The current eco craze du jour is all about ‘tipping points’. Take any weather event – a nice English summer for instance – catastrophise temperature, rainfall, drought and flood and suggest it is an awesome portent of certain climate Armageddon. Elite groupthink is flooding the market with such hysteria. In an excoriating article in the Telegraph, Jordan Peterson writes of a “cabal of utopians operating in the media, corporate and government fronts, wielding a nightmarish vision of environmental apocalypse”. Let us update Mark Twain, suggested the Canadian sage: “There are lies, damned lies, statistics – and computer models.” Net Zero is an “utterly preposterous and inexcusable goal, both practically and conceptually”.
Let’s look at some of these ‘tipping points’ that have come to dominate the public debate, and examine how much actual science intrudes on the product of computer models, and the wishful ‘Day After Tomorrow’ thinking of green, politicised activists.
But first a quick restorative draught of common sense from Professor Peterson:
We will not advance without resistance through the straits of your enforced privation. We will not allow you to steal and destroy the energy that makes our lives bearable (and that produces our food and shelter and housing and the sporadic delights of modern life) just to address your existential terror (particularly when it fails to do so in any case). We will not allow our children to be criticised first for having the temerity to merely exist, and then be deprived of the prosperous and opportunity-rich future we strived so hard to prepare for them. We remain unconvinced of your frightened and self-congratulatory moralising and intellectual pretentions, ignorance of the limits of statistics, and misuse of arithmetic. We do not believe, finally and most absolutely, that your declared emergency and the panic you sow because of it means that you should now be ceded all necessary authority.
So leave us alone, you centralisers; you worshippers of Gaia; you sacrificers of the wealth and property of others; you would-be planetary saviours; you Machiavellian pretenders and virtue-signallers, objecting to power, all the while you gather it around you madly.
Last June, Justin Rowlatt, the BBC’s green activist-in-residence, identified almost every fashionable ‘tipping point’ doing the rounds in five 15-minute programmes. Melting ice caps, seizing up of ocean circulations, collapse of the Amazon rain forest, all were said to be calamities that humans risked bringing about through their unabated carbon emissions. Highly charged emotional content was frequently used – one woman wondered if she should bring a child into such a world under existential threat.
Much of the media catastrophising is based on the ‘scientists say’ trope. Two years ago a group of academic activists wrote an influential paper stating that climate tipping points were “too risky to bet against”. Lead author was the Exeter University geography professor Timothy Lenton, and there was also a contribution from Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, an academic credited with inventing the 2°C warming target, now reduced to 1.5°C. Schellnhuber was an IPCC lead author, and an early climate adviser to German chancellor Angela Merkel. In 2010 he told Der Speigel that “politicians like to have clear targets and a simple number is easier to handle”.
Of course, a tipping point makes both a terrifying Hollywood film, and is a nice easy concept for a politician to understand. Evidence is said to be mounting that tipping points “could” be more likely than was thought. The authors noted: “In our view, the consideration of tipping points helps to define that we are in a climate emergency and strengthens this year’s chorus of calls for urgent climate action – from schoolchildren to scientists, cities and countries.”
Much of the so-called evidence, backed up it seems by the wisdom of children, is culled from climate models. Even low levels of warming can trigger tipping points, it is claimed. The latest IPCC models are said to project a cluster of “abrupt shifts” between 1.5°C and 2°C. Two years ago it was noted that the latest models had a much larger climate sensitivity – defined as the rise in temperature that occurs with a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide – than in previous models. To the authors, these “preliminary results” hint that a global tipping point is possible. The sceptical will note that scientists have spent decades trying to work out a figure for climate sensitivity, and are no nearer finding an answer. Climate models simply guess what the figure is. Over 40 years, models have never produced an accurate temperature forecast. To use the results of such models to forecast a possible “global tipping point” requires a hefty stretch of the imagination.
All of this climate modelling guesswork seems designed to hide the inconvenient fact that global warming ran out of steam 20 years ago. Accurate satellite and meteorological balloon data confirms this trend. Carbon dioxide has warming atmospheric properties, but scientists continue to debate its effects, particularly when it becomes ‘saturated’ above certain levels. The suggestion that the gas loses much of its warming properties is disputed by those who claim the science is ‘settled’, but it helps explain why few connections between temperature and CO2 can be discerned in the historic and paleoclimate record.
Even after just two years, some of the tipping point stories have not worn well. Ocean heatwaves are said to have led to mass coral bleaching and the loss of half the shallow water coral on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR). A “staggering” 99% of tropical coral is projected to be lost if global temperatures rise by another 1°C. Just 24 months on and record amounts of coral are spreading across the GBR. The idea that long-term changes in water temperature will adversely affect tropical coral is nonsense, since it is known that it grows in waters between 24°C and 32°C, and has done so for about 500 million years.
Antarctica is problematic for the tipping crowd, since it shows little warming over the last 50 years, and probably way beyond. The satellite record below shows this.
Despite this inconvenient fact, much play is given to local ice movements caused by any number of local geographical conditions. Unlike the Arctic, Antarctica is a land continent and the area is known for volcanic activity and earthquakes. Ice movement in the west “might” have passed a tipping point. A model is said to show that when this sector collapses it “could” destabilise the rest of the West Antarctica ice sheet “like toppling dominoes”. The “latest data” is also said to show part of eastern Antarctica “might” be similarly unstable. Modelling is said to “suggest” that it “could” add another 3-4 metres to sea levels.
What is striking about this fear-mongering guff is that we have long left the realms of evidential science. If temperatures are not rising in Antarctica, how can humans affect ice melt by going Net Zero? But then it is no longer about protecting the planet, if it ever was – see J. Peterson above.
Chris Morrison is the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor.
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Great, that’s going to reduce my matches from 0 to zero.
Lol.
Crazy. Just more division.
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
In the anti-mask, anti-vax, anti-lockdown community I spend time with, the ones getting action are the unvaxed. Amongst (apologies) CIS women, the advice is to love and let go of the vaccinated because they’ve shown a remarkable level compliance and lack of inquiry that won’t make for a healthy, fertile, reliable or strong partner. And ED resulting from vascular damage from the Covid vaccine is a real issue too.
I suppose that these healthy, family-centred sorts were unlikely to find themselves brokenly swiping left on Tinder, preferring to hook up at events and meet-ups, and form what appears to be real and lasting bonds. So it’s a sort of self-selecting group. But I find it rather sad that one of the few ways for ordinary singles to meet up has been taken and corrupted.
The news coming from the sperm and egg banks doesn’t appear to be too good either. Which I suppose means we’re going to see fewer men able to father their own children, and women able to conscience and carry theirs. In an apocalyptic world I imagine that means that the gene pool will keep shrinking until only a few of us remain as the mothers and fathers of humanity, with all the mind-boggling genetic mutations that brings.
Tragic.
Don’t worry, the Prime Minister is willing to become the father of many more offspring.
What do you ‘become’ I think he’s created quite enough chaos in the gene pool already
But with proper breeding techniques…and a ratio say of ten females to each male..I would guess that they could then work their way back to the present gross national product within…twenty years…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ihKq34Ozc&ab_channel=prestoagitato2prestoagitato2
Dr Strangelove.
You don’t have to use the word cis here. People know their males from their females.
I had an Aunt called Cis was that some sort of early salute to woke?
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-opinion-children-vaccinated-covid-.html
Children must be sacrificed on Globalist’s Pyre to create the herd.
That’s a great find. Children must be subjected to having the spike created inside their cells and spread through their bodies in a way it would not in natural infection – for cash. For “economic recovery”.
We won’t know if it works till they’re gone.
That is a really interesting article if you look at the words Matt Hancock used to justify injecting British Children they were almost exactly the same as those used in this article
Darwinism via apps. Selectively breed for credulous.
I’m not “in the market” as it were, but if I were then I would welcome this. Don’t want to date a vaccine fascist thanks. Actually saves time and hassle.
I’m not in the market either but I’d certainly give any vaccinated twats a wide berth.
I wonder how many of us got that play on words?
There’s nothing to stop people from saying they are vaccinated when they are not! Haha!
True but would you want to date a vaccine fascist?
No I wouldn’t, but that isn’t my point!
Not at the moment. However, I guess it’s only a matter of time before the user has to prove it via a digital id (vaccine passport).
“Not at the moment.” Not ever, thanks.
I think Manjushri was referring to the need for proof of vaccination rather than the desire to interbreed with a sheeple!
I expect so, yes!
Which reminds me of the old joke, What do you get if you cross a kangaroo with a sheep? A woolly jumper. {Golden oldie – just like me!}
Vaccination is a matter of private medical record, one cannot be compelled to divulge information that is private.
Not for long, we all need to opt out of the NHS sharing our confidential medical records with the likes of Google and other global corporations before 30th June:
https://medconfidential.org/2021/
Will they also request details of a match’s STD status?
Why don’t they also test for AIDS at the border?
and vitamin D levels…
It’s great that the injected ones are being identified so they can be segrated away from the un-injected.
The un-injected need to avoid the injected ones until the extent of spike protein shedding/transmission has been quantified.
Stay safe and follow the science – do not have sex with the vaccinated, stay away from them.
“The un-injected need to avoid the injected ones until the extent of spike protein shedding/transmission has been quantified.” Maybe, but I would also want to avoid anyone who was bothered by dating someone who was not jabbed.
Wow – this is absolutely crazy.
Good way to start depopulating, by having those who can’t think for themselves turn on those who can, just as with China’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ where the whole country went nutty and they had teachers removed from their posts and made to clean out pig sties – only this time the mob, prompted by the ‘Covid Marshalls’ can drag the ‘unclean, unvaccinated anti-vaxxers’ off to extermination camps.
I find it downright frightening as to what’s happening – and there are still those who believe this is about ‘a virus’.
Having flown from Heathrow in January, let me tell you the fear and panic, and the way they sneer at you at the ‘Covid test stations’ as they know they are just ripping you off, and they know you know it, is just awful.
This situation with Portugal is just the UK Government yanking on the chains of the people, a disgusting display of how much power they have, the power to make so many people nervous, crushing their will to resist.
I strongly agree with your last paragraph – it does look suspiciously like the govt ‘punishing’ people who had the cheek to disregard the advice not to travel abroad, and playing at being gods on Mount Olympus laughing at the chaos they can so easily bring about.
Great! It will give the more intelligent single people, hoping to meeting someone special and wanting to start a family in the future, the opportunity to avoid:
I think it’s a fantastic idea. The badge for the vaccinated could take the form of a sheep. Or a donut.
That really made me laugh. Thank you.
Me too!
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
People are not more likely to date the vaxxed.
Zombies are more likely to date the vaxxed.
A useful filter so that our folk can find fellow human beings and live happily ever after. Or live, at least.
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
I would suggest adding a ‘Vaccine Macht Frei’ badge, but, of course, even 100% vaccination will clearly Macht Nicht Frei.
nicht frei machen
To date the likes of Matt Hancock? No thanks!
Chances he has had the real jab are about zero.
Hancock is really is a demented sinister C*nt!!
The Beta males are welcome to the women this ‘feature’ will attract to them lol
This smacks of desperation. Maybe there are more sentient young people than we thought, who can swipe past the vaccinated.
Just had a flyer through my letterbox from P & O Cruises. They announce on the front page their ‘Covid-19 Vaccine Policy’. The small print at the end of the flyer makes it quite clear that sailings will for ‘vaccinated guests only’ . ‘Failure to produce evidence of this will result in denial of boarding.’ Didn’t want to go on a cruise anyway but will airlines be next to join the vaccine club? I wouldn’t bet against it!
They won’t be calling into any ports in Florida, then. Gov DeSantis has specifically banned cruise ships requiring this in his realm.
Good for him, wish some of our politicians had the cojones that he does!
Fine by me, I want my blood and DNA to stay pure human. Now I know who to avoid.
Ha! My non-bastardised sperm is getting more valuable by the day.
I’m adding to a jar in the fridge everyday
Jar? That’s quite a boast!!
Unvaxxed studs always available, reasonable rates, muzzleoids need not apply.
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
Well – many, many moons ago (and before the internet was a major player), I did have a spell of using ‘distance’ dating.
One of the things you quickly learned was the tricky art in writing a profile of how to exclude totally incompatible responses. It was all about brief, subliminal signals regarding ‘interests’ etc.
It seems to me that this is a modern opportunity that is a bit of a short-cut. Turn it around, and you’ve immediately eliminated a whole host of morons who are worried about vaccination. What’s not to like?
Hancockwomble’s support for this atrocity is the worst condemnation it could have had.
Nothing is too illiberal for him, he is a murderous plum.
Another reason to get the jab
The list of reasons do not and will never include ‘for the benefit of your health’.
Hang on, these wankers (titter ye not) never leave the house anyway
Remote sex, the new normal??
like in those dystopian films
If they’ve got a few quid and don’t look too shabby then I’m not too fussed if they’ve had the jab
I’m not planning to shun everyone who has been vaccinated, but right now the idea of starting a relationship with someone who was not a sceptic seems like a bad idea.
that didn’t go down too well so I’ll try and be a little more sensitive…
As long as they don’t look like they’ve been hit by a bus and they don’t mind me going out on the piss with my mates – then I don’t mind if they’ve had the jab – its all about give and take
Indeed it is all about give and take and maybe your approach is better than mine. I would just find life really hard if my Mrs was not a sceptic.
Problem is that soon you won’t be allowed to go on the piss with your mates unless you have all been injected with the Frankenstein poison.
Fantastic! When does the apartheid start?
Reminds me of a story. Some friends used to go out to a restaurant together. Then the nonsense started, so they started having meals at one of their homes instead. I’m sure the same can be done with boozing. In fact, isn’t that pretty much what happened when the ludicrous smoking ban came in?
Well, bring it on! I’m actually thinking that two tier society wouldn’t be that bad. At least I can easily find my tribe!
I last used a dating app in 1876.
We had to disclose out Syphilis status back in those days
Managed to infect 80% of the House of Lords
Easy peasy …. squeezy.
Where Uncle Matt is going the sex mainly takes place in the Shower Block
Not so much dating as on demand
If in the future people only wish to have sex with the jabbed then necrophilia may be the only option
Oh thats ok then, I can carry on with my favourite things…most unattached people of my age are smashed up anyway..
I’d have said “great April fools” if it wasn’t June already. Seriously, what do they think dating adults are? Infants?? This is truly desperate, and hopefully a sign that the experimental gene therapy rollout isn’t going down as well as they’d hoped with younger adults.
This is very interesting because I was kicked off 2 dating apps within the space of a week quite recently, and still can’t say for certain why. I had been on them quite a while so knew the rules of the game so to speak.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if there are now 77th catfishing on dating apps – just waiting for people like me to spout some anti-lockdown rhetoric then reporting it to get us kicked off the app.
Also, on a new app yesterday, there was a girl who, from her profile, was clearly on our side of the argument. I sent her a supportive message and she responded by saying her account was being suspended. It was just her expressing her opinions in an intelligent way for fuck’s sake! There was absolutely nothing unlawful about what she was saying!
obviously people must already advertise their aids status on dating apps
Get a vaccine and get laid.
…to rest, 6 feet under
Mid 40’s M, WLTM 30-35yo Blonde F. I like sports, theatre and photography. People say I look a little bit like a young Tom Hanks, but I can tend to the serious and sensible rather than the goofy. Self sufficient, so a lifestyle commensurate with the partner of a top senior exececutive type not out of the question for the right type of “Miss Lucky” who plays their cards right, LOLZ!! Athletic build, medium height, GSOH and several million spike proteins currently attacking cell mitochondria. No “mask exempt” please, I like to stay safe!
Hancock strikes me a totally creepy individual – a very bad advert for the vaccinated ..
I’ve no need to join a dating app (currently at least). However when and if I do I shall ensure I join one where this nonsense is no part of it. I’d have a strong preference for anyone who is unclean and risky. Thanks very much Matty. You chatty Ratty.
How romantic. Mutual shedding.
Thanks to everyone replying on this post. I’ve laughed so much tonight reading it that I’m sure of a good nights sleep.
And I “herd” that Plenty of Fish is going to be regarded as Plenty of Sheep
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
I take it this means there is zero chance of this nonsense ending on June 21st or any time soon – otherwise, why would they bother? Will they be able to show hugging preferences too?
I’m thinking to change my profile : “have I got a protein spike for you!”
Have you had a glance at these sites? The amount of women wearing masks in the profiles is insane. And many of those still run the image through those filters that give you big hentai eyes.
Whatever happened to the rebelling generation? This “I’ve been vaxxed” mentality in facebook etc. is akin to sewing your swimming badges on your towel- a pathetic attempt for approval.
The gene pool may well be enhanced by being able to recognise these sad characters in advance.
And the mean age of those people using dating Apps is….?
If I was ‘in the market’, I wouldn’t want to be cosying up to a ‘dirty’, vaccine infested partner. So thank you, dating app b*stards!
Unlike seemingly most of this thread I don’t have any issue taking the vaccine for medical or scientific reasons. I’m not about to go putting a sticker on my dating profile like some kind of servile dog looking for a treat from its owner. Have some self respect people and stop making yourself a tool of government power.
What next for these people in tech land? Swipe past the Jew, the Muslim, the Catholic.
Swipe past the H.I.V sufferer, swipe past the person with a genetic disease.
Isn’t it reassuring that the Tech boys under the benevolent supervision of Matt Hancock are forging ahead with discrimination and “othering”, soon he will be able to claim he has created the perfect race, and we can all raise our arms straight in salute
“partnership with the Government”
That phrase sends shivers up my spine!
The best part of Matt Hancock dribbled down his mother’s leg.
Crazy. Just more division.
I’m trying this free dating site for unvaxxed:
https://kissandwakeup.co.uk/wp-login.php?action=register
If you want to date someone who’s thick then look for the vaccinated…
Great idea … and to make us feel even safer in the virtual dating world let’s issue badges that declare that I’ve had my penicillin course and am not carrying a sexually transmissible disease ..possibly more relevant on a dating app.
This is an excellent idea. I can now bypass those who have had the jab, avoid getting infected by those who are viral shedding and just concentrate on meeting natural, untainted partners.