Bjorn Lomborg is Right: Foster Economic Growth to create new means to adapt better to whatever happens. Otherwise, expect soaring prices, blackouts, suffering, and violence as people rebel.
From point 4 (top) " U.S.’s effort to cut out all gasoline, natural gas, and coal while simultaneously demanding far more electricity generation to power electric vehicles and heat buildings—while not upgrading the electrical grid to do it."
You don't mention that most of the US's electricity comes from coal. (In the 90s, when I was looking at this more closely, I think it was a little over 60%. I didn't check the number tonight.) Also, I am (was) an OP Engineer for telecom, and worked with telecom/power distribution systems. Laughable, imo, that most of the power in the US comes from the mid west, sort of, and that the coal to provide electricity to the east and west coasts would need to be shipped there to create the electricity to be shipped to the coasts. And for a huge HUGE infrastructure to be built from there AND within the city to support electric cars. Completely delusional!
Re: 4a. Ice Ages Past and To Come—As the Earth’s Orbit and Rotation Oscillate
Yes. When I moved from temperate rainforest Vancouver BC to near arctic Whitehorse Yukon, the house I lived in had been under 3km of ice 14,000 years earlier. The grey clay cliff behind us WAS clay because the weight of the ice had crushed the rock. *That* was when my intuition about climate change hoax became experiential knowledge: only 14,000 years and humans weren't involved. And I knew about "Greenland" being *green* when the Vikings settled there from some other, now forgotten, research.
Coal use in recent years has dropped a lot and has been replaced by natural gas. If memory serves, they are about equal now as a percentage of total electricity generation.
Yes, that makes sense to me. (I got lazy and didn't check with the ChatGPT expert to bring me up to speed. Still haven't touched it, although it may be useful.)
I want nothing to do with ChatGPT or any other AI. It's like "depending on the kindness of strangers"--unreliable, uncheckable, reportedly hostile-to-humans at that. It sounds like it will invade every aspect of your privacy too.
Great report. But you seem to assume warmists are both rational and competent. That's seldom the case. It's a matter of faith, not logic. More assertive means will be necessary.
Thank you for your observation. I wrote the post to be used in multiple ways. If you know anyone who might want to use its rhetorical elements in public debate, please share this post with them. When they are challenged by "experts" or ignoramuses (could be both, as you know), the rest of the post provides substantial ammunition to fire back.
Great summary, thank you.
My quick notes:
From point 4 (top) " U.S.’s effort to cut out all gasoline, natural gas, and coal while simultaneously demanding far more electricity generation to power electric vehicles and heat buildings—while not upgrading the electrical grid to do it."
You don't mention that most of the US's electricity comes from coal. (In the 90s, when I was looking at this more closely, I think it was a little over 60%. I didn't check the number tonight.) Also, I am (was) an OP Engineer for telecom, and worked with telecom/power distribution systems. Laughable, imo, that most of the power in the US comes from the mid west, sort of, and that the coal to provide electricity to the east and west coasts would need to be shipped there to create the electricity to be shipped to the coasts. And for a huge HUGE infrastructure to be built from there AND within the city to support electric cars. Completely delusional!
Re: 4a. Ice Ages Past and To Come—As the Earth’s Orbit and Rotation Oscillate
Yes. When I moved from temperate rainforest Vancouver BC to near arctic Whitehorse Yukon, the house I lived in had been under 3km of ice 14,000 years earlier. The grey clay cliff behind us WAS clay because the weight of the ice had crushed the rock. *That* was when my intuition about climate change hoax became experiential knowledge: only 14,000 years and humans weren't involved. And I knew about "Greenland" being *green* when the Vikings settled there from some other, now forgotten, research.
This is an excellent resource. Again, thank you.
Coal use in recent years has dropped a lot and has been replaced by natural gas. If memory serves, they are about equal now as a percentage of total electricity generation.
Yes, that makes sense to me. (I got lazy and didn't check with the ChatGPT expert to bring me up to speed. Still haven't touched it, although it may be useful.)
Than you Ernest.
I want nothing to do with ChatGPT or any other AI. It's like "depending on the kindness of strangers"--unreliable, uncheckable, reportedly hostile-to-humans at that. It sounds like it will invade every aspect of your privacy too.
Yes. Likely why I have stayed away from it. Thank you!
Impressive summary. Thank you very much. This is what we should teach our school children. 👍👏🙏
Great report. But you seem to assume warmists are both rational and competent. That's seldom the case. It's a matter of faith, not logic. More assertive means will be necessary.
Thank you for your observation. I wrote the post to be used in multiple ways. If you know anyone who might want to use its rhetorical elements in public debate, please share this post with them. When they are challenged by "experts" or ignoramuses (could be both, as you know), the rest of the post provides substantial ammunition to fire back.
Typo correction: the forth word in my reply to you, which you may have received, should be "your," not "our." I have since corrected it.
Terrific article, great data.
Because the graphs are blurry, can you post links where these graphs come from?
For 2,000 years of global temperatures:
https://www.drroyspencer.com/global-warming-background-articles/2000-years-of-global-temperatures/
For Vostok and EPICA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_core#/media/File:EPICA_delta_D_plot.svg
For Dr. Soon's graphs, in these papers:
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~wsoon/myownPapers-d/SoonLegates13-FebIssue-SolarTSI-EPTGlink.pdf
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~wsoon/myownPapers-d/Soon05-SolarArcticTempGRLfinal.pdf
For Holocene Climatic Optimum, click on the graph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_climatic_optimum
Thanks for these. 👌🏽