On Being a 21st-Century Peasant - Reason Magazine

Funny thing is... this asswipe has been wrong for 25 years, and now he writes another book that is so far off reality that it should be in the comedy section. Of course, manipulating data, creating false assumptions and downright lying is not above these cretins. "Why would he lie?" Well, he wrote a book, and needs the money for his car and his house and his electric and all the other things he warns us 'little people' about.

Moron.

On Being a 21st-Century Peasant - Reason Magazine:

"McKibben is so eager to make his case for doom, though, that he can’t resist pushing the data farther than they go. Consider his comments about hurricanes. McKibben asserts that “one hundred eleven hurricanes formed in the tropical Atlantic between 1995 and 2008, a rise of 75 percent over the previous thirteen years.” Fair enough. But according to hurricane researchers at Florida State University, the global number of major tropical cyclones was 149 in the 1980s, 179 in the 1990s, and 165 in the 2000s. The overall trend is not significant during the last 30 years. The overall numbers for tropical storms are 324 in the 1980s, 367 in the 1990s, and 317 in the 2000s. Moreover, the total energy of tropical cyclones has been declining for the last 30 years. In McKibben’s favor, new research by climate modelers suggests global warming will result in fewer but stronger hurricanes."

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