For those wondering how Greta Thunberg managed to get so off the rails look no further than her climate advisors. They are among the most alarmist worldwide.
According to the online, German-language Merkur.de here, citing Swedish daily Expressen, 16-year old climate activist is advised by Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, among others, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany.
Wild science claims
Professor Rahmstorf and the Potsdam Institute are well known among the climate science community for their highly alarmist projections and off-the-mark science.
For example, the PIK’s former director, Prof. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, once preposterously claimed the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2030 and the world would explode with 9 billion people on it.
Alarmism as a business model
According to the Merkur, the PIK has “created a business model with climate change”, adding: “It advises state institutions and municipalities on how they can protect themselves against the severe climate changes predicted by PIK.”
The Merkur reports how Greta and Professor Rahmstorf “have met on several occasions” and how the 16-year old “calls the professor for advice.”
Rahmstorf praises the teenager, saying “she knows a lot about climate science” and argues that politicians too should adopt Greta’s doomsday visions.
“Holy anger” and “religious exaggeration”
But now some are speaking up against the excessive alarmism.
Not only are some media questioning Rahmstorf’s alarmist climate science, though it makes for good headlines, so are other experts, such as renowned geologist Stefan Kröpelin, or Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, or veteran meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann.
Swiss meteorologist Kachelmann calls Rahmstorf a “climate Ratzinger,” alluding to former Pope Benedict XVI, earlier known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
Kachelmann, a warmist, has become turned off by the fiery Potsdam professor’s “religious exaggeration” and “holy anger” in the climate debate.
“Climate howler”
The two heavyweights recently even argued on Twitter about whether a piece of broken glass could trigger a forest fire, as Rahmstorf claims, or not.
The sharp-witted, media-savvy Kachelmann recently characterized claims made by Rahmstorf as “potsdaft” – an allusion to his place of work – and labeled him a Klimaheuler, a ‘climate howler’.
Surrounded by alarmists, rational voices not welcome
Greta Thunberg’s other advisors include Swedish Professor Johan Rockström (53) and British Professor Kevin Anderson (57), both devout alarmists.
Non-alarmist climate experts and rational voices are not welcome by Thunberg and her advisors. Why ruin a good business model?
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Now we know who really ruined Greta’s dreams .
I truly feel sorry for her .
Well at least she isn’t running around picking up dung to heat the family open flame stove . That’s someone else’s dream . Live like her .
Millions of people can’t even imagine living like Greta and her socialist pals .
500 scientist have advised the UN IPCC that there is no climate emergency .
Did her little socialist posse tell her that ?
No Greta is probably going to be spoon feed baised unscientific BS till she is old enough to think her way through things .
Well she only has 11 years to figure it out before the planet is lost apparently . Can we expect a Christmas Book ? Isn’t that what her handlers would demand . They write and edit it but she will have to pose for pictures .
The reason for extreme alarmism is simple. If people believe it, the radicals get the political action that they want. Today I encountered an article with such extreme alarmism it was difficult to believe. Remember that NASA’s prediction of a 10.5 inch sea level rise by 2100 is an exaggeration and probably double what will happen. The article that I read was talking about climate change not being a subject at the next G7 summit to be held in Florida which they considered ironic because Florida would be hard hit by the expect 11 to 13 foot sea rise.
It figures Greta has someone to pull her strings and this screwball is the one but not the only one doing the pulling