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?
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?