BUT, how much of China's almost 31% arises from the West's seemingly insatiable appetite for cheap Chinese crap (excluding lithium Motorhome batteries, obviously ...)
While you mention “appetite” Steve, I really do wonder why the Ying Yangs eat bats ?BUT, how much of China's almost 31% arises from the West's seemingly insatiable appetite for cheap Chinese crap (excluding lithium Motorhome batteries, obviously ...)
Steve
The saying 'lies, dammed lies and statistics' spring to mind when a simple representaion of statistics is given with no background. Perhaps in this case to reinforce a picture of the 'bad guys' of China. What are the basis for the figures? Where did they come from? On what basis where they collected. If this was superimposed onto to the industrial economic base of a different countries would a different picture emerge and explain why?
Perhaps surprisingly, I thought the graphic in the OP presented China in better light as instinct/bias/"the narrative" suggested well over 50%. However, that's pretty irrelevant IMO because my independent calculations at least suggest that CO2 is not the 'villain' it's being portrayed as! Perhaps we should take a look at the industrial economic base of different countries as I'm fairly sure that will show that China, India, etc. are forging ahead and now are the production powerhouse while factories of the 'old guard' (Europe, US, etc.) are being shut down almost as fast as China etc. are growing. Also, looking at the emissions per capita tells yet another story where China (7.4 tonnes per capita) is well below those "massive emitters" Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands (with 17.6 t/c and 13.8 t/c respectively in 2016)!The saying 'lies, dammed lies and statistics' spring to mind when a simple representaion of statistics is given with no background. Perhaps in this case to reinforce a picture of the 'bad guys' of China. What are the basis for the figures? Where did they come from? On what basis where they collected. If this was superimposed onto to the industrial economic base of a different countries would a different picture emerge and explain why?
Just as well; we don't want more methane emissions.I wont be here in 20 years so dont give a flying fart.
Stepping our of our own or peer group can have costs, as we can see from those who have been "cancelled" (e.g. David Bellamy, Susan Crockford and Peter Ridd) or are being actively attacked for their views (e.g. J.K. Rowling and Katie Hopkins). I suspect that those with less to lose can find it easier to be honest/not follow the narrative. For example, people whose income is less likely to be affected (e.g. retirees and 'those of independent means) probably have fewer obstacles than those in academia, politics, entertainment etc. whose life can 'collapse' as the result of one "ill-chosen" sentence.Stepping out of our own or peer group world view may have costs. Curiosity can also reinforce our biases as we seek unwittingly perhaps to reinforce our world view. That world view can be influenced by where we stand in the world and sometimes for those with less social standing it is hard to step away from the peer group opinion as it can affect our very livelihood and existence. I cannot remember names of the written papers but I'm sure there is a whole wealth of literatuture on bias in thought that does not just come down to justifying why one area (wokeism) is about maintaining appearance and status in certain echelons of society. [...]
Stepping our of our own or peer group can have costs, as we can see from those who have been "cancelled" (e.g. David Bellamy, Susan Crockford and Peter Ridd) or are being actively attacked for their views (e.g. J.K. Rowling and Katie Hopkins). I suspect that those with less to lose can find it easier to be honest/not follow the narrative. For example, people whose income is less likely to be affected (e.g. retirees and 'those of independent means) probably have fewer obstacles than those in academia, politics, entertainment etc. whose life can 'collapse' as the result of one "ill-chosen" sentence.
I suspect that video didn't attempt to justify (or even claim) that 'wokeism' is just about maintaining appearance and status in certain echelons of society. Rather, it uses 'wokeism' as an example of how people avoid cognitive dissonance and retain social belonging by convincing themselves of something that may not withstand robust scrutiny and hence are reinforcing the relevant FIBs. WRT "curiosity" and "humility"; I suspect that "curiosity" here is an antonym of "closed-mindedness" and "humility" the attempt to avoid confirmation bias and a willingness to accept that a previous view might be incorrect.
FWIW, I've spent some time researching how badly academia is broken and I'm appalled by what I've found. Even the peer review process is broken and subject to de-facto abuse. Publication and selection biases abound. Academics seem to have closed ranks (from fear of losing their livelihoods were they to be completely honest?) but there are some who are prepared to speak out. Mostly, these people seem to have retired and so aren't risking their livelihood...
The extreme reaction to someone of a different opinion is becoming the norm now. The obvious example is the recent referendum result. There are various reasons put forward for this phenomenon, whatever the reason, it seems to me that suddenly a lot of people have grown a strong sense of entitlement. They don't seem to act like this in a face to face situation, more at a distance via social media etc. What a strange breed we are.Stepping our of our own or peer group can have costs, as we can see from those who have been "cancelled" (e.g. David Bellamy, Susan Crockford and Peter Ridd) or are being actively attacked for their views (e.g. J.K. Rowling and Katie Hopkins). I suspect that those with less to lose can find it easier to be honest/not follow the narrative. For example, people whose income is less likely to be affected (e.g. retirees and 'those of independent means) probably have fewer obstacles than those in academia, politics, entertainment etc. whose life can 'collapse' as the result of one "ill-chosen" sentence.
I suspect that video didn't attempt to justify (or even claim) that 'wokeism' is just about maintaining appearance and status in certain echelons of society. Rather, it uses 'wokeism' as an example of how people avoid cognitive dissonance and retain social belonging by convincing themselves of something that may not withstand robust scrutiny and hence are reinforcing the relevant FIBs. WRT "curiosity" and "humility"; I suspect that "curiosity" here is an antonym of "closed-mindedness" and "humility" the attempt to avoid confirmation bias and a willingness to accept that a previous view might be incorrect.
FWIW, I've spent some time researching how badly academia is broken and I'm appalled by what I've found. Even the peer review process is broken and subject to de-facto abuse. Publication and selection biases abound. Academics seem to have closed ranks (from fear of losing their livelihoods were they to be completely honest?) but there are some who are prepared to speak out. Mostly, these people seem to have retired and so aren't risking their livelihood...
Malwarebytes warning me that it is a dodgy website. Maybe a trick by Google?To those who can have an open mind on this subject it is worth watching this - https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/03/20/climate-the-movie-watch-here/
If the link doesn’t work try searching for “Climate - The Movie “ (not using Google as they are trying to sensor it!)
Almost certainly since neither Avast nor Eset flag it. There is concerted effort by mainstream social media platforms to cancel anything that falsifies the narrative that supports "Net Zero(tm)", and hence suggest the single factor underpinning the way 'they' are shifting the world might be a fraud. Several channels that shared that video seem to have been deleted and searching for "Climate the Movie" on YouTube returns just about everything but the movie. However, it's still available on other platforms (though Watt's Up With That is now the 'official' host). You can, for example, find it on several Rumble channels: e.g. https://rumble.com/v4kl0dn-climate-the-movie-the-cold-truth-martin-durkin.htmlMalwarebytes warning me that it is a dodgy website. Maybe a trick by Google?