In a little less than a year and a half, Ms. Thunberg has garnered a great deal of media attention for her passionate pleas that the world finally take heed to the very real crisis of climate change affirming that if we fail to meet the requirements laid out for us by the IPCC we will most assuredly have no planet to live on 11 years from now. Ms. Thunberg has confidently and frequently stated this in almost every interview or speech she has made since her media
You have captured the current mindset around climate (politics/science) perfectly, Cynthia.
The climate alarmist mentality has evolved into a mass cult, effectively forcing the politicians of the world to spend trillions over the next 30 years on 'solutions' that are almost entirely pointless, for a problem that probably doesn't even exist. The economic impact will almost certainly be sustained global hyper-inflation, and a wave of resultant economic implications that inevitably accompany an inflationary economy.
Climate change stopped being about science decades ago. From the moment the IPCC ( a part of the UN) was formed, it became all about global politics and the centralisation of political power.
As you so wisely said, nuclear is the only alternative energy source we should even consider pursuing, especially in light of the affiliated technological opportunities. Renewables, in their current variation, are just a cobbled complex mess that will prove to be an enormous ecological disaster - they already are.
When sound minds finally look back at this point in history, they will only be able to shake their heads and question, how did we get it so wrong, and so easily reach a point of abject, collective madness?
OMG, I love you Cynthia. I was actually looking for your research on Tiananmen Square for a discussion on another thread. But then I saw this and had to read it. In a recent episode of mine, Noam Chomsky IS the Problem, I talk about his confidence that young people will save us! Case in point, Greta speaking at Davos!
Grumpy old woman that I am, I think anyone who believes youth will save us doesn't live near a high school. I say other clever things but they don't hold a candle to your Greta-bashing. But here they are, just as a sign of solidarity in age (in my case) and wisdom (in yours!)
The dangers of catastrophic climate change have been documented and many of the points are undeniable facts, especially concerning the temperature of the ocean, the spread of deserts and the collapse of biodiversity. Of course it could all be misunderstood--but the evidence is not treated seriously in this article. More importantly, it is assume that the use of nuclear power, as opposed to the end of a consumer culture--and the false Gods of growth and consumption, is the obvious solution. Nuclear power could play some role, but the main issue is getting the petroleum industry out of the game and allowing citizens to produce their own energy like they did before.
You have captured the current mindset around climate (politics/science) perfectly, Cynthia.
The climate alarmist mentality has evolved into a mass cult, effectively forcing the politicians of the world to spend trillions over the next 30 years on 'solutions' that are almost entirely pointless, for a problem that probably doesn't even exist. The economic impact will almost certainly be sustained global hyper-inflation, and a wave of resultant economic implications that inevitably accompany an inflationary economy.
Climate change stopped being about science decades ago. From the moment the IPCC ( a part of the UN) was formed, it became all about global politics and the centralisation of political power.
As you so wisely said, nuclear is the only alternative energy source we should even consider pursuing, especially in light of the affiliated technological opportunities. Renewables, in their current variation, are just a cobbled complex mess that will prove to be an enormous ecological disaster - they already are.
When sound minds finally look back at this point in history, they will only be able to shake their heads and question, how did we get it so wrong, and so easily reach a point of abject, collective madness?
OMG, I love you Cynthia. I was actually looking for your research on Tiananmen Square for a discussion on another thread. But then I saw this and had to read it. In a recent episode of mine, Noam Chomsky IS the Problem, I talk about his confidence that young people will save us! Case in point, Greta speaking at Davos!
Grumpy old woman that I am, I think anyone who believes youth will save us doesn't live near a high school. I say other clever things but they don't hold a candle to your Greta-bashing. But here they are, just as a sign of solidarity in age (in my case) and wisdom (in yours!)
https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/noam-chomsky-is-the-problem
The dangers of catastrophic climate change have been documented and many of the points are undeniable facts, especially concerning the temperature of the ocean, the spread of deserts and the collapse of biodiversity. Of course it could all be misunderstood--but the evidence is not treated seriously in this article. More importantly, it is assume that the use of nuclear power, as opposed to the end of a consumer culture--and the false Gods of growth and consumption, is the obvious solution. Nuclear power could play some role, but the main issue is getting the petroleum industry out of the game and allowing citizens to produce their own energy like they did before.