Did Exxon Make It Rain Today?
"The first part of this notion is unquestionably true: the planet is warming due to human activities, primarily carbon dioxide emissions. But the second part, that a warming planet is the cause of the extreme weather events we are experiencing today, is vastly oversimplified and exaggerated."
Ted Nordhaus
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/did-exxon-make-it-rain-today
@corlin No, it's a coincidence that we've drastically changed the climate, and now the weather is wonky.
It's not like weather and climate are connected in any way.
Why, I bet you could just remove the entire climate from the Earth, and the weather would stay normal.
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I got that smell also, from this piece.
Yet both can be true. The weather is fucked. And the connection to fossil fuels is over hyped. But there IS a connection is without a doubt.
@corlin Yeah, the connection is that it's responsible for the vast majority of climate change.
I helped some of the staff at NREL and other research organizations try to turn their charts into something comprehensible. It's hard to do an interesting graphic of straight lines suddenly going straight up.