There is an easy way to expose the supposedly man-made climate crisis or climate emergency as an elaborate indoctrination and propaganda scheme: look at unadulterable historical records such as old newspapers, for instance.
A post by a climate activist on Twitter lamented the recent death of 3,000 flying foxes in the Kangaroo Valley in Australia, no doubt attributing the insufferable heat which caused this calamity to man-made climate change. This tweet prompted me to do a search for similar events in history, and it took me about a minute to find some in the Trove newspaper archive.
On page 13 of the Sydney Morning Herald of 30 January 1932 (during this year the CO2 levels are thought to have been about 305ppm, before the big spike in man-made CO2 emissions) we find the following article:
I’ve extracted the full text of the article below, but basically it describes the devastating effects of a 5-week plus heatwave between Christmas 1831 and the end of January 1832, with several towns reporting extreme temperatures, with bushfires and other serious consequences for residents and animals. In one town, the daytime maximum temperature in a “favourable location” didn’t drop below 100 degree Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius) for that entire period.
Also, an article on page 3 of the Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser of 21 January 1896 (at that time CO2 was about 295 ppm) describes the devastating impacts of a severe heatwave and drought in country New South Wales, Australia, including a number of people dying from heat stroke, horses dropping dead and dead birds falling from trees.
That’s just two examples. There is nothing unprecedented about the heat waves and droughts we’re experiencing in modern times. The climate fluctuates, always has, always will, and the atmospheric trace gas CO2 can’t possibly have a large effect on the Earth’s climate, as I outlined in a previous post. And with that, the entire junk-science based fear campaign climate alarmists have been waging collapses in a heap.
Below is the full text of the more recent 1932 article:
HEAT WAVE.
FOUR DEATHS.
Birds Fall from Trees.
HORSES DIE IN PADDOCKS.
Four persons, including an eight-months-old child, have died in the country as aresult of the terrific heat. Many elderly people collapsed and had to be treated. Stock has been affected. Horses have collapsed from sunstroke in paddocks. Somehave died and others have been treated. A pathetic and frequent sight was the effect of the heat on birds. Large numbers of them died in the trees and fell to the ground. Fowls have also died. In all the highland streams near Bombala fish are dying in hundreds through lack of running water. Ellen Nora Nicholson, 85, an old resident of Parkes, collapsed during the heat on Thurs-day, and died later. Mrs. Rennie, who arrived at Collarenebri from Sydney to take up a position, died on Thursday afternoon through the heat. In the same town, Harry Camden, an aged pensioner, died from a heat seizure. The eight-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Carl Aiken, of West Wyalong, died. A. Hall, a timber-cutter, was admitted to the Gulgong Hospital suffering from sunstroke.
A southerly change has materially lowered temperatures in southern parts of New SouthWales, but in the central and northern areas the heat wave still holds sway. So intense has been the heat that men working in the sun have been forced to cease work for several hours in the middle of the day, and resume later in the afterncon.The heat caused discomfort to inmates of country hospitals, and the hospital staffs worked hard to mitigate their suffering. Extra electric fans have been in great demand. Many have been given by residents. A few towns are short of water owing to the abnormally heavy demand. Bushfires and duststorms in many centres are adding to the trials of the residents.The temperature at Collarenebri rose to 120 degrees yesterday in a most favourable position, reports the “Herald” correspondent. The heat was unprecedented, the daily maximum in the town has not been less than 100 degrees since Christmas. Mungindi’s temperature yesterday of 116.5 degrees was the highest for years. Fires were raging near the town, and there was an unusually large number of patients in the local hospital. The river had dried fast during the summer, and was only four feet deep yesterday. Bourke registered 116 degrees, Moree 114 degrees, Walgett 115 degrees, Wee Waa and Dubbo 112 degrees, and Gunnedah 110 degrees.Wee Waa spent a most unpleasant day. The heat was a record, the temperature of 112 degrees being taken in a position favourable for low readings. A violent duststorm at sun-set gave the townspeople further discomfort instead of the relief they had anticipated. Hot weather is still expected in northern and central parts of the State, said the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, last night, but moderate temperatures should prevail in southern areas and on the coast. Scattered showers may be expected on the coast and highlands and in north-eastern inland areas, but there is no prospect of extensive rain.
