Climate hypochondria

Vincent J. Curtis

27 July 21

RE: Climate Change concerns for Lake Ontario.  News item, Hamilton Spectator 27 July 21

If you tell a healthy person often enough that they look unwell, eventually they’re going to feel unwell.  Something like this is going on eith climate change, and ordinary people are finding sure signs of reds under the bed, the coming Zombie apocalypse, and climate change – and not necessarily in that order.

We were assured two years ago last June by Professor of Environmental Justice Dr. James Cairns [June 6, 2019] that Lake Ontario would turn into a desert within the lifetime of his young son.  Today, the problem is too much rain.  It’s flushing sewage and other sources of bacteria into Lake Ontario, rendering its beaches occasionally unsafe to swim in.  And, contrary to Dr. Cairns, we are assured today by Dr. Ze’ev Gedalof, professor of geography, environment, and geomatics that rainy seasons will last longer, and storms will be heavier and more frequent in future.  Hence, extreme rainfall, and both higher and lower temperatures will be caused by climate change.

In sum, anything unusual by way of weather will be put down to climate change, so long as we keep our time horizons short enough.

Students of science philosopher Karl Popper will recognize a non-falsifiable theory when they see one, as the theory of man-caused climate change is.  Wet weather and drought, extremes of heat and cold are all due to climate change, as if these extremes never happened before.

Climate hypochondriacs rejoice!  Your hysteria isn’t going to be challenged any time soon.

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