UN General Secretary Claims ‘Climate Change’ Is Bigger Threat Than Coronavirus

By William Teach March 12, 2020 – 8:57 am

Because, this silly virus is a distraction from the Really Important Issue, which is why lots of global big wigs took long fossil fueled flights and limo rides

Climate change is a bigger threat than coronavirus, says UN Secretary General

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, is worried that the coronavirus panic will distract people from the fight against climate change, which he says is far more important. Speaking in New York at the launch of a new UN climate report published on March 10, Guterres said, “We will not fight climate change with a virus.”

He was referring to a question about the coronavirus’ impact on the planet, and how there has been a drop in global greenhouse gas emissions due to the sudden economic slowdown. China’s CO2 emissions have dropped by a quarter, equal to 100 million metric tons. While this may have short-lived benefits for the planet, Guterres insisted that we cannot lose sight of the big picture.

“The disease is expected to be temporary, [but] climate change has been a phenomenon for many years, and will ‘remain with us for decades and require constant action’… Both [COVID-19 and climate change] require a determined response. Both must be defeated.” (snip)

Guterres said, “I call on everyone ― from government, civil society and business leaders to individual citizens – to heed these facts and take urgent action to halt the worst effects of climate change.” What’s interesting is that everyone is doing precisely this to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, which goes to show that governments, individuals, and businesses have the global capability to take rapid and strong action, but have lacked the will to do so until now. Now if only this momentum could be funnelled toward fighting climate change with the same dedication.

Except, Coronavirus is real. It may be very overblown in the scare factor, but, it is real, and more deadly than the flu, at least for older folks and those already sick. ‘Climate change’ is simply a way to scare people into allowing government to control their lives and take their money.

“While coronavirus has resulted in a very sudden scale down in industrial production due to a public health emergency, living through this spasm may allow citizens to imagine, and policy-makers to plan, how it is possible to live differently in response to the ecological emergency. Reducing economic activity and industrial output is a means to enable global ecosystems to regenerate.”

So, all you people out there, are you enjoying the lower economic activity? Do you want to be unemployed and dependent on the government? Do you want your earnings reduced? Maybe people should imagine all this. And see how their lives are negatively affected by supporting the Cult of Climastrology.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Remain In Mexico Policy To Stand

By William Teach March 12, 2020 – 8:41 am

What will the Open Borders advocates do now? Will they start this lawsuit all over, working up to the Supreme Court, thinking the outcome will be different? Will they be willing to wait till the full court proceedings are over?

Supreme Court gives Trump win by allowing ‘remain in Mexico’ policy to continue

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a win to President Trump on Wednesday by allowing his administration to enforce the “Remain in Mexico” asylum policy as litigation surrounding it continues.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had said a week earlier that it would block the policy in Arizona and California, the two border states where its authority extends. The Trump administration then turned to the Supreme Court for relief.

“The application for stay presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is granted, and the district court’s April 8, 2019 order granting a preliminary injunction is stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari,” the Supreme Court said in an order, which noted that Justice Sonia Sotomayor opposed the Trump administration’s stay application.

The high court action came a day before the lower court order was to have taken effect. Instead, the “Remain in Mexico” policy will remain in force while a lawsuit challenging it plays out in the courts.

The Justice Department responded Wednesday by saying the high court’s order restores “the government’s ability to manage the Southwest border and to work cooperatively with the Mexican government to address illegal immigration.”

If people are serious about wanting asylum, they should be applying at embassies and designated areas outside of the U.S., rather than just showing up and demanding entrance. And attempting to illegally cross the border. Too often, these people who claim to want asylum are released in the U.S. interior while waiting for a court date, and never show up. And then they start demanding citizenship and money and education and housing and healthcare and etc, and the Open Borders advocates support them.

And, a very small portion of those applying fit the designation for asylum. Once they are in the U.S., though, it is hard to get rid of them, thanks in part to Open Borders advocates, who file suit after suit to keep those people here.

If you want a return to Open Borders, vote Biden. If you want to protect the sovereignty of the U.S., vote Trump.

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EU, Britain Look To Rules To End “Throwaway Culture”, Make It About ‘Climate Change’, Of Course

By William Teach March 11, 2020 – 4:42 pm

Let’s all be honest, if the doomsday cult didn’t link this to the anthropogenic climate change scam, we’d all agree with it to a degree

Climate change: New rules could spell end of ‘throwaway culture’

New rules could spell the death of a “throwaway” culture in which products are bought, used briefly, then binned.

The regulations will apply to a range of everyday items such as mobile phones, textiles, electronics, batteries, construction and packaging.

They will ensure products are designed and manufactured so they last – and so they’re repairable if they go wrong.

It should mean that your phone lasts longer and proves easier to fix.

That may be especially true if the display or the battery needs changing.

It’s part of a worldwide movement called the Right to Repair, which has spawned citizens’ repair workshops in several UK cities.

The plan is being presented by the European Commission. It’s likely to create standards for the UK, too – even after Brexit.

That’s because it probably won’t be worthwhile for manufacturers to make lower-grade models that can only be sold in Britain.

It’s all part of what one green group is calling the most ambitious and comprehensive proposal ever put forward to reduce the environmental and climate impact of the things we use and wear.

First, this has little to do with ‘climate change’, though, it does tie into the greenhouse gases, particularly methane, released from landfills. Remember, I never said that Mankind has no influence on the climate. We do, both localized and globally, but, not that much. It does have a lot to do with actual environmental impacts, though, which is a whole other debate from ‘climate change’, and I wish the Cult of Climastrology would stop merging the two.

That said, for those who are a bit older, do you remember when products lasted? I have a washer and dryer from 1994 that still work fine (knock wood). I just replaced a 30 inch old school square screen color TV I’ve had since around 1989 with a 19″ flat panel. But not because the TV didn’t work: it did. Just as well as back then. Granted, it rarely gets used since it is in the spare bedroom. But, Best Buy had a deal, $60 for a 19″ 1080p flat panel (doesn’t seem to be on their website anyone, but the sound is fantastic), put my old 19′ 720 in the spare bedroom. BTW, I’ve had that TV for almost 10 years, still works great.

I still have the same JVC receiver with Bose 301 speakers from 1987. Sure, no surround sound, but, don’t need it. And still works great. I have a Creative Zen MP3 player that is around 13 years old, still works. But, do they make things to last much anymore?

When I started in wireless in 1994 the manufacturers talked about their products lasting 10-15 years. Polycarbonate plastic, no wires, etc. They moved on to Lithium Ion batteries, which were supposed to last 20 years. People seemingly need to replace their phones now every 1 1/2 to 2 years, because of planned obsolescence, including the batteries. Do we really need to replace due to a better camera? Or is it because the battery sucks? And it isn’t really replaceable? And it is so often cheaper to replace one, and other products, then get it fixed? I see people with broken screens needing to replace their phones because it causes the rest to suck.

The EU also wants to set a food waste reduction target, end over-packaging, and curb microplastic pollution. Other recommendations under the proposals, known as the Circular Economy Action Plan, are:

  • increasing recycled content in products
  • reducing the impact of products on the climate and environment
  • providing incentives for a new type of consumer use where producers keep the ownership of the product or the responsibility for its performance throughout its lifecycle – similar to car leasing

The idea is to encourage manufacturers to make sure things don’t break – because they’ll have to pick up the bill for repair or replacement.

On one hand, this is a good idea. On the other, it puts Government in charge of the economy and companies in an obscene manner. Taking a light touch would be better. And not linking it to Hotcoldwetdry would be helpful.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 11, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…is a sea that is soon going to rise dozens of feet because Other People took fossil fueled vacations, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on feminists and selective outrage syndrome.

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A Coronavirus Lockdown Could Be Good For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach March 11, 2020 – 10:30 am

So, now the doomsday Cult Of Climastrology is actively rooting for large numbers of people to get the Wuhan (racism!!!!) virus and even die

Coronavirus Lockdown May Save More Lives By Preventing Pollution Than By Preventing Infection

The global lockdown inspired by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has shuttered factories and reduced travel, slashing lethal pollution including the greenhouse gases that are heating the climate.

The lockdown may save more lives from pollution reduction than are threatened by the virus itself, said François Gemenne, director of The Hugo Observatory, which studies the interactions between environmental changes, human migration, and politics.

“Strangely enough, I think the death toll of the coronavirus at the end of the day might be positive, if you consider the deaths from atmospheric pollution,” said Gemenne, citing, for example, the 84,000 people who die annually in France because of atmospheric pollution and the more than one million in China.

A facepalm GIF would seem rather innapropriate after that, eh?

Reductions in air pollution and global heating could save more lives.

“More than likely the number of lives that would be spared because of these confinement measures would be higher than the number of lives that would be lost because of the pandemic,” Gemenne said in an appearance on France 24’s The Debate.

So, see, tons of people getting sick and being stuck at home, along with tons of people stuck at home scared of getting sick, plus tons of people dying is a good thing in Cult of Climastrology world. These are some seriously disturbed people.

“I think this is something that should question us: why are we so much more afraid of the coronavirus than we are of climate change or atmospheric pollution or other kinds of threats. What is so special about the coronavirus that we are ready to put the whole world on lockdown because of that?”

Because it is real, and anthropogenic climate change is a scam.

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Honolulu, A City Which Can’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels, Sues Fossil Fuels Companies

By William Teach March 11, 2020 – 8:28 am

The city of Honolulu, Hawaii, is much like the entire state: it could not survive as a modern city without fossil fuels. It depends on tourism and the military. Being that it is on an island way out in the Pacific Ocean, people are not getting to the city without fossil fueled flights. Those people then require FF vehicles to get around the city and island, as well as FF helicopter flights to sight-see. A goodly chunk of food is brought in on fossil fueled ships, be it fish being caught or everything other than pineapple from the mainland. Construction materials, TVs, glassware, you name it, it has to be brought in by fossil fueled planes or ships. Without fossil fuels, who is coming to Honolulu? So, naturally

Honolulu Sues Petroleum Companies For Climate Change Damages to City

Honolulu city officials, lashing out at the fossil fuel industry in a climate change lawsuit filed Monday, accused oil producers of concealing the dangers that greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum products would create, while reaping billions in profits.

The lawsuit, against eight oil companies, says climate change already is having damaging effects on the city’s coastline, and lays out a litany of catastrophic public nuisances—including sea level rise, heat waves, flooding and drought caused by the burning of fossil fuels—that are costing the city billions, and putting its residents and property at risk.

“We are seeing in real time coastal erosion and the consequences,” Josh Stanbro, chief resilience officer and executive director for the City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency, told InsideClimate News. “It’s an existential threat for what the future looks like for islanders.”

Can you guess what the actual sea level data for Honolulu shows? “The relative sea level trend is 1.51 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.21 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data from 1905 to 2019 which is equivalent to a change of 0.50 feet in 100 years.” The expected sea rise during the Holocene is 6-8 per century, with much higher rate during a warm period. So, this is at the low end of average, and at least half of what one would expect during a warm period. A big part of the lawsuit is over sea rise, so, kinda hard to make that case.

The lawsuit seeks to hold fossil companies, including Exxon, Shell, Chevron and Phillips 66, accountable for the costs and damages caused by misleadingly promoting and selling products that their own scientists and experts warned could impose “severe” or even “catastrophic” consequences.

“This case is about accountability,” Stanbro said during a news conference announcing the lawsuit.

So, when does the city give up its own use of fossil fuels? These companies should refuse to sell their product to the city. Seriously, if someone was suing you, would you provide your service/product to them? The companies should definately refuse to sell to the airport. No planes will come in if they can’t be fueled to fly out.

“Rising seas, rain bombs, stronger hurricanes, and other consequences of climate change are already threatening Oahu and will impact our fiscal health,” said Honolulu City Council Budget Chair Joey Manahan. “Taxpayers should not have to pay for all the steps we will need to take to protect our roads, beaches, homes, and businesses. That should be on the fossil fuel companies who knowingly caused the damage, and as budget chair I believe we should go to court to make them pay their share.”

Nowhere in their suit does it demand that the companies stop selling their product, just that they give the city lots of money.

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Crazy Joe Biden Thumps Comrade Bernie

By William Teach March 11, 2020 – 8:05 am

The Bern has burned out, and the Crazy is closer to being the Democrat nominee

Biden’s ‘Joe-mentum’ grows as Dem front-runner sweeps Midwest contests, eyes Sanders knockout

History didn’t repeat itself in Michigan for Bernie Sanders.

And because of that, the populist U.S. senator from Vermont had an extremely disappointing evening on “Super Tuesday II” — and now faces daunting delegate math that leaves him slipping swiftly out of reach of the Democratic presidential nomination.

Just four years ago, it was in Michigan where Sanders pulled off a historic upset over eventual nominee Hillary Clinton. At the time, the victory kept his White House bid alive.

Fast forward four years later and Sanders – down in the public opinion polls by double digits once again in the Great Lake State – was convincingly defeated by former Vice President Joe Biden.

Four years ago Sanders nearly topped Clinton in Missouri. This time around he lost the state by a nearly 2-to-1 margin to Biden. And the former vice president trounced Sanders in Mississippi and won in Idaho as well.

All in all, Comrade Bernie did not do well. There’s no doubt that the gaffe machine (who also seems to be getting senile) is the clear front runner, and Comrade Bernie’s chances are extremely low at this point. The problem for Bernie? For all the excitement for his candidacy, his actual constituency is small. He never expanded out. He’s primarily motivated the 30 and under crowd, who cannot win a primary for a candidate, and tend to not show up that much, as happened yesterday. Marxist’s like AOC can have a sad all they want, but, they can’t create a big enough coalition.

So, here’s the kind of thing you should look forward to with Joe in command

https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/1237415345931071489

Yeah, King is a Bernie Bro, but, he’s not wrong. Threatening to slap an American citizen is not OK. Imagine Trump doing this. Imagine the media freakout. Imagine Democrats taking to the House and Senate floors. Instead, the media is loving Joe Biden’s rants about taking ….. AR-14’s? What the heck is that? …. and slapping people.

Good luck running on “I’m going to confiscate your guns”, Joe.

BTW, the person he was shushing was one of his own aides, who was surely attempting to keep Joe out of being a fool. Tough job. Hope she gets paid well.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 10, 2020 – 1:00 pm

…are waves caused by changing wind patterns from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Pacific Pundit, with a post on MSNBC idiots hoping coronavirus takes down Trump.

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Capitol Broadcasting: Coronavirus Means We Should Expand Medicaid, You Know

By William Teach March 10, 2020 – 11:13 am

Remember, we keep being told that this is not political, but, then, groups like Capitol Broadcasting Corporation, which runs several properties here in NC, including TV stations WRAL, WRAZ, WILM, along with 5 radio stations, keep proving themselves wrong

Editorial: State should make sure ALL in need are tested for coronavirus

In the emergency $8.3 billion spending package approved in Congress last week to address the coronavirus outbreak, there’s at least $13 million in emergency funding set aside for North Carolina to address local public health needs associated with the outbreak.

Several states have already announced that some of those funds will be used to pay for – or substantially subsidize – the cost of coronavirus testing for patients who lack health coverage. In most states, particularly the 38 that have expanded Medicaid, it is a relatively small number.

But that is not the case in North Carolina because it hasn’t expanded Medicaid. Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration is giving serious consideration to using some of those emergency federal dollars to pay for those who do need to be tested but cannot afford it. Such a move would be the right thing, not just helping those with financial challenges, but also because it is the right thing to protect the public health.

But this is a state where the General Assembly’s leadership has steadfastly refused to extend health coverage to those who need it but cannot afford it. Should Cooper decide to use the emergency federal funds for the coronavirus testing, no one should ignore the very real possibility legislative leaders might try to block it.

Preposterous, you say. Not so fast.

Yeah, it is preposterous, and just shows the way Democrats are using this for political purposes. And, for all the lofty yammering about free tests for all, this is really about using coronavirus to push to expand Medicaid

In opinion poll after opinion poll, North Carolina citizens are overwhelming in their support of expanding Medicaid.

But North Carolina elected leaders turn a cold shoulder. They say if anyone wants health coverage “the best thing that folks can do is get a job.” The reality is that most of the more than half-million North Carolinians who would qualify for assistance under Medicaid Expansion are working or are the children of parents who are working. They just don’t make enough money and don’t work for firms that provide health coverage.

They won’t be so enthused about expanding Medicaid when they have to pay for it and service is rationed.

These federal funds SHOULD be used to be sure EVERYONE who needs to be tested, regardless of financial status, has it done. The legislature needs to stay out of the way.

The General Assembly hasn’t said word one about this.

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Coronavirus Outbreak Is Bad For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach March 10, 2020 – 7:07 am

Members of the Cult of Climastrology are rather upset that the Coronavirus is taking attention away from their doomsday cult

Why the coronavirus outbreak is terrible news for climate change

It appears increasingly likely that the global coronavirus outbreak will cut greenhouse-gas emissions this year, as deepening public health concerns ground planes and squeeze international trade.

But it would be a mistake to assume that the rapidly spreading virus, which has already killed thousands and forced millions into quarantine, will meaningfully reduce the dangers of climate change.

As with the rare instances when worldwide carbon pollution dipped in the past, driven by earlier economic shocks, diseases, and wars, emissions are likely to rise again as soon as the economy bounces back. In the meantime, if the virus leads to a full-blown global pandemic and economic crash, it could easily drain money and political will from climate efforts.

In fact, we absolutely should dedicate the bulk of our international attention and resources to the outbreak at this moment, given the grave and immediate public health dangers.

At this one cult member understands it would be a bad idea to recommend keeping the focus on Hotcoldwetdry when people are afraid, getting sick, and some dying (especially since ‘climate change’ is a scam, a false issue)

Still, the fear is that the highly contagious coronavirus could complicate the challenges of climate change—which presents serious, if longer-term, threats of its own—at a point when it was crucial to make rapid strides. There are several ways this could happen:

  • If capital markets lock up, it’s going to become incredibly difficult for companies to secure the financing necessary to move ahead with any pending solar, wind, and battery projects, much less propose new ones.
  • Global oil prices took a historic plunge on Monday, driven by a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia as well as coronavirus concerns. Cheap gas could make electric vehicles, already more expensive, a harder sell for consumers. It’s why Tesla’s stock crashed on Monday.

There are several more bulletpoints, but, essentially, it comes down to no one wanting to piss away money on the climate scam when markets are tight. And it is more difficult to get cheap solar and wind products from China, which dumps them on the world market. Oh, and “Rising health and financial fears could also divert public attention from the problem.” Yes, people are concerned with this real world issue, rather than a fake one.

You know, if Warmists really cared, they’d support re-electing President Trump, because the economy will do better under Trump than Bernie or Biden, and when the economy does well companies and individuals have disposable income to invest in Hotcoldwetdry stuff. The capital is around. Funding is available. And people’s lives are doing well enough that they can pretend to care about fake issues.

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