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Post by zanygame on Sept 11, 2023 21:34:10 GMT
See this is what makes the whole thing circular, your link says the planet is warming; no dispute on that but by how much and how accurate that is is another matter; and once again you raise the 95% of climatologists, could you explain where that 'fact' comes from and from what specific evidence it was derived. The only link to CO2 is that the planet is warming and CO2 is rising we know the properties of CO2 therefore it must be CO2. A very understandable hypothesis but the models based on that hypothesis have so far consistently failed to work. So perhaps there are other factors at work undreamt of in anyone's philosophy. Blah blah.
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Post by dodgydave on Sept 12, 2023 0:37:07 GMT
You would have to be pretty foolish to believe we are not doing harm with our emissions. The problem is, we have one short life, so the change has to be at a pace that the majority can swallow. The human race is going to become extinct one day, asking one generation to make their life considerably harder is just pie in the sky. While most people will care about their children / grandchildren... when you go beyond that then nobody cares because there is no tangible link... especially considering the hundreds of different ways life on Earth could end at any moment!! We are all going to die anyway, so when scientists / politicians / climate activists issue doomsday predictions people will fight back against it. Everybody knows the temperatures have been warmer / colder, co2 has been higher / lower, sea level has been higher / lower... so people will use these as arguments to ensure they can live their best life. I disagree. Human history is full of cases of one generation sacrificing their lot to help future ones. And massive help given to peoples they have no connection to. Its only now the older generation have lost the ability to care, who go yer yer, so what, I don't care, its not going to effect me. That's why this country is so shite, not because of politicians, but because we would rather have two cars and three holidays than pay a bit more to sort things out. Greed is the new god, with any excuse for it now acceptable, blame government waste, blame feckless people. Just enough veneer that I can not see my guilt. I've read / watched a lot of material on evolutionary biology. It is really interesting stuff and it makes your question your own presumptions. There is no "generational link" beyond the few generations before and after you because they are "unknown". Basically, when it comes down to it, you only really care about those with the closest genetic links (grandparents, parents, children... and interestingly the children of your siblings). You can try to take the moral high ground all you want, but that is just you misunderstanding your place in the universe. Yes people will care about things that effect them now, like air pollution, but asking them to care about something a 100+ years down the line is just pointless... not because they lack morals, but because we are just not built that way. Like I said previously, it pretty pointless worrying about distant problems because we are all doomed anyway lol.
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Post by sheepy on Sept 12, 2023 6:06:57 GMT
Like I said previously, it pretty pointless worrying about distant problems because we are all doomed anyway lol. Maybe so. but it is very unlikely it will be from fixing a problem that never existed. But instead was manufactured.
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Post by steppenwolf on Sept 12, 2023 6:51:22 GMT
Zanygame said: "I am more staggered every day by the mix is ignorance and arrogance. Vaccinations do not and never have stopped people catching diseases. They teach your immune system to recognise a virus and react faster to it thus preventing serious illness. Jeez and you tell me I can't learn."
I'm well aware of how vaccinations work, but the fact is that - as I said right at the beginning of the Covid outbreak - we have never managed to make a viable vaccine for any Corona virus despite many decades of trying (in the case of the cold). By "viable" I mean one that actually prevents people catching the disease and lasts a reasonable length of time. The problem with the Covid vaccines is that they don't actually prevent people catching the disease - or prevent it being infectious - they just (arguably) reduce symptoms. And, crucially, their effectiveness wears off very rapidly. This is unlike most other vaccines that last for many years and are highly effective at preventing people catching the disease. For example the polio vaccine has virtually eliminated polio - with one jab.
I don't know what it is about the Corona virus that makes it so hard for vaccines to work but the fact remains that they don't. We're just lucky that it's evolved to be less dangerous. I think that the vaccination will gradually be restricted to use only with those with special vulnerabilities. The risk/benefit ratio doesn't work for anyone else. You can't continue exposing the whole population to vaccines because the vaccine itself has dangers.
You just never seem to understand anything Zany.
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Post by thomas on Sept 12, 2023 7:25:10 GMT
Georgia family calls cops after Biden's energy sec 'reserves' EV charger for electric car motorcade
There were simply not enough EV chargers to go around.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm set out on a four-day electric vehicle road trip over the summer from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee to draw attention to the billions of dollars the Biden administration has pumped into electric vehicles.
During a stop in Grovetown, Georgia, Granholm and her entourage, traveling in a caravan that included the luxury Cadillac Lyriq, a Ford F-150 Lightning, and a Chevy Bolt, found that there weren’t enough fast chargers available.
According to NPR, with one of the four station’s chargers being broken, and others occupied, one Energy Department staffer parked a gas-powered car to reserve a spot for Granholm.
This resulted in a family, traveling with their baby on a hot summer day, being blocked from using the charger.
From the UK to Germany, politicians are retreating on green policies as the public become aware of the costs and mount opposition to the Net Zero agenda.
"The fraying climate consensus isn’t unique to Britain,"
A few interesting climate stories from yankland and europe.
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Post by steppenwolf on Sept 12, 2023 7:41:47 GMT
Did anyone see Tice on Sunday? There was a bit where he interviewed Dr Ray Connolly about climate change. He's a climate change scientist who has written papers on warming where he attributes the warming we've seen to the Sun. He also made some interesting comments on the variation in temperature between urban and rural areas. He's reanalysed the data in relation to the comparison of data from rural and urban weather stations and says that the warming in urban areas is much larger than that in rural areas but that these urban weather stations are greatly over-represented in the figures produced by the IPCC - as urban areas make up less than 4% of the land area.
I'll have to have another look at it because it's something that has always struck me an obvious source of error when comparing temperatures in 1850 and today.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2023 8:04:51 GMT
Some people are still not convinced, Zany. Can I suggest that the extra costs of pursuing net zero are put on a voluntary basis? Those who are convinced can pay the extra. There's so many things we could put on a voluntary basis. How about fly tipping, that doesn't effect me. Or trains, I don't use them. Now about mental health? How about... The triple lock, can that be voluntary? Yes, but you are talking about real world problems, not imaginary net zero delusions, Zany.
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Post by zanygame on Sept 12, 2023 8:07:44 GMT
I disagree. Human history is full of cases of one generation sacrificing their lot to help future ones. And massive help given to peoples they have no connection to. Its only now the older generation have lost the ability to care, who go yer yer, so what, I don't care, its not going to effect me. That's why this country is so shite, not because of politicians, but because we would rather have two cars and three holidays than pay a bit more to sort things out. Greed is the new god, with any excuse for it now acceptable, blame government waste, blame feckless people. Just enough veneer that I can not see my guilt. I've read / watched a lot of material on evolutionary biology. It is really interesting stuff and it makes your question your own presumptions. There is no "generational link" beyond the few generations before and after you because they are "unknown". Basically, when it comes down to it, you only really care about those with the closest genetic links (grandparents, parents, children... and interestingly the children of your siblings). You can try to take the moral high ground all you want, but that is just you misunderstanding your place in the universe. Yes people will care about things that effect them now, like air pollution, but asking them to care about something a 100+ years down the line is just pointless... not because they lack morals, but because we are just not built that way. Like I said previously, it pretty pointless worrying about distant problems because we are all doomed anyway lol. Why are you pretending climate change wont effect our grand children? Is it another excuse to not clear up the mess we have made?
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Post by zanygame on Sept 12, 2023 8:11:53 GMT
There's so many things we could put on a voluntary basis. How about fly tipping, that doesn't effect me. Or trains, I don't use them. Now about mental health? How about... The triple lock, can that be voluntary? Yes, but you are talking about real world problems, not imaginary net zero delusions, Zany. Pretending climate change doesn't matter or isn't happening is just another excuse to do nothing. Another I'm alright jack. I appreciate that all the evidence you can see around you with your own eyes and that science is delivering to you has no effect on your mantra, so I wont bore you by repeating it. Just know that its real and you pretending its not so wont make it go away.
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Post by sandypine on Sept 12, 2023 9:07:38 GMT
See this is what makes the whole thing circular, your link says the planet is warming; no dispute on that but by how much and how accurate that is is another matter; and once again you raise the 95% of climatologists, could you explain where that 'fact' comes from and from what specific evidence it was derived. The only link to CO2 is that the planet is warming and CO2 is rising we know the properties of CO2 therefore it must be CO2. A very understandable hypothesis but the models based on that hypothesis have so far consistently failed to work. So perhaps there are other factors at work undreamt of in anyone's philosophy. Blah blah. Why when I ask for the data for 95% people run away, where is the data that storms are becoming worse, rainfall, hurricanes, floods, droughts, heatwaves, sea level rising alarmingly etc. etc. All that seems to be available is it is getting warmer and CO2 is rising. Everything else is just repeated lies based on nothing more than wishful thinking. I really think if the science is settled and there are dire consequences in the offing then the evidence of a 'breakdown' should be not just apparent but at the alarmists finger tips.
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Post by sandypine on Sept 12, 2023 9:09:37 GMT
Yes, but you are talking about real world problems, not imaginary net zero delusions, Zany. Pretending climate change doesn't matter or isn't happening is just another excuse to do nothing. Another I'm alright jack. I appreciate that all the evidence you can see around you with your own eyes and that science is delivering to you has no effect on your mantra, so I wont bore you by repeating it. Just know that its real and you pretending its not so wont make it go away. Where is the evidence that we can 'see' all around us. Feel free to bore the pants off me.
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Post by zanygame on Sept 12, 2023 9:31:00 GMT
Why when I ask for the data for 95% people run away, where is the data that storms are becoming worse, rainfall, hurricanes, floods, droughts, heatwaves, sea level rising alarmingly etc. etc. All that seems to be available is it is getting warmer and CO2 is rising. Everything else is just repeated lies based on nothing more than wishful thinking. I really think if the science is settled and there are dire consequences in the offing then the evidence of a 'breakdown' should be not just apparent but at the alarmists finger tips. No they don't. You were given the links but decided they were untrue based on some guff from Whatsupwiththat. I checked that guff and found many of the dissenter claims were on stupid minute points. Such as that vegetation does take up excess Co2, while the "dissenter" openly agreed that it didn't stop climate change being an issue nor go anywhere near solving or mitigating it. You are guilty of observation bias to a degree that makes your claims against me laughable.
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Post by sandypine on Sept 12, 2023 11:27:22 GMT
Why when I ask for the data for 95% people run away, where is the data that storms are becoming worse, rainfall, hurricanes, floods, droughts, heatwaves, sea level rising alarmingly etc. etc. All that seems to be available is it is getting warmer and CO2 is rising. Everything else is just repeated lies based on nothing more than wishful thinking. I really think if the science is settled and there are dire consequences in the offing then the evidence of a 'breakdown' should be not just apparent but at the alarmists finger tips. No they don't. You were given the links but decided they were untrue based on some guff from Whatsupwiththat. I checked that guff and found many of the dissenter claims were on stupid minute points. Such as that vegetation does take up excess Co2, while the "dissenter" openly agreed that it didn't stop climate change being an issue nor go anywhere near solving or mitigating it. You are guilty of observation bias to a degree that makes your claims against me laughable. I think your memory is a bit askew as I have no idea what you are referring to as I have not referred to vegetation as a mitigating influence on CO2 levels, however why not try from whence you derive the 95%. It is oft repeated and Dappy refers to overwhelming majority yet never seems able to supply any data.I know many sites say it but where does that information come from and on what research? That is not observation bias that is a simple question as regards an oft quoted figure. If alarmists are the purveyors of truth in those sunny uplands of integrity then the details should be easily obtained and linked to.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2023 11:38:02 GMT
No they don't. You were given the links but decided they were untrue based on some guff from Whatsupwiththat. I checked that guff and found many of the dissenter claims were on stupid minute points. Such as that vegetation does take up excess Co2, while the "dissenter" openly agreed that it didn't stop climate change being an issue nor go anywhere near solving or mitigating it. You are guilty of observation bias to a degree that makes your claims against me laughable. I think your memory is a bit askew as I have no idea what you are referring to as I have not referred to vegetation as a mitigating influence on CO2 levels, however why not try from whence you derive the 95%. It is oft repeated and Dappy refers to overwhelming majority yet never seems able to supply any data.I know many sites say it but where does that information come from and on what research? That is not observation bias that is a simple question as regards an oft quoted figure. If alarmists are the purveyors of truth in those sunny uplands of integrity then the details should be easily obtained and linked to. Perhaps it's a secretive project and any leak of information is treated as espionage. As in, I cannot think of any other reason why such data cannot be provided. Surely the fact that they cannot provide anything should now leave people to conclude that they don't have anything, and by repeating the claim whilst dismissing the request for data only places them within the realm of the conmen. It just isn't credible science, at least not by those who rely on it for social propaganda.
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Post by steppenwolf on Sept 12, 2023 12:52:08 GMT
I actually sent an email to the BBC's "More or Less" program about this claim of the scientific consensus about CO2 driven warming - whether it be 95% or 97& etc. They're always asking to be given examples of statistical claims that seem dodgy. So I sent off my question with the various sources of all the claims, e.g. Cook - and also the report in one of the BBC's own Horizon programs (which they no longer show) that a group of statistical mathematicians had decided that the probability of the CO2 theory being correct is 95%. (This report was massively flawed by the way).
And guess what. I got the automated reply but nothing more. I sent it again a year later and got the same reaction. They just don't want to talk about this subject. It's banned by the BBC.
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