…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.
Read: If All You See… »
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?â€
Because it is real, and anthropogenic climate change is a scam.
Read: A Coronavirus Lockdown Could Be Good For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something »
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.
Read: Honolulu, A City Which Can’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels, Sues Fossil Fuels Companies »
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.
…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.
Read: If All You See… »
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.â€Â 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.
Read: Capitol Broadcasting: Coronavirus Means We Should Expand Medicaid, You Know »
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.
Read: Coronavirus Outbreak Is Bad For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something »
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy. The people who run them tend to be closer to the workers than in big companies, and really know what’s going on, what affects workers and their paychecks. You can bet they are now on the hit-list of Modern Socialists
A survey conducted by the Job Creators Network (JCN) showed that small business owners — employers with less than 500 employees — found that 79.4 percent want free market-based healthcare as opposed to Medicare for All or a Public Option.
JNC also asked the 703 local business owners how they think the Trump administration has handled economic issues; 66 percent of the small business owners responded with “good†or “great.â€
“When asked who they would vote for if the election was held tomorrow and the Democratic candidate was Joe Biden, more than 73 percent said they would vote for Donald Trump,†the survey said. That number jumped to 77 percent who said they would vote to re-elect President Trump if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was the Democratic candidate.
“The results speak for themselves: small business owners are thriving and attribute much of their continued success to the pro-growth policies pushed by the current administration,†said Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, in a press release.
These small business owners know who is better for their business. They know who will support them better. And that Medicare for All would be a disaster for their business and their workers.
When asked what the top three areas of concern are for them, 56.7 percent of the group of small business owners said high taxes, another 39.8 percent said healthcare, and 37.6 said the Coronavirus concerns them.
They know that the Democratic Party plans to jack up taxes will hurt them, and, will hurt their employees, because that would mean getting rid of employees, capping hours worked, reduced pay and benefits, reducing the number of part time employers. Of course, Democrats like Biden and Comrade Sanders neither know nor care, because they really have never worked outside of politics during their lives. Trump has run businesses. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes not. But, he’s been out there. He’s worked with big wigs and small entrepreneurs. He knows what makes business work, and what the government’s role should be. Bernie and Biden, along with the rest of the Dems, just want the federal government to control everything and everyone.
Read: Small Business Owners Support Trump Over Sanders/Biden Bigly »
Perhaps they should not be taking all those fossil fueled flights around the world to climate conferences
‘I’m profoundly sad, I feel guilty’: scientists reveal personal fears about the climate crisis
In 2014, Joe Duggan started reaching out to climate scientists to ask them a question: how did climate change make them feel?
“I was just blown away when I started getting the letters back,†he says.
Duggan, a science communicator at Australian National University, set up a website and starting publishing the mostly handwritten responses.
“[Professor] Katrin Meissner was one of the first, and her letter really hit me. It was so … unscience-y. Almost poetic.â€
“It makes me feel sad. And it scares me,†Meissner wrote.
“It scares me more than anything else. I see a group of people sitting in a boat, happily waving, taking pictures on the way, not knowing that this boat is floating right into a powerful and deadly waterfall.â€
In the end, more than 40 scientists responded – many leaders in their field. Some wrote neatly on lined notepaper, others scrawled on the back of student papers they were marking.
Forty! We’re doomed!
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No, seriously, Credentialed Media folks and Democrats, along with #NeverTrumper nutballs, are actually going down this road. Her’s CNN’s Chris Cillizza
Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?
What sunk President George W. Bush and Republicans in his second term wasn’t the war in Iraq. It was his administration’s mishandling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Whispers have begun that President Donald Trump’s handling (or mishandling) of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic has the potential to have political consequences just as devastating for the GOP.
“Viral Katrina,” tweeted “Never Trump” Republican Rick Wilson over the weekend.
The problem for the administration at the moment is an inability to stay on message. The White House and/or experts on the coronavirus task force say one thing that is then publicly contradicted by the President.
Except, see, the problems with Katrina weren’t due to the Bush administration: states like Alabama and Mississippi, which saw a direct strike from Katrina, did much better because they had Republican governors who took appropriate action pre and post hurricane, working with Los Federales. Louisiana’s Democrat governor refused to declare a state of emergency in time, despite Bush begging Kathleen Blanco. Further, the Democrat run government of New Orleans was utterly incompetent. Remember the buses (the article is charitable) that weren’t used? The failure to declare an emergency in a timely fashion (they waited till 24 hours out). Most of the rest of the state actually did well.
In the last two days I've seen the coronavirus described as potentially "Trump's Katrina" and "Trump's Iran hostage crisis." These people are crossing their fingers so tight for something awful to happen you can hear their knuckles cracking. https://t.co/GuOv8HM8jn
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) March 8, 2020
What the Media, Dems, and #NeverTrumpers want is Americans being harmed, hurt, and killed for their political purposes.
More: And, then I look and see this
The coronavirus is Trump’s Chernobyl—a growing catastrophe in which the government response is deadly because Trump is more worried about protecting the myths that define his alternative reality than protecting vulnerable people who will die. My column: https://t.co/G0InGAtJ7j
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 9, 2020
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