
Gus Lo
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Gus Lo
@lo_and_yonder
Climate and Politics.




@SunilSharmaUK Whom to trust? Scientists who dedicate their careers to understanding climate change and its causes, using the “proper data” that tracks back millions of years… or a podcaster who decides there are clicks in taking a position this week? Tough call. Actually it isn’t.


It always makes me laugh when I see Lee Anderson using a bacon sandwich to declare his Britishness to the whole world. Leavened bread - Ancient Egypt 🇪🇬 Bacon - Ancient China 🇨🇳 Butter - Türkiye 🇹🇷 Ketchup - USA 🇺🇸 Brown sauce - British, but made in The Netherlands 🇳🇱





This is a pretty incredible quote: "But that high-emissions scenario (RCP8.5) was always viewed as an unlikely outlier to help galvanize policymakers to reduce greenhouse gases." I suspect that doesn't actually reflect how most scientists intended to use 8.5, but it's still not great that journalists would think of this type of scientific practice as normal (and seemingly endorse it). Some communication failures going on at least. eenews.net/articles/clima…



An Inconvenient Truth for climate alarmists: Al Gore’s dramatic climate warnings shaped a generation — but 20 years later, the data tell a very different story. Climate-related deaths are down 97% over the past century, polar bears more than doubled since the 1960s, and global burned area has decreased by more than 25% over the past quarter century. That's hardly a success of climate policy though: fossil fuels still provide 81% of world energy, emissions keep rising, and $16 trillion+ spent on green policies since Gore's movie came out hasn’t changed the trajectory. A good reminder that panic is a terrible policy adviser. newsweek.com/data-vs-drama-…


BREAKING: The all-time May record temperature of 32.8C has been matched for the first time in 82 years #liveblog-body" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.sky.com/story/weather-…











"Hottest May day for nearly 80 years", screams The Guardian. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m… In other words, 80 years ago it was even hotter. In other words, the climate is getting COOLER! All thanks to CO2, or so we're (without hard scientific evidence) told.




On the long tail of this week's Discourse about RCP8.5, @MichaelEMann and I want to say: "as important as it is to acknowledge progress, it is equally important to counter the disinformation that says we no longer need to worry about the climate future."👇 Link in next tweet.






