Having just finished this book, and looking over the notes I took as I read along, I believe Joe is the kind of guy you want with you when weather/climate really matters. He loves the weather (It’s the only weather we got, right?) It’s his life-long passion. He also, as a privateer weatherman, has to lay it on the line with every forecast-unlike the joker alarmists who keep getting a pass when their long-range predictions and models fail miserably. Joe’s the guy on the frontline, with his sleeves rolled up. He’s grounded in experience.
This is why I believe the material in the book, though sometimes repetitive, is well worth the read. Here’s a list of what I enjoyed most:
Quotes (snippets) like those of H. L. Mencken, particularly, “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” AND “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
That pretty well sums up the mode of the climate alarmistas. It also nails what Eisenhower noted as the scientific-technology elite.
The analogy of CO2 being the the control knob of planetary climate changes. It’s almost magical thinking when pondering how many other variables are involved.
The hokey hockey stick (Mann’s) vs the REAL hockey stick of increased prosperity and longevity was well handled. Truth: I’d much rather spend an hour with Joe B at Duffy's Tavern, than spend it entrenched inside an echo chamber with the likes of Michael Mann or Bill Nye.
Joe keeps his Libertarian self on the bright side and doesn’t stray into the “dark side” of explaining what the end game is for those that work the populace into a frenzy. But I found a few nuggets to cherish.
“A colder planet would lead to untold misery given the current policies geared toward the opposite.”
Irony: The system which has given people the ability to spread their wings is the system climate alarmists are now trying to destroy and replace.
Joe also expresses compassion toward his antagonists who have to stick with their claims and fend off anyone who questions them and their consensus. It’s their livelihood and reputation at stake-a psycho-social-economic entrapment. In other words, they’re compromised.
There’s more to be said about this writing that I found stimulating, humorous, honest, and informative. But the review must end here. Reading The Climate Chronicles takes the reader into the heart of weather forecasting and reminds us, as in Joe’s standard sign off on audio, “Enjoy (i.e love) the weather, it’s the only weather you got!”
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