Around 52 million years ago, the Earth was about 10F to 15F (5C to 8C) warmer and CO2 was about 2.5X higher than today. When this was first discovered, this period of time was called the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. While the term has not been completely abandoned, it has largely been replaced by Eocene Maximum or Eocene Hyperthermal, presumably to eliminate the connotation that a world 10F to 15F warmer than today would be a good thing. I do actually favor the use of non-values charged descriptors in scientific literature, but I still suspect the motives in this case.
The albedo element is getting a lot of negative press. I wonder how much is driven by irrational dislike of Gates, one of the more visible proponents of this line of thinking.
For me, the Climate Change movement has long been about one "obviously correct" group shouting down competing theories. It's unfortunate because it gives people easily digestible "facts" that are poorly screened and often false. 350.org deliberately misstated CO2 for years because it was simple, but destined to lead to despair. And the Earth Liberation Front, which seems to be enjoying a resurgence, has always been about violence.
I just registered on here as a paying (founding?) member from over locals.
Thank you for this article, rare in times of widespread fearporn propaganda from the MSM and the likes.
I've noticed with former posts as well that as you copy them over from your blogspot site, the links are converted into unusable ones (i.e., https://www.blogger.com/#).
If you take advice on fearing the linked articles disappearing or 'retroactively being modified', I suggest you use https://archive.ph/ to archive them and link them via that site.
It deals better with advertisements and sites that need subscription to read articles, too.
I'm looking forward to reading more articles from you.
Interesting framework.
The albedo element is getting a lot of negative press. I wonder how much is driven by irrational dislike of Gates, one of the more visible proponents of this line of thinking.
For me, the Climate Change movement has long been about one "obviously correct" group shouting down competing theories. It's unfortunate because it gives people easily digestible "facts" that are poorly screened and often false. 350.org deliberately misstated CO2 for years because it was simple, but destined to lead to despair. And the Earth Liberation Front, which seems to be enjoying a resurgence, has always been about violence.
I'll unpack this later. Thanks again.
Dear Mr. Ferguson,
I just registered on here as a paying (founding?) member from over locals.
Thank you for this article, rare in times of widespread fearporn propaganda from the MSM and the likes.
I've noticed with former posts as well that as you copy them over from your blogspot site, the links are converted into unusable ones (i.e., https://www.blogger.com/#).
You might want to correct this.
Thank you so much I do. This is just one more stupid thing about blogger. Welcome to our community.
Thanks.
If you take advice on fearing the linked articles disappearing or 'retroactively being modified', I suggest you use https://archive.ph/ to archive them and link them via that site.
It deals better with advertisements and sites that need subscription to read articles, too.
I'm looking forward to reading more articles from you.