• Re: For those seeking knowledge

    From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Thu Aug 24 13:52:17 2023
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29 AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific scam that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this ng who're incapable of an open mind...

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 24 20:44:26 2023
    XPost: nz.politics

    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

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  • From Gordon@21:1/5 to John Bowes on Thu Aug 24 22:05:06 2023
    On 2023-08-24, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29 AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise >> who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific scam that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this ng who're incapable of an open mind...

    I think this because that it very much harder to cancel the scientific narrative as there is much more scientific evidence of past events, people
    all experience the climate and the seasons also keep weaking the boiling
    oceans "fact".

    The Covid narrative could get real traction as it was new, came out of the
    lab, sorry out of the blue, and death was possible. Your family and friends. Society also accepted that the powers that be were the honest and
    honourable, transparent as well.

    The panic pushers do make statements which can been seen so silly. It only
    now that similar statements related to Covid now considered silly.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri Aug 25 13:38:16 2023
    On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:44:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise >who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    I am interested in climate trends. To me it is apparent that our
    planet is warming up, but not apparent is what is causing this and how catastrophic this development is to humans. I get that there is
    opposition to the notion that climate change is man-made, and I
    certainly oppose climate-mitigation in NZ until northern-hemisphere
    countries show serious intent to do the same.

    Am I missing something here? Is there a widespread belief that the
    earth is not warming up?


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Crash on Fri Aug 25 03:04:54 2023
    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:44:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise >>who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    I am interested in climate trends. To me it is apparent that our
    planet is warming up, but not apparent is what is causing this and how >catastrophic this development is to humans. I get that there is
    opposition to the notion that climate change is man-made, and I
    certainly oppose climate-mitigation in NZ until northern-hemisphere
    countries show serious intent to do the same.

    Am I missing something here? Is there a widespread belief that the
    earth is not warming up?

    Not to my knowledge Crash. I have never suggested that it is not warming. And it has gone through warming and cooling periods for millenia.
    My concern is that the assumption, rarely supported scientifically, that the cause is predominantly man-made is at least questionable.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Gordon on Fri Aug 25 17:23:57 2023
    On 24 Aug 2023 22:05:06 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-08-24, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29?AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise
    who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific scam that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this ng who're incapable of an open mind...

    I think this because that it very much harder to cancel the scientific >narrative as there is much more scientific evidence of past events, people >all experience the climate and the seasons also keep weaking the boiling >oceans "fact".

    It is not clear what you mean by that statement. Certainly we have
    been seeing our glaciers retreat for many years, and we are seeing
    fish and sea-birds in NZ Waters that previously did not travel as far
    north, and we hear of ice melting at both poles - leading to larger
    floating this ice around Antarctica (and thinner ice shelves), and
    retreating ice in the Arctic affecting available habitat for polar
    bears for example. Extreme weather events are seen as both
    confirmation of climate change but also as increasing numbers of
    random events that are not cause by anything . . .

    The Covid narrative could get real traction as it was new, came out of the >lab, sorry out of the blue, and death was possible. Your family and friends. >Society also accepted that the powers that be were the honest and
    honourable, transparent as well.
    Death was more than possible - for a short time deaths overwhelmed
    facilities in New York and Italy, ad we saw pictures of large mass
    graves. Death was real, but there were real differences in actions
    taken by governments. Here in New Zealand Opposition parties
    consistently advocated fewer precautions and that we should follow
    countries like the UK, Sweden, Norway, and the USA and Australia. As
    we have seen in every case the precautions taken by our government,
    and the economic actions taken to support companies and workers, led
    to New Zealand having a lower death rate and a better economic outcome
    than the rest of the world - and referring to deaths, had we followed
    the experience of the USA we would have had around 14,000 more deaths
    - death was more than possible . . . and all the actions were taken
    honestly, honourably and transparently - advice was passed on and the
    reasons for the changes explained. However while that was accepted at
    the time, we have picked up on some of the very twisted and extreme
    views that have resulted in anti-vaxxers getting mixed up with other
    issues and inventing grievances; with some political parties being
    very coy about their own views; National and ACT have had to reject
    some people that have been shown to hold extreme views ; not realising
    that the parties have had to reject some of the extremist positions or
    face losing support - they could accept and passively encourage some
    (As the NZ Taxpayer union did with some campaigns) but eventually had
    to come clean that those views did not and would not become party
    policy.)



    The panic pushers do make statements which can been seen so silly. It only >now that similar statements related to Covid now considered silly.
    Our Covid deaths have crept up since restrictions were reduced and now
    removed, but Labour and National now appear to have very similar
    policies regarding what should not be happening; but many do realise
    that in the event of a similar pandemic happening again, they can at
    least rely on Labour to follow professional health advice and to put
    lives before expediency or short term business interests.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Aug 25 06:31:47 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 24 Aug 2023 22:05:06 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-08-24, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29?AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and >>>>expertise
    who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific scam >>>that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this ng >>>who're incapable of an open mind...

    I think this because that it very much harder to cancel the scientific >>narrative as there is much more scientific evidence of past events, people >>all experience the climate and the seasons also keep weaking the boiling >>oceans "fact".

    It is not clear what you mean by that statement. Certainly we have
    been seeing our glaciers retreat for many years, and we are seeing
    fish and sea-birds in NZ Waters that previously did not travel as far
    north, and we hear of ice melting at both poles - leading to larger
    floating this ice around Antarctica (and thinner ice shelves), and
    retreating ice in the Arctic affecting available habitat for polar
    bears for example. Extreme weather events are seen as both
    confirmation of climate change but also as increasing numbers of
    random events that are not cause by anything . . .
    Off topic. This is not about whether there is climate change. That has never really been the subject.

    The Covid narrative could get real traction as it was new, came out of the >>lab, sorry out of the blue, and death was possible. Your family and friends. >>Society also accepted that the powers that be were the honest and >>honourable, transparent as well.
    Death was more than possible - for a short time deaths overwhelmed
    facilities in New York and Italy, ad we saw pictures of large mass
    graves. Death was real, but there were real differences in actions
    taken by governments. Here in New Zealand Opposition parties
    consistently advocated fewer precautions and that we should follow
    countries like the UK, Sweden, Norway, and the USA and Australia. As
    we have seen in every case the precautions taken by our government,
    and the economic actions taken to support companies and workers, led
    to New Zealand having a lower death rate and a better economic outcome
    than the rest of the world - and referring to deaths, had we followed
    the experience of the USA we would have had around 14,000 more deaths
    - death was more than possible . . . and all the actions were taken
    honestly, honourably and transparently - advice was passed on and the
    reasons for the changes explained. However while that was accepted at
    the time, we have picked up on some of the very twisted and extreme
    views that have resulted in anti-vaxxers getting mixed up with other
    issues and inventing grievances; with some political parties being
    very coy about their own views; National and ACT have had to reject
    some people that have been shown to hold extreme views ; not realising
    that the parties have had to reject some of the extremist positions or
    face losing support - they could accept and passively encourage some
    (As the NZ Taxpayer union did with some campaigns) but eventually had
    to come clean that those views did not and would not become party
    policy.)
    They do not support any party. Your lie lives on but is still a lie.



    The panic pushers do make statements which can been seen so silly. It only >>now that similar statements related to Covid now considered silly.
    Our Covid deaths have crept up since restrictions were reduced and now >removed, but Labour and National now appear to have very similar
    policies regarding what should not be happening; but many do realise
    that in the event of a similar pandemic happening again, they can at
    least rely on Labour to follow professional health advice and to put
    lives before expediency or short term business interests.
    We can rely on Labour to do what they always do. Grab power and impose control.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Fri Aug 25 19:30:26 2023
    On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:31:47 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 24 Aug 2023 22:05:06 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-08-24, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29?AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and >>>>>expertise
    who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific scam
    that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this ng
    who're incapable of an open mind...

    I think this because that it very much harder to cancel the scientific >>>narrative as there is much more scientific evidence of past events, people >>>all experience the climate and the seasons also keep weaking the boiling >>>oceans "fact".

    It is not clear what you mean by that statement. Certainly we have
    been seeing our glaciers retreat for many years, and we are seeing
    fish and sea-birds in NZ Waters that previously did not travel as far >>north, and we hear of ice melting at both poles - leading to larger >>floating this ice around Antarctica (and thinner ice shelves), and >>retreating ice in the Arctic affecting available habitat for polar
    bears for example. Extreme weather events are seen as both
    confirmation of climate change but also as increasing numbers of
    random events that are not cause by anything . . .
    Off topic. This is not about whether there is climate change. That has never >really been the subject.
    So you raise an issue, and when it is mildly queried, you arbitrarily
    declare that you cannot explain what you said or why you said it.
    Climate change and the "climate crisis" presumably have some overlap -
    but arguing definitions is one way you try to restrict discussions to
    only your personal views - "right' Tony?


    The Covid narrative could get real traction as it was new, came out of the >>>lab, sorry out of the blue, and death was possible. Your family and friends. >>>Society also accepted that the powers that be were the honest and >>>honourable, transparent as well.
    Death was more than possible - for a short time deaths overwhelmed >>facilities in New York and Italy, ad we saw pictures of large mass
    graves. Death was real, but there were real differences in actions
    taken by governments. Here in New Zealand Opposition parties
    consistently advocated fewer precautions and that we should follow >>countries like the UK, Sweden, Norway, and the USA and Australia. As
    we have seen in every case the precautions taken by our government,
    and the economic actions taken to support companies and workers, led
    to New Zealand having a lower death rate and a better economic outcome
    than the rest of the world - and referring to deaths, had we followed
    the experience of the USA we would have had around 14,000 more deaths
    - death was more than possible . . . and all the actions were taken >>honestly, honourably and transparently - advice was passed on and the >>reasons for the changes explained. However while that was accepted at
    the time, we have picked up on some of the very twisted and extreme
    views that have resulted in anti-vaxxers getting mixed up with other
    issues and inventing grievances; with some political parties being
    very coy about their own views; National and ACT have had to reject
    some people that have been shown to hold extreme views ; not realising
    that the parties have had to reject some of the extremist positions or
    face losing support - they could accept and passively encourage some
    (As the NZ Taxpayer union did with some campaigns) but eventually had
    to come clean that those views did not and would not become party
    policy.)
    They do not support any party. Your lie lives on but is still a lie.



    The panic pushers do make statements which can been seen so silly. It only >>>now that similar statements related to Covid now considered silly.
    Our Covid deaths have crept up since restrictions were reduced and now >>removed, but Labour and National now appear to have very similar
    policies regarding what should not be happening; but many do realise
    that in the event of a similar pandemic happening again, they can at
    least rely on Labour to follow professional health advice and to put
    lives before expediency or short term business interests.
    We can rely on Labour to do what they always do. Grab power and impose control.
    Which was the correct thing to do when a lock down was called in an
    emergency situation - and letting go that power before the pandemic
    had stopped is the other side - but you do try never to see the other
    side of anything - 'right', Tony?

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Fri Aug 25 20:35:42 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 06:31:47 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 24 Aug 2023 22:05:06 GMT, Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> wrote:

    On 2023-08-24, John Bowes <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, August 25, 2023 at 8:44:29?AM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and >>>>>>expertise
    who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    Interesting times. More and more are speaking out about the scientific >>>>>scam
    that is the so called climate crisis:)

    However there are some who have invested so much time pushing it in this >>>>>ng
    who're incapable of an open mind...

    I think this because that it very much harder to cancel the scientific >>>>narrative as there is much more scientific evidence of past events, people >>>>all experience the climate and the seasons also keep weaking the boiling >>>>oceans "fact".

    It is not clear what you mean by that statement. Certainly we have
    been seeing our glaciers retreat for many years, and we are seeing
    fish and sea-birds in NZ Waters that previously did not travel as far >>>north, and we hear of ice melting at both poles - leading to larger >>>floating this ice around Antarctica (and thinner ice shelves), and >>>retreating ice in the Arctic affecting available habitat for polar
    bears for example. Extreme weather events are seen as both
    confirmation of climate change but also as increasing numbers of
    random events that are not cause by anything . . .
    Off topic. This is not about whether there is climate change. That has never >>really been the subject.
    So you raise an issue, and when it is mildly queried, you arbitrarily
    declare that you cannot explain what you said or why you said it.
    Climate change and the "climate crisis" presumably have some overlap -
    but arguing definitions is one way you try to restrict discussions to
    only your personal views - right Tony?
    As I wrote - off topic. The topic I posted about was nothing to do withe whether the climate is changing.
    It was about the cause (man made or not).
    So stick to the topic or start your own thread.
    Your bad English above now corrected.


    The Covid narrative could get real traction as it was new, came out of the >>>>lab, sorry out of the blue, and death was possible. Your family and friends.
    Society also accepted that the powers that be were the honest and >>>>honourable, transparent as well.
    Death was more than possible - for a short time deaths overwhelmed >>>facilities in New York and Italy, ad we saw pictures of large mass >>>graves. Death was real, but there were real differences in actions
    taken by governments. Here in New Zealand Opposition parties
    consistently advocated fewer precautions and that we should follow >>>countries like the UK, Sweden, Norway, and the USA and Australia. As
    we have seen in every case the precautions taken by our government,
    and the economic actions taken to support companies and workers, led
    to New Zealand having a lower death rate and a better economic outcome >>>than the rest of the world - and referring to deaths, had we followed
    the experience of the USA we would have had around 14,000 more deaths
    - death was more than possible . . . and all the actions were taken >>>honestly, honourably and transparently - advice was passed on and the >>>reasons for the changes explained. However while that was accepted at
    the time, we have picked up on some of the very twisted and extreme
    views that have resulted in anti-vaxxers getting mixed up with other >>>issues and inventing grievances; with some political parties being
    very coy about their own views; National and ACT have had to reject
    some people that have been shown to hold extreme views ; not realising >>>that the parties have had to reject some of the extremist positions or >>>face losing support - they could accept and passively encourage some
    (As the NZ Taxpayer union did with some campaigns) but eventually had
    to come clean that those views did not and would not become party >>>policy.)
    They do not support any party. Your lie lives on but is still a lie.



    The panic pushers do make statements which can been seen so silly. It only >>>>now that similar statements related to Covid now considered silly.
    Our Covid deaths have crept up since restrictions were reduced and now >>>removed, but Labour and National now appear to have very similar
    policies regarding what should not be happening; but many do realise
    that in the event of a similar pandemic happening again, they can at >>>least rely on Labour to follow professional health advice and to put >>>lives before expediency or short term business interests.
    We can rely on Labour to do what they always do. Grab power and impose >>control.
    Which was the correct thing to do when a lock down was called in an
    emergency situation - and letting go that power before the pandemic
    had stopped is the other side - but you do try never to see the other
    side of anything - 'right', Tony?

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Sat Aug 26 09:23:14 2023
    On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:04:54 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:44:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and expertise >>>who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    I am interested in climate trends. To me it is apparent that our
    planet is warming up, but not apparent is what is causing this and how >>catastrophic this development is to humans. I get that there is
    opposition to the notion that climate change is man-made, and I
    certainly oppose climate-mitigation in NZ until northern-hemisphere >>countries show serious intent to do the same.

    Am I missing something here? Is there a widespread belief that the
    earth is not warming up?

    Not to my knowledge Crash. I have never suggested that it is not warming. And >it has gone through warming and cooling periods for millenia.
    My concern is that the assumption, rarely supported scientifically, that the >cause is predominantly man-made is at least questionable.

    The most-often cited link to man-made cause seems to be the large
    increase in CO2 emissions, starting with the advent of steam power
    during the industrial revolution (produced by fire-heated boilers) and
    then increasing substantially with the extraction/refining of crude
    oil and the burning of refined product.

    I don't know all the nuances linking CO2 emissions to man-made global
    warming so I would appreciate clarity on this.


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Crash on Sat Aug 26 00:06:08 2023
    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:04:54 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:44:26 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    https://waikanaewatch.org/2023/08/24/the-founder-of-the-weather-channel-debunks-the-climate-cult/
    There is an increasing number of people with solid backgrounds and >>>>expertise
    who are saying similar things.
    Time to open minds.

    I am interested in climate trends. To me it is apparent that our
    planet is warming up, but not apparent is what is causing this and how >>>catastrophic this development is to humans. I get that there is >>>opposition to the notion that climate change is man-made, and I
    certainly oppose climate-mitigation in NZ until northern-hemisphere >>>countries show serious intent to do the same.

    Am I missing something here? Is there a widespread belief that the
    earth is not warming up?

    Not to my knowledge Crash. I have never suggested that it is not warming. And >>it has gone through warming and cooling periods for millenia.
    My concern is that the assumption, rarely supported scientifically, that the >>cause is predominantly man-made is at least questionable.

    The most-often cited link to man-made cause seems to be the large
    increase in CO2 emissions, starting with the advent of steam power
    during the industrial revolution (produced by fire-heated boilers) and
    then increasing substantially with the extraction/refining of crude
    oil and the burning of refined product.

    I don't know all the nuances linking CO2 emissions to man-made global
    warming so I would appreciate clarity on this.

    I saw a chart some time ago showing the rate of growth of vegetation/trees etc for different levels of CO2 in the air. And it showed that the optimum CO2 level was a few hundred years ago and CO2 is actually lower than that now. I will see if I can find that chart and post a link here.
    Tony

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