As the West fitfully weakens industrial civilisation by trying to
eliminate oil, coal and natural gas as energy sources, the scientific
basis for Net Zero is based more on ‘general agreement’ than hard data.
Climate scientists nevertheless sound optimistic about the progress
that’s being made in destroying society’s carbon energy base.
There
are of course criticisms of the idea of a carbon-dioxide-induced
apocalypse, largely supported as it is by general circulation (i.e.,
whole-earth) planetary models. There are too many different GCMs all
with too many free parameters (aka ‘fudge factors’), as well as wildly
divergent readings of historical climate records: Are violent climate
events really more frequent, and how does weather actually relate to
climate? The popular press cries havoc, but the data are not so clear.
The looming economic costs of a Net Zero target are leading to some
political pushback. Nevertheless, the recent jury acquittal of nine
Extinction Rebellion vandals shows that passionate belief in the
imminent dangers of CO2 is not limited to activists....<<<Read More>>>...