‘As false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored’ – Michael Shellenberger rebuts Biden’s claim that climate change will ‘threaten… literally, the existence of our planet’
Biden said, "Without clear approach from other... emitters... storms will continue to worsen"
Shellenberger: "False again! - Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90% in 100 years - Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline*"
"We are more resilient than ever: - Deaths from natural disasters declined over 90% - We produce 25% more food than we need — our largest surpluses in history. And there is no scientific scenario for either of those trends to reverse themselves, even with high levels of warming.
In fact, deaths from natural disasters are at their lowest level in 120 years...
Neither the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor any other reputable scientific body predicts a reversal in the long-term trend of declining deaths, even if temperatures rise another three degrees or more."
Five hours ago Joe Biden said climate change will "threaten… literally, the existence of our planet" — if, that is, we don't take global action
That is as false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored
And nobody in media have fact-checked it
Until now
THREAD https://t.co/XRxxFkS1S8
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) December 29, 2020
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1344015403882692610.html
Five hours ago Joe Biden said climate change will “threaten… literally, the existence of our planet” — if, that is, we don’t take global action
That is as false as anything Twitter or Facebook have censored
And nobody in media have fact-checked it
Until now
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First, climate change does NOT threaten “the very existence of our planet”
That is ridiculous. Not even the most ridiculous apocalyptic environmentalists say that
There was once the idea that Earth could become like Venus but nobody even believes that any more
But Venus aside, there isn’t even a science *fiction* scenario where climate change “literally threatens the existence of our planet”
How would such a thing even occur? There’s not even a mechanism. The worst anyone could imagine was Venus and Venus still exists.
Moving on..
Biden said, "Without clear approach from other… emitters… storms will continue to worsen"
False again!
– Deaths from hurricanes have declined 90% in 100 years
– Every major scientific review says deaths from disasters *will continue to decline*https://t.co/Gc63A4jpaK
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) December 29, 2020
In fact, deaths from natural disasters are at their lowest level in 120 years
Just 2,900 people died from natural disasters in the first half of 2020, which is far lower than the average figures for the last decade
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) December 29, 2020
Neither the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor any other reputable scientific body predicts a reversal in the long-term trend of declining deaths, even if temperatures rise another three degrees or more.
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) December 29, 2020
