Dr. Pielke ==> Thanks for this update. despite the fact that I often disagree with you, you are one of my heroes -- fr persevering in the face of rabid political attacks and abandonment by those who should have supported you.
Just wanted to inject another disaster into your story. In Texas, energy is our game and for some crazy reason we have bought into the green energy revolution whole hog. Problem is, Texas is also the home of many extreme weather events. Those events were shown when our power grid failed in a winter storm three years ago. As everyone here expected , last week hail, a very common Spring storm, devastated a huge Solar field near Houston. Clean up on aisle 9. No power from there for a long time. The town is Damon and the damage is extensive.
Dear Roger, I recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Tulsa World citing the AR6 WG1 Ch. 12 Table 12.12 data you pointed us to regarding floods, tornadoes, hail and such. I added some wildfire data, Ryan Maue's hurricane data and some E-Mat data on global deaths from disasters. Next week the paper published a data free letter to the editor accusing me of being a crackpot who got my data from Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. It is remarkable how resistant a significant portion of the population is to the good news about climate change, that the pace and risk are much lower than many media sources insist. Such people seem to need a dystopian prophesy of impending doom to satisfy some dark corner of their psyche. Sadly, such people are passing on their pathology to many teenagers, who sincerely believe they will not have a chance to grow old before dying from catastrophic climate change. It is the job of us grown-ups to soothe the fears of the anxious young, not feed them with unrealistic scare stories.
Coincidentally (I think) Brad Delong was also looking back at this period in his Substack and just went after you (among many others) again..."I last encountered the work of Roger Pielke (Jr.) in 2014, and I was really not impressed at all —he lacked knowledge of the generating processes underlying or of the shape of the data he was using, and had no control over his models....To my knowledge, neither Matt Ridley, nor Steve Dubner, nor Steve Levitt, nor Roger Pielke, Sr., not Roger Pielke, Jr., nor Chris Horner, nor Anthony Watts, nor any of the others who did a great deal of data misrepresentation in their day has given all they have to the poor and taken up a life of anonymous service to others." He also linked to his attempted debunking of your 538 piece in 2014 where he argues that you misrepresent the data in claiming that natural disaster costs have been driven by economic growth rather than disaster frequency (here -- https://web.archive.org/web/20140402164614/http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/03/28/2417/the-launch-of-fivethirtyeight-com-and-climate-change-disaster-weblogging-trying-to-be-the-honest-broker-for-the-week-of-march-29-2014).
I looked into the background of billionaire Tom Steyer a few years ago. He is a real piece of work. He bought up 1000s of acres in California and was hawking organic beef and probably still is, regardless of the supposed methane impact on climate. Another rich hypocrite, like John Kerry. At least it is his own money.
Often it is the endurance of a dark passage that helps us better appreciate the better times that follow. There is always a silver-lining, we just have to open our minds to it.
What I find interesting is that when it comes to climate issues the politicians and experts want us to focus on the anecdotal tragedies and ignore the underlying data. That allows them to accumulate more power and money.
When it comes to crime we should stop focusing on the anecdotal tragedies and look at the underlying data. That allows them to avoid accountability.
Thank you for being steadfast and standing up for reality despite the ordeal that the dogmatists and climate cuckoos have put you through. It’s why I subscribe to, and enjoy, your Substack. I just wish there was some mechanism for repercussions to the likes of Mann, Podesta, Steyer, and the countless others of their ilk, beyond the general mistrust of institutions and the so-called “elites” running them. The damage these imbeciles inflict upon science is real and hurts us all.
quick question Roger. The country where i live is increasingly doing so called "cloud seeding" and storms / rainy days have increased in number and intensity. As we are in the desert it would seem all good. Not really because buildings, cars, properties get damaged due to quality of construction and other issues. all these translates into insurance claims that i imagine are attributed to extreme weather and climate change (of course). but in this case the anthropogenic effect is very clear and certainly has nothing to do with CO2 emissions.
Hi Roger,
Did Munich Re start with 1990? And if they did, is there someone who did analyses that goes back to the 1980s and 1970s that could be added?
Dr. Pielke ==> Thanks for this update. despite the fact that I often disagree with you, you are one of my heroes -- fr persevering in the face of rabid political attacks and abandonment by those who should have supported you.
You do good work.
Just wanted to inject another disaster into your story. In Texas, energy is our game and for some crazy reason we have bought into the green energy revolution whole hog. Problem is, Texas is also the home of many extreme weather events. Those events were shown when our power grid failed in a winter storm three years ago. As everyone here expected , last week hail, a very common Spring storm, devastated a huge Solar field near Houston. Clean up on aisle 9. No power from there for a long time. The town is Damon and the damage is extensive.
Dear Roger, I recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Tulsa World citing the AR6 WG1 Ch. 12 Table 12.12 data you pointed us to regarding floods, tornadoes, hail and such. I added some wildfire data, Ryan Maue's hurricane data and some E-Mat data on global deaths from disasters. Next week the paper published a data free letter to the editor accusing me of being a crackpot who got my data from Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. It is remarkable how resistant a significant portion of the population is to the good news about climate change, that the pace and risk are much lower than many media sources insist. Such people seem to need a dystopian prophesy of impending doom to satisfy some dark corner of their psyche. Sadly, such people are passing on their pathology to many teenagers, who sincerely believe they will not have a chance to grow old before dying from catastrophic climate change. It is the job of us grown-ups to soothe the fears of the anxious young, not feed them with unrealistic scare stories.
Brilliant work as always Roger :)
Coincidentally (I think) Brad Delong was also looking back at this period in his Substack and just went after you (among many others) again..."I last encountered the work of Roger Pielke (Jr.) in 2014, and I was really not impressed at all —he lacked knowledge of the generating processes underlying or of the shape of the data he was using, and had no control over his models....To my knowledge, neither Matt Ridley, nor Steve Dubner, nor Steve Levitt, nor Roger Pielke, Sr., not Roger Pielke, Jr., nor Chris Horner, nor Anthony Watts, nor any of the others who did a great deal of data misrepresentation in their day has given all they have to the poor and taken up a life of anonymous service to others." He also linked to his attempted debunking of your 538 piece in 2014 where he argues that you misrepresent the data in claiming that natural disaster costs have been driven by economic growth rather than disaster frequency (here -- https://web.archive.org/web/20140402164614/http://equitablegrowth.org/2014/03/28/2417/the-launch-of-fivethirtyeight-com-and-climate-change-disaster-weblogging-trying-to-be-the-honest-broker-for-the-week-of-march-29-2014).
I looked into the background of billionaire Tom Steyer a few years ago. He is a real piece of work. He bought up 1000s of acres in California and was hawking organic beef and probably still is, regardless of the supposed methane impact on climate. Another rich hypocrite, like John Kerry. At least it is his own money.
Often it is the endurance of a dark passage that helps us better appreciate the better times that follow. There is always a silver-lining, we just have to open our minds to it.
What I find interesting is that when it comes to climate issues the politicians and experts want us to focus on the anecdotal tragedies and ignore the underlying data. That allows them to accumulate more power and money.
When it comes to crime we should stop focusing on the anecdotal tragedies and look at the underlying data. That allows them to avoid accountability.
Thank you for being steadfast and standing up for reality despite the ordeal that the dogmatists and climate cuckoos have put you through. It’s why I subscribe to, and enjoy, your Substack. I just wish there was some mechanism for repercussions to the likes of Mann, Podesta, Steyer, and the countless others of their ilk, beyond the general mistrust of institutions and the so-called “elites” running them. The damage these imbeciles inflict upon science is real and hurts us all.
quick question Roger. The country where i live is increasingly doing so called "cloud seeding" and storms / rainy days have increased in number and intensity. As we are in the desert it would seem all good. Not really because buildings, cars, properties get damaged due to quality of construction and other issues. all these translates into insurance claims that i imagine are attributed to extreme weather and climate change (of course). but in this case the anthropogenic effect is very clear and certainly has nothing to do with CO2 emissions.