The Rich Are To Blame For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach March 17, 2020 – 3:32 pm

Guess what? You’re probably one of the people who are considered rich

Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds

The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims.

The wealthiest tenth of people consume about 20 times more energy overall than the bottom ten, wherever they live.

The gulf is greatest in transport, where the top tenth gobble 187 times more fuel than the poorest tenth, the research says.

That’s because people on the lowest incomes can rarely afford to drive.

The researchers found that the richer people became, the more energy they typically use. And it was replicated across all countries.

And they warn that, unless there’s a significant policy change, household energy consumption could double from 2011 levels by 2050. That’s even if energy efficiency improves.

In other words, this study is along the lines of politics, and how Government can put their foot down on citizens. So, a people for the government.

The research also examined the relative energy consumption of one nation against another.

It shows that a fifth of UK citizens are in the top 5% of global energy consumers, along with 40% of German citizens, and Luxembourg’s entire population.

Only 2% of Chinese people are in the top global 5% of users, and just 0.02% of people in India.

Even the poorest fifth of Britons consumes over five times as much energy per person as the bottom billion in India.

Say, what about all those climate cultists who take long fossil fueled trips to climate conferences? Should they be restricted, or are they given a free pass?

But Professor Kevin Anderson, from the Tyndall Centre in Manchester, who was not involved in the study, told BBC News: “This study tells relatively wealthy people like us what we don’t want to hear.

“The climate issue is framed by us high emitters – the politicians, business people, journalists, academics. When we say there’s no appetite for higher taxes on flying, we mean WE don’t want to fly less

“The same is true about our cars and the size our homes. We have convinced ourselves that our lives are normal, yet the numbers tell a very different story,” he said.

In other words, Warmsists are hypocrites, and the Cult of Climastrology wants everyone in the 1st World to be forced to live a 3rd World life.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 17, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is the need to travel to the place where the big climate agreement came from, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day in this coronavirus need to travel week is Don Surber, with a post on how China gave Italy money and the coronavirus.

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Say, Who Are The “Climate Doomers”, Hoping For Society To Disintegrate?

By William Teach March 17, 2020 – 7:36 am

It’s actually rather surprising that the BBC would run this, because, even though it takes a more even tone, these people really come off as nutjobs

The ‘climate doomers’ preparing for society to fall apart

An article by a British professor (Jem Bendell) that predicts the imminent collapse of society, as a result of climate change, has been downloaded over half a million times. Many mainstream climate scientists totally reject his claims, but his followers are already preparing for the worst.

As the last light of the late-winter sunset illuminates her suburban back garden, Rachel Ingrams is looking at the sky and pondering how long we have left.

Her hands shielded from the gusts of February air by a well-worn pair of gardening gloves, Rachel carefully places tree spinach and scarlet pimpernel seeds into brown plastic pots.

Over the past year, Rachel, 45, has invested in a greenhouse and four bright blue water butts, and started building a raised vegetable patch out of planks of wood. It’s all part of an effort to rewild her garden and become as close to self-sufficient as she can, while society continues to function.

Within the next five to 10 years, she says, climate change is going to cause it to fall apart. “I don’t see things lasting any longer than that.”

Sounds sane, eh? But, hey, suddenly preppers are cool, as long as they’re doing it due to a slight increase in a trace gas necessary for life on Earth

Bendell, a professor in sustainable leadership at the University of Cumbria, is the author of an academic article, Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy, which has become the closest thing to a manifesto for a generation of self-described “climate doomers”.

In it, he argues that it is too late for us to avoid “the inevitability of societal collapse” caused by climate change. Instead, we are facing a “near-term” breakdown of civilisation – near-term meaning within about a decade.

The paper was rejected for publication by a peer-reviewed journal, whose reviewers said its language was “not appropriate for an academic article”.

Even Michael “Robust Debate” Mann, who knows a lot about garbage science, called the paper trash and “pseudo-scientific nonsense.”

Bendell rejects the scientists’ claims and says people have been inspired by his paper to demand radical government measures to tackle climate change.

“I hope Michael Mann gets to meet some more climate activists on the streets, so he can meet the new breed of fearless people taking peaceful direct action after being moved by uncompromising assessments of our situation,” he says. “Many of the leaders of Extinction Rebellion read my paper and quit their jobs to go full time to try to reduce harm and save what we can.”

Mann underestimates the number of people driven into the Cult of Climastrology who are believing this clap-trap. They hear politicians yammering about having so many years to save the Earth constantly. That doom is coming. Only so many will act on this, like the lady in the story, but, the rest are just becoming mental messes.

It’s a long article, worth the read to see climamoonbattery.

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Trump Calls Out NY Times For Missing Half A Quote

By William Teach March 17, 2020 – 7:20 am

The NY Times still hasn’t updated the article to reflect the entire quote

Trump calls the New York Times a ‘disgrace to journalism’ for misrepresentation of his coronavirus quote

Media pundits criticized President Donald Trump based on an incomplete quote from a recording of the president’s conference call with state governors about the crisis from the coronavirus pandemic.

The quote appeared in a report by the New York Times.

“Trump tells governors not to wait for federal government to look for needed medical equipment on their own,” tweeted Peter Baker of the New York Times.

“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment—try getting it yourselves,” the quote read.

That tweet generated lots of typical hate towards Trump

But according to the Washington Examiner, the president followed up that quote with a clarification that the White House would help governors with the effort to obtain medical equipment.

“We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves,” he said. “Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”

Now, the NYT article in question has a link to another Times article, which includes the full quote, but, how many will click it? Full context matters, especially with such a short quote. And, of course, the Times in that linked piece tries to go negative

The suggestion surprised some of the governors, who have been scrambling to contain the outbreak and are increasingly looking to the federal government for help with equipment, personnel and financial aid. Last Wednesday, Mr. Trump directed his labor secretary to increase the availability of respirators, and he has generally played down fears of shortages.

All sorts of mostly Democrat Governors had hissy fits, because that’s what they do. One the quoted was Washington gov Jay Inslee, and, you can understand why he’s upset, being unable to do anything about all the urine and feces in the streets of Seattle. Perhaps Jay should have spent more time on other things rather than ‘climate change’, eh?

“If one state doesn’t get the resources and materials they need, the entire nation continues to be at risk,” said Ms. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat.

She’s the gov of New Mexico. She apparently missed the part about trying first themselves, because they are closer down the supply chain, and state, county, and local employees may well know better where the supplies are and able to procure them faster, because the federal government only has so many employees involved in things like that. New Mexico has around 29,000 federal employees in the state, 12K of whom work for the Air Force directly, with another 3,400 civilian AF workers. 133 work for the Dept of Commerce. How many of these 29K will understand how to make purchases?

If they need help, they can ask. That’s the way it works. Doesn’t sound like these Democrat leaders are particularly competent.

Oh, and there was also a failure at the Washington Post to practice proper journalism

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The Bulwark #NeverTrumper Discovers Federalism

By William Teach March 16, 2020 – 3:00 pm

We’ve seen this time and time again: the people who’ve called Trump a dictator, a Fascist, “literally Hitler” are now upset that Trump is not Declaring Things. Here’s The Bulwark’s resident unhinged Lefty, because a conserving conservative site needs that, right? (via Twitchy)

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1239560969925398528

Is this called Federalism? Did she just discover the 10th Amendment?

https://twitter.com/UsagikoNat/status/1239587748006125568

Seriously, this is the way it’s supposed to work. The duties of the federal government are laid out in the Constitution, and the restrictions on Los Federales are laid out in the initial 10 Amendments. These are our founding documents. There’s a reason they are called states, namely because they are as big as old world European nations. When the leader of a foreign nation comes to the U.S., what do they call them? Chief of state. We know that the federal government was meant to bind us together, and given certain duties, such as setting monetary policy.

Heck, we can even invoke the 9th

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

As much as I’d love to write a dissertation long post on this subject, you either know it or don’t, and I shan’t bore you with it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 16, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a boat necessary when the whole world floods, you just might be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bookworm Room, with a post noting that Trump isn’t afraid of Crazy Creepy Uncle Joe Biden.

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We Need To Fight ‘Climate Change’ Like World War III Or Something

By William Teach March 16, 2020 – 10:30 am

I suggest we start by rationing anything involved with the carbon footprint of Warmists for Warmists. No more meat, fossil fueled travel, smartphones, etc

We must fight climate change like it’s World War III – here are 4 potent weapons to deploy

In 1896 Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius explored whether Earth’s temperatures were influenced by the presence of heat-absorbing gases in the atmosphere. He calculated that if carbon dioxide concentrations doubled, global temperatures would rise 5℃ – even more at the poles.

Just over a century later, the world is on track to fulfilling Arrhenius’ prediction. If we continue on the current trajectory, Earth will warm up to 4.8℃ above pre-industrial times by 2100.

First, it didn’t actually rise 5C, and it’s not going to. You realize that would be a 9F increase, which would require a 7.5F increase in the next 80 years, when we’ve only had 1.5F since 1850?

We are a group of experts in physics, geology, science education, coral reefs and climate system science. We believe the lack of progress by governments in reducing global emissions means bold solutions are now urgently needed.

We must fight climate change like it’s World War III – and battle on many fronts. Here we examine four of them.

World War III, folks!!!!!!

1. Plant a lot more trees (weird, because these same climate cultists are poo-pooing that now that Trump recommended it)

2. Turn carbon dioxide into rock (of course, they have zero ability to do that at this time)

3. Make Earth’s surface more reflective (actually, part of the problem is that so much has been paved over, has buildings on it, change, etc, known as land use and the Urban Heat Island effect, doesn’t allow the ground to soak up sunlight, leading to higher lower surface temps in those areas)

4. Reimagine transport (they can reimagine all they want, it doesn’t exist)

When are they giving up their own big carbon footprints?

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Extinction Rebellion Plots New Stunts, Including Public Suicide

By William Teach March 16, 2020 – 7:11 am

Some take offense when Skeptics, including myself, refer to the Cult of Climastrology as a cult, as doomsdayers, as unhinged nutjobs. I can’t imagine why we would refer to them that way

Delingpole: Kamikaze Greenies – Extinction Rebellion Plots Suicide Stunt

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists, increasingly overshadowed by the coronavirus, have been discussing new and ever more desperate ways to grab attention for their next big publicity stunt.

Mooted tactics include: committing suicide in public (perhaps at the UN’s next climate summit in Glasgow later this year); hunger strike to the death; painting parliament green; spraying traffic lights black; blocking every station, airport, and motorway in Britain; and “scare the fuck out of people”.

These are among the actions proposed on a leaked XR discussion document titled ‘Vital Additions to Action Strategy.’ They appear in a list under the heading ‘Top Ideas from the Sessions.’

The radical ideas seem to be a response to concerns within XR that the public have grown slightly bored with or even irritated by their antics.

Go figure. So far, no one has volunteered to be the sacrificial snowflake, but

What’s clear, though, is that there are elements within Extinction Rebellion who think that suicide and similar “highly sacrificial actions” are just what the cause needs.

In addition, as the Climate and Ecological Emergency becomes more dangerous every day, we must encourage more extreme actions to achieve meaningful change. This movement must not become ineffectual and forget its rebellious heart as it grows. Extreme self sacrificial actions can act as a vanguard for the movement, inspiring people in their rebellious journey and focusing the world’s attention. However, these highly sacrificial actions have suffered so far due to their lack of organisation / cohesion of message and because of strong pushback from the movement. For such high-risk actions, action design must be slick and highly considered. It also seems necessary for the movement to clearly outline in any strategy going forward, the intention to encourage more extreme action in response to genuine growing crisis so as not to face pushback from the movement as a whole every time a highly sacrificial action takes place.

Sounds totally rational, right?

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ZOMG, They Might Shut The Whole Country Down For Two Weeks!!!!!!!!!! Or Something

By William Teach March 16, 2020 – 6:56 am

I was wondering where this rumor came from. A bunch of fellow employees were yapping about it, scaremongering that Los Federales were about to invoke a two week mandatory quarantine of all citizens. Which would be statutory and Constitutionally problematic, if not downright illegal and un-Constitutional. Like quite a few of the ones invoked by state and city leaders

US moves nearer to shutdown amid coronavirus fears

Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health officials recommending that groups of 50 or more don’t get together and a government expert saying a 14-day national shutdown may be needed.

Governors and mayors closed restaurants, bars, and schools as the nation sank deeper into chaos. Travelers returning home from abroad were stuck in line for hours at major airports for screenings, crammed into just the kind of crowded spaces that public health officials have urged people to avoid.

In a sign of impending economic gloom, the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero. President Donald Trump sought to calm a jittery nation by declaring the government has “tremendous control” over the situation and urging people to stop the panic buying of grocery staples that has depleted store shelves nationwide. Gun stores started seeing a similar run on weapons and ammunition as the panic intensified. (big snip)

His decision came after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, said he would like to see a 14-day national shutdown imposed to prevent the virus’s spread.

“I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing,” said Fauci, a member of the White House task force on combating the spread of coronavirus. He heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.

There is no indication Trump is considering such a move.

See, if Trump doesn’t do this, he’ll be called reckless and all the other stuff. If he does do this, he’ll be called a dictator and authoritarian and Hitler. So, it’s a lose-lose situation. Regardless, it was simply one person, albeit a subject matter expert, opining. So, this is not government policy, no one is really proposing this, the government is not planning to make this happen. Relax.

The worldwide outbreak has sickened nearly 170,000 people and left more than 6,500 dead, with thousands of new cases confirmed each day. The death toll in the United States climbed to 64, while infections passed 3,700.

Do you know how many had the flu in the U.S.?

“So far this season we’ve had between 30 and 40 million illnesses in the United States,” Martin says.

Of that number, about half were ill enough to seek medical care, and between 300,000 to 500,000 people required hospitalization.

The CDC estimates that there have been 20,000 to 40,000 deaths in the United States so far this year.

Just for comparison, that’s a thousand times more deaths in the United States than have been blamed on the coronavirus so far.

What’s helped is people taking the flu shot, which is reported to reduce flu infections by 45-50%, because this was actually considered an above average flu season.

For most people, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover.

And that may have given some people false hope, causing them to venture into crowds that Fauci and others would prefer they avoid. Even if someone doesn’t become visibly ill, they can still carry the disease and spread it to others.

For most people, this is a big nothing burger. Which, of course, makes some people jerks, going out in public just like they do when they have the flu or a cold. Having crowds of no more than 50 seems odd: how does that help? That’s 50 people to infect, who then go their way into other groups. See, this is the thing: most don’t feel bad enough to stay home.

Perhaps we should calm down a bit. Yes, we should be concerned, but, calm down.

Oh, and

https://twitter.com/commonpatriot/status/1239513507109847048

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Doomsday Cult Of Climastrology Suddenly Discovers The Role Of Clouds In Weather And Climate

By William Teach March 15, 2020 – 5:52 pm

No, really

No one really has a written article on this, they’re just using the video. One has to wonder how clouds could be ignored so much

An unprecedented study was recently launched to explore clouds, which cover two thirds of the Earth’s surface on average. Scientists still understand precious little about the phenomenon, but most climatologists believe they hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of climate change. “CBS This Morning: Saturday” took a closer look at where scientists are conducting the study out in the Caribbean.

Seriously, we know quite a bit about clouds. Ignoring the climahysteric stuff from NASA, we can see the cycle. The Sun itself is the primary driver, as has always been, and is now, which is natural. But, see, the point here is to create a link between clouds and your carbon pollution, because the Cult of Climastrology always has to find ways to take things and make them the fault of Mankind, just like how they blame cold and snow on you having a burger last week.

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