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Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current

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Global subsidies for fossil fuels reached a record $7 trillion in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Such subsidies show there is no credible effort to prevent such a climate disaster, 

Two very important points.

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The change in ocean currents are not caused by human activity. It is a natural event.

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The change in ocean currents are not caused by human activity. It is a natural event.

The scientists with decades of expertise in the topic explicitly say you are wrong, and they have the data and scientific reports to prove it.

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"If Britain and Ireland become like northern Norway, (that) has tremendous consequences. Our finding is that this is not a low probability," said Professor Peter Ditlevsen at the University of Copenhagen, a signatory of the letter. "This is not something you easily adapt to."

Fair enough. But this is not something you change with laws and regulations about windmills, solar panels, EVs and similar gimmicks. There is a huge disconnect between the problem and the self-serving "solutions" that politicians come up with.

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The scientists with decades of expertise in the topic explicitly say you are wrong, 

Ah, the experts again. You do realize that there is a wide discrepancy in opinions among scientists (influenced by not a small degree by where their grants come from), or were you unaware of that?

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There is a huge disconnect between the problem and the self-serving "solutions" that politicians come up with.

Your cynicism regarding solutions others proffer is always clear but what would be the solution? That is what many of us would like to hear from the sniping cynics. You surely don't believe it is 'the market'?

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