Several decades ago the “environmentalists” decided to push the alleged threat of global warming (before hedging it by renaming it climate change). This would appear to be opportunistic to say the least. When global warming was occurring, they used that as the threat to get public and governmental attention and campaign to “prevent” it from happening.
But this may end up causing a problem for them now. There is increasing concern by climate realists that the next few decades may see global cooling because of the increasing inactivity of the sun. One climate realist even thinks that the global cooling has already started. By playing games with the GAST (global average surface temperature) data and suddenly showing interest in the recent El Nino warming (a real phenomenon which they have previously generally tried to ignore), they have so far been able to cover up this possibility and continue their campaign. But if the climate realists prove correct in their global temperature forecasts, eventually the climate alarmists may have to admit that there is no realistic concern about global warming. They should do so now, of course, since Earth already has a very strong natural temperature control system, which prevents significant warming, particularly in oceanic tropical areas.
Why Global Cooling Is of Much More Concern than Warming
The important thing is that it is not global warming that is of primary concern for humans. It is global cooling. Few people move north to escape the hot summers, while many move south to escape the cold and snow. Few people die from high temperatures; many die from cold temperatures. As discussed previously, there is little danger of significant increases in temperatures, while it is almost a certainty that Earth is headed for a new ice age since interglacial periods rarely last much more than the current one has. A new ice age could have very devastating effects on life on Earth, including humans. This is the major risk by far both in terms of both likelihood and adverse effects.
Since CO2 levels depend primarily on temperatures, the major risk is too little CO2, not too much. So besides worrying about the less important and less likely possible temperature change (global warming), the alarmists have gotten their science backwards. One wonders whether and how they may justify increasing CO2 levels and temperatures given their history of attention to global warming.
If the climate realists’ predictions of gradual cooling prove to be correct, I hope everyone will remember how wrong the alarmists have been–bad climate predictions, bad science, and wrong direction of concern. Hopefully everyone will remember this and disregard what they have to say in the future. Maybe “environmental” organizations need to do a little more research on picking their major campaign issues so as to avoid such likely disasters in the future. They need to select real and important environmental issues for their attention.
Doctor Carlin may ask a good question to wonder how environmentalists could get the science of climate so consistently wrong?
One answer is they do not care about the validity of any scientific claims. Their driving goals are political and financial gains. scientific claims are merely their modus operandi. they aim to justify big government programs and to leech onto them once created. sound science is not one of their goals and indeed is an obstacle to their strategems In many instances.
The profundity of the climate change scam and the allegiance to it are worrisome in terms of suggesting the possibility of other much quieter miscarriages of science within the environmental regulation game.
” Maybe “environmental” organizations need to do a little more research on picking their major campaign issues so as to avoid such likely disasters in the future. They need to select real and important environmental issues for their attention.”
I think their major campaign issues are selected by their major donors, whom for many years have allocated donations on the basis of how “anti-carbon” the recipient organization is. When you look into who controls these donating foundations the reason(s) become(s) more apparent.
It takes pressure off of fixing real environmental problems that would hurt corporate profits; and supports central control to support the status quo,.which also forestalls the development of “disruptive technologies” (a la Tesla energy) that could re-map the playing field,
Ferment in the swamp. Gary Cohn out the door bested by Peter Navarro and tariffs. Former President of the Boy Scouts Rex T gets loudly fired. Both seeming friends of free trade and climate alarmism. The Boss likes to hear what everybody thinks, then fire some out of step.
The first trip to California provocatively involves examining examples of wall.
The President campaigned on a change agenda and pursues it in office. Stressful for those used to the status quo.
The CIC will talk up its diagnosis of the president as irrational. This is self serving mischief. The boss knew what Gary and Rex were like. They are each proven stars who only provided distinction to the administration.
However he knew that he would steer economic policy away from the taste of Cohn, so in due course Gary would leave. It was a temporary relationship, fated to end after taxes were cut. Rex is a wonderful guy, but the world is dangerous and Pompeo is a better fit right now at State.
Gary and Rex were lousy on climate, so their departures auger well for repealing the endangerment finding. It’s not clear this demands 2018 attention, however, so red blue debate and repeal may be under a temporary hold.
“They need to select real and important environmental issues” closes Dr. Carlin. In so saying he reveals his own sincerity toward environmental stewardship coupled with fidelity to science. An unusual combination especially among environmental activists and within the federal bureaucracy. He wishes environmentalists could aim higher and more honorably.
Most individuals become either alienated or feel they must get along with political leaders. Not Dr. Carlin. He studied the science issues in unusual depth and realized climate change was a scam. He has since dedicated his retirement to unswerving opposition to the harmful fraudulent attack on the American economy and human well being. Kudos for upholding realism and reason, Doctor!
They get everything wrong, Dear Doctor, because they are reflexive alarmists.
Environmentalists belong to organizations that need to raise money. Money and political power are important to them.
This makes them vulnerable to bribes from Russia or China or the Mideast or elsewhere to attack the American economy on fraudulent grounds.
While it would be nice to think they have ruined their reputations and credibility, they will continue babbling some kind of alarmism to the end of time.
Al Gore used to peddle chemical exposures changed genders and impaired reproduction. Eco cargo cultism.