Temps are rising but deaths are declining. Why?
Because more people die from cold than heat, and A/C:
- 5x more die of cold as heat, even in hot India
- Warming saves ~2x more people than it kills
- US halved heat deaths since 1960
@BjornLomborg
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
Because more people die from cold than heat, and A/C:
- 5x more die of cold as heat, even in hot India
- Warming saves ~2x more people than it kills
- US halved heat deaths since 1960
@BjornLomborg
usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
All of those news stories including “explainer” stories we are seeing right now are grossly misleading because they deliberately *exclude* all of the relevant context that @BjornLomborg provided above
The media do the same on floods, forest fires, hurricanes, etc
The media do the same on floods, forest fires, hurricanes, etc
As @AlexEpstein notes, humans took a dangerous climate and made it safe, we didn’t take a safe climate and make it dangerous
The idea that the climate was safe before humans caused climate change is an infantile fantasy & the Edenic foundation to a false, apocalyptic narrative
The idea that the climate was safe before humans caused climate change is an infantile fantasy & the Edenic foundation to a false, apocalyptic narrative
https://twitter.com/alexepstein/status/1409209930947518467
The apocalyptic climate narrative depends on gross ignorance of the infrastructure that protects us, from A/C to flood control to electricity
Is it a coincidence that the same people who mislead & terrify people about the weather also oppose A/C, flood control, & reliable power?
Is it a coincidence that the same people who mislead & terrify people about the weather also oppose A/C, flood control, & reliable power?
What overwhelmingly determines whether people die in heat waves is whether they have A/C — and thus cheap and reliable electricity — not whether temperatures reach 111° instead 109°, or whether there are 5 more days a year when temps go over 100°.
What overwhelmingly determines whether there are floods is whether there are flood control systems, not whether there’s few more millimeters of rainfall
What overwhelmingly determines whether fires destroy forests is whether they are well-managed, not a few more hot days.
What overwhelmingly determines whether fires destroy forests is whether they are well-managed, not a few more hot days.
Well-managed forests survive the heat
Where forest mismanagement is a *necessary* & *sufficient* cause of high-intensity fires, climate change is not
The well-managed Shaver Lake, where there was robust fire prevention, provided the proof last summer
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
Where forest mismanagement is a *necessary* & *sufficient* cause of high-intensity fires, climate change is not
The well-managed Shaver Lake, where there was robust fire prevention, provided the proof last summer
forbes.com/sites/michaels…
How can we protect ourselves, and our children, from the alarmism, which causes anxiety/depression, and is used to justify policies that make energy/food expensive?
In a word, science. We’ve assembled the best-available science, which debunks alarmism
environmentalprogress.org/apocalypse-nev…
In a word, science. We’ve assembled the best-available science, which debunks alarmism
environmentalprogress.org/apocalypse-nev…
Is there a single book that debunks the alarmism in an entertaining and accessible way, using stories and characters to illustrate basic physical & economic realities, and praised by the worlds leading scientists and scholars?
Why yes there is! 😃
amazon.com/Apocalypse-Nev…
Why yes there is! 😃
amazon.com/Apocalypse-Nev…
No book on the environment has ever been praised by a more prestigious and diverse group of scientists and scholars
Buy copies for yourself and loved ones today!
Buy copies for yourself and loved ones today!
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1272538813986779137
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