Next time someone cries about 'climate change,' put them to shame with THESE historical facts



If there’s one thing the left and the right can agree on, it’s that the string of disasters occurring recently across the globe is tragic.

Between the Maui fires, the hurricane in Florida, the earthquake in Morocco, and the flooding in Libya, far too many people have lost their lives.

However, the left and right clash when it comes to the origins of these catastrophes.

“The goofballs on the left are screaming, ‘See? Climate change! Climate change!’” mocks Pat Gray.

“But you know what?” he continues. “Natural disasters are not new.”

The truth is, “fewer people die from them now than ever before in world history.”

And if you don’t believe us, here are the numbers to prove it:

  • “Four million people died in China in floods” in 1931.
  • “Two million [died] in the 1887 Yellow River flood” in China.
  • In “1976, 655,000 Chinese people died in the Tangshan earthquake.”
  • “500,000 died from an earthquake in 1970 in Bangladesh.”
  • 9,500 people died as a result of “the eastern United States heat wave of 1901.”
  • “The French heat wave ... killed 41,000 people in 1911.”
  • “5,000+ died in a North American heat wave" in 1936.
  • “100,000 people died in a landslide in 1786” in China.

“These natural disasters go on and on and on,” says Pat, “and you can break it down by century, by decade.”


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This is the most EPIC takedown of climate activists you’ve EVER seen



Climate change activists aren’t exactly known for their logic. Many of them seem to think lying in front of cars, gluing themselves to various objects, and vandalizing art will magically tip the scale toward a greener future.

That was certainly the mentality the “Seven Circles,” an anti-capitalist climate activist group, had at this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada.

The group set up in the middle of the road leading to the festival, refusing to let traffic pass, but little did they know, they were in for what Sara Gonzales calls “the greatest takedown [she] can remember.”

Sara plays the video of rangers plowing over the group’s signs and trailer with their truck before forcing every member to lie on the ground. One woman refuses to comply and is yanked to the ground by an officer.

Another group member can be heard shrieking, “We’re not violent!” in the background, as their entire setup is obliterated.

“If you are blocking my right to travel freely, that is an act of aggression; that is not peaceful,” says Sara, who is reveling in the epic takedown.

“You've convinced literally zero people – nobody has been convinced by any of [this] stupid sh**,” she rails.


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Climate change extremists glue themselves to German airport runways, cause travel turmoil



Climate change extremists caused travel turmoil at two German airports after the radicals glued themselves to the runways to protest pollution.

The Last Generation – a self-described "national student-led organization focused on raising awareness for climate change and environmental injustice" – blocked air traffic at airports in Hamburg and Düsseldorf. The so-called protest over environmental issues by "Letzte Generation" caused dozens of flight cancellations and hours of delays in Germany on Thursday.

Seven members of the Last Generation illegally broke into the airfield at Düsseldorf Airport by cutting through a security fence, according to the New York Post. All of the individuals reportedly glued themselves to the airport runway.

There were nine people who breached the perimeter fence around Hamburg Airport, and eight of the trespassers glued themselves to the tarmac around 6 a.m. on Thursday. One environmental activist was arrested, according to German authorities.

The Economic Times reported, "Affixing their hands using concrete and epoxy resin, the group aimed to raise awareness of the lack of action being taken to tackle climate change."

A 21-year-old environmental extremist said, "We can't watch any longer as our Earth burns with our government adding fuel to the fire every day with their fossil madness. That's why we're blocking the airport today."

The Last Generation said the protest was ignited by the government's "lack of planning" and "breaking the law" over greenhouse emissions causing the so-called climate crisis.

The Last Generation proclaimed, "Why the protest at the airport? If not at an airport, where is the right place to protest the destruction of our livelihoods?"

"The world is on fire and we are the last generation to have a chance to pick up the fire extinguisher," the radical climate change group stated. "Instead, we allow our government to subsidize air travel, a major catastrophe accelerator, with billions annually. It is like a collective suicide and we can no longer accept that."

"Instead of presenting a concrete plan to prevent this and to reach the emissions-reduction target called for by law, the Transport Ministry is relying on ‘technological flexibility,'" the Last Generation said in a statement.

There were reportedly 46 Hamburg flights canceled, delayed, or diverted.

The climate change protests occurred on the first day of schools being on vacation for the summer.

The extremists were arrested for disturbing the peace, coercive behavior, and dangerous interference with aviation, according to police.

German Transport Minister Volker Wissing declared, "The Last Generation isn’t protecting the climate, they’re engaged in criminal activity."

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Harrison Ford Is Complete Hypocrite About "Climate Change"

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Though Steven Spielberg is 'terrified' of global warming, his private jet has emitted 4,465 tons of CO2 in 2022



Hollywood director Steven Spielberg is the owner of a Gulfstream G650, a private jet that has a minimum price tag of $38.9 million but can cost up to $60 million. The annual budget for flying the G650 is reportedly in the neighborhood of $2.9 million. Spielberg's private jet consumes 500 gallons of fuel per hour. The American driver, by way of comparison, uses on average 656 gallons of fuel a year.

The Yard Group analyzed flight data from the ADS-B Exchange compiled by Jack H. Sweeney's Celebrity Jets and determined that Spielberg's plane has burned at least $116,159 worth of jet fuel during the 16 trips across 17,000 miles it has flown since June 23. This figure is reportedly a gross underestimate, as fuel and distance metrics for an additional three trips have not been included in the final tally.

Spielberg's expulsion of exhaust — 4,465 tons of CO2 in 2022 alone — has prompted some criticism, especially as the Hollywood director has long been an outspoken climate critic and global warming fretter.

When promoting his film "Ready Player One" in 2018, Spielberg claimed global warming "terrified" him.

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Spielberg noted that "global warming is a scientific reality. It's not a political trick. It's a true piece of real, measurable, quantifiable science." He suggested that when it comes to global warming, "everybody has to be held responsible," particularly those who "go blithely through life" without concerning themselves with their impact on the environment.

Including flights from Westhampton to Van Nuys, California, and from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, to Teterboro, New Jersey, the Hollywood director's jet has emitted over 179 tons of carbon dioxide since late June. The average yearly carbon footprint for an American is 16 tons.

Spielberg is not the only climate-conscious celebrity who recently generated a great deal of carbon emissions.

For the 170 flights her jet has embarked on since January, totaling 15.9 days in the air, Taylor Swift was named "biggest celebrity CO2e polluter of the year." Her flight emissions for the year are an estimated 8,293.54 tons.

According to the Yard Group, Floyd Mayweather and Jay-Z are runners-up for biggest celebrity polluters, with 7,076.8 and 6,981.3 tons of CO2 emissions, respectively.

Kim Kardashian and Oprah Winfrey also make the top ten list of celebrity polluters. Kardashian's 4,268.5 tons of emissions from 57 flights constitute 609.8 times more than the average person emits in a year. Winfrey's 68 flights generated 499 times more carbon emissions than the average person produces in a year.

Celebrities are not only leaving large carbon footprints by their air travel.

Leonardo DiCaprio, alleged to be "one of the world's top climate change champions," chartered and vacations on a $150 million superyacht, which costs $293,897.50 to fuel up and produces an estimated 524.7 pounds of C02 per mile.

Steve Milloy, a former energy official on former President Donald Trump's transition team, spoke to Fox News about the disconnect between celebrities' climate rhetoric and their actions: "There's not a single climate activist who is not a complete hypocrite about all this. ... Everything they do is just total hypocrisy. I would say they have no self-awareness, but they just don't care. All this is really meant to control us."