{"id":280402,"date":"2023-09-25T20:54:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280402"},"modified":"2023-09-25T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:54:44","slug":"climate-doomsters-in-drivers-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280402","title":{"rendered":"Climate Doomsters in Driver\u2019s\u00a0Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"280423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280423\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-764\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-764.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/rclutz.com\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"280406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280406\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?fit=1833%2C1375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1833,1375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0climate-doomster\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?w=1833&amp;ssl=1 1833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0climate-doomster.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Oliver wrote at Financial Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/opinion\/grip-climate-change-catastrophism\"><strong>We are in the grip of climate-change catastrophism.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The climate-change movement is a powerful cultural entity.<\/strong>\u00a0It does not affirm or negate the reality of<strong>\u00a0its core narrative<\/strong>, which\u00a0<strong>is for science to decide<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Culture does, however, explain the power and prevalence of the narrative,<\/strong>\u00a0the political and societal responses to it and the apparent<strong>\u00a0willingness of many people to incur immense cost to avert a supposed existential threat, without proof of either its existence or our ability to alter its impact<\/strong>. In a new book available from the Global Warming Policy Foundation, The Grip of Culture: the Social Psychology of Climate Change Catastrophism,\u00a0<strong>Andy A. West,<\/strong>\u00a0who works for the Philosophy Foundation in London,<strong>\u00a0provides an academic analysis of the phenomenon. Its lessons have particular relevance to Canada\u2019s climate obsession.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"946\" data-attachment-id=\"280407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280407\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?fit=1024%2C1340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-755\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?fit=723%2C946&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?resize=723%2C946&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?resize=783%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?resize=768%2C1005&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-755.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>As we know,<strong>\u00a0the overarching climate narrative<\/strong>\u00a0is that human GHG emissions have created a climate emergency that calls for urgent and extraordinary action, without which the consequences for humanity will be catastrophic. In many ways, its\u00a0<strong>cultural characteristics parallel religions and ideological movements,<\/strong>\u00a0starting with\u00a0<strong>an unshakable foundational belief impervious to contradictory evidence<\/strong>, and extending to<strong>\u00a0incessant incantations from politicians, mainstream media, thought leaders and environmentalists<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" data-attachment-id=\"280405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280405\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-754.png?fit=600%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-754\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-754.png?fit=600%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-754.png?resize=600%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280405\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-754.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-754.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The faithful are reassured by groupthink, while apostates or sinful skeptics,<br>i.e. \u201cdeniers,\u201d are vilified, penalized and ostracized.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>veiled threat to charge Premier Scott Moe of Saskatchewan criminally<\/strong>&nbsp;if he violates federal coal regulations evokes Thomas of Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition \u2014 though&nbsp;<strong>so far absent the burnings at the stake<\/strong>. The movement has its high priests and priestesses \u2014 Al Gore, Justin Trudeau, Greta Thunberg, King Charles and Mark Carney, none a scientist \u2014 who convey certainty to the multitudes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" data-attachment-id=\"280409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280409\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?fit=540%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-756\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?fit=540%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?resize=540%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280409\" style=\"width:758px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-756.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Core principles and a multitude of subsidiary<strong>\u00a0tenets are validated by exaggerated interpretations<\/strong>\u00a0of scientific studies, as well as\u00a0<strong>anecdotal evidence and conveniently chosen statistics<\/strong>\u00a0that reinforce the sacred text.\u00a0<strong>For example, the end of the Little Ice Age<\/strong>\u00a0is invariably the<strong>\u00a0starting point for calculating a global temperature increase<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 which is like a government calculating its effects on economic growth by starting at the trough of the last recession.\u00a0<strong>Confirmation bias is provided by influencers<\/strong>, including\u00a0<strong>uniquely unqualified Hollywood stars,<\/strong>\u00a0who propagate the doctrine of the faith. Fear is employed as a powerful motivator and is inculcated from childhood.\u00a0<strong>Apocalyptic doom is preordained<\/strong>\u00a0for collective disobedience and\u00a0<strong>salvation promised for devotees<\/strong>\u00a0and repentants who comply with onerous strictures, many of which have no practical utility.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"280410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280410\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?fit=340%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"340,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-757\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?fit=340%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?resize=340%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-757.png?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The instinctive\u00a0<strong>response<\/strong>\u00a0from climate alarmists\u00a0<strong>to public hesitancy is that \u201cthe science is settled,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the facts are overwhelming and the need so urgent they\u00a0<strong>can\u2019t waste time quibbling<\/strong>\u00a0with ignorant or malevolent naysayers who in any case are probably racist, misogynist, far-right conspiracists.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"280411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280411\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?fit=878%2C638&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"878,638\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-758\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?fit=723%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?resize=723%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?w=878&amp;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-758.png?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Climate alarmists have a fundamental problem,<\/strong>\u00a0however, which may help explain their stridency. The complexity of\u00a0<strong>climate science is not settled,<\/strong>\u00a0as Steve E. Koonin, a physicist and former undersecretary for science in Barack Obama\u2019s Department of Energy, explained in his 2021 book, Unsettled. Other prominent scientists agree, although they are a distinct minority.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"325\" data-attachment-id=\"280413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?fit=1551%2C696&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1551,696\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?fit=723%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=723%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=1024%2C460&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=768%2C345&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=1536%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?resize=1200%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?w=1551&amp;ssl=1 1551w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0koonin-2-immoralities-1-1-1.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Nor is climate apocalypse supported by<\/strong>\u00a0the UN\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u00a0<strong>(IPCC),<\/strong>\u00a0even though its conclusions go farther than the scientific studies on which it allegedly relies. Proffered evidence is based on models that have consistently run hot. Yet the conventional consensus is to accept at face value the\u00a0<strong>predictions of people who have been consistently and spectacularly wrong<\/strong>\u00a0and who, if they were around in the 1970\u2019s, were more than likely to have issued dire warnings about an impending ice age, like Paul Ehrlich and Kenneth Watt, as well as newspapers and journals like Time, Science Digest, The New York Times and Newsweek.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"652\" data-attachment-id=\"280414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?fit=642%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"642,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-759\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?fit=642%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?resize=642%2C652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280414\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-759.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Barring a miraculous technological innovation, there is<br>virtually no chance of reaching global net zero by 2050.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Two-thirds of GHG emissions come from poorer countries that are deliberately increasing their use of fossil fuels,<\/strong>&nbsp;while the developed economies, including Canada, have consistently failed to reach the targets they have set themselves. And it takes centuries for excess carbon dioxide to disappear from the atmosphere, so any partial reduction in anthropogenic emissions would only slow their increase, not prevent it or eliminate them. Nevertheless, McKinsey says<strong>&nbsp;$275 trillion may be spent on the doomed gesture,<\/strong>&nbsp;disproportionately hurting the least advantaged and&nbsp;<strong>weakening the West in what may actually be an existential struggle with an expansionist communist China.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"437\" data-attachment-id=\"280416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280416\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-760.png?fit=626%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"626,437\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-760\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-760.png?fit=626%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-760.png?resize=626%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280416\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-760.png?w=626&amp;ssl=1 626w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-760.png?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Andy West writes that\u00a0<strong>culture can be a great unifier<\/strong>\u00a0of societies and even civilizations. But because it is\u00a0<strong>not based on reason, it can also be extraordinarily destructive:<\/strong>\u00a0witness the calamities perpetrated by communism and fascism. So it is<strong>\u00a0uncertain where climate catastrophism may lead or what<\/strong>\u00a0negative feedback could potentially provoke a\u00a0<strong>counter-reaction.<\/strong>\u00a0Last year\u2019s European energy crisis did undermine support for it, even if green activists claimed it proved we need more of the renewable energy that had in fact made the continent more vulnerable to higher prices and inadequate supply.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"371\" data-attachment-id=\"280418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280418\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?fit=490%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-761\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?fit=490%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?resize=490%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280418\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-761.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Zeitgeists do change. When people have to choose between food and heat and when the poorest countries are deprived of the affordable energy they desperately need to raise themselves up, then\u00a0<strong>practicality and guilt may eventually change people\u2019s beliefs.<\/strong>\u00a0That they haven\u2019t yet done so demonstrates the\u00a0<strong>power of culture in the face of logic, morality, self-interest and the facts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"296\" data-attachment-id=\"280419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280419\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?fit=3667%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3667,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-762\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?fit=723%2C296&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=723%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=1024%2C419&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=768%2C314&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=1536%2C628&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=2048%2C838&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?resize=1200%2C491&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-762.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Addendum:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2023\/08\/29\/retraction-of-paper-saying-there-is-no-climate-emergency-illustrates-how-dependent-climate-activists-are-on-scaremongering\/\"><strong>Retraction of Paper Saying There is No Climate Emergency Illustrates How Dependent Climate Activists Are on Scaremongering<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;by Chris Morris at Daily Sceptic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2023\/08\/26\/shock-retraction-of-climate-science-paper-showing-no-climate-emergency-draws-comparisons-with-climategate-scandal\/\">recent cancellation<\/a>&nbsp;of Alimonti&nbsp;et al&nbsp;shows clearly that&nbsp;<strong>catastrophising bad weather events and attributing them to<\/strong>&nbsp;a collapse of the&nbsp;<strong>climate is now the main weapon<\/strong>&nbsp;deployed<strong>&nbsp;to scare populations into embracing the Net Zero agenda<\/strong>. Of course, reference is still made to global&nbsp;<strong>warming<\/strong>, but most recent&nbsp;<strong>rises<\/strong>&nbsp;seem to owe more to frequent&nbsp;<strong>upward retrospective adjustments of temperature,<\/strong>&nbsp;rather than any significant natural boost. Perhaps we should not be surprised by this turn of events. In a short essay titled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/the-new-apocalypticism?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Apocalypticism<\/a>\u2019, the science writer Roger Pielke Jr. noted:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cFor the secular millenarian, extreme events \u2013 floods, hurricanes, fires<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 are more than mere portents, they are&nbsp;<strong>evidence of our sins of the past<\/strong>&nbsp;and provide opportunities for redemption in the future, if only we listen, accept and change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The climate is collapsing all around us, shout the headlines \u2013&nbsp;<strong>they require we ignore the data, the historical record, even common sense.<\/strong>&nbsp;When all is said and done, the Earth is not actually boiling! Well Professor Gianluca Alimonti and three other&nbsp;<strong>Italian scientists didn\u2019t ignore the past data<\/strong>, much of it in fact from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and they<strong>&nbsp;found little change in extreme weather events.<\/strong>&nbsp;They published a paper concluding that there was&nbsp;<strong>certainly not enough to justify the declaration of a \u2018climate emergency\u2019.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year later, the&nbsp;<strong>publisher Springer Nature bowed to the demands of a group of activist scientists<\/strong>&nbsp;and journalists led by the&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;and Agence France-Presse and&nbsp;<strong>retracted the non-conforming paper.<\/strong>&nbsp;An addendum was proposed and sent to four reviewers for comment. Three reviewers argued for publication. The fourth stated that typical readers were not climate experts and \u201ceditors should seriously consider the implications of the possible publication of this addendum\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>We own climate science<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/24\/the-un-owns-the-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boasted&nbsp;<strong>UN<\/strong>&nbsp;communications&nbsp;<strong>flak Melissa Fleming<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>at a recent World Economic Forum disinformation seminar, and we partner with&nbsp;<strong>Google to keep our version at the top of the search list.<\/strong>&nbsp;What a great service these climate experts provide in&nbsp;<strong>telling us what to think and see<\/strong>&nbsp;as we unsophisticated rubes struggle towards the path of true enlightenment!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the&nbsp;<strong>distinguished climatologist Dr. Judith Curry,<\/strong>&nbsp;the Alimonti affair is \u201cwhy I no longer publish in peer-reviewed papers\u201d. She&nbsp;<strong>described the behaviour of the journal editors as \u201creprehensible\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;in retracting a widely read climate paper just because it contained \u201cpolitically inconvenient conclusions\u201d. She is right of course \u2013 the&nbsp;<strong>Alimonti affair is another shocking scientific scandal that casts further doubt on the climate science peer-review process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">But then, Dr. Curry is merely a scientist in all this<br>\u2013she doesn\u2019t own the science.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"440\" data-attachment-id=\"280421\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=280421\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-763.png?fit=630%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-763\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-763.png?fit=630%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-763.png?resize=630%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-280421\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-763.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-763.png?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate alarmists have a fundamental problem,\u00a0however, which may help explain their stridency. 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