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A helpful list of failed past predictions about Global Climate Change.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:17 am
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:17 am
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- Al Gore once declared that “unless drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gases” were taken within the next decade, “the world will reach a point of no return,” eventually suffering “a true planetary emergency.” That was 13 years ago.
- Gore is of course the same fellow who in the mid- to late-2000s kept telling us the Arctic Ocean would soon be ice-free. The ice, which is still there, had grown thicker and had wider coverage in 2014 than when Gore made his prediction. Earlier this year, before the growing season had ended, Wattsupwiththat reported the “2019 Arctic sea-ice extent is already higher than the previous four years and six out of the last 14 years.”
- In January 2009, former NASA scientist and corporate witch hunter James Hansen swore that the incoming president had a mere four years to save the world.
Later in the year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (the Thames, again) said there remained “fewer than 50 days to set the course of the next 50 years and more.”
- Also in 2009, 124 months ago, the prince of Wales worried out loud the world had “less than 100 months” to save itself.
2009 was a particularly looney year. Elizabeth May, leader of the Greens in Canada, wrote “we have hours to act to avert a slow-motion tsunami that could destroy civilization as we know it. … We need to act urgently. We no longer have decades; we have hours.”
- While speaking to then-Secretary of State John Kerry in May 2014, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned that “we have 500 days to avoid climate chaos.” Nearly 1,900 days have passed since. The chaos is in the foreign minister’s head.
- In 2015, mayors from around the world signed a statement that said the “last effective opportunity to negotiate arrangements that keep human-induced warming below 2-degrees” Celsius had arrived.
- Almost 20 years ago, in Y2K, the British Independent quoted a climate researcher who said in coming years the children of England “just aren’t going to know what snow is.” Thirteen years later, that same newspaper told readers to “stand by for icy blasts and heavy snow.”
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The alarmists never consider that there could be other factors in the observed changes, that it’s possible the temperature record is hopelessly flawed, the predictive models faulty, the research “proving” their point itself corrupt. There were references in the comments made to the “facts” — for instance, half of the ocean reefs are dead, whales have starved, rising sea levels are threatening civilization — but no effort was made to show a direct link from these observations to man’s carbon dioxide emissions. We’re simply supposed to believe. Just because.
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Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:23 am to cokebottleag
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:24 am to cokebottleag
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:25 am to cokebottleag
I go back to FDR. Over the decades I've witnessed wide swings in climate change. Droughts, monsoon like rain in spring and summer, bitter cold winters, scorching heat....you name it I've seen it.
I'll say it again. Climiate Change - Global Warming is a population control gimmick.
I'll say it again. Climiate Change - Global Warming is a population control gimmick.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:27 am to Nado Jenkins83
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:32 am to cokebottleag
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list of failed past predictions about Global Climate Change
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Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:49 am to cokebottleag
Criminal ponzi scheme consisting of "scientific" bullshite
Posted on 7/29/19 at 9:57 am to cokebottleag
In other words, had it not been for the warnings from these people we would have been doomed?
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:07 am to cokebottleag
Global warming, the original name, is a great example of just how simple minded the common man is in believing the bullshite espoused by the powers to be in this world. The term hook, line and sinker describes the simple minded to a t.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:15 am to Homesick Tiger
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Global warming, the original name, is a great example of just how simple minded the common man is in believing the bullshite espoused by the powers to be in this world. The term hook, line and sinker describes the simple minded to a t.
The fact that the commonly referred to name was revised to "climate change" tells anyone with an ounce of healthy skepticism all you need to know. "Global warming" can be proven wrong if the earth doesn't, you know, warm.
However, "Climate change" means never having to say you are sorry. Any fluctuation in temp, up or down, can be "evidence" of "climate change". Any deviation in a normal patter, too much precip. Too little precip. Too many storms. Less storms, etc. can ALL be claimed to be evidence of "climate change". It's the ultimate nebulous moniker. Any "change" can qualify
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:20 am to Alt26
Global warming to Climate Change.
Gun Control to Assault Weapons Ban.
Assault Weapons Ban to Violence Prevention Laws.
Welfare to Government Assistance.
Government Assistance to Entitlement Programs.
Illegal Aliens to Undocumented Migrants.
Undocumented Migrants to Asylum Seekers.
Asylum Seekers to Democratic Voters.
Gun Control to Assault Weapons Ban.
Assault Weapons Ban to Violence Prevention Laws.
Welfare to Government Assistance.
Government Assistance to Entitlement Programs.
Illegal Aliens to Undocumented Migrants.
Undocumented Migrants to Asylum Seekers.
Asylum Seekers to Democratic Voters.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:25 am to cokebottleag
What do the climate change people stand to gain from implementation of "green" technology? Are they on Boards of these companies or something where they would reap financial benefit?
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:31 am to cajunangelle
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In February 2007, the day after his panicky global warming film “An Inconvenient Truth” won an Academy Award for best documentary, a shocking report based on public records revealed that Al Gore’s Nashville home consumed 20 times more electricity than the average American household.1
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The past year, Gore’s home energy use averaged 19,241 kilowatt hours (kWh) every month, compared to the U.S. household average of 901 kWh per month.3,4 • Gore guzzles more electricity in one year than the average American family uses in 21 years.5 • In September of 2016, Gore’s home consumed 30,993 kWh in just one month – as much energy as a typical American family burns in 34 months. • During the last 12 months, Gore devoured 66,159 kWh of electricity just heating his pool. That is enough energy to power six average U.S. households for a year. • From August 2016 through July 2017, Gore spent almost $22,000 on electricity bills.6
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All information included in this report was acquired through open records requests and phone calls to NES, the public electric utility for the Gore property and much of the Nashville area.
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In 2010, Gore announced that he and wife Tipper were divorcing after 40 years of marriage.9 According to media speculation, Tipper likely lives in the $8.9 million California home the couple purchased weeks before the separation.10 The Gores have four grown children who no longer live at home. That leaves the former vice president as presumably the only occupant of the home, making his energy consumption even more staggering. Gore also owns at least two other homes, a pied-à-terre in San Francisco’s St. Regis Residence Club and a farm house in Carthage, Tennessee.11
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The average annual electricity consumption for a residential utility customer in America is 10,812 kWh, or 901 kWh per month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.12 In the past 12 months, Gore’s home burned through a total of 163,830 kWh. Heating the home’s pool consumed another 66,159 kWh. An entry gate used an additional 900 kWh. This comes to a total of 230,889 kWh consumed at the Gore estate in a year. That 19,241 kWh average monthly electricity usage is 21.3 times more energy than a typical American household consumes in a month.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:40 am to LuckyTiger
You have to be willingly ignorant to believe any of the climate alarmist bullshite.
Yes, we should avoid pollution and minimize waste. But nothing man does short of all out thermonuclear war is going to affect global climate.
And if that happens, well womp womp.
Yes, we should avoid pollution and minimize waste. But nothing man does short of all out thermonuclear war is going to affect global climate.
And if that happens, well womp womp.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:42 am to idlewatcher
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What do the climate change people stand to gain from implementation of "green" technology?
It's complex because there are different factions.
The key ones:
1. The Global Govt crowd. Changing the environment cannot be done piecemeal with each nation. There needs to be a global central power. Think UN in charge of World Land. The Climate crisis is the best way to justify getting rid of national sovereignty.
2. Scientists making money from grants. If you want the check prove that climate change is real.
3. De-developers. Think Ted Kacinsky (Unibomber's manifesto). They oppose economic progress and want man to return to a more natural state at one with the forests and the birds. Toffler covers this well in The Third Wave about how some people just resisted the shift from agrarian to industrial and now from industrial to info tech.
4. Smash and Grab. These are business insiders who see profit in govt regulations hurting one industry and helping another. But it's not all about buying stock in solar or wind. It's waiting until an oil stock hits bottom, buying it for pennies on the dollar and then profiting when it goes back up because wind and solar don't work.
This post was edited on 7/29/19 at 11:51 am
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:00 am to cokebottleag
Two points:
1) steps have been taken and maybe their warnings were more effective than you give them credit for
2) why are you almost exclusively using the predictions and statements of politicians and public figures instead of documents like the IPCCs or respected journals?
1) steps have been taken and maybe their warnings were more effective than you give them credit for
2) why are you almost exclusively using the predictions and statements of politicians and public figures instead of documents like the IPCCs or respected journals?
This post was edited on 7/29/19 at 11:03 am
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:02 am to bmy
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1) steps have been taken and maybe their warnings were more effective than you give them credit for
What steps? Any done by the government?
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2) why are you almost excousively using the predictions and statements of politicians and public figures instead of documents like the IPCCs or respected journals?
All of that is still deeply political.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:05 am to tiggerthetooth
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What steps? Any done by the government?
Plenty. GHG reductions, emission standards, emphasis on tree planting, etc. Just saying that it's retarded to point at a prediction and say it failed without considering that humans did some good.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:09 am to bmy
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GHG reductions,
Majority caused by transition from coal to natural gas.
Which government policy specifically caused a reduction in GHG emissions if you dont agree with my above statement?
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emphasis on tree planting, etc.
Has anything been scientifically measured for this? Has there been any non-political scientific follow up to anything you've listed?
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. Just saying that it's retarded to point at a prediction and say it failed without considering that humans did some good.
Again, is there any non-political scientific support for this statement?
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:16 am to tiggerthetooth
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Majority caused by transition from coal to natural gas.
Which government policy specifically caused a reduction in GHG emissions if you dont agree with my above statement?
Billions of dollars in subsidies for natural gas seems like an easy choice.
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non-political scientific follow up
"Non-political scientific follow up"
use your god damned brain to figure out why this is a dumb phrase 
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