"Green" policies are destroying this country

Ok, you've finally pushed me over the edge. "(respected) Climate scientists are 'evil'"

You're completely beyond reasonable discussion.

I've tried to talk some family members off the edge of insanity before. When the word evil comes up, it's impossible to talk anymore.

I wish you the best but you're not thinking in rational terms anymore.

I mean, I've shown you real world examples of the climate catastrophe nonsense that gets peddled on an all to regular basis. You can't possibly have any idea if this is the last dying thrust of the great barrier reef or a natural recovery. The real data is showing the opposite to what you are predicting.

Why do you think the biosphere is in trouble? The planet is getting greener, crop yields are increasing, humans are flourishing with more and more people getting out of poverty. We've a way to go to improve the environment and reduce pollution but we'll get there. Humans are going to be just fine for the next few thousand years bar a meteor strike or some other anomaly.

Honestly, take a step back from the climate catastrophe mumbo jumbo and start looking at the positives going on right now all around the world instead of politicized IPCC summaries and other over the top predictions of our doom.

The data shows record breaking bleaching events happening when SSTs are hot. The data also shows SSTs being hotter more often

There may be some 'recovery' in tha la Nina years but the fact is, SSTs will soon get to a point where the current ecosystem collapses and we're left with either nothing or a severely depleted alternative.

This is in the IPCC reports.

All life won't be lost but biodiversity will be lost. some corals will survive but complex systems will be lost and the corals will shift to a new state that supports way less life than they currently do.

There's no "may be some recovery", they are recovering. Despite the fact we were told they "could" disappear. Coral is sensitive to temperature but it's also sensitive to the farming runoff that was happening all down the Queensland cost until tighter measures were put in place over a decade ago. It's another example of having a myopic focus on climate and ignoring other facts which can be solved far easier than repowering the world off wind and solar at extraordinary expense.

They have all the hallmarks of good old fashioned grfters.

They're scientists and their positions are supported by the best available scientific evidence.

On the other hand, we have Exxon who know the exact same science, but choose to act in ways knowing that it will massively increase the risk of passing these tipping points with potentially catastrophic consequences.

Plans to give free surplus wind electricity to social clients.

https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/free-electricity-for-tens-of-thousands-of-households-from-surplus-supply-in-windy-day-scheme-42285556.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeding&fbclid=IwAR31i9KPCG0HEHzDhVXrrQXCpUsu27Ya6BZikchjGsS2OFsI9O4yg13E1Ls

Love the way it’s assumed everyone in social housing is struggling but if you’re not in social housing you’re fine.

Its a Pilot proof of concept scheme and you have to start somewhere.

Ultimately everyone will be availing of very cheap/free energy in the times when there is more wind and solar than there is demand. This will balance the load so that we don't have peak demand in the middle of the day, and very low demand at night

It means we can build a grid to fit average demand rather than having to have enough capacity for peak plus additional backup capacity in case a system trips out during peak hours

The difference is storage. Before now, in the 20th century grid, energy had to be used instantly as it was produced or we had very limited storage in pumped Hydro

Now, we're in transition to a system where energy is going to be generated as it is available, and then stored for when it's needed. Every BEV in the country will be an energy storage device, there will be commercial grid scale battery storage providers who can top up their batteries when energy is abundant, and sell it when supply is low. Commercial and industrial facilities will have generation and storage facilities on site to take advantage of the changes in the price of electricity and as backups so that they won't have to rely on peak electricity prices.

How much does it cost to backup your Nuclear power plants for when they fail unexpectedly?

Stefan Rahmstorf has been caught out several times in his own native Germany. Like Michael Mann he gets away with it because he aligns with the dominant narrative. For those not aware Potsdam has influence in this country through Maynooth university and the climate change advisory quango, in the person of Prof. Dr Ottmar Edenhofer.

Caught out doing what by who?

Michael Mann, was proven right btw.