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thirsty-gecko

3 karma · joined August 11, 2021

Hi. You're probably not seeing many of my replies because HN arbitrarily censors people who have the wrong opinions.
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thirsty-gecko··on Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels
No. I'm saying, if you look at the web pages of fearmongering web sites, they'll tell you something unusual and scary is happening. If you compare what they're talking about to historical records, you often see that what's happening now is not particularly unusual or scary, because worse things have happened before. We forgot about those incidents, but they are recorded in books. The fearmongering web sites don't check those books for precedent, because if they did, they wouldn't have anything scary to say.
thirsty-gecko··on Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels
Please be specific. Are temperatures especially high? Is CO2 especially high? If I'm honest, these are trick questions, because the answer to both is obviously no. So, what are you referring to? Heatwaves, storms, droughts?
thirsty-gecko··on Climate change is here, it’s a crisis, and it’s caused by fossil fuels
Fear propaganda from fearmongers. Once you know the subject, and that it's from the Atlantic, there's no need to even click on the article; you can just mentally write it yourself. They said all the things you know they're going to say. Fear, fear, fear.

That's what comes to us via the internet. What's coming to you via your eyes and ears out in the real world? Maybe you think you're seeing some unusual weather, but everyone always thinks their weather is weird. Have you actually checked for historical precedent?

You might find it eye-opening that the storm you thought was particularly terrible hardly even ranks compared to storms of the past, the worst of which happened over a hundred years ago. Maybe you think it's unusually hot, but historical records might disappoint you. Checking for precedent is discouraged these days because it's often very inconvenient for the CO2 hypothesis.

Food for thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0tqpTH3m40