Bummer: Climastrology Models Fail To Account For CO2’s Impact On Life

By William Teach June 30, 2018 – 12:23 pm

It’s always some sort of doomsaying with these people

Climate models fail to account for CO2’s impact on life, scientists say

Increasingly, climate scientists are calling for climate models to focus more on CO2 levels and less on temperature.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Exeter contend warming could slow even as a rise in CO2 accelerates. Not only do current models mostly ignore this reality, study authors suggest they also fail to account for CO2’s myriad impacts on biology — on life.

The thing about warming slowing (not that a 1.5F increase since 1850 is particularly fast to start with) even though CO2 continues to rise is something that’s been making its way around, as yet another excuse for the climate failing to comply with existing computer models. Oh, and the notion that CO2 tends to go up after the temperature rise, not the other way around. But, doom

Because current models use too narrow a range to describe future CO2 concentration, predictions tend to ignore the gas’ impact on plants and animals.

“Higher CO2 concentrations cause increased growth in many plant species,” Exeter researcher Richard Betts said in a news release. “This causes a general ‘greening’ of vegetation, but also changes the makeup of ecosystems — some species do better than others. Slower-growing large tree species can lose out to faster-growing competitors.”

Higher CO2 levels can also cause plants to use less water, which can diminish the impact of droughts on local ecosystems.

“Both of these factors can potentially enhance crop yields, possibly helping to offset some of the negative impacts of climate change — although even if that happens, the nutritional value of the crops can be reduced as a result of the extra CO2,” Betts said. “Rising CO2 also causes ocean acidification which is damaging to corals and some species of plankton.”

See? It can make plants grow more, bigger crops, but, that’s not a good thing or something. They always have to find a way to push doom. And then they wonder why people tune out.

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Excitable Nancy Pelosi Pushes Gun Control In Wake Of Newspaper Shooting

By William Teach June 30, 2018 – 8:00 am

Perhaps Nancy could have told us exactly what measures would have stopped the murder at Capital Gazette?

Reacting to newspaper shooting, Pelosi decries lack of gun control as ‘stain on our country’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi decried the lack of legislative action on gun control Thursday after multiple people were gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland.

“Praying for everyone injured & the families of those lost in today’s shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland,” the California Democrat tweeted Thursday afternoon.

“Congress has a responsibility to take action to prevent the tragedy of gun violence. Every day it fails to do so is a stain on our country,” she wrote.

The bodies weren’t even cold when she tweeted this. Jarrod Ramos, the nutjob who committed the murders, used a shotgun legally purchased in Maryland. Is Nancy now recommending that shotguns be banned? Other than the Australian solution, ie, banning guns almost altogether, what part of the Democrats gun control push would have stopped Ramos? He passed a background check a year ago. He didn’t buy it at a gun show with a loophole. Maryland itself is pretty tough on 2nd Amendment Rights. The gun grabbing Giffords Law Center gives the state an A-. Only about half a dozens states get an A rating from the gun grabbers.

The only thing that might have possibly maybe stopped him, at least from using a gun, was a red flag law, which doesn’t go into effect till October in Maryland. But, even then, would a family member or law enforcement have filed a case?

So, please, Nancy, let us know what legislative priorities would have stopped this? Murder is illegal. Attempted murder is illegal. An assault weapons ban and universal background checks wouldn’t have stopped this.

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Today In Resistance: Trump Is “Combative” Towards Artists Or Something

By William Teach June 30, 2018 – 7:39 am

Another day, another person having another unhinged hissy fit towards POTUS Donald Trump. Writer David Eggers (I had to look him up. That’s not a criticism, just writes stuff I don’t care about. Does that make me combative towards reading? Regardless, he’s won a bunch of awards, and, unsurprising, been a rather left leaning person) is given a platform in the NY Times to be silly. This is the lead opinion piece on the Times’ front page this morning

A Cultural Vacuum in Trump’s White House
Never have we had a president not just indifferent to the arts, but also combative toward artists.

This White House has been, and is likely to remain, home to the first presidency in American history that is almost completely devoid of culture. In the 17 months that Donald Trump has been in office, he has hosted only a few artists of any kind. One was the gun fetishist Ted Nugent. Another was Kid Rock. They went together (and with Sarah Palin). Neither performed.

Since his inauguration in January 2017, there have been no official concerts at the White House (the Reagans had one every few weeks). No poetry readings (the Obamas regularly celebrated young poets). The Carters began a televised series, “In Performance at the White House,” which last aired in 2016, where artists as varied as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride performed in the East Room. The Clintons continued the series with Aretha Franklin and B. B. King, Alison Krauss and Linda Ronstadt.

But aside from occasional performances by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the White House is now virtually free of music. Never have we had a president not just indifferent to the arts, but actively oppositional to artists. Mr. Trump disparaged the play “Hamilton” and a few weeks later attacked Meryl Streep. He has said he does not have time to read books (“I read passages, I read areas, I read chapters”). Outside of recommending books by his acolytes, Mr. Trump has tweeted about only one work of literature since the beginning of his presidency: Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury.” It was not an endorsement.

Let me ask: do you read? I read about 2-3 books a week. I love reading. Many people don’t. Does that make them combative and oppositional to artists? If you don’t read, does that make you combative and oppositional? I don’t care for poetry. Never have. That doesn’t make me C&O to artists. I don’t go to art showings and such, though I have gone to a few art buildings (the one in D.C. with all the Monet’s is incredible). I haven’t been to a play (the last one was Spamalot on Broadway) in a decade. It’s been awhile since I saw a concert. Does that make me C&O? No.

But, we’re in the world of Trump Derangement Syndrome where everything is The Worst. Eggers has no clue as to what Trump does in his time off, other than some golf. Does Trump have to inform Eggers as to everything he does and likes? Perhaps Trump is a Level 10 Type A who is either working or sleeping. At least Eggers isn’t calling Trump Hitler or a dictator or something

Every great civilization has fostered great art, while authoritarian regimes customarily see artists as either nuisances, enemies of the state or tools for the creation of propaganda. The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev asserted that “the highest duty of the Soviet writer, artist and composer, of every creative worker” is to “fight for the triumph of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism.”

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We Have To Totally Rethink Air Transportation And Shipping To Stop ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach June 29, 2018 – 4:06 pm

Let’s start with Warmists giving up their own fossil fueled travel, as well as no more online orders that require packages be sent long distances

Shipping and airline travel must be transformed to stop climate change, scientists warn

Airline travel and long-haul shipping are among the “tough-nut” sectors that will require a radical rethink if humanity is to stand any chance of avoiding climate catastrophe.

The world has made significant progress in its efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, but predictably some of the hardest industries to decarbonise have been left largely untouched, according to a new analysis.

Many of these industries currently lack viable alternatives, and will therefore require major investments to get them off the ground and reach the target of zero emissions in the coming decades.

Guess how we get those investments? If you’re thinking “the taxpayers wallet”, well of course

The findings come after the Committee on Climate Change issued a damning report in which it said virtually every part of the UK economy had failed to take steps towards reducing emissions.

While great strides have been made towards making British electricity renewable, transport, construction and other high-polluting sectors had made little effort to meet the nation’s climate targets.

This is a pattern that can be seen around the world, according to the authors of the new study, with key sectors like air travel, shipping and steel and cement manufacture falling behind.

Well, good luck with this. Are we supposed to go back to sailing ships? Solar planes will be pretty much non-starters, due to the weight and power of batteries

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Seriously, how would all the Warmists get to their constant conferences without private jets and limos?

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 29, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a country road you might find in the area deniers live in, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on Mexican immigration hypocrisy.

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Kennedy’s Retirement Could Make It Harder To Fight ‘Climate Change’ (scam) Or Something

By William Teach June 29, 2018 – 10:30 am

I would think it would be pretty easy for Warmists to fight ‘climate change’: simply give up their own use of fossil fuels and make their lives carbon neutral. Use super expensive coolants for their freezers and fridges, hand wash clothes, two minute showers, grow their own food, etc.

Justice Kennedy’s Replacement Could Make It Harder to Fight Climate Change

The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could allow the nation’s highest court to change its mind on whether the Environmental Protection Agency has to fight climate change.

As a crucial swing vote, the Reagan appointee joined liberals in a landmark 5-4 decision in 2007 that the EPA is required to address climate change if its own scientists found that it posed a risk to public health. Two years later the agency made exactly that determination, issuing a scientific document known as the endangerment finding.

“We’re not going to get another Kennedy who’s going to play that moderating role,” says Deborah Sivas, a professor of environmental law at Stanford University. “Since it’s a matter of statutory interpretation instead of bedrock constitutional principles I could see folks try to set up a new challenge.”

The decision in Massachusetts v. EPA underpinned a series of Obama-era climate regulations that aimed at boosting vehicle fuel economy standards, cutting carbon dioxide emissions form power plants and reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas sector.

It’s doubtful that the issue will be revisited anytime soon, if ever. But, you know how Warmists love requiring Other People to be forced to practice the cultish beliefs of the Cult of Climastrology. It is interesting to see the concern from the CoC over potentially not being able to force their beliefs on others.

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‘Climate Change’ Hits Production Of British Crumpets

By William Teach June 29, 2018 – 7:11 am

This is horrible, people, horrible!

(CNN) British baking giant Warburton’s has been forced to pause production of crumpets at two of its factories amid the ongoing carbon dioxide (CO2) crisis.

The UK’s largest producer of crumpets had no choice but to halt output after it ran out of the gas, which it uses in its packaging to extend the shelf life of the product.

Similar to English muffins, crumpets are a staple of the British breakfast table or afternoon tea — small savory griddle cakes that are toasted and doused in butter.

“As a result of the ongoing CO2 shortage, we are producing nowhere near the 1.5 million packs of crumpets we usually make each week and have had to suspend production at a number of our bakeries,” said Tearmh Taylor, corporate and consumer affairs manager at Warburtons.

Right now, they’re operating at about 50% of production. There’s also a big problem with production of some beers and soda, along with dry ice to be used as a refrigerant, causing problems with deliveries of things that need to be kept cold, such as ice cream and meats.

The baker is the latest victim of the growing CO2 crisis that has greatly impacted food and drink production in the UK in recent weeks.

The bubbles that make beer and soda fizzy are actually byproducts from ammonia production used in fertilizer industry. Over the summer, several major ammonia plants in Europe have closed for maintenance, which in turn, sparked the shortage.

There are a couple other explanations, such as a big reduction in output due to harvest time being over

(Phys.org) It detailed a combination of scheduled maintenance at plants across northern Europe and market forces undercutting production of ammonia, a key component of fertilizer. Industrial CO2 is an offshoot that is used widely in food and beverages.

What no one seems to be noting is that the EU and individual European nation’s ‘climate change’ laws have hit the production hard, since there are limits on what companies can do if they’re producing greenhouse gases such as ammonia and carbon dioxide. And no one wants to say it, because then citizens might realize that the bad parts of dealing with Hotcoldwetdry will actually him them in their own lives.

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California Supreme Court Upholds Gun Control Law That’s Impossible To Comply With

By William Teach June 29, 2018 – 6:53 am

Remember, gun grabbers are not coming for your guns, they just want to something something mumble mumble and this type of law helps

(Breitbart) The Supreme Court of California upheld a micro-stamping requirement for semiautomatic handguns Thursday — even though the technology does not exist to allow manufacturers to comply.

The Associated Press summed up the court’s ruling: “The California Supreme Court says state laws cannot be invalidated on the grounds that complying with them is impossible.”

The micro-stamping requirement, or “bullet stamping law,” as it is sometimes called, requires that semiautomatic handguns sold in California have a special, one-of-kind marker affixed to their firing pins so a special fingerprint is left on each spent shell casing. The idea is to give law enforcement a means to take shell casings from a crime scene and trace them back to the firearm’s owner.

Many problems exist with this proposed scenario. First, the technology does not exist. No manufacturer who is importing guns into California makes a firearm that puts a special mark on spent shell casings.

Second, if the technology did exist, it would easy to defeat by simply scratching the mark off the firing pin or replacing the factory firing pin.

Third, an even easier way to defeat it would be to use a revolver instead instead of a semi-automatic. (Revolvers do not leave behind spent shell casings).

Fourth, people can clean up their cases, and even use a device, a simple bag, to gather than as they are shot. Fifth, what was that 1st thing? Sixth, how many criminals purchase their handguns through lawful channels? This is about a) finding ways to go after law abiding citizens if their guns are stolen and used in a crime and b) making it almost impossible for law abiding citizens to purchase a handgun for self defense. So, you’ll see more purchase revolvers. And then the state will find a way to make that more difficult.

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Why Trump Won: Liberal Hatred Of Non-City Folks

By William Teach June 28, 2018 – 4:24 pm

A View From The Beach’s Fritz has a long running series on Reasons Why Trump Won, such as this one. Here’s another

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Will Wilkerson at the NY Times tries to sorta be rational, but, you can feel the derision, condescension, and hatred shining through

The great, gradual migration of the human population from the countryside to the city has transformed the world, but we’ve barely begun to reckon with its political implications. Over generations, urbanization has sorted us on the traits — ethnicity, education level, personal temperament — that draw us toward cities or keep us away.

The logic of our electoral institutions has always sorted the bulk of American voters into one of two major parties. What’s new is that the sorting dynamic of urbanization now accounts for partisan sorting, too. Democrats have become the party of the multicultural city, Republicans the party of the monocultural country — the party of urbanization-resistant white people.

The only thing missing is calling them racists, Fascists, Nazis, and KKK members.

Such a clean partisan break along density lines has thrown our democracy into a crisis of legitimacy and dysfunction. Our federal system of democratic representation has drifted dangerously out of sync with the geographic distribution, demographic makeup and outsize economic role of America’s urbanized population.

Our politics is cracking up over the density divide. Big cities and their distinctive interests are suffering a density penalty and need more visibility in our scheme of representation.

This is the old whine about less populated states having *gasp* the same representation in the Senate as populous states (can we repeal the 17th now?). I mean, how dare those yokel hick redneck have representation, amiright?

America’s Constitution was devised in the 1780s to balance power between free and slave regions in a thoroughly agricultural economy. In an urbanized polity in which a handful of dense, multicultural metro areas contain most of the people and produce most of the wealth and tax receipts, our federal scheme of representation, which effectively gives extra votes to dirt in low-population states, defies both moral and prudential common sense.

America’s outdated system of representation allowed Donald Trump and the party of the monocultural country to seize total control of the state with a minority of votes and about 36 percent of the economy. That’s not just a glitch. That’s a disaster.

That type of sneering is why Trump won.

Under Mr. Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has singled out urban Democratic strongholds for terrorizing deportation raids under the pretext that so-called sanctuary policies imperil public safety by attracting and shielding dangerous criminal immigrants.

That’s where most of the illegals go, because the Democrats protect the illegals over US citizens.

A Democratic takeover of at least the House in the midterm elections would blunt Mr. Trump’s ability to inflict this sort of cruelty — unless our system’s density penalty allows Republicans to hold it with a minority of votes. It happened in 2012, and election wonks say it has a nearly one-in-three chance of happening again.

In other words, Dems are pissed off by those votes to dirt people being given the Right to vote and have them count as much as the cool city folks.

Families are being torn apart, thousands are packed into squalid prisons, and millions of city-dwelling Americans have been made to suffer under a regime of “institutionalized cruelty” because country people are anxious and city votes count less. Fixing this is far more important than whose team wins when we fix it, because the basic framework of democratic self-defense is far more important than any ephemeral policy. As Judith Shklar sagely said, “without enough equality of power to protect and assert one’s rights, freedom is but a hope.”

See? They want the hayseeds’ votes to barely count. And this is why Trump won. And will continue to win.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 28, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bike, helping to stop the world from turning to sand, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Flopping Aces, with a post on the Dems 2020 platform taking shape.

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