Month: August 2023

White House inadvertently tells the truth—we’re not facing a catastrophe from climate change

Today’s warming of 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2°F) has reduced GDP by less than 0.5%. That is trivial, considering real GDP has grown by more than 800% since 1950. And the same will be true of future warming.

By Steven E. Koonin, Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2023

Steven Koonin is a pro­fes­sor at New York Univer­sity, a se­nior fel­low at the Hoover In­sti­tu­tion, and au­thor of “Un­set­tled: What Cli­mate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Mat­ters.”

The journalist Michael Kinsley famously noted that “a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” By that standard, the White House committed a doozy in March when it released a paper on climate change’s effect on the U.S.… Read more

A Swiss view of the ‘climate crisis’—a green dictatorship is besieging Germany

The Greens are rebuilding society with the energy transition just as much as with gender speech.  They have long since achieved cultural domination, for example in the media.  The majority of Germans think differently, but who cares about them?

By Eric Gujer, “Der Andere Blick”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 28, 2023

The situation is simmering now in German politics.  The success of the AFD [Alternativ für Deutschland – political party to the right of the Conservative Party] is only a symptom of this; the real reason lies elsewhere.  Citizens are fed up with the mixture of restrictions and moral demands, which increasingly govern their lives.… Read more

Tonga undersea eruption, not increased CO2, is main cause of 2023 ‘record’ warming

Ten per cent increase of water vapor in atmosphere from eruption will drive temperatures above the 1.5°C mark, then decline. Human activity is not a factor

By Diane Francis, Substack, August 3, 2023

Smoke choked New York City for days caused by Canadian forest fires, then a heat wave followed everywhere, fuelling alarmist, “Armageddon” headlines about global warming. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said if July is a harbinger of what lies ahead, there is not a moment to waste. “The evidence is everywhere: Humanity has unleashed destruction. This must not inspire despair, but action.”

Hysteria aside, extreme weather events throughout history — from ice ages to heat waves — have been triggered by non-human volcanic or orbital activities.… Read more