This is Germany’s Alice Weidel, a politician from Germany’s right-wing extremist party, Alternative for Germany. She studied economics and finance in college. Who could possibly care what she thinks about climate change?
Category: Climate Change
Banning Drag Queens from High Schools
Prioritizing the relative importance of addressing America’s social woes is, to be sure, an inexact science. Our war vets are living on the streets, dying of preventable diseases. We may never have another free and fair election. Clean energy, which …
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Understanding Climate Science
When I was a young boy, my maternal grandfather have me a great number of pieces of solid advice that I’ve carried with me through life. One that I’ll never forget, though it was clearly not an original thought on …
CO2 Levels and Climate Change
To answer the question posed here from a reader: I do. I have a degree in physics. Before that, I graduated from high school. Obviously, there are scientifically illiterate people all around the country who know less about the atmosphere …
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation
It’s a pleasure to see that Dr. Brian Cox has become so popular, having joined the ranks of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, and a few others. This phenomenon of celebrity physicists is one of very few bright spots in …
Infringing on the Rights of Others
I agree with what Ricky Gervais says here; I would only add that there are dozens of ways religion impinges on others. In my view, the most common is that it impedes our implementing science in things like climate change …
Opinions on Climate Change
There are tens of millions of Americans who believe that climate change is a hoax. The United States population is about one-third composed of uneducated folks who will believe anything Trump and ultra-right-wing “news” agencies tell them. This is not …
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Could You Be Paid to Sow Disinformation into Our Society?
99% of this is totally incorrect. But hey, who cares, right? There’s a huge market for disinformation, and I’m sure the author of the meme here was handsomely paid.
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Is Greta Thunberg a Climate Scientist?
My Republican mother used to ask me about Greta Thunberg, “Since when has a 15-year-old girl become an expert on climate science?” “She’s not,” I would reply, “She’s a political activist who trusts what scientists are telling us over what …
Where Surveys Are Irrelevant
We don’t need opinion polls regarding matters of fact. This is why it’s incorrect to say that we do (or do not) believe in climate change. One either understands or does not understand climate science. The same concept applies to …
