Back in the early days of the global warming hysteria, people pointed to rising temperature readings without taking into effect other causes — like that the weather station used to be in a forest, and now it’s in the middle of a development, or it used to be in a field, and now it’s sitting on black pavement.
That came to mind when I read this. World now sees twice as many days over 50C
Yes, the world is warming. It has been since the end of the last glacial period. And yes, some of that warming is due to human activity.
But you can’t …. No, unfortunately, you can. You shouldn’t go around making your case for radical solutions if you don’t pay attention to reasonable criticisms from skeptics.
In this case, are there more days over 50C because we’re better at measuring them? I don’t know, and the article doesn’t say. It sure would be nice if the person writing the article was aware of that question and addressed it.
There’s also the problem of focusing on only one side of the equation. Bjorn Lomborg has pointed out that while the number of people who have died attributable to extreme heat has increased in past decades, it’s hugely outweighed by the decrease in people who have died attributable to extreme cold over the same time period. Now I realize (as does he) that’s just one number and doesn’t prove that global warming is good, but consistently, only one side of the ledger is *ever* represented in public discourse about this stuff.
There’s a heavy presumption that global warming is net harmful for humanity. And to support that, we are constantly provided with evidence of harm caused by rising temperatures and warming-attributable weather changes. But there is no attention to the question of whether some relevant conditions are improved by rising temperatures, at least not in the official messaging and media coverage on the topic.
True. There are good and bad things about increased CO2 and warming. I’m not sure there’s anything good about sea-level rise. But you’re right. We’re only told the doomsday version of things.
Yes, that’s what I mean. It’s probably not good overall, but please don’t tell us that you’re giving us the “facts and science” in order to properly educate us about the situation, while deliberately ignoring entire sets of metrics. Just admit that you know better and we just have to shut up and do what we’re supposed to do, if you’re going to take that attitude.