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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”

? William Pitt the Younger

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”

? William Pitt the Younger

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“there’s no choice, we have to bring down nitrogen emissions,”
– Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutt

“The Dutch government plans to cut greenhouse gas nitrogen by as much as 70 percent in 131 key areas — many of them close to nature reserves — to reach climate goals by 2030.”

Dutch farmers protest livestock cuts to curb nitrogen

Nitrogen is not a greenhouse gas – he is probably referring to N2O. The concentration of N2O in the atmosphere is so small, that if everyone in Kansas represented one molecule of the atmosphere, odds are none of them would be N2O.

Global Monitoring Laboratory – Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases

Doubling N2O will happen in about 300 years, and will only increase downwelling longwave radiation by 0.1%. The contribution from the Netherlands is irrelevant and probably not measurable.

Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef | MIT Technology Review

Bezos, Gates back fungus fake meat as next big alt-protein

“Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.”

? Michael Crichton

On May 19, 1780 the sky was black as night in New England due to massive wildfires in Canada.

Forest Fires – Google Books

The New England Dark Day, May 19, 1780 – New England Historical Society

CSIRO PUBLISHING | International Journal of Wildland Fire

That year also brought the deadliest Atlantic Hurricane and the third deadliest Pacific typhoon.

Surface Conditions: Polar Portal

Temperatures at the North Pole have been below the 1958-2002 average every day for the past two months.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Earth is 0.1C above the 1979-2000 average.

Climate Reanalyzer

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

– H. L. Mencken

During January, the “Great Lakes News Collaborative” predicted record low Great Lakes ice cover.

“The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Radio, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change

Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are both likely to see less ice than ever at peak freeze in 2022. “Michigan and Huron were both projected to be lower than they’ve been as far as the maximum ice cover for the year, about 10 and 12%, respectively, where the lowest on record was about 13 and 23%, respectively.”

Great Lakes researchers predict record-low ice coverage – Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes ice cover was right at the 1980-2010 median.

https://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/prods/CVCHACTGL/20220509180000_CVCHACTGL_0012090564.gif

Eight years ago, experts said the Great Lakes were going to dry up.

The Great Lakes Go Dry: How One-Fifth Of The World’s Fresh Water Is Dwindling Away – ThinkProgress

There has been no trend in Great Lakes water levels over the past century.

Great Lakes Dashboard – HTML5

This was the edge of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier ten years ago.

EOSDIS Worldview

In mid-July an iceberg broke off.

EOSDIS Worldview

The BBC said it was dramatic and disturbing.

“An iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken away from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland.”

“It’s dramatic. It’s disturbing,” University of Delaware’s Andreas Muenchow told the Associated Press.

“We have data for 150 years and we see changes that we have not seen before,” Mr Muenchow added.”

Iceberg breaks off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier – BBC News

The glacier is bigger now than it was before the iceberg broke off.

EOSDIS Worldview