Something amazing happened starting around June 21st of this year in the Northern Hemisphere. Some called it, "unexpected" while others said it was "unprecedented". What was this event? Well, in the real world, we call it Summer. And its been happening longer than man has lived on this planet.
The days get longer, temperatures rise, the oceans get warmer, and the jet stream sometimes gets wonky, leading to some odd weather in unexpected places. Having been around some time, I have watched this cycle come and go.
During the Summer of 1980, a high pressure system camped over Texas. In Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, high temperatures exceeded 100 °F (38 °C) a total of 69 times, including a record 42 consecutive days from June 23 to August 3, of which 28 days were above 105, and five days above 110. It was freakin' hot!
Why do I remember that Summer so well? I was an industrious lad growing up. I had two older sisters, and working parents of modest means. Which meant if I wanted anything, I had to work and earn money to buy it. I loaded hay on trucks, mowed lawns, did extra chores, babysat for neighbors - kids not babies, I even published my own satirical newsletter - The Daily Freak. Which at the height of its popularity, had a distribution of well over 3 - but it did have fantastic pass-along numbers.
As soon as I was old enough to work a "real" job, I jumped on it. I was 15. It was a full service car wash, and I started at the bottom - drying cars. I quickly moved up to steaming cars, which was the brief spray down to remove the tar, dirt, and oil near the wheels. This was especially difficult work in Summer. Its 100 degrees, no breeze or clouds, and the water exiting the wand is a blistering 200 degrees. Needless to say, you can't do this job in a swimsuit.
I don't know how much weight I lost that Summer, but I do remember catching something called Prickly Heat, which is similar to a heat rash. Not fun at all. They later let me move around to the vacuum station, and driving the cars - which was really cool, since I did not have a license yet!
There really has not been a Summer that compares to 1980 in my lifetime. For my parents it was the 30s (Dust Bowl 1930-36). And that's really the point. You judge weather events by your own experience. And if you are just 15, its likely a slightly warmer Summer to you is the "hottest ever" that YOU have experienced. But the Earth was here LONG before you were, and will be here LONG after you have gone.
Note how the #ClimateScam cultist hid all of the inconvenient data before 1960 - which wrecks his story.https://t.co/WNKQQwT26u https://t.co/oeEVSUx3Si pic.twitter.com/MdzBMKaFCT
— Tony Heller (@TonyClimate) July 16, 2023
The weather pattern was finally broken by Hurricane Allen hitting the Texas coast, bringing much needed rain, and cooler temperatures. It was the first hurricane to make landfall in Texas in 9 years.
I say all that just as a foundation for the people who think whatever happens TODAY is the worst/best/fastest/highest ever. And, what you experience locally, may be drastically different elsewhere. At a time when Texas is enduring a Summer heatwave, England may be enduring torrential rains and an "unprecedented" cool Summer. While in the Southern Hemisphere, they are dealing with a rare snowfall In Johannesburg. The Earth is huge and full of weather surprises all four seasons. Summer comes, Summer goes. There's truly nothing new under the Sun.
For those who skipped school to protest the Sun with Dr. Greta - the itinerant dropout princess, Summer is when the Earth tilts toward the Sun, either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. This means they are receiving MORE energy from the Sun. Many assume that the Sun releases the exact amount of energy - it doesn't. This influences weather and climate on Earth. Here is a very simple video that explains this wonderful, God-Designed process, easy enough for government-school educated students.
The curvature of the Earth can also create differences depending on how far North (or South) you are. For instance in Finland, they are close to the North Pole. In Summer, they experience sunlight around the clock (18-19 hours outside of Lapland). They call it the Midnight Sun. Its cool, but will mess with your mind.
Things You Should Know By Now
1. The seasons are controlled by the movement of the Earth around the Sun. This largely determines the amount of energy that reaches the Earth. However, the Sun is not constant. The amount released varies. Even Nasa cannot deny this.
2. It gets warmer in Summer - sometimes much warmer. And cooler in the Winter.
3. The Earth is MASSIVELY large. It is 75% water - often very deep oceans. The remaining 25% includes areas that CANNOT be inhabited by man - poles, deserts, mountains, lakes, rivers, or places like the Everglades, that would have to be drastically changed to live there. The entire population of the planet COULD fit on the island of Hawai'i. But we are to believe that a few soccer moms are destroying the planet when they drive their kids to school? No! Man is rather insignificant when you consider the size of the globe, and the influence of things beyond his control, like the Sun, and the precession of the Earth.
4. Within the global warming movement, there are people who believe that CO2 is a pollutant, and needs to be regulated. They blame the oil & gas industry, the very folks that make modern civilization possible of KILLING the planet by drilling. CO2 is vital for life on this planet. All plant life, including that which lives in the ocean, DEPEND on plenty of CO2 to survive. Its most peculiar that the same people demanding a "plant-based" diet, are attempting to deprive plants of what is necessary for them to thrive. Since many in government schools may not know this, here is a short explanation of photosynthesis. If you continually skipped school to protest the Sun or something, you may have missed this truth.
5. Our benevolent green overlords would have us believe that the Greenhouse Effect, the process whereby the atmosphere maintains a livable temperature on Earth, even when the planet is facing away from the Sun's energy, is being overwhelmed by CO2 produced by modern civilization. No doubt we are producing more CO2 than say 200 years ago. But natural sources dwarf mankind's output. Volcanoes, oceans, animals, decaying matter, and on and on are constantly producing CO2. So how much is needed before everything goes catawampus? Its funny you asked. 95% of greenhouse gas is WATER VAPOR. Yep, you heard it right - H20 in vapor form. What about the remaining 5%? CO2 and other gases. You will often see pie charts that even neglect showing water vapor, to amplify the hysteria surrounding CO2.
11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11-12 NLT
When you KNOW the Lord, you remain at peace. Knowing that He designed the planet, anticipating everything we could possibly do to it. When someone prophesies disaster, you can have a laugh and be at peace, knowing God has you covered.
But the left thrives on chaos. In fact, they cannot get legislation approved through traditional ways. Instead, they rely on courts or executive orders to push their agenda forward. They especially LOVE CRISES. Whether real or imagined - often the latter. They dispatch agitators to advance their agenda, often ignoring the will of the people. That is exactly what the climate change (née global warming) agenda is all about. It started way back in the 70s. Algore pushed it forward. And now they are recruiting hundreds of kids - useful idiots to drag it across the finish line.
Who Is For Polluting?
He is a good looking kid, but I hid his information because its really not about him, or what he believes. Its all about the irony of a young man, in a country blessed with an abundance of water, but yet half the country does not have running water or basic sanitation. And yet there he is on Twitter, being manipulated to protest against modern civilization. And he's standing on a DIRT ROAD!
Its likely he truly believes that climate change is about to destroy the world. That's actually quite sad, because it is a completely irrational fear, and no young person should have to deal with that. I know from experience when teachers tried to groom me with the coming ice age nonsense. Kids are easily manipulated. This young man, and his country has FAR MORE IMPORTANT things to deal with than "climate change" or any other imagined crisis. They must survive.
Solving Climate Change In Five Paragraphs Or Less
Using their very own numbers, I'm going to prove climate change is no problem at all. And I'm giving ALL THE GLORY TO GOD, because He already had it covered.
1. Humans add 35 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. Quick math to convert the numbers gives you 77.2 trillion pounds.
2. An average tree consumes 48 pounds of CO2 a year. There are approximately 3 trillion trees on the planet. Total CO2 consumption 144 trillion pounds consumed annually. That's just the trees.
3. Oceans, both plant and aquatic life, are absorbing CO2 at huge rates. One estimate on Kelp came to 400 billion pounds per year. Add in all the other creatures/plants great and small, and surely that number rivals the trees.
4. Even in cities, you find almost every home surrounded by grass, shrubbery, garden plants. Prairies and grasslands stretch out across whole nations. How much do they absorb? One acre will consume 3600 pounds of C02 per year. Global grassland counts are hard to find. So let me make this simple. The US has several national grasslands for a total of 3.8 million acres, Just that much is sucking in 13.8 billion pounds of C02 per year. Imagine all the grasslands in Canada, Alaska, Russia and Africa. And then add in all the yards, playgrounds, gardens around the world. That is a lot of CO2 being consumed. But I bet you never heard about that.
5. And just like that, we've already doubled, almost tripled the amount of human created CO2 with natural sources that are consuming it. Why then the panic? If scared, plant some trees or shrubs. The Earth was created to SUSTAIN life until its time is complete. Enjoy its beauty, and stop worrying about the climate!
Instead of planting trees, or adding more green space, we are building bird-murdering windmills by the hundreds. They are eyesores, not environmentally sound, and not that efficient. Same goes for solar panels - a technology I saw demonstrated at a local college in the 70s as part of a elementary school field trip. It was a neat trick back then, and it hasn't progressed very far from that. It takes up huge areas and produces a fraction of the energy as traditional sources. At best, it complements traditional energy production, and might be useful for individual use. Neither could truly be described as "green" energy.
Instead of blocking traffic, or tossing orange paint on things, why not do something productive - plant a tree. You could add some shrubbery. I think that might be rather nice.
