Why the world’s loudest amateur scientist keeps getting the climate crisis wrong, and how his ignorance is slowing the planet’s last chance at survival.
Thank you so much Mary for your hard work and willingness to expose things for thought and action.
I feel as long as people with huge egos and obscene bank accounts are given(or take)a platform and megaphone to perpetuate the myth that we are somehow just observers of this planets condition, humanity will likely follow along like religion has programmed them, and believe false prophets. To subconsciously see this environmental disaster unfolding as something that an "all-knowing" entity will save us from(like escaping to heaven..or Mars)will continue to give people like Musk the power he believes he has.
We are all in this web of life together, humans are not separate.
For all the reasons mentioned in your essay, Mary, my six adult grandchildren ranging in age from 21-35 yrs. of age have no intentions of bringing children into the world. Their beliefs are founded on the information you so clearly shared with us. Realizing it is their decisions clearly based on the state of our world's future as one main reason, I am saddened by all the joys of parenthood they will miss. Sad , all the way around!
We need to stop listening to billionaires! Bill Gates is doing the same thing with climate change—saying he’s not prioritizing climate change in his philanthropy anymore because it won’t wipe out humanity completely. So apparently, according to billionaire-think, if we don’t all die, it’s not a big deal if many of us die. Makes you wonder why he still cares about providing medicines in Africa. Sick of people being taken seriously because they have a lot of money.
Well this was Brillant - so utterly enjoyed this sentence “The man does hold thoughts; the problem is that none of them are tethered to reality.” And he has “the attention span of a fidget spinner” thank you for an evening laugh..
Brilliant piece. Musk may be the most dangerous being on earth for an assortment of reasons. He could simply pay all major heads of governments to ignore the looming disaster, and I am sure is considering it.
Beware of loud mouthed “experts”. They bray and say things we want to hear. Their words are smooth and tickle our ears.
Real experts are often humble without the cash and flash and brash.
Firestorms, Cat. 5 hurricanes and tornadoes, severe droughts, inhabitable heat zones and melting polar caps with rising sea level all point to Global Warming.
Every day brings another reminder that the concentration of wealth in a tiny fraction of the human population is catastrophic for the planet and its inhabitants.
Trump and Epstein have exposed the rot in the sordid world of the exceptionally wealthy and powerful that Trump reveres. Pedophilia, sociopathy and cruelty cross all borders in the global network of autocrats, oligarchs and enablers. These masters of the universe buy and orchestrate outcomes to serve themselves and impress their fellow elites.
Musk has enough wealth and power to destroy whole ecosystems and societies if he chooses. He and fellow mega-billionaire Putin were/are key Trump enablers and are enjoying the rewards - as are the violent criminals, insurrectionists, billionaire fraudsters, drug lords and murderous tyrants the Trump regime favors.
Days of reckoning are coming, says history. Will the ultra wealthy and powerful continue to have sufficient tools of propaganda and distraction to control us inferior people? Will the imbalances become so extreme there will be change?
I remain grateful for Mary’s astute analyses and first rate journalism.
Considering my contrarian comments below, allow me to say my college degree is in Environmental Studies, and back in the 1980s I was among the early birds who realized that planet warming was a serious problem.
Eventually, as I dug into the problems we have in this country – political, economic, and public health – I began to see the insoluble problems that both parties keep in place, regardless of who has in the majority in Congress. My deep reading pointed to a hidden agenda under climate change: to generate fear and reliance on “smart” houses, appliances, cars, and ever more control over all activity, even our thoughts.
Yep, climate change IS happening. But it’s probably NOT mostly caused by human activities. Here’s a summary of just one book that will challenge the dominant narrative. At minimum, this little-known information will give Mary Geddry’s readers a glimpse of why their rightwing relatives and neighbors aren’t total idiots, but have some solid reasons for not joining the chorus. Some readers might even seek more info to balance the complicated picture of climate, and we humans could begin to adapt to the transitions coming our way.
Here are the objections that Bruce Bunker brings to the 9 myths in his book:
1. The dominant greenhouse gas on Earth is water vapor, not CO2.
2. Earth’s average temperature has ranged from 90 degrees F. down to 50, due to: (1) the shift in the shape of Earth’s orbit (ranging from round to oval), (2) the tip of the axis (between 22.2° and 24.5°), and (3) our planet has a wobble in the axis that alternates between the north pole facing the sun in winter and, 22,000 years later, it faces the sun in summer.
3. The geologic record shows that there is no correlation between Earth’s temperature and atmospheric CO2 levels.
4. The advance and retreat of glaciers is a natural, recurring phenomenon.
5. Weather patterns on Earth have been remarkably similar since the beginning of the Industrial Age.
6. All plant life is based on a photosynthetic process involving carbon dioxide.
7. Renewable energy sources including solar and wind power can’t meet the world’s energy needs.
8. Funding is scarce for scientists who question the Climate Change paradigm, and journal publication nearly impossible.
9. The global warming movement isn’t about saving the planet; rather, it’s a way to inactivate western democracies.
There has never in the earths history has there been a population as large as it currently has and it is growing exponentially. This seems totally missing in your research. Just the number of humans cutting down the Amazon rainforests to grow food etc is affecting the speed of climate change. You agree the sea level rises but don’t explain the impact on humanity, the AMOC currents drop and rise on a regular basis but we are looking at everything happening at once with an ever growing human population with an ever degradation of plant and animal species. Just as other animals are becoming extinct or near extinction what makes humans any different?
There is an irony in Musk's opinion on climate change in that his companies are in the forefront of mitigating it: solar and batteries, EVs, grid level battery storage, autonomous vehicles -- although there is an offset with all the energy sucking server farms -- although many say that AI will help solve the crisis. AI is already making the energy transition to everything electric faster, cheaper, and more coordinated. AI is not as a magic wand, but a force multiplier on technologies we already know work.
Maybe Elon learned something from the DOGE Disaster? My thoughts:
Thank you so much Mary for your hard work and willingness to expose things for thought and action.
I feel as long as people with huge egos and obscene bank accounts are given(or take)a platform and megaphone to perpetuate the myth that we are somehow just observers of this planets condition, humanity will likely follow along like religion has programmed them, and believe false prophets. To subconsciously see this environmental disaster unfolding as something that an "all-knowing" entity will save us from(like escaping to heaven..or Mars)will continue to give people like Musk the power he believes he has.
We are all in this web of life together, humans are not separate.
Brilliant commentary this morning, Mary! Thank you.
Certainly explains his non-interest in the environmental and human damage he is doing in Memphis at his xAI sites.
For all the reasons mentioned in your essay, Mary, my six adult grandchildren ranging in age from 21-35 yrs. of age have no intentions of bringing children into the world. Their beliefs are founded on the information you so clearly shared with us. Realizing it is their decisions clearly based on the state of our world's future as one main reason, I am saddened by all the joys of parenthood they will miss. Sad , all the way around!
We need to stop listening to billionaires! Bill Gates is doing the same thing with climate change—saying he’s not prioritizing climate change in his philanthropy anymore because it won’t wipe out humanity completely. So apparently, according to billionaire-think, if we don’t all die, it’s not a big deal if many of us die. Makes you wonder why he still cares about providing medicines in Africa. Sick of people being taken seriously because they have a lot of money.
I'm betting 2040, Mama Earth will be primed for a Global Epiphany.
Well this was Brillant - so utterly enjoyed this sentence “The man does hold thoughts; the problem is that none of them are tethered to reality.” And he has “the attention span of a fidget spinner” thank you for an evening laugh..
Brilliant piece. Musk may be the most dangerous being on earth for an assortment of reasons. He could simply pay all major heads of governments to ignore the looming disaster, and I am sure is considering it.
So much important information for all of us, Mary🙏🙏🙏
too bad it falls away from the guy with deep pockets and an outsized ego to match
Beware of loud mouthed “experts”. They bray and say things we want to hear. Their words are smooth and tickle our ears.
Real experts are often humble without the cash and flash and brash.
Firestorms, Cat. 5 hurricanes and tornadoes, severe droughts, inhabitable heat zones and melting polar caps with rising sea level all point to Global Warming.
Elon's ignorant position on the impending climate catastrophe is the result of his Grok AI hallucinating.
Every day brings another reminder that the concentration of wealth in a tiny fraction of the human population is catastrophic for the planet and its inhabitants.
Trump and Epstein have exposed the rot in the sordid world of the exceptionally wealthy and powerful that Trump reveres. Pedophilia, sociopathy and cruelty cross all borders in the global network of autocrats, oligarchs and enablers. These masters of the universe buy and orchestrate outcomes to serve themselves and impress their fellow elites.
Musk has enough wealth and power to destroy whole ecosystems and societies if he chooses. He and fellow mega-billionaire Putin were/are key Trump enablers and are enjoying the rewards - as are the violent criminals, insurrectionists, billionaire fraudsters, drug lords and murderous tyrants the Trump regime favors.
Days of reckoning are coming, says history. Will the ultra wealthy and powerful continue to have sufficient tools of propaganda and distraction to control us inferior people? Will the imbalances become so extreme there will be change?
I remain grateful for Mary’s astute analyses and first rate journalism.
Considering my contrarian comments below, allow me to say my college degree is in Environmental Studies, and back in the 1980s I was among the early birds who realized that planet warming was a serious problem.
Eventually, as I dug into the problems we have in this country – political, economic, and public health – I began to see the insoluble problems that both parties keep in place, regardless of who has in the majority in Congress. My deep reading pointed to a hidden agenda under climate change: to generate fear and reliance on “smart” houses, appliances, cars, and ever more control over all activity, even our thoughts.
Yep, climate change IS happening. But it’s probably NOT mostly caused by human activities. Here’s a summary of just one book that will challenge the dominant narrative. At minimum, this little-known information will give Mary Geddry’s readers a glimpse of why their rightwing relatives and neighbors aren’t total idiots, but have some solid reasons for not joining the chorus. Some readers might even seek more info to balance the complicated picture of climate, and we humans could begin to adapt to the transitions coming our way.
Here are the objections that Bruce Bunker brings to the 9 myths in his book:
1. The dominant greenhouse gas on Earth is water vapor, not CO2.
2. Earth’s average temperature has ranged from 90 degrees F. down to 50, due to: (1) the shift in the shape of Earth’s orbit (ranging from round to oval), (2) the tip of the axis (between 22.2° and 24.5°), and (3) our planet has a wobble in the axis that alternates between the north pole facing the sun in winter and, 22,000 years later, it faces the sun in summer.
3. The geologic record shows that there is no correlation between Earth’s temperature and atmospheric CO2 levels.
4. The advance and retreat of glaciers is a natural, recurring phenomenon.
5. Weather patterns on Earth have been remarkably similar since the beginning of the Industrial Age.
6. All plant life is based on a photosynthetic process involving carbon dioxide.
7. Renewable energy sources including solar and wind power can’t meet the world’s energy needs.
8. Funding is scarce for scientists who question the Climate Change paradigm, and journal publication nearly impossible.
9. The global warming movement isn’t about saving the planet; rather, it’s a way to inactivate western democracies.
More at: https://laurenayers.substack.com/p/excerpts-from-the-mythology-of-global
There has never in the earths history has there been a population as large as it currently has and it is growing exponentially. This seems totally missing in your research. Just the number of humans cutting down the Amazon rainforests to grow food etc is affecting the speed of climate change. You agree the sea level rises but don’t explain the impact on humanity, the AMOC currents drop and rise on a regular basis but we are looking at everything happening at once with an ever growing human population with an ever degradation of plant and animal species. Just as other animals are becoming extinct or near extinction what makes humans any different?
There is an irony in Musk's opinion on climate change in that his companies are in the forefront of mitigating it: solar and batteries, EVs, grid level battery storage, autonomous vehicles -- although there is an offset with all the energy sucking server farms -- although many say that AI will help solve the crisis. AI is already making the energy transition to everything electric faster, cheaper, and more coordinated. AI is not as a magic wand, but a force multiplier on technologies we already know work.
Maybe Elon learned something from the DOGE Disaster? My thoughts:
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/the-doge-disaster-postmortum?r=10sd39
folks like elon are not generally too open to learning much. more inclined to drink their own koolaid.
why the world listens to inbred pigs like musk, is beyond me. he lies on equal scale as the orange turd.
the one thing we can all be clear on, re he and his cohort: absolute self interest. nothing else matters.