The hottest by 0.09 degrees. Hmmmm, hardly a big move since 2016 the previous ‘hottest day’. At that rate by the end of the century we might have increased 1 degree.
So let me help. The earth is in a modest warming phase. How do we know that, well half of the 1.2 degrees the earth has supposedly warmed since the Industrial Revolution occurred before man made CO2 was 5% of what it is today.
It’s a natural reaction to the end of the last cooling cycle. Probably added to by man’s actions, CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
But all these claims of increasing disasters tend to be false….they are the Hydroxychloroquine of climate science….anecdotal observations.
My sense is there is some ongoing warming in certain areas and probably on balance. But not everywhere. They were wearing jackets at Wimbledon yesterday. We have seen one 90 degree day so far in the Midwest, with no more in the forecast for July. Hundred degree days seem to be in the past.
And the coldest day ever in China, the world’s largest land mass was recorded in the last year.
But if we want to eliminate all doubt, we should be converting oil fired plants to natural gas and coal fired plants to nuclear. What we are doing with electric cars is just decoration. Wind and solar are helpful, but only in some regions.
It’s the new religion, so it’s hard to be rational….but the topic is too important, if we screw up our energy capability 8 billion lives are at risk. Without oil the world’s population would be decimated.