climatedepot--2020-12-24--Harvard School of Public Health links Climate & COVID: ‘The root causes of climate change also incre

Harvard School of Public Health links Climate & COVID: ‘The root causes of climate change also increase the risk of pandemics’ – ‘We also need to take climate action to prevent the next pandemic’

Dr. Aaron Bernstein , Director of Harvard Chan C-CHANGE : `` We also need to take climate action to prevent the next pandemic . ''
... `` Climate change alters how we relate to other species on Earth and that matters to our health and our risk for infections . ''
... `` Many of the root causes of climate change also increase the risk of pandemics . ''
`` If we really care about preventing this kind of problem in the future , we need to think hard about climate change and the biodiversity crisis .
I was actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a family when I first thought that this is exactly the time that we need to think more about the broader issues that we face .
We simply can not afford to deal with a crisis like this pandemic on top of another climate-related crisis—like a hurricane , tornado , wildfire , or heatwave—when we absolutely know how to implement climate solutions , and can put them into action right now .
Doing so will make us healthier today and protect our future . ''
Note : Harvard School of Public Health tied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ School became the first foreign school of public health to work with the Chinese government and Chinese schools of public health…Harvard faculty guided and assisted China in establishing the field of health policy and management… ” Does climate change affect the transmission of coronavirus ?
We don ’ t have direct evidence that climate change is influencing the spread of COVID-19 , but we do know that climate change alters how we relate to other species on Earth and that matters to our health and our risk for infections .
As the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , on land and in the sea , are headed to the poles to get out of the heat .
That means animals are coming into contact with other animals they normally wouldn ’ t , and that creates an opportunity for pathogens to get into new hosts .
Many of the root causes of climate change also increase the risk of pandemics .
Deforestation , which occurs mostly for agricultural purposes , is the largest cause of habitat loss worldwide .
Loss of habitat forces animals to migrate and potentially contact other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Large livestock farms can also serve as a source for spillover of infections from animals to people .
Less demand for animal meat and more sustainable animal husbandry could decrease emerging infectious disease risk and lower greenhouse gas emissions .
We have many reasons to take climate action to improve our health and reducing risks for infectious disease emergence is one of them .
How likely are we to see infectious disease spread as a result of climate change ?
Climate change has already made conditions more favorable to the spread of some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waterborne diseases such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus which causes vomiting and diarrhea , and mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever .
Future risks are not easy to foretell , but climate change hits hard on several fronts that matter to when and where pathogens appear , including temperature and rainfall patterns .
To help limit the risk of infectious diseases , we should do all we can to vastly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5 degrees .
We also need to take climate action to prevent the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ root cause of climate change—can help stem biodiversity loss as well as slow animal migrations that can increase risk of infectious disease spread .
The recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa probably occurred in part because bats , which carried the disease , had been forced to move into new habitats because the forests they used to live in had been cut down to grow palm oil trees .
Rethinking our agricultural practices , including those that rely on raising tens of millions of animals in close quarters , can prevent transmissions between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reducing air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels like coal , oil and natural gas also helps keep our lungs healthy , which can protect us from respiratory infections like coronavirus .
To combat climate change , we need to drastically decrease greenhouse gas emissions .
Generating electricity from low-carbon energy sources like wind and solar decreases harmful air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides , sulfur dioxide , and carbon dioxide that lead to more heart attacks and stroke as well as obesity , diabetes , and premature deaths that put further strains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for pandemics is also about keeping people healthy at baseline .
If we have a population in the U.S. where a third of our population are obese , and 5-10 % of people have diabetes , we ’ re going to be immensely more vulnerable .
And if you look at why people in the U.S. are not healthy at baseline , it has to do with our diets , pollution , and climate change .
We have an opportunity here to recognize that prevention is by far the best approach to protecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are ready to restart our economy , we can make our workforce healthier and more climate-resilient through scaling-up our investments in low-carbon technologies .
Why is it so important for health officials to talk about climate change now ?


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climatedepot--2020-12-24--2020: Our year of bowing down to ‘The Science’ – Obey ‘the science’ has come to mean ‘Believe what w

2020: Our year of bowing down to ‘The Science’ – Obey ‘the science’ has come to mean ‘Believe what we tell you and do as you are told’

Law Professor Bruce Pardy of Queen ’ s University sums up 'the science ' : `` Pronouncements from medical officials deserve skepticism , not because they are bad doctors or scientists , but because they have lost sight of the limits of their own expertise . ''
`` Skepticism and dissent , not consensus and authority , fuel scientific progress . ''
`` Yet the scientific establishment has come to stand on consensus and authority .
It , not the Church , is now the despot . ''
“ Obey the science ” is an anti-scientific sentiment wielded to achieve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an excellent servant and an imperious master .
It is a method of enquiry , not an approved set of conclusions . ''
`` Yet scientific truth is never settled , and the history of science is a history of error ... For the layman , “ confidence in science ” is apt to amount to little more than blind faith in the authority of people who claim to have expertise . ''
2020 Hindsight – Bruce Pardy : Our year of bowing down to ‘ The Science ’ ‘ Obey the science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we tell you and do as you are told ’ Bruce Pardy , A sign in a bus stop announces health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic .
PHOTO BY IAN KUCERAK/POSTMEDIA 2020 Hindsight : We asked several regular contributors to write about 2020 .
Not to review our annus horribilis — most of us hope to forget it as quickly as possible — but to tell us what particularly struck them about it , whether in policy , politics , arts , culture or life as they and we all lived it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 , lockdown diktats from our chief medical officers reminded me of an old joke .
A woman has died and is waiting in a long lineup at the Pearly Gates .
When an old , bearded gentleman wearing a lab coat and stethoscope skips the line and gets ushered right in , the woman marches up to Saint Peter and demands an explanation .
“ Oh , that was God , ” Peter tells her , “ Sometimes he likes to play doctor.
” During this panic-demic , medical authority has become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has come to mean “ Believe what we tell you and do as you are told.
” Pronouncements from medical officials deserve skepticism , not because they are bad doctors or scientists , but because they have lost sight of the limits of their own expertise .
They insist that because of COVID-19 , you must not visit your family for Christmas and small businesses and restaurants must close .
Yet these are not medical or scientific questions .
Instead , they involve trade-offs : social , economic , psychological and political .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not scientific .
Scientific evidence may be relevant but never determinative .
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Pronouncements from medical officials deserve skepticism , not because they are bad doctors or scientists , but because they have lost sight of the limits of their own expertise Science is supposed to be in the business of neutral observation .
In 1840 , William Whewell described the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries as “ the transition from an implicit trust in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a professed dependence upon external observation.
” Scientific discovery challenged established belief .
The sun does not , in fact , go around the Earth , and the world is not , in fact , flat .
Skepticism and dissent , not consensus and authority , fuel scientific progress .
Yet the scientific establishment has come to stand on consensus and authority .
It , not the Church , is now the despot .
“ Obey the science ” is an anti-scientific sentiment wielded to achieve public compliance with political agendas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ In every age the men who want us under their thumb , if they have any sense , will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent .
… It has been magic , it has been Christianity .
Now it will certainly be science … Let us not be deceived by phrases about ‘ Man taking charge of his own destiny.
’ All that can really happen is that some men will take charge of the destiny of others.
” MORE ON THIS TOPIC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year as epidemiologists2020 Hindsight – Philip Cross : A year when Big Tech did better than Big GovWilliam Watson : Dialling down COVID guilt Scientific groupthink is now in vogue .
Doctors who question the wisdom of pandemic lockdowns run the risk of being censored and cancelled .
Thankfully , some are made of sterner stuff , such as Matt Strauss , a critical care physician and assistant professor of medicine at Queen ’ s University , and an early signatory of the Great Barrington Declaration .
The declaration is a statement now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health scientists and over 38,000 medical practitioners expressing concerns about the science of prevailing COVID-19 policies .
It asserts that lockdowns are producing devastating effects on short- and long-term public health that are disproportionate to the threat from the virus .
As Strauss wrote in The Spectator in October , “ mandatory government lockdowns amount to a medical recommendation of no proven benefit , of extraordinary potential harm , that do not take personal values and individual consent into account.
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It is a method of enquiry , not an approved set of conclusions .
As a process for investigating facts and theories , its practical benefits are unmatched .
Yet scientific truth is never settled , and the history of science is a history of error .
That is not a flaw but a feature .
When data shows theories to be faulty , those theories can be challenged , improved , or replaced .
The search for truth leads to error that is ( often ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This process calls for humility , not conceit .
Just wait a while and the scientific facts may change .
The most dangerous scientists carry an unshakeable commitment to the validity of certain conclusions and a determination to enforce what they regard as the moral implications that follow .
Free people may disagree with scientific orthodoxy no matter the claims of consensus , which is no test of truth .
For the layman , “ confidence in science ” is apt to amount to little more than blind faith in the authority of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But in 2020 blind faith is something we have seemed eager to grant .
In this watershed year , even more remarkable than the arrogance of our medical authorities is our collective acquiescence .
How easily — no , how enthusiastically — we have embraced direction from above in this moment when , as Prof. Jordan Goldstein of Wilfrid Laurier University has observed , fear has become a virtue and courage a vice .
They say the meek shall inherit the Earth .
If so , then we are in terrific shape .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Queen ’ s University .


climatedepot--2020-12-24--Survey: Nearly 50% of Americans have an ‘unfavorable opinion’ of AOC and 75% favor a free-market eco

Survey: Nearly 50% of Americans have an ‘unfavorable opinion’ of AOC and 75% favor a free-market economy because ‘voters hate socialism’

• About 50 % of Americans have ‘ unfavorable opinion ’ of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Thirty-seven per cent of the participants regard Ocasio-Cortez favorably , including 18 per cent who have a ‘ very favorable ’ view of her • When respondents were asked if they prefer a free-market economic system or socialism , 75 per cent of participants answered ‘ free-market economic system ’ • Researchers said results show that a ‘ strong majority of likely voters believe the US should reject socialism and instead adopt free-market economic principles ’ A new survey has revealed that nearly 50 per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opinion ’ of Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez .
The Heartland Institute/Rasmussen poll , which surveyed 1,000 participants from December 6-7 , found that a vast majority of likely voters prefer a free-market economic system over a socialist economic system .
Forty-eight respondents see Ocasio-Cortez , who is one of America ’ s most prominent socialists , as ‘ unfavorable ’ with 38 per cent saying they view her as ‘ very unfavorable ’ .Top Articlesby Daily MailCalifornia is first state to record 2 million COVID‑19casesREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MORESKIP AD Thirty-seven per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including 18 per cent who have a ‘ very favorable ’ view of her .
About 15 per cent of the respondents said they are not sure .
A new survey has revealed that nearly 50 per cent of Americans have an ‘ unfavorable opinion ’ of Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez When the respondents were asked if they prefer a free-market economic system or socialism , 75 per cent of participants answered ‘ free-market economic system ’ .
Only 11 per cent answered ‘ socialism ’ .
A woman protests against socialism in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they prefer a free-market economic system or socialism , 75 per cent of participants answered ‘ free-market economic system ’ .
Researchers said the results show that a ‘ strong majority of likely voters believe the United States should reject socialism and instead adopt free-market economic principles ’ .
Chris Talgo , an editor and research fellow at the Heartland Institute , said : ‘ Despite the increased calls for socialism by many on the far left , the vast majority of likely voters believe that the United States should embrace a free-market @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely voters think that the United States should abandon the free-market capitalistic policies that are responsible for making the United States the wealthiest nation in world history.
’ Talgo continued : ‘ Despite the countless calls for more socialism among elites in media and Hollywood , Americans aren ’ t interested in adopting the same socialist policies that have led to mass poverty wherever they have been tried.
’ While a superstar on the left , Ocasio-Cortez has long ruffled the feathers of moderate Democrats .
Just last week Ocasio-Cortez lost a race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Energy and Commerce Committee when colleagues voted overwhelmingly for fellow New York Democratic Rep Kathleen Rice .


climatedepot--2020-12-24--Wash Post features Sen. Whitehouse dissing Obama’s ‘nothing’ climate legacy: ‘After 8 years, we were

Wash Post features Sen. Whitehouse dissing Obama’s ‘nothing’ climate legacy: ‘After 8 years, we were left with nothing. No statute, no regulation, no treaty’ – Paper warns Biden ‘won’t have a day to waste’

In confronting climate change , Biden won ’ t have a day to waste : “ There ’ s a lot he can do quite quickly , but what he can do quickly is not nearly enough , ” one ally says Despite President Barack Obama ’ s support for climate action , said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ( D-R.I. ) , it involved nowhere near the political determination required to curb climate change .
“ After eight years , we were left with nothing .
No statute , no regulation , no treaty , ” Whitehouse said .
“ A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and determination is required .
The placid and often disinterested approach of those days is no longer an option.
” “ Folks , we ’ re in a crisis , ” Biden said Saturday in announcing a diverse team of advisers focused on the problem .
“ Just like we need a unified national response to covid-19 , we need a unified national response to climate change .
We need to meet this moment with the urgency it demands.
” For Biden , the relentless pressure from activists within his party was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A warming planet has made the issue increasingly hard to ignore , as the litany of climate-related catastrophes has grown with each passing year .
Despite President Barack Obama ’ s support for climate action , said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ( D-R.I. ) , it involved nowhere near the political determination required to curb climate change .
“ After eight years , we were left with nothing .
No statute , no regulation , no treaty , ” Whitehouse said .
“ A whole different order of magnitude of seriousness and determination is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach of those days is no longer an option.
” Already , Biden ’ s team is sketching out executive orders aimed at mobilizing the entire federal government to combat climate change and environmental injustice , according to three people familiar with his plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they have not yet been announced .
Biden has vowed to rejoin the Paris climate accord on his first day as president , and convene a climate summit of world leaders within his first 100 days in office .
He has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ambitious national target for cutting emissions that would “ put the country on a sustainable path to achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050.″ The slogan “ 1.5 Degrees ” is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the U.N .
Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 .
( Francois Mori/AP ) At the same time , Biden plans to start a new round of negotiations between the federal government , the U.S. auto industry and California officials to significantly improve the fuel efficiency of cars , pickup trucks and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nation ’ s emissions .
He will expedite federal permits for offshore wind projects planned along the Eastern Seaboard , and seek to stop the expansion of drilling on public land .
He has promised an unprecedented focus on environmental inequity , promising to invest 40 percent of clean energy funding in historically disadvantaged communities and ensure wider access to everything from safe drinking water to sustainable jobs in neighborhoods that have long lacked both .
He has proposed creating a “ Civilian Climate Corps ” to help make communities less vulnerable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be driven by our convictions that every person in our great country has the right to clean air , clean water and a healthier life , no matter how much money they have in their pockets , the color of their skin or the community that they live in , ” Michael S. Regan , Biden ’ s pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency , said on Saturday .
Although he has placed moderates elsewhere in his Cabinet , Biden ’ s environmental picks have been more progressive .
His selection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to head the Interior Department sparked an outpouring of support from Indigenous communities and environmental justice advocates .
Obama administration veteran Brenda Mallory , an environmental lawyer and activist , will be the first Black chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality in its 50-year history .
And Regan , who as North Carolina ’ s top environmental official has worked to clean up toxic coal ash near low-income areas , would be the first Black man to head the EPA .
Several picks that traditionally don ’ t focus on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Janet Yellen , Transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg and National Economic Council director Brian Deese — have called for deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions .
And in choosing former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy and former secretary of state John F. Kerry as his top domestic and international climate advisers , respectively , the incoming president has surrounded himself with officials who view the Earth ’ s warming as a crisis .
Although Biden has vowed to move quickly and forcefully , his agenda faces obstacles .
He will be able to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pen .
But other efforts will undoubtedly face legal challenges that must wind through a federal court system now stacked with Trump appointees .
And the most ambitious goals to curb climate change and fund clean-energy technologies will need the approval of a deeply divided Congress .
And even though control of the Senate remains unresolved , Republicans on Capitol Hill remain wary of any government mandates to reduce U.S. emissions .
“ There are ways we can protect our environment without punishing our economy .
Free market innovation — not government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best way to deal with climate change , ” Sen. John Barrasso ( R-Wyo . )
, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee , said in a statement .
“ We have passed bipartisan bills that will promote carbon capture technologies , advanced nuclear reactors , and reduce emissions , while allowing our economy to grow.
” Fred Krupp , president of the advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund , said in an interview that support for moving the U.S. auto fleet to all-electric “ has more potential for bipartisan cooperation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost anything else.
” Lawmakers from both parties also have an incentive to back the manufacturing of advanced batteries , he added , which could further Biden ’ s goal of curbing transportation emissions .
“ This could be a huge boon for jobs in the heart of the country , and we need jobs there , ” Krupp said .
Striking a broad agreement with the power sector , which Biden has pledged to make carbon-free by 2035 , could be more difficult .
Utilities are already phasing out coal-fired plants and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but not as quickly as the president-elect has outlined .
And the EPA ’ s effort under Obama to impose stringent carbon cuts was temporarily stopped by the Supreme Court before the Trump administration reversed it .
Still , EPA could limit traditional pollutants that could pressure companies to shut down fossil fuel-powered operations anyway .
John Walke , who directs the Natural Resources Defense Council ’ s Clean Air , Climate and Clean Energy Program , said the agency could tighten restrictions of toxic ash and water discharge from coal plants , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with such plants ’ emissions justifies new pollution controls .
The Kanawha River coal-fired power plant located in Hansford , W.Va. , closed in 2015 .
( Stacy Kranitz for The Washington Post ) Using a 2007 law requiring all new and major renovations of federal buildings to have net-zero carbon pollution by 2030 , the new administration can spur a wave of environmentally friendly construction .
Some Trump administration policies , however , will take years to undo .
Justin Schwab , who served as EPA ’ s deputy general counsel from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case law established during recent years makes clear that delaying or unwinding a regulation can ’ t be rushed .
“ The next administration will also likely find there ’ s no quick way to roll back its predecessor ’ s legacy , ” Schwab said .
Jody Freeman , a Harvard environmental law professor and former Obama climate adviser , agreed that Biden must temper expectations , which don ’ t always match the bureaucratic reality .
“ If you get a few major greenhouse gas rules finished before the midterms , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said .
“ But you can ’ t push them too fast .
There ’ s this balancing act , going fast enough to get things done , but not so fast that you create legal risk.
” At the same time , Biden will face unrelenting pressure from the left to move quickly , even if the new administration lacks the votes in Congress to lock in durable changes .
Xiye Bastida , 18 , who is based in New York City and co-founded the Re-Earth Initiative during the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other young activists are encouraged by many of Biden ’ s appointments , the nation needs to move faster .
“ We definitely want more ambition on the deadline , ” Bastida said , adding that the world must make deep cuts to keep the planet from warming 1.5 degrees Celsius ( 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ) .
“ We can not spend the next seven years talking about what we need to do .
We need to start doing it .
”


climatedepot--2020-12-25--Biden has massive climate plans. Where will he find the money to fund them? ‘Intends to insert new m

Biden has massive climate plans. Where will he find the money to fund them? ‘Intends to insert new money for climate plans in every department budget’

Washington Post : `` Until now , any lawmaker who asked for $ 2 trillion in federal funding without offsetting @ @ @ @ @ out of politics .
But then came the Green New Deal .
And then the @ @ @ @ @ another bout of rock-bottom interest rates .
Suddenly , a couple of trillion dollars doesn @ @ @ @ @ much money as it used to .
And that ’ s good news for President-elect @ @ @ @ @ planning to pursue a costly package of climate change policies aimed at transforming the country @ @ @ @ @ the way farmers plant crops and the way automakers design engines . ''
... '' @ @ @ @ @ earmark new money for climate plans in every department budget : the Transportation Department , @ @ @ @ @ Energy Department , for research and appliance standards ; the Treasury Department , for tax @ @ @ @ @ for renewables at bases ; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , for resilient shoreline @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-12-26--Climate Of Violence: Prominent Climate Skeptic Morano Threatened With ‘Baseball Bats’ – ‘Smash Your

Climate Of Violence: Prominent Climate Skeptic Morano Threatened With ‘Baseball Bats’ – ‘Smash Your Face’ – ‘Bye Bye Family’

`` Hey Marc , at some point the people whom you have fucked over with your propaganda and lies will figure out who fucked the over .
It will be easy for them to find you.
`` ... `` Morano in Spanish means north African nigger .
I now understand your complex of inferiority , and your ugly face .
Indeed , you are not of WASP origin.
” ... `` Remember , we are following you , and are very keen to smash your ugly obese face with a baseball bat.
” ... `` Watch your back bitch !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hide !
Bye-bye you corrupt fucking cunt ass piece of shit !
Bye-Bye family !
” ... `` F*CK YOU !
DROP DEAD MOTHERF*CKER !
!
... ‘ May you die by [ your children ’ s ] hand ! ''
Over the recent weeks , leading AGW science skeptic Marc Morano of Climate Depot has received messages threatening him and his family with bodily injury ( or worse ) .
Copies of the criminally threatening messages have been made available to NTZ and other skeptics .
The threats of bodily injury to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the messages meet the criminal threshold in Europe , experts say .
In the first message , an e-mail sent from a fake email account on 27 November , 2020 , the sender claimed to be “ Dr .
Prof. Jean-Luc Edouard Germain Michel Mélice ” , a “ spécialiste en modélisation du climat et des océans.
” That email included two files : 1 ) a purported UN history of Dr. Melice ( top ) and 2 ) an unfriendly appearing photo of Dr. Melice ( bottom ) : Did criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Morano come from a distinguished researcher or someone who stole his identity ?
Photo : Dr. Prof. Jean-Luc Mélice .
It is unclear whether the criminal threat came from Dr. Melice himself or more likely from someone who had stolen his identity .
If it did not come from Melice , then he really needs to be concerned about another malicious party stealing his identity and using it to conduct criminal activity .
Among ethnic insults and slurs written in the November 27 email , the author also wrote ( excerpt , emphasis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me…if your brain is not completely fucked… ” I am going to write you in french , remember that french is the language of every educated gentleman… which is not your case.
” You are getting very old now , your also bald , looking more and more like the Donnie the con , the orange agent.
” In fact , you are typically an old mafiosi-type italian immigant.
” Of course , you have no scientific training , your brain is to small to understand science , your IQ is under 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My scientist friends here in France welcoming you … with a baseball bat.…Funny , we are all waiting for you if you have the stupid idea to travel to Europe ” … I am a NASA expert and travel many times in the USA…I know the addresses of your kids and of of yourself .
So , try to be very careful ... ” Donnie the don is terminated , this will be he case with yourself and the oil industry… ” As the text indicates , the author of the threatening email @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so much the English language , so it was indeed likely written by a native French speaker .
In a subsequent email sent a day later , on November 28 , the same author added yet more ethnic hate slurs , among these comments ( emphasis added ) were ( excerpts ) : The origin of your name comes from Calabria in Italy…lots of mafiosi over there !
!
!
” Morano in Spanish means north African nigger .
I now understand your complex of inferiority , and your ugly face .
Indeed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Note that I was living in the USA during the Kennedy time .
I remember very well the 3 dark days after he was shot by a fucking moron as yourself .
At that time , I was in an american high school and the Americans were not anti-science as they are now.
” Besides aSouth African nationality , I have also an US passport.
” Please also that I have worked as a diplomat , besides being a super top scientist.
” I would love to be in front of you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroy you in a few seconds… ” Remember , we are following you , and are very keen to smash your ugly obese face with a baseball bat.
” Just fokoff … as we say in afrikaans… ” Again to remind readers , the email likely came from a 3rd party who is using Dr. Melice ’ s identity to conduct his criminal threats .
Don ’ t assume anything !
Coincidentally , Dr. Melice does appear to have a history of making aggressive and angry comments directed at skeptics of AGW science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleared up .
The real person behind the threats and potential identity misuse needs to be dealt with legally .
In Europe such vicious threats are criminal acts .
Then just two days ago , on December 24th , Marc Morano received yet another criminally threatening text message , but this time by a person not providing any identity .
In that text message the author wrote : The tone and hate level are similar to that seen in the earlier emails of November 27 and November 28 , but it is impossible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ same author .
When asked if such graphic threats have been increasing , Mr. Morano replied by email : “ Yes .
They are increasing .
My books and movies and Congressional testimony have increased the flow.
” Earlier in 2019 Mr. Morano also received an angry threat delivered to his home address by regular post , postmarked Eureka , California .
That letter blamed skeptics like Morano for the Arkansas River flooding .
It contained : Real threats , or not to be taken seriously ?
It would be very easy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a sick-minded coward , a bitter person in a basement , hopelessly engulfed by hatred .
Yet on the other hand , they also show us the person making the threats is mentally unstable , perhaps unpredictable , and so capable of any act , thus posing a real danger .
One thing is clear : sending someone such messages is a criminal offence in Europe .
Anyone receiving such terrible threats needs to take them to the responsible authorities for investigation .
It ’ s wrong for people to steal identities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We have multiple potential victims here : Marc Morano , his family , his colleagues , science free speech and even the researcher who maybe had his identity stolen and used to conduct criminal acts .
‘ You are a murderer !
’ – ‘ You are an evil fat man !
’ Listen : Nasty voicemails greet NOAA ’ s new skeptical climate scientist Dr. David Legates ‘ F*CK YOU !
DROP DEAD MOTHERF*CKER !
!
’ Morano receives threat after Congressional testimony – ‘ May you die by [ your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE Watch : Dr. Will Happer shares his hatemail : ‘ You are a [ email protected ] uneducated Nazi .
I hope you hang by the neck until you are dead ’ Climate Depot ’ s Morano receives threatening email : ‘ You and your children should be burned in public ’ – Recent hate mail to Morano : ‘ Let ’ s meet man to man and I ’ ll rip that stupid smile off your face ’ – Other Hate Mail sample to Morano : ‘ If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hopes that you must bury them , and that your grief will know no end.
’ UK Daily Mail reporter David Rose faces threats and intimidation after writing articles challenging the global warming narrative – Comments ‘ liken the work of David Rose – who is Jewish – to Adolf Hitler ’ s anti-Semitic rant Mein Kampf ’ ‘ Top climate scientists receive death threats ’ : ‘ Have also been subjected to intimidating e-mails along with threats against their families ’ – ‘ It is now an undeniable fact though that not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it has been responsible for many recent world-wide disasters ’ Flashback 2009 : Warmest Eli Rabett ( AKA Joshua Halpern of Howard U . )
revels in thought of a dead Morano : ‘ If Marc Morano were dead he ’ d be whirling in his grave ’ Hate Mail Sent to Climate Depot ’ s Morano : ‘ I will have a nice long drive up to DC and have a very short and unpleasant conversation with your ass if you dont stop harrassing scientists ’ Will Media Report this ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here ’ s an example that ClimateDepot.com received : ‘ I hope they hang you and the rest of the stooges for the fossil fuel industry ’ – Hate Mail Sent to Climate Depot ’ s Morano : ‘ Hi I just wanted to let you know what a god**** stupid lying idiot you are .
I really hope you are someday put on trial before a world tribunal on charges of ‘ crimes against humanity ’ …You are an evil little f*** and you have your head so far up your a** @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you wiggle your ears .
F*** you , ‘ moron-o ’


climatedepot--2020-12-26--Massachusetts city to post ‘climate change’ warning stickers at gas stations

Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘ major consequences on human health and the environment ’ Cambridge , Massachusetts , has become the first US city to mandate the placing of stickers on fuel pumps to warn drivers of the resulting dangers posed by the climate crisis .
￼ Stickers placed on fuel pumps in Cambridge , Massachusetts .
Photograph : City of Cambridge The final design of the bright yellow stickers , shared with the Guardian , includes text that warns drivers the burning of gasoline , diesel and ethanol has “ major consequences on human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate change ” .
The stickers will be placed on all fuel pumps in Cambridge , which is situated near Boston and is home to Harvard University , “ fairly soon ” once they are received from printers , a city spokesman confirmed .
“ The city of Cambridge is working hard with our community to fight climate change , ” the spokesman added .
“ The gas pump stickers will remind drivers to think about climate change and hopefully consider non-polluting options.
” The placement of the stickers follows an ordinance passed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a target of slashing planet-heating emissions by 80 % and offsetting the remainder by 2050 , making it carbon neutral .
Transportation , primarily the use of cars and trucks , is responsible for more than a quarter of US emissions but there has been scant success in weaning Americans off their predilection for large , energy-intensive vehicles .
Indeed , a boom in SUV sales in the US threatens to cause a surge in emissions if national fuel efficiency standards are not tightened further .
Warning labels similar to Cambridge ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ although an effort to do likewise in Berkeley , California , was unsuccessful .


climatedepot--2020-12-26--Congress’ Christmas Tree COVID Bill Loaded with Climate Ornaments

The goodies tucked inside the COVID “ relief ” bill are just a down payment on future climate compromises .
It might not be the Green New Deal , but close enough.By Julie Kelly Americans on both sides of the political aisle—and politicians as divergent as President Trump and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-N.Y. ) —are justifiably outraged at the $ 900 billion pork barrel spending bill disguised as COVID-19 “ relief ” that won congressional approval on Monday .
The president is pushing back , posting video messages that detail the bill ’ s giveaways to foreign countries and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic consequences of shutdowns ordered by Democratic and Republican governors alike .
There is no end in sight to these punitive , costly decrees , which have done nothing to stop the spread of a virus that can not be stopped ; viruses outsmart humans almost every time and considering the sad crop of human leadership in the world right now , it ’ s not exactly a high wall for any pathogen to scale .
One group , however , is very pleased with this monstrosity of a bill : environmentalists .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was for his previous boss and BFF , is a top priority in a Joe Biden Administration .
Team Biden will work quickly to restore most if not all of Barack Obama ’ s climate change agenda , a legacy Donald Trump successfully razed .
The presumptive president promises to address the “ existential threat ” allegedly caused by manmade climate change ; he ’ s regrouping Obama ’ s climate band , including former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy , who used her agency to thwart Congress and almost single-handedly advanced Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Secretary of State John Kerry .
As Biden ’ s “ climate czar , ” Kerry , a chief negotiator on the Paris Climate deal , will fulfill Biden ’ s pledge to re-enter that pact .
Thanks to House Democrats and Senate Republicans , however , Biden is getting a head start on his climate change wish list .
“ In the waning days of the 116th Congress , lawmakers have authorized $ 35 billion in spending on wind , solar and other clean power sources while curtailing the use of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and refrigerators , ” Coral Davenport , the New York Times leading climate reporter , cheered December 22 .
The sop to climate activists , Davenport wrote , is a “ rare party rebuke ” to President Trump and could signal continued “ comity ” between Republicans and Democrats to help Biden achieve most of his climate legislative priorities .
Under the bill , tax credits for technologies to capture and store carbon , an alleged mitigation strategy promoted by corporate behemoths such as Exxon-Mobil , would be extended .
The 2005 Diesel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EPA , also will be extended until 2024 to the tune of $ 100 million per year .
Lawmakers set a 15-year deadline to drastically reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons because of course HFCs have greatly suffered under the COVID-19 crisis .
HFCs is a coolant found in air conditioning and refrigeration systems among other uses ; climate activists insist HFCs is a major contributor to global warming .
“ The amendment requires EPA to implement an 85 percent phase down of the production and consumption of HFCs , so they reach approximately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levels by 2036 , ” cooed the Sierra Club .
“ This reduction level aligns with the goal the Obama Administration agreed to in .
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2016.
” Who needs John Kerry when we have Mitch McConnell ?
In fact , the policy was negotiated over the past several months by Republican senators including John Kennedy ( R-La . )
and John Barasso ( R-Wyo . )
, claiming the reduction in HFCs would protect the environment and create jobs—of course !
“ This historic agreement includes three separate pieces of legislation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Barasso boasted to the Associated Press after the vote .
“ Republicans and Democrats are working together to protect the environment through innovation .
All three of these measures will protect our air while keeping costs down for the American people.
” Climate change—like immigration , trade agreements , and ongoing U.S. military presence abroad—will be an area of compromise between Senate Republicans and a Biden Administration .
The GOP aristocracy , including former secretaries of state James Baker and George Schultz , has been lobbying Republican lawmakers over the past few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The former Reagan aides are top advisors to the Climate Leadership Council , a bipartisan group of Washington heavy-hitters , Fortune 100 corporations , and climate activists .
Little daylight exists between the CLC and Team Biden ; in fact , the CLCs “ roadmap ” brags about exceeding the chief goal of the Paris Climate Accord , namely a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions by 2035 .
“ General Motors believes in an all electric , zero emissions future , ” Baker wrote in the CLC plan .
“ We believe that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emissions is both a social imperative and an economic opportunity.
” “ This country is overdue for a market-based climate solution that works , ” according to James Mattis , Trump ’ s former defense secretary and newest member of the CLC .
“ An economy-wide carbon fee and dividend plan will compel companies to make strategic operational choices , incentivize investments in new technologies and give money back to the American people .
Over the past four years , Donald Trump was the only thing standing between climate change profiteers of both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very likely will exit the White House next month , Republicans aren ’ t even bothering to wait for Biden before advancing dubious climate policies backed by powerful corporate interests .
GOP kingmakers and former Trump officials like Mattis are poised to play ball with Biden ’ s climate team .
The goodies tucked inside the COVID-19 “ relief ” bill are just a down payment on future climate compromises .
It might not be the Green New Deal , but it ’ s close enough .


climatedepot--2020-12-27--Punishing Companies For CO2 Emissions Won’t Affect Temps, Climate

In recent years , climate change activists have increasingly turned their attention from issues like the Paris Climate Accord – which President-elect Joe Biden promises to rejoin – to corporate climate activism .
A small but vocal minority of climate catastrophists is pressuring large corporations into making lofty net-zero pledges and promising to divest from fossil fuels .
Many large investment firms and banks are joining a global energy discrimination campaign , refusing to fund businesses in fossil fuel production and other industries like petrochemicals , agriculture , forestry , and mining .
Even the Rockefeller Foundation , built with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is now divesting from fossil fuels .
In other areas , the energy companies are taking the lead themselves .
ExxonMobil , for example , recently announced that it will begin reporting what climate activists call “ scope 3 ” greenhouse gas emissions .
Scope 1 emissions refer to those generated by a company directly on its premises ; scope 2 are those emissions generated indirectly ; and scope 3 are emissions not under a company ’ s direct control , such as those from its suppliers or distributors .
The goal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ private companies with the “ sin ” of greenhouse gas emissions , even though these companies provide products and services that make our lives dramatically better .
If ExxonMobil starts a trend with its decision to report scope 3 , American businesses will be penalized not only for their own emissions but also for the emissions of all the businesses they work with .
Even a business that sincerely works to reduce its carbon footprint – and even if it does so using effective tools like direct carbon capture and utilization , rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – would be penalized for each of its vendors ’ actions .
Common sense dictates that we shouldn ’ t be punished for what we can ’ t control .
And scope 3 has other problems : the process of tracking emissions across a supply chain means that emissions will be assigned to companies more than once .
Governments and corporate leaders trying to appear eco-conscious should lighten up on scope 3 emissions for the same reason that they should refuse to kowtow to climate alarmists ’ demands : eliminating these emissions is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal with climate change .
Globally recognized climate data models project that even banning all U.S. emissions by 2030 – that ’ s all gas-powered cars , all fossil fuels , and even all gas-powered appliances – would only help temperatures dip by less than a microscopic two-tenths of a degree by the end of the century .
In other words , the untold trillions that it would cost to totally restructure our economy would barely move the global temperature needle .
Around the world , we ’ re suffering from climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best time in history to be alive .
Our lifespans , health , comfort , individual freedoms , and quality of life have improved dramatically since the Industrial Revolution .
Yes , average temperatures have risen slightly over that time , but we have become more resilient to Earth ’ s climate , not less .
You and I are 98.9 % less likely to die in a climate-related natural disaster today than our great-grandparents were .
Holding businesses liable for not just their emissions but also their vendors ’ emissions is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It won ’ t affect climate change – but it will punish companies for their success .


climatedepot--2020-12-27--‘Virus gonna virus’ — regardless of what government does – Locked-down California runs out of reason

‘Virus gonna virus’ — regardless of what government does – Locked-down California runs out of reasons for surprising surge of COVID

Locked-down California runs out of reasons for surprising surge OAKLAND , Calif. — California has had some of the toughest restrictions in the country to combat the coronavirus , from a complete ban on restaurant dining to travel quarantines and indoor gym closures .
It hasn ’ t been enough .
America ’ s most populous state has become one of the nation ’ s worst epicenters for the disease , setting new records for cases , hospitalizations and deaths almost every day .
At more than 100 new daily cases per 100,000 residents , California ’ s case rate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to the nonprofit tracking site Covid Act Now — though it ’ s a state that does not mandate mask wearing and allows indoor gatherings of up to 10 people .
The website Covid Exit Strategy shows a 97 percent rise in Covid throughout California , which has gone in the opposite direction from its West Coast counterparts , Oregon and Washington .
In Los Angeles , officials have said all along that people were gathering too often .
They blamed celebrations and postseason viewing parties when the Dodgers and Lakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blamed the strict rules themselves , saying that cooped-up Californians couldn ’ t take it any longer and decided they need to live their lives .
Others have said congregant settings remain a severe concern in a housing-constrained state , especially in low-income communities where residents live in tight quarters and must continue to work in-person to survive .
The state hasn ’ t employed strict enforcement and has relied on its regulatory agencies to cite the worst-offending establishments in spot cases .
But it has no real hammer against people gathering or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many local law enforcement agencies have made a point of declaring they will not become the stay-at-home police .
“ It ’ s a big state .
We get big numbers when things go wrong , ” said George Rutherford , professor of epidemiology and statistics at the University of California , San Francisco .
In the biggest shopping month of the year , parking lots at malls and retail centers are packed .
Such stores are among the few indoor operations allowed to stay open with stated capacity limits .
Mobility data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ December stay-home orders have barely made a dent in keeping people home compared to previous months , though the baseline doesn ’ t say whether it may have tamped down traffic compared to last December .
Rutherford doesn ’ t think the general population fully grasps the seriousness of the current surge .
“ People think they can negotiate with the virus , ” he said .
“ Here ’ s a hint : They can ’ t .
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climatedepot--2020-12-27--Mexico’s president calls virus lockdowns ‘dictatorship’ – Lockdowns are ‘fashionable among authoriti

Mexico’s president calls virus lockdowns ‘dictatorship’ – Lockdowns are ‘fashionable among authorities…who want to show they are heavy handed, dictatorship’

MEXICO CITY ( AP ) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Wednesday that politicians who impose lockdowns or curfews to limit COVID-19 are acting like dictators .
The comments came as López Obrador once again fended off questions about why he almost never wears a face mask , saying it was a question of liberty .
The Mexican leader said pandemic measures that limit people ’ s movements are “ fashionable among authorities … who want to show they are heavy handed , dictatorship.
” “ A lot of them are letting their authoritarian instincts show , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing is to guarantee liberty.
” It was unclear if the Mexican leader was referring to authorities in other countries , or the mainly opposition-party local leaders who have tried to impose limits in Mexico .
Many governments across the world have effectively implemented lockdowns or limits on when people can leave their homes , something López Obrador has fiercely resisted doing , arguing some people live day-to-day on what they earn on the streets .
Some local governments in Mexico have tried to use police to enforce limits on masks or movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior by police .
López Obrador argues such measures should be voluntary .
“ Everyone is free .
Whoever wants to wear a face mask and feel safer is welcome to do so , ” López Obrador said .


climatedepot--2020-12-27--German Economist Says ‘Great Reset Will Cause a Crash Worse than 1930s’

The Great Reset is real , it ’ s happening now and will lead to devastation worse — “ much , much worse ” — than the Weimar Republic , a German economist has warned .
Dr Antony Mueller , Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Sergipe in Brazil , says that the Chinese coronavirus ‘ pandemic ’ is being used as cover by the globalist elite to destroy small businesses and hasten a new world order based on “ expertocracy , climate green religion , and brutal depopulation ” .
This globalist elite — inspired by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Back Better ’ campaign for a ‘ Fourth Industrial Revolution ’ and by the United Nations ’ Agenda 2030 — are killing Main Street , together with thousands of jobs , by keeping economies across the Western World in near-permanent lockdown .
“ Most people have not noticed yet because at the moment governments can afford to give them subsidies and welfare payments .
But the question is : ‘ For how long ?
’ We know this money is coming to an end and that it will soon be over .
Next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe as one country pulls down another country.
” The coming economic crisis will be worse than any the world has seen before because all the countries in the Western world will become impoverished simultaneously and be unable to help one another .
It was the decline of Germany ’ s Weimar Republic — a period of high unemployment , deprivation , and hyperinflation — which led to the rise of Hitler .
But however bad it might have been , the coming depression is going to be much worse because society is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The other factor which is going to make this depression almost uniquely horrible is that because all the small businesses are being methodically and deliberately wiped out by government fiat , there will be nothing to make ordinary life bearable .
This has nothing to do with the virus , says Professor Mueller , and everything to do with government policy : “ The real pandemic will be the effect of the lockdown.
” “ We had a foretaste in 2008 .
You remember the pictures of lines of people waiting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This could well happen because you will have a collapse of credit… Unemployment will come .
The government will have no funds .
It will be mega inflation or a major contraction .
“ It was not the virus that did this .
It was the lockdown .
Most people can not comprehend it because the dimension explodes anything we are used to .
“ History has many examples where we ask ‘ How could they do this ?
’ But they did .
“ One should not bank on having money .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pension.
’ But the government won ’ t be able to pay your pension .
‘ Oh I have some savings.
’ But you won ’ t have any access to your savings account.
” While Mueller says the prognosis is bleak , his disastrous scenario may not come to fruition if Western economies see sense .
The best immediate hope , he says , would have been if Donald Trump got re-elected .
He says he takes no pleasure in warning of disaster .
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climatedepot--2020-12-27--Neil Ferguson reveals how China inspired lockdowns: ‘It’s a communist one-party state, we said. We c

Neil Ferguson reveals how China inspired lockdowns: ‘It’s a communist one-party state, we said. We couldn’t get away with it in Europe, we thought… and then Italy did it. And we realized we could’

Professor Neil Ferguson has given an extraordinary interview to Tom Whipple at The Times , in which he confirms the degree to which he believes that imitating China ’ s lockdown policies at the start of 2020 changed the parameters of what Western societies consider acceptable .
“ I think people ’ s sense of what is possible in terms of control changed quite dramatically between January and March , ” Professor Ferguson says .
When SAGE observed the “ innovative intervention ” out of China , of locking entire communities down and not permitting them to leave their homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be an available option in a liberal Western democracy : `` It ’ s a communist one-party state , we said .
We couldn ’ t get away with it in Europe , we thought… and then Italy did it .
And we realized we could . ''
- PROFESSOR NEIL FERGUSON , THE TIMES “ If China had not done it , ” he says , “ the year would have been very different.
” Flashback January 2020 : Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Medical Association podcast that the U.S. would n't implement draconian shutdowns of cities like what was occurring in China : “ There 's no chance in the world that we could do that to Chicago or to New York or to San Francisco , but they 're ( China ) doing it .
So , let 's see what happens.
” Neil Ferguson interview : China changed what was possible Professor Ferguson in our April interview on LockdownTV Professor Neil Ferguson has given an extraordinary interview to Tom Whipple at The Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to which he believes that imitating China ’ s lockdown policies at the start of 2020 changed the parameters of what Western societies consider acceptable .
“ I think people ’ s sense of what is possible in terms of control changed quite dramatically between January and March , ” Professor Ferguson says .
When SAGE observed the “ innovative intervention ” out of China , of locking entire communities down and not permitting them to leave their homes , they initially presumed it would not be an available option in a liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pains to emphasize the Chinese derivation of the lockdown concept , returning to it later in the interview : “ These days , lockdown feels inevitable .
It was , he reminds me , anything but .
“ If China had not done it , ” he says , “ the year would have been very different.
” ” To those people who , still now , object to lockdowns on civil liberties principles , this will be a chilling reminder of the centrality of the authoritarian Chinese model in influencing global policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within the same interview is a passage about Manaus , the city in the Brazilian rainforest that has come to be referred to as a counter-example of what might have happened with minimal interventions .
Whipple refers to “ an orthodoxy on some sections of the Right ” that Professor Ferguson got his initial predictions wrong , but asserts that the experience in Manaus comes close to proving him right .
But aside from the details about gravediggers and bodies being buried in trenches that have been cited in many articles about Manaus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make the maths work .
The March 16th paper that Whipple is referring to forecast that in a scenario without interventions , 81 % of the UK population would become infected , and that 0.9 % of them would die , ie 510,000 fatalities .
That , famously , was the scenario that bounced the UK government into changing its approach .
But Manaus is a city of 2.2 million people .
If we are to use it as proof that he was right , we should expect to have seen c 1.8m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of today , the Brazilian health authority records 3,297 deaths in Manaus— a tragically high number but less than a quarter of the Ferguson scenario .
Whipple suggests that between 45 % and 70 % of the city has been infected , but even if deaths have been miscounted and there were twice as many , it wouldn ’ t come close to the Ferguson projections .
Maybe I ’ ve missed something here , but how are these results ‘ not far from the apocalypse of the March 16th paper ’ ?


climatedepot--2020-12-28--LA Times: Bye, Bye ‘Climate depression’ – ‘For young Californians, climate change is a mental health

LA Times: Bye, Bye ‘Climate depression’ – ‘For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too’ – But children are turning to activism & ‘literally organizing out of climate anxiety’

LA Times reports that children are so distressed by what they have been taught about the alleged climate crisis , some are committing suicide .
Others are embracing radical climate activism as a coping mechanism for their climate mental health crisis .
For young Californians , climate change is a mental health crisis too Without reducing those emissions , climate change will make natural disasters , food shortages and rising sea levels even worse , experts say .
The world is not yet on track to make the changes necessary to ameliorate its worst effects .
Climate depression played a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s political awakening , and according to Varshini Prakash — executive director of youth-focused climate activism group the Sunrise Movement — it ’ s not uncommon for her group to meet kids who have contemplated suicide over the climate crisis .
Lifestyle changes “ empower individuals to feel like they can act , ” said Abby Austin , 23 , the political lead for the Sunrise Movement ’ s L.A. branch — echoing medical professionals who say that even small personal actions can help people feel like broader change remains possible .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ similar function .
Many young Californians said volunteering with climate advocacy groups like the Sunrise Movement or for politicians who have made climate change a central plank in their platforms has given them a sense of purpose .
“ A lot of the people who are in Sunrise , ” Austin said , “ are literally organizing out of climate anxiety.
” Feed kids a constant diet of climate anxiety ; some commit suicide , some turn to radical activism , some choose to become vegans or withdraw from life or vow to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what they believe will be a ruined world .
The solution is obvious .
Stop frightening the children .
Parents in a war zone don ’ t take young children out every day to see a bloody parade of all the mutilated corpses , they try to shield their kids from the horror , to give their children as normal a childhood as possible , even in the most impossible circumstances .
But climate activists don ’ t seem to behave that way .
Activists seem to delight in “ preparing kids for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as much horror and misery as they can pack into a school day .
When the kids get home , the indoctrination is far from over .
The kids get to tune into often government funded climate documentaries , to reinforce the unhappiness they learned at school .
No wonder the kids end up so messed up .
Even if you believe that the climate crisis is real and imminent , even if you believe we are all going to die in the next few decades , taking joy from the lives of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .


climatedepot--2020-12-28--New Research Shows The Oceans Can ‘Spontaneously’ Warm 8°C In Under 100 Years ‘Without External Trig

New Research Shows The Oceans Can ‘Spontaneously’ Warm 8°C In Under 100 Years ‘Without External Trigger’

Scientists are increasingly finding that abrupt , decadal-scale temperature changes of multiple degrees Celsius can arise unforced and spontaneously .
The surface temperatures for the Greenland ice sheet have been known to warm 8 to 16°C “ within decades or less ” – yes , fewer than 10 years – due to “ unforced oscillations.
” In other words , no external forcing mechanism is required for these abrupt warming events ( Li and Born , 2019 ) .
Scientists ( Gomes et al.
, 2020 ) examined the sea surface temperatures ( SSTs ) off the coasts of Lisbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition to finding the SSTs were 5°C warmer ( 19.7°C vs. 14.6°C ) about 11,000 years ago compared to the last millennium , they record a “ sudden warming episode ( in < 100 years ) , of ~8 °C ” for this region .
That ’ s a warming of nearly 1°C per decade .
Modern summer sea surface temperatures in the Western North Pacific average 16°C ( 15-17°C ) ( Davis et al.
, 2020 ) .
Proxy evidence indicates peak SSTs reached 20-23°C ~8000 to ~6000 yrs ago , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or two during the Early Holocene .
Another new study finds Iceland was ~2°C warmer and the Arctic region had much less sea ice as recently as ~1400 to 1000 years ago ( Miles et al.
, 2020 ) .
What ’ s most interesting is that in the last 1400 years the Arctic experienced marked climate changes ( ~1.5°C in decades ) that may have occurred “ spontaneously , ” or without requiring “ an external trigger ” .
In other words , these warming events may arise due to unforced natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magnitudes can and do occur without an external forcing mechanism , there is little reason to assume that the much more modest changes in SSTs in the last century fall outside the range of internal variability either .


climatedepot--2020-12-28--You May Need A COVID Vaccine Passport To Travel In 2021 – ‘Shown in order to enter concert venues, s

You May Need A COVID Vaccine Passport To Travel In 2021 – ‘Shown in order to enter concert venues, stadiums, movie theaters, offices, or even countries’

MIAMI ( CBSMiami/CNN ) – In order for people to travel in 2021 , they may eventually need a COVID vaccine passport .
Several companies and technology groups have begun developing smartphone apps or systems for individuals to upload details of their COVID-19 tests and vaccinations , creating digital credentials that could be shown in order to enter concert venues , stadiums , movie theaters , offices , or even countries .
The Common Trust Network , an initiative by Geneva-based nonprofit The Commons Project and the World Economic Forum , has partnered with several airlines including Cathay Pacific , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic , as well as hundreds of health systems across the United States and the government of Aruba .
The CommonPass app created by the group allows users to upload medical data such as a COVID-19 test result or , eventually , a proof of vaccination by a hospital or medical professional , generating a health certificate or pass in the form of a QR code that can be shown to authorities without revealing sensitive information .
For travel , the app lists health pass requirements at the points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itinerary .
“ You can be tested every time you cross a border .
You can not be vaccinated every time you cross a border , ” Thomas Crampton , chief marketing and communications officer for The Commons Project , told CNN Business .
He stressed the need for a simple and easily transferable set of credentials , or a “ digital yellow card , ” referring to the paper document generally issued as proof of vaccination .
Large tech firms are also getting in on the act .
IBM developed its own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which allows companies and venues to customize indicators they would require for entry including coronavirus tests , temperature checks and vaccination records .
Credentials corresponding to those indicators are then stored in a mobile wallet .
In an effort to address one challenge around returning to normalcy after vaccines are distributed widely , developers may now have to confront other challenges , ranging from privacy issues to representing the varied effectiveness of different vaccines .
But the most pressing challenge may simply be avoiding the disjointed implementation and mixed success of tech ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health crisis : contact tracing apps .


climatedepot--2020-12-29--German MP suggests restrictions ‘similar’ to Covid-19 lockdowns to fight ‘climate change’ – Warns ‘t

German MP suggests restrictions ‘similar’ to Covid-19 lockdowns to fight ‘climate change’ – Warns ‘there will never be a vaccine against CO2’

Social Democratic MP , Karl Lauterbach , “ We need measures to deal with climate change that are similar to the restrictions on personal freedom [ imposed ] to combat the pandemic , ” the professor of health economics and epidemiology at the University of Cologne wrote in a guest piece for Die Welt newspaper .
Lauterbach added , “ there will never be a vaccine against CO2.
” Lauterbach in Die Welt : To cope with climate change , steps are necessary that are `` analogous '' to restrictions on personal freedom due to the pandemic .
[ slightly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the impression remains that we in Germany and also in Europe , let alone in the United States , would not have been able to defeat this pandemic without the development of a vaccine .
However , there will never be a vaccination against CO2 .
We , therefore , need measures to deal with climate change that are analogous to the restrictions on personal freedom in combating pandemics .
I increasingly dare to doubt whether this can be achieved . ''
Humanity should sacrifice “ personal freedom ” just as many nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to successfully fight climate change , a German MP has said , adding that there will “ never ” be a vaccine against CO2 .
Germany had barely started its coronavirus vaccination campaign when a Social Democratic MP , Karl Lauterbach , warned that his compatriots need to brace themselves for yet another challenge : global warming .
“ We need measures to deal with climate change that are similar to the restrictions on personal freedom [ imposed ] to combat the pandemic , ” the professor of health economics and epidemiology at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guest piece for Die Welt newspaper .
He added that he hoped climate change issues would play “ a dominant role ” during the upcoming election campaign ahead of the federal ballot scheduled for September 2021 .
Lauterbach admitted he was rather skeptical about whether his dream future , in which humanity would beat climate change through the sacrifice of freedoms , would ever be achieved .
“ My experience of combating the coronavirus pandemic has unfortunately made me extremely pessimistic about whether we will be able to successfully stop climate change in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he “ had an impression ” that Germany , Europe , and particularly the US “ would not have been able to defeat the Covid pandemic without the development of a vaccine.
” All these nations are still quite far from defeating the virus , as their vaccination campaigns have only just started , and the number of new infections in these nations remains relatively high .
But he appeared much more concerned about the fact “ there will never be a vaccine against CO2.
” According to the MP , the problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ underestimated ” the pandemic and continue to do so .
Now , as the vaccination campaign kicks off , some might be too tempted to throw off the shackles of yet another lockdown well before the time is right to ease the restrictions , he warned .
If you did n't see this coming , you are a flaming fool .
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climatedepot--2020-12-29--‘As false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored’ – Michael Shellenberger rebuts Biden’s clai

‘As false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored’ – Michael Shellenberger rebuts Biden’s claim that climate change will ‘threaten… literally, the existence of our planet’

Biden said , `` Without clear approach from other ... emitters ... storms will continue to worsen '' Shellenberger : `` False again !
- Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90 % in 100 years - Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline* '' `` We are more resilient than ever : - Deaths from natural disasters declined over 90 % - We produce 25 % more food than we need — our largest surpluses in history .
And there is no scientific scenario for either of those trends to reverse themselves , even with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , deaths from natural disasters are at their lowest level in 120 years ...
Neither the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) nor any other reputable scientific body predicts a reversal in the long-term trend of declining deaths , even if temperatures rise another three degrees or more . ''
Five hours ago Joe Biden said climate change will “ threaten… literally , the existence of our planet ” — if , that is , we don ’ t take global action That is as false as anything Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media have fact-checked it First , climate change does NOT threaten “ the very existence of our planet ” That is ridiculous .
Not even the most ridiculous apocalyptic environmentalists say that There was once the idea that Earth could become like Venus but nobody even believes that any more A well-known climate scientist once told me that he & colleagues had attempted to model what it would take to create a Venus atmosphere on Earth with CO2 emissions .
It required dedicating more that total GDP globally to the task simply of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there isn ’ t even a science *fiction* scenario where climate change “ literally threatens the existence of our planet ” How would such a thing even occur ?
There ’ s not even a mechanism .
The worst anyone could imagine was Venus and Venus still exists .


climatedepot--2020-12-29--The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump

Glenn Greenwald : `` The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom . ''
... A much-discussed 2014 study concluded that economic power has become so concentrated in the hands of such a small number of U.S. corporate giants and mega-billionaires , and that this concentration in economic power has ushered in virtually unchallengeable political power in their hands and virtually none in anyone else ’ s , that the U.S. more resembles oligarchy than anything else .
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The lockdowns from the pandemic have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the U.S. that has only further fortified the power of corporate giants .
“ Billionaires increased their wealth by more than a quarter ( 27.5 % ) at the height of the crisis from April to July , just as millions of people around the world lost their jobs or were struggling to get by on government schemes , ” reported The Guardian in September .
Meanwhile , though exact numbers are unknown , “ roughly one in five small businesses have closed , ” AP notes , adding : “ restaurants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retailers that involve face-to-face contact have been hardest hit at a time when Americans are trying to keep distance from one another.
” Employees are now almost completely at the mercy of a handful of corporate giants which are thriving , far more trans-national than with any allegiance to the U.S. A Brookings Institution study this week — entitled “ Amazon and Walmart have raked in billions in additional profits during the pandemic , and shared almost none of it with their workers ” — found that “ the COVID-19 pandemic has generated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies , as well as immense wealth for their founders and largest shareholders—but next to nothing for workers.
” ... What makes this most menacing of all is that the primary beneficiaries of these rapid changes are Silicon Valley giants , at least three of which — Facebook , Google , and Amazon — are now classic monopolies .
That the wealth of their primary owners and executives — Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , Sundar Pichai — has skyrocketed during the pandemic is well-covered , but far more significant is the unprecedented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of information and conduct of political debates , to say nothing of the immense data they possess about our lives by virtue of online surveillance . ''
In 2020 alone , Trump had two perfectly crafted opportunities to seize authoritarian power — a global health pandemic and sprawling protests and sustained riots throughout American cities — and yet did virtually nothing to exploit those opportunities .
Actual would-be despots such as Hungary ’ s Viktor Orbán quickly seized on the virus to declare martial law , while even prior U.S. presidents , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used the pretext of much less civil unrest than what we saw this summer to deploy the military in the streets to pacify their own citizenry .
But early in the pandemic , Trump was criticized , especially by Democrats , for failing to assert the draconian powers he had , such as commandeering the means of industrial production under the Defense Production Act of 1950 , invoked by Truman to force industry to produce materials needed for the Korean War .
In March , The Washington Post reported that “ Governors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been urging Trump for at least a week to invoke the act , and his potential 2020 opponent , Joe Biden , came out in favor of it , too , ” yet “ Trump [ gave ] a variety of reasons for not doing so.
” Rejecting demands to exploit a public health pandemic to assert extraordinary powers is not exactly what one expects from a striving dictator .
Whether the U.S. was a democracy in any meaningful sense prior to Trump had been the subject of substantial scholarly debate .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ power has become so concentrated in the hands of such a small number of U.S. corporate giants and mega-billionaires , and that this concentration in economic power has ushered in virtually unchallengeable political power in their hands and virtually none in anyone else ’ s , that the U.S. more resembles oligarchy than anything else : The U.S .
Founders most certainly did not envision or desire absolute economic egalitarianism , but many , probably most , feared — long before lobbyists and candidate dependence on corporate SuperPACs — that economic inequality could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hands of so few , that it would contaminate the political realm , where those vast wealth disparities would be replicated , rendering political rights and legal equality illusory .
But the premises of pre-Trump debates over how grave a problem this is have been rendered utterly obsolete by the new realities of the COVID era .
A combination of sustained lockdowns , massive state-mandated transfers of wealth to corporate elites in the name of legislative “ COVID relief , ” and a radically increased dependence on online activities has rendered corporate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both economic and political power .
The lockdowns from the pandemic have ushered in a collapse of small businesses across the U.S. that has only further fortified the power of corporate giants .
“ Billionaires increased their wealth by more than a quarter ( 27.5 % ) at the height of the crisis from April to July , just as millions of people around the world lost their jobs or were struggling to get by on government schemes , ” reported The Guardian in September .
A study from July told part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numbers are unknown , “ roughly one in five small businesses have closed , ” AP notes , adding : “ restaurants , bars , beauty shops and other retailers that involve face-to-face contact have been hardest hit at a time when Americans are trying to keep distance from one another.
” Employees are now almost completely at the mercy of a handful of corporate giants which are thriving , far more trans-national than with any allegiance to the U.S. A Brookings Institution study this week — entitled “ Amazon and Walmart have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic , and shared almost none of it with their workers ” — found that “ the COVID-19 pandemic has generated record profits for America ’ s biggest companies , as well as immense wealth for their founders and largest shareholders—but next to nothing for workers.
” These COVID “ winners ” are not the Randian victors in free market capitalism .
Quite the contrary , they are the recipients of enormous amounts of largesse from the U.S. Government , which they control through armies of lobbyists and donations and which therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefit .
This is not free market capitalism rewarding innovative titans , but rather crony capitalism that is abusing the power of the state to crush small competitors , lavish corporate giants with ever more wealth and power , and turn millions of Americans into vassals whose best case scenario is working multiple jobs at low hourly wages with no benefits , few rights , and even fewer options .
Those must disgusted by this outcome should not be socialists but capitalists : this is a classic merger of state and corporate power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fascism in its most formal expression — that abuses state interference in markets to consolidate and centralize authority in a small handful of actors in order to disempower everyone else .
Those trends were already quite visible prior to Trump and the onset of the pandemic , but have accelerated beyond anyone ’ s dreams in the wake of mass lockdowns , shutdowns , prolonged isolation and corporate welfare thinly disguised as legislative “ relief.
” What makes this most menacing of all is that the primary beneficiaries of these rapid changes are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of which — Facebook , Google , and Amazon — are now classic monopolies .
That the wealth of their primary owners and executives — Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , Sundar Pichai — has skyrocketed during the pandemic is well-covered , but far more significant is the unprecedented power these companies exert over the dissemination of information and conduct of political debates , to say nothing of the immense data they possess about our lives by virtue of online surveillance .
Stay-at-home orders , lockdowns and social isolation have meant that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basic life functions more than ever before .
We order online from Amazon rather than shop ; we conduct meetings online rather than meet in offices ; we use Google constantly to navigate and communicate ; we rely on social media more than ever to receive information about the world .
And exactly as a weakened population ’ s dependence on them has increased to unprecedented levels , their wealth and power has reached all new heights , as has their willingness to control and censor information and debate .
That Facebook , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more control over our political expression is hardly contestable .
What is most remarkable , and alarming , is that they are not so much grabbing these powers as having them foisted on them , by a public — composed primarily of corporate media outlets and U.S. establishment liberals — who believe that the primary problem of social media is not excessive censorship but insufficient censorship .
As Sen. Ed Markey ( D-MA ) told Mark Zuckerberg when four Silicon Valley CEOs appeared before the Senate in October : “ The issue is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that they ’ re taking too many posts down .
The issue is that they ’ re leaving too many dangerous posts up.
” As I told the online program Rising this week when asked what the worst media failings of 2020 are , I continue to view the brute censorship by Facebook of incriminating reporting about Joe Biden in the weeks before the election as one of the most significant , and menacing , political events of the last several years .
That this censorship was announced by a Facebook corporate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a Democratic Party apparatchik provided the perfect symbolic expression of this evolving danger .
These tech companies are more powerful than ever , not only because of their newly amassed wealth at a time when the population is suffering , but also because they overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party candidate about to assume the presidency .
Predictably , they are being rewarded with numerous key positions in his transition team and the same will ultimately be true of the new administration .
The Biden/Harris administration clearly intends to do a great deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is well-positioned to do a great deal for them in return , starting with their immense power over the flow of information and debate .
The dominant strain of U.S. neoliberalism — the ruling coalition that has now consolidated power again — is authoritarianism .
They view those who oppose them and reject their pieties not as adversaries to be engaged but as enemies , domestic terrorists , bigots , extremists and violence-inciters to be fired , censored , and silenced .
And they have on their side — beyond the bulk of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community , and Wall Street — an unprecedentedly powerful consortium of tech monopolies willing and able to exert greater control over a population that has rarely , if ever , been so divided , drained , deprived and anemic .
All of these authoritarian powers will , ironically , be invoked and justified in the name of stopping authoritarianism — not from those who wield power but from the movement that was just removed from power .
Those who spent four years shrieking to great profit about the dangers of lurking “ fascism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — now use this merger of state and corporate power to consolidate their own authority , control the contours of permissible debate , and silence those who challenge them even further .
Those most vocally screaming about growing authoritarianism in the U.S. over the last four years were very right in their core warning , but very wrong about the real source of that danger .


climatedepot--2020-12-29--Analysis: Big ‘Green’ is after more power & money: ‘The movement has nothing to do with the environm

Analysis: Big ‘Green’ is after more power & money: ‘The movement has nothing to do with the environment’ – ‘Goliath doesn’t deal in billions. It deals in trillions’

Rogan O ’ Handley : `` Greenpeace , Nature Conservancy , World Wildlife Fund , and Sierra Club all have financial assets in the $ 100 to $ 300 million-dollar range .
Name a Fortune 500 company and chances are they 're writing big checks to Big Green .
Banking giant , Citigroup , for example , has committed $ 100 billion to `` combat climate change . ''
But the real money is at the government level .
In 2009 the Obama Administration directed more than $ 110 billion to be spent on renewable energy `` investments '' under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What the taxpayer got for this investment other than long-forgotten $ 500 million-dollar boondoggles -- like Solyndra -- is hard to say .
According to the best economic models , the Paris Climate Accord will cost the world $ 1 to 2 trillion every year .
... Big Green is not poor , not honest , and certainly not powerless . ''
You hear lots of dire predictions these days — the planet is burning , the seas are rising , and so on .
But what is the real purpose of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it to protect the environment ?
Or is there a different motive ?
Rogan O ’ Handley , aka DC Draino , gets to the bottom of these questions in this important video .
You ’ ve heard a lot about Big Oil , Big Pharma , Big Tech and all the other big bad players out there .
I want to talk to you about the biggest , baddest one of them all .
This Goliath doesn ’ t deal in billions .
It deals in trillions .
It ’ s the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the world right now .
Nothing else even comes close .
Until we see it for what it is and reign it in , it ’ s going to get even bigger .
And as is usually the case , bigger is not always better .
You see , Big Green wants to take over your life .
It has to .
Big Green , after all , intends to save the planet from oblivion .
Your freedom would seem to be a small price to pay .
To accomplish its mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already has a lot of both .
But it ’ s hungry for much more .
Who do we mean when we say Big Green ?
We mean the major organizations that set the agenda for the movement .
This would include , among dozens : And , of course , the politicians , bureaucrats , corporations , and media outlets who support and promote their agenda .
Before we get any deeper into this , let ’ s stipulate a few things .
It appears , though we can ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If it continues to warm , it could cause serious environmental problems sometime in the distant future .
Industrialization probably plays a role in this warming process .
Reasonable people should be able to agree on this .
Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Newt Gingrich actually once sat down together and said as much in a public service ad they made in the 1990s .
But Big Green has no interest in being reasonable .
So , let ’ s talk about the money .
Greenpeace , Nature Conservancy , World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have financial assets in the $ 100 to $ 300 million-dollar range .
Name a Fortune 500 company and chances are they ’ re writing big checks to Big Green .
Banking giant , Citigroup , for example , has committed $ 100 billion to “ combat climate change.
” But the real money is at the government level .
In 2009 the Obama Administration directed more than $ 110 billion to be spent on renewable energy “ investments ” under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act alone .
What the taxpayer got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 500 million-dollar boondoggles — like Solyndra — is hard to say .
According to the best economic models , the Paris Climate Accord will cost the world $ 1 to 2 trillion every year .
Total cost for The Green New Deal : $ 52 trillion—minimum .
But money is only a means to an end .
The power to transform society into what they think it should be .
That ’ s what this is really about .
Here ’ s how Saikat Chakrabarti , the architect of the Green New Deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ …it wasn ’ t originally a climate thing at all…we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.
” Maybe you like all this .
But don ’ t pretend it ’ s about protecting the environment .
Chakrabarti was being honest .
You should be , too .
It ’ s about transferring more and more power to the government—at every level : federal , state , local .
And the way to get the power is to gin up scary scenarios .
The planet is burning .
The seas are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be dead soon unless we listen to those masters of disaster , Al Gore , Bill McKibben , and Greta Thunberg .
And what have all their horror stories led to ?
A generation of young people who have nightmares about a planet burning up around them .
Poor people who pay higher energy bills than they need to because of massive subsidies for wind and solar power .
Millions of birds , including endangered ones , dying , sliced to pieces by wind turbines .
Yet , in the midst of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleaner , healthier , and richer than it has ever been .
Deaths from natural disasters are at all-time lows .
Here ’ s why : Human beings adapt when faced with climate problems .
We ’ re really good at it .
We ’ ve been doing it for thousands of years .
Build taller and better sea walls .
That ’ s what the Netherlands did .
A good chunk of the country , including its international airport , is below sea level .
Spread the gospel of drip irrigation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it needs and it ’ s in the middle of a desert .
Build more nuclear power plants .
Sweden gets half of its energy from nuclear .
None of these simple , practical solutions makes much of an impact on Big Green .
You don ’ t raise money off of common sense and you don ’ t get political power telling people how good things are and you certainly don ’ t become famous by being calm .
Big Green is not poor , not honest , and certainly not powerless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plug in to that truth .


climatedepot--2020-12-29--Bill Gates’ Savior Complex: Funds Sun-Dimming Plan To Save the Human Race

Bill Gates is now best known as a philanthropist , not the guy who started Microsoft or was the avatar for everyone ’ s annoyance with Windows 95 .
He ’ s also known for wanting to save us from ourselves .
Now , apparently , he wants to save us from the sun .
Gates , for those of you who don ’ t follow these things , has been big on both vaccination and pandemic prevention .
Fair enough .
That certainly means his moment has arrived .
However , he ’ s about as much of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is just fine if you ’ re a billionaire who can afford to hide away as if this were Poe ’ s “ The Masque of the Red Death , ” but the real-world consequences for the rest of us can be , ahem , problematic .
However , while you may have been paying attention to his efforts on vaccination and lockdowns , you may not have noticed that one of Gates ’ most controversial causes just got a go-ahead : A project that would help block out the sun .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ Highlander 2 : The Quickening , ” but it ’ s nothing near that science fiction-y .
According to Reuters , a Harvard University project plans to test out a controversial theory that global warming can be stopped by spraying particles into the atmosphere that would reflect the sun ’ s rays .
The project represents one of the most controversial aspects of what ’ s known as “ geoengineering ” — the idea that , to tackle issues like climate change , massive aspects of our ecosystem can be played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it would involve reflecting some of the sun ’ s rays to stop them from reaching Earth .
“ Open-air research into spraying tiny , sun-reflecting particles into the stratosphere , to offset global warming , has been stalled for years by controversies – including that it could discourage needed cuts in greenhouse gas emissions , ” Reuters reported .
“ In a small step , the Swedish Space Corporation agreed this week to help Harvard researchers launch a balloon near the Arctic town of Kiruna next June .
It would carry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment 20 km ( 12 miles ) high.
” The Harvard team , whose project is known as SCoPEx , is funded in large part by Gates , according to an August report in the U.K. Daily Mail .
( Which gave the subject the wordy title : “ Could dimming the sun save the Earth ?
Bill Gates wants to spray millions of tonnes of dust into the stratosphere to stop global warming… but critics fear it could trigger calamity ” ) The journal Nature was less judgmental .
“ The idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particles into the stratosphere , and they will cool the planet by reflecting some of the Sun ’ s rays back into space .
Scientists have already witnessed the principle in action , ” Nature already reported in 2018 .
( Headline : “ First sun-dimming experiment will test a way to cool Earth ” ) “ When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991 , it injected an estimated 20 million tonnes of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere — the atmospheric layer that stretches from about 10 to 50 kilometres above @ @ @ @ @ @ @ created a haze of sulfate particles that cooled the planet by around 0.5 °C .
For about 18 months , Earth ’ s average temperature returned to what it was before the arrival of the steam engine.
” There are several problems with this plan , not the least of which is that we don ’ t know what the unintended consequences might be .
But to environmentalists , the problem is that it doesn ’ t solve global warming the way they want to do it .
“ There is no merit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ next step .
You can ’ t test the trigger of a bomb and say ‘ This can ’ t possibly do any harm , ’ ” said Niclas Hällström , director of the Sweden-based environmentalist think-tank WhatNext ?
And while Hällström is worried about some of the same things that other people are — the potential to change rain patterns or crop yields — he ’ s also concerned that people aren ’ t concerned enough about the solution he wants , which is a transition to a zero-carbon society .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , immediate solutions to climate change , ” he said .
He ’ s not the only one , either .
“ This is as much an experiment in changing social norms and crossing a line as it is a science experiment , ” said Jim Thomas , co-executive director of Canadian-based environmentalist organization ETC Group , which opposes the idea .
But then again , Gates lives in this dream world where his advice on pandemics and global warming is given equal weight as his time developing Windows .
When it comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he expects businesses and restaurants to remain shuttered for some time : “ Bars and restaurants — in most of the country — will be closed as we go into this wave , and I think , sadly , that ’ s appropriate , ” he said during an interview with CNN ’ s Jake Tapper in an interview earlier this month .
“ The next four to six months really call on us to do our best , because we can see that this will end and you don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the last to die of coronavirus.
” He ’ s also called out fellow billionaire Elon Musk for his statements questioning the science behind mask-wearing .
“ Elon ’ s positioning is to maintain a high level of outrageous comments , ” Gates said in a July CNBC interview .
“ He ’ s not much involved in vaccines .
He makes a great electric car .
And his rockets work well .
So he ’ s allowed to say these things .
I hope that he doesn ’ t confuse areas he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” However , when it came to outrageous comments , keep in mind that in that same interview , Gates said that when it came to the coronavirus , “ China did a lot of things right at the beginning , like any country where a virus first shows up .
They can look back and say they missed some things.
” In short , Bill Gates doesn ’ t have a particularly great handle on COVID , much less the current vaccine process .
He panders to China .
His work on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And now , what he wants us all to believe is that he ’ s got a handle on everything — including blotting out the sun to make the world cooler .
Get the economics on business-killing lockdowns together , Bill .
Then we ’ ll see about your geoengineering gambit .