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I’m sure humans are affecting the global climate. I’m also sure the impact is miniscule, immeasurable and irrelevant. In fact, I would expect that our large cities and asphalt paving in modern societies around the world would affect the climate more than CO2, especially considering the miniscule amount that our contribution from energy usage adds to the already miniscule amount of CO2 that is in the atmosphere.

We are the most versatile and adaptable species ever recorded on this planet. A slow rise in temperature of 1 degree average every 100 years, is plenty of time for humans to adapt. And by the way, it hasn’t been 1 degree per year.

So, no. The weather is not getting more extreme. It just gets reported more dramatically than ever before as media outlets compete to dramatize more than their competitors to bring in viewers and clicks.

>> So, no. The weather is not getting more extreme. It just gets reported more dramatically than ever before as media outlets compete to dramatize more than their competitors to bring in viewers and clicks.
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You are so right—the second we had a 24/7 channel devoted to weather, weather became dramatized and catastropized. Huge problem.

I used to live in an area hit by hurricanes. One day I saw a map of the East Coast and Western part of the Atlantic with 2 or 3 dozen hurricane paths marked on it. It was very easy to see how hurricanes have shaped our coastline.

In addition, I lived in that area over enough years to see it get developed. At first there were just a few hardy fishermen there, and their houses were old. Then there were vacationers buying land cheap and building small houses because people weren’t going there for the house but for the outdoors. Then land developers came, along with more businesses. Then super-rich people going to The Latest Place. Then bigger houses, more businesses, more infrastructure.

So, 100 years ago a small hurricane could roll through and the locals would notice it. Even if their houses blew down, it was only a few hundred dollars. Then we had weather reporters and everyone was aware of the storm because it was on TV, the 15 minutes devoted to weather 2 or 3 times a day.

But now! Huge numbers of people of people, huge amount of very expensive houses, businesses, the costs of a storn have gone up astronomically, and the reporting by over 24 times, and so storms are more destructive, because there is so much more to destroy, and reported on breathlessly 24/7, and there are 2 generations who know no difference, so clearly, storms are getting worse... because of global warming.

Gimme a break.