Getting tired of it
Vincent J. Curtis
24 Oct 23
RE: for Sustainability and Equity. Planet’s livability being threatened. Op-ed by Kim Perrotta, Executive Director for the Canadian Health Association
People are getting tired of hearing nonsensical forecasts of “climate chaos” and like end-of-the-world threats, and of Canadians need to shape up or the end will come. These warnings come and go, and nothing happens; and the prophets of doom never seem to pay a price for being wrong.
The hard science is that a doubling of CO2 from 400 to 800 ppm will result in an increase in global temperature of 0.72℃. This is barely detectable by the best instrumentation; and is less than the scaremongering 1.5 degree increase over a temperature never stated. But a threat to livability is obviously wrong: higher CO2 and warmer temperatures are better for plant life, and plant life is the basis for all other life on earth, and promotes biodiversity, not lessens it.
Climate craziness is a kind of religious fanaticism for some (and therefore heretics are to be burnt at the stake) or a nihilistic political goal of discredited Marxism.
The belief that Canadians have to pull up their socks to save the planet is nonsense in the face of China, India, and Russia which laugh at this Western fetish over CO2. If that wasn’t enough, this year’s forest fires put triple Canada’s annual output of CO2 into the atmosphere, so Canada has already lost the race to 2050.
People are tired cries of “wolf!” and of
being hectored over things they can’t control.
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Vincent J. Curtis
23 Oct 23
RE: Canada needs to think about it handles wildfires. OP-ed by Murray Wilson. The Hamilton Spectator 23 Oct 23.
Good observations and good sense on forest management by Murray Wilson. He observes that the amount of CO2 put into the atmosphere by Canada’s wildfires this summer was triple the country’s annual output of CO2 from all other sources, making a mockery of pretensions of Canadians saving the planet by reducing our own output.
He also observes that our forests are aging and deteriorating, factors which increase the likelihood of wildfires, especially when combined with the drought conditions experienced across Canada this summer. This means that climate change was not “the cause” of the forest fires, despite the self-interested claims of the scaremongers. It was old, dense forests, drought, and in most cases, arson, which were the culprits.
He pokes the sentimental environmentalists in the eye a third time with his solution: reducing the age and density of our forests through comprehensive management plans - like those that cover Algonquin Park! Hard-headed realism is necessary to tackle the growing problem of forest fires in Canada.
A well thought-out piece that explodes a
lot of myths, and probably a few heads as well.
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Vincent J. Curtis
22 Oct 23
RE: Research aims to debunk ‘mass grave hoax’ theory. Op-ed by Sean Carlton and Reid Gerbrandt. Carlton is an assistant professor of history and aboriginal studies at the University of Manitoba; Gerbrandt is a Masters student of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba. The Hamilton Spectator 21 Oct 23.
Our two ‘mass grave hoax’ debunkers describe themselves as ‘settler researchers.’ Why don’t they make honest men of themselves and go back to where they came from if being a ‘settler’ is bad, as they evidently believe?
They are also clever in their insults. From the very beginning of the discovery of mass burials near residential schools the presentation has always been very careful to observe that these apparent burials were, in fact, radar anomalies regularly arranged as a graveyard would be. The emotional impact the media obtained was that these were a large number of burials, mass or otherwise. No doubt was allowed to be entertained.
It’s the international media that’s been observing that, so-far and years on, no bodies at all have been excavated, and that the radar anomalies have so far proven negative for burials. The Canadian media have been quite silent on these facts, which spawns conspiracy theories.
It’s not denialism of a ‘mass grave hoax’ at
all; but the hoax so-far lies in that no burials at all have been found,
despite previous claims; and Canada has been pulled through an emotional
knot-hole over this allegedly established cruelty done to aboriginal children. It’s the lack of reporting by Canadian media
that’s given rise to hoax theories; and it’s international media that doing all
the reporting.
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Vincent J. Curtis
20 Oct 23
RE: “We must get our priorities on climate change straight.” Op-ed by Wayne Poole. The Hamilton Spectator 20 Oct 23.
Speaking of the madness of crowds, we are treated to another of Poole’s laments on climate, and how we just aren’t doing enough!
The hard science of it is that a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere, from 400 to 800 ppm, will result in an increase of 0.72℃ in global temperature. This is hardly detectable, and nothing to worry about, or spend trillions trying vainly to prevent.
Professor Emeritus of Physics William Happer in a recent presentation attempted to account for this madness over climate in the face of the real science of it. One of his reasons was stupidity, and he quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer on that subject as follows:
“Against stupidity we have no defence. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved – indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them; and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one.”
Reading Poole’s protest brought this to
mind.
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Vincent J. Curtis
17 Oct 23
RE: “Lack
of climate action frustrating.” Op-ed by
Dave Carson. The Hamilton Spectator 17
Oct 23.
Dave Carson was certainly being a Debby Downer over his expression of frustration over a lack of climate action in Canada. I have some good news and some bad news for him.
The good news is that serious scientists who’ve studied climate since the early 1980s maintain that the effect of doubling CO2 in the atmosphere, from 400 to 800 ppm, will result at best of increase of 0.71℃ in global temperature. This is nothing to worry about, and the extra CO2 will only benefit plant life.
The bad news is that his belief that Canada can, by her own heroic efforts, halt CO2 induced “climate change” is arrant nonsense; and continued action in this belief by central Canadians could cost them their country. Alberta is not going to be put out of business by misguided do-gooders, no matter how sincerely they believe they are on the side of the angels.
Alberta will not remain in Confederation if
central Canadians attempt to suppress Alberta’s oil & gas sector,
agriculture sector, or cattle ranching sector, or try to force this province to
rely on Chinese wind and solar for electric power.
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