Climate Scientists “Gone Astray”…”Climate Alarm Bubble Gradually Rupturing”, German Scientists Say
At the Wall Street Journal, Steven F. Hayward penned a great summary on the current state of the climate movement, telling that the CO2 climate change issue is quickly running out of oxygen. Comparing the movement to earlier environmental movements, Hayward tells us that such movements can be broken down into 5 phases: Bring attention to the problem Euphoric enthusiasm to solve it Realization of the huge, painful costs Thus a decline of interest follows Issue moves to limbo…kept on life support When it comes to climate change issue, today we find itself at stage 4, at least in Europe. In the USA it’s at about stage 5. So it’s little wonder that climate scientists are frustrated, and openly lashing out in bursts of rhetorical aggression, of the sort we discussed here when criticized. Climate scientists losing relevance Leading climate scientists, who once fancied themselves as the architects of a new society and as policy masterminds, are now realizing they are becoming irrelevant. A very bitter pill to swallow indeed. Yesterday German scientists Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt commented (below) on the NASA’s Gavin Schmidt’s and the PIK’s Stefan Rahmstorf’s harsh reaction to the public criticism from sociologist and and think-tank director Oliver Geden: Stefan Rahmstorf loses his nerves at Twitter Geden believes the job of policymaking needs to be left to policymakers, and not nerdy climate scientists in lab coats. Geden accused the activist climate scientists of “overconfidence bias”. ===================================== Lüning and Vahrenholt comment at Die kalte Sonne on the reaction that ensued: “Naturally that did not please the climate alarmists at all. Foremost they want to rescue the world and turn it inside out. God forbid the notion of having to return to their dark labs and having to carry out the tedious and dull work involving climate science. The desire for power is strong, and people generally do not give it up so easily. Gavin Schmidt takes the stage. You know him: he’s the director of the NASA-GISS Institute and climate activist, just like his predecessor. He tweeted that climate scientists indeed could be politically active because after all they are constantly being asked for their opinions by decision-makers. Smart climatologists have long understood this (Schmidts tweet). That was a cue for one of Schmidt’s best friends, namely Stefan Rahmstorf. He immediately took out the big stick from his bag to retaliate against the criticism aimed by Geden at his alarmist colleagues. He accused Geden of having much less contact with policymakers than him and his associates. Rahmstorf has “discredited himself” Moreover, he accused Geden of lacking academic credentials. Rahmstorf advised Geden to finally leave his climate colleagues alone and that they did not need his advice Tweet here. That’s the Rahmstorf we love: unreceptive to criticism and hits out below the belt. No wonder that he is no longer allowed to write on the IPCC report. With his very unbearable manner, he has completely discredited himself. Geden coolly responded to Rahmstorf’s emotional outburst: You want to make this personal, even if you haven’t been involved in the conversation? And my academic achievements aren’t good enough to criticize questionable factual claims? These are usually good enough to review articles on climate targets in Nature research journals… plus: what exactly do you know about my direct contacts w/ policymakers? It’s my daily job since my institution (@SWPBerlin) is funded by the Chancellery to advise (whole) government and parliament (not only enviro & research), I even worked at the top level of two ministries, therefore: I know not only what policymakers and politicians say when meeting ‘leading climate scientists’, but also what they say before and after those meetings, and what role (new) scientific knowledge plays in actual policymaking.’ Climate scientists “gone astray” The above Twitter communication is a nice document confirming how the representatives of climate alarmism have gone astray. Obviously there is no interest in a balanced professional discussion. Research from inconvenient subjects should be stopped, policymakers should only listen to the alarmists. The climate alarm bubble is gradually coming apart and we are seeing live.” =========================================
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