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My statement in my last post was not a personal attack.
It was a true objective fact statement, confirmed by the response.
Bob A
Of course it was a personal attack, accusing me of not knowing climate vs. weather.
In my post, I was not referring to climate change, but to climate-anxiety, which unfortunately is nowadays fashionable to have, whether related to true climate-change or not..
Last edited by Dilip Panjwani; Tuesday, 26th December, 2023, 02:58 PM.
It is one thing for the "Naturalists to say that this is part of a longer process in time, of eons, that man is not the main driver, and that it has been worse before. One might agree that, at least, this raises some rational argument.
But many "naturalists" do admit that at the moment, there are more people on the planet than last time, and that, indeed, the environment is slowly (Slower than the "anthropogenicists say) getting more hostile to the human species. So the second time around is going to cause a lot of people dislocation, as it did in earlier phases (Do I get the Naturalists right here?).
But it is entirely something else (Irrational argument) for "climate change deniers" to claim, in the face of world evidence of collateral damage to persons, that "nothing is going on"!
They may claim that what is going on has happened before (That is, it is not "unusual" in that sense). But to deny it is "unusual" for the people of the current time, right now, when we have never faced such hostile environmental changes for multi-centuries, is merely "wishful thinking". I expect that these people will be scrambling to adapt like everyone else who is a realist as the clock ticks closer to midnight..
What will be their explanation for their struggling to adapt, at that time?
Bob A
Many months ago, I mentioned in this thread that the economics of climate change and its effects will override any other aspect of climate change. In other words, it is useless for Sid to argue that we are going to be ok because the temperature was much warmer X thousand years ago when in TODAY'S world, economic trends due to climate change will accelerate and eventually cause recession and then depression to occur.
The example I gave was the stresses occurring around the world in the insurance sector.
The stresses are now building up to enormous levels. It is affecting the entire housing market in North America, not just in Texas and Florida.
In the '60s, '70's, '80s, '90s the U.S. had annual breakouts of tornados, hurricanes, hailstorms, forest fires, floods etc and the insurance industry in those times was NOT in peril. Now the situation is much different. The industry is in peril and the entire real estate industry is on the verge of collapse because of it. And that collapse will cause a major domino effect across all other economic sectors.
Trillions of dollars in household wealth is likely to be wiped out. It could happen overnight. And it is all due to the effects of climate change. Of course, the pandemic didn't help matters, but even without the pandemic, things would be just about as bad in real estate as they are.
The government will have to come to the rescue, with state-funded insurance, causing another huge increase in government debt.
The smart people will see that this is unsustainable. Fiat currency is counting down to getting demolished. Ownership of precious metals is just about the only way to survive what is coming.... and / or ownership of very well-stocked survival bunkers to ride out the economic storm.
"This year is the biggest election year on record. Voters in more than 60 countries—including four of the five most populated—will go to the polls in 2024.
And in all of them, climate change is unavoidably on the ballot. Last year was the hottest year on record; this year is expected to be even hotter. The actions that countries take in the coming years will determine the trajectory of future emissions. Yet, despite this reality, climate change remains largely on the electoral campaign backburner. [Emphasis added]."
"Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally
The crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide."
"Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally
The crisis, worsened partly by climate change, has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide."
has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger,
No, this has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with climate taxes sending 5% of Canadians to the food bank. Up five times from 2019
All this for a nonexistent emergency. In short a climate scam.
Nothing has changed, Bob; the average rate of temp rises .5 degrees per one hundred years with or without CO2. You may have record temp, but the rate has not changed per century. This is proof that solar activity from the sun drives climate change, not CO2, which is a physical impossibility,
I am still waiting for an answer since 95% of climate-related deaths are from too-cold temperatures. Why is too hot even a problem at all, not that we could do anything about it if it were a problem?
Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Saturday, 13th January, 2024, 12:12 PM.
Click Below and watch Bill Gates say that overpopulation is the cause of climate change "but if we get a really great vaccine we can reduce the population by 15%" !
THE CLIMATE CHANGE LIE: Bill Gates I do not want your money, declares fearless 31 year Harvard Scientist who has scientifically confirmed that CO2 Climate Change theory is a big lie used to control humanity. C02 is the gas of life, they are delusional, global warming is nothing. He goes on to say that John Kerry and Al Gore are talking nonsense about Climate Change, they are not even scientists. They have no idea of the important role that CO2 plays in all life on earth, more CO2 equals more life on planet earth. Bill Gates who is not a scientist, not a doctor and not anyone of intelligence says we have to reduce CO2 to Zero which includes reducing the population because CO2 is warming the earth, this is a blatant lie used to frighten humanity into obedience. Independent scientific papers and independent scientists who have been researching this subject for many years have already proven that CO2 gas is of no concern to life. International Attorney confirms that Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab and many other WEF politicians are using Climate Change, Pandemics and Wars to bring about total world control through the United Nations and World Economic Forum. He declares that they must be stopped and should have been stopped a long time ago. Now is the time to unite humanity and defend life and freedom. This is your home, defend planet earth.
Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Sunday, 14th January, 2024, 07:48 AM.
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