Friday, July 26, 2019

 FROM OUR STEAM COAL CORRESPONDENT IN AUCKLAND

Remember, it’s about the unmelted water

Takes a while to melt this baby.

Not about the ice

We’re not afraid of icebergs out here West of Newfoundland. Since pre-humans started paddling logs  over 2 million years ago we’ve been dealing with icebergs , and they have never destroyed us.
Forget climate. Let’s be honest: we’re afraid of Dangerous Anthropogenic Menaces to Navigation (DAMN). It’s a long name, with a hard word in the middle, but that’s what we’re afraid of.

Not icebergs-  they sink harmlessly if you call for full steam ahead and ram them square on.

Insights from the
NZ Climate Science Coalition

European heat wave June 2019

What climate emergency?

Articles in Business Insider since late June make outlandish claims about the European heat wave. Outlandish because they imply this was man-made global warming destroying the environment. It was nothing of the kind, just local weather systems producing temporary extreme temperatures. Continue Reading →