Previous Posts about the Scam of 'Anthropogenic Climate Change': Sep 18, 2022
As regular readers know, I write on many diverse topics in this Substack- from current geopolitics and social trends to paleontology and astronomy. However I keep jumping from topic to topic, based on what is occupying my interest on that day. Consequently many of my posts on a single area or topic get spread over a few months. Hence, it is often hard for readers to quickly find all previous posts on a specific topic/ area. I have decided to, occasionally, put up meta-posts containing a list of links to previous posts about specific topics. This should also make it much easier to search the archives for previous posts on a specific topic or area.
Antarctica was Much Warmer as Recently as 2.6 Million Years Ago
To quickly summarize, there is evidence that many coastal regions of Antarctica, during the late Pliocene (2.6-2.3 million years ago), were about 30 degrees Celsius warmer than today and resembled parts of Northern Canada, Inland Alaska and Northern Russia . It is also likely that the inland ice-sheets during that era were significantly thinner and smaller than those present today. Let me remind you that this was during a time when atmospheric CO2 levels were identical or lower than those seen today.
On the Poor Correlation between Atmospheric CO2 Levels and Average Global Temperatures
This is also when a lot of tropical and sub-tropical whale species and large marine mammals went kaput and consequently took out predators such as Megalodon. Did you notice that the drop in atmospheric CO2 cannot explain the current stretch of ice ages started around 6 million years ago, nor why they intensified in past 2.3-2.6 million years. Are you beginning to see why I think that the whole anthropocentric climate change theory is bullshit. In not, there is more material in upcoming posts under this topic.
Lack of Correlation between CO2 Levels and Antarctica Ice Sheet over Past 400 Million Years
As many of you might have guessed, our knowledge about geology and paleontology of Antarctica is much sparser than for other continents. Nevertheless, a number of surveys for plant and animal fossils have revealed evidence which simply does not fit with the popular version of Antarctica being a frigid wasteland for the past 35 million years. For example, there is decent evidence that parts of Antarctica had extensive tundra like vegetation throughout the Oligocene to the mid Miocene (24-14 million years ago). Even conifers existed on that continent 15 million years ago. But the most striking evidence concerns the last forests on Antarctica, which existed as late as 2.3-2.6 million years ago
Anthropogenic Climate Change is a Post-Modern Secular Doomsday Cult
Based on paleontological records, the earth was much greener and productive (than today) during the Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene eras (34-2.6 M years ago). In other words, a significantly larger fraction of the land surface on Earth would have been suitable for agriculture during those eras than today. Also, increase in global temperature was far more pronounced in areas that are today temperate than which are tropical. There is also no evidence that deserts were bigger in those epochs, and there is considerable evidence to the contrary.
Understanding the Causes behind Ascendancy of Climate Change Cult in Western Countries
Another defining feature of any religious belief system is that the priests always hold themselves to different standards than their followers. Have you noticed that all those "celebrities" and rich people who consistently express strong support for reducing the carbon emissions of other people always travel in private airplanes, get chauffeured in big swanky limousines and live in huge houses. If they actually believed what they preach, wouldn't they change their own lifestyles to better conform to their beliefs. Then again, religions (both traditional and secular) has always been the domain of hypocrites and scam artists.
Electric Cars and "Renewable Green Energy" are Liberal Virtue Signaling Scams
Electric cars and "green energy" are solutions in search of a problem which does not exist. Sure, they have some good niche applications. For example, using electric cars in densely populated cities would certainly improve air quality. Similarly using solar panels to augment peak power usage for air-conditioning and refrigeration in warm countries with lots of sunshine makes sense. But let us not pretend that people are going to give up a comfortable life to perform penance.. I mean, pay much more and get far less.. to please the insatiable gods of environmentalism.
What do you think? Comments?