What burns me, as a scientist, is that the "man-made global warming" theory is NOT supported by the past 40 years of data collection! And yet, even many so-called conservatives tacitly support it while condemning carbon-reduction initiatives. Instead of starting by saying, "Despite the un-supported "climate crisis", the efforts to reduce U.S. CO2 emissions will cause serious, negative, economic effects to our country", they leave out the fact that there IS NO CLIMATE CRISIS!
You would think people would start looking back at predictions about rising sea levels and such to see just how damn wrong they were. Al Gore comes to mind.
when the man-made global warming theory came out in the early '80s, I thought it was legit, but then started tracking the data. EPA had a report out in 1984?, where they predicted that in 30 years, the absolute minimum rise in global sea level would be 1 foot, and even thought 2 feet possible. I believe global sea level is the ultimate indicator of any significant global warming (beyond the established rate), and there hasn't been a significant increase in the rate of global sea level rise in the past 40 years, thus the reason to change from global warming/man-made global warming, to "climate change", to "climate crisis".
Seriously. I don't understand why they cede the premise. On a dozen different points, everything they say is wrong. More disasters? There haven't been: hurricane, tornadoes, floods, droughts, none of it occurs at a higher frequency. More severe? Nope. Rising sea levels? 0.3 mm/yr that has been going on since 1700ish isn't dangerous. The ice caps melting? Greenland's actually accumulating ice. So is Antarctica. And the Arctic sea ice extends just as far as it did when Al Gore first predicted it'd all be gone by 2014. Ocean acidification? Turns out its not killing the corals. The Great Barrier Reef is vibrant, and bleaching events are both common and recoverable on reefs. Sunscreen has a greater effect, which is why they now ban many commercial sunscreens for divers.
But, as you say, there is no climate crisis in the data.
I do wonder if they just don't want to fight the battle. If they start calling NASA climate frauds for making up fake surface temperature data, that's going to get spicy politically. This isn't a debate with easy to memorize talking points. You actually have to think, and perhaps politicians are too chicken to actually do the work?
What burns me, as a scientist, is that the "man-made global warming" theory is NOT supported by the past 40 years of data collection! And yet, even many so-called conservatives tacitly support it while condemning carbon-reduction initiatives. Instead of starting by saying, "Despite the un-supported "climate crisis", the efforts to reduce U.S. CO2 emissions will cause serious, negative, economic effects to our country", they leave out the fact that there IS NO CLIMATE CRISIS!
Imagine a person being so stupid that they actually believe that carbon dioxide is harmful to the environment!
Apparently, they flunked Biology 101: Study of Plants.
Seriously. No common sense. "A celebrity says it's bad so it must be bad!"
You would think people would start looking back at predictions about rising sea levels and such to see just how damn wrong they were. Al Gore comes to mind.
You misspelled ManBearPig.....
when the man-made global warming theory came out in the early '80s, I thought it was legit, but then started tracking the data. EPA had a report out in 1984?, where they predicted that in 30 years, the absolute minimum rise in global sea level would be 1 foot, and even thought 2 feet possible. I believe global sea level is the ultimate indicator of any significant global warming (beyond the established rate), and there hasn't been a significant increase in the rate of global sea level rise in the past 40 years, thus the reason to change from global warming/man-made global warming, to "climate change", to "climate crisis".
Seriously. I don't understand why they cede the premise. On a dozen different points, everything they say is wrong. More disasters? There haven't been: hurricane, tornadoes, floods, droughts, none of it occurs at a higher frequency. More severe? Nope. Rising sea levels? 0.3 mm/yr that has been going on since 1700ish isn't dangerous. The ice caps melting? Greenland's actually accumulating ice. So is Antarctica. And the Arctic sea ice extends just as far as it did when Al Gore first predicted it'd all be gone by 2014. Ocean acidification? Turns out its not killing the corals. The Great Barrier Reef is vibrant, and bleaching events are both common and recoverable on reefs. Sunscreen has a greater effect, which is why they now ban many commercial sunscreens for divers.
But, as you say, there is no climate crisis in the data.
I do wonder if they just don't want to fight the battle. If they start calling NASA climate frauds for making up fake surface temperature data, that's going to get spicy politically. This isn't a debate with easy to memorize talking points. You actually have to think, and perhaps politicians are too chicken to actually do the work?
This crisis lies in the magnitude of the lie.
Also in the fact that so much of high-level science is complicit in creating this global lie.
https://youtu.be/4LkMweOVOOI