Five hours ago Joe Biden said climate change will "threaten... literally, the existence of our planet" — if, that is, we don't take global action
That is as false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored
And nobody in media have fact-checked it
Until now
THREAD
That is as false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored
And nobody in media have fact-checked it
Until now
THREAD
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1343939833765519361
First, climate change does NOT threaten "the very existence of our planet"
That is ridiculous. Not even the most ridiculous apocalyptic environmentalists say that
There was once the idea that Earth could become like Venus but nobody even believes that any more
That is ridiculous. Not even the most ridiculous apocalyptic environmentalists say that
There was once the idea that Earth could become like Venus but nobody even believes that any more
A well-known climate scientist once told me that he & colleagues had attempted to model what it would take to create a Venus atmosphere on Earth with CO2 emissions. It required dedicating more that total GDP globally to the task simply of pumping CO2 into atmosphere
But Venus aside, there isn't even a science *fiction* scenario where climate change "literally threatens the existence of our planet"
How would such a thing even occur? There's not even a mechanism. The worst anyone could imagine was Venus and Venus still exists.
Moving on..
How would such a thing even occur? There's not even a mechanism. The worst anyone could imagine was Venus and Venus still exists.
Moving on..
Biden said, "Without clear approach from other... emitters... storms will continue to worsen"
False again!
- Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90% in 100 years
- Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline*
False again!
- Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90% in 100 years
- Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline*
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1333234568225144832?s=20
In fact, deaths from natural disasters are at their lowest level in 120 years
Just 2,900 people died from natural disasters in the first half of 2020, which is far lower than the average figures for the last decade
Data:
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Just 2,900 people died from natural disasters in the first half of 2020, which is far lower than the average figures for the last decade
Data:
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Neither the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor any other reputable scientific body predicts a reversal in the long-term trend of declining deaths, even if temperatures rise another three degrees or more.
“If you read IPCC reports, there’s no hint that we will be overwhelmed and incapable of responding,” notes world-leading IPCC-cited expert @RogerPielkeJr
“Even under the most extreme scenarios of climate change, future disasters will look a lot like today’s.”
“Even under the most extreme scenarios of climate change, future disasters will look a lot like today’s.”
Won't storms become more frequent?No!
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts the maximum intensity of Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms will rise 5% in the 21st Century but their frequency *will decline* 25%
gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming…
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts the maximum intensity of Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms will rise 5% in the 21st Century but their frequency *will decline* 25%
gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming…
“Hurricanes in the future may be more intense than today’s hurricanes but in the context of a 90% reduction in vulnerability, our disaster preparedness dwarfs the change in whatever your favorite hurricane metric is.”
@RogerPielkeJr “
@RogerPielkeJr “
What about fires, sea level rise, tipping point catastrophes?
- Well-managed forests survive fires fine
- 0.6 m (2 ft) sea level rise over 100 years very manageable
- Wars, disease, asteroids are far, far greater threat
Links:
- Well-managed forests survive fires fine
- 0.6 m (2 ft) sea level rise over 100 years very manageable
- Wars, disease, asteroids are far, far greater threat
Links:
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1333236228972371968?s=20
Climate change is real but it's not the end of the world
And we have many far worse problems:
- 2B trapped in extreme poverty
- 70,000+ drug OD deaths/year
- Untreated mentally ill homeless
- Housing shortage
- China
- Recovery from pandemic
And we have many far worse problems:
- 2B trapped in extreme poverty
- 70,000+ drug OD deaths/year
- Untreated mentally ill homeless
- Housing shortage
- China
- Recovery from pandemic
And while things are going in the wrong direction on the above problems, CO2 emissions
- peaked in Germany, Britain, and France in mid-1970s
- peaked in U.S. over a decade ago
- may have peaked globally
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
- peaked in Germany, Britain, and France in mid-1970s
- peaked in U.S. over a decade ago
- may have peaked globally
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
And there is no scientific scenario under which climate change returns humankind to the living standards of 250 years ago, when most of our ancestors were poor farmers, life expectancy was 40, and only a small minority of people were truly free.
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
If journalists who spent the last several years fact-checking @realDonaldTrump on climate change hope to retain any legitimacy, they must call out and criticize Biden's grossly inaccurate claim.
If @Jack @Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg @Facebook are going to flag content for being inaccurate, much less "misleading," for non-partisan and non-political reasons, then they must flag Biden's statement as totally inaccurate.
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