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Reef Rebels
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Dr Peter Ridd has been researching the Great Barrier Reef and other things since 1984, has invented a range of advanced scientific instrumentation, and written over 100 scientific publications.
Since being fired by James Cook University for raising concerns about science quality assurance issues,
Peter Ridd receives no payment for any of the work he does.
H/T Paul Homewood, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
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One of my favorite statistics about climate change
…is that apparently, 60% of Americans reckon that climate change has become like a religion, quote, “used to control people.”
Now, you’ve got to wonder—why do they think that?
It’s not as though they have a deep understanding of climate science, the uncertainty of the models, or even past periods—say, the Egyptian period, which was a lot hotter than it is now.
The reason they think that is because they actually smell a rat. And one of the biggest, smelliest, hairiest rotten rats of the war in climate science is the way so many ridiculous things are now attributed to climate change—and I’ve got a good list of them here.
I was spurred to make this video because I saw just the other day that apparently some sort of sleep disorder is now caused by climate change. This is obviously a disaster. So I thought I’d do half an hour of Googling and find some other things which are really rather funny impacts, supposedly, of climate change.
So let’s start.
Apparently, the flavor of gin and tonic could be impacted by climate change, study finds—according to The Guardian.
Apparently, the juniper berries—apparently in hot climates—they taste a little bit different. And that’s going to be a bit of a disaster.
Now, I mean, look: the ice caps are going to melt, a billion people are going to die, Bangladesh is going to be flooded—who the heck cares about the flavor of gin and tonics?
Yeah, okay. Bad example. Let’s try another one.
The climate crisis could lead to a banana crisis. Major banana exporters could face a 60% drop in growing area due to warming.
Look, I’m sorry, but I don’t actually believe that. I mean, we’re in a banana-growing area up here in North Queensland, and it’s noticeable that in the last 50 years banana growing has moved up from New South Wales, where it’s cold, to here in the tropics.
And it can get a lot warmer than where we are here, and you can still grow bananas.
Take it from me—I used to pick bananas when I was a student.
The next one:
Satellite orbits are going to change and spike.
Space junk is going to move faster because the top of the atmosphere is going to be slightly different.
And of course, this is a disaster.
We’re going to need more study for the scientists to better understand how the changes brought by increasing CO₂ are going to affect the movement of satellites.
I’m sure they’ll work it out.
This is the one I mentioned previously, and it’s in one of the top journals. Right?
If you get into one of the top journals—in this case Nature Communications—the scientists will probably get a promotion just on that and the ability to get more funding.
So:
Sleep apnea.
Global warming may increase the burden of obstructive sleep apnea.
Now, I’m sure that’s right. You know, it’s hard to sleep on a hot night,
but it’s also hard to sleep when you’re freezing cold.
And there’s a whole lot of people that die of freezing cold.
But we don’t hear about the sleep disorders or problems from them.
Now, I was looking for some of these things, and I came across this interesting article about how climate lies need to be criminalized:
“Climate misinformation turning crisis into a catastrophe,” report says.
They’re basically saying people like me—who reckon that gin and tonic changing flavor might not be a particular disaster, or that maybe there isn’t going to be a banana crisis, because actually, you’ll be able to grow bananas on the North Pole because it’ll be so warm there—
well, sorry, I’ve got to go to jail for that.
This is a beauty:
Shark attacks—they’re going to get worse. Of course, they’re going to get worse.
You think all this is because it’s getting hot?
All the sharks are going to move into northern Europe and up into Canada or somewhere.
And that’s true, of course.
But it’s also because people are going to be so hot from climate change, more people are going to go swimming in the sea—where they’re going to be eaten by sharks.
Another really important one here:
There’s going to be a chili shortage. The sriracha shortage is warning about the climate crisis.
And then we have:
In Puerto Rico, some sort of frog—the croaks are now going to be of a higher pitch due to global heating.
I mean…
You just sort of wonder, what were these scientists actually thinking when they were doing this research?
Even more important—goats are shrinking.
Turns out the Alpine chamois mountain goat in Italy is now 25% smaller on average than in the 1980s.
So it’s not actually shrinking, but they are getting smaller.
And interestingly, National Geographic seems to have gotten themselves into a fairly typical knot where they say goat populations may also change as lighter goats are more likely to freeze to death in cold winters.
So the way it works is like this:
Because it’s getting hotter, goats are now not growing as big.
And because they’re not growing as big, they’re more susceptible to cold.
So they’re all going to freeze to death in the winter.
So the warming climate is going to make them freeze to death.
This is a serious one.
Apparently, children’s IQ and mental development and brain development are going to be badly affected.
In fact, I quote:
“This is nothing short of a public health emergency.”
And of course it is—but not for the reasons they claim.
What these people have done to the children is scare the living daylights out of them.
So they all think they’re going to die in 20 years’ time because the Earth is going to boil.
It’s not because of the little bit of increased heat.
If it was increased heat, me living in the tropics—I should have my brain completely frazzled by now.
Yeah, okay. Let’s move on.
We’re going to have bumpier air flights.
Now, of course, if you’re sort of the jet set with your private jet flying around the world telling everybody else how they’ve got to cut their carbon footprint—this is probably a big problem.
Because it’s true—in a warmer climate, there should be more turbulence.
Up to three times, apparently, in the next decade.
But again, as I said before: if we’re all going to burn to hell and Bangladesh is going to be flooded—are we really worried about increased turbulence?
Now, this is an example where I think we need more climate change:
Apparently, Australian lakes are turning pink.
Climate change could turn more salt lakes pink in Western Australia.
In fact, when I look at these lakes, I think I want more pink lakes.
These are seriously cool lakes, and we want more like this.
Blood under pressure.
How climate change threatens blood safety and supply chains.
Apparently, extreme weather events, vector-borne diseases—which of course are caused by climate change—and temperature fluctuation can disrupt blood collection, testing, transport, and storage.
Threatening both the safety and sufficiency of blood products.
So look—in 20 years’ time, if you cut your toe: no blood transfusion for you.
Because we just won’t be able to collect blood.
Then:
Another one on mental health:
“How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health.”
Well, they’re right—there has been a problem with mental health due to climate change.
But it’s the reporting, and the exaggeration, and the catastrophization of it that is the real problem—not the actual heat itself.
Look, people get very depressed in cold, dreary climates.
Go to the north of Scotland—goddamn Wales, where I was for a while.
You want to cut your throat after a little while
because you just want to see a little bit of sun and get a little bit of warmth.
So it’s not like, you know, heat is the only thing that causes mental health problems.
Shooing away more flies than usual.
Climate change could be boosting fly numbers.
Yeah, right.
All right, you’ll like this one:
Baseball home runs are going to be 10% more likely.
This is an article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society—a very prestigious organization.
And look, I thought that this was some sort of spoof—that they were having a lend of me—but I don’t think they are.
So what they’re saying is that because the air is a little bit warmer, it’s less dense.
And therefore, a baseball—or a cricket ball, for that matter—will go a little further.
You get more home runs.
Not that I think 10% more home runs is really a problem, but I think they’re serious.
They say adaptations such as building domes on stadiums or shifting day games to night games reduce temperature effects on America’s pastime:
“Our results highlight the myriad ways that a warmer planet restructures our lives, livelihoods, and recreations—some quantifiable and easily adapted to, as shown here.”
Yes—it is actually pretty easy to adapt.
You don’t put a dome on your stadium; you just make your bat a little bit lighter or your ball a little bit heavier.
Or maybe you just live with a few more home runs.
This must be some sort of metaphor for how—if there’s going to be climate change (and I don’t think there’s going to be anything worrying)—but if there is, then you’re better off adapting to it.
Because it’s cheaper than turning off the fossil fuel supply, which has been so important in improving our lives,
rather than, you know, doing some of these silly things.
Look, you may well have other examples of silly effects where climatists are clearly trying much too hard for some unknown reasons and just making themselves look like gooses.
If you do, put a comment below.
Now, when it comes to gooses—real gooses, otherwise known as geese—apparently they’re badly affected too.
Global heating gave geese migrations stop off northwards.
Well, what a surprise.
They’re affected.
And actually, when I did this, it struck me—let me try almost any animal typing in the word “climate change” followed by animals.
So I did:
- Climate change elephant — You’ll be surprised to know that climate change is a significant threat to elephants.
- Climate change kangaroo — Climate change is impacting kangaroos in various ways, including changing their habitat, food availability, and overall health. They didn’t mention whether the kangaroo’s mental health is affected, but I’m pretty sure it is.
- Climate change chameleon — Yes. Chameleons. Global warming poses significant threats.
- Climate change giraffe — Raid your house in Kenya for extinction because of poaching and climate change.
- Climate change albatross — Climate crisis pushes albatross divorce rates higher. Albatrosses form monogamous relationships. But apparently… and this is in the Royal Society for goodness’ sake. You know—Isaac Newton.
I can barely believe this. Right?
Apparently, albatrosses are splitting up more often.
- Climate change gorilla — Yep. Climate change is making endangered mountain gorillas more thirsty.
Now look, I thought—I can see an adaptation here.
We have this problem with the gin and tonics.
What we can do is: the gin and tonic, which we can’t now sell because it tastes a little bit different due to climate change—we can give it to the mountain gorillas because they won’t notice, because they’re so thirsty.
They’ll drink just about anything.
Problem solved. Two problems solved in one go.
Well, you’ve got to ask—why is this happening?
Why are some perfectly sensible scientists forced into doing some things which really, you know, just makes them look a bit silly?
And actually, it’s turning people off.
People are looking at this and thinking:
Why is it there’s nothing good about climate change?
And some of these things are just really completely crazy.
What is actually happening here is that people are seeing through what’s happening, and they’re trusting science less and less—which is a bad thing in a way.
But it’s a good thing because until the scientific institutions get their act together—especially on climate change and the other big issues of our time—unfortunately, this lack of trust in science is pretty well inevitable.
And as you’ve seen in a lot of my videos, this is something I’ve been trying to do something about.
Because we need to make the scientific institutions reliable again.
(I’m sounding like somebody there.)
Thanks very much.
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