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Please back up the claim "climate models has a terrible track record" and qualify the word 'terrible'. Casting blame is a common denier tactic [1] used despite
by ewjt 3y ago
Please back up the claim "climate models has a terrible track record" and qualify the word 'terrible'.
Casting blame is a common denier tactic [1] used despite the models being useful and accurate [2].
The "whataboutisms" you mention are another common tactic. [3] Blaming EV batteries is a red herring; they have much lower lifecycle emissions than gas-based engines. [4]
[1] https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm
[2] https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-models-are-getting-future-warming-projections-right/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-mo...
[3] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainability/article/discourses-of-climate-delay/7B11B722E3E3454BB6212378E32985A7 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainabilit...
[4] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/electric-cars-have-much-lower-life-cycle-emissions-new-study-confirms/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/electric-cars-have-much...
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