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'Gaia' Scientist Admits Mispredicting Rate of Climate Change
DesScorp writes "James Lovelock, the scientist that came up with the 'Gaia Theory' and a prominent herald of climate change, once predicted utter disaster for the planet from climate change, writing 'before this century is over billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable.' Now Lovelock is walking back his rhetoric, admitting that he and other prominent global warming advocates were being alarmists. In a new interview with MSNBC he says: '"The problem is we don't know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books — mine included — because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn't happened," Lovelock said. "The climate is doing its usual tricks. There's nothing much really happening yet. We were supposed to be halfway toward a frying world now," he said. "The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time it (the temperature) has stayed almost constant, whereas it should have been rising — carbon dioxide is rising, no question about that," he added.' Lovelock still believes the climate is changing, but at a much, much slower pace."
If he had believed his own "theory" he would have moved to the Arctic. He hasn't.
Most of this stuff is aimed as an excuse for increasing govt control, the usual statist stuff, with the early alarmists in charge of course, since they're the most experienced WRT the subject etc etc. "I'll be king of the carbon credits market!!" or "I'll be the bureaucrat at the EPA in charge of the CO2 as a poison department!!" and so on.
Evacuation to the arctic is pointless is the goal was control and power here. Unless we annex the arctic as a "northern manifest destiny" or something like that. Which could happen...
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Take a tour round Paris sometime. Looks like the population's there already.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Evacuation to the arctic is pointless is the goal was control and power here."
It's not about power. That is a lie designed to create fear. It was created by people who mkae a lot of money selling products that spew crap into the air.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
I hold nothing but skepticism for the people who say "scientific consensus!"
OK. Where do you get your information? Who do you trust?
Just like De-Stalinization, his own kind reject him now. So excuse me while I say, Lovelock, you son of a b****! Go to hell.
You see this anger and paranoia among so many populist causes, such as climate change deniers. It's an old populist tactic; get people angry and they won't listen or think; it provokes them to action and insulates them against reason.