6/8/19: In case you missed it, during his trip to Great Britain, the president sat down with Prince Charles, who wished to discuss climate change. The prince believes climate change is a threat to the planet because he is not a moron.
Unfortunately, talking with Trump for 90 minutes proved to be as useful as talking to a tree stump. The president later described their meeting in an interview with the British journalist Piers Morgan.
“What did the Prince say to you about climate change?” Morgan inquired.
Whatever he said, Trump wasn’t listening;
because he missed the main point, and all the ancillary points. Below, we offer
up the Moron-in-Chief’s comments and add an “interpreter” to aid you.
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Trump wants crystal clean air and water!
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TRUMP: What [the Prince] really wants and what he really feels warmly about is the future.
INTERPRETER: Yes – the future –
a time when Barron Trump’s kids will be growing up, and even Barron and his
children will realize you were clueless.
TRUMP: He wants to make sure future generations have climate that is good climate, as opposed to a disaster, and I agree. I did mention a couple of things. I did say, “Well, the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are, based on all statistics.”
INTERPRETER: You do realize the U.S.
climate is part of the global climate? Also, “clean” isn’t the issue. It’s
temperature, you buffoon!
TRUMP: And it’s even getting better because I agree with that. I want the best water, the cleanest water – crystal clean, crystal clean air.”
INTERPRETER: Climate change isn’t about
clean water. Can some White House adviser explain this to the president, and talk
slowly? Because clearly, Trump can’t grasp even the most rudimentary concepts.
By now, Morgan had to be thinking, “Okay, I might as well be talking to a zebra, for all the good I’m doing.”
Still, he asked Trump if he believed in climate change.
TRUMP: I believe that there’s a change in weather and I think it changes both ways.
INTERPRETER: Yes, weather changes both
ways! When the sun comes up, it gets hotter. When the sun goes down it gets
cooler. Sometimes it’s spring. Or summer! Fall mornings are brisk. We also have
something called “winter!” Then it snows!
Finally, Morgan asks the president if he gave Prince Charles any reason to hope. Would the U.S. be taking any actions to address the threat while Trump was in the White House?
TRUMP: I think we had a great conversation
[emphasis added].
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Trump seems unable to understand: climate is different than changing weather. |
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BACK HOME that same day, White House officials were editing Congressional testimony to be given by Dr. Rod Schoonover, Senior Analyst for the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Because who wants to hear depressing truths related by actual scientists, truths such as these:
Our preferred sources are
from the U.S. government technical agencies such as NASA, NOAA and USGS and
U.S. scientific institutions such as the National Academy of Sciences. We also
utilize information and analysis from many other domestic and international
sources, particularly peer reviewed journals.
The White House doesn’t want anyone to know that NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey all believe evidence points to serious climate-change related troubles ahead.
The paragraph cited above is excised.
“Extreme weather and climate events are a major risk for all societies…”
Cut…cut!!! Out goes that line.
Potential future tipping point processes include:
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Very rapid die offs of many
critically important species, such as coral or insects
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Rapid conversion of Amazon
and other rainforests to grassland
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Massive release of carbon
from methane hydrates or permafrost carbon
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The continuous decrease in
summertime Arctic sea ice
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Rapid melting in West and
Arctic or Greenland ice masses
Okay, cut that list, which goes on even longer;
and count on the president to keep saying climate change is a “hoax.”
“Absent extensive mitigating factors or events, we see few plausible future scenarios where significant – possibly catastrophic – harm does not arise from the compounded effects of climate change.”
CUT, CUT, CUT, CUT!!!! send VP Pence out to talk about how cool it is to burn more
coal.
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A NEW APP allows us to “see” climate change globally, or in our area, at a website called showyourstripes.info. Blue stripes show years that were cooler than the average temperature over the last century and a half. Red and orange indicate years that were hotter.
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Temperatures for the United States (above) vary more during the years 1895-2018. The warming in recent decades is clear.
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Records for Ohio (above) show ups and downs, 1895-2018, but the same heating trend in recent decades.
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We see the same variations with Texas, but starting in 2000, the trend is always hotter, as seen around the globe.
You can knock yourself out looking, but although
you have local variations, the trends are clear. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
the planet is heating.
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