I think/hope that the climate grift is on its last legs.
8 thoughts on “Less Warming”
The range of ECS estimates never shrinks. It’s a bit like the Hubble tension, which stubbornly refuses to fade.
The narrative is that we were more ignorant than we knew back when we started doing those ECS estimates. Of course, the same people can’t possibly be more ignorant than they know now.
Sure, there’s more fear in the Climate Alarmism community. They fear that more people are waking up to their massive grift operation and it may all come crashing down.
Allow me to offer a major reframe (a la Scott Adams’ reframe concept) of the concept of our “carbon emissions”. First off, it is “carbon dioxide”, not “carbon” emissions, okay? But then, then, instead of asking the question of “how do we mitigate the warming effects of our carbon dioxide emissions?” we instead ask the entrepreneur’s question: how do we take economic advantage of all of this free carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere?
Having worked in this field for some time, I know how rich it is. Looking at atmospheric CO2 as an economic opportunity rather than a threat changes everything.
I think nature is already taking care of itself. More CO2 in the atmosphere means more plant growth. If the atmosphere does warm, that can extend both the growing season and the land area suitable for growing food.
But that will mean more people — and the globalists know they can’t possibly control a world with more people.
That’s what this whole project of theirs has been all about — not ensuring a more livable Earth, but a more controllable human race.
I’ve done a lot of thinking lately about Arthur C. Clarke’s saying, “Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.” I took a seemingly trivial example of walking into a room, turning on a switch, and a light illuminates. The number people of different trades and disciplines to make that light come on is rather large. First, you have to build the infrastructure to generate and deliver the electricity. Depending on the type of equipment used to generate the power, the number of people involved could easily be over 100,000. You also have to not only have an electrician to wire your home, but you also need the people (and their supply chains) to manufacture the wiring, the switch, and the light itself. Once all that’s in place, you need the people to operate the power plant, provide it with energy, and maintain the electrical lines. Copper miners, iron ore miners, steel plant workers, railroads, petroleum workers, the list goes on and on.
My point is about those self-declared “elites” who think the world would be a paradise if most of the people other than themselves disappeared. What they don’t realize is how many people with diverse skills are necessary to build and maintain the luxuries that make up their lives. Even if they used wind or solar for electricity, it still takes a lot to build and operate those things, plus the batteries that keep the electricity flowing at night or in calm conditions. Additive manufacturing can make some of the equipment, but that also takes a skilled workforce. It reminds me of the ending of Tom Clancey’s book, “Rainbow Six” where ecoterrorists are left naked in a jungle area. It didn’t end well for them.
The range of ECS estimates never shrinks. It’s a bit like the Hubble tension, which stubbornly refuses to fade.
The narrative is that we were more ignorant than we knew back when we started doing those ECS estimates. Of course, the same people can’t possibly be more ignorant than they know now.
Sure, there’s more fear in the Climate Alarmism community. They fear that more people are waking up to their massive grift operation and it may all come crashing down.
Allow me to offer a major reframe (a la Scott Adams’ reframe concept) of the concept of our “carbon emissions”. First off, it is “carbon dioxide”, not “carbon” emissions, okay? But then, then, instead of asking the question of “how do we mitigate the warming effects of our carbon dioxide emissions?” we instead ask the entrepreneur’s question: how do we take economic advantage of all of this free carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere?
Having worked in this field for some time, I know how rich it is. Looking at atmospheric CO2 as an economic opportunity rather than a threat changes everything.
I think nature is already taking care of itself. More CO2 in the atmosphere means more plant growth. If the atmosphere does warm, that can extend both the growing season and the land area suitable for growing food.
But that will mean more people — and the globalists know they can’t possibly control a world with more people.
That’s what this whole project of theirs has been all about — not ensuring a more livable Earth, but a more controllable human race.
I’ve done a lot of thinking lately about Arthur C. Clarke’s saying, “Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.” I took a seemingly trivial example of walking into a room, turning on a switch, and a light illuminates. The number people of different trades and disciplines to make that light come on is rather large. First, you have to build the infrastructure to generate and deliver the electricity. Depending on the type of equipment used to generate the power, the number of people involved could easily be over 100,000. You also have to not only have an electrician to wire your home, but you also need the people (and their supply chains) to manufacture the wiring, the switch, and the light itself. Once all that’s in place, you need the people to operate the power plant, provide it with energy, and maintain the electrical lines. Copper miners, iron ore miners, steel plant workers, railroads, petroleum workers, the list goes on and on.
My point is about those self-declared “elites” who think the world would be a paradise if most of the people other than themselves disappeared. What they don’t realize is how many people with diverse skills are necessary to build and maintain the luxuries that make up their lives. Even if they used wind or solar for electricity, it still takes a lot to build and operate those things, plus the batteries that keep the electricity flowing at night or in calm conditions. Additive manufacturing can make some of the equipment, but that also takes a skilled workforce. It reminds me of the ending of Tom Clancey’s book, “Rainbow Six” where ecoterrorists are left naked in a jungle area. It didn’t end well for them.
Exspecto comedatur!