I was quite pleased to learn (thanks to the Internet Anagram Server) that the title of today’s ramblings is an anagram of : Climate Change Doom The Swedish child-genius Prof Greater Thumbdrive (not to be confused with her distant cousin Greta Thunberg) has determined that unless we all stop breathing by 2050 the earth will be transformed into a hellish landscape where even mountains melt. Even if we do manage to achieve this simple and effective measure the cows will still fart, and so we’re doomed whatever we do.
I misread the headline as "Metal Ogma". Maybe I've been listening to NWOBHM too much?
Neh, no such thing as too much british heavy metal!
Grater Tumbril has turned into self-parody here in Sweden, outside the chattering classes and their fanatical flock. Bumper-stickers with "Fuck Greta!" are not too uncommon in my neck of the woods, and in some areas oop north Green party members have been forced to move, from being so thoroughly shut-out (the swedish expression is "utfryst" - frozen out).
Speaking of the climate and where I'm at, there are findings from around here, dated to 6 000BC, that clearly shows that people lived here and had agriculture. Including growing wheat and flax. It was of course ca 2-3 degrees warmer, yearly average mean temperature, leading to a growing season about 12 weeks longer than today's.
Parts of the "Scandean" mountain range was inhabited year-round until ca 1 000AD, when the encroaching cold made it impossible to live there. Glaciers forming, perma-frost, perma-snow, that kind of thing.
But those are facts, and facts are literally Hitler or something.
Our inability to consider all effects from an intervention is humorous and sad. The limits of our knowledge and information must be primary considerations, which requires humility and honesty.
If the climate change crazies are correct, in several decades my house will be oceanfront property. I’ve always wanted to retire to the beach, so it’s nice to know I’ll be able to pull a Barack and Michelle without having to win the lottery! So please don’t burst my bubble with these reasonable counter arguments.
One day I’m going to wear shorts and flip flops in winter and I’m not even going to have to move to Florida to do so (which is a good thing because they’ve promised me there will be no more Florida anyway).
I misread the headline as "Metal Ogma". Maybe I've been listening to NWOBHM too much?
Neh, no such thing as too much british heavy metal!
Grater Tumbril has turned into self-parody here in Sweden, outside the chattering classes and their fanatical flock. Bumper-stickers with "Fuck Greta!" are not too uncommon in my neck of the woods, and in some areas oop north Green party members have been forced to move, from being so thoroughly shut-out (the swedish expression is "utfryst" - frozen out).
Speaking of the climate and where I'm at, there are findings from around here, dated to 6 000BC, that clearly shows that people lived here and had agriculture. Including growing wheat and flax. It was of course ca 2-3 degrees warmer, yearly average mean temperature, leading to a growing season about 12 weeks longer than today's.
Parts of the "Scandean" mountain range was inhabited year-round until ca 1 000AD, when the encroaching cold made it impossible to live there. Glaciers forming, perma-frost, perma-snow, that kind of thing.
But those are facts, and facts are literally Hitler or something.
Our inability to consider all effects from an intervention is humorous and sad. The limits of our knowledge and information must be primary considerations, which requires humility and honesty.
If the climate change crazies are correct, in several decades my house will be oceanfront property. I’ve always wanted to retire to the beach, so it’s nice to know I’ll be able to pull a Barack and Michelle without having to win the lottery! So please don’t burst my bubble with these reasonable counter arguments.
One day I’m going to wear shorts and flip flops in winter and I’m not even going to have to move to Florida to do so (which is a good thing because they’ve promised me there will be no more Florida anyway).