The Total Heat Hysteria
Humans have a far superior cooling system, but the climate alarmists deny this and want to rob us of all the joy of a beautiful summer.
A summer festival in Mattsee has been canceled. It’s too dangerous at 38°. We used to look forward to hot summer days, but today so-called “climate activists” and politicians are trying to instill fear of hot days in us.
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Humans evolved as hunters
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Others could sprint at 100 km/h—the cheetah. They crept just above the ground—the leopard. The crocodile waited at the watering hole for prey. What did humans have to offer? They could throw things—from stones to spears—and they had a superior cooling system: 2 m² of skin surface without fur, with highly effective evaporative cooling.
In all other predator attacks, the prey’s fate was decided in seconds: either becoming a meal or escaping. Not so with humans. A chase could last up to 6 hours. During those 6 hours, a hunter could lose up to 10 liters of body fluid through evaporative cooling. In Africa, where temperatures exceed 40° in the shade, the sun beats down almost vertically. The prey became unable to flee due to overheating.
This gazelle, which could easily run twice as fast as a human, is no longer able to reach even walking speed. Its top speed was great—it allowed it to escape most attacks by cheetahs, leopards, and lions—as long as it spotted the attacker in time.
But it failed the cooling system endurance test.
Here's a discussion with Grok about the technical details of a hunt.
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Air Conditioning: Singapore's Rise, the EU's Decline
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Of course, after such a chase, the hunter wasn't in the best shape. To be successful in the hunt, it was enough to be in better shape than the prey. People become unproductive in high temperatures.
How can you boost people's productivity in high temperatures? Air conditioning is the story of how a poor colony became one of the richest countries in the world: Singapore.
Lee Kuan Yew (LKY), the founder and first prime minister of Singapore, turned Singapore into the success story we know today thanks to air conditioning.
Here's a discussion with Grok about Singapore's rise
Of course, air conditioning can be improved: good thermal insulation, wall and ceiling cooling, and electricity from renewable energy sources. That's how progress works.
It's a completely different story in the EU: Here is a post by MEP Martin Sonneborn from June 27:
Climatocracy!
In its 13-story main building in Brussels—which, coincidentally, is also von der Leyen’s residence (she lives on the 13th floor)—the Commission turned off the air conditioning yesterday. But only on the lower 7 floors, where around 2,000 junior staff are sweating... Pardon me: sitting.
“It’s like feudalism,” said an official who works on one of the lower floors and was granted anonymity so he could speak freely, referring to the fact that the commissioners on the upper floors were allowed to keep their air conditioners running. A second official agreed, saying that this was a “disgrace.” (Politico)
Let anyone try to say there's no "top" and "bottom" in a democracy... Smiley!
End of quote. This approach highlights the sheer arrogance of the “Save, Cut Back, Do Without” ideology: the rabble is supposed to save so that more is left over for the elite. This is the mentality of the climate activists who miss a court hearing because of a vacation flight to an exotic beach. They lecture the masses with blockades, but as a self-proclaimed elite, they reach their vacation destination via a long-haul flight.
If resources are limited, as depicted in the trashy novel *The Limits to Growth*, then the only solution is redistribution from the bottom to the top in order to secure the elite’s standard of living. Turning off the air conditioning on the lower seven floors embodies precisely this attitude.
Silicon is as abundant as sand in the desert; sodium is as abundant as salt in the sea. Could copper be a problem? No, it can easily be replaced with aluminum. Countless problems have been overcome so far. Let’s think back to the silicon crisis of 2007. There wasn’t enough silicon for the photovoltaic industry. Back then, global production was 4 GW; today, it’s 700 GW.
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Who are we? Our shareholders
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Who are we? Our shareholders.” I ask all existing shareholders—and, hopefully, many new ones soon—to submit contributions like this.
So far, only 2% of our shareholders have become shareholders themselves by referring new shareholders. That number should increase significantly in the future. The offer is 10% of the purchased shares for a direct referral and 5% for an assist. I understand the term “assist” in the same way as in soccer: whoever passes the ball to the goal scorer has made an assist. |
In all other predator attacks, the prey’s fate was decided in seconds: either becoming a meal or escaping. Not so with humans. A chase could last up to 6 hours. During those 6 hours, a hunter could lose up to 10 liters of body fluid through evaporative cooling. In Africa, where temperatures exceed 40° in the shade, the sun beats down almost vertically. The prey became unable to flee due to overheating.
This gazelle, which could easily run twice as fast as a human, is no longer able to reach even walking speed. Its top speed was great—it allowed it to escape most attacks by cheetahs, leopards, and lions—as long as it spotted the attacker in time.
But it failed the cooling system endurance test.
Here's a discussion with Grok about the technical details of a hunt.
