Anatomy of a Scare

Anatomy of a Scare

Someone, often a scientist, finds some nefarious effect of X

This is brought to the attention of the MSM

Consciously or subconsciously the scare grows

Concerned NGOs form to raise awareness of X, membership increases

More negative reports about X begin to appear

MSM begins to editorialize

More scientists begin to study the effect of X in their area of expertise

More negative reports about X appear but there are always some contradictory studies

NGO Lobbyists bring matter to attention of politicians

Politicians rush to head of  line to champion ‘fight’ against proliferation of X

Politicians water the garden of fear; want to be seen as saviors

Contradictory reports about dangers of X are discounted because everyone now knows X is bad

Contrary opinion is ignored, slandered, associated with all things evil

Pretty soon X is held responsible for all unwelcome events under the sun

Public becomes tired of dueling claims thinks scientists don’t know what they are talking about

Public ignore scare - don’t think it is real - think politicians have been had

Politicians engage in favorite sports of jumping to conclusions & throwing money at problem

Politicians misallocate resources and when evil doesn’t happen gradually reduce funding

Scientists do not apologize but remain on alert for the next great scare that can be exploited

Politicians are played and never learn because they are addicted to their favorite sports

MSM loves a good scare - always good for readership and ad revenue

NGOs love the membership growth

Socialists exploit the scare to increase government power over the individual

More scientists learn to play the funding game -  more urgent the scare the greater the funding

Scientists learn that a planet in peril generates the most funding & ride scare as long as possible

Who loses? truth, taxpayer & citizen - usually the poor lose most as ‘solutions’ raise taxes, prices

REALITY: Scare non-existent or much much less than portrayed

Democracy: rewind and repeat

Message from the Future: come to senses and BREAK the CYCLE

Kesten Green and Scott Armstrong’s study of analogies to the global warming alarm.

Clean or Dirty Storm

Back in 2012 we learned that “Former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project is hosting “24 Hours Of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report,” beginning at 8 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 14.”

So was this a Clean or Dirty Storm?

Over 100 flights cancelled at Pearson as freezing rain coats Toronto area with ice

This early spring storm (March 2016) was a major inconvenience to those who lost power and had to find daycare for their kids because schools were closed.

Was this a clean or a dirty storm? It was certainly unwelcome.

Can we blame it on Carbon Dioxide(CO2)?

Prime Minister Trudeau has reminded us that 80% of Canadians are receiving some of our energy from ‘clean’ renewable sources.

So was this a Clean or Dirty Storm?

Going forward as GREEN energy populates the grid how will we be able to tell the difference between a clean and a dirty storm?

At what concentration of CO2 in the air do the storms become clean?

If extreme weather was worse in the past then how can present day less extreme storms be dirty? If the time of greatest human CO2 emissions boasts reduced frequency and severity of extreme weather how can CO2 be fingered as the perp?

Gore’s ‘dirty weather’ was a propaganda trick designed as a deflection from data that doesn’t support his position. ‘Dirty weather’ soils CO2 with mind pics that no one likes. We wash our clothes because we like ‘clean’. We don’t like ‘dirty’. Gore knows this and so he taints the argument through guilt by association. No proof. Just an allegation to help the cause.

As it turns out, extreme weather during the modern time of greatest human CO2 emissions ever have been calmer than those of the past when CO2 was near pre-industrial levels. Our weather is cleaner. Thanks, CO2!

The New Hyppies

The New Hyppies

In the 1960s the term hippie was used in a personal way to disparage long-haired, unwashed, unkempt drug users.

The New Hyppies of the Traveling Eco Loons of the 21st century derive their name from their blatant and narcissistic Hypocrisy over matters of imagined global warming.  Hyppie derives from Hypocrite.

Their behaviour is in stark contrast to the dire warnings that they issue on a daily basis. Hyppies preach doom and gloom as they zoom around the world telling others to stop zooming around the world in fossil fuel burning contraptions. Have they not heard of the internet or text messaging? Twitter and Facebook are brilliant low carbon messaging systems that do not require facetime in exotic locations. If Hyppie CO2-a-phobia were real would they not seek to minimize their creation of it?

Do Hyppies realize how their worldly galavanting and lavish lifestyles appear to the minions to whom they preach?

As one blogger called Instapundit has opined: I will believe there is a crisis when the people who tell me there is a crisis start acting like there is a crisis.

It is hard for us plebs to do anything but make fun of the self appointed and self important seers of the flying Eco Loons as they spew that which they denounce into the air in quantities that mock their phony concern. The Hyppies want us to validate their fears and assuage their guilt over their lavish lifestyles which they have no intention of altering. Warning of doom and gloom and seeking absolution is to be their contribution to the solution to the carbon pollution that they imagine afflicts the world.

Examples - Leo, Obama, Prince Charles

DiCaprio and the Hypocrisy of Moral Licensing - Chief celebrity Hyppie

After arriving by private jet, DiCaprio tells Davos we must ‘leave fossil fuels in the ground’ - how are you getting back Leo?

Obama’s Carbon Admission: ‘I Have the World’s Largest Carbon Footprint’ - the guilt must be unbearable as the Obamas jet off to their latest vacation spot in separate airplanes.

Prince Charles gives world reprieve: Extends ‘100-Month’ climate ‘tipping point’ to 35 more years - he will be six feet under by then - safe from the embarrassment of his failed forecast. The extension is his subtle acknowledgement that the world is not warming at unprecedented and accelerating rates but allows him to renew his faith in the inevitable apocalypse as he imagines it.

While Leo jets off to lend his sympathy to the latest uncaring act of Mother Nature blaming CO2 emissions from the human burning of fossil fuels for the mess does he fail to notice that most of the rest of the world with the same amount of CO2 in the air is just fine? How can CO2 be the ‘bad boy’ in Manila while CO2 is behaving itself in Hawaii where it is just another day in paradise. Same amount of CO2 in the air but different outcomes. Does this not suggest to Leo that something other than 400 ppm of CO2 is driving the climate?

The New Hyppies can repeat the script that enables their talk but they do not walk the walk. They destroy their own credibility as well as that of their cause. They are a skeptic’s best friend.

Propaganda vs Truth

  

Propaganda vs Truth

Propaganda

Looks only at evidence that supports your view

Seeks to impugn dissenters via ad hominem, guilt by association,

Seeks to associate dissenters with economic interests that would be hurt

Uses fallacious arguments knowingly and willingly

Uses repetition of beliefs incessantly - hear it a lot start to believe it must be true

Gets falsehoods out there first to put dissenters on defensive - lie can travel around the world before truth has chance to put on its socks

Claims consensus

Diddles the data to support the claims

Buys support with government funding

Threatens dissenters with exposure of past wrongdoing or set them up for a fall

Threatens legal prosecution for dissenters

Is all about tactics rather than truth - tip that arguments are weak

Truth

Seeks evidence for and against a belief

Consults experts from all sides

Weighs evidence pro and con to arrive at impartial decision

Asks others to review their work

Truth goes where the data leads. It does not lead the data where it wants to go.

I became a global warming skeptic because the alarmist side uses all the propaganda methods listed above. They want a win for their agenda and care not about the truth.