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Samizdata quote of the day – Why, yes, they do lie about climate change We are responsible for emissions, we consumers. For it is our consumption that creates the emissions.
And, of course, yes this is important. For by framing the problem as being that of the capitalist bastards it’s then possible to think that if we just eliminated the capitalist bastards then we would have solved the problem. Which does rather obscure the point that if the capitalist bastards did not sate our desires then we’d be nibbling our frozen turnips by moonlight in our winter shack.
That is, the placing of the responsibility upon the fossil fuel firms removes it from ourselves. Which is the lyin’ bastardry going on here. In order to beat climate change it is us that has to change our ways.
That’s also the reason why this lyin’ bastardry is attempted. Because when presented with the actual choice – either Greenland melts and the mangrove swamps flood or you get no hot food nor crib – the actual people, us out here, are going to say bugger Greenland and the swamps.
Which is why people lie about it.
– Tim Worstall
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Calling carbon dioxide, a harmless trace gas and vital plant food “emissions” was a stroke of evil genius worthy of Goebbels at his worst. No-one can be in favour of “emissions” can they?
If there is great cold and heavy snow, the establishment explain it away as “a polar vortex” and holds that this cold and snow “proves” their Carbon Dioxide is evil theory, just as (supposedly) hot and dry weather also “proves” their Carbon Dioxide is evil theory. Data prove their theory and the opposite of that data ALSO proves their theory – Karl Popper would weep with rage.
How there can be heavy snow and terrible cold in the United States and ALSO in Japan and Russia – they do not explain, other than by screaming “Denier!” at anyone who points this out – and demand punishment for “Deniers”.
One must also remember that only WESTERN Carbon Dioxide is evil – the People’s Republic of China and so on, can produce as much Carbon Dioxide as they like – because this is “Climate Justice” (a variety of “Social Justice” – which motivates all leftist behaviour).
As for citing temperature figures from measuring stations that do-not-exist – yes, of course, the establishment does that. It is the “new science” you see, the computer model predicts the data – so that is what the data is (as with Covid).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbZwxEnAFc
Strong language warning.
An explanation so simple, direct, straightforward and true that a child could grasp it, but apparently, our betters do not.
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