I refuse to care about the supposed climate crisis. While I think the climate is changing, the left refuses to advance ideas to actually adapt and solve the problem. Instead, they prefer a regression to the dark ages in the West as their preferred solution while ignoring China, India, and other countries. So forgive me while I drive my SUV and turn on my air conditioner. It’s the summer, after all. It is supposed to be hot.
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I am right with you on that, 100%
Climate Numerology
It is important to understand the difference between absolute and relative measurements.
Do a search on "global average surface temperature (GAST)." You will find many websites that display a graph showing a line moving from negative (-0.5 to 0.0) to positive (0.0 to 1.0) during the period 1880 to 2020. Here is but one example...
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature
The problem is these graphs do not show the actual temperature (an absolute measure). Instead, it shows the anomaly, or difference, or departure, from a BASELINE of 0.0, i.e., a relative measure.
The more important question is what is the baseline (or, absolute) temperature? Said differently, ask any climate alarmist, "What is the global average surface temperature of the Earth SUPPOSED to be, and how do you measure it? And, has this baseline temperature been constant since the Earth cooled?"
Let's take this in another direction. During hurricane season, meteorologists will refer to their map displaying the current position of the hurricane and a graphic of a "cone" showing possible tracks the hurricane will take. The further away from the current position, the cone is larger representing the uncertainty of how the hurricane will move. Will it hit the east coast of Florida or the west coast?
This is a very short-term event that is happening...now, with the most current and up-to-date meteorological data available and they cannot predict a certain path.
And yet, climate "scientists" are able to tell us that the departure from their baseline temperature MUST be kept below 1.5 deg. C! Somehow they know this to one tenth of a degree!!! They don't provide a RANGE of departure/deviation like meteorologists predicting a hurricane path; they give us the absolute number with 100% certainty. If we keep the departure below 1.5 deg. C, we'll be ok; but if it reaches 1.5 deg. C, then humanity will cease to exist.
Don't believe me? Our President yesterday in MA: "If we don't keep it below 1.5 degrees Centigrade, we lose it all."