Here is what Biden said, and what follows is a Climate Depot point-by-point rebuttal to each of Biden’s claims.
Biden: "Mother Nature let her wrath be seen over the last 2 years. For example, I've traveled on helicopter over more forest area burned to the ground than the entire state of Md. … If we don’t keep the temperature from going above 1.5C, then … [a] whole generation is damned" pic.twitter.com/hUJ9QTKQ83
Book Excerpt: In 2007, Jones emailed, “The 2 deg C limit is talked about by a lot within Europe. It is never defined though what it means. Is it 2 deg C for globe or for Europe? Also when is/was the base against which 2 deg C is calculated from? I know you don’t know the answer, but I don’t either! I think it is plucked out of thin air.”
“Two degrees is not a magical limit—it’s clearly a political goal,” says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Professor Roger Pielke Jr. explained in 2017 that the 2-degree goal “is an arbitrary round number that was politically convenient. So it became a sort of scientific truth. However, it has little scientific basis but is a hard political reality.”
Biden Claim: A “whole generation is damned.”
Reality Check: Biden is invoking a long history of activists pushing a form of climate religion using the language of religion.
Biden Claim: “Mother Nature let her wrath be seen over the last 2 years.”
Reality Check:
Extreme Weather expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.: “In a few words, extreme weather in 2022 in the U.S. has been — well, pretty normal. Some extreme weather phenomena occurred at a rate or intensity greater than historical averages, but many occurred less. There have been and there will again be many years with far more extreme weather than we’ve seen in 2022.
Dr. Pielke Jr.: The graph below shows a much longer-term perspective for the continuous U.S. over the past 100 years. Under this metric (the PSDI) drought across the lower-48 has actually decreased a bit on that time scale, but the trend is small. Once again the 1930s heavily influence any longer-term trend analysis.
Again, there is little hint of strong trends in the data, but there is some reason to believe that 2022 saw less areas of extreme wetness than observed earlier this century and throughout the longer-term record.
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Tornadoes
One interesting fact about extreme weather in the U.S. is that much of the past decade has seen below average tornado activity. You can see that in the figure below.
If you take a close look at the table in the upper-left of the graph, you’ll see that 10 of the past 11 years have seen below average tornado activity (since 2005), with 2022 (in red) continuing that trend. The last really big tornado year was 2011.
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Hurricanes:
The 2022 North Atlantic hurricane season underperformed compared to seasonal forecasts published earlier this year. You can see that in the graph of cumulative ACE below (via Colorado State University). ACE refers to Accumulated Cyclone Energy and integrates intensity and frequency of storm activity.
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. & Dr. Ryan Maue: “In 2022 there were 18 total landfalling tropical cyclones of at least hurricane strength around the world, of which 5 were major hurricanes. Since 1970 the median values are 16 total hurricanes, with 5 of major hurricane strength. So 2022 was very close to the median of the past half century.” … “The figure below shows no long-term trends in hurricanes or major hurricanes.”
BBC: Millions face threat of flooding from glacial lakes – Excerpt: Up to 15 million people face risk of catastrophic flooding from glacial lakes which could burst their natural dams at any moment, a new study finds.
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But the very LAST SENTENCE OF BBC article concedes: “While scientists expect that glacial floods will increase as a result of human-induced climate change, there has as yet been no such increase.”
UK Government:
Nuclear is green, which is good news but not exactly correct
£20,000,000,000 ($25 billion) for carbon capture, a Great News for never ending Great Gravy Train robbers.
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Stephen Wilde
March 15, 2023 6:26 am
Not interested, though, are they ?
They are counting on the principle that telling lies often enough leads to them being accepted as true regardless of reality.
Or people become resigned to living with the lies even though they suspect the truth, which is pretty much where most of the global population is now.
Goebbels was recognized as a master of propaganda as his work was studied after WWII and is well represented in today’s, er, media. Goebbels did not survive to enjoy the recognition, but I’m sure he would be proud.
He was rather ugly- yet he pitched the idea of the Aryan master race of tall blonds with blue eyes- but he had none of those qualities. I’m surprised he didn’t kill himself to improve the German gene pool. 🙂
Now Joseph, keep quiet and think about what you just said; do you smell the bovine excrement?
But I find a sense of superiority when I think how the people who thunk up the moopoo, were not even intelligent enough to invent plausible lies…
It saddens me, of course, when I see how many people live by the Truth of dogmatic cow patties.
If you read carefully, you may also find that most every quote of Goebels, was in the context of admiration for the work of Bernays. While Bernays forms the basis of the standard textbook, Goebels serves only to perpetuate
“Can anyone manage to listen to more than ten seconds of Biden without reaching for the off button or a barf bag? I can’t.”
I turn Bidet off in a few seconds. The only news I watch on TV is the Tucker Carlson show, and he does talk about President Bidet, so sometimes I hear Bidet Babbling.
Watching Bidet is tempting … like when you’re driving a car and just have to look at an accident on the side of the road as you drive by … when you should be looking ahead. But you just can’t help looking at the accident, even though It serves no purpose, and could affect your driving. Listening to Bidet serves no purpose unless you have low blood pressure and need a boost.
You are obviously prejudiced against people who are elderly and senile. If he weren’t in a position of such obvious power and importance he would be pitied.
Shoki
March 15, 2023 7:17 am
Biden is a senile old man who never was that sharp and has a long history of lying. It is his coterie of handlers who are calling the shots.
Bidet is old now, but when young he beat up Corn Pop, who had a huge chain, a machete, a pistol and an assault rifle. All Bidet had was hairy legs to distract him. And it worked.
Then Bidet got back into his big rig truck — he used to be a truck driver before he graduated near the top of his college class. That was long after he advocated for gay marriage, and marched for racial justice from Selma, Alabama in 1965.
In 2021, President Biden flew over the Caldor fire, which burned about 200,000 acres.
“For example, I’ve traveled on helicopter over more forest area burned to the ground than the entire state of Md.”
Maryland area = 7.9 million acres. That is about 40x the area of the Caldor fire. Find the news stories where he flew over the remaining 7.7 million burned acres. I can’t.
I don’t think he can tell the difference between reality and fantasy. That is what is really scary about the man who is always in the presence of the ‘Nuclear Football.’
SMS
March 15, 2023 7:58 am
Environmentalists like to bring up the increases in forest fires over the past 50 years, ignoring the previous 100 years. But the increase in fires we’ve seen during the last 50 years is still a result of environmental efforts and legislation.
More acres have been put into wilderness, which, if there is a fire, you are not allowed to fight and must let burn.
More acres are infested with Pine Beetles, which got their start because the environmentalists did not want the Forest Service spraying effected areas infested by the beetle. Why? Because of the effects on entire bug population of the forest effected by the spray. Which would have been minor if the spraying had been done when the Pine Beetle was first detected.
Timbering has been almost decimated as a result of protected species. No fire breaks or access to forests made available. Forests grow old and become a part of the fire/regrowth cycle. Something the environmentalists were firm in supporting.
Communities were allowed to build into the forests without making the forests safe by cleaning out the underbrush. If you want to build a community into a forest, then you need to control that forest to make it safe for human habitation. Just being an environmentalist does not mean that the forest will not burn in a destructive way.
So people move into a forest or wilderness area, then demand electric service. The electric company expands service into these fire-prone areas. Then an electric arc ignites a wildfire, and the electric company gets the blame.
It’s like building your house next to an airport, then complaining of the noise, or building in a floodplain and wanting a government bailout when the river rises.
Electric service would not be the problem it has turned out to be if the vegetation was kept clear of the wires and pole top transformers.
Ever notice the 100+ yard wide paths through which high tension towers pass? You think they need all that space cleared just to maintain the towers and what they carry?
I saw it on some TV news program. That’s all I know. Sounds feasible. Maybe somebody here knows more. And no, I don’t believe what I see on TV news programs- just reporting that I saw it and it seemed quite possible. Maybe it was people throwing cigarette butts out the window. I dunno.
Sounds like bullshit to me. Trains are not powered by coal burning steam locomotives spewing hot cinders any more, and most modern diesel locomotives have turbochargers that arrest any sparks before their exhaust reaches the air.
Absent an overheated bearing that is approaching, or in the process of, failure (as with the East Palestine, OH derailment), there’s little in the way of sources for “sparks” from passing trains.
Sure, building in arid areas is a big part of the problem. But stopping all such development ain’t gonna happen. Better to do it more carefully AND do better land mgt. It’s not rocket science to do controlled burns. I remember driving on a back road in George in the ’70s and freaked out when I saw what I thought was a raging fire up ahead- turned out it was a controlled burn. Forests in the south are intensely managed and they seldom have wild fire problems.
Building in those areas prone to fires should be constructed of non-combustable materials like steel reinforced concrete. They allow them to build WOOD FRAMED houses in those areas, with predictable results.
They might as well marinate the wood in gasoline while they’re at it.
85% to 90% of fires are not natural. Slight warming does not cause people to accidentally or deliberately start more fires. More people — population growth — should lead to more accidental fire. Especially if more people live near forests because that’s what they can afford in CA.
Ron Long
March 15, 2023 8:00 am
Good report by Marc. Let’s take a look at this 1.5 to 2.0 deg C increase and a whole generation is doomed theme. It is 10,000 kilometers from the equator to the poles, and the average polar temperature is about -30 deg C, and the average equator temperature is about 30 deg C. So, 60 deg C change over 10,000 kilometers is about 1 deg C per 167 kilometers, or for 2 deg C change it is about 334 kilometers, or 0.03 % of the distance from equator to pole. Sure, ocean and atmospheric currents make the transition irregular, but to adapt to the threat of 2.0 deg C temperature increase you need to move 334 kilometers poleward. For instance you could move from Norfolk, Virginia to Washington DC (not actually recommended). Or, in reverse, if you retire in Chicago and want to live in Miami you could stop in Orlando for the same effect (actually recommended). 2.0 deg C? No pasa nada.
Using actual U.S. climatic temperature gradients, moving from Chicago to Orlando would be about +11 deg C. Moving from northern Illinois to southern Illinois would be +5.5 deg C.
Only 1.5-2 deg C? Someone living in Massachusetts would not even have to leave the state.
Emergency? What emergency? Especially with a gradual change over many decades, no human could even detect any change in his lifetime without being told.
It depends on the time of the year. When I got out of the army on January 13th, my wife and I left Woodstock (VT) with it being about 30 below; 24 hours later we were in Miami and it was 70 degrees.
strativarius
March 15, 2023 8:06 am
Maybe, just maybe, Americans should worry about more than the weather…
“Biden’s latest executive order will ratchet up this socially divisive approach to new levels. His directive instructs heads of all departments and agencies to set up ‘Agency Equity Teams’ within 30 days of the order’s date. The leaders of these teams will then report to a new White House Steering Committee on Equity. The teams are tasked with creating annual ‘Equity Action Plans’, which outline how the agency will promote equity-based policies. No bureaucrat will remain untouched: hiring and performance plans are required to incorporate equity. Indoctrination will be stepped up, with the whole workforce required to undergo continuous ideological training. These newly appointed, woke team leaders will play the role of ideological enforcers.” https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/14/joe-bidens-racial-totalitarianism/
I did read that some schools were holding academic achievements – National Merit awards – back from students in the name of equity…
“I did read that some schools were holding academic achievements – National Merit awards – back from students in the name of equity…” Must be in Lake Wobegon where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.
Speaking about focusing on “equity”, I was reading a report that the CFO of Silicon Valley Bank had spent much of the month prior to the banks collapse focusing on LBTQ+ events. On the banks board of directors, there was one person with banking experience. The rest were major donors to the Democrat party. Which could explain why Yellen was so anxious to bail them out.
Bill S
March 15, 2023 8:07 am
Richard Feynman on the key to science:
“Now I’m going to discuss how we would look for a new law. In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we guess it.
Then, we compute– well, don’t laugh, that’s really true. Then we compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if this law that we guessed is right, we see what it would imply. And then we compare those computation results to nature. Or we say, compare to experiment or experience. Compare it directly with observation, to see if it works.
If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. And that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”
Climate Change claims and the role of CO2 clearly fail this test.
It’s all ‘orange juice’ to me https://youtu.be/2Ks8gsK22PA
mind you, he had great line on ‘boiling oceans’ long before global warming and climate change nonsense came about.
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Joseph Zorzin
March 15, 2023 8:46 am
There would be far fewer forest fires if the forests were managed! I’ve been a forester for 50 years so I say that’s a fact. And such mgt. would be a major economic contribution to the economies of those states and the nation. Wood is a very valuable product and is needed for construction, furniture, paper and energy. There is a new movement, begun here in Wokachusetts, called “proforestation”- the goal is to lock up all the forests with the theory that doing so will “help save the Earth and biodiversity”. Those pushing this theory are fools yet they are having a strong influence over the state’s politicians who are always ready for any idea that sounds “progressive”.
yes, in SOME areas, CONTROLLED fires as part of a forest mgt. program- but not WILD fires- they are NOT part of regeneration in ALL areas, mostly just in arid forests where the pine cones won’t open without a fire- a low level burn, not a hot WILD fire
Well, a mild fire isn’t a terrible thing in most forests- but wild fires tend to be severe and do a lot of damage. Of course the forest will recover but we don’t want immature timber destroyed and any damage to people or their structures. Sure, as far as nature is concerned- there is no problem- nature doesn’t give a dam for our concerns – it’ll do just fine regardless. But we do have concerns so we don’t want wild fires. If you want them, that’s fine, just don’t start any. The rest of us don’t want wild fires. Hurricanes and tornadoes are also regenerative as far as nature is concerned, and floods and earthquakes but we hope to not have many of those either.
No! They do not return the nutrients to the ground. You do know that the plains Indians did their own burns so that greener and more tender and nutritious grass that sprouted later would attract Bison?
That the loss of old growth brings new and healthier growth?
That, depending on the altitude, the burning of conifer groves leads to the sprouting of Aspen groves?
Sure it takes time, and initial apparent damage and animal loss appears to be disastrous, but the cycle of burn and rebirth is one of natures ways of continuing life.
cutting in redwood forests results in regeneration- often gigantic stumps have “suckers” comming up along the edges that are bigger than most trees you’ll see in any non redwood forest
What grows back in what type of forest under what type of conditions is old news to the forestry profession. It’s what we call silviculture. There are large textbooks on the subject. It influences what type of cutting to do- along with long term objectives, along with tracking the economic value, etc., etc. It’s complicated. Many people think foresters just arrange logging, brainlessly. A lot of thought goes into it- though we can’t control the weather and how heavy seed crops will be in the next few years, and many other factors. That’s why forestry is called “an art and science”.
Why would there be far fewer fires if most fires are started by people?
I can understand fewer acres burning in managed forests.
But not “far fewer” fires?
If there are prescribed fires to manage forests, don’t they count too?
The huge number of acres burned in the US in the 1930s was mainly due to prescribed fires set by the CCC when they were not planting trees. They were mainly in the fire district that included SE states, not in California, where they could have been dangerous.
What I meant was there would be fewer wild fires if there were more controlled fires.
Mr Ed
March 15, 2023 8:53 am
Joe Biden is not mentally fit. Period. It’s interesting that the media never
notes he has persistent Afib. Google afib dementia for some insight. The only thing worse than Biden is the media.
The latest –Biden also likened climate change to ‘nuclear war’ as ‘truly existential threat’ facing the country
A psychology professor could use him as an example of several mental conditions.
“Biden: “I’ve traveled on helicopter over more forest area burned to the ground than the entire state of Md.”
(… the entire state of Maryland hasn’t flown over any burned forest ….)
rah
March 15, 2023 9:00 am
A bit OT but I can’t help but mention it. Imagine what it would be like if all of the snow removal equipment being used to dig out the people in the mountains in the west and in New England were EVs. The power is off in those places for the most part.
Snowblowers are pretty much useless hunks of metal against this wet, heavy stuff, and some places got over 3′. Fortunately, some Spring-like weather is on the way.
Depends on the snow blower. But I was really referring to the places where there is a much snow their using front loaders and other heavy equipment to move the snow.
Imagine if snowfall was being managed the way forests are managed.
Snow clearing would be outlawed and your only option would be to wait for the snow to melt in the spring.
So a few people starve and freeze to death. SAVE THE PLANET!/sarc
Joseph Zorzin
March 15, 2023 9:17 am
Biden Approves Oil Drilling in Alaskan Wilderness, Breaking ANOTHER Campaign Promise
Of course that news broadcast by The Young Turks doesn’t like it. As if putting in some roads and some oil wells is going to destroy the wilderness of Alaska- a vast area- a state with just a few hundred thousand people.
Alpha
March 15, 2023 9:37 am
Still can’t believe this senile lying SOaB is in the White House.
I was thinking that a Jumpin’ Joe Bidet reality check would be a full-time job for several people. Of course the leftist fact chokers ignore the nonsense from their hero. Who used to be a truck driver and beat up Corn Pop.
Our president is like Forrest Gump, except he has the power to start a nuclear war. Unless he loses the nuclear Gold Codes.
“The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn’t hungry but thirsty, I must’ve drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers.” – Forrest Gump
I think you might be insulting Forrest Gump. At least he didn’t hold malice against half of the citizens of the United States.
William Howard
March 15, 2023 9:38 am
Joe Buyden tell a fib (most people call them lies) – I am shocked, shocked I tell you – who would have ever thought you couldn’t trust everything our grifter in chief says
donklipstein
March 15, 2023 9:50 am
Regarding the wildfire graph that includes US Forest Service data from 1926 onward: Before 1955, this US Forest Service data includes to varying extent prescribed burns. The high fire years before the mid 1940s included most to all prescribed burns. Back then, Forest Service had so extreme an anti-fire attitude that they opposed prescribed burns. https://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=15127
Something seems wrong with your claim. IF the FS had an extreme anti-fire attitude (which I have directly from Smokey Bear that it is true) then why was the FS doing large prescribed burns before the mid-1940s?
There were lots of prescribed burns in the 1930s by the CCC in the southeastern fire district where such burns were not dangerous. That was not their main job, but caused the unusually high number of acres burned in the 1930s.
The rest of the nation had more acres burned in the 1930s than usual too, because the 1930s were often hot and dry, but much of the huge number of acres burned in the 1930s are from prescribed fires in southeastern states.
It took me a long time to find out what was in the US acres burned numbers. California did not have a huge number of acres burned in the 1930s — that made me suspicious of something unusual in the national acres burned data.
The 555th Parachute Battalion also known as the “triple nickel”. An all black outfit that the military would not deploy to combat because paratroopers were elite and you couldn’t have an elite black unit despite the Army being desperate for infantry in Europe.
LBJ got into the White House when Kennedy was killed.
Clyde Spencer
March 15, 2023 1:06 pm
President Joe Biden made remarkably uninformed and inaccurate climate comments …
Considering ‘Swifty’s’ past history, his comments are not remarkable. Pretty much “business as usual.”
Bob
March 15, 2023 2:14 pm
Americans should have their a$$ kicked for allowing this bottom feeding criminal to be elected President. Legal or illegal this should have never happened. We are a disgrace.
D. Anderson
March 15, 2023 2:54 pm
We’re all damned – from the guy obsessed with America’s soul.
