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Statistics
I contemplate this reality:
A couple weeks ago outside was cold almost -30F. This last week over +40F. In this -+ 70F swing that happens nearly every late winter we have Flora and Fauna that survive and thrive. In Summer we’ll have +100F so for us the climate swings +- 130F every year.
That to me is why a couple degrees warmer doesn’t matter even if it is happening.
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That’s interesting Thanks.
Here it’s occasionally less or more than minus 3 Centigrade and plus 40. ^Rarely minus 7 or plus 44.
At 32 deg South.
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Here on the Devon coast anything below freezing is unusual and anything above 30C equally so. Which is not say greater extremes don’t happen but they are relatively rare.
We ae kept warm in winter by the near by ocean, still at 10C as winter ends and the frequent rain as a result of warm west westerly winds. See Mr Foster I did remember those geography lessons, there was no reason to throw that blackboard rubber at me was there?
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And in which parts of the world would it not be welcome? Warmer winters would be welcome everywhere, longer growing seasons, earlier spring and later autumn. As for the peak of summer in the middle of the day is the only time you might have a short lived problem, which is only relative to the cost of energy.
Dubai for example is in a desert with no water, no food, no people. Five million visitors living in a city which is fundamentally unlivable without massive power. And it’s a great life.
Or Murmansk with 350,000 people in Russia at 69 North? Ask them if there is a problem with a slightly hotter life?
As for the ice melting and everyone drowning, it melts every year across continents and no one drowns and the seas do not rise.
Melting sea ice does not matter. And Antarctica at 3500 metres tall and the size of South America is -50C in winter, -25C in summer and getting taller every year.
There is no problem. There never was a problem But the damage done by Al Gore with his Chicken Little story is probably around 100 Trillion $ spent trying to change CO2 and the end result is that you cannot change CO2 anyway. Here’s CO2 for the last 50 years.
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Initially the story was that the ice at the North Pole would vanish with warming. The reason is that the average temperature is an amazing 0C. It can actually reach 100F/38C! It was the proverbial canary in the cage for rapid global warming.
But after 37 years of vanishing, it has waxed and waned but is roughly what it was 37 years ago peaking at 14.2million km2 instead of 16million km2.
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Area of sea with at least 15% ice coverage gives no comparable indication of the actual amount of ice.
If you look at the DMI ice volume (if we can trust that it is accurate data?) Summer 2024 ended on a new low and it looks like the next melt season will start in a perilous state.
The volume data does look more like a gradual decline in the actual amount of sea ice over the full period.
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I used to trust the DMI until a few years ago when the sea ice extent came back to average. Suddenly the website went down for a few days and reemerged with a reduced amount of SIE (accompanied with some ridiculous explanation re the adjustment). At least some people were watching.
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2021/12/10/sea-ice-data-tampering-at-dmi/
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Warmer winters are certainly not welcome in most ski resorts as they would shorten the season.
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It all seems quite highly variable year to year anyway. Good years and bad years, short seasons and long ones. Japan for the last month has been buried in snow across the country.
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Humans and virtually all species love warmth.
People go to warm places for vacation, not cold places unless for snow skiing etc..
Civilisations thrive during naturally warm periods.
E.g.
Egyptian Warm Periods.
Second Intermediate Period: A warm period around 1800 BC
New Kingdom: A warm period around 1600 BC
Third Intermediate Period: A warm period around 1000 BC
Minoan Warm Period.
Around 1275BCE
Roman Warm Period.
250BCE-400CE
Arguably Rome reached peak Civilisation, at least peak expansion, under Trajan (98 to 117CE), around 117CE.
Medieval Warm Period.
950-1250CE
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On the subject of ebb and flow:
https://tracksmag.com.au/cyclonic-cycles
Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew, 70, ex-Aus and ex-World Surf Champ 1978, Gold Coast local and respected elder statesman of the sport, has penned an article regarding the ups and downs of cyclone-driven swells now that Cat 3 TC Alfred is hovering off the Queensland coast.
He notes the 1930-40s and 1960-70s were prime decades for cyclone formation and hence great surf along the east coast. Then came the 21st century and the Coral Sea region turned “placid” – sure there were storms along the way, yet overall, frequency and energy diminished (as we know, the complete opposite of cultic high-priests’ prognostications of doom and carnage).
The catch-all phrase “climate change” is used only once and in mere passing, so thankfully he appears to have not fallen down into that hole, plus I’m contemplating emailing TracksMag to offer my services as a proofreader as their command of grammar & spelling leaves a lot to be desired (to put it diplomatically).
Meanwhile their BoM can’t quite nail TC Alfred as it dawdles & doodles off the Capricorn Coast: some models have it slowly drifting down towards NSW while another had it aiming for us in NZ with a direct hit later next week. Whatever comes to pass, surfers will be happy while climastrologists will be pulling their purple hair out. Let the fun begin!
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As Oz is also committed to net zeroish the radical changes in lifestyle are coming your way
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/02/26/climate-change-committee-demands-government-impose-radical-lifestyle-changes-on-uk/
The UK has a legal obligation, passed on the nod in the Commons, to achieve net zero so there is an inevitably about what must happen to achieve it.
The public have no idea what is coming down the line just thinking about nice polar bears and the desirability for cheap clean green energy. They will get a shock
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In Australia the most communist state Victoriastan is outlawing natural gas in new buildings.
And they are building WEF mandated “15 Minute Cities”, rebranded in Australia as “20 Minute Neighbourhoods”, further rebranded as “Activity Centre Zones”.
They will be tiny apartments, “energy efficient”, extremely high density developments, fully compliant with the demands of the Leftist Elites, WEF and UN. And totally un-Australian in terms of traditional housing values and expectations of a single family home on a quarter acre block.
https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/guides-and-resources/guides/all-guides/activity-centres-guidance/activity-centre-zone-and-boundaries
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/melbourne-activity-centres-25-new-locations/104991310
https://intelligence.weforum.org/monitor/latest-knowledge/8d496bec33e74bd9b0e0eaf99b9a1f8f
https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/guides-and-resources/strategies-and-initiatives/20-minute-neighbourhoods
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“They will get a shock”, now there is an understatement!
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This is an interesting one and builds on the increasing evidence that men and women think very differently and this is affecting who they vote for
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/02/26/why-are-boys-so-much-more-right-wing-than-girls/
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Backlash to the ‘Me-too’ movement and more girls than boys getting brainwashed at universities.
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I am sure we all witness colossal loss as politicians seem to have no regards to how they spend taxpayers money. This not only relates to climate change but transport and all sorts of pet projects. Seems we could all do with DOGE
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/billions-upon-billions-blown-by-our-incompetent-rulers/
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I may have posted this before.
No responsibility – ‘lessons will …’ etc.
But nobody is disciplined, demoted, sacked, stripped of their golden pension, prosecuted, imprisoned, or executed.
A common problem in these isles: –
Child sexual abuse, Rotherham, Rochdale, etc ad nauseum – reporting, prevention, cover-up{?} prosecution; plus predators in public life – Al-Fayed; Saville, Salmond, etc.
Grenfell Tower Fire – flammable cladding [why retrofit?] – ahh! Cahbun!
Post Office Horizon [& other systems??] miscarriage of justice – 700+ lives ruined.
Medical scandals
• Covid; lock-ups [education, and commerce]; Ivermectin and hydrochloroquine; etc., the ‘safe and effective vaccine’
• Maternity – Cumbria, Nottingham, East Kent [Ashford], Lothian, L. Letby, etc.
• Contaminated [US] Bloods
• Surgeons – Paterson, Jabbar, etc.
• Infection cover-up – QEUH, etc.
• Opiate poisoning – Gosport War Memorial Hospital
Veterinary – Foot & Mouth [2001]
Migration – loss of control; glacial processing; treatment of the Windrush generation; concealing numbers.
Energy Security – no pilots, no cost-benefit analysis … blackouts
Insulation – cowboy contractors … damp & mould
Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme [NI]
Claimed ‘killing’ of negative net zero stories
Dithering over SMRs
DESNZ at October 2024, has nobody with a physics background, 1 scientist at the top.
Met. Police – Casey Review; rapist officers; vetting; corruption over decades.
Transport – train fares prosecutions dropped; HS2 corruption [and indolence?]; contracts for road [M’way] upgrades – so slo-o-o-ow; Lower Thames Xing
Water – sewage in rivers; PSBs in Wales; No reservoirs; Watercos ‘unregulated’… huge dividends paid from humungous loans.
Local Government – bankruptcies – Croydon [the Penn report], Thurrock, Woking, Birmingham etc.
Procurement: –
[Almost] Anything thru the MOD – Warrior, TSR2, Aircraft Carriers;
[Almost] Anything through the Public Private Finance Initiative – ongoing costs skyrocket
Scottish Ferries; Glen Sannox + Glen Rosa -trying to reduce emissions – Cahbun!;
Covid – tests, PPE
IT – NHS system[s], Post Office, DHSS, etc.
And many here will, I am sure, be able to suggest additions to an already horrifyingly long list!
Auto, horrified.
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I can’t comment on the AU and UK politicians, but it appears to me that many USA national names are so far removed from personal money matters they haven’t a clue regarding the income/outgo numbers for an average family. Chuck Schumer has demonstrated his lack of domestic skills, Pelosi showed off her expensive freezers full of premium Jeni’s ice cream. They and others have health care and retirement benefits that put anyone else to shame. Poor Joe B. likely doesn’t even know the cost of an ice cream cone.
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Same in Australia.
The typical Uniparty politician has no clue about the cost of everyday living and is sufficiently wealthy not to suffer in paying for the cost of energy, food, housing or anything else. They wouldn’t even be able to tell you the cost of a loaf of bread, let alone the price of meat or eggs or the cost of a litre of petrol (gasoline).
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Yes JohnF, it seems all those Democrat politicians were beneficiaries of USAID, when you see their increase in net wealth from the time they came into Congress and their accumulated salary package.
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Either that or they have been taking bribes. Probably both.
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The news that you have been waiting with bated breath to hear.
It’s a miracle !
Elanco to distribute “Bird Flu Vaccine” which “may ” prevent . . . . . blah blah etc.
https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2025/02/27/elanco-to-distribute-medgene-bird-flu-vaccine-for-cattle/?cid=DM1196803&bid=633308268
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Better get those Ozzie birds “vaccinated ” pronto eh?
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/trumps-bold-plan-mega-egg-import-reverse-bidens-bird-flu-blunder-tanked-nations-hen
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This could be interesting although it’s been known for a while. https://x.com/TonyClimate/status/1894549667544965282
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Unlike our Australian “leaders”, TRUMP has the moral clarity to make the morally correct decisions, is decisive, he owns his decisions and he rapidly drives them forward to completion.
And unlike our leaders, he isn’t trying to cater to every Leftist Elitist cry-baby like the gender benders, social engineers, big spenders and wasters of taxpayer funds or anti-energy lobbyists who claim to be offended by said decisions.
He just gets on with the job.
TRUMP’S revenge against the Left for stealing the 2020 election and their persecution and false prosecution of him over the last four years is also to make a new Golden Age for America which the Left hate as they tried their hardest, over decades, to destroy America.
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Labor Australian PM Absent Albo summed up perfectly by Johannes Leak The Australian Cartoon
Meanwhile
Labor MPs send SOS to Chalmers as PM struggles
Jim Chalmers has launched a pre-election campaign blitz in vulnerable NSW Hunter and central coast seats, as he answers the calls of Labor MPs concerned that surging support for Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese’s unpopularity will cost them their seats.
GEOFF CHAMBERS
While
Tony’s tour: Minister for New Voters takes Labor’s citizenship spree national
Hundreds of new citizens in Perth have been sworn in, schooled about electoral boundaries and funnelled past an enrol-to-vote booth, as Tony Burke takes his audacious push to certify thousands of new Australians to the state that could decide the election.
PAUL GARVEY and PAIGE TAYLOR
The Australian can reveal WA Labor MPs facing tough battles to keep their seats and rogue Liberal MP Ian Goodenough – whose campaign against his former party’s new candidate could hand the ALP a rare opportunity to pick up a seat off the Coalition – were Mr Burke’s guests of honour at the Perth Convention Centre event on Thursday.
The Home Affairs citizenship ceremonies will continue in Perth on Friday, before returning to Melbourne on Saturday. They will then head to Queensland for ceremonies in Brisbane on Sunday and Toowoomba on Tuesday. A massive ceremony was held at Sydney Olympic Park last Friday.
The Coalition has accused Labor of using the ceremonies to sign up new voters who will be favourable to the government for having granted them citizenship.
As Mr Burke told the audience of new citizens that they would “make Australia even better”, Labor’s MP for Hasluck, Tania Lawrence, used her address to remind the crowd of the new boundaries in her electorate. Meanwhile, purple vest-clad Australian Electoral Commission officials immediately outside the auditorium were kept busy by newly sworn-in Australians wanting to enrol to vote.
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Labor’s Housing Minister Clare O’Neil is star attraction at teal MP Monique Ryan’s pre-election event
LILY MCCAFFREY
Fellow Victorian teal MP Zoe Daniel has also attacked the Liberals in multiple social media posts in recent days, accusing the party of “dirty tricks” and “lying” in political advertising.
“A vote for Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party is a vote for more _inaction on climate AND cost-of-living,” the member for Goldstein wrote in a post to Instagram on Tuesday.
In NSW, Zali Steggall, the teal MP for Warringah, on Wednesday called on Mr Dutton to “come clean” following an ABC report that she said exposed concerns about the Coalition’s climate policy. “Beware the fine print on Coalition’s climate plans,” Ms Steggall wrote on X.
“Is the opposition looking to change the fine print on Australia’s climate commitments, and hoping voters won’t notice?”
This followed an attack on Mr Dutton last Tuesday, in which Ms Steggall wrote: “Dutton’s plan to break up insurers is a populist stunt that ignores the real issue- climate risk.”
Sophie Scamps, the teal member for Mackellar, criticised “really irresponsible behaviour from the Liberal Party,” on Wednesday following a report the opposition suggested it could sack the chair of the Climate Change Authority over criticism of its nuclear energy proposal. This came after Dr Scamps called the Coalition’s proposed tax breaks on business lunches a “lightweight, pre-election sugar hit” earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Kate Chaney, the teal MP for Curtin in Western Australia, criticised the Coalition’s nuclear policy on social media in recent months. “Scientists say nuclear doesn’t stack up for Australia, but some politicians think they know better …” Ms Chaney wrote last December.
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Plus
A vote for stagnation and chaos
EDITORIAL
The Greens and most teal MPs, in their ideological zeal, are prepared to let Australians suffer falling living standards by blocking new resource projects.
And disadvantaged people needing government support would be among the hardest hit. Infrastructure NSW chair Graham Bradley, an experienced company director, is the latest senior business leader to warn of the consequences of a hung parliament.
Pushing up the cost of Australian resources projects and creating significant delays, he said, would cause Australia to miss out to rival suppliers. The cumulative impact on federal budgets and tax revenues would reduce the ability of the state to provide services. It was already a “national scandal”, as he said, that NSW and Victoria had effectively banned onshore drilling for gas. The world needed more gas and was going to need coal for a lot longer than was appreciated.
In one of the most important issues to gain traction in the election race so far, business leaders have taken up the cudgels against the election of a minority government. That is a realistic prospect, unfortunately, opinion polls show. But as Beach Energy managing director Brett Woods wrote this week, minority government could create “years of increased cost-of-living hikes, higher unemployment, severe energy shortages, and drive away much-needed investment in our country”. Unlike major parties with comprehensive platforms attuned to the complexity of the economy, the Greens, independents and teals “often focus on narrow agendas without regard for the whole picture”. The Greens’ policy to block all new gas fields, for example, ignored the reality that there is no viable alternative for natural gas to provide a high-heat source for manufacturing a litany of everyday products we take for granted.
The Greens’ and teals’ attitude towards new resource developments, however, would create uncertainty and delays at best, and slammed doors at worst – what energy chiefs such as Woodside Energy’s Meg O’Neill have termed a “nightmare” and “quiet menace”.
The nation’s future investment was at risk if a government could not rule with authority.
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What would it take for someone like Elon Musk to be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church? When it comes to services to humanity, there is literally no-one more selfless than him. This man would vapourise his entire net worth in a second if it could give you just one second of joy. It’s time this humble servant receives the recognition he deserves.
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Parody account
BREAKING: Bill Clinton makes statement on Epstein Client List
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Discrimination in the name of Anti-Discrimination:
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred may have an alternative handle on this shituation if he drifts too close to the Sunny Coast…
Wonder if the chosen/selected Ass. Pro. is any good with a hammer or skill-saw – they may need to rebuild the university – axeing for a friend.
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Dr John Campbell on “post covid vaccine syndrome”. How long can the medical authorities keep ignoring it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSYO9fs9Xg0
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Someone mentioned the Turkish Barber phenomenon the other day.
We all know these are fronts for violent terrorist affiliated drugs gangs.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/pkk-affiliated-gangs-control-drug-trade-in-uk/2738227#
These violent clashes between rival barber shops have happened multiple times all over the country.
7 of them are currently on trial for an incident in my quiet seaside town, just like the one in this article.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14408599/Short-smack-sides-Massive-street-fight-triggered-turf-war-rival-barber-shops-seven-men-appear-court.html
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