Would you be shocked that the Cult Of Climastrology wants even more? So says the NY Times, which provided the headline. Without the “bummer”, of course
The pledges that countries are making to battle climate change would still allow the world to heat up by more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit, a new analysis shows, a level that scientists say is likely to produce catastrophes ranging from food shortages to widespread extinctions of plant and animal life.
Yet, in the world of global climate politics, that counts as progress.
Nothing says progress like massive government regulations and restrictions which do nothing. Well, nothing according to computer models this mularky is based on.
The planet has already warmed by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit above the temperature that prevailed before the Industrial Revolution, representing an enormous addition of heat. Virtually every piece of land ice on Earth is melting, the sea ice in the Arctic is collapsing, droughts and other weather extremes are intensifying, and the global food system has shown signs of instability.
First, it’s just 1.5F over a period of 160 some odd years. The temperature is not going to suddenly explode.
Second, not every bit of ice is melting. Many glaciers are growing. Only certain portions of the Antarctic are melting, and real science is showing it’s more due to volcanic activity than any warming. The Arctic is much stronger than it was years ago. Same with Greenland. And, anyhow, none of that would prove anthropogenic causation. Just a low level Holocene warm period.
Third, even the UN IPCC refuses to dive into the extreme weather meme, which science shows is just a fantasy talking point. Remember when tornadoes and hurricanes were supposed to get worse? How’s that working out?
At a meeting in Cancun, Mexico, in 2010, climate negotiators from nearly 200 countries agreed that they would try to limit the warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 degrees Celsius, above the preindustrial temperature, a level that would require that emissions from fossil fuels largely cease within a few decades.
Wait, I thought Warmists said they weren’t calling for an end to Everyone Else using fossil fuels?
Bruising fights are still expected at the Paris conference, especially over money. Poor countries that have had little to do with causing global warming, but are likely to suffer the worst effects, are demanding billions from rich countries to help them manage.
As they say, whenever the question includes “why?”, the answer is “money”.
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