Yes, obviously the Texas flooding is caused by our SUVs:
For climate scientists like Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the link to a warming planet was obvious.
“When you have a warmer atmosphere, then you have the capability to hold more water vapor,” Ekwurzel explained. “When storms organize, there’s much more water you can wring out of the atmosphere compared to the past.”
So I guess that would explain all the recent flooding in California, too.
Oh, wait.
To paraphrase: “Billion$$ in damage in northeast. Still no weather-caster may utter the phrase Global Cooling,”
Oh, I know I know, Bill Nye is about Climate Change not Global Warming.
Oklahoma is experiencing Climate Change too.
Why do they think they can get away with one day saying the drought in Texas is because of AGW, then when the rains come, they say that is because of AGW?
Are they stupid, or do they just consider their audience stupid?
Or, both?
Why do they think they can get away with…
Easy. I was in Hawaii and our Maui tour bus was given a five minute lecture over the loud speaker by the lady bus driver about how CO2 was screwing up the environment because it produced the “weird weather” she had recently experienced. Given the suggestion, most people will see things, e.g. bunny rabbit shaped clouds, in random noise fields. It’s how things like stock and gambling systems get sold to the public all the time.
Ok, so I’m an ignorant person. Hopefully someone can help me. Bill Nye premises his comment on the cost of damages. I’ve seen this many times, that rising cost of natural disaster is evidence of global warming.
My ignorant context is that there is concept called “Time Value of Money“. This would suggest to me that the overall inflation caused by economic growth leads to any particular item costing a bit more, and this would include replacement costs related to damages. After all, supposedly it is a good thing that my home costs more today than it did when I purchased it years ago.
So here’s my ignorant question, is economic growth proof of Climate Change? Is perhaps the recent slow down in economic growth based on the increased use of renewable resources? Maybe we should increase our use of carbon products to do our part to improve the economy? I mean, why else use dollars as a measure of climate change as Bill Nye does?
With all due respect to Brenda Ekwurzel, I don’t think the moisture capacity of the atmosphere in the Houston environs is an issue here. I’ve been to Houston several times over the past few decades and the one constant is that the humidity always seems to be 95 – 100%. If there’s a way to cram more moisture into Houston’s air, I sure don’t know what it would be. Every time I stepped outdoors it felt as though I should have had an aqualung just to breathe.