “ essential ” has led to the worst economy in American history since the Great Depression of the 1930s .
It is panic and hysteria , not the coronavirus , that created this catastrophe .
And the consequences in much of the world will be more horrible than in America .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the WFP , states that by the end of the year , more than 260 million people will face starvation — double last year ’ s figures .
According to WFP director David Beasley on April 21 : “ We could be looking at famine in about three dozen countries .
… There is also a real danger that more people could potentially die from the economic impact of COVID-19 than from the virus itself ” ( italics added ) .
That would be enough to characterize the worldwide lockdown as a deathly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If global GDP declines by 5 % , another 147 million people could be plunged into extreme poverty , according to the International Food Policy Research Institute .
Foreign Policy magazine reports that , according to the International Monetary Fund , the global economy will shrink by 3 % in 2020 , marking the biggest downturn since the Great Depression , and the U.S. , the eurozone and Japan will contract by 5.9 % , 7.5 % and 5.2 % , respectively .
Meanwhile , across South Asia , as of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already “ struggling to put food on the table.
” Again , all because of the lockdowns , not the virus .
In one particularly incomprehensible act , the government of India , a poor country of 1.3 billion people , locked down its people .
As Quartz India reported on April 22 , “ Coronavirus has killed only around 700 Indians … a small number still compared to the 450,000 TB and 10,000-odd malaria deaths recorded every year.
” One of the thousands of unpaid garment workers protesting the lockdown in Bangladesh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health official in the world : “ We are starving .
If we don ’ t have food in our stomach , what ’ s the use of observing this lockdown ?
” But concern for that Bangladeshi worker among the world ’ s elites seems nonexistent .
The lockdown is “ possibly even more catastrophic ( than the virus ) in its outcome : the collapse of global food-supply systems and widespread human starvation ” ( italics added ) .
That was published in the left-wing The Nation , which , nevertheless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American left cares as much about the millions of non-Americans reduced to hunger and starvation because of the lockdown as it does about the people of upstate New York who have no incomes , despite the minuscule number of coronavirus deaths there .
Or about the citizens of Oregon , whose governor has just announced the state will remain locked down until July 6 .
As of this writing , a total of 109 people have died of the coronavirus in Oregon .
An example of how disinterested the left is in worldwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front-page “ prayer ” by a left-wing Christian in the current issue of The Nation : “ May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake.
” “ Merely inconvenienced ” is how the Rev .
Dr. William J. Barber II , a Protestant minister and president of the North Carolina NAACP , describes the tens of millions of Americans rendered destitute , not to mention the hundreds of millions around the world rendered not only penniless but hungry .
The truth is , like most of the elites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ merely inconvenienced.
” Indeed , the American battle today is between the merely inconvenienced and the rest of America .
Michael Levitt , professor of structural biology at Stanford Medical School and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry , recently stated , “ There is no doubt in my mind that when we come to look back on this , the damage done by lockdown will exceed any saving of lives by a huge factor.
” To the left , anyone who questions the lockdown is driven by preference for money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s moral shallowness is this headline on Salon this week : “ It ’ s Time To Reject the Gods of Commerce : America Is a Society , Not an ‘ Economy , ’ ” with the subhead reading , “ America Is About People , Not Profit Margins.
” And , of course , to smug editors and writers of The Atlantic , in article after repetitive article , the fault lies not with the lockdown but with President Donald Trump .
The most popular article in The Atlantic this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World Is Laughing at Trump.
” The elites can afford to laugh at whatever they want .
Meanwhile , the less fortunate — that is , most people — are crying .
Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist .
His latest book , published by Regnery in May 2019 , is “ The Rational Bible , ” a commentary on the book of Genesis .
His film , “ No Safe Spaces , ” came to theaters fall 2019 .
He is the founder of Prager University and @ @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-05-10--Covid-19 Recovery: China Fires Up Coal Power Plant Construction

China approved nearly 10 gigawatts of new coal-fired power generation projects in the first quarter , roughly equal to the amount approved for all of last year , amid a broader scramble to jump-start an economy hobbled by the COVID-19 epidemic .
Investment in infrastructure like power generation has played an important part in China ’ s rapid economic rise , especially in times of economic distress like the global financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 .
Many expect such spending to play an important role as Beijing tries to restart the economy in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , causing the economy to post its first quarterly contraction since modern record-keeping began .
Coal has always been a controversial part of the nation ’ s power mix .
On the one hand , China has plentiful supply of the resource , which it has harnessed to rapidly build up power infrastructure to feed the country ’ s growing economy .
But such energy is notoriously dirty , and overly aggressive building led to oversupply earlier this decade that sent many producers into the red .
Those factors led the government to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coal-powered projects in recent years .
But that trend went into reverse in the first quarter , when six major new coal-fired projects were approved that could add 9.96 GW of capacity , according to calculations by Caixin .
That was roughly equal to the amount of similar new power projects approved for all of last year .
Of the new projects , four were in the coal-rich area of Shaanxi province , one was in South China ’ s Guangdong Province and one was in Inner Mongolia .
The post Covid-19 Recovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Construction appeared first on The Global Warming Policy Forum ( GWPF ) .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Virginia residents are going to pay an extra $500 per year to fight ‘climate change’

As policymakers in states including New Jersey , Maryland , and Illinois consider exiting PJM Interconnection ’ s capacity market to pursue clean energy goals , they should look to Virginia as a cautionary tale .
Alternatives such as the Fixed Resource Requirement ( FRR ) come with stark consequences for power customers and questionable environmental gains .
Power prices in PJM were the lowest on record in 2019 and emissions have decreased by 34 % since 2005 without mandates or requirements to produce clean energy .
Why the rush to abandon a successful system for an option that PJM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raise costs in Maryland and Illinois to the tune of $ 200-400 million ?
The latest energy news from Virginia provides an additional data point showing the potential costs of the FRR path .
While more cost-effective and efficient options to fight climate change likely exist — after all , onshore wind and solar are increasingly the least expensive energy technologies — the state has nowhere else to turn for power generation solutions .
Dominion ’ s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan ( IRP ) is the first filed under Virginia ’ s Clean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on July 1 , 2020 , and requires 100 % clean energy by 2050 .
The upshot is far from surprising : An aggressive , single-state clean energy goal paired with a powerful utility spells trouble for Virginia families and businesses already struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Dominion touted its plan to “ quadruple ” renewable energy and energy storage , and many have praised the company ’ s aggressive renewable additions .
Improving our environment is a worthy goal , and one EPSA ’ s members support , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Because natural gas is still the cleanest , least cost option needed to support intermittent resources , the IRP proposes to build 970 MW of new natural gas-fired generation to back up a renewable-heavy grid in all four scenarios .
And even the most aggressive options proposed only halve current Commonwealth emissions by 2035 .
But what is most problematic about Dominion ’ s IRP is the most instructive for other states .
It ’ s also the least surprising for those of us who know what happens when generators exert market power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least aggressive option , “ Alternative B , ” consumer bills will increase by $ 45.92 a month by 2035 .
That ’ s a nearly 40 % increase .
Such a hit would raise eyebrows in normal times , but when families and business are struggling to recover from the devastating economic impacts of COVID-19 , a massive increase to their power bills is the last thing they need .
How can responsible leaders justify burdening their constituents with this expense when there is a more sustainable , cost-effective path to reduce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could undermine political appetite for clean energy efforts across the board , putting environmental progress at the whim of the next election and plummeting state revenues .
Dominion has a history of pursuing questionable , over-priced projects .
Just last year , the Virginia State Corporation Commission ( SCC ) was forced to approve a Dominion plan to build a new offshore wind facility despite finding that it would not be “ prudent … under any common interpretation of the term ” and was the highest cost option proposed .
PJM is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 13 states and the District of Columbia , including Virginia .
Unlike Virginia , many of the states in PJM require power generators to compete against other companies to build new plants — resulting in a stronger grid and cleaner generation .
While FRR is not an explicit return to the monopoly model that exists in Virginia , it is functionally similar .
Under an FRR , the states oversee resource adequacy decisions and consumers are deprived of the benefits of regional competition and power pooling .
Economics 101 tells us that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s latest IRP proves it — especially when determinations of “ just and reasonable ” are dictated by statute and not based on the evidence evaluated through a regulatory proceeding .
Competitive power suppliers in PJM and across the nation are retiring unnecessary , costly , and often higher-emitting plants while building more efficient cutting-edge solutions , including renewable resources and battery storage — without asking ratepayers to foot the construction bill .
Nearly 31,000 MW of coal generation capacity has been deactivated in the PJM footprint since 2002 , resulting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Meanwhile , back in Virginia , Dominion is proposing a plan that will increase power bills by nearly $ 50 a month at a time when consumers should be benefiting from the lowest prices on record .
The lesson is clear for Maryland , New Jersey and Illinois leaders .
Customers deserve better .
Rather than trying to go it alone , PJM states should work together to find regional cost-effective solutions to address and reduce carbon emissions on a wide scale — not highly fragmented approaches that rely on politically powerful monopolies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working with a broad coalition including renewable developers and economic experts to find market solutions that will achieve sustainable climate progress at a cost Americans can afford .
States abandoned the monopoly model for a reason .
Let ’ s not go back now .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Anti-Pandemic Rules the Opposite of Anti-Climate Rules: Green ‘policies are the opposite of what’s n

Anti-Pandemic Rules the Opposite of Anti-Climate Rules: Green ‘policies are the opposite of what’s needed to stop or slow’ viruses

'Americans have been urged to cluster in large , densely populated cities .
Large apartment buildings with small dwelling units , it is claimed , consume less energy and emit less carbon per capita than 2,500-square-foot houses spread out on suburban cul-de-sacs or newly constructed on exurban farm fields .
Lone drivers commuting to work or heading to shopping malls in massive automobiles , it is argued , waste natural resources and pollute the environment .
It would be better for commuters to switch to trains or subways , and for shoppers to walk to neighborhood stores .
In this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blocked autos from bicycle lanes , hailing bicyclists ' healthy behavior while ignoring the unnerving number of fatal and disabling accidents .
All these policies , it turns out , are just the opposite of what 's needed to stop or slow down a global pandemic .
Self-distancing and isolation , not clustering , are necessary .
The broad aisles of the suburban supermarket and disposable plastic bags are less likely to transmit disease than the close quarters of the local mini market and oft-used recyclable shopping bags .
Heading in your own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better than riding the subway and waiting in a crowded line . '
It ’ s unnerving , and perhaps instructive , that the arrangements elites have been prescribing for dealing with what they call our most dangerous environmental threat — climate change , formerly known as global warming — are almost precisely the opposite of the arrangements deployed to deal with the more immediate threat of COVID-19 , aka the novel coronavirus .
To reduce the carbon dioxide emissions thought to produce catastrophic climate change , Americans have been urged to cluster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Large apartment buildings with small dwelling units , it is claimed , consume less energy and emit less carbon per capita than 2,500-square-foot houses spread out on suburban cul-de-sacs or newly constructed on exurban farm fields .
Lone drivers commuting to work or heading to shopping malls in massive automobiles , it is argued , waste natural resources and pollute the environment .
It would be better for commuters to switch to trains or subways , and for shoppers to walk to neighborhood stores .
In this spirit , mayors and city councils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hailing bicyclists ’ healthy behavior while ignoring the unnerving number of fatal and disabling accidents .
All these policies , it turns out , are just the opposite of what ’ s needed to stop or slow down a global pandemic .
Self-distancing and isolation , not clustering , are necessary .
The broad aisles of the suburban supermarket and disposable plastic bags are less likely to transmit disease than the close quarters of the local mini market and oft-used recyclable shopping bags .
Heading in your own car to a drive-in testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and waiting in a crowded line .
So it ’ s no surprise that the part of the United States hardest hit by COVID-19 so far appears to be metro New York City , to the point that the federal government has advised people traveling from there to self-isolate for 14 days .
Nor is it surprising that the part of Italy hit hardest is around its largest metro area , Milan , and the densely populated and economically productive Po Valley just to the south .
And that the part of Spain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populated central cities produce more than their per capita share of economic output .
The face-to-face contact they foster results in creativity in everything from finance to the arts .
But historically — as most of us forgot until the last few weeks — they have also been incubators of deadly disease .
“ When a man is tired of London , ” the 18th-century writer and wit Samuel Johnson proclaimed , “ he is tired of life.
” That was literally true in his time .
London ’ s population doubled in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to over 1 million , even though it had more deaths than births almost every year .
It was a measure of the opportunities it offered that hundreds of thousands of Britons , like the young Johnson , were willing to take their chances there anyway .
Over time , however , central city density has been reduced , as people have moved to healthier and more spacious suburbs .
Fans of densification took heart when central city populations increased after the 2007-08 financial crisis .
Manhattan ’ s population and subway ridership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the mid-2010s , as new housing was once again built in outer suburbs and exurbs and bought by families seeking more space and better schools .
That ’ s actually in line with the dominant trend for more than a century .
Manhattan had 1,630,000 residents in 2019 , far below the peak of 2,330,000 — half of them south of 14th Street — in 1910 .
COVID-19 , by revealing vulnerabilities no one gave much thought to , is likely to reduce densification further , if only marginally .
That may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ product or certain forms of creativity , perhaps a greater effect than is theoretically desirable .
A complicating factor is that we are at a moment in political history when voting behavior and stubbornly held partisan preferences are highly correlated with population density .
High-density central cities , some close-in suburbs and university towns vote heavily Democratic .
The low-density countryside votes heavily Republican .
This was not always so .
A century ago — during the 1918-20 influenza epidemic , by the way — New York City was heavily Democratic ; Philadelphia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marginal and up for grabs .
Vast swathes of the rural South voted 80-plus percent Democratic .
Great hunks of northern New England and the upper Midwest voted 70-plus percent Republican .
The pandemic seemed to hit both parties equally .
Today ’ s pandemic may end up hurting liberals more than conservatives .
This year , it ’ s certainly hurting Americans and others much more than any of the projected effects of climate change .
Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner , resident fellow at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Almanac of American Politics .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Green Globalists Exploit Coronavirus to Advance ‘Climate’ Agenda

ClimateDepot.com editor Marc Morano , the world 's most-quoted climate realist , commented on the growing extremism of climate alarmists celebrating coronavirus as an opportunity to re-shape the world .
“ If you like living under the coronavirus fears and government-mandated lockdowns , then you 'll love living your life under a 'climate emergency ' , ” Morano said in a special report compiling quotes from alarmists .
Indeed , governments ' ostensible responses to coronavirus have already enacted many long-sought goals of the climate movement , he explained , pointing to shutting down air travel , stopping economic growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ( who formerly led Socialist International ) : “ Addressing climate change and Covid-19 simultaneously and at enough scale requires a response stronger than any seen before to safeguard lives and livelihoods .
A recovery from the coronavirus crisis must not take us just back to where we were last summer .
It is an opportunity to build more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
” - `` I am proposing six climate-positive actions for governments to consider once they go about building back their economies , societies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spend trillions to recover from Covid-19 , we must deliver new jobs and businesses through a clean , green transition .
Investments must accelerate the decarbonization of all aspects of our economy ... We must act now to tackle the coronavirus globally for all of our sakes — and , at the same time , pursue immediate ambitious climate action for a cleaner , greener , more prosperous and equitable world . ''
Get ready for the “ new normal.
” Deep State globalists and environmentalists , along with their legions of followers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an opportunity to completely remake the world to suit their wishes .
From Hollywood celebrities and United Nations bigwigs to government leaders and Big Business , elites around the globe are coming out of the closet and revealing their true agenda .
In short , it means less freedom and less prosperity for you — and a lot more power for them .
Think of the coronavirus lockdown as a test drive .
Leading the charge for weaponizing coronavirus to promote a global environmental regime has been the UN .
In a screed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for nations to “ recover better ” from the pandemic by making sure that their development going forward is in line with the UN ’ s vision on “ climate ” and sustainable development .
The Socialist Party operative , who led the Socialist International before taking over the UN , has been banging the climate drums almost from the start of the coronavirus outbreak .
Just this week , writing in the New York Times , Guterres spelled out the agenda .
“ Addressing climate change and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a response stronger than any seen before to safeguard lives and livelihoods , ” he said , proposing “ six climate-positive actions ” for governments to take while “ building back ” their economies and societies .
“ A recovery from the coronavirus crisis must not take us just back to where we were last summer .
It is an opportunity to build more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies.
” He has been parroting that theme a lot lately .
“ We have a rare and short window of opportunity to rebuild @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said last week at a climate meeting in Berlin , calling for “ brave ” leadership to address the “ looming existential threat ” of global warming amid coronavirus .
“ Let us use the pandemic recovery to provide a foundation for a safe , healthy , inclusive and more resilient world for all people.
” In particular , Guterres urged the European Union superstate to show “ global leadership ” on the green agenda .
Already , many EU governments are forcing companies to become “ green ” in exchange for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On the global economic front , the UN chief made clear that governments all over the world should also exploit the shutdown and the massive “ stimulus ” spending to bring about permanent changes to the economy , the energy sector , business , and more .
“ Where taxpayers ’ money is used to rescue businesses , it must be creating green jobs and sustainable and inclusive growth , ” he said .
“ It must not be bailing out outdated , polluting , carbon-intensive industries.
” “ Like the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he added , using typical globalist rhetoric about “ global problems ” supposedly requiring “ global solutions.
” Governments are falling in line .
Aside from globalist European leaders , leftist U.S. governors are also lining up to exploit the crisis to advance their pet issues — especially “ climate ” and “ environment ” goals .
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee , for instance , told Bloomberg the parallels between coronavirus and climate show that everyone must obey “ science.
” “ They have a very different time scale , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best way to address both , ” he said .
“ Number one is the most important : You ’ ve got to be aware of and accept the science and make decisions based on data — even if that is uncomfortable.
” In other words , forget liberty and self-government — technocracy and rule by “ experts ” and “ scientists ” armed with dubious “ data ” will determine the future course of humanity , even if it is “ uncomfortable.
” Even the supposedly Conservative government of Boris Johnson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bandwagon .
Speaking via video link to the climate summit in Berlin , U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that when coronavirus recedes , “ it will be the duty of every responsible government to see that our economies are revived and rebuilt in a way that will stand the test of time.
” “ That means investing in industries and infrastructure that can turn the tide on climate change , ” he told the assembled globalists and government officials .
Hollywood celebrities added their voices to the corona chorus , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of some 200 celebrities and scientists issued an editorial in a major French newspaper demanding “ radical transformation ” of the world ’ s economy and values in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Supposedly , this “ profound overhaul of our goals , values , and economies ” will help avoid “ the massive extinction of life on Earth.
” Among those signing the “ No To A Return To Normal ” were Madonna , Robert De Niro , Jane Fonda , and many more you have probably never heard of .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ deafening .
The U.K .
Guardian , perhaps the world ’ s main peddler of climate hysteria , but by no means unique , claimed there was “ data ” and “ scientific research ” supposedly showing that global-warming and coronavirus “ are linked , ” and apparently this is very “ clear.
” The paper did not bother to cite any data , instead writing a story around a 30-year-old climate activist named Emily Atkin .
The activist claims those who reject her views are “ just stupid ” and that there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ climate denial ” that also rejects what she considers to be the appropriate level of hysteria over coronavirus .
Anti-human extremists in the press have actually been celebrating the potential of coronavirus to advance their “ climate ” agenda for months .
On March 5 , for example , Times of London columnist Ed Conway wrote a piece celebrating the possibility that the virus would kill large numbers of “ old ” people , who , “ let ’ s face it , are more likely to be climate skeptics.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguing that it would help reduce human-released “ greenhouse gases ” in the atmosphere by grounding planes and reducing economic activity .
Even Pope Francis has jumped on the bandwagon .
Infuriating Catholics around the world , the left-wing pontiff even suggested that the coronavirus was Mother Earth ’ s revenge for humanity ’ s lack of environmental concern .
“ Is it possible that this is nature ’ s hour of reckoning with us ?
” he wondered , suggesting the Earth was “ having a fit ” in response to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mankind .
“ There ’ s a saying that you surely know : God always forgives , we forgive sometimes , [ but ] nature never forgives.
” ClimateDepot.com editor Marc Morano , the world ’ s most-quoted climate realist , commented on the growing extremism of climate alarmists celebrating coronavirus as an opportunity to re-shape the world .
“ If you like living under the coronavirus fears and government-mandated lockdowns , then you ’ ll love living your life under a ‘ climate emergency ’ , ” Morano said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indeed , governments ’ ostensible responses to coronavirus have already enacted many long-sought goals of the climate movement , he explained , pointing to shutting down air travel , stopping economic growth , reduced energy consumption , and more .
Interestingly , technocracy expert Patrick Wood , author of two books on the subject , documented the links between coronavirus alarmists and the climate alarmists and sustainability zealots .
Consider the self-styled “ global university ” known as Imperial College London , which was at the center of the fear-mongering operation used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , using now-debunked forecasts and projections .
Aside from being funded by Bill Gates , the university specializes in promoting the UN ’ s “ sustainable development ” agenda and climate hysteria .
Wood also pointed out that phony models were used to drum up fear over coronavirus , just like on climate .
It is clear that the Deep State and green globalists everywhere are exploiting this crisis to peddle the same agenda that was being marketed before under the guise of stopping global warming .
It is also clear that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the technocratic tyrants seeking to hijack control over the economy and the individual have a very good chance of success .
Freedom is the cure — not tyranny .
Exposing and opposing the establishment ’ s agenda will be crucial in the weeks ahead .
Liberty , self-government , and prosperity literally depend on it .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--France’s new climate plan: Ban supermarket chains, Ban gas-powered cars, Ban TV/radio/print ads for

France’s new climate plan: Ban supermarket chains, Ban gas-powered cars, Ban TV/radio/print ads for products that generate CO2

President Macron ’ s attempt to appease yellow-vest protesters has saddled him with radical ecological policy proposals likely to further @ @ @ @ @ .
They stem from his decision to delegate the fight against climate change to 150 @ @ @ @ @ at random .
That group has now come up with a plan to modify the @ @ @ @ @ travel and produce food , including the closure of out-of-town hypermarkets to encourage shopping locally @ @ @ @ @ network because it uses 30 per cent more electricity than previous iterations .
The panel @ @ @ @ @ sale of cars that emit more than 110g of CO2 per kilometre by 2025 — @ @ @ @ @ most existing vehicles , in effect outlawing them…


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Greta takes on fighting against coronavirus to her climate duties

UNITED NATIONS – Climate activist Greta Thunberg is launching a campaign with a Danish foundation to help finance the U.N. @ @ @ @ @ emergency program to fight the coronavirus pandemic .
Thunberg said in a statement that “ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis ” that will affect youngsters now and in @ @ @ @ @ most vulnerable .
She urged people everywhere “ to step up and join me in @ @ @ @ @ vital work to save children ’ s lives , to protect health and continue education @ @


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Physicist: ‘Lockdown madness is a triumph of the precautionary principle’ – Denounces the ‘Flat Curv

Physicist: ‘Lockdown madness is a triumph of the precautionary principle’ – Denounces the ‘Flat Curve Society’

Dr. Lubos Motl : `` 25 million Americans became unemployed in 5 weeks , the U.S. GDP dropped by 4.8 % in Q1 of 2020 and Q2 will show much worse numbers .
The situation is similar across the world – not only in `` the West '' but in most other countries , too .
Many people want this insanity to continue .
As far as I know , it has never happened in the history of civilizations that the bulk of a large enough nation , let alone the world , was kept at home for several months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only been promoted as a meme since the 1970s when it appeared as the `` Vorsorgeprinzip '' in German discussions about the deforestation and sea pollution .
The precautionary principle is an extremely dangerous fallacy whose purpose is to make an absolutely irrational assumption – namely that some risks must be considered infinitely more critical than all other risks – sound more intelligent or maybe even scientific ...
In the context of the coronavirus hysteria , the precautionary principle says that the society as well as every single individual is `` obliged '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the probability that the virus is transferred from one person to another .
You are `` obliged '' to do even things that actually make the public health conditions worse . ''
As recently as on February 14th 2020 , I wouldn ’ t have believed that it was possible for billions of people in the world – plus their elites and “ elites ” , governments , Parliaments , media , bosses of the business world etc .
– to voluntarily agree with government regulations that force them to stay home – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ desirable to fight against a cousin of flu .
But here we are .
25 million Americans became unemployed in 5 weeks , the U.S. GDP dropped by 4.8 % in Q1 of 2020 and Q2 will show much worse numbers .
The situation is similar across the world – not only in “ the West ” but in most other countries , too .
Many people want this insanity to continue .
As far as I know , it has never happened in the history of civilizations that the bulk of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , was kept at home for several months .
The general public has failed in the test of common sense , the would-be elites have failed , and yes , I must praise Elon Musk as an exception .
How did it happen that a majority of the people have agreed with the lockdown – something that only seems to bring catastrophes and no advantages ?
I think that this outcome should be blamed on the increasingly pathological propaganda that was spread in the recent decades and especially on the precautionary principle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been the most important rehearsal of all these insane aspects and methods to brainwash the regular ( and not so regular ) people and to strip them of the last traces of common sense .
But the precautionary principle hasn ’ t started with the climate hysteria .
Nevertheless , this kind of fallacious thinking isn ’ t too old , either .
The Wikipedia article I just linked to reveals that the precautionary principle has only been promoted as a meme since the 1970s when it appeared as the “ Vorsorgeprinzip ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sea pollution .
The precautionary principle is an extremely dangerous fallacy whose purpose is to make an absolutely irrational assumption – namely that some risks must be considered infinitely more critical than all other risks – sound more intelligent or maybe even scientific .
Needless to say , there is really no controllable method to pick which of the risks should be considered infinitely more important than others .
The choice is always being done by the filthy demagogue ( s ) who have the power to determine the details how the precautionary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most famously , the precautionary principle has been used to argue that the emissions of CO2 are so infinitely terrible that their reduction justifies the elimination of the most economic sources of energy , the filling of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences by fraudulent scum that belongs to the electric chairs , and many other crimes against humanity .
In the context of the coronavirus hysteria , the precautionary principle says that the society as well as every single individual is “ obliged ” to pay literally any price to reduce the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one person to another .
You are “ obliged ” to do even things that actually make the public health conditions worse , and the national quarantines almost certainly did add deaths ( probably because the viral doses are higher and more lethal when people are confined to their small apartments ) .
But a part of the “ obligation ” dictated by the precautionary principle involves the citizens ’ duty to worship the incorrect or irrational beliefs and slogans , including the lockdown and the commitment to “ flatten the curve ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may say that the precautionary principle is “ absolutist ” or “ dogmatic ” – in the sense that it places one goal infinitely far above all other goals .
The chairman of the German Parliament Wolfgang Schäuble recently stated that the protection of the human lives mustn ’ t be the absolute goal of the government .
It is rather obvious that the coronavirus hysteria plus the lockdown will have caused a greater number of deaths than the virus itself .
Just the number of cancer deaths due to the people ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to exceed the death actually caused by the virus .
Add the people who die because they won ’ t be able to afford some expensive healthcare acts , kids starving due to the enhanced poverty in some countries , deaths due to a less healthy ( cheaper ) diet , suicides , and more .
Economic devastation simply mustn ’ t be considered “ infinitely less important ” than the reduction of the spreading of a virus – even if it were achieved by methods that work – because the economic quantities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they ’ re surely not just numbers that measure some immoral acts ) .
The economic numbers measure the material well-being and the material well-being ultimately greatly affects the health , too .
For many years , [ email protected ] of the world have been training mankind to think about risks irrationally .
The rational approach is the cost-and-benefit analysis : you assign some positive or negative values to various outcomes , you weight them by the probabilities of outcomes , sum the products , and you may find out which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean value of benefits or the lowest mean value of costs and damages ( well , to the highest mean value of the difference between benefits and costs ) .
And you pick the best option in this sense .
The precautionary principle does things differently .
You start with the “ leaders ” who know everything better ( although these “ leaders ” are sometimes chosen according to their adherence of the pre-existing “ religion ” ) , they determine the absolute priorities , and everyone is obliged to do everything that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the leaders also say that it ’ s needed to achieve the absolute priorities .
Some people , and especially kids , may have been brainwashed to be genuinely afraid of the climate change and the subsequent hypothetical Armageddon .
The Swedish teenager is said to be just a marketing campaign and I largely agree it is – it is the important part of the phenomenon .
But underneath the marketing campaign , there may still be a girl ( an irrelevant girl , like millions of others ) who is really terrified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that she is defective enough to be really afraid .
And because she is afraid , everyone else is obliged to do everything he is told – and paid billions for that .
In the same way , tons of people – a much higher number of the people – may have been genuinely terrified of the Wuhan Flu .
The list of these people has included lots of those who were presenting themselves as right-wingers and/or critics of the climate hysteria .
However , when they were brainwashed to be terrified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just like the most hardcore climate alarmists – and as the Swedish teenager in particular .
These people , including the former conservatives , have completely melted down and became just another wave of the hysterical fanatical leftists who think that everyone is obliged to restrict his life in incredible ways just because these new hardcore leftists are snowflakes who are afraid of something .
Everyone is obliged to become a part of a centrally controlled herd of mindless scared zombies .
Sorry , a civilization that has a future doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
If you ’ re pathologically afraid of something and you can ’ t live with the knowledge that some kids without face masks play volleyball in the park ( I saw 20 kids of this kind an hour ago ! )
, then it is your problem .
Again , if you escalate your fanaticism and decide that it is a lethal problem for you , then it is you , and not the volleyball players , who must die .
You are free to commit suicide but you are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and not the kids playing volleyball in the park , who is severely sick – a person with a dangerously dysfunctional brain – and the basic logic says that it is the sick people like you , and not the healthy kids playing volleyball , who should disappear if the human species is supposed to have any significant and rosy enough future .
More optimistically , it is you who should be trying to emulate the kids doing sports in the park because it ’ s the better and healthier approach to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong when you are trying to force other , healthy , productive people to emulate your fudged-up life , a life in the cage , a life without a genuine meaning .
The similarities between the climate hysteria and the coronavirus hysteria are numerous and it ’ s no coincidence that they are so close .
The coronavirus hysteria has evolved so quickly because the climate hysteria has previously created the “ infrastructure ” – the wrong thinking and responses that you get from tens of millions of people .
The coronavirus hysteria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ( it ’ s a virus and not a CO2 molecule ) and the “ precise methods to wrestle with it ” ( now it ’ s a lockdown for its own sake instead of the restriction of people ’ s lives to lower the CO2 emissions ) .
But in practice , the differences are tiny and the bulk of the important things – the widespread fallacies , people ’ s irrational behavior , the corruption of the media plus its illegitimate relationships with various other types of power , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because mankind has become so incredibly degenerated – are virtually the same .
So viewers have bought the cheapest methods to make masses hysterical .
During the climate hysteria , filmmakers could show you a heartbreaking scene with a drowning or hungry polar bear .
Some viewers – perhaps just several percent of the viewers – started to be emotional and they easily bought the nonsensical message that the poor polar bear is drowning or it is hungry because of their SUV .
These emotional pictures are clearly the simplest and most disgusting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does almost the same .
But instead of dying polar bears , we are shown corpses in morgues , in hospital beds , and perhaps in freezers in those hospitals .
The basic theme is almost the same but the dead human bodies are even more hardcore than the polar bears .
And just like in the case of the polar bears , totally unrelated duties were sold along with the pictures .
Because of the picture of your polar bear , you need to abandon your SUV .
Now , because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to stay home .
In both cases , there is clearly no valid implication of that kind .
There have always been some hungry polar bears as well as human corpses , and some of them were in freezers .
The existence of these things doesn ’ t depend on CO2 or the virus and it has nothing to do with renewable energy or lockdowns .
But some people are easily manipulated and even many of those who were criticizing the manipulative climate hysteria have been doing the same in the case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the coronavirus manipulation was more hardcore – well , it had some real underlying suffering which was heavily amplified and misinterpreted – and the costs of the misguided policies aren ’ t just 1-10 % of the GDP , like in the climate case , but they ’ re in the interval 10-100 % of the GDP in the coronavirus case .
Also , in both cases , it ’ s the actual “ religion ” , and not the tangible acts , that became the primary litmus test measuring someone ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CO2 case , people were allowed to fly in their private jets .
As long as they presented a hateful sermon against the “ deniers ” , they were doing great .
On the other hand , the “ deniers ” – even if their CO2 emissions were nearly zero – deserved to be burned at the carbon-neutral stake .
While the “ religion ” says that the most important thing is “ not to emit CO2 ” , the people are actually evaluated differently .
The most important thing isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ to say that we mustn ’ t emit CO2 ” !
😉 It ’ s a big difference and a necessary condition that allows this difference to exist is the staggering hypocrisy and dishonesty of the believers who love to talk the talk even if they don ’ t walk the walk .
Once again , this meltdown of the people ’ s thinking got directly copied to the coronavirus hysteria .
Officially , the Flat Curve Society that leads the coronavirus hysteria says that “ we must stay home and not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it ’ s not really what matters .
What matters is that we must worship the virus as the “ greatest threat for the Universe at least since the Big Bang ” and we must denounce the deniers who dare to question that everyone must stay at home , ideally forever ( and people are immortal if they do so ) .
In fact , pretty much like Islam , the coronavirus hysterical religion says that a “ good believer ” is obliged to lie in order to make the hysteria even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people who were rather obviously trying to misinterpret and “ push ” the official numbers of cases and fatalities .
It ’ s their duty to make the numbers bigger !
It ’ s their duty to accuse everybody that he made the numbers small and the numbers should be inflated .
The more they inflate numbers , the better people they become !
Of course they want to add lots of “ deaths with Covid ” and perhaps even “ deaths that were clearly due to something else ” to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they believe that they are obliged to invent and improve conspiracy theories about 20 million Chinese Covid fatalities , about the infertility of male patients , about the non-existence of immunity for the Covid survivors , and numerous other crazy things that contradict the basic scientific knowledge ( including some knowledge that is routinely taught to kids in the kindergarten ) .
The rest of us would say : Not really .
The more you lie and the more you inflate these crucial facts that have led to the destruction of trillions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are and the earlier and more painful your execution should be .
I think it ’ s clear that all the assets of those who have actively caused the lockdowns and the drop of the economy should be confiscated to partly cover the losses of the victims of the lockdown terror .
In the foundations of both phenomena , you have a more or less innocent natural player – the CO2 molecule or the SARS-CoV-2 virus , respectively .
The latter is just a little bit less innocent than the former because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms are sometimes worse than those of flu .
But there are lots of things on Earth that are similarly important and more dangerous than the CO2 molecules and the SARS-CoV-2 viruses .
The bulk of the “ topic ” is all the “ social constructs ” that the regular people , the fake news media , and “ experts ” who aren ’ t real experts ( but who are conveniently called “ experts ” by the corrupt media that find the promotion of the lies beneficial ) are adding on top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All the lies , fantasies , misinterpretations , irrational prescriptions how to act , intimidation , censorship , and everything else that allowed the pro-lockdown loons to achieve what they wanted and actually lock a big part of the world economy ( plus leisure time ) for some 2 months .
Most of the “ topic ” is clearly about the liars , hysterical loons , fake experts , Goebbels ’ constant repetition of the lies and irrelevant factoids – all these things that brainwash billions of people on Earth ( instead of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as in the climate hysterical case ) .
SARS-CoV-2 is a pretty harmless flu-like virus .
It ’ s the multi-storey skyscraper of lies , fantasies , and stupidities that is the real story , the real problem – an existential threat for many national economies , for the basic individual rights and freedoms , and for the survival of the civilization .
And this real problem is just the coronavirus edition of the previous problems that were growing and evolving in recent decades , culminating with the climate hysteria as the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pathologies .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Flashback 2017: Oyster flatulence worries climate scientists – ‘Underwater shellfish farts produce 1

Flashback 2017: Oyster flatulence worries climate scientists – ‘Underwater shellfish farts produce 10% of global-warming gases released by the Baltic Sea’

Plans to expand aquatic farming could have a serious knock-on effect on climate change , climate experts have warned after new research revealed that underwater shellfish farts produce 10 % of the global-warming gases released by the Baltic Sea .
A study published in the Scientific Reports journal shows that clams , mussels and oysters produce one-tenth of methane and nitrous oxide gases in the Baltic Sea as a result of digestion .
Therefore , researchers have warned that shellfish “ may play an important but overlooked role in regulating greenhouse gas production ” .
Methane and nitrous oxide gases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carbon dioxide so bodies of water without or with fewer shellfish record lower methane release rates .
Increased synthetic fertiliser use and agricultural activities are known to have caused extensive nutrient enrichment in coastal waters and the study highlighted how this has been recognised as “ the principal driver for the enhanced GHG flux from aquatic environments ” .
Shellfish in these ecosystems process the nutrients and release the gases as part of their regular biological processes .
Farming of these organisms has been touted as a solution to nutrient pollution in bodies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around 10 % of nitrous oxide emissions could come from shallow aquatic systems , while anything up to 40 % of methane could come from shallow sediment , although there is no clear consensus on this aspect , due to huge variability .
The study authors insisted that although these creatures have been releasing greenhouse gases for millions of years without a noticeable impact on the climate , things could change now because of the growing human population , its impact on the environment and the plans to increase aquatic food production .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ shellfish in people ’ s diets are being considered .
If the findings of the study hold true for other parts of the world as well , it is possible that these plans could lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions .
Shellfish flatulence is not the first bodily function to be blamed for having an impact on the climate .
EU lawmakers in 2015 decided to exempt enteric methane , mostly found in the burps of ruminant animals like cows , from caps on methane and ammonia .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--‘Global investors’: Rich nations must make pandemic recovery plans ‘green’ – Insist ‘recovery plans

‘Global investors’: Rich nations must make pandemic recovery plans ‘green’ – Insist ‘recovery plans are sustainable & help meet the goals of the UN Paris climate accord’

( Reuters ) – The world ’ s richest nations must ensure their COVID-19 recovery plans are sustainable and help meet the goals of the Paris climate accord , according to leading global investor groups that together manage trillions of dollars in assets .
While some members of the world ’ s 20 biggest economies such as Britain , France and Germany have made statements about doing just that , some of the biggest emitters such as China and the United States have yet to do so .
The intervention comes as more governments start to plan for the lifting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revenues of companies from airlines to retailers and radically changed the economics of the energy sector .
The groups said private capital would play a key role in the recovery , but investors needed long-term policies to be put in place that reflected the agreed move to a low-carbon economy .
“ Recovery plans that exacerbate climate change would expose investors and national economies to escalating financial , health and social risks in the coming years , ” they said in a statement said on Monday .
“ Governments should avoid the prioritisation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” added the groups , which include the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change , members of which include BlackRock ( BLK.N ) .
Recovery money would be best spent on creating jobs and sustainable infrastructure that helped meet the goal of net zero carbon emissions across sectors including energy , industrials , building and transport , they said .
Also signing the statement , under the collective group known as the Investor Agenda , were the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment , Ceres , CDP , Investor Group on Climate Change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the UNEP Finance Initiative .
The statement follows similar calls for a green recovery in recent days from International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and German Chancellor Angela Merkel , among others .
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres last week urged the G20 to do more calling for “ brave , visionary and collaborative leadership ” to use COVID-19 relief money to accelerate the decarbonisation of the world economy .
The G20 collectively accounted for more than 80 % of global emissions and over 85 % of the global economy , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , global efforts risked being doomed to failure , he said .


climatedepot--2020-05-11--Delingpole: ‘Michael Moore has finally admitted that the renewable energy emperor is wearing no clot

Delingpole: ‘Michael Moore has finally admitted that the renewable energy emperor is wearing no clothes…a dirty, ugly, planet-destroying fail’

Delingpole : Michael Moore Has Become a ‘ Hero ’ to ‘ Climate Deniers ’ , Complains Guardian “ How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right ?
” asks a disturbed and tearful George Monbiot in the Guardian .
Simple : by speaking the truth , for a change .
Unlike almost every other prominent leftist you could name in the world , Moore has finally admitted that the renewable energy emperor is wearing no clothes .
Far from being “ clean ” energy or “ green ” energy , renewables are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fail .
Planet of the Humans , the environmental documentary executive-produced by Moore and directed by and starring his fellow leftist Jeff Gibbs , has now had more than 7 million views on YouTube .
Their natural leftist allies aren ’ t at all happy with this , though .
Indeed some of them — such as left-wing activist Josh Fox and discredited climate scientist Michael Mann — initially attempted to get the movie pulled by its distributors .
When they realised that this wasn ’ t possible — the film remains stubbornly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they then backed down from their threat .
They defended their pusillanimity , lamely , by claiming : “ We don ’ t want to give them extra publicity.
” It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the wailing , gnashing of teeth and general discombobulation Moore ’ s anti-renewables bombshell has caused within the green movement .
Sure the film says nothing that I haven ’ t been saying at Breitbart and elsewhere for over a decade : that renewables are expensive , environmentally destructive , do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduce CO2 emissions , kill birds and bats , ruin views , despoil nature , enrich crony capitalists at the expense of ordinary energy users , etc .
But what makes it so especially deadly and effective a weapon against the green movement is that it was made not by one of its avowed enemies but by its natural allies .
When you can ’ t close down your enemy ’ s argument by dismissing him as a Big-Oil-funded fascist , what can you do ?
Monbiot ’ s queasy solution is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beneath Moore ’ s and Gibbs ’ concern about “ overpopulation ” , Monbiot hints darkly , is a hatred of “ black and brown ” people .
There are many charges , I ’ m sure , that could be reasonably levelled against Moore and Gibbs .
But I really would doubt that racism is one of them .
Didn ’ t Moore once write a book called Stupid White Men ?
Monbiot really is desperate — and borderline libellous — in his accusation here .
The same is true of that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
His only justification for this claim is a hyperlink to my first Breitbart article on the subject , entitled Delingpole : Michael Moore Is Now the Green New Deal ’ s Worst Enemy .
Well here is the Wikipedia definition of “ far-right ” : This description seems so far removed from my own classical liberal/libertarian/conservative politics I wonder whether I have a case for suing Monbiot and the Guardian ?
Certainly it ’ s a very lazy , inaccurate slur which they ought to retract .
The response of Michael ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feeble and desperate .
Hmm .
Stating facts in an outraged tone doesn ’ t make them untrue , Mikey babes .
He goes on : But these are just words , angry words , which do nothing whatsoever to counter the arguments made by Moore and Gibbs that “ renewable energy ” is destructive to the environment , ineffective and morally compromised .
Quite simply , renewable energy is the green movement ’ s dirtiest open secret and its greatest weakness .
Once you know that wind power , solar power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of saving the planet , only of harming it , it becomes very hard to justify a Green New Deal whose fundamental premise is that we need to pump more money into renewables .
For example , there is no scientific proof that wind energy — as John Droz explains in detail here — saves any consequential amount of CO2 .
( Which is , after all , its supposed raison d ’ être ) .
There is , on the other hand , an abundance of evidence — see Moore ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has done .
Up until now , the Climate Industrial Complex has successfully obscured the truth through a mix of bribery ( including of newspapers and magazines which really should know better ) , misinformation , bullying and lawfare .
One particularly egregious example of how disgustingly the renewables industry behaves is that of Stanford professor Mark Jacobson — who joined Michael Mann and Josh Fox in trying to get Planet of the Humans taken down .
Jacobson ’ s full , ugly story is told at Forbes by Robert Bryce .
Essentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jacobson lead-authored a study called ‘ Low-cost solution to the grid reliability problem with 100 percent penetration of intermittent wind , water , and solar for all purposes.
’ Its claim that it was possible to power the planet with 100 per cent renewables was rapturously greeted by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio , Bill Nye and Bernie Sanders — who “ adopted Jacobson ’ s all-renewable plan as the energy platform for his 2016 presidential bid ” .
It was also taken up enthusiastically by Bill McKibben , the activist whose credibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McKibben claimed , based on Jacobson ’ s work , that the U.S. could generate all its energy needs from “ sun , wind , and water ” by 2015 .
Unfortunately , Jacobson ’ s study was bunk .
And in 2017 this was comprehensibly pointed out by scientists including a Colorado mathematician called Chris Clack .
Jacobson , you may be pleased to hear , has now lost that lawsuit , big time .
He now faces “ legal fees of $ 1 million or more for filing a SLAPP suit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first place.
” This is a long piece which can be summed up very simply : renewable energy is one of the most disgraceful rackets on the planet .
By pointing this out in his documentary , Michael Moore has done us all a massive favour .
Indeed , I wonder whether he is in fact Donald Trump ’ s deadliest sleeper agent .
Moore ’ s first documentary , Roger & Me — had a classically Trumpian theme : the destruction of blue-collar Middle America ’ s industrial base ( in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Michigan ) thanks to the offshoring of U.S. car production ( in Mexico ) .
Moore likes to wear a baseball cap , as we know .
Maybe he should try on a MAGA one , for a change .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Watch: Dr. Willie Soon – A Scientist Falsely Accused

The story about how the climate alarmist community targeted Dr Willie Soon and attacked his integrity as a scientist while @ @ @ @ @ attack on Dr Soon is detailed and the facts examined in this video .
This @ @ @ @ @ science with the intent to hurt an important skeptic of climate alarmism .
There are @ @ @ @ @ and science in general .
So lean in and check out this video .
Other @ @ @ @ @ A review of who Dr Willie Soon is and the support he has received in @ @ @ @ @ //www.heartland.org/about-us/wh… For the science papers published by Willie Soon , visit here : https : @ @ @ @ @ on censorship and intimidation in climate science , consider this talk by Willie Soon https @ @ @ @ @ at Independent Institute in Jul 2019 : “ Global Warming : Fact or Fiction ?
@ @ @ @ @ time_co… Climate Illuminated , a independent website that seeks to present a balanced view , @ @ @ @ @ the climate works from a unbiased scientific view .
https : //www.climateilluminated.com


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Virus shutdowns give opportunity for radical greens to impose permanent ‘de-development’

The solution they propose is called “ de-development ” – the dismantling of our modern economy based on profit and private property .
In their 1973 book `` Human Ecology : Problems & Solutions , '' John Holdren and Paul Ehrlich explain : `` A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States .
De-development means bringing our economic system ( especially patterns of consumption ) into line with the realities of ecology and the global resource situation ... .The need for de-development presents our economists with a major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , low-consumption economy in which there is a much more equitable distribution of wealth than in the present one .
Redistribution of wealth both within and among nations is absolutely essential , if a decent life is to be provided to every human being.
” Speaking for many greens , anthropologist Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics wrote in the The Guardian that “ growth isn ’ t an option anymore.
” ... “ Instead of pushing poorer countries to ‘ catch up ’ with rich ones , we should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ‘ catch down ’ to more appropriate levels of development.
” Watch Out for Green ‘ De-Development ’ During Coronavirus Shutdown As the debate rages over stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic , most conservative opposition has focused on the damage to the economy , excessive government surveillance , massive increase in government debt , and lost jobs .
These are very valid and important concerns .
But the coronavirus ’ s most enduring damage will be the opportunity for radical greens to impose what they have been dreaming about for decades @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greens , the real cause of our ecological “ crisis ” is Western Christian civilization .
It produced our hierarchical relationship with the natural world and our free-market economy based on private property .
Our environmental problems , therefore , are not economic or social or political , but “ civilizational.
” As Greta Thunberg has said , to fight climate change , we need “ system change.
” “ The climate justice fight here in the U.S. and around the world is not just a fight against the [ biggest ] ecological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Miya Yoshitani , associate director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network .
“ We are bound together in this battle , not just for a reduction in the parts per million of CO2 , but to transform our economies and rebuild a world that we want today.
” The solution they propose is called “ de-development ” – the dismantling of our modern economy based on profit and private property .
In their 1973 book “ Human Ecology : Problems & Solutions , ” John Holdren and Paul Ehrlich explain : “ A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States .
De-development means bringing our economic system ( especially patterns of consumption ) into line with the realities of ecology and the global resource situation….The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge .
They must design a stable , low-consumption economy in which there is a much more equitable distribution of wealth than in the present one .
Redistribution of wealth both within and among nations is absolutely essential , if a decent life is to be provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many greens , anthropologist Jason Hickel of the London School of Economics wrote in the The Guardian that “ growth isn ’ t an option anymore.
” He argues that the real cause of our environmental crisis is not pollution per se , but the Western model of economic growth based on private property , profit , and free-enterprise .
“ Instead of pushing poorer countries to ‘ catch up ’ with rich ones , we should be thinking of ways to get rich countries to ‘ catch down ’ to more appropriate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hickel ’ s model country is Communist Cuba , which he regards “ not as underdeveloped , but rather as appropriately developed.
” Poverty in communist regimes is a feature , not a bug .
Naturally , such radical plans have met with pushback .
President Trump ’ s 2017 withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement , a move widely supported by Americans , dealt the green movement a crushing defeat .
Attempts to curtail agriculture have also failed .
When the Dutch government tried to force farmers to reduce production last October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farmers drove their tractors into The Hague and other cities , causing massive traffic jams .
Polls show that three-fourths of the Dutch population supports the farmers .
Greta Thunberg , the star of last year ’ s Global Climate Strike , gave a hysterical , apocalyptic speech at the U.N. ’ s Climate Action Summit in New York .
“ If you choose to fail us , I say we will never forgive you .
We will not let you get away with this .
Right here , right now , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she thundered .
It was a primal scream for climate action , yet public support for radical green policies barely budged .
Coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdowns have changed the whole equation .
Radical greens are seeing it as the best chance to impose their policies on an unwilling public and break through the impasse .
Commenting on the pandemic , Rahm Emmanuel , former Chief-of-Staff under President Obama , was so bold as to reprise his famous phrase from the 2008 financial crisis : “ Never allow a crisis to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more pandemics , but this has to be the last economic depression.
” Geographer Joel Kotkin wrote that the “ mass shutdowns we now experience – likely necessary in a pandemic – could provide a model for imposing harsh actions to curb carbon emissions that activists consider as great or greater threats than the virus itself.
” Pope Francis , arguably the most influential world leader , sees the pandemic as an opportunity to implement the anti-development ideas contained in his encyclical Laudato Si ‘ .
The shutdowns are an opportunity to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consumption ” and “ to move from using and misusing nature to contemplating it.
” Patriotic citizens have raised real concerns about the unnecessary damage to our economy and society in the name of public health .
These threats are very real , and we must oppose them .
But these issues are a means to an end .
The final goal is green “ de-development ” and the destruction of the Western Christian civilization .
Just ask Greta .
James Bascom lives in McLean , Va. , where he is the Assistant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Society for the Defense of Tradition , Family and Property .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--George Soros pushes Chinese propaganda – Wants U.S. to work with China on climate change & coronavir

George Soros pushes Chinese propaganda – Wants U.S. to work with China on climate change & coronavirus

After remaining relatively quiet this election cycle , the liberal billionaire globalist George Soros broke his silence in an interview to discuss the pandemic and attack President Donald Trump in the process .
In an interview with Editor-in-Chief of the German newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine Gregor Peter Schmitz published on left-wing site Project Syndicate , the billionaire gave his sentiments on the current coronavirus pandemic and global politics .
He also revealed his hopes that Trump will destroy himself .
Buried in the nineteenth paragraph , following a discussion on Chinese president Xi Jinping ’ s political vulnerability , Schmitz pivoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : “ Then again , the current US president does not really represent the values of an open and free society… ” Soros responded : “ Well , that is a weakness that I hope will not last very long .
Donald Trump would like to be a dictator.
” He continued to levy a disgusting attack against the president : “ I have put my faith in Trump to destroy himself , and he has exceeded my wildest expectations.
” [ Emphasis added . ]
Earlier in the interview , Schmitz discussed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the United States and China over the origins of the virus.
” While hedging against the thought of the U.S. working “ closely ” with China , Soros instead vied for cooperation on the coronavirus and—wait for it—climate change : SOROS : The continuing conflict between the US and China complicates matters , because we ought to work together on climate change and on developing a vaccine against COVID-19 .
But , apparently , we can not work together because we are already competing over who will develop – and use – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have got two very different systems of government , democratic and … SOROS : Right .
That makes everything much harder .
There are a lot of people who say that we should be working very closely with China , but I am not in favor of doing that .
We must protect our democratic open society .
At the same time , we must find a way to cooperate on fighting climate change and the novel coronavirus , ” [ emphasis added ] .
On the U.S. front , Soros ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in funding radical left-wing groups .
These groups have been exploiting the coronavirus in TV ad blitzes and appear to have aligned with Soros in an attempt to “ destroy ” Trump and undermine his efforts .
Newly released data from Advertising Analytics showed that another 30-second ad from Soros-funded Priorities USA Action with the spot title “ First , ” led all 93 political TV ads about the coronavirus .
It aired 1,186 times between May 2 and May 8 .
That means the ad had at least 35,580 seconds of airtime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PAC ( AB PAC ) recently pushed a vicious anti-Trump ad with the spot title “ Trump Trusted China.
” The ad claimed that “ [ Trump ] shipped China 17 tons of American masks and medical supplies .
Our masks and supplies .
Supplies we need now.
” That claim has been fact-checked and found to be “ misleading.
” Between April 25 and May 1 that ad aired 1,089 times .
Federal Election Commission data revealed that Soros ’ s Democracy PAC gave $ 1 million to the radical pro-abortion group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ad from the abortion rights group NARAL Freedom Fund features young women accusing the President and his allies of putting ‘ ideology over science , ' ” National Public Radio ( NPR ) reported April 15 .
NPR also noted the ad accused Trump and his allies of “ using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to ‘ roll back the clock ’ on reproductive rights .
”


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Claim: Man-made global warming will ‘compound’ the devastation wrought by the coronavirus

Man-made global warming will “ compound ” the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic , according to an article on Sunday in Popular Science .
“ Experts say that climate change will likely compound the problem , ” writes Jeremy Deaton .
“ Soaring temperatures will either compel people wanting relief to go outside , where they could get infected , or the pandemic will force people to stay indoors , where they could swelter .
Both the pandemic and extreme heat pose a mortal risk to the elderly and the infirm.
” Despite the laughable predictions of “ experts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic , climate change alarmists continue to cling to opinions of unnamed climate gurus with reverential devotion .
“ It won ’ t be possible to determine the role of climate change until after the season has passed , experts say , ” Mr. Deaton writes , without explaining how the role of climate change can be determined afterward .
“ Much of the country can expect unusually high temperatures this summer , ” Deaton notes , and the American northeast , “ which has been hit hard by the coronavirus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weather.
” Deaton does acknowledge that “ there is some preliminary evidence that sunlight , heat , and humidity could slow the spread of COVID-19 , ” but he immediately moves to suggest that the disadvantages must certainly outweigh the benefits .
One thing the writer fails to mention is that COVID-19 is classified as an “ influenza-like disease ” and as such is likely to mimic the flu in important ways .
There is a “ flu season , ” which ends with the onset of warmer weather , and thus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu in the summertime .
In this case , warmer weather — whether caused by “ climate change ” or not — is likely to be a blessing rather than a curse .
But this would not sit well with alarmists because it flies in the face of a fundamental premise of the climate cult : “ warming temperatures can not benefit humanity and therefore must be battled.
” This axiom is not based on science , of course , but on a deeply held belief .
It is a dogma that must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conclusion that has been rationally proven .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Climate Alarmists Spread Disease and Viruses Through Deforestation: ‘Wind & solar power require clea

Climate Alarmists Spread Disease and Viruses Through Deforestation: ‘Wind & solar power require clearing and developing huge amounts of land to produce small amount of power’

Wind and solar power require clearing and developing huge amounts of land to produce just a small amount of power .
Nevertheless , Google News and the Climate Left continue to promote a ridiculous article by Pro Publica arguing that climate change , rather than wind and solar power , is responsible for deforestation that makes the spread of infectious diseases like coronavirus more likely .
Here is a short summary of how illogical the Pro Publica article is .
According to Pro Publica , “ Roughly 60 % of new pathogens come from animals – including those pressured by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those can be directly attributed to changes in human land use , meaning deforestation , the introduction of farming , development or resource extraction in otherwise natural settings.
” Pro Publica , however , gets the whole issue backward .
Replacing the electricity produced by a single conventional power plant requires developing 50 square miles of land with solar panels or 300 square miles of land with wind turbines .
That is much more land than is required by conventional power plants , and a heck of a lot of deforestation .
How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our economy with wind and solar power ?
As Harvard University scientists reported in 2018 , we would have to cover one-third of the United States with wind turbines to generate the nation ’ s power with electricity .
Electrifying automobiles , as the Climate Left desires , would likely push that number to close to half the United States .
Again , that is a heck of a lot of deforestation .
Similarly , as shown in Climate at a Glance : Crop Production , global crop yields set new records nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , longer growing seasons , fewer frost events , and more soil moisture create more ideal crop conditions .
Higher yields mean less land is required to grow food , which reduces the need for deforestation to create more farms .
If deforestation indeed causes an uptick in diseases and the spread of viruses like coronavirus , the Climate Left is making the spread of viruses like coronavirus worse .
The post Climate Alarmists Spread Disease and Viruses Through Deforestation appeared first on Climate Realism .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--New Study: Solar Forcing Estimates Since 1750 Could Be Much Larger Than Estimates Of Anthropogenic F

New Study: Solar Forcing Estimates Since 1750 Could Be Much Larger Than Estimates Of Anthropogenic Forcing

An observational analysis of photometric evidence suggests solar forcing of Earth ’ s atmosphere could vary by as much as ±4.5 W/m² since 1750 , which is “ far larger than the IPCC estimate of −0.30 to +0.10 W/m² ” ( ) .
A 2017 study suggested the solar activity during the “ modern maximum period from 1940 to 2015 ” is a “ relatively rare event , with the previous similarly high levels of solar activity observed 4 and 8 millennia ago ” ( Yndestad and Solheim , 2017 ) .
Variations in solar activity since the 18th century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1357.5 W/m² and 1362 W/m² ( ~4.5 W/m² ) .
In contrast , the total radiative forcing due to the increase in the CO2 concentration since 1750 is suggested to be 1.82 W/m² ( Feldman et al.
, 2015 ) .
A new study ( Judge et al.
, 2020 ) also affirms our highly uncertain estimations of solar forcing variations since 1750 may be “ of the order of 3 W/m² , far larger than the IPCC estimate of −0.30 to +0.10 W/m² ” and also greater than the uncertain IPCC estimates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1.1 W/m² ) since 1750 .
Large estimate ranges for solar forcing variability should reduce the certainty that Earth ’ s radiative forcing has been dominated by anthropogenic activity in recent centuries .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Elon Musk: Lockdowns unconstitutional, threatens to pull Tesla out of California

https : //wattsupwiththat.com/2020/05/10/elon-musk-lockdowns-unconstitutional-threatens-to-pull-tesla-out-of-california/ “ I can ’ t believe I ’ m praising Tony Stark Elon Musk ” by David @ @ @ @ @ Rogan : Lockdowns Are ‘ Unconstitutional ’ by LUCAS NOLAN 9 May 2020 During a @ @ @ @ @ Rogan Experience , Tesla CEO Elon Musk called recent Wuhan coronavirus shelter-in-place orders “ unconstitutional @ @ @ @ @ appeared implying that Tesla ’ s…


climatedepot--2020-05-12--Most Americans Don’t Believe ‘Climate Change’ Will Damage U.S. Economy

Most Americans are underestimating both the potential economic impact of climate change and the role that entrepreneurs and investors can @ @ @ @ @ according to Inerjys Ventures , a global climate solutions investment firm .
A new survey @ @ @ @ @ , conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Inerjys Ventures , found fewer @ @ @ @ @ ( 38 % ) believe climate change will damage the U.S. economy if it is @ @ @ @ @ in five Americans ( 19 % ) think it will cost more to solve climate @ @ @ @ @ to fix the problems that arise from it .


climatedepot--2020-05-12--WATCH: Actor Kevin James Makes Short Film Mocking Coronavirus Response – ‘A clear hit on the folks w

WATCH: Actor Kevin James Makes Short Film Mocking Coronavirus Response – ‘A clear hit on the folks who are all too eager to call authorities on folks not appropriately social distancing’

Last week , actor Kevin James made a short film mocking our response to the novel coronavirus .
The short video , titled “ Out of Touch , ” shows James and another man running and hiding from police cars and helicopters .
Before the chase ends , the video flashes to “ Six Hours Earlier , ” in which the manhunt is “ explained.
” James and the other man , a runner , are “ caught ” by nosy passersby exchanging a , gasp , handshake .
With their masks on and cellphones in hands , James and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their coronavirus indiscretion .
Staring at the narks , James tells the other man , “ run , ” before the short film ends .
The video is a clear hit on the folks who are all too eager to call authorities on folks not appropriately “ social distancing ” ; these people have been mockingly dubbed “ Karens.
” In real life , some of those “ Karens ” are members of the American news media .
In one prime example , CBS Chicago ran a full segment on a local ice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protocol.
” The working man was harassed on bike by a CBS reporter , who filmed the scolding .
Last month , Wisconsin neighbors alerted police to a local mother who allowed her young daughter to have a playdate at another neighbor ’ s house .
The police showed up at her home and harassed her .
“ Stop having your kid go by other people ’ s home !
” one officer yelled .
And earlier this month , two young Texas women , ages 20 and 31 , were arrested after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were providing beauty services for money in their homes , an apparent violation of a stay-at-home order .
Neighbors of Ana Isabel Castro-Garcia , 31 , and Brenda Stephanie Mata , 20 , sent anonymous tips to the Laredo Police Department via an app , according to the Midland Reporter-Telegram .
James has around 30 short films on his YouTube channel , mostly comical videos , such as the actor posing as the “ sound guy ” in movie hits like “ Joker ” and “ Braveheart.
” The actor , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ King of Queens , ” is known for his charitable giving and has been open about his Catholic faith .
“ I am involved in my faith , it becomes more and more — you know , it becomes a difficult , difficult position , ” James told Catholic News Service back in 2012 .
“ You have a platform and you don ’ t want to do anything that doesn ’ t glorify God in every way.
” “ I can ’ t play a priest in every film , either , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to have a positive message .
I want to be able to sit and watch my movies with my children.
” “ I was born and raised Catholic and absolutely love my faith and learn more and more about it all the time , ” James said .
“ It ’ s nice to have that going into whatever you do , whatever part of life you take upon yourself.
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