In a widely shared tweet, Brian McNoldy, senior research associate at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, called rising ocean and air temperatures "totally bonkers."How dare a mere bureaucrat contradict Gov. DeMented?
About the wisest bit from Dr. McElhone: "the world is not linear." Not only is it not linear, but it's very close to exponential in many of the phenomena we live with. Don't believe that? Go look at the Covid-19 curves, from the beginning. Each segment (variant) starts quite small, and appears to grow along a straight line at first, aka, linearly. But then it takes off like a 777, or worse (Covid-Ο) a rocket ship.
Climate change is no different, just on a bit longer timeframe than a virus. [Aside: the choice of XBB.1.5 for the next single-variant jab is foolish; just look at the way XBB.1.16 is going non-linear! By the fall season, XBB.1.5 will be a distant memory.] To the extent that apologists try to minimize the threat, and keep the RRW faction from assaulting them, projections are dumbed down to, or nearly so, linear growth.
The RRW are quite content to burn the planet to a dead cinder (with catastrophic floods as an appetizer) for their kids and grandkids, just so they can continue their profligacy. A new version of Conservative.
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