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Michael Shellenberger touched on that in his book Apocalypse Never. He

wrote it because his daughter was truly depressed because the world was ending from climate change. It turns out surveys throughout the world show young people believe the hype. In England, 25% show signs of depression related to this belief. Michael has actually received awards for his climate change support. However, he offered very specific insight into how much of the climate reporting is hyperbole and infected with politics. The best mitigation strategy is to improve your economy, and this is from someone who started out his adult life supporting communism. The book I'm reading now is from the Obama Administration's Undersecretary of Science, Stephen Koonin. Amazing credentials. He was charged with assessing the strengths of the climate modeling, and he details why they are very inaccurate. One interesting point he made is the models have realized that clouds formed from ocean-based evaporation are 30x more impactful on our climate than all of human-produced matter. He really takes down his fellow scientists for exaggeration, misleading conclusions and outright terrible science. He names names, but he does it in a very balanced way. He also states clearly things are no way near as dyer as portrayed, yet there are reasonable interventions that some of the well-supported science indicates. His premise is huge public policy decisions need to rely on objective science.
Posted: 08/31/2022 at 07:29 PM ET
(In response to this post by vt90)

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No named tropical systems in August. Only the 3rd time that has occurred
Stork 08/31/22 02:37 PM ET
Beware of hurricane "Mike" should it ever come up. Bad temperament and . .
MikeVT85 08/31/22 10:02 PM ET
We humans are the only species that will willingly foul their own nest...
Major Kong 08/31/22 04:46 PM ET
Yeah but in the Pacific they done got to Ivette. They get after the water.**
Major Kong 08/31/22 04:43 PM ET
I vote for none as well**
ColoVT82 08/31/22 04:04 PM ET
...but...but......OMG CLIMATE CHANGE WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BobG 08/31/22 02:58 PM ET
Were your coworkers invested in more or less Saharan dust?**
PhotoHokieNC 08/31/22 04:32 PM ET
Just like COVID, climate change is a hoax**
FfxStationHokie 08/31/22 03:00 PM ET
Not worth destroying an economy!
Hokiehouse7 08/31/22 07:56 PM ET
No the planet is changing. Can us humans in a small part of the
fordham 08/31/22 04:20 PM ET
Overplayed, for sure..... not sure about a complete hoax though
turkeywinghokie 08/31/22 03:10 PM ET
99% sure FFX was being sarcastical.**
reestuart 08/31/22 03:11 PM ET
Yep.**
EDGEMAN 08/31/22 03:30 PM ET
Me too
turkeywinghokie 08/31/22 03:21 PM ET
I do agree with your points. Whether or not a person buys climate change
reestuart 08/31/22 03:25 PM ET
How do we get the rest of the planet to participate?**
fordham 08/31/22 04:21 PM ET
so we don't do anything. Gotcha.**
reestuart 08/31/22 04:26 PM ET
If China, India, Africa, and South America do nothing, then it doesn't ...
vt90 08/31/22 06:17 PM ET
Michael Shellenberger touched on that in his book Apocalypse Never. He
pfishe 08/31/22 07:29 PM ET