{"id":377625,"date":"2025-05-08T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377625"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:29:51","slug":"puncturing-the-apocalypse-curry-and-deangelo-expose-the-myth-of-climate-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=377625","title":{"rendered":"Puncturing the Apocalypse: Curry and DeAngelo Expose the Myth of Climate Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Charles Rotter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Apocalyptic climate narrative is a seriously misleading propaganda tool and a socially destructive guide for public policy. The narrative radically overstates the risks to humanity of continued global warming, which are manageable, not existential. It prescribes large-scale near-term suppression of fossil-fuel use, while failing to recognize the huge costs that such suppression would inflict on humans because fossil fuels are currently irreplaceable inputs for producing food (via ammonia-based fertilizer), steel, cement, and plastics. This paper details the flaws in the Apocalyptic narrative and articulates nine principles for sensible U.S. policies on energy and global warming.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In an era where fear sells faster than facts, a refreshing gust of sanity has arrived in the form of a new paper by Dr. Judith Curry and economist Harry DeAngelo. Titled \u201cA Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative,\u201d<\/a><\/em> the paper dismantles, brick by shaky brick, the popular belief that humanity teeters on the edge of climate-induced extinction and that salvation lies in the urgent abandonment of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curry and DeAngelo open with a sober reminder: \u201cAlarming narratives that have an aura of plausibility can be highly effective tools for shaping public opinion and public policies.\u201d That, in a nutshell, is the story of climate politics over the last 30 years. A narrative has been spun, polished, and weaponized\u2014not to inform public understanding, but to shepherd it toward economically and politically ruinous policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper doesn\u2019t just question the urgency of decarbonization\u2014it eviscerates it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Real Climate Record: More Prosperity, Not Doom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what amounts to a firm statistical rebuke to doomsayers, Curry and DeAngelo highlight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSince the late 19th century, Earth\u2019s average temperature has increased by about 1.3\u00b0C\u2026 During the same period\u2026 there has been little or no detectable change in most types of extreme weather events.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, global population has surged, agricultural output has quadrupled, and lifespans have more than doubled. Cold-weather mortality\u2014ten times deadlier than heat\u2014has plunged, while Earth\u2019s green leaf area has grown by 5% thanks to CO\u2082 fertilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is a crisis, one is tempted to ask: can we have more of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Net-Zero Boondoggle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Curry\u2019s critique is especially lethal when aimed at the fantasy land of net-zero. As the authors note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cToday, the world gets 81% of its energy from fossil fuels\u2026 In absolute terms, global use of oil, natural gas, and coal have all increased.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Billions are being poured into solar and wind\u2014not to displace fossil fuels, but merely to add capacity on top of them. Emissions haven\u2019t gone down; they\u2019ve gone up. The Green New Deal? A Green New Dud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Myths of Imminent Catastrophe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper also tackles the pet specter of climate alarmists: tipping points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere is also low confidence in any conclusions surrounding possible tipping points owing to deep (Knightian) uncertainties in our understanding of the complex climate system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In plain terms, we don\u2019t understand the system well enough to confidently predict catastrophic flips. Yet that hasn\u2019t stopped the technocratic priesthood from demanding trillions in tithes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rational Energy Policy: First, Do No Harm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of chasing the green dragon of net-zero, the authors propose common sense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe should not eliminate fossil fuels before we have technologically viable and cost-effective replacements for the critical inputs they provide in the production of food, steel, cement, plastics, and electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Their nine principles for rational energy policy\u2014ranging from investment in innovation to a revival of nuclear power\u2014deserve to be posted on the office door of every policymaker who still clings to the fantasy of controlling the climate through legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bottom Line<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIs an undetectable reduction in the warming trend worth a huge sacrifice in the quality of life caused by an urgent move to net-zero? \u2026 There is no credible evidence of an existential threat from global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Curry\u2019s work delivers the much-needed antidote to climate hysteria. Her message is clear: The supposed cure\u2014immediate fossil fuel suppression\u2014is far more dangerous than the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the paper concludes, \u201cAttempts to suppress fossil-fuel use aggressively are socially destructive\u2026 [and] would impose significant avoidable costs on humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world overrun by ideological climate theater, Dr. Curry has handed us a playbill with a rare commodity: the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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