Climate change
“Climate change”, Monterey Herald – July 5, 2023
Editor’s Note: Below is Richard Hellam’s original copy that was sent to the Monterey Herald and the newspaper’s edited version. Often, shortening a particular letter is done to allow for all the letters to fit on the editorial page. Other times, it might be a case of bias. You be the judge.
The White House recently gave support for a new study of blocking the sun’s warming effect on climate change. One suggestion, supported by an impressive total of 60 “climatologists”, would have us somehow emplacing a layer of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere as that blocking agent. Now, these 60 are many fewer than the 1200 or so climate experts such as Al Gore and Chicken Little who drive the “climate change” theory to begin with, but they do hold the attention (for the moment) of the current occupant of the White House.
Setting aside the climate deniers’ claims that severe natural disasters (Krakatoa, the 1811 New Madrid earthquake, the great Galveston hurricane, and the flood of 1900, to name a very few) have always occurred, let’s use one of the climate guardian’s own dire predictions of doom to illustrate how fatuous are their predictions. Remember the Acid Rain of the 1970s? The premise was that the forests and lakes would be destroyed by acid rain from the skies. What made acid rain? Sulfur dioxide rising from the earth to mix with water vapors in clouds would create sulfuric acid which would then rain down and destroy the planet. Never happened, the earth simply absorbed and diluted any threat. Yet these 60, and Joe Biden, see wisdom in throwing massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
People are easily swayed by oft-repeated phrases, whether verified or not. The important thing is to keep repeating them to firmly secure these concepts in gullible minds. Most people are unfortunately too unaware of scientific knowledge, or of past history of the world to even question the veracity of some of these phrases. They just simply accept them. One we hear very often is “follow the science”. Now that phrase means absolutely nothing by itself. It is, however, quite handy for the dull of mind to smugly establish their wisdom and gain the high ground in debate. With “follow the science” in mind, let’s go back to the keen acuity of the aforementioned Joe Biden. Despite the very well-established accuracy of DNA, this stalwart family man still denies the existence of one of his own grandchildren. What happened to “follow the science” there, Joe?
The Monterey Herald edited version.
The White House recently gave support for a new study of blocking the sun’s warming effect on climate change. One suggestion, supported by an impressive total of 60 “climatologists,” would have us somehow placing a layer of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere as that blocking agent. Now, these 60 are many fewer than the 1,200 or so climate experts such as Al Gore and Chicken Little who drive the “climate change” theory to begin with, but they do hold the attention (for the moment) of the current occupant of the White House.
Setting aside the climate deniers’ claims that severe natural disasters (Krakatoa, the 1811 New Madrid earthquake, the great Galveston hurricane, and the flood of 1900, to name a very few) have always occurred, let’s use one of the climate guardian’s own dire predictions of doom to illustrate how fatuous are their predictions. Remember the acid rain of the 1970s? The premise was that the forests and lakes would be destroyed by acid rain from the skies. What made acid rain? Sulfur dioxide rising from the earth to mix with water vapors in clouds would create sulfuric acid which would then rain down and destroy the planet.
Never happened, the earth simply absorbed and diluted any threat. Yet these 60, and Joe Biden, see wisdom in throwing massive amounts of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
— Richard S. Hellam, Seaside