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Willis Eschenbach
Watts Up with That
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:17 UTC

According to the UN's MyWorld poll of seven million people in 194 countries, out of the sixteen possibilities climate action came out ... wait for it ... dead last.

In general, the only people who thought it was important were the perpetually offended white wokerati with pronouns ...

Why is it that rational folks around the planet put the priority of climate action so low? Well, first off, there are serious issues out there that affect us today — affordable food, jobs, healthcare, reliable energy for farmers and householders, real stuff, not a bunch of climate blowhards screaming that the sky is falling.

And the second reason is, folks know in their heart of hearts that science is all about making falsifiable predictions ... and in that regard, climate science is a dumpster fire.

So I thought I'd take a look at what climate scientists, and those who believe climate scientists, and governments, and the UN, have predicted about the future. We'll start with this classic:

Yeah, right, that hasn't aged well ... here's another classic from the UN. They predicted 50 million climate refugees by 2010 ... and when the real number was, well, zero, they tried to cover it up.

Shot from Al Gore, 2006:

Chaser from Al Gore, 2018:

And finally, my personal favorite because it's so much more accurate than the others ... 7 years, 98 days, 15 hours to save the planet.

Given that, only someone with pronouns could continue to think that these folks are serious. So why do the scientists involved continue to flog this dead horse?

The answer was given by Upton Sinclair, who said:

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!

Yep. The answer is money. And it's not just the scientists, the UN, and the media who have been seduced by it. The cartoonist Josh has looked at the end series of UN "COP" get-togethers, with the upcoming one being COP26 ... I figure COP stands for "Corrupt Oligarchs' Party", but hey, that's just me. In any case, Josh has seen to the heart of the matter.

And those, dear friends, are among the many reasons that the world, or at least the sane portion thereof, puts climate action at the very bottom of their priority list.

My best to all, I'm gonna go outdoors and enjoy the climate on a lovely autumn day,

w.

PS — Please don't bother pointing out that these are not all scientists. If influential lay people make colossal bogus scientific misstatements, it's up to the scientists to not stay quiet. Silence in that case is not golden. It is support for scientific malfeasance.

Reader Comments

ReRan ·

Great! Love it.

· 2021-10-16T22:38:05Z

LindaMay · 2021-10-17T02:21:00Z

Wont be much of economics left either 2029-2030!!

The left folks will be hardworking and friendly n healthy too. Beautiful!!

LindaMay · 2021-10-17T02:49:07Z

LindaMay [Link]
Dirty dirt in Wealthy Lausanne Switzerland.

Stevil · 2021-10-17T08:08:01Z

I agree the doomsaying is unnecessary and that the jury is still out on whether man-made emissions are even affecting the climate. However I don't think that that should stop us from trying to clean up our act. The sham of renewable energies like wind and solar is simply not viable. It feels much more like virtue signalling.(TBF solar may be much more efficient closer to the equator, but even still, it seems impractical at best).

I guess its another case of being "factually inaccurate but morally true". Although the screaming and shouting means that credibility is lost, a large portion of the population do seem to need a constant reminder for basic respect for our beautiful planet. Whether that be a simple act of not dropping litter or conserving energy or more commited acts of ecological preservation.

Stevil · 2021-10-17T08:56:58Z

Stevil Also, has anyone considered that global warming could be real and we are just not seeing it (yet) due to the solar minimum we are experiencing?

ReRan · 2021-10-17T13:24:17Z

Stevil I've been saying for some time now, instead of worrying about the climate, we should be cleaning up our polluted waters and soils and air. Let the trees and plants take care of the CO2, they have the best experience. Years ago there was an Oprah episode where she was encouraging people to buy the then new curly flourescent lightbulbs, which were very expensive to most people. At the time I wondered how much energy was used in the construction of her mansion and others like it, and how easy it was for her to lecture the rest of us on energy consumption. There are many facets to the energy debate, and all need to be considered, including the basic necessity of producing so much "stuff".

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