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40 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 22h \ on: Climate Change - What is the Stacker News consensus view? science
As far as I can tell, bitcoiners seem to be skeptical of claims of human-caused climate change, but perhaps less so of climate change in general.
Personally, I'm of the mind that humans are capable of planetary changes to the climate and at the same time pretty bad at modeling such a complex system as the global climate. This is not to say we shouldn't be worried about global warming, but that we should proceed with caution when making significant reactions.
That’s a fair assessment. Yes Bitcoiners seems to be generally sceptical of catastrophic projections regarding the climate. Which I think is the right approach.
The more I look at the science of climate the more complicated it becomes and the less consensus there seems to be about a ‘climate emergency’ or a need for ‘Net Zero’ which is being pushed in the UK.
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Yeah, there's definitely no need for things like that, and I cringe every time I see or hear serious people talk about climate "crisis." Just go away
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I was in Europe recently. Almost every conversation you have with people, something comes up about climate crisis. Also it's pretty much on every front page of the newspaper.
For instance, I was doing some long distance biking, and it's hot, and the friendly guy I encountered and was talking to must have just read an article because he brought up a "climate crisis" talking point.
Apparently before 2000, occasions where there were 3 days in a row where the nighttime temperature doesn't go below 20 C were very rare. Now, he says, they happen a lot more.
And I'm thinking...that seems like a stretch. How did "they" happen to come up with that particular metric - not going below 20 C at night for 3 nights in a row? Seems kind of random. They probably ran a bunch of numbers till they found something that fit the "crisis" narrative.
People are defensive about this crisis, too. I was talking to a lady recently (French) whose daughter was getting a degree in "environmental science" or something like that. I said something that I thought was pretty mild, like "Oh, a lot of kids are getting that kind of degree". And she got a little huffy, and said, "Well, we really need them!"
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