climatedepot--2020-03-25--Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl: The West is committing suicide through its irrational response to Covid-19

The existential threat posed by coronavirus – or at least , our irrationality towards it – is greater than the climate threat ( though still very small ) .
Westerners who have n't seen any real threats for a long time have developed a condition – termed `` affluenflammation '' by the American musician Remy – which is a pathological habit of inflating negligible threats .
Many people will conclude that the crisis was exciting , and try to kickstart a repetition .
The curfew is likely to reduce CO2 emissions this year , so climate activists may try for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If people were led to believe that 1-2 °C of warming was basically the end of the world , is it surprising that they 're absolutely terrified of a new disease that has the potential to kill a few million old and sick people ?
... By Dr. Luboš Motl , Czech theoretical physicist , who was an assistant professor at Harvard University from 2004 to 2007 .
He writes a science and politics blog called The Reference Frame Many think Covid-19 is some kind of alien invasion that spells the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us is a much deadlier virus : a hatred of all the values that have underpinned our civilization for centuries .
For years , I was puzzled as to why the Roman Empire ceased to exist and was replaced by communities that were uncivilized by comparison .
How and why could mankind ’ s progress reverse in this way ?
Recent experience has eliminated the mystery .
No special devastating event was needed ; the cause of Rome ’ s demise was simply the loss of its people ’ s desire to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ underlying values .
And as it was 1,500 years or so ago , so I fear it is now .
The Covid-19 crisis – specifically , the reaction to it – demonstrates that people have grown bored , detached , and easily impressionable by things that have nothing to do with the roots of their society .
We are all – or too many of us – fin de siècle Romans now .
The widespread opinion that everything , including economies , must be sacrificed to beat coronavirus is a revival of medieval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important than finding an effective method to deal with the problem .
Our increasingly decadent mass culture has gradually become more ideological and openly opposed to the values Western civilization is based upon .
And while it boasts of being ‘ counter-culture ’ and independent , it ’ s acquired a monopoly over almost all the information channels that determine opinions , including mainstream media and political parties .
Our leaders have become sucked into this group-thinking and happily institute policies that unleash shutdowns that may cause the worst recession in history .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ prospects are bleak .
Governments are stepping in to pay wages and fund other services .
As tax revenue will be virtually non-existent , public debt will soar .
Some governments may default on their debts or resort to printing money , causing soaring inflation .
These countries may be unable to fund healthcare , their police or their military , and be so weakened they will be invaded by others and be erased from the world map .
That may be a worst-case scenario , but it ’ s almost certain that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recession comparable to the Great Depression .
Yet what do most Western citizens make of it ?
Well , they are either unaware , uncaring , or they ’ re happy about it .
They don ’ t seem to appreciate the consequent dangers .
Instead , they are more obsessed with the latest celebrity who ’ s caught the virus .
The consumers of this mass culture haven ’ t built anything like what our ancestors did – enlightenment , the theory of relativity , parliamentary democracy , industrialisation , major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and engineering .
They don ’ t have to defend any real values against a tangible enemy , because hiding in a herd with uniform group-think is good enough for them .
Our ancestors had difficult , short lives ; they had to work hard , produce enough to survive , fight enemies , and defend what they ’ d inherited .
Numerous lasting values emerged from those efforts .
The current generations of Westerners are good only at producing and escalating irrationality and panic .
I have used some dramatic prose , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenario I ’ ve outlined – ending in the suicide of the West – is avoidable , and I hope and believe it will be .
I know some who are willing to fight for its survival .
But even if this acceleration towards shutdowns is reversed and countries restore their pre-virus businesses , our world won ’ t be the same .
Many people will conclude that the crisis was exciting , and try to kickstart a repetition .
The curfew is likely to reduce CO2 emissions this year , so climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the future .
Terrorists may deploy some new disease – which , after all , is likely to be more effective than any stabbing or bombing .
It ’ s conceivable that the West ’ s brush with mortality will lead people to regain some common sense and survival instincts .
Perhaps several nations going bankrupt will be a wake-up call .
Maybe people will realise that the reaction to the coronavirus was disproportionate .
But even if that is so , I ’ m afraid it won ’ t be enough .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ relationship of Westerners to the roots of their civilization will be still missing – and that this is a virus that poses a much more fundamental existential threat than Covid-19 .


climatedepot--2020-03-25--UN Shifts from ‘Climate Change’ to Coronavirus – But UN chief hopes virus could rebuild global econo

UN Shifts from ‘Climate Change’ to Coronavirus – But UN chief hopes virus could rebuild global economy ‘along more sustainable lines’

U.N .
FORCED TO PIVOT : During his virtual press conference , Guterres gave a nod to the Paris Agreement .
He said the pandemic could create an opportunity to rebuild the global economy along more sustainable lines .
But he made it clear the world must focus first on the coronavirus crisis .
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The United Nations ’ main climate change initiatives have been moved online or are on hold .
Several planned U.N. climate action gatherings have been canceled or delayed .
The offices of the U.N .
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and foreign travel , and are working to arrange online conferences where possible .
Most recently , the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) , a body based in Montreal , called off a series of regional meetings meant to roll out a new emissions trading program to begin this month .
ICAO said the regional planning seminars for its carbon offsetting and reduction scheme for international aviation simply have been postponed .
But no new dates have been proposed .
The novel coronavirus pandemic is now the world ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be put on the back burner , for now .
That was the message delivered to reporters from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres , via an unprecedented online press conference he organized last week .
Guterres made himself available only electronically because he is in isolation .
Though Guterres still is urging countries to not lose sight of the global warming challenge and the Paris climate accord , the U.N. chief made it clear that all resources for now will be directed toward tackling the pandemic crisis .
The stakes couldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It has been proven that the virus can be contained .
It must be contained , ” Guterres said .
“ If you let the virus spread like wildfire , especially in the most vulnerable regions of the world , it will kill millions of people.
” Guterres called the virus outbreak one of the worst crises the United Nations has ever faced .
He said a steep and painful global recession is all but inevitable and that millions of families worldwide stand to lose their livelihoods .
Efforts to reduce poverty could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations , one that is spreading human suffering , infecting the global economy and upending the people ’ s lives , ” Guterres said .
“ A global recession , perhaps of record dimensions , is a near certainty.
” A crisis on this scale calls for a coordinated , international response , he added .
“ People are suffering , sick and scared , and current responses at the country level will not address the global scale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guterres argued .
U.N. headquarters in New York has effectively shut down .
It ’ s now running on a skeleton crew—as some 95 % of staff have been ordered to stay home and telecommute where possible .
It ’ s the same story at other U.N. regional offices , including in Rome where the U.N. World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) are based .
During his virtual press conference Guterres gave a nod to the Paris Agreement .
He said the pandemic could create an opportunity to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines .
But he made it clear the world must focus first on the coronavirus crisis .
As it has struggled to tackle global warming for a quarter century , the world is also finding itself hard-pressed to respond to a global pandemic .
The United Nations is no exception , though officials are scrambling to organize an effective response despite travel restrictions and orders to work from home .
Guterres insists the U.N. system has been ahead of the curve .
But the crisis has overwhelmed even the World Health Organization ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that should have been most prepared .
In response , the United Nations Foundation , a think tank , has launched an independent fundraising initiative designed to help WHO cope , recently welcoming financial contributions from Silicon Valley giants Facebook and Google .
Though WHO is “ on the frontlines of this fast-moving crisis ” and is assisting all governments where it can , U.N. Foundation official Kate Dodson said in a release that outside assistance is critical .
“ This pandemic is unlike anything we ’ ve ever faced before , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the planet to tackle , ” Dodson added .
The United Nations ’ main climate change initiatives have been moved online or are on hold .
Several planned U.N. climate action gatherings have been canceled or delayed ( Climatewire , March 12 ) .
The offices of the U.N .
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have canceled all in-person meetings and foreign travel , and are working to arrange online conferences where possible .
Most recently , the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called off a series of regional meetings meant to roll out a new emissions trading program to begin this month .
ICAO said the regional planning seminars for its carbon offsetting and reduction scheme for international aviation simply have been postponed .
But no new dates have been proposed .
With talk that the crisis could extend into the summer—or beyond—more gatherings could face a similar fate .
Those include the U.N .
Ocean Conference planned for Portugal in early June , and the World Conservation Congress at the end of June to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conservation of Nature in Marseilles , France .
The U.N. system and governments worldwide must be willing to make sacrifices to halt the coronavirus pandemic , Guterres said .
“ My central message is clear : We are in an unprecedented situation and the normal rules no longer apply , ” he said .
“ We can not resort to the usual tools at such unusual times.
” He urged governments to open their wallets as wide as possible for emergency spending and economic stimulus efforts .
“ We see that whenever there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , trillions [ of dollars ] appear to solve the problems of the banks , ” he told reporters .
“ And these trillions must appear now.
” Guterres added he would attend an emergency Group of 20 summit of world leaders this week .
The G-20 meeting is to be held online .
But Edwards at Seton Hall said he was skeptical it would produce a major breakthrough .
“ I ’ m really worried that the G-20 isn ’ t going to be the forum to bring countries together , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ populist governments have a problem .
If your whole starting point is that the outside world is awful , it ’ s hard to suddenly turn on a dime and want to cooperate .
And for many European countries right now , it ’ s hard to take the U.S. seriously.
” Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from E & E News .
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climatedepot--2020-03-25--Greta Thunberg: Coronavirus shows action against ‘climate change’ possible

`` Once we are in a crisis , we can act to do something quickly , act fast , '' said Thunberg , 17 , whose solo school strikes for climate action helped spark a global youth climate strike movement .
`` Though it must be in a different way to how we have acted in this case , we can act fast and change our habits and treat a crisis like a crisis . ''
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The virus crisis `` does n't mean we need to let go completely of activism , '' she added .
`` We can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We just need to be creative and find new ways . ''
Climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday the swift and far-ranging economic and social shifts being brought in to stem the coronavirus pandemic showed that the rapid action needed to curb climate change was also possible .
“ The coronavirus is a terrible event … there is no positive to come out of it , ” the Swedish teenager told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an online interview .
“ But it also shows one thing : That once we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do something quickly , act fast , ” said Thunberg , 17 , whose solo school strikes for climate action helped spark a global youth climate strike movement .
“ Though it must be in a different way to how we have acted in this case , we can act fast and change our habits and treat a crisis like a crisis.
” Thunberg wrote in a social media post on Tuesday that she and her father had both shown symptoms of COVID-19 infection after returning from a recent trip to Central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-isolated for the past two weeks , though she had not been tested for the virus , she said on Instagram , where she has 10 million followers .
“ It ’ s extremely likely that I ’ ve had it , given the combined symptoms and circumstances , ” she wrote .
She said her suspected case was mild , which should be a warning to other young people to follow the advice of experts and local authorities , and stay at home .
“ Our actions can be the difference between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said , adding that she had now “ basically recovered.
” COVID-19 has so far infected nearly 400,000 people globally with more than 17,000 deaths , according to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus resource center .
The youth climate strike movement that Thunberg inspired drew millions onto the streets around the world in 2019 .
This year , however , faced with the emerging pandemic , young Fridays for Future climate activists have taken their weekly actions digital , using the Twitter hashtag # ClimateStrikeOnline .
Thunberg urged young climate activists , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close , to help others through the COVID-19 epidemic and to keep up their activism in safe ways .
“ First of all , right now , we need to help in any way we can and back up society and people in need , ” she said .
In figuring out how to deal with climate change , “ what we are telling everyone to do is to listen to the experts and listen to the science , and that ’ s what we need to do in this case as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis “ doesn ’ t mean we need to let go completely of activism , ” she added .
“ We can do it online and at home .
We just need to be creative and find new ways .
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climatedepot--2020-04-17--Climate Claim: Trump’s Travel Bans Shows We Need More Global Governance

According to Oxford Lecturer Kate Guy , President Trump “ blindsiding ” allies with Coronavirus travel bans and his focus on taking care of the USA proves we are not ready for the coming climate disaster – but we could “ rebound ” with “ more solid ” global security and cooperation .
Coronavirus shows we are not at all prepared for the security threat of climate change April 16 , 2020 12.28am AEST Kate Guy , PhD Candidate and Lecturer in International Relations , University of Oxford How might a single threat , even one deemed unlikely , spiral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the foundations of global security , economic stability and democratic governance , all in the matter of a few weeks ?
My research on threats to national security , governance and geopolitics has focused on exactly this question , albeit with a focus on the disruptive potential of climate change , rather than a novel coronavirus .
In recent work alongside intelligence and defence experts at the think-tank Center for Climate and Security , I analysed how future warming scenarios could disrupt security and governance worldwide throughout the 21st century .
Our culminating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Climate Change , was launched in Washington just as the first coronavirus cases were spreading undetected across the US .
While traditionally a great power like the US might step forward to direct a collective international response , instead the Trump administration has repeatedly chosen to blindside its allies with the introduction of new limitations on trade and movement of peoples .
This mismanagement has led to each nation going on its own , despite the fact that working together would net greater gains for all .
As the New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the voices of world leaders are forming “ less a choir than a cacophony ” , leading to mixed global messages , undetected spread , and ongoing fights over limited resources .
We can treat the current global crisis as a sort of “ stress test ” on these institutions , exposing their vulnerabilities but also providing the urgent impetus to build new resilience .
In that light , we could successfully rebound from this moment with more solid global security and cooperation than we knew going into it .
Decision-makers should take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , problem-solving methods , and institutional design with future climate forecasts like our Threat Assessment in mind .
What are they teaching in universities these days ?
There is nothing wrong with different countries implementing varied responses to the Chinese Coronavirus , or any other global crisis .
Imagine if the world had embraced a completely unified response , and granted the incompetent United Nations World Health Organisation had been granted absolute power for the duration of the crisis .
The WHO wanted open borders and free movement long after Trump closed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of focus ; a senior WHO advisor wants recovery money to be spent on renewables .
A variety of disconnected responses to Covid-19 means multiple opportunities to get things right , instead of putting all the eggs in one basket .
Nobody knows what the right response is , but with a variety of different responses , everyone can observe what is working in other countries , and what mistakes they made , and copy the best of what other people are doing .


climatedepot--2020-04-17--Analysis: Covid-19 Model Failures Illustrate Climate Model Shortcomings

Climate and energy writer Norman Rogers has published an excellent article on the American Thinker website addressing the shortcomings of coronavirus models and climate models .
Rogers points out that coronavirus models began predicting up to 2 million American deaths , only to be adjusted down to its current prediction of 60,000 deaths .
The difference between 2 million deaths and 60,000 deaths is incredibly large , yet that is how much the coronavirus models have failed .
The political Left attempts to smear anybody who questions coronavirus models as attacking scientists and attacking science .
However , scrutinizing models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrict Americans ’ freedoms is not attacking scientists .
It is , instead , performing science .
And scrutinizing a scientist ’ s model is not the same as attacking the scientist .
Most or all modelers are presumably creating their models in order to help policymakers make wise decisions .
But noble motives do not convey scientific infallibility , especially on topics where we are making so many speculative assumptions .
As Dr. Anthony Fauci says , “ Models are only as good as the assumptions that you put into the models @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when you don ’ t have very much data at all , or the data you have is uncertain , then you put these assumptions in and you get these wide ranges of calculations of what might happen.
” Climate models are no different than coronavirus models in that they will only be as accurate as their underlying assumptions .
As wildly off-base as the coronavirus models have been , climate models have even more uncertain underlying assumptions than the coronavirus models .
Accordingly , climate models have been – and are likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off-base as the coronavirus models have been .
Urging caution before blindly accepting poorly performing climate models is not a conspiracy theory or an attack on scientists .
True scientists , and true patriots , will always seek more information rather than less before restricting Americans ’ freedoms .
You can read Norman Rogers ’ full article here .


climatedepot--2020-04-17--New Study: Climate ‘Solutions’ Impose Massive Environmental Harm

Mining all of the lithium , cobalt , rare earth minerals , and other elements required for a wind- and solar-powered economy would unleash massive and widespread environmental devastation , according to a newly published study .
The study , authored by Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow ( CFACT ) senior policy advisor Paul Driessen and published by The Heartland Institute , concludes that climate activists impose more environmental harm than good when they insist on a wind- and solar-powered economy .
“ Expanding mining on the scale needed to meet the renewable energy requirements of the Green New Deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause unimaginable harm to the environment , wildlife , and humans , ” the study , titled , “ How the Green New Deal ’ s Renewable Energy Mining Would Harm Humans and the Environment , ” reports .
Particularly troubling is the “ renewable ” economy ’ s reliance on rare earth minerals mined in China , lithium mined in Argentina , Chile , and Tibet , and cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
The study comprehensively documents the environmental and human health misery imposed by such mining .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not one step of the rare earth mining process that is not disastrous for the environment , ” reports Greenpeace China program director Jamie Choi , according to the study .
Also , the study cites a 2018 study by Harvard University researchers concluding it would require covering one-third of the land in the United States with wind turbines just to meet existing electricity demand .
Transforming all automobiles to electric power would likely push that total closer to one-half of the United States .
What would happen to all the wildlife in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wind turbines ?
As the study shows , the clear impact of global warming activism is imposing more environmental harm than good .


climatedepot--2020-04-17--Meteorologist Joe D’Aleo: ‘COVID19 models – a lesson for those who trust climate scientists’

COVID19 models – a lesson for those who trust climate scientists The models used to estimate U.S. deaths from COVID19 had projections that ranged from over 2 million a few weeks back to 100,000-240,000 a week ago down to 60,000 this week .
Hopefully the projections and reality will converge on an even lower number .
The media seemed perplexed about the large changes in the models and questioned their concept and value .
Welcome to the world of modeling ( see this comparison ) .
We in the weather business use models as a tool and they present special @ @ @ @ @ @ @ models to choose from which run 2 to 4 times a day or even on a smaller scale hourly .
Operational model forecasts go out to as far 16 days into the future .
The models are subject to large errors especially in the latter periods when storms are coming inland from data sparse regions like the Pacific .
We have a favorite phrase – garbage in , garbage out .
The climate model story is even worse .
The climate models overstate the warming from greenhouse gases by a factor of two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ greatest warming in the tropical high atmosphere ( called the Tropical Hot Spot ) where air in the mean rises due to convergence of air from both hemispheres .
But the models warming results mostly from the release of heat from condensation of water vapor ( 95 % of the greenhouse effect ) .
CO2 is a trace gas , just 0.04 % of the atmosphere by volume .
See no warming trend in the upper atmosphere since 1979 where models predict it .
The lack of warming also holds for the tropical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from 160E to 80W .
HOW THEY DEAL WITH LACK OF REAL DATA AT GROUND LEVEL The climate cabal portray the output from their models as gospel , and the believers confuse the model projections with measured data .
The data centers make unsubstantiated claims that a given month or year is the warmest back to the beginning of the record ( 1880 or even 1850 ) often by the tiniest of margins ( 0.05C for example ) .
But the data is just not there to make those claims .
71 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data before the satellite data became available 40 years ago , ocean data was reliant on ships which travelled along specific routes mainly in the northern hemisphere near the land .
A large percentage of land surface was erratically covered with observing sites and the data too often spare and intermittent .
To create an apparent agreement with their sacred models , the data centers manipulated real data or even generated with their models data for 95 % of the planet that had poor coverage before the satellite era .
MIT ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ phoney claims that most years are the warmest ever since the 1850s of 1880s .
“ The supposed measuring of global average temperatures from 1890 has been based on thermometer readouts barely covering 5 per cent of the globe until the satellite era began 40-50 years ago .
We do not know how global climate has changed in the past century , all we know is some limited regional climate changes , such as in Europe , North America and parts of Asia.
” The world ’ s greatest scientists in the 1970s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of global trends by using land temperatures where available in the Northern Hemisphere .
It showed a 2F warming from 1880s to around 1940 and then a cooling that by around 1970s cut that by more than half .
Further cooling until the late 19870s virtually eliminated the rest .
These early measurements were erased when models and global land ( and ocean ) data was ‘ created ’ in the following decades .
The models cooled the early data and enhanced the warming to create an apparent steady warming during the eras @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conclusion is that there is man made global warming but the men are in NOAA , NASA and Hadley .
By the way , the ocean data coverage and accuracy did not really become reliable until the implementation of the ARGO buoys in 2000 designed to accurately measure temperatures and ocean heat content .
Like the satellite used to measure sea level changes ( which showed no changes – until artificial adjustments were made ) , the early results were disappointing – showing no warming .
The ARGO data supported the inconvenient near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started in the late 1990s .
Eventually in desperation ahead of the Paris Accord , they made this go away by adjusting the buoy data to match to inferior ship data .
The models are tuned to manipulated ( fraudulent ) data .
In addition to what we have shown above , this can be seen when you examine all the extremes of weather that these models and the theories predict .
See here how each of the claims have failed .
COVID19 has shown how major the impact on the global population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Deal wasn ’ t developed in a lab , but is as bat shit crazy and would have a major impact on life as we know it .
The effect on our economy would not be as sudden but just as serious .
The government would not be sending you checks in the mail to help but driving up the cost of energy , and the cost of living and the choices you make ( cars you drive , where you can live , how much you can make and keep ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ science , we need to dispatch it as quickly as we can the COVID19 .
See much more on this issue in this presentation in front of New Hampshire Taxpayers .
( See this comparison of climate models to COVID19 models ) .
And go to this must see video on the fraud behind COVID19 ,


climatedepot--2020-04-17--Washington Post’s science reporter claims: ‘Climate change affects everything — even the coronavirus

Washington Post’s science reporter claims: ‘Climate change affects everything — even the coronavirus’ – ‘No aspect of life on this planet has been untouched by climate change — viruses included’

`` Climate change affects everything — even the coronavirus . ''
- `` No aspect of life on this planet has been untouched by climate change — viruses included . ''
`` In a warmer world , disease outbreaks are more common and people are less able to fight them . ''
- `` Of course .
Climate change is frequently described as a threat multiplier , something that exacerbates existing problems and creates new ones .
No aspect of life on this planet has been untouched by climate change — viruses included . ''
`` A warmer planet is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
More people will be displaced by natural disasters .
Droughts and the resulting food shortages could trigger political conflict .
Societies ravaged by wars and humanitarian crises are less able to maintain the infrastructure needed to preserve public health . ''
Is the coronavirus pandemic connected to climate change ?
The short — and incomplete — answer to this question is : not really .
Although climate change is expected to worsen many kinds of disease , especially tropical illnesses carried by insects , coronaviruses like the current one are not on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SARS-CoV-2 , the germ that causes covid-19 , is closely related to a virus found in bats .
Humans may have contracted it through an intermediate host , a scaly anteater called a pangolin that is traded at illegal wildlife markets .
The virus doesn ’ t appear to care what the average global temperature is ; indeed , a National Academies of Sciences panel last week cautioned that changes in heat and humidity may not affect how covid-19 spreads .
The more accurate answer is : of course .
Climate change is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ something that exacerbates existing problems and creates new ones .
No aspect of life on this planet has been untouched by climate change — viruses included .
The world is rife with viruses ; at least 320,000 kinds are known to infect mammals alone .
And these pathogens rarely stick within one species .
Most of the pandemics of the past 100 years — indeed , most of the diseases that humans can have — were caused by “ zoonoses , ” or germs that come from other animals .
HIV emerged from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bats .
The measles virus evolved from a disease that hurts cows sometime around the third century A.D .
Viruses hijack the cellular machinery of their hosts to make copies of themselves , and many don ’ t have any proofreading mechanism to edit mistakes out of their genetic material .
This means they mutate far faster than cellular life and can adapt to change rapidly .
By altering the environment at a faster rate than any other moment in geologic history , scientists say , humans have created a wealth of chances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : ‘ Global Warming ’ Will Now Cause LESS Disease


climatedepot--2020-04-19--Boston U. ‘Sustainability’ Professor on COVID-19 shutdown: ‘This crisis provides a very green opport

Boston U. ‘Sustainability’ Professor on COVID-19 shutdown: ‘This crisis provides a very green opportunity. We can accelerate climate progress as we rebuild society and the economy’

Boston Univerity 'Sustainability ' Professor Peter Fox-Penner in the Boston Globe : `` This crisis provides a very green opportunity .
We can accelerate climate progress as we rebuild society and the economy . ''
- `` The sudden drop in carbon emissions in countries that shut down this spring initially seemed like a slight silver lining on an otherwise pitch-black cloud .
On reflection , it instead reminds us just how far we have to go . ''
- `` The sudden drop in carbon emissions in countries that shut down this spring initially seemed like a slight silver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On reflection , it instead reminds us just how far we have to go . ''
Peter Fox-Penner is a professor in Boston University ’ s Questrom School of Business and director of BU ’ s Institute for Sustainable Energy .
He is also chief strategy officer at Energy Impact Partners , an investment firm .
His new book “ Power After Carbon : Building a Clean , Resilient Grid , ” will be published in May .
Excerpt : Fox-Penner : “ This crisis provides a very green opportunity .
We can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the economy.
” – “ The sudden drop in carbon emissions in countries that shut down this spring initially seemed like a slight silver lining on an otherwise pitch-black cloud .
On reflection , it instead reminds us just how far we have to go.
” Calls for the economy to be masterminded from above : “ Transitioning this complex mosaic to carbon-free production…it ’ s a real-life Rubik ’ s Cube in which customer demands must be balanced instantaneously with supply.
” Professor seeks a frightening future where academics and activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must be planned , simulated , financed , and built years into the future.
” “ Transitioning this complex mosaic to carbon-free production requires change well beyond simply building more wind and solar plants — though this is clearly one pillar of the solution .
It ’ s a real-life Rubik ’ s Cube in which customer demands must be balanced instantaneously with supply .
Nothing in the electric grid operates on its own ; it influences , and is influenced by , everything else on the system .
And then , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the entire enterprise must be planned , simulated , financed , and built years into the future .
Overhauling this system rapidly , reliably , and affordably will require a number of important changes .
A strong and stable national climate policy , ideally with a price on carbon , would help enormously .
Increasing efficiency is the most cost-effective method of cleaning up our energy system , and a new generation of tech-enabled products like smart thermostats offer even larger gains .
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climatedepot--2020-04-19--‘A flu d’état?’ – ‘Will the Covid-19 PsyOp succeed?’ – ‘A takeover of our supposedly democratic poli

‘A flu d’état?’ – ‘Will the Covid-19 PsyOp succeed?’ – ‘A takeover of our supposedly democratic political process by unelected & unaccountable administrative state medical bureaucrats’

`` Overnight , our society is doing what radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) and her fellow Green New Deal fanatics have demanded : An almost total end to air travel ; personal automobile travel down to a trickle ; promises of free health care for all quickly becoming the new status quo ; and the ability of people to sit at home without working and receive a pay check from the government .
The Democrats want that to continue indefinitely . ''
Excerpts : “ Overnight , our society is doing what radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Deal fanatics have demanded : An almost total end to air travel ; personal automobile travel down to a trickle ; promises of free health care for all quickly becoming the new status quo ; and the ability of people to sit at home without working and receive a pay check from the government .
The Democrats want that to continue indefinitely.
” From the outset of this story of the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic , I have been cautious about coming to conclusions about what ’ s really going on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China has been corrupted and unreliable from the beginning , and the inconsistent reports and estimates from the American medical experts engaged in virus mitigation have also clouded a clear picture from emerging .
Five weeks into the country ’ s shutdown due to the coronavirus crisis , however , it looks unmistakably like a big PsyOp – a psychological operation designed to entrance people for the purpose of hidden agendas .
The whole thing , in fact , has morphed into what it was intended to usher in – a bare knuckles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be like .
There ’ s a great quote I heard on Friday from a small business owner .
She said “ I ’ m no longer concerned about losing my life .
I ’ m concerned about losing the life I ’ ve built.
” I have a long career of reporting on the politics of health care as well as national politics .
In 2020 , we are dealing with both of these areas : the medical issues of Covid-19 and how it is being politically weaponized , including as part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tracks a global system of surveillance , medical mandates , and control .
The essential subtext is the politicization of everything due to this year ’ s fall elections and the hatred of President Trump by Democrats and the media .
There ’ s been what I ’ ve called a flu d ’ état – a takeover of our supposedly democratic political process by unelected and unaccountable administrative state medical bureaucrats who are deeply and permanently embedded in the system of modern medicine – a collection of businesses that now consumes about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Here are several issues that are hardly ever addressed .
First , we hear every day that more and more Americans have now died from Covid-19 .
As of this writing , the number of fatalities is reportedly approaching 40,000 .
But have they all really died of or from coronavirus , or with corona virus ?
In Italy , which was hard hit , there ’ s a credible medical report that 88 % of the deaths were caused by the patients ’ comorbidities – one or more serious preexisting conditions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , actually took their lives .
This past week , a study that included researchers from Stanford , released online before publication , reported the results of the testing of over 3,000 representative volunteers in Santa Clara County in Northern California The researchers determined that the infection rate could be between 50-85 times greater than previously thought .
If that turns out to be the case , the death rate from Covid-19 will be less than from the seasonal flu .
We just don ’ t have the correct numbers – from China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroyed documents , and disappeared the doctors who tried to alert their colleagues and the world .
We also don ’ t have accurate numbers from the United States , either .
This situation here is not necessarily the result of a nefarious cover-up – it ’ s just the way things go with science and medicine .
Medicine , Inc. is not perfect ; far from it .
Yet we are being asked to trust these fallible self-selected scientific experts with the future of our entire civilization .
Overnight , our society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) and her fellow Green New Deal fanatics have demanded : An almost total end to air travel ; personal automobile travel down to a trickle ; promises of free health care for all quickly becoming the new status quo ; and the ability of people to sit at home without working and receive a pay check from the government .
The Democrats want that to continue indefinitely .


climatedepot--2020-04-20--Yes, oil prices are negative. No, you won’t get paid to fill up your tank

In an unprecedented move , U.S. oil prices went negative Monday — meaning , companies paid to sell their oil — but don ’ t expect to get paid to fill up your tank at the gas station .
How it works : Several other layers of costs , including refinement , transportation and various state taxes suggest negative gasoline prices are extremely unlikely , per Patrick De Haan , head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy .
The big picture : The coronavirus-fueled lockdowns around the world are choking off oil demand , throwing the oil industry — which was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historic chaos .
• An equally historic production cut of the world ’ s biggest producers likely delayed the drop in oil prices we ’ re seeing today — and made it a tiny bit less worse .
• Prices are likely to keep dropping , or at the very least remain very low , for at least the next few weeks given there is simply not enough places to store all of the extra oil sloshing around the world as many of us stay at home .
Where it stands : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50 % of the price of a gallon of gasoline , but it takes several days for changes in the global oil market to make it onto gas stations ’ billboards .
• The way the global oil market works and prices oil into the future , this foray into negative territory is very unlikely to have an impact on domestic gas prices , De Haan tells me by email .
• The prices that went negative were WTI — the U.S.-based benchmark .
Brent prices , based in Europe , are still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a relative high price .
• The national average price for gallon of gasoline stands at $ 1.80 , per AAA , but several states have prices significantly lower , GasBuddy writes .
The intrigue : Don ’ t rush to your local gas station today , thinking you ’ ll get a steal .
De Haan says a good time to fill up — if you have anywhere to go as we ’ re all mostly locked down — would be in a couple of weeks .
What we ’ re watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prices are at one point , the higher they will be at some point in the future .
So buckle up .
In a few years ’ time , we may be in for some very high oil prices — and therefore gasoline prices .


climatedepot--2020-04-20--Geologist Laments Mutating virus panic into climate crisis scares

In the first several weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic , the media alternated between providing information on the scope and possible dreadful consequences of the contagion and vilifying President Trump over his supposed failures in managing the pandemic .
Conspicuously absent from the coverage was any attempt to link the pandemic to man-made climate change .
This was odd because nearly every tragedy over the last twenty or thirty years has somehow been connected by the media to global warming and used as a tool to advocate for painful regulatory policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions .
My how that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the climate change cacophony resumed with comparisons between the fast-moving pandemic and similarly horrific predicted consequences of supposed man-made climate change .
Even the Pope got on board the climate train in an over-the-top interview in which he said , “ I don ’ t know if these ( pandemics ) are the revenge of nature , but they are certainly nature ’ s responses.
” And who , the Pope asked , “ remembers that 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ research says that it has likely been at least 6,000 years since the northern polar area was ice-free during the late summer months and that humanity benefited greatly from the warmth .
But hey , why allow facts to get in the way of a good homily to stoke the fears of the masses ?
Quite a few recent blogs and commentaries comparing climate change to COVID-19 appear to parrot talking points and advice provided in a webinar conducted April 2nd by the Society of Environmental Journalists .
Included on the panel were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Alarmism ” ( thank you , Mark Steyn for that one ) .
The hour-plus long webinar was titled “ Covering Climate Change in Age of Coronavirus ” and was a fascinating trip down the rabbit hole of climate change reporting .
A recurring theme in the discussion was the matter of “ distancing ” with the two issues .
In other words , in the case of the pandemic , there was little concern in the public outside of China when problems first arose in Wuhan .
It was only when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now either at our doorstep or would soon be there , that the public became engaged and fear arose .
In the case of climate change , the panelists agreed that the majority of the population view the supposed “ existential threat ” of climate change to be a distant problem that may occur many decades from now but would not have major consequences any time soon .
According to Kathryn Hayhoe , who appropriately is a professor of political science at Texas Tech University , “ the real question is how can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the impacts here and now in time to fix this problem ?
” The solution to the distancing problem for climate change , according to the panel , appears to be more reporting on the dangers of global warming .
John Mecklin , Editor-in-Chief , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist seemed to be advocating to make sure that editorial boards needed to get their minds right by having so-called experts “ visiting editorial boards on a regular basis in order to explain these truly existential threats that could end civilization , they need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the front page , on the home page.
” The participants got pretty excited discussing how to address disasters that were sure to befall us in the coming summer months in the form of hurricanes , tornadoes and wildfires — all of which can be linked by media to man ’ s purported influence on climate .
Although nobody actually rubbed their hands together in glee over the opportunity to politicize future calamities , the panel ’ s excitement was evident .
According to Alice Hill , Senior Fellow at the Council on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We are expecting more hurricane activity , greater heat extremes , wildfire prediction is higher .
So as those events occur , obviously that is an opportunity ” and “ there may be some additional “ hooks ” as we see these tragedies that will continue to befall the United States in addition to the pandemic.
” True to her roots with the globalist Rockefeller-funded CFR , she went on to state , “ With these global threats , we do need global planning.
” Make no mistake , there will be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming months to tie outcomes of the coronavirus to climate change and to focus even more fear on any and all events that can be portrayed as being out of the ordinary .
Fear may be the greatest motivator for humanity .
It has been wielded very effectively by some who are at least as interested in damaging our economy as in blunting the spread of COVID-19 .
Their efforts are a road map to promote “ solutions ” for the non-existent problem of man-made climate change .


climatedepot--2020-04-20--Eco-Reality Strikes Back: Earth Day at 50

As climate bedwetters hyperventilate about the state of the environment for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day , reality strikes back .
Here is my summary of the state of our environment .
[ Note : Image clipped from the cover/title of Iain Murray ’ s 2008 book ] Good News Drowned Out by Apocalyptic and Agenda-Driven Hysteria : “ You didn ’ t clean that up.
” Summary : Americans began cleaning up their industrialized environment in the late 1940s  well before the first Earth Day in 1970 .
Since then , many decades of efforts have produced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as any industrialized society in the world , especially considering a population of 330 million with a historically unparalleled high standard of living .
In fact , this high standard of living is what made environmental clean-up desirable and possible .
Air quality .
U.S. air is as clean as it has ever been .
From 1980 to 2018 , except where noted [ Source : U.S. EPA ] : Drinking Water .
“ Generally , water systems in the United States provide reliable and high-quality drinking water .
Violations tend to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
U.S. surface waters are as clean as any in the world and progress continues to be made .
Since 2005 , 832 bodies of water have been restored from run-off/non-point-source pollution .
Under President Trump ’ s leadership , this includes 131 bodies of water .
[ Source : EPA ] Waste sites .
Superfund waste site clean ups have accelerated under the Trump administration [ Source : EPA ] : Also , there is no evidence that any emissions or releases from any toxic waste site has caused any harm to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , S. Science-Based Risk Assessment : A Piece of the Superfund Puzzle ( National Environmental Policy Institute , 1995 ) Greenest Earth .
The Earth is greener than ever before , according to NASA [ Source : https : //www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth ] .
Climate .
Since the pre-industrial age , there has been approximately 1.1°C of warming and almost 50 % more CO2 in the atmosphere .
Since that time , more people are living longer lives at a higher standard of living [ Source : OurWorldInData.org ] The wealthiest nations are the cleanest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean our environment ?
Environmental progress is due to : What does the future hold ?
Our environment is clean and safe .
We will be able to maintain this status with : Verdict on environmental activism & Earth Day .
While green groups and Earth Day organizers will grasp for all environmental improvement and protection credit since 1970 , the actual story is far more complex .


climatedepot--2020-04-20--UN’s Green Climate Fund calls coronavirus an ‘opportunity’ to ‘relaunch economies on low-emission, c

UN’s Green Climate Fund calls coronavirus an ‘opportunity’ to ‘relaunch economies on low-emission, climate-resilient trajectories’

UN Green Climate Fund : “ While COVID-19 is causing untold suffering , the international response to this unprecedented health crisis in modern times offers an opportunity to direct finances towards bolstering climate action .
GCF ( Global Climate Fund ) will continue to make critical investments in climate-resilient water resource management , health care facilities , agriculture and livelihoods – all of which are essential to subduing and overcoming the pandemic , ” the organization wrote in an official public update .
“ Similarly , we will step up our efforts to catalyze green investment to relaunch economies on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Green Climate Fund is confident that only a united approach – bringing together determined efforts and innovation – will provide lasting solutions to both the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
” “ The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response required to stem it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet , ” the GCF said .
“ The far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 are a stark reminder of the catastrophic implications the world faces if we don ’ t. ” The UN-funded financial arm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killer coronavirus an “ opportunity ” to raise funds for climate change action and “ relaunch economies on low-emission , climate-resilient trajectories ” .
The extraordinary statements have been published in a document by the Green Climate Fund – an international organization with a $ 10.3 billion budget ( US ) .
Australia gifted it $ 200 million ( AUD ) in 2015 but Prime Minister Scott Morrison axed further contributions after questions were raised about funds being sent to China , the single largest CO2 emitter in the world .
“ While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ international response to this unprecedented health crisis in modern times offers an opportunity to direct finances towards bolstering climate action .
GCF will continue to make critical investments in climate-resilient water resource management , health care facilities , agriculture and livelihoods – all of which are essential to subduing and overcoming the pandemic , ” the organization wrote in an official public update .
“ Similarly , we will step up our efforts to catalyze green investment to relaunch economies on low-emission , climate-resilient trajectories .
“ The Green Climate Fund is confident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together determined efforts and innovation – will provide lasting solutions to both the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
” The Green Climate Fund went on to suggest that climate change was a threat comparable to COVID-19 which has killed 165,000 people , infected millions more and ravaged global economies .
“ The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response required to stem it shows the importance of acting together to solve unparalleled threats to people and our planet , ” the GCF said .
“ The far-reaching impacts of COVID-19 are a stark reminder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we don ’ t. ” A Sky News special investigation last year revealed the GCF squandered $ 3.7 million flying staff around the world for climate change conferences .
The bureaucrats which run the GFC were paid $ 65 million in wages – a figure that has been steadily ballooning each year .
It can also now be revealed that the fund sent $ 157.5 million ( AUD ) to China in December despite the country planning on increasing emissions by several thousand mega tonnes of CO2 by 2030 .
China escaped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change fund by hanging on to its “ developing nation ” status even though it is a global superpower with the world ’ s second largest economy .
China ’ s failure to contribute to the fund led to US President Donald Trump withdrawing from the deal , clawing back billions .
However , funds Australians contributed still in part went towards financing a major antistructure project in Shandong – one of the biggest polluting cities in the world which has a $ 1.1 trillion GDP ( US ) .
The Green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transport with supporting investments in new energy vehicles and bus rapid transit green corridors ” in the major metropolis .


climatedepot--2020-04-21--Earth Day activists weaponize coronavirus pandemic – ‘Morano cites 30 examples of excited commentary

Earth Day activists weaponize coronavirus pandemic – ‘Morano cites 30 examples of excited commentary from Al Gore, the UN, and PBS to name a few’

“ The coronavirus pandemic does not shut us down .
Instead , it reminds us of what ’ s at stake in our fight for the planet .
If we don ’ t demand change to transform our planet and meet our climate crisis , our current state will become the new normal , ” counsels Earthday.org .
It presents an opportunity to re-brand the environmental mission and drum up interest .
“ The climate activist community has been waiting for decades for this type of muscular government intervention in the economy and society .
They have long sought to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ view , central planning and the banning of what they deem are non climate-friendly aspects of our lives and remake society in their image .
In short : If you like living under the coronavirus fears and government-mandated lockdowns , then you ’ ll love living your life under a climate emergency , ” advises Marc Morano , founder of the Climate Depot , which has long debunked extreme climate theory .
Media coverage showcases striking images of blue skies , mountaintops and pristine city streets , suggesting air pollution has abated and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Morano cites 30 examples of excited commentary from Al Gore , the United Nations , and PBS to name a few .
Eager activists are now hatching an agenda .
“ The climate movement may now be poised to plan and dictate a new earth-friendly world in the aftermath of the coronavirus .
The climate activists quickly began to mobilize how to use the governments ’ response to the coronavirus pandemic as a model for the climate scare , ” Mr. Morano observes .
“ Many in the climate action community essentially want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ living under some sort of lockdown .
They want at least a portion of these governmental lockdown powers to remain and be used for climate change after the coronavirus pandemic passes.
” “ The coronavirus police state is only temporary I hope .
The climate police state would be permanent , ” tweeted Steve Milloy , founder of JunkScience.com , a news site citing faulty scientific data and analysis .


climatedepot--2020-04-21--Al Gore ‘a Profit’- Must Watch video: Branson, Gore & TV host belly laugh at Gore being a ‘profit’ –

Al Gore ‘a Profit’- Must Watch video: Branson, Gore & TV host belly laugh at Gore being a ‘profit’ – Richard Branson asked by interviewer ‘Is Al Gore a prophet?’ – Branson replies: ‘How do you spell ‘prophet’?

Branson , Gore and the interviewer then let out huge sustained laughs .
TV interviewer aks Richard Branson ( with Al Gore sitting next to him ) : `` Is Al Gore a prophet ?
Branson replies : `` Uhh..ah ... How do you spell 'profit ? ''
Then Branson , sitting next to @ AlGore , is asked `` Is Al Gore a prophet ? ''
Branson replies `` How do you spell `` prophet '' '' ?
Everyone laughs !
https : //t.co/7IY7KHjjyV [ Via @ ClimateDepot ] Must see clip in Moore 's film !
Background here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to become a fake meat billionaire https : //t.co/3zqct7U2V5 Book details Al Gore ’ s quest to become world ’ s first ‘ carbon billionaire ’ – ‘ Lavishly ’ profited off climate lobbying New Book : The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change , ” By Marc Morano – Available at Amazon & Barnes & Noble Excerpt : ‘ Gore would have personally benefited if the carbon cap-and-trade bill he supported had become law .
The media never treated his Congressional testimony in support of the climate bills for what it actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would make him richer.
’ ‘ Al Gore Is by Far the Most Lavishly Funded Fossil Fuel Player in the Global Warming Debate Today.
’ “ Warren Buffett ’ s vice chairman Charlie Munger told a small meeting of investors in 2017 that Gore is ‘ not very smart ’ and ‘ an idiot ’ but he was still able to amass a personal fortune in the investment world .
‘ Al Gore has hundreds of millions [ of ] dollars in your profession .
And he ’ s an idiot .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added , ‘ he ’ s not very smart .
He smoked a lot of pot as he [ coasted ] through Harvard with a gentleman ’ s C .
’


climatedepot--2020-04-21--Michael Moore Unveils ‘Planet of the Humans’: ‘How Would They Know When It’s Their Time to Go?’

The film , making vague illusions to the classic science fiction film franchise “ The Planet of the Apes , ” begins with man-on-the-street comments , including one woman who declares , “ We will be here for a long time , but we will change .
We ’ re going to turn back into apes.
” “ Have you ever wondered what would happen if a single species took over an entire planet ?
” Narrator/Director/Environmentalist Jeff Gibbs wonders – before asking whether man will know when his time is up : “ Maybe , they ’ re cute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – but , lack a certain , shall we say , self-restraint .
What if they go too far ?
What if they go way , way , way , way , way too far ?
“ How would they know when it ’ s their time to go ?
” The documentary goes on to condemn “ the profit motive ” – even when it ’ s pursued by the likes of Former Vice President Al Gore , Bloomberg Energy , and the Sierra Club daring to tolerate or invest in forms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biomass , which the film considers fake green energy : “ Billionaires were in love with the idea of turning what was left of nature into green profits , ” Gibbs says , warning that rich , green entrepreneurs have created “ a cancerous form of capitalism that rules the world ” : “ We must take control of our environmental movement and our future from billionaires and their permanent war on Planet Earth .
They are not our friends , ” the film declares .
But , ultimately , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humans are doing ” that is bringing about the “ human-caused apocalypse , ” the film concludes : “ Less must be the new more .
And , instead of climate change , we must at long accept that it ’ s not the carbon dioxide molecule destroying the planet – it ’ s us .
“ It ’ s not one thing , it ’ s everything we humans are doing : a human-caused apocalypse .
“ If we get ourselves under control , all things are possible .
And , if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowing viewers to watch his full , feature-length “ Planet of the Humans ” documentary free on YouTube for the next 30 days .


climatedepot--2020-04-21--Climate activist scientists including Michael Mann, Paul Ehrlich & John Holdren endorse Biden for Pr

Climate activist scientists including Michael Mann, Paul Ehrlich & John Holdren endorse Biden for Prez because he will ‘confront the existential climate crisis’


climatedepot--2020-04-21--Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres: We need to ‘converge the solutions’ to coronavirus & cl

Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres: We need to ‘converge the solutions’ to coronavirus & climate ‘because what we cannot afford to do is to jump out of the frying pan of COVID and into the raging fire of climate change’

UN Paris architect Christiana Figueres : We have an `` incredible responsibility '' to `` actually converge the solutions -- at least the financial solutions -- to coronavirus to the financial solutions for climate .
Because what we can not afford to do is to jump out of the frying pan of COVID and into the raging fire of climate change . ''
“ What we can not afford to do is to jump out of the frying pan of COVID and into the raging fire of climate change , '' Christiana Figueres says of how to approach climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HANGOUT : Cleaner air and water , wildlife returning to places they abandoned — these are just some of the unexpected effects of a world in lockdown because of a global pandemic .
Air travel is a fraction of what it once was , factories are shuttered and highways are deserted .
Around the world , billions of people have made tremendous sacrifices to fight an imminent health threat .
But could these temporary changes spell a lasting benefit for the fight against climate change ?
Or will the economic pain of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of political agendas ?
Jamie Margolin Climate Activist , This is Zero Hour Seattle , WA , USA Christiana Figueres : We have an “ incredible responsibility ” to “ actually converge the solutions — at least the financial solutions — to coronavirus to the financial solutions for climate .
Because what we can not afford to do is to jump out of the frying pan of COVID and into the raging fire of climate change .
”