For quite some time now, post Al Gore's gloom and doom doco, the msm has adopted a practice of cherry-picking extreme weather events and parading the same before nightly new watchers. I found the following link interesting:
For quite some time now, post Al Gore's gloom and doom doco, the msm has adopted a practice of cherry-picking extreme weather events and parading the same before nightly new watchers. I found the following link interesting:
Bear in mind that the world is now more sensitive to such events and that the definition of 'extreme weather event' has probably shifted over time in a manner that has led to events being so classified that once would not have been.
I have seen Michael Shellenberger do a talk on this and how the counting and definitions have changed over time but tbh I stopped following it closely as I have so much on my plate as it is... I have adopted the role of detached observer on this issue. The only thing that does come to mind is that when media report on increased heat deaths they rarely (never) mention concurrent reduction in cold deaths. My understanding is that cold kills way more ppl than heat, and that when heat deaths rise due to warming, cold deaths reduce.
You expressed your preference for Tulsi Gabbard in the interview. I was rooting for her back in 2020. By this, she seemed the best speaker (most fluent and most charismatic), she was making anti US imperialism noises and I had backed her at long odds to win the Democrat nomination.:)
My perception of her ATM is that she is a classic politician and opportunist. A Polly is a Polly is a Polly.
For quite some time now, post Al Gore's gloom and doom doco, the msm has adopted a practice of cherry-picking extreme weather events and parading the same before nightly new watchers. I found the following link interesting:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-natural-disaster-events?time=1900..2024&country=~Extreme+weather
Bear in mind that the world is now more sensitive to such events and that the definition of 'extreme weather event' has probably shifted over time in a manner that has led to events being so classified that once would not have been.
Any comments?
I have seen Michael Shellenberger do a talk on this and how the counting and definitions have changed over time but tbh I stopped following it closely as I have so much on my plate as it is... I have adopted the role of detached observer on this issue. The only thing that does come to mind is that when media report on increased heat deaths they rarely (never) mention concurrent reduction in cold deaths. My understanding is that cold kills way more ppl than heat, and that when heat deaths rise due to warming, cold deaths reduce.
My understanding (re heat versus cold) resonates highly with yours, then.
Perhaps we have been tapping into the same social media.:)
You expressed your preference for Tulsi Gabbard in the interview. I was rooting for her back in 2020. By this, she seemed the best speaker (most fluent and most charismatic), she was making anti US imperialism noises and I had backed her at long odds to win the Democrat nomination.:)
My perception of her ATM is that she is a classic politician and opportunist. A Polly is a Polly is a Polly.
She seems more flip floppy than before.