[Master Thread] Environmentalism, Climate Change, etc.

[Crazy Cat 41,984]

My hometown, in southern Arkansas, was struck in 1949 by a tornado which killed 56 people. But, we all know the facts have to fit their agenda.

[Dashinka 24,635]

Airplane turbulence,  climate change!

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/singapore-airlines-turbulence-passenger-describes-horrifying-experience/

[TBoneTX 45,591]

15 hours ago, Dashinka said:

this video is amazing

You can't take your eyes off of it, or of others.  It's sad and tragic.

 

A few years ago, I had business in Oklahoma City.  A very few months later, the hotel where I'd stayed and the restaurant where I'd eaten were flattened by a tornado.

[Boiler 45,732]

‘Termination shock’: cut in ship pollution sparked global heating spurt

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/termination-shock-cut-in-ship-pollution-sparked-global-heating-spurt

 

Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

[Dashinka 24,635]

Seems right.

 

Joshua trees growing for over 100 years will be cleared for solar farm in California

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/joshua-trees-growing-over-100-years-will-be-cleared-solar-farm-california

[TBoneTX 45,591]

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

Joshua trees growing for over 100 years will be cleared for solar farm in California

They can't clear underbrush to prevent wildfires, yet they can do this.  Perfect logic.

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Bill Gates Takes on Farting Cows but Predictably Leaves Out a Pretty Important Fact

 

The elites are once again very concerned for the planet, and Bill Gates seems to be taking a page from AOC's book because his issue now is flatulent bovines.  Take a look.  [...]

 

https://twitchy.com/laura-w/2024/06/08/bill-gates-takes-on-the-farting-cows-but-predictably-leaves-out-a-pretty-important-fact-n2397096

[Dashinka 24,635]

I doubt any of the ecoterrorists on the left believe this.

 

6 fake "facts" people still believe about climate change

 

3. FALSE: Natural disasters are becoming more dangerous.

As mentioned above, 98% fewer people die every year from climate-related disasters than a century ago. So what’s with all the doomsday headlines about hurricanes and wildfires? 

Hurricanes and floods are becoming more expensive — but not more lethal — due to increased coastal development. As society evolves, cities develop more densely, and more people move to coastal regions, it understandably becomes more expensive to repair high-end buildings and infrastructure.

But the number of hurricanes that have made landfall in the United States each year since the late 1800s has been quite stagnant. Since the 1930s, the 36 costliest U.S. hurricanes clearly represent a downward trend in intensity.

 

https://jasonisaac.substack.com/p/6-fake-facts-people-still-believe

[Dashinka 24,635]

On 5/30/2024 at 10:54 PM, Boiler said:

‘Termination shock’: cut in ship pollution sparked global heating spurt

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/termination-shock-cut-in-ship-pollution-sparked-global-heating-spurt

 

Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

I am still trying to find out why all these vaunted climate "scientists" ignore the amount of water injected into the upper atmosphere by the Hunga-Tonga volcano a little more than two years ago.  The estimate is that this water vapor will stay in the atmosphere for 8-10 years and water vapor is one of the most potent GHGs in the air.  

 

As to the above article, what is the remedy?  Going back to dirtier emissions?

[Boiler 45,732]

I have been amusing myself with all the recent stories of EU, US, UK putting tariffs on Chinese EVs. etc

 

Do they not want to save the planet?

[Dashinka 24,635]

53 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I have been amusing myself with all the recent stories of EU, US, UK putting tariffs on Chinese EVs. etc

 

Do they not want to save the planet?

No doubt, let the Chinese EVs in sans tariffs, and let the chips fall where they may.  I don't agree however with subsidizing them with tax incentives, but I don't think we should be doing that for domestically produced EVs either.

 

[TBoneTX 45,591]

7 hours ago, Dashinka said:

the Hunga-Tonga volcano

I've concluded for a long time that volcanoes have far more impact on the Earth's environment than anything that mere humans could do.

[Dashinka 24,635]

A bit of a petulant court ruling, but decided to put it here.  Even the Swiss seem to be getting frustrated by these puppet courts and their rulings.

 

Switzerland Considers Defying Climate Court Order

 

Switzerland, however, has been defiant toward the ruling so far.

 

A parliamentary committee has rejected the ruling, while the upper house slammed the court’s “judicial activism”. The upper house, leaning right, has argued that Switzerland does not need to take further action because it is already doing enough to combat climate change.

 

Apart from setting precedents, the Swiss case highlights the backlash against climate rulings globally.

 

If Switzerland refuses to implement the court ruling to do more to fight climate change, it could “set a concerning precedent, undermining the role of legal oversight in democratic governance,” Isabela Keuschnigg, legal researcher with the London School of Economics, told Reuters.

 

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Switzerland-Considers-Defying-Climate-Court-Order.html

[TBoneTX 45,591]

Scientists Torn On Whether To Blame Heat Wave On Climate Change, Trump, Or White Supremacy

 

U.S. — As a spike of higher temperatures prepared to sweep across the United States this week, scientists were torn on whether to blame the heat wave on climate change, Donald Trump, or white supremacy.

Though arguments were made within the scientific community on the legitimacy of each cause, no consensus had been reached, leaving researchers to look for ways to maintain climate change, Trump, and white supremacy as joint causes for the hotter weather.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/scientists-torn-on-whether-to-blame-heat-wave-on-climate-change-trump-or-white-supremacy

[TBoneTX 45,591]

As Summer Temps Rise, Nation’s Women Transition From 'Freezing' To 'Cold'

 

[...] Experts have confirmed that adult human females all around America are slowly starting to shed the outermost layers of their 24 blankets around a base layer of eight sweatshirts in response to the now over-100-degree summer temperatures.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/as-summer-temps-rise-nations-women-transition-from-freezing-to-cold