by Ray Jason
Greta,
You
don’t know me, but we share something in common that is very
special. That something is enormous and powerful and beautiful and
elemental. That something is Mother Ocean.
I
too have spent long periods of time at sea. My longest ocean passage
was 30 days, sailing my little 30 foot boat from Hawaii to San
Francisco. In my case, I was also doing this alone.
So
you have experienced something of extraordinary magnificence. You
have glided – or on difficult days - pounded – across the Wide
Waters. Very few people have ever done this. To be hundreds of
miles from the nearest humans, in the gigantic vastness of the Sea,
can teach a person just how tiny we are compared to the mighty
eco-systems of our watery planet. And looking up at the immense dome
of stars, with the clarity of deep-ocean darkness, reinforces that
lesson in humility even more.
This
stark difference between the so-called Real World and weeks spent on
the rolling waves, always inspires me to examine Life more deeply and
independently. Being separated from normal, everyday living, allows
one to question the accepted and conventional worldviews.
And
so I wonder if sometimes when you were alone on a night watch, did
you ever try to step away from the whirlwind that has been your
recent life, and examine whether those who have guided your meteoric
rise have been truly honest with you - and helpful to you. Did you
ever question whether your advisers were as benevolent and noble as
they claimed? Did you ever fear that perhaps you were being
controlled like a human marionette?
The
reason I do not feel guilty asking such questions, is because I too
was once a fervent believer in human-driven Climate Change. But the
further that I advance into the Autumn of my Life, the more I embrace
The Need for Truth. And to achieve that, I find it wise to question
everything.
So
I took a deep and close look at the supposedly “settled science.”
Amazingly, I discovered that the “97% consensus” was just
statistical trickery, and that there are many scientists who question
the accepted truths of NOAA and the IPCC and NASA, etc. And they do
this despite enormous efforts to silence their voices, and to heap
scorn upon them for questioning the prevailing dogma.
Therefore,
because I believe that your concern and alarm for our planetary
future is sincere and well-intended, I offer you a Christmas gift.
My present for you is Scientific Optimism.
There
are many, many researchers who demonstrate with considerable evidence
that Planet Earth has gone through cataclysmic events far worse than
the ones we fear today. These previous catastrophes were not caused
by human activities. Mother Earth weathered those crises, and
emerged as the only lush and life-rich planet among those zillions of
stars that you saw so clearly when you were out on the Atlantic
Ocean.
Greta,
in order to demonstrate that there truly is justification for
Scientific Optimism, I will briefly discuss two of the most
frequently discussed phenomena which supposedly prove that Climate
Change poses an existential threat to life on Earth. And I will show
you evidence that you have probably never been exposed to, that,
hopefully, will diminish your grave concerns.
The
two that I have selected are the Melting Arctic and the Disappearing
Polar Bears. These two were chosen because I have direct
experience in these areas.
THE
ICE-FREE ARCTIC
In
2017, some dear friends offered me the wonderful opportunity to
attempt a sailboat voyage across the fabled Northwest Passage through
the Arctic from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Because of my love of
adventure and of dangerous, faraway places, I accepted immediately.
Our
fiberglass sailboat spent months in the Arctic attempting to make it
across. I can assure you that it was not ice-free. Far from it, we
struggled through frightening conditions in which we had to ponder
turning back.
Here
is a photo that is typical of the seemingly impenetrable ice that we
had to find a path through.
But we persevered and made it. We were
the 256th boat to make it through in the 111 years since
the first successful passage. Prior to that superb human
achievement, there were hundreds of years of failures and
hundreds of lives lost.
Before
embarking on this quest, I did considerable research. Some people
argued that this undertaking was no longer praiseworthy, since the
ice in the far north had supposedly melted. But when I carefully
investigated this, I discovered a lot of fiction where there should
have been facts. Yes, there had been many authorities predicting
that the Arctic Ice Cap would soon melt, but inconveniently, it had
refused to do so.
NASA
claimed it would be gone in 2012. The Naval Research Lab guessed
2013. Al Gore placed his bet on 2014. And James Hansen hedged his
wager by suggesting sometime between 2013 and 2018. They were all
wrong! But the mainstream media never mentions these failures. Yet,
they will undoubtedly trumpet the next ice-free prediction, which
will probably be as incorrect as all of the previous guesses.
Here
is another deliberate deception about the Arctic that has been
foisted on the world. In order to “prove” that the Arctic is
rapidly disappearing, the Climate Change defenders picked 1978 as the
start date for their tracking of Arctic ice extent.
Since
there has been data on the amount of ice for about 100 years, it
seems odd that they would select that particular year. It seems a
whole lot less odd when you learn that 1978 had the highest ice total
in about 100 years. Therefore, by starting at that point the data
will be distorted in favor of a rapid decline in Arctic ice. In
other words, there has been a campaign of deliberate deceit.
POLAR
BEAR EXTINCTION CLAIMS
The
“Death of the Polar Bears” is a fraud on so many levels, that it
is difficult to know where to begin.
They
are portrayed as cold weather versions of Panda bears. Pandas are
large and slow and adorable. They are also vegetarian and mostly eat
bamboo.
Polar
bears eat meat and they are one of the most ruthless alpha predators
on the planet. They are most definitely not cute and cuddly. They
can attack from land or sea and they are strong and fast in both
elements. We never went ashore without a loaded high-power rifle.
To a polar bear, we were not ecologists there to protect them, we
were meat.
So
let’s take a truthful look at how these powerful carnivores are
doing. In about 1960 there were only about 6,000 Polar bears left in
the Arctic Basin. But they were not in decline because of Climate
Change, their numbers were dropping because they were being hunted to
extinction.
Rich
trophy hunters could fly to remote locations and hire a guide to help
them shoot one of these magnificent creatures. They would then end
up as rug or a snarling head on a wall. This was clearly despicable
and needed to end.
Fortunately,
in 1973, all of the nations in that part of the world signed a treaty
banning that horrific practice. So today, the leading experts
estimate that the population has now reached about 25,000 Polar
bears.
The
main reason that they still remain on the Endangered Species list of
some countries, is not scientific; it is political - they are the
poster child for Climate Change.
Here
is a photo that I took in the Northwest Passage of a mom and her cub.
They are magnificent creatures – at a distance. I am delighted
that they are not declining – they are flourishing.
BUT
WHY?
Hopefully,
this fresh perspective on the issues of the Melting Arctic and the
Disappearing Polar Bears, will convince you to seek out evidence that
has been hidden from you. Surely, you might wonder why your friends
and advisers would lie to you. I believe that there are two main
reasons.
1)
The true goal of the Climate Change juggernaut is NOT to save
the planet. It is to restructure society and re-distribute global
wealth.
This
quote from Christiana Figures, a recent U.N. Climate Chief, clearly
states the actual agenda:
“It
must be understood that what is occurring here in the whole climate
change process is the complete transformation of the economic
structure of the world.”
And
Ottmar Edenhoffer, who was the lead author on the IPCC Fourth
Assessment, echoes Christiana’s position with this statement:
“One
must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world’s wealth
by climate policy. One has to free oneself from the illusion that
international climate policy is environmental policy. This has
almost nothing to do with environmental policy anymore.”
Furthermore,
AOC’s Green New Deal is also not primarily about the environment.
Here is a recent quote from her Chief of Staff, Saikat Chakrabarti:
“The
interesting thing about the Green New Deal, is it wasn’t
originally a climate thing at all. Do you guys think of it as a
climate thing? Because we really think of it as a
how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy-thing.”
2)
The second reason that so many people have been deceiving you, Greta,
is because the rewards of supporting the Climate Change orthodox
position are enormous. On the other hand, when you oppose that
agenda, you are burned at the cyber-stake.
All
of the perks flow in one direction. Those who buy into the
“impending doom scenario” get published in prestigious journals,
appear on television, get invited to conferences, receive research
grant money, etc.
But
those who question the supposed settled science, are cast out of
polite society and scorned as vile “deniers.” Is it any wonder
that your advisers have steered you in the direction that they have?
A
GLIMMER OF HOPE
Greta,
it is likely that you will never see this letter. And even if you
do, I suspect that it will have very little influence upon you. But
if I could make only one, small, heartfelt request of you, it would
be this.
There
are now millions of youngsters all around the world who are severely
traumatized with fears for their future. Please toss them a little
bouquet of Hope.
Perhaps
suggest that our wonderful planet is enormously complex, and we
certainly do not totally understand how her many systems of land,
water, and atmosphere behave. And therefore, we can conclude that
maybe … just maybe … the situation is not nearly as dire as we
have been told.
Merry
Christmas, young lady, from an old sea gypsy.
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