ComradeKayAdams Posted February 18 Posted February 18 On 2/16/2024 at 3:21 PM, Orlando Tim said: Kay the Mashable article is used to point out that precise data collection for a large swath of planet is a recent phenomenon. No precise data is available for the vast majority of the world until the past few centuries. In that time frame we are arguing 2 degrees as if that is not in the normal change in temperatures on the planet over a yearly basis, even the data from 1920 is questionable in how it was collected. But you hit on a good point with climate vs weather. Next year I know Josh will score 45-50 TDs, that is the climate vs weather which is game to game and quarter by quarter. Your data precision demands are nonsensical. We do lose temporal resolution and eventually all sense of WEATHER as we continue looking back in time, but we still have enough detail of the global CLIMATE to see all its pertinent trends. What happens is that many different sources of climate evidence (ice core air bubbles, tree rings, oceanic/terrestrial sediments, coral reefs, sea sponges, glacial isotope ratios, isotope ratios in flora/fauna/microorganism fossils, etc.) obtained from many different locations on the earth converge and overlap to tell approximately the same climate story. This data congruence is what gives climatologists their confidence. New data continues coming in and continues refining the records, but so far the holistic climate paradigm has yet to be even remotely perturbed…let alone overturned. I still can’t tell from your posts if you properly understand the difference between weather and climate?? Think back to that scatterplot of temperature (vertical axis, in degrees Celsius) versus time (horizontal axis, in years). Each dot represents an annual global mean surface temperature (simply constructed like this: take one location, average its temperature over every day and night of every season in a year, do the same for many other evenly distributed locations across the earth, and then find the average of all these averages). Think of this dot as a global WEATHER average for each year. So the dot-to-dot connecting lines represent the changing WEATHER, while the scatterplot’s nonlinear regression line fit is the changing CLIMATE. The maxes and mins of the weather oscillations can be severe and can be completely natural in origin (solar activity variation, wildfires, volcanoes, ocean current variation, etc.). We mostly care about the trajectory of the nonlinear regression line (representing earth’s input/output energy balance), which changes comparatively slower. Some of the pre-Industrial Revolution sources of climate evidence that I listed above can also provide seasonal weather data, but aside from interesting max/min results, it’s each of their climate regression lines we care most about because these are modeling the trapped energy from the sun. And as they say: if all these regression lines fit, you must not quit (climate science)!! While we’re thinking graphically…think about another important scatterplot: carbon dioxide (vertical axis, in ppm…parts-per-million) versus time (horizontal axis, in years). Thanks to all those ice core air bubbles, we have really good data that goes back 750k+ years. We see nothing above 300 ppm in the entirety of the previous 750k years, ~280 ppm in 1750, then a crossing of 350 ppm in the late 1980’s, and a crossing of 420 ppm last year. So that’s a very sudden and steep incline in this plot to match the sudden and steep incline of the regression line in the aforementioned temperature plot. When you overlay these data plots that can go back hundreds of thousands of years, you see temperature lagging slightly behind carbon dioxide emission in an apparent correlated relationship. Based on our knowledge of greenhouse gases (known since the mid-1800’s), it makes sense that this relationship is causal and behaviorally representative of a positive climate feedback loop. But if you have any different explanation of the most recent spikes in these plots, please let us know! L Ron, Tibsy, and I met in a dark smoke-filled room and decided to relax the standard of a peer-reviewed scientific research paper. Just give us ONE idea of what’s happening in these plots that is not an anthropogenic explanation. If you don’t have a persuasive theory of your own, then don’t blame us if we choose to stick with the scientific consensus. 4 2
Precision Posted February 19 Posted February 19 Climate Action 100+ lost key members last week, more to likely follow. BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and State Street are quitting or scaling back their ties to an influential global investment coalition "Climate hawks have long questioned the financial industry’s commitment to sustainable investing. But few foresaw JPMorgan Chase and State Street quitting Climate Action 100+, a global investment coalition that has been pushing companies to decarbonize. Meanwhile, BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, scaled back its ties to the group. All told, the moves amount to a nearly $14 trillion exit from an organization meant to marshal Wall Street’s clout to expand the climate agenda." Bond manager PIMCO withdraws from Climate Action 100+ investor coalition 1
BillStime Posted February 19 Posted February 19 18 minutes ago, Precision said: Climate Action 100+ lost key members last week, more to likely follow. BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and State Street are quitting or scaling back their ties to an influential global investment coalition "Climate hawks have long questioned the financial industry’s commitment to sustainable investing. But few foresaw JPMorgan Chase and State Street quitting Climate Action 100+, a global investment coalition that has been pushing companies to decarbonize. Meanwhile, BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, scaled back its ties to the group. All told, the moves amount to a nearly $14 trillion exit from an organization meant to marshal Wall Street’s clout to expand the climate agenda." Bond manager PIMCO withdraws from Climate Action 100+ investor coalition Financial firms have faced growing pressure from Republican politicians over their membership of such groups, amid accusations that committing to shared action could be a breach of antitrust law or fiduciary duty.
Precision Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I guess Toyota was right to focus on hybrid's over EV's. I know some here will be shocked, ha ha ha. Biden's lofty EV requirements might not survive the election year EPA's aggressive EV requirements are likely to ease up, according to reports. Automakers wouldn't have to reach 60% EV production by 2030 under revised rules. EV demand has softened significantly in the past six months. The automotive industry was once split on the path forward for electric vehicles, with one camp seeking to skip plug-in hybrids and focus solely on pure electrics while the other focused on hybrids as a near-term technology bridge with more EVs down the road. The EPA's revised requirements would support the hybrid approach, which is gaining momentum after a recent move from GM to bring hybrids to North America. 1
Tommy Callahan Posted February 21 Posted February 21 2 minutes ago, Precision said: EPA's aggressive EV requirements are likely to ease up, according to reports. Automakers wouldn't have to reach 60% EV production by 2030 under revised rules. EV demand has softened significantly in the past six months. Reads like the state mandating the means of production for the auto industry.
All_Pro_Bills Posted February 21 Posted February 21 On 2/18/2024 at 7:25 PM, BillStime said: Financial firms have faced growing pressure from Republican politicians over their membership of such groups, amid accusations that committing to shared action could be a breach of antitrust law or fiduciary duty. The simple truth is many firms have decided such a focus just isn't in the best interests of their business, employees, investors, and clients. 1
BillStime Posted February 21 Posted February 21 1 hour ago, All_Pro_Bills said: The simple truth is many firms have decided such a focus just isn't in the best interests of their business, employees, investors, and clients. Hoax 1
B-Man Posted March 7 Posted March 7 GREAT MOMENTS IN PRIORITIES: Funny, I don’t recall reading about FDR, Truman, or their cabinet heads decrying the pollution output of the Nazis or imperial Japan during WWII, which I suppose shows just how blinkered their administrations’ focus was back then. 1 1
B-Man Posted March 22 Posted March 22 Spread the Word: ‘Climate: The Movie’ Out Today Online for Free and It’s Terrific. “The film explores the nature of the consensus behind climate change. It describes the origins of the climate funding bandwagon, and the rise of the trillion-dollar climate industry. It describes the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on the climate crisis. It explains the enormous pressure on scientists and others not to question the climate alarm: the withdrawal of funds, rejection by science journals, social ostracism.” https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/03/21/spread-the-word-climate-the-movie-out-today-online-for-free-and-its-terrific-n3785115 . 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted March 22 Posted March 22 40 minutes ago, B-Man said: Spread the Word: ‘Climate: The Movie’ Out Today Online for Free and It’s Terrific. “The film explores the nature of the consensus behind climate change. It describes the origins of the climate funding bandwagon, and the rise of the trillion-dollar climate industry. It describes the hundreds of thousands of jobs that depend on the climate crisis. It explains the enormous pressure on scientists and others not to question the climate alarm: the withdrawal of funds, rejection by science journals, social ostracism.” https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/03/21/spread-the-word-climate-the-movie-out-today-online-for-free-and-its-terrific-n3785115 Cast: @Irv as the irrepressible climate change denier who's signature phrase "What a hot mess!" is sure to resonate with audiences old and young; @ComradeKayAdams as the passionately verbose climate warrior with a gritty can-do attitude and an abiding affection for Greta Thornberg, known only in the movie as "She who steals joy from the world"; @Tiberius as the object of Kay's affection, a tall homely lad with a crooked smile, lazy eye, and a man who knows so little about so much; @muppy as "The Lady in the Black Dress", intrepid journalist international swimsuit model posing as a hostess at the hottest vegan restaurant/house of ill repute in Paris; @The Frankish Reich as chief climate litigator on a path to save the planet, a long-winded yet genteel country lawyer producing enough carbon dioxide to kill three small villages in the Amazon every other day @B-Man man at bar; @leh-nerd skin-erd, your faithful narrator 1 1 2 3
muppy Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) fast forward to the one minute mark. this is your girl le muppe' in her snazzy black fringe dress homey. You likey? lmao DI-VINE hermano but VERY classy 😉 @leh-nerd skin-erd Edited March 22 by muppy 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted March 22 Posted March 22 2 minutes ago, muppy said: fast forward to the one minute mark. this is your girl le muppe' in her snazzy black fringe dress homey. You likey? lmao DI-VINE hermano but VERY classy 😉 That dress would be appropriate in Pennsylvania Dutch country, I've got you in Paris. I'm moving product here. 2 1
muppy Posted March 22 Posted March 22 10 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: That dress would be appropriate in Pennsylvania Dutch country, I've got you in Paris. I'm moving product here. TAKE IT BACK. He KNOWS he can provoke me to Popeye .....I will throw down for le muppe' ON GARDE lmao 1 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted March 22 Posted March 22 4 minutes ago, muppy said: TAKE IT BACK. He KNOWS he can provoke me to Popeye .....I will throw down for le muppe' ON GARDE lmao I cannot. It's 2024 and Annie Lennox is dressed like she's going to a Mennonite barn raisin' in that video. It was appropriate for the time, but time's change Mup. If you wish to be recast as "PTA Mom at San Diego Yacht Club's annual Cotillion" I can do it, but people don't buy the steak, they buy the sizzle. 2
muppy Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) I think it goes to a Vote. After all this IS PPP. Vote for is le muppe' a sex kitten or a sex bore. lol Edited March 22 by muppy 1
The Frankish Reich Posted March 22 Posted March 22 1 hour ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: Cast: @Irv as the irrepressible climate change denier who's signature phrase "What a hot mess!" is sure to resonate with audiences old and young; @ComradeKayAdams as the passionately verbose climate warrior with a gritty can-do attitude and an abiding affection for Greta Thornberg, known only in the movie as "She who steals joy from the world"; @Tiberius as the object of Kay's affection, a tall homely lad with a crooked smile, lazy eye, and a man who knows so little about so much; @muppy as "The Lady in the Black Dress", intrepid journalist international swimsuit model posing as a hostess at the hottest vegan restaurant/house of ill repute in Paris; @The Frankish Reich as chief climate litigator on a path to save the planet, a long-winded yet genteel country lawyer producing enough carbon dioxide to kill three small villages in the Amazon every other day @B-Man man at bar; @leh-nerd skin-erd, your faithful narrator Well played. I would have felt insulted but the "genteel" made it all better. 1
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