Things are Starting to Heat Up Part VI 10

[dik]

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

That's my point. The experts didn't didn't stop anything and caused a lot of societal harm in the process.

 

[SwinnyGG]

The experts didn't didn't stop anything

Oh boy. Why am I not shocked you're on that side of that argument.

 

[TugboatEng]

The experts told us the vaccines would stop transmission. The experts told us inflation was transitory. The experts told us Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation. The experts are telling us climate change is existential.

The experts don't have a very good track record right now.

 

[SwinnyGG]

We get it, you know more than everybody about everything.

 

[dik]

...until the experts know more and more about less and less.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[CWB1]

The experts...caused a lot of societal harm in the process.

To be fair they only harmed the paranoid, those choosing to live under dictatorial politicians, and their own reputations. Most of us just ignored the politicos/media and went about our lives, albeit with 1-4 weeks extra paid vacation, cheap travel, a huge amount of additional concerts/events, and other perks. IME someone's 2020 experience says a lot about them - whether they binged Netflix out of fear of the outside world or had an amazing spring and summer.

 

[TugboatEng]

So the supply chain shortages, inflation, child learning loss, 20% jump in murder rates didn't happen? The expert recommendations led to bad policy decisions.

We just need to be mindful of the consequences.

 

[dik]

Sorry... Tug, this might get a lot worse. Something to ponder...

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

So says the "experts". Did you miss my point entirely?

Many have accepted activists, politicians, bureaucrats, governments, and snake oil salesmen as experts.

We still can't define what an expert is. What qualifications does one need to be a "climate scientist".

Curiously, you started with the name authorities. Authorities are simply those authorized to speak about it. It does not imply expertise.

Back to the climate subject, has there been a single expert prediction that has come true with regards to climate change?

 

[dik]

No point to be missed.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

If we ban oil what will we make our face masks out of?

 

[TugboatEng]

Consequences:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nickel-mine-minnesota-ev-electric-vehicles-batteries-talon-concerns/

 

[TugboatEng]

Looks like you're getting your wish.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/european-union-adopts-ban-gas-powered-cars-beginning

The only societal collapse will be legislated, not caused by climate change.

 

[dik]

Things are heating up faster in the North...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explor...nd-85-years-later-walsh-glacier-griffin-post/

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[dik]

...and not moving quite fast enough.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-united-nations-global-warming-emissions-human-suffering/

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[TugboatEng]

If you suddenly take everybody's cars away you're going to experience untold human suffering. I guess the UN is right for once. The trouble is, they're going to directly be the cause.

As for your other article, it should be concerning that the snow level has receded to a level seen within the last 85 years? Do you get concerned when your Cheerios box is less than half full?

 

[dik]

Nothing compared to the human loss from droughts and starvation. Things may change drastically, depending on what may be coming.

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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates

-Dik

 

[Tomfh]

Nothing compared to the human loss from droughts and starvation.

In reality global crop yields are up 30% due to the extra CO2. You don’t about that though, do you.

 

[TugboatEng]

It's a completely illogical assumption to think that global warming is going to lead to drought and starvation. Extra CO2 is good for plants. Plants tend to grow better in warmer climates. The higher temperatures will help put more moisture into the atmosphere to reduce drought. Notice that any of the hottest places are also the wettest places.

 

[CWB1]

So the supply chain shortages, inflation, child learning loss, 20% jump in murder rates didn't happen?

Most of us really haven't been impacted by any of that nonsense. Murder rates are irrelevant when you dont live under the aforementioned dictatorial politics that drives most of our societal ills. Children weren't out of schools any longer than a normal holiday break, so classifying the brief COVID shutdown as a "child learning loss" is rather needlessly dramatic. High fuel prices don't equal inflation, and prices otherwise haven't increased significantly unless you're ignorant enough to fall for the rampant price-gouging. As to "shortages," lead times have been amazing since 2020. I'll admit a few days of concern until the initial TP claims proved unfounded, but those claims anymore usually mean somebody's either scamming or talking out their backside.