Agreement Reached At COP26, But, Actually Following Through Is In Doubt

Wow, it didn’t take long for people to start talking about the new agreement failing

Nations reach climate change agreement in Glasgow but follow-through in doubt

Negotiators from nearly every country on Earth reached an agreement Saturday evening at the United Nations Climate Change Conference to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and to assist developing nations coping with the effects of rising temperatures.

The final agreement, which came following contentious negotiations over issues like ending fossil fuel subsidies, the creation of a crisis response fund for developing nations and the insistence that nations return in a year with steeper targets for emissions reductions, arrived more than 24 hours after the conference officially ended. But it did not go as far as many in the scientific community have said is necessary to keep the world from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius rise over pre-industrial levels, which was the main goal of the conference itself.

What emerged from two weeks of meetings at COP26, as the conference is also known, was a series of compromises that left many of the representatives of nations already on the frontlines of climate change angered.

“We have 98 months to halve global emissions,” Aminath Shauna, environment minister of the Maldives, said as the final wording of the document was being hammered out on Saturday. “The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is a death sentence for us.”

Good grief, it’s like watching a horror movie where everyone is overly dramatic, eh? This happens every year around the COPs.

For the first time ever, a climate agreement includes language explicitly calling for the phaseout of a fossil fuel, coal. It also explicitly endorses the concept of “loss and damage,” meaning an expectation that rich countries like the U.S. and those comprising the European Union will provide some compensation for the damage wrought on poorer countries by climate change.

Ending fossil fuels, as pushed by people using a lot of them. And just passing around that sweet, sweet, strings-free climate cash from developed nations to nations that have been developing for 100 years but also stay crapholes.

But if Glasgow participants made progress in the fight against climate change, for many it was inadequate enough to be judged at least a partial failure. Climate policy experts note that the mid-century targets of reaching net-zero emissions are implausible if nations actually stick with their current plans to allow global emissions to actually rise in this decade, because transitioning economies entirely away from fossil fuels is a decades-long project.

They’re always going to see it as a failure unless they get everything they want, forgetting that this would negatively affect their own lives. They’re plenty cool with this messing with Other People’s lives, though.

“In a year marked by uncertainty and mistrust, COP26 affirmed the importance of collective global action to address the climate crisis,” Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO, World Resources Institute, said in a statement. “While we are not yet on track, the progress made over the last year and at the COP26 summit offers a strong foundation to build upon. The real test now is whether countries accelerate their efforts and translate their commitments into action.”

Good luck with that. You know India and China will not comply in the least. When Republicans retake the House and Senate, they will refuse to move Biden’s climate cult agenda forward. Just like after Paris in 2015, a lot of nations will talk big then do little to nothing.

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NY Times Hot Take: Republicans Leading 2022 Mid-terms From Gerrymandered Maps

Here we go: Democrats are already setting the stage for a big loss in 2022 by blaming gerrymandered maps, forgetting that states that are run by Democrats are being gerrymandered in their favor. Outlets like the NY Times know that the Democrat voting foot soldiers are dumb enough to believe this, especially if repeated enough times. Also, the unhinged #NeverTrumpers, who keep saying they are conservatives/Republicans yet do everything possible to help Democrats

Republicans Gain Heavy House Edge in 2022 as Gerrymandered Maps Emerge

A year before the polls open in the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans are already poised to flip at least five seats in the closely divided House thanks to redrawn district maps that are more distorted, more disjointed and more gerrymandered than any since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965.

The rapidly forming congressional map, a quarter of which has taken shape as districts are redrawn this year, represents an even more extreme warping of American political architecture, with state legislators in many places moving aggressively to cement their partisan dominance.

The flood of gerrymandering, carried out by both parties but predominantly by Republicans, is likely to leave the country ever more divided by further eroding competitive elections and making representatives more beholden to their party’s base.

At the same time, Republicans’ upper hand in the redistricting process, combined with plunging approval ratings for President Biden and the Democratic Party, provides the party with what could be a nearly insurmountable advantage in the 2022 midterm elections and the next decade of House races.

Well, it’s nice that the NY Times mentions the poor approval ratings, but, they see that as secondary, as it’s all about those mean, cheating Republicans who will commit…..politics. Does anyone think California will be fair in redistricting? How about Oregon? Washington? It wouldn’t matter how this happens in Republican run states, as, at least at this time, people are extremely unhappy with the Democrats, and you just can’t see Biden getting better. His only saving grace will be if the economy gets a lot better by voting day next year.

See, though, it’s not just bad for the House

Nationalized races threaten Dem governors in ’22

The sharp swing away from Democrats last week in Virginia and New Jersey has the party newly alarmed about even more vulnerable governorships across the country next year.

President Joe Biden’s sinking approval rating in Virginia was one of the factors that helped doom former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, strategists on both sides of the aisle say, something that could materialize in 2022 if the political environment does not change.

Even in gubernatorial races — in which candidates generally do a better job at separating themselves from national party dynamics than in federal races — negative views of the president present a huge problem for a slate of Democratic incumbents up next year. That’s especially true after many tied themselves closely to Biden during his 2020 campaign and the first six months of his presidency.

It looked to me like McAuliffe lost more due to his big mouth in pissing off parents, and would have lost by more without early voting and cheat by mail. You can expect Democrats to get more squirrely over the next year, and will talk about cheating, for which they believe gerrymandering is part of that (failing to mention that in their own states, nor will the media call them on it), and push lots of fearmongering about Republicans wanting to instituted Fascism, because Fascism apparently means “less government in your life” now.

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Lufthansa To Give Warmists A Chance To Pay For Their World Killing Fossil Fueled Flights Habit

How many climate cultists will voluntarily pay? How many will decide to fly a different airline? Because they sure aren’t willing to give up their own fossil fueled flights

Lufthansa to Charge Customers to Flaunt Green Credentials

climate cowAirlines have long found innovative ways to charge passengers for services like seat selection, priority boarding, checked bags and even carry-ons.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is taking it to the next level: the German airline group is working on a new rewards plan to coax customers into paying for its effort to clean up greenhouse-gas emissions, tapping into their desire to be seen as environmentally conscious.

For a price, travelers will be able to demonstrate support for alternative jet fuels or carbon-offset purchases. The effectiveness of these measures has been challenged, but for now airlines have few other options to show passengers they’re trying to make a start on lowering carbon output.

Lufthansa is considering everything from marking seats green to creating digital badges that can be shown on a phone.

“We do think the eco-conscious traveler wants people to know that they’re an eco-conscious traveler,” Chief Customer Officer Christina Foerster said in an interview. “It needs to be chic to show off you’re flying green.”

If they want to be “green” they should not fly in an airplane. Period.

Airlines face a challenge in shifting onto travelers a bigger share of the potential $2 trillion industrywide cost of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. Lufthansa and other carriers already offer customers ways to pay extra for emissions, but just 1% pitch in.

So, it really won’t work. I saw the value in up-paying for my Frontier flight at Christmas. For not a lot more than checking one bag (I hate lugging around a big carry on, and Frontier charges more for a carryon than for checked) and picking my seat, I got 1 checked bag, one carry on, picked a seat in row 4, and priority boarding. That last is great at Christmas time. Will people see any value in paying extra to pretend they are “green”? How many of those 1% did it by accident?

Delta boss says climate change means flying will cost more

The boss of the world’s second biggest airline has said that tackling climate change will make flying more expensive.

“Over time, it’s going to cost us all more, but it’s the right approach that we must take,” Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian told the BBC. (snip)

Andreas Schafer, professor of energy and transport at University College London, says it will “cost trillions rather than billions of dollars” to move the global aviation sector to net zero carbon emissions.

Preliminary results from his team’s research suggest airfares would need to increase by 10%-20% to cover the costs.

So, because, really, due to government regs, rules, and laws, you will pay more.

Delta aims to be using 10% sustainable aviation fuel by the end of 2030.

Many airlines and fuel companies are investing in SAFs. Other technologies being developed involve turning food waste into jet fuel and using carbon dioxide pulled out of the air.

However, these still cost more than traditional jet fuels and the quantities needed are also seen as problematic.

Will they be as inefficient as ethanol? Just what you want, underpowered and unreliable jet fuel as you’re cruising 30,000 feet in the air.

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If All You See…

…is coffee which will soon taste horrible due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Irons In The Fire, with a post on the FDA playing games with people’s lives.

It’s Asian week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Patriotic Pinup Dale Kelly

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in the Once and Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the geese are honking, and it feels like Fall. This pinup is by Dale Kelly, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The First Street Journal notes a few journalists challenging Woke journalism
  2. Powerline covers Jon Gruden suing the NFL and commissioner
  3. Pacific Pundit discusses a Uyghur slavery survivor taking to LeBron and the NBA
  4. neo-neocon highlights different searches on Google and DuckDuckGo
  5. Moonbattery notes Europe going back under lockdown
  6. Legal Insurrection shows liberals triggered by judge’s ringtone
  7. Jihad Watch covers Biden’s banking chief nominee wanting to eliminate your bank account
  8. hogewash features some cool stuff from space
  9. Gen Z Conservative highlights the Pentagon saying families of US troops still stuck in Afghanistan
  10. Geller Report notes the Wisconsin National Guard activate while waiting for Rittenhouse verdict (they’ll probably be rioting from liberals no matter the verdict)
  11. Flag and Cross covers policing, or, lack thereof, in the People’s Republic of San Francisco
  12. Cold Fury discusses the Oklahoma National Guard resisting Biden’s vax mandate
  13. Chicks On The Right notes Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom going after Joe Biden for defaming her son
  14. No Tricks Zone features Warmist politicians going after single family homes
  15. And last, but not least, Not A Lot Of People Know That shows COP26 ending in humiliating failure

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me.

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Bloomberg: Americans Need To Live More Like Europeans Or Something

News outlets are working overtime to make the supply chain issues seem like a good thing and protect Dementia Joe, just like with inflation. These news outlets really do live in La La Land. Do they think Americans are buying this stuff? Well, yes, screedists like Allison Schrager and the people who approved this at Bloomberg think you are dumb enough to buy into it

Americans Need to Learn to Live More Like Europeans
Supply-chain shortages are constraining U.S. consumers’ endless appetite for buying whatever they want whenever they want. It’s about time.

It’s become the conventional wisdom that the U.S. economy is built on Americans’ endless appetite to buy lots and lots of stuff. Household consumption makes up about 67% of GDP. When the economy falters, we’re told spending is our patriotic duty. But suddenly, Americans can’t spend like they used to. Store shelves are emptying, and it can take months to find a car, refrigerator or sofa. If this continues, we may need to learn to do without — and, horrors, live more like the Europeans. That actually might not be a bad thing, because the U.S. economy could be healthier if it were less reliant on consumption.

After all, Americans haven’t always acted like this. We’ve entered an age of overabundance. We consume much more than we used to and more than other countries. Consumption per capita grew about 65% from 1990 to 2015, compared with about 35% growth in Europe. Household consumption makes up only about 50% of GDP in Germany.

There are some good reasons for that. One, because European nations essentially limited their economies. Another is that we are the USA

Damned right. Abigail goes on to tweet that lower our expectations, we should raise them. Remember how the Washington Post said we should lower our expectations? Confirmed Miscer tweets “They want your life to be worse and they want you to celebrate it.” I wonder how much all these Elites and think-they’re-Elites are giving up? All those who took long fossil fueled trips to Glasgow for the COP26 do not seem to be giving up much.

And these numbers reflect big changes in Americans’ lifestyle. The average U.S. home was 1,700 square feet in 1980, by 2015 it was 2,000 square feet, even though the number of people in the average household shrank. In 1980, 15% of households didn’t have a TV, now only about 3% don’t. In 2015, 40% of American households had three or more TVs, including 30% of households earning less than $40,000 a year! In 1980, only 13% of households had 2 or more refrigerators, in 2015 30% did — including many low-earning households. Clothing purchases have increased five-fold since 1980 and the average garment will only be worn seven times before it’s disposed of.

We’re America. The only thing I’d agree with is that companies need to stop building obsolescence into their products, which is not a U.S. problem, but, a world problem. The batteries in smartphones should last way more than a year to year and a half before you’re mad that the battery doesn’t last as long per charge. It’s intentional. Lithium Ion’s should at least give you 5 years. TVs, fridges, washers, etc, should last longer. Companies want you to re-buy. You can’t fully blame them, but, you can blame for making products that don’t last. I have a washer and drying from 1994, still work. A stereo from late 80’s with Bose speakers. I took an old 30 inch square TV to the dump the other year that still worked from around 1990. I rarely buy any clothes I do not intend to wear a lot.

Finally, if we are truly serious about protecting the planet, being a good global citizen will take more than driving an electric car or installing solar panels. It means consuming less so that we throw less away. Maybe that means getting by with only one refrigerator or avoiding fast, disposable fashion. (snip)

In short, with higher prices, a more eco-conscious population and less trade bringing fewer cheap products, Americans may have to get used to consuming like Europeans. We will certainly not be deprived, but we will trim back our excesses, perhaps be more thoughtful about what we buy and purchase fewer, higher-quality goods.

Tufts University business professor Amar Bhide argues that what’s great and unique about American consumption is openness to new products and new ideas. Historically, America was a nation of early adopters. This, not just volume, has been what has propelled American growth because it creates a vigorous marketplace where new products can find a market, experiment and improve. Buying smart, while maintaining an openness to new things, can be the foundation of a more sustainable and growing economy.

Is this going to be the Democrats message for the mid-terms?

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Your Fault: Climate Crisis (scam) Could Damage Beer Production

The very fact that crop production, including for the ingredients to make beer, continues to stay high and even have record crops, is immaterial to Cult dogma. And that water isn’t disappearing. They have scary prognostications to make

Yes, climate change could impact the production of beer

Leaders from across the world are in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, a United Nations climate change conference. This week, VERIFY has published multiple stories about different issues related to climate change, including carbon emissions and deforestation.

Another issue tied to climate change is its impact on crops.

Researchers say it’s hard to make the subject connect with people who are used to going to the grocery store and expecting food will be there. So, they’re trying to make the topic more approachable by sounding the alarm about specific foods and beverages with wide appeal – like beer.

That’s led to tweets (this one from Greenpeace and this one from EcoWatch) that link to stories that say climate change could impact the supply of beer.

Nothing like citing two unhinged groups who live by fearmongering. And those media outlets (there were a bunch) who are pushing this have joined in. And, since they are trying to make this like a fact check, the next section looks like (taking a screen shot works better)

Sherman?

mule fritter sherman potter

First, there’s water. Each gallon of beer requires about five to six gallons of water to produce, according to the World Wildlife Fund. That could be problematic for drought-laden states like California, which has the most breweries in the nation.

California has always been drought -laden. You know what happens? Move the brewery. In fact, many have moved out of California because of their climate and other business restrictions. If you’re drinking a beer on the east coast it is most likely produced on the east coast, with a few exceptions.

The second main ingredient is barley, which gives beer its color and flavor. But only 17% of the world’s barley is used for beer, according to one study, and most of it is grown in only a few locations that are seeing temperatures rise and yields drop.

Huh

Idaho sets record for average barley yield

You can find that for many areas. And sometimes the yields are average, sometimes below. Such is life. Of course, the climate cultists says doom is coming soon, so, give up your money, freedom, liberty, and choice to Government.

That study used five different climate models to project what impact a warming climate could have on beer supply, consumption and prices.

“Concurrent extremes of drought and heat can be anticipated to cause both substantial decreases in beer consumption and increases in beer price,” the study concluded.

In the study’s most severe climate events, researchers estimated the world’s beer consumption would drop 16%. That’s almost 8 billion gallons of beer, roughly equal to what the U.S. consumes in a year. Even in less extreme climate events, researchers estimated beer consumption would drop by 4%.

Once we start seeing computer models we know this is straight mule fritters. Same models cannot predict the weather with perfection.

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If All You See…

…is a wonderful bit of nature that will soon be swallowed by the rising seas, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Lid, with a post on the FBI and NY Times cooperating to violate a journalist’s Constitutional rights.

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Here We Go: News Outlets Start Saying Biden Can Do Little To Tame Rampant Inflation

It really was inevitable that the Credentialed Media would start attempting to defend Dementia Joe at some point. You have to know that if Trump was president, they would be raking him over the coals (behind paywall, you can read in full at Yahoo News)

‘No slam-dunk solution’: What can Joe Biden do to tame soaring inflation?

Biden Brain SuckerPresident Joe Biden was just three minutes into his half-hour address at the Port of Baltimore earlier this week when he acknowledged the toll that soaring inflation is inflicting on many Americans.

Calling rising prices “one of the most pressing economic concerns of the American people,” Biden said the pain that many Americans are feeling is real.

“Everything from a gallon of gas to a loaf of bread costs more, and it’s worrisome,” he said as an orange sun set over the harbor. “Even though wages are going up, we still face challenges, and we have to tackle them. We have to tackle them head on.”

In reality, economists warn, there’s not much Biden can do to tame inflation.

“There’s no slam-dunk solution,” said Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Does anyone think that would be the solution if Trump was still president? Most likely we would be seeing some inflation thanks to the spendapalooza in 2020 due to COVID, along with the supply chain issues and other things related to COVID shutdowns, because this is pretty much a worldwide thing, right? What Trump wouldn’t be doing is having a laser focus on passing huge bills that are all about pushing leftist, Big Government, authoritarian politics. The infrastructure bill would have been about infrastructure, not mostly about things that have nothing to do with infrastructure.

He wouldn’t be shutting down U.S. energy production. The U.S. was energy independent until Joe came into office. Joe is shutting down pipelines, denying permits for oil and natural gas, and wanting to replace them with solar and wind at some point in the future. Everything he’s doing is helping to raise the cost of energy, which pretty much leads to the rising cost of everything else.

He’d be focusing on dealing with the supply chain issues, getting the ports back in order. Doing things to free up the truckers. Enticing people to work as truckers for a time. Not running around pushing the horrible Build Back Better plan. Not pushing for tens of thousands of IRS agents who will be looking at the bank accounts of people who have certain yearly transactions (it doesn’t matter if it is $600 or $10K).

Economists attribute the rise in consumer prices over the past year to several factors, including supply chain breakdowns, labor shortages and a sudden burst of spending after widespread lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

See? That’s what you focus on. You use the lofty perch of the presidency to be positive, and focus on providing what help the government can to relieve the issues, not blow it off and work on other things, especially when citizens are thinking that the infrastructure bill and especially the BBB bill will not only not help their lives, but, hurt their lives.

Because the spike in inflation can be traced to the economic impact of COVID-19, the most important thing the Biden administration could do to tame inflation would be to get the pandemic under control, Zandi said.

“Until the pandemic recedes, inflation is going to be a problem,” he said.

Biden and his advisers understand that, Zandi said, and have taken steps such as making vaccines available to children as young as age 5 and requiring employees at large companies to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID testing. A federal appeals court has put the vaccine and testing requirement for employers temporarily on hold after attorneys general in at least 26 states challenged the rules.

Joe’s idea is to mandate vaccination, which only means companies will not hire above 99, and, perhaps, some will get down to 99 if they are close. It won’t help reduce inflation. Not at all. And pushing climate crisis scam measures, and certainly signing on to whatever comes out of Glasgow, won’t help.

Anyhow, it’s a long piece designed to say “don’t blame Joe.” And, to a degree, it’s not his fault. It’s the fault of China for releasing COVID19. No one is dumb enough to think this all happened because someone ate a bat or something at a wet market, right? Attempting to destroy the petroleum and natural gas sectors on purpose is something that is Joe’s fault. Reversing course would be a good start.

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Surprise: COP26 Second Draft Failing To Resolve Disputes

Why does this seem to happen every year? It always seems to go long as people who took long fossil fueled trips try and hammer out the details of forcing Other People to comply with the measures the Elites themselves won’t, meaning they get to hang out in nice locations for longer on the taxpayer dime

Take 2: Second draft of Glasgow climate change agreement fails to resolve ongoing disputes

Just hours before the United Nations Climate Change Conference was set to wrap up, a new draft report of the final agreement was released showing that key differences remain on how to keep global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

Negotiators worked through the night Thursday to try to close the gaps among nations on vexing questions such as how much money richer nations should pay for the damages that climate change has already caused in poorer countries, as well as what specific emissions targets are necessary and when they should be implemented.

“Most glaring is the lack of any mention of the finance plan for loss and damage that was proposed last night by the G77 group of developing countries,” Tracy Carty, head of Oxfam’s COP26 delegation, said of the second draft in a statement. “‘Acknowledging’ loss and damage will not bring back the submerged homes, poisoned fields and lost loved ones. Rich countries must stop blocking progress and commit to doing something about it.”

It’s pretty easy to offer up Other People’s money to give away, money that is forcibly taken from those citizens. It’s also very easy to demand that Other People in developed nations pony up money by taking it from the citizens of developed nations, eh?

Pledges made in Paris in 2015 for wealthy countries to mobilize $100 billion per year in grants and loans to the developing world have not yet been fully met, which the draft document states it “notes with deep regret.” New wording added in the second draft calling for rich countries to double such funding by 2025 could prove a stumbling block to a final agreement because rich countries may balk.

Climate activists, meanwhile, say that even the current wording lets the industrialized world, which has emitted far more greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, off the hook on financing for developing countries and eliminating their own use of fossil fuels.

Yet, the people demanding this aren’t giving up their own use of fossil fuels. Go figure.

“As the minutes tick down, accepting responsibility and how to ramp up climate finance should be the theme of negotiations,” Rachel Kennerley, international climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said in a statement. “But instead, it looks like rich countries are preparing their escape hatch. This new draft released this morning speaks about removing inefficient fossil fuels subsidies, as if efficient ones are acceptable.” (snip)

Underscoring the differences between the parties, however, is the ongoing debate about whether to include the words “fossil fuels” in the draft.

At the end of the day, possibly by Monday (which gives these climate cultists a nice weekend in Glasgow), they’ll suddenly announce a breakthrough, that the final draft is Historic!!!!!!!, and then outlets will start releasing how much this is going to cost the people in the developed world, how much it will increase their cost of energy and cost of living, and then the fun begins, especially when Surrender Joe announces his agreement.

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