One of the earliest memorable advertising campaigns for robbing you blind to “fix” the climate depicted a polar bear perched on a sliver of sea ice. The tiny island getaway was getting away from where we were told it belonged and taking the polar bears with it. The bears have outlasted that narrative, as they will likely outlast us despite the lack of proportional press. “Polar Bears are thriving! Experts Got it Wrong!”
The ice has also been uncooperative. The minimum Arctic ice extent has been flat since 2006.
That is the better part of two decades during which the New England Patriots were a team worth watching, and we were promised the iceless Arctic or the geologic equivalent—something we’ve not seen (if you can believe them) in 100,000 years. Were there SUVs and unsustainable fossil fuel emissions (or a decent Patriots team) back then? I didn’t think so. Nor were any about when the land above the Arctic Circle was teeming with life that wandered boreal forests.
Don’t get me wrong; the mass is at modern historical lows, but it has been lower, which is the problem. The “science” refuses to explain it because it can’t. It is easier to shout “la la la la” with their fingers placed expertly in their ears or just shout about how you must be on the take from Big Oil or a Koch brother (because they are on the take, and you’re paying for that).
No need to be glum; tropical storm Helene is aiming for the Florida Panhandle. It’ll be a cat three before it lands (that’s the prediction), which will be messy, and the “climaty,” and your fault despite the otherwise underperforming season.
Grab a drink (with ice) and watch the weather channel coverage. It’ll be partisan goodness all around—anything to use climate to move that Marxist economic needle.
