Sorry about the "Miss Thingamy" in my title but for a moment I simply could not recall the name of that peculiar-looking Scandie gal who sailed across the Atlantic, rather than fly, to warn all you 'Yankee-doodles' that you are on the tip of extinction from global warming! However, now I remember her name - Miss Greta Thunberg, of course. How could I forget?
Anyway, dear Ms. Thunberg, I bring thee glad tidings of great joy, although to be honest, I don't think you will appreciate it, but the fact is, there has been no warming in the good, ol' US of A since 1985:
In fact, the chances are that there has been no warming since the 1930s. The phony stats touted by the 'Warmers', as Anthony Watts proved years ago, are as bent as Michael E. Mann's 'hockey stick' graph! Today we have a set of clean and un-interfered with measurements taken from a wide collection of weather recording sites across America which were set up specifically in locations clear of any local interferences such as concrete or tarmac or massive reflective windows which bent all the results from the older weather sites.
These new results conform closely to satellite readings which indicate a warming of merely:
0.15 degrees Celsius since 2005, which is less than half the pace predicted by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate models. [My emphasis]
So, dear Miss Thunberg, you can fly home on a gas-guzzling aircraft without troubling your precious conscience but, please, do us all a favour and just shut up and keep your 'hot air' to yourself! Tack så mycket!
Warmies probably don't appreciate the irony but the owners of said yacht have to fly two crew members to the US to bring it back to Europe. Net gain for the environment - zero.
And then there is the yacht itself constructed of mainly carbon and other exotic materials which in the production make jet exhaust look benign.
Go home Miss Thunberg and get help.
Posted by: AussieD | Thursday, 29 August 2019 at 13:11
But we all know the solution to global warming and have been applying it for decades.
So long as there are regular get togethers for the great and good, with first class air travel, in luxury resorts, with loads of champagne the climate will remain stable, despite rising CO² concentrations. Stop the meetings and we'll all fry!
All the other stuff? Well they need something to talk about over the canapes.
Posted by: Pat | Thursday, 29 August 2019 at 15:19
Surely the only carbon neutral way for Miss Thunberg to return home is to swim.
Posted by: Uncle Mort | Thursday, 29 August 2019 at 17:57
She can probably walk on water.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Thursday, 29 August 2019 at 22:40
Only Loz our Saviour can walk on water and save the British from their stupidity on leaving the EU. Always look on the bright side of life!
Posted by: Glesga | Thursday, 29 August 2019 at 23:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M
Posted by: AussieD | Friday, 30 August 2019 at 01:23